As a percussionist, I have played professionally for musical productions, such as Sunday in the Park with George, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, and The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber. My credits as an orchestral/chamber musician include performing with the Fort Smith Symphony, the Missouri Symphony, the Axiom Percussion Trio, Third Coast Percussion, the Los Angeles New Music Ensemble, and the International Double Reed Society Orchestra. As a composer, I have written many solo and chamber works for percussion, brass, woodwinds, and voice that have been performed throughout the country by the University of Missouri Percussion Ensemble, the University of Truman Percussion Ensemble, the University of Oklahoma Steel Band, the Boulevard Brass Quintet, and the Boston Contempo Festival. As an educator, I have five years of experience teaching percussion at the collegiate level. As a graduate assistant, I taught group drumset classes and private lessons at the University of Oklahoma, where I also developed and implemented my own drumset curriculum. I also taught applied percussion as an adjunct instructor at Northwestern Oklahoma State University in Alva, Oklahoma.

I taught 5th-8th grade band at Lindbergh Middle School

I compiled research about published percussion literature into a free online database. I created and distributed regular e-newsletters about the research taking place at Percussion Music Online.

I taught applied percussion lessons to music majors.

• Managed and maintained percussion equipment and practice facilities• Taught applied lessons• Taught beginning drumset to non-majors• Served as a grading assistant for a general music course for non-majors• Served as the Assistant Editor of the Oklahoma University Percussion Press. During my tenure I aided in the publication of five new works for percussion, built the OU Percussion Press website and online store, created social media pages for the OU Percussion Press, and aided in improving the production and shipping methods of the OU Percussion Press

• Taught drumset lessons to non-majors.• Served as a research assistant for Dr. Julia Gaines. The results of her research lead to the publication of her book Sequential Studies for Four-Mallet Marimba• Managed and maintained percussion equipment and practice facilities• Taught beginning drumset class for non-majors• Teaching aid for percussion methods class and World Percussion Ensemble• Orchestra Manager for the University Philharmonic. Performed all duties associated with running a collegiate orchestra