Degrees, Honors and Awards
- Masters of Music in Guitar, 2011
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 - 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
Musical Performances
- Performed Daedaldualism by Adrian Knight for electric guitar with volume envelope/looping and electronics at the Tenri Cultural Institute in New York City, January 2011
- Premier Performance, Tension Study #1 by Samuel Adams for electric guitar and percussion, Weil Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall, November 2010
- Performed My friend, I understand 100%, I have no girlfriend and Why are you not answering? by Robert Honstein for ensemble and electric guitar at Le Poisson Rouge, New York City, October 2010
- 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, Masters of Music, Yale School of Music, 2011; Studio of Benjamin Verdery 2010, 2011
- Graduate, Graduate Performance Degree, Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University, 2009; Studio of Manuel Barrueco 2008, 2009
- 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