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EDUCATION

 

Ph. D in Fine Arts, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, 2013

Choral Conducting

Dissertation: The Unpublished Choral Music of Ernst Immanuel Erbe (1854-1927)

Advisor: Dr. Thomas M. Cimarusti

Major Teachers:

Choral: John Dickson, John Hollins, Richard Bjella

additional Musicology studies: Thomas Cimarusti

Graduate Certificate in Piano Pedagogy, Texas Tech University, 2018

Major Teachers: Carla Cash and Tatiana Roitman-Mann

M.M. in Organ Performance and Conducting, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, TX, 2007

Advisor: Dr. Albert L. Travis

Major Teachers:

Organ: Al Travis, Jerry Aultman

Conducting: Michael Cox, David Keith, A. Joseph King

 

 

B.S. in Music Ministries & B.A. in Music (Organ), John Brown University, Siloam Springs, AR, 2004

Service Playing Certificate from the American Guild of Organists

Major Teachers: Jan Helmut Wubbena (Organ) & Paul B. Smith (Choral)

 

A.A. in Music Education-Instrumental (Piano) & History, Del Mar College, Corpus Christi, TX, 2001

Major Teacher: Joan Kelley Allison

Continuing Education:

Highly Qualified Professor Educator Licensure (Arkansas, in progress)

Bassi Brugnatelli Conducting Symposium, Summer 2017

Major Teacher: John Ratledge

Handbell Musicians of America Certification (in progress)

Skywarn Spotter with the National Weather Service, Shreveport, LA Forecast Office (2020)

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