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COMPOSER. MUSIC DIRECTOR. MUSIC EDUCATOR. PLAYWRIGHT.

And other things.

 

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CURRICULUM VITAE

EDUCATION

NEW YORK UNIVERSITY. M.M., Screen Scoring.

SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY. B.M., Global Composition.

FRESNO CITY COLLEGE. Studies in general education, music, and theatre.

CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, FRESNO. Studied toward B.A., Music Education (instrumental emphasis). No degree received.

SCREEN SCORING

NOA’S ARC. Created by Sophie Alvarez. Composer for series pilot.

CUSTODIAL ARTS. Dir. Matt Benson. Additional scoring.

Musical Theatre | MUSIC DIRECTION

4xLATINÉ. Latiné Musical Theatre Lab; Teatro LATEA, Off-Off-Broadway.

NUNSENSE. Vanguard at Westminster Theatre, San Diego, CA. *cancelled due to COVID-19

GREEN DAY'S AMERICAN IDIOT. Fresno City College Theatre Department, Fresno, CA.

GUYS AND DOLLS. Blossom Trail Players, Sanger, CA.
AN ODE TO NEW YORK. (Custom composition/songwriting and arranging.)
BYE BYE BIRDIE.
MEREDITH WILLSON'S THE MUSIC MAN.
FIDDLER ON THE ROOF.

DISNEY'S ALADDIN JR. Jefferson Elementary School, Sanger, CA.
DISNEY'S THE LITTLE MERMAID JR.
WILLY WONKA KIDS.
DISNEY'S THE LION KING KIDS.
ANNIE KIDS.
DISNEY'S ALADDIN KIDS.
MAGICAL LAND OF OZ.
SECRET MISSION.

FOOTLOOSE! Sanger High School, Sanger, CA.
LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS.
DISNEY'S HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL.
GREASE.
DISNEY'S BEAUTY AND THE BEAST.

 

Musical theatre | performance and Music Department

CINDERELLA: A SALSA FAIRYTALE. New orchestrations. Imagination Stage, Bethesda, MD.

LITTLE WOMEN. Piano/Assistant Music Director. Patio Playhouse Theatre, Escondido, CA.

JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH. Keyboard. San Diego State University, School of Theatre, Television, and Film, San Diego, CA.

NEW WRINKLES: ON THE ROAD TO BROADWAY. Synthesizer. New Wrinkles, Fresno City College Theatre Department, Fresno, CA.

MAINSTAGE/KEYBOARD PROGRAMMING

MISS YOU LIKE HELL. Keyboard. Patio Playhouse, Escondido, CA.

JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH. Keyboard. San Diego State University, School of Theatre, Television, and Film, San Diego, CA.

MASLANKA SYMPHONY NO. 4. Organ. San Diego State University, School of Music and Dance, San Diego, CA.

 

EDUCATOR EXPERIENCE

CHORUS DIRECTOR, Jefferson Elementary School.

STAFF ARRANGER/MARCHING TECH, Sanger High School.

CHOIR ACCOMPANIST, Sanger High School.

 

PLAYWRIGHTING

SLEEP: A SHORT MUSICAL. Performed at Fresno City College as part of its TEASERS series of student-written, student-run short plays. Dir. Josh Hansen, Prod. Chuck Erven, May 2016.

THE THIRD DEATH OF PANCHO LaGUARDIA.

 

AFFILIATIONS

Member of SCL, ASMAC, MUSE. Steering committee member of MUSE.

 

ACCOLADES

Recipient, Meritorious Achievement Award, Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival Region 8. Nominated for work on FCC production of GREEN DAY'S AMERICAN IDIOT.

First runner-up in Music Association of California Community Colleges 2015 (Inaugural) Music Theory Scholarship Tournament.

Jefferson Elementary School: CDOE Gold Ribbon Award with additional honors, including Exemplary Program in Arts Education, 2016. FCOE Superintendent’s Model Arts Silver Award, 2016.