Student Achievements

Performing a full recital at The Old Church Concert Hall of virtuosic music by Beethoven, Chopin, Nikolai Kapustin, and Couperin
Advancing through the Syllabus Exams (through the Oregon Music Teachers Association)
Gaining admission to music programs at the University of Southern California, the University of Oregon, and Oregon State University, among others
Learning how to improvise on hymn tunes as a church musician
Healing emotional wounds relating to the piano from previous teachers
Creating their own local studios for young beginning students
Learning to read music scores fluently after only playing by ear
Learning to play by ear after only playing from reading scores
Gone on to do graduate research on the neuroscience of piano playing
Started as a complete adult beginner and developed to the early advanced level of piano repertoire

Multiple new chamber works premiered at the Young Composers Project
Chosen as All Classical Radio’s 2023 Young Artist in Residence
Multiple students have had new orchestra works premiered by the Metropolitan Youth Symphony
Participation in summer composition festivals and workshops through Indiana University and the Juilliard School of Music
Gone on to study lo-fi music production and performance in London
Gained tenure as professor of music at a university