Resume
EDUCATION
Doctor of Music in Guitar Performance - Indiana University Jacobs School of Music
Minor in Music Eduction
August 2009 - Present
Master of Music in Guitar Performance - Indiana University Jacobs School of Music
Minor in Early Music
August 2007 - August 2009
magna cum laude
Bachelor of Music in Guitar Performance - Middle Tennessee State University
Minor in Recording Industry Management
August 2003 - May 2007
cum laude
AWARDS
1st Prize at 2009 Rosario Guitar Competition - Columbia, SC
1st Prize at 2008 Indianapolis Matinee Musicale - Indianapolis, IN
2nd Prize at 2010 Competition in the Performance of the Music of Spain and Latin America - Bloomington, IN
2nd Prize at 2007 Beethoven Club Competition - Memphis, TN
2nd Prize at 2006 Beethoven Club Competition - Memphis, TN
2nd Prize at 2005 Beethoven Club Competition - Memphis, TN
Honorable Mention at 2004 Beethoven Club Competition - Memphis, TN
National Finalist in the 2004 American String Teachers' Association (ASTA) competition.
Granted IU Jacobs School of Music Graduate Assistantship.
Awarded 2007 Outstanding Achievement Award in Guitar Performance from Middle Tennessee State University.
Granted MTSU School of Music Scholarship.
Awarded 2003 Louis Armstrong Jazz Award from Hamilton Southeastern High School.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Founder/Co-Director - Indiana Guitar Festival and Competition (Bloomington, IN)
August 2008 - Present - Associate Instructor, Indiana University Jacobs School of Music
October 2009 - Present - Private Instructor, Stafford Music Academy (Bloomington, IN)
October 2009 - Present - Private Instructor, Melody Music Shop (Bloomington, IN)
October 2007 - September 2009 - Private Instructor, Smith-Holden Music Co. (Bloomington, IN)
September 2005 - May 2007 - Private Instructor, First Baptist Church Academy of Fine Arts (Murfreesboro, TN)