Education

Master's Degree in Music
Violin Performance & Music in Education
New England Conservatory of Music, Boston, Mass.
May 2002

Bachelor's Degree in Music with Honors
Violin Performance
University of California – Santa Cruz
December 1999

Film Scores

“Tiny Handprints”
Directed by Saqib Siddik (2007)

“Max & Hannah”
Directed & Animated by Jake Kahana (2006)

“The Life and Death of Amos Rigby”
Directed by Arthur Baum (2006)

“Veronica”
Directed by José Asunciòn (2006)

Music Supervision

“Doing the L.A. Thing”
Directed by Jamie Burton-Oare (2007)

Recordings

Producer and Arranger for Vitamin Records (2003)

• Arranged Pop, Rock, and Jazz songs for String Quartet and Bass
• Scored appropriate musical settings and textures, using up to thirteen layers of instruments
• Produced all of the recording and mixing sessions

“New Skin - The String Quartet Tribute to Incubus Vol. 2”
Circles

“The String Quartet Tribute to the Red Hot Chili Peppers”
Californication, Scar Tissue

“The String Quartet Tribute to Diana Krall”
Detroit Blues, Devil May Care, How Deep is the Ocean, Let's Fall in Love, My Love, Peel Me a Grape

“The String Quartet Tribute to David Gray”
Gathering Dust, Just Dreaming (original composition), Wisdom

Film-Scoring Awards and Workshops

ASCAP Film and Television Scoring Workshop
Los Angeles, CA, July-August 2005

• Studied the Art, Technique, and Business of Professional Film Scoring
• Composed and Orchestrated original music for a piece of film
• Conducted and Recorded original music with a 40-piece, live orchestra at Fox Studios

ASCAP/NYU Film Scoring Seminar
(in memory of Buddy Baker)
New York, NY, May 2005

Semi-Finalist, 5th Annual Young Film Composers Contest, April 2004

• Sponsored by Turner Classic Movies
• One of 10 Semi-Finalists selected from over 600 applicants

Film Scoring IV Seminar with Lee Sanders
UCLA Extension, January-March 2003