I've had the good fortune to have worked with an amazing array of artists, including Mel Tormé, Smokey Robinson, Johnny Frigo & Joe Vito, Marian McPartland, Michael Feinstein, James Earl Jones, Michael Tree (Guarneri Quartet), and Johnny Mathis.
Freelance violinist & violist
Member of local 10-208 AFM/Chicago Federation of Musicians 1992 – Present
- Chicago Sinfonietta 1992 – present (Asst Principal 2nd violin 2008 – present)
- Hamilton, violin 2—sub and final chair holder (North American "Philip" tour)
- Moulin Rouge, violin/viola—sub (1st national tour)
- Broadway in Chicago
- Goodman Theatre (Matchbox Magic Flute; Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil—sub)
- Paramount Theatre (White Christmas; Cinderella; South Pacific—sub; Charlie and the Chocolate Factory—sub; The Sound of Music—sub; Fun Home, violin/viola—sub)
- Marriott Theatre (The Sound of Music, Darling Grenadine, Oklahoma!, Ragtime, The Bridges of Madison County, She Loves Me. October Sky—violin & viola sub; Evita!—sub; The Music Man—sub)
- Writers Theatre (Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812—sub violin/viola)
- Chicago Shakespeare Theater (onstage musician: Loves Labour's Lost; The Taming of the Shrew; Cyrano)
- Royal Ballet (Don Quixote)
- Joffrey Ballet (9 seasons)
- American Ballet Theater (Swan Lake, Le Corsaire)
- Lyric Opera (Rising Stars)
- San Francisco Ballet
- eighth blackbird
- Chicago Opera Theater
- Chicago String Ensemble
- Music Theater Works
- Lake Forest Symphony
- Illinois Philharmonic
- Rockford Symphony
- Anchorage Symphony Orchestra
- AWR Music (Il Divo, Andrea Bocelli, Johnny Mathis, Final Fantasy, Pete Townshend/Quadrophenia, Dennis DeYoung, Susan Boyle on Oprah!)
- Mel Tormé, Smokey Robinson, Björk, Orbert Davis, Michael Feinstein, Celtic Woman, Stardew Valley, Attack on Titan, Bugs Bunny Symphony, Tributosaurus, Apostolic Church of God, and countless weddings, funerals, and assorted gigs
- Member of the band Midwest 2012 – 2022
- Member of the Ad Hoc String Quartet 1991 – 1998 (including recordings of new works on Albany Records)
Training
- Northwestern University Bachelor of Music in Violin Performance (Myron Kartman)
- Other teachers have included Blair Milton, Russell Guyver, and Laura Lindemuth.
- Alfred University Summer Chamber Music Institute ’89-’91 (Joseph Fuchs)
- Interlochen Summer Arts Camp: 1987 (Governor’s Scholar) and 1988
- Vocal studies (baritone): Lieder/Opera (Carmen Mehta); David Willis (Theatrical/Shakespeare)