Resume

Degrees, Honors and Awards

• Masters of Music in Guitar, 2011 (expected)
  Studio of Benjamin Verdery
  Yale School of Music
• Graduate Performance Degree, 2009
  Studio of Manuel Barrueco
  Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University
• Bachelors of Music, 2007
  Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University
  Studio of Manuel Barrueco
• Richard Franko Goldman Prize in Performance 2007
  Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University
• Second Prize, J. C. Arriaga Chamber Music Competition, Connecticut, 2008
  Duo Stromeaux, Max Zuckerman guitar, Ryu Cipris flute
• Third Prize, 2008 International Chamber Music Ensemble Competition, Boston, Massachusetts
  Duo Stromeaux, Max Zuckerman guitar, Ryu Cipris flute
• Harold Randolph Prize in Performance 2006
  Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University
• First Prize, Portland Guitar Festival Solo Guitar Competition
  March, 2003
• Grand Prize, Junior division
  American String Teachers' Association (ASTA)
  National Competition, 2002
  (the only high school guitarist to have ever received the Grand Prize)
• First Prize, Junior classical guitar division of ASTA National Competition, 2002
• First Prize, Junior guitar division of the ASTA California State Competition, 2001
• Third Prize, Portland Guitar Festival Solo Guitar Competition
  March, 2002
• California Arts Scholar
  2001 and 2002
• Winner, String division of The Menuhin/Dowling Young Musicians Competition, (ages 12-14), 1998 and 2000
• Winner in the Pacific Musical Society's Scholarship Competition, 2001
• Named to the Honorary Distinction List in the Preparatory Division at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, 2000 and 2001
• First Prize, 1998 Bay Area Young Musicians Competition
  (ages 14 and under), 1998
• Honorable Mentions, String division of The Menuhin/Dowling Young Musicians Competition, (ages 12-14), 1999 and (ages 9-11), 1997

Musical Performances

• Featured performer, NYC Classical Guitar Society Second Sundays Classical Guitar Concert Series, October 2009.
• Treetops Chamber Music Society Concert Series, Greenwich, CT, April 2009, Duo Stromeaux, Max Zuckerman guitar, Ryu Cipris flute.
• Featured performer, VI Encuentro Internacional de Guitarra, Panama 2007 and taught master classes at this guitar festival
• Featured performer, Portland Guitar Festival, March 2004
• Appeared and performed on the Boston based nationally syndicated radio program From the Top, broadcast live from San Francisco Davies Symphony Hall, 2002
• Performed at the Dean Lesher Regional Center for the Arts - Hofman Theater in a concert hosted by KDFC Classical 102.1 FM, 2001
• Featured performer at San Francisco Conservatory's Annual Preparatory Division Family Day Showcase recitals
  1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2002
• Performed in the San Francisco/Berkeley Junior Bach festivals
  1998, 2000 and 2001
• Performed on Bay TV's The Show on channel 35, 2000
• Appeared and performed on From the Top live broadcast from the New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall, 1998

Musical Training and Mentors

• Graduate, Bachelors of Music, Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University, 2007; Studio of Manuel Barrueco 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007
• Graduate of San Francisco Conservatory of Music, Preparatory Division Certificate program, 2003
• Manuel Barrueco's annual master classes
  2001, 2002 and 2003
• Benjamin Verdery's annual master classes
  2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007
• Master class of Manuel Barrueco hosted by the SF Guitar Society, 2000
• Master classes of David Tanenbaum, Scott Tennant, Lily Afshar, Julian Grey, Ron Pearl, John Holmquist and Mark Teicholz
• Private lessons from William Kanengiser and Franco Platino
• Attended 2002 California State Summer School for the Arts music program
• Lick-Wilmerding High School Orchestra (played viola) San Francisco
  1999, 2000 and 2001
• Lick-Wilmerding High School Advanced Jazz Band (lead electric guitar) San Francisco
  2001, 2002 and 2003