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Fall Concert

October 31, 2026 • Philadelphia, PA

11:00 a.m. at Salvation Army Kroc Center

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Concert for Coats

December 12, 2026 • Philadelphia, PA

7:00 p.m. at Broad Street Love

Philadelphia Wind Symphony

Side-by-Side with PYO Bands

March 14, 2027 • Bryn Mawr, PA

3:00 p.m. at Bryn Mawr College

Opera Philadelphia

Aida

April 17, 2027 • Philadelphia, PA

8:00 p.m. at the Academy of Music

April 20, 2027 • Philadelphia, PA

7:00 p.m. at the Academy of Music

April 23, 2027 • Philadelphia, PA

8:00 p.m. at the Academy of Music

April 25, 2027 • Philadelphia, PA

2:00 p.m. at the Academy of Music

Performed a solo recital at the International Tuba Euphonium Association Northeast Regional Conference.
Served as a competition judge for the Euphonium Artist Competition at the ITEA Northeast Regional Conference in Boston.
Awarded 2nd Place in the Euphonium Slow Melody Contest at the North American Brass Band Association Championship.
Continued performing as Principal Euphonium of the Philadelphia Wind Symphony and supporting the organization's artistic and governance initiatives as a board member.
Expanded educational outreach through teaching, coaching, adjudication, and private instruction.

Served as a competition judge at both the ITEA International Conference in Valencia, Spain, and the International Women's Brass Conference in Hartford, Connecticut.
Released the debut EP, Scenes from Blue Lake.
Continued performing as Principal Euphonium with the Philadelphia Wind Symphony and the University of Pennsylvania Wind Ensemble.
Appointed Assistant Director of Donor Relations for the University of Pennsylvania School of Arts & Sciences.

Won both the Northeast and Southeast Regional Euphonium Artist Competitions of the International Tuba Euphonium Association.
Earned 2nd Place in the ITEA Southeast Regional Mock Band Competition.
Performed as a featured soloist on winners' and finalists' recitals at regional ITEA conferences, including performances of the Horovitz Euphonium Concerto and Ellerby Euphonium Concerto.
Elected Vice President of the Philadelphia Wind Symphony Board of Directors.
Published an article for OMNIA examining the influence of Latin American music and scholarship.

Awarded 2nd Place in the Euphonium Slow Melody Contest at the North American Brass Band Association Championship (2026).
Solo recitalist at the ITEA Northeast Regional Conference (2026).
Competition adjudicator for the International Tuba Euphonium Association and the International Women's Brass Conference (2025-2026).
Released Scenes from Blue Lake, a debut recording project for euphonium (2025).
Winner of both the Northeast and Southeast Regional Euphonium Artist Competitions of the International Tuba Euphonium Association (2024).
Semi-Finalist, Leonard Falcone International Euphonium & Tuba Festival, Artist Division (2022).
Third Place, International Women's Brass Conference Susan Slaughter Solo Competition (2022).
First Place, First Section Band Competition with the Dallas Brass Band at the North American Brass Band Association Championship (2022).
Doctor of Musical Arts, James Madison University; dissertation published on American euphonium literature and repertoire (2021).