About Me

Hi! I am a cellist from the countryside of Western Pennsylvania. I have been playing cello for over 15 years and teaching for 3 years.

Currently, I perform with the Video Game Symphony, teach at McPharlin Music, and a Senior at Slippery Rock University School of Music for Cello Performance. My underclassmen years were spent at Dana School of Music at Youngstown State University. I have maintained a 4.0 GPA throughout my college career. I am also a member of the Suzuki Association of the Americas.

I've traveled Internationally performing at the Taconic Music Festival in Padua, Italy. As well as representing the Mid-Atlantic Region at the All-Ireland Fleadh Cheoil in Drogheda, Ireland performing traditional Irish music. Prior to college, I was a cellist in the Pittsburgh Youth Symphony Orchestra, Three Rivers Young Peoples Orchestra, and Youngstown Symphony Youth Orchestra. 

I began my musical studies with the Suzuki Method at the Pittsburgh Music Academy at the age of 5.



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