Resume

EDUCATION

San Francisco Conservatory of Music | Current
Candidate for Master of Music in Composition
First Year GPA: 4.0
Honors: First Prize, SFCM Art Song Competition, March 2007

Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH | June 2000
B.A. in Music, summa cum laude
GPA: 3.91/4.0    Class rank: 25/1124
Honors: Phi Beta Kappa; Rufus Choate Scholar (top 5% of class); high honors for Senior Fellowship project “Lotus Blooming in a Sea of Fire” (see below); Academic Citations in Music (3), English (2), Spanish (1), and Interdisciplinary Studies (1); Mark Lebowitz Prize in the Performing Arts; Eugene B. Roitman Award in Music; Lazarus Family Musical Theatre Award

Royal College of Music, London, England | Spring 1998
Studied classical guitar and the History of English Music

Berklee College of Music, Boston, MA | Summer 1996
Summer program in jazz guitar performance

Choate Rosemary Hall, Wallingford, CT | June 1996
Selected Honors: School Seal Prize for outstanding contribution to the school; Aurelian Honor Society Award (voted by classmates); William G. and Mary Atwater Choate Award to the outstanding male scholar in the school (honorable mention); Big Brother of the Year; Presidential Youth Service Award
Selected Activities: Judicial Committee; varsity football and track; Big Brothers/Big Sisters

MUSIC: Bands/Ensembles

Solo singer/guitarist, performing in the San Francisco area | 2004-Present

Freelance jazz/classical/rock guitarist
| 1991-Present Thousands of performances, solo and with combos, bands, and pit orchestras

Stand Up Eight, original pop/rock/funk group | 1996-2004
Guitarist, composer, and arranger; toured throughout the Northeast and San Francisco Bay Area and self-produced two CDs; won Best New Band, Album of the Year, and Song of the Year in Jam Music Magazine's 1998 Reader's Poll, nominated for Album of the Year and Song of the Year in 2001 Reader's Poll

San Francisco Conservatory Guitar Ensemble | 2006-7

San Francisco Conservatory Chorus | 2006-7

Barbary Coast Jazz Ensemble, Dartmouth College | 1996-2000
Guitarist, soloist, and composer

Modern Madrigal Singers, Dartmouth College | 1999
Classical a cappella choral music

MUSICAL THEATER
Composition/Arrangement/Performance

“The Golden Door,” musical (arranger/music director) | 2006
Arranger for new musical by Melanie O’Reilly and Peter Glazer, musical director for workshop at TheatreWorks, Mountain View, CA

“The Stories of Eva Luna,” play with songs and underscoring | 2005
Composed four songs and performed on guitar for a new adaptation of three Isabel Allende short stories, using passages of Allende's Spanish prose. Scored for soprano, classical guitar, cello, and percussion. Premiered in March 2005 at UC Berkeley, directed by Nina Billone

“Tooth and Nail,” semi-operatic play | 2004
Composed eleven songs and provided guitar and keyboard accompaniment for the U.S. premiere, which opened in UC Berkeley's Durham Studio Theater in November 2004, directed by Laura Levin. Scored for mezzo-soprano, tenor, tenor falsetto, classical guitar, and harpsichord

“Lotus Blooming in a Sea of Fire,” a rock opera
2003: Served as musical director and artist-in-residence for fully-staged production at Blake School of the Arts, Tampa, FL

2000: Composed the book, music and lyrics; produced and musically directed a semi-staged performance on May 24, 2000 at Dartmouth's Spaulding Auditorium (a sold-out house of 900); coordinated nearly 30 students and professionals in the cast, ensemble, and production team. Scored for seven voices plus chorus, acoustic and electric guitar, electric bass, piano, B-3 organ, drum kit, percussion, flute, and strings

“Passion Play,” a one-act musical
Wrote new music, lyrics, and book material for existing script; served as assistant to the director and musical director; played guitar, and sang in workshop production in New Providence, NJ, October 2000

BMI Musical Theatre Workshop
Composer, 2000-2001

MUSICAL THEATER
Orchestra experience

Evita
Guitarist: Dartmouth College, February 2005

Jesus Christ Superstar
Guitarist: Dartmouth College, May 2002

MUSIC INSTRUCTION

Private Teacher in music theory and guitar | 1994—Present
Musical know-how served with style

GuitarJamDaily.com | 2006-Present
Author of Fingerstylin', a biweekly column on fingerstyle and classical guitar technique

Music Teacher, Hay Days Camp, Hanover, NH | Summer 1998
Taught music to 6-11-year-olds

START (Student Teachers in the Arts) | 1996-1999
Taught music and drama to elementary students

Other Experiences

Manzanita Middle School | Fall 2001—Spring 2002
Spanish Teacher ("Profesor Miguelito")

Elk Creek Ranch, Cody, WY | Summer 2001
Senior Counselor to 30 teenage "ranchers"

Virgin Megastore, Times Square | Winter—Spring 2001
Classical/Musical Theater Expert

Manhattan Theatre Club | Winter 2001
Casting Intern

Student Arts Council, Dartmouth Hopkins Center | 1997-2000
Worked with arts administrators

Paddock Music Library, Dartmouth College | Summer 1997
Library Assistant

Composition Center, Dartmouth College | 1998-2000
Tutored peers in the craft of writing

LANGUAGE

Fluent in Spanish; proficient in Italian, Middle English, Old English (Anglo-Saxon); familiar with French; some familiarity with German, Lakota (Plains Indian)

PERSONAL INTERESTS

Environmentalism; Political sparring with my Dad; Running along the water; Writing (titles include "Marvin the Manatee" and "A Short History of Long-Distance Communication"); Literature; Ice Hockey; the Tango