Education
San Francisco Conservatory of Music, San Francisco, California; Master of Music, 2012
La Schola Cantorum, Paris, France; Diplôme, July 2011
St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota; Bachelor of Music, 2010
L’École Normale de Musique de Paris, Paris, France; Diplôme, July 2009
Employment
Alto, Pasión, McAllen, Texas, since 2021
Composer, Consortio, St. Paul, Minnesota, since 2018
Alto, EXIGENCE, Detroit, Michigan, since 2018
Alto, Dallas Chamber Choir, Dallas, Texas, since 2014
Translator, since 2012
Composer, since 2010
Voice Instructor, Your Lessons Now LLC, Vancouver, Washington, 2020-22
Voice Instructor, L.D. Bell High School, Hurst, Texas, 2019-20
Voice Instructor, Timber Creek High School, Fort Worth, Texas, 2012-16, 2018-19
Composer-in-Residence, International Orange Chorale, San Francisco, California, 2018
Adjunct Instructor in Orchestration, Adams State University, Alamosa, Colorado, 2017
Voice Instructor, Euless Junior High School, Euless, Texas, 2016
Voice Instructor, Legacy High School, Mansfield, Texas, 2015-16
Alto, Vox Humana, Dallas, Texas, 2013-16
Voice Instructor, Keller High School, Keller, Texas, 2014-15
Alto, New World Voices, Dallas, Texas, 2014-15
Soloist-Section Leader, University Park United Methodist Church, Dallas, Texas, 2013-15
Voice Instructor, Fossil Ridge High School, Fort Worth, Texas, 2012-14
Publications
Patterns on the Snow, SSAA chorus and piano; Walton Music, 2020
Sérénade italienne, TBB chorus and piano; Walton Music, 2020
Les Papillons, SSA chorus and piano; Walton Music, 2017
Le Colibri, SSA chorus and piano; Walton Music, 2017
Hébé, SSA chorus and harp or piano; Walton Music, 2015
The Cloths of Heaven, SSA chorus and piano or strings and harp; earthsongs, 2015
The Cloths of Heaven, SATB chorus and piano or strings and harp; earthsongs, 2010
Residencies
Featured Guest-Presenter, The Conductor’s Experience, San Angelo, Texas, July 2022
had five original works used as required repertoire in three choral conducting seminars; presented on transgender choral and vocal pedagogy; presented “On Composing for the Voice: Purpose and Process” to discuss text analysis and compositional process; and participated in a Q&A session on my career as a composer of choral music
Artist-in-Residence, Whitman College, Walla Walla, Washington, April 2022
visited with music composition students to offer professional mentorship; participated in a Q&A session on my career as a transgender composer in classical music; workshopped voice students on original art songs; and presented on transgender choral and vocal pedagogy
Artist-in-Residence, St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota, March 2019
workshopped the tenor-bass choir on an original work; visited with students in the “Music, Gender, and Sexuality” and “Choral Literature” courses; presented “Believe My Story: An Intersectional Talk on Consent and Shame”; was interviewed in a “Community Conversation on Trans Identity”; met with wellness peer educators and Sexual Assault Resource Network student advocates for an informal training on transgender health; and performed “Transvocality: An Exposé of My Musical Journey,” a half-voice, half-composition recital
Featured Guest-Presenter, Transgender Voices Festival, St. Paul, Minnesota, April 2018
taught private voice lessons to transgender and non-binary singers; presented “Expanding Definitions of ‘Woman’: Singing Authentically” and instructed transgender women in speech and singing in an open voice coaching; and sang a classical set in an all-transgender cabaret
Artist-in-Residence, West Valley College, Saratoga, California, October 2017
workshopped mixed choir on an original work; clinicked chamber singers; assisted in music theory and musicianship courses; spoke to music majors on the profession; and led a “campus conversation” on social justice, privilege, and intersectionality
Artist-in-Residence, Earlham College, Richmond, Indiana, November 2015
workshopped mixed and women’s choruses on three original works; led a voice masterclass for two studios; taught private voice and composition lessons; and led formal discussions on LGBTQ-related professional and social justice matters
Awards and Honors
2019 | Choral work Cantares selected in the 2019 Maryland Senior All-State Treble Chorus repertoire and performed in Baltimore |
Choral work When Thunder Comes selected in the 2019 Texas All-State Treble Choir repertoire and performed in San Antonio | |
2018 | Third place winner for the 2017-18 American Prize in Composition “Music for Chorus” in the Professional Division for choral work When Thunder Comes |
Choral work Le Colibri selected in the 2018 New Jersey All-State Treble Chorus repertoire and performed in Newark | |
2017 | First place winner in Boston Choral Ensemble’s 2017 Commission Competition |
Art song The Lady and the Tiger selected as a finalist in the Left Coast Chamber Ensemble 2017 Composition Contest | |
Choral work The Cloths of Heaven selected in the 2017 Wyoming All-State Choir repertoire and performed in Cody | |
2016 | Choral work Our Phoenix commissioned by GALA Choruses’ Consortium Choirs for their mass performance at the quadrennial GALA Choruses Festival |
Choral work Darest, O Soul recorded on Ensemble Vocapella’s album Vom Werden und Vergehen—Songs of Life and Death in Limburg, Germany and released in March |
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Choral work Hébé selected in the 2016 Washington All-State Treble Choir repertoire and performed in Yakima | |
2014 | ASCAP PLUS Award for notable performances in 2013 |
Choral work Hold the Vision to Our Hearts commissioned by Chi-Chi King and Keller High School Varsity Women’s Choir for their performance as an Honor Choir at the Texas Music Educators Association (TMEA) annual convention | |
2013 | ASCAP PLUS Award for notable performances in 2012 |
Choral work The Cloths of Heaven selected in the 2013 Florida All-State Concert Chorus repertoire and performed in Tampa | |
2012 | ASCAP PLUS Award for notable performances in 2011 |
Choral work Still wie die Nacht selected as one of six finalists in the Simon Carrington Chamber Singers Choral Composition Competition 2012 | |
2011 | Choral work The Cloths of Heaven selected in the 2011 Massachusetts All-State Chorus repertoire and performed in Boston |
2009 | Choral work Après un rêve selected for review in masterclass with Samuel Adler |
Brass quintet Man in the Top Hat takes second place in Minnesota Music Educators Association (MMEA) Collegiate Composition Contest, division of chamber music | |
2007 | Semi-finalist in National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) Competition |
2006 | Member of the Texas All-State Choir 2004, 2005, and 2006 |
Organizations
Chorus America, since 2022
American Choral Directors Association (ACDA), since 2010
American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP), since 2008