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View fullsize First a Huskie… now a Cougar ❤️🤍 I’ve been accepted to Washington State University School of Music for a MA in Composition. Very excited to go on a new journey of learning and creating new stuff - all without having to leave home! #grad
View fullsize May just seems like a fabulous time of year for some world premieres! 🎻 “Standing In A Cloud (A View From Pike’s Peak)” will be premiered by the DeKalb High School Symphony Orchestra on May 2nd. ⛪️“Spun of Thy Wheele” w
View fullsize Got to cosplay as a mezzo-soprano for Good Friday this evening. Glad I spent so many years jamming on this aria during college! #bach #holyweek
View fullsize Very excited to be a guest artist with my alma mater in April! I am joining the @niuschoolofmusic Percussion Ensemble as the soprano soloist for the world premiere of Russell Hartenberger’s Requiem for five voices and percussion ensemble. It is
View fullsize I always tell my music students at this time of year when standardized testing comes around not to sweat, because they don’t matter. Most of them only evaluate a quarter of your skills, gifts and talents, and a lot of the time, the most valuabl
View fullsize This has been such a gratifying concert weekend. Loving these works by @mormolyke @kimarnesenmusic @davidlangmusic and #bach #chicagochoralartists #choralmusic
View fullsize Are you suggesting that coconuts migrate? #springishere #montypython #canadagooses #hecklers
View fullsize I had a great time visiting the D211 Honor Band Festival as a guest speaker today! Let’s keep encouraging students to explore composition! #composition #composereducation #musiceducation
View fullsize Coming soon 💜💚🩵🎶🎵🌷 #ttbbchoir #basschoir #chicagomusic #choralmusic #womencomposers
View fullsize While preparing for diagnostic entry exams for grad school, I decided to dig up my one and only attempt at 12-tone serialism from Theory V in undergrad. The title should suggest that I was(am?) not super hip to the concept, and if I remember correctl
View fullsize Proof that I had THE MOST fun with our Illinois All-State composers 🥰 (photo credit: Seth Lowe Photo/Pylgrm) #composer #womencomposers #studentcomposers #musiceducation #mentoring
View fullsize NEW PREMIERE ALERT! So excited to share that I’ve been invited to compose one of TEN new works for Constellation Men’s Ensemble, as part NOVA VII: In Bloom! 🌌 🌸 🌳 June 7-8, 2024 in Chicago!