Conducting positions
Music Director
Charleston Opera Theater (South Carolina)
Sep. 2021 - Present
Summerville Orchestra (South Carolina)
July 2016 – Present
College of Charleston Opera (SC)
Nov. 2019 - Feb. 2020 “La Voix Humaine” & “Gianni Schicchi”,
Nov. 2022 - Feb. 2023 “Tales of Hoffmann”
Nov. 2023 - Feb. 2024 “Die Fledermaus”
Santa Fe Opera Educational programs
(incl. world premiere of “Unshakeable” by Joe Illick)
April 2016 – May 2019
Associate Conductor
Charleston Opera Theater (South Carolina)
May 2020 - Sep. 2021
El Paso Opera (“Carmen”)
Jan 2016 – Mar 2016
Guest Conductor
Henderson Symphony Orchestra (NV)
Dec. 2019
Charleston Symphony (Charleston, SC) (Guest Assistant & Cover)
Nov 2018 - present
Lee County Orchestra (NC)
Dec. 2019
Charleston Youth Symphony Orchestra (Charleston, SC)
Mar 2019, Sep. 2021 - Apr. 2022
Albuquerque Philharmonic Orchestra (Albuquerque, NM)
Nov 2014 – May 2016
Albuquerque Youth Symphony (Sectionals, Reading Orchestra)
Oct 2014 – May 2016
Rehearsal Conductor / Language Coach / Accompanist
New Mexico Symphonic Chorus
Feb 2014 – Mar 2014
Assistant Conductor
Opera NEO Festival (San Diego, CA)
Summer 2016
UNM Symphony Orchestra (Albuquerque, NM)
August 2012 - May 2015
Further Training
Los Angeles Conducting Workshop & Competition | Los Angeles, CA
Neil Thomson, Scott Weiss
August 2019
Henderson Symphony Orchestra Conductor Camp | Henderson, NV
Alexandra Arrieche
July 2019
Baltimore Chamber Orchestra Conducting Seminar | Baltimore, MD
Markand Thakar, Michael Avagliano
June 2019
Opera NEO Festival | San Diego, CA
Peter Kozma, Korey Barrett, Elden Little
Summer 2016
Spazio Musica Opera Festival | Orvieto, Italy
Maurizio Arena, Vittorio Parisi, Jorge Perez-Gomez
Aug 2014
“Realizing Rossini” Opera Workshop | Cincinnati Conservatory of Music
Mark Gibson, Ken Weiss, José-Maria Condemi
June 2013
California Conducting Institute | Bakersfield, CA
John Farrer, Daniel Lewis, Donald Thulean
May 2013
Conducting Shostakovich & Prokofiev | Cincinnati Conservatory of Music
Mark Gibson, Gustav Meier
Oct. 2011
Education
M.M. Orchestral Conducting
University of New Mexico | Albuquerque, NM
Graduate with Distinction
May 2015
B.A. Global & International Studies | Music
State University of New York at Oswego | Oswego, NY
Honors Program, Summa Cum Laude
May 2011
Languages
Polish & English (native)
French (full fluency)
Italian (professional fluency)
Russian & German (diction/syntax)
Principal Teachers
Conducting
John Farrer
Jorge Perez-Gomez
Daniel Hege
Piano
Kristin Ditlow
Pamela Pyle
Robert Auler
Clarinet
Keith Lemmons
Trevor Jorgensen
Vocal Coaching / Diction
Kristin Ditlow
Teaching / Pedagogical Experience
College of Charleston
Adjunct Professor – Music Appreciation, Opera Workshop
Staff Accompanist - Opera Department
Applied Lessons - Diction, Vocal Coaching
July 2021 - Present
Charleston Southern University
Adjunct Professor – Studio Conducting, Staff Accompanist, Vocal Diction, Musicianship / Theory Seminars
Aug 2018 – July 2021
Albuquerque Youth Symphony
Guest Clinician | Woodwinds/Brass sectionals
Aug. 2015 – May 2016
University of New Mexico
Teaching Assistant – Conducting for Undergraduates and Lessons
Aug. 2012 – May 2015
New Mexico School of Music
Piano Instructor
Aug. 2015 – May 2016
Professional Performance Experience
Roswell Symphony Orchestra (NM, USA)
Clarinet 2
Jan. 2013 – May 2016
San Juan Symphony (CO, USA)
Clarinet 2
Nov. 2014
Spazio Musica Opera Orchestra
Il Trovatore & L’Elisir d’Amore | Clarinet 2
Aug. 2014
Popejoy Hall National Broadway Tours
Keyboard 2 (“Wicked” & “Book of Mormon”)
Sep. 2014 – Oct. 2015
New Mexico Symphonic Chorus
Soloist & Collaborative Pianist
Apr. 2013 – Apr. 2014
First Unitarian Church of Albuquerque
Interim Music & Choir Director
Aug. 2015 – Jan. 2016
Other Experience
Supertitles Operator, Pianist, Assistant
Opera Southwest
Aug. 2012 – May 2016
Research Assistant
UNM Musicology / Ethnomusicology Department
Sep. 2013 – Jan. 2015
Intern | New Mexico Philharmonic
Aug. 2012 – Sep. 2013
Intern | United States Department of State
June 2010 – Dec. 2010