EDUCATION:

 

DOCTOR OF MUSICAL ARTS in Saxophone Performance

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI – December 2006

 

MASTER OF MUSIC in Saxophone Performance

University of Missouri – Kansas City Conservatory of Music

Kansas City, MO – May 2003

            BACHELOR OF SCIENCE in Instrumental Music Education, summa cum laude

Missouri Southern State University

Joplin, MO – December 1999

 

PRESENT POSITION:

 

Director, School of Music

August 2022 – Present

Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY

 

PREVIOUS ACADEMIC POSITIONS:

 

Professor, Department of Music

July 2016 – July 2022

Chair, Department of Music

July 2016 – July 2020

Missouri Southern State University, Joplin, MO

 

Chair, Department of Music – Responsible for administrative matters within the Department of Music such as:

 

• Oversee a diverse array of full-time faculty, part-time faculty, and staff.
• Oversee all aspects of the music program including music majors, music minors, and music participants.
• Oversee six undergraduate degree programs and seven certificate programs with all current degree programs revamped under my direction.
• Responsible for the departmental budget including general operating budget,

student and faculty activity accounts, and Foundation accounts.

• Responsible for alumni relations, directing recruiting efforts, and fundraising.
• Oversee various departmental committees and activities.
• Evaluation of full-time and part-time faculty members.
• Communicating information from the upper administration to the faculty and staff of the Music Department.
• Chairing music faculty meetings and faculty searches.
• Resolving faculty-faculty disputes, faculty-student disputes, and student-student disputes.
• National Association of Schools of Music representative and lead in accreditation application.
• Host the Southwest District Solo and Ensemble Contest.
• Supervise departmental administrative assistants and student workers.
• Represent the department in university departmental assessments (including GE assessments).
• Author of MSSU’s National Association of Schools of Music (NASM) self-study for accreditation and liaison to NASM for accreditation compliance.
• Extensive use of the university reporting system (Banner) coupled with Excel and FileMaker Pro for data parsing and analysis.

Professor of Music – Responsible for teaching applied saxophone and music industry-related courses.

 

·       Advising students on degree plans.

·       Holding a weekly studio class for saxophone students.

·       Recruiting students to the saxophone studio and MSSU in general.

·       Directing the Southern Jazz Orchestra.

 

Teaching

 

·       Applied Saxophone to undergraduate and graduate music majors, minors, and non-music majors

·       MUS 101 Jazz Styles and Appreciation

·       MUS 240 Recital Attendance

·       MUS 311 History of Music I

·       MUS 312 History of Music II

·       MUS 403 Introduction to Live and Recorded Sound

·       MUS 410 Music Industry and Copyright

·       MUS 412 Music Technology

·       MUS 450 Senior Recital

·       MUS 491 Internship in Music Industry

·       MUS 614 Pedagogy of Music Theory

 

Committees

 

Campus-Wide

 

·       Graduate Council

·       Department Chair Compensation

·       HLC Review Sub-Committee

·       Faculty Welfare

·       Black Studies Certificate Committee

·       Faculty Sabbatical Committee

 

Department of Music

 

·       PR/Alumni

·       Scholarship

·       Concert audio recording logistics

 

           

Ed and Winnie Ola Berrong Endowed Chair and Professor of Music

Chair: July 2012 – June 2016

Faculty Member: August 2006 – June 2016 (promoted/tenured in 2011, promoted to professor in 2016)

 

Southwestern Oklahoma State University, Weatherford, OK

 

Applied Teaching

• Saxophone (undergraduate and graduate)
• Jazz Improvisation (undergraduate and graduate)

 

Coursework

• Intro to Music Technology
• Technology in Music Education
• Music Program Administration
• Jazz Improvisation Class
• Advanced Instrumental Pedagogy; Saxophone (graduate)
• Advanced Instrumental Literature; Saxophone (graduate)
• African and African American Music (graduate)

 

Ensembles

• Jazz Ensemble ‘A’ & ‘B’ (2006-2012)
• Saxophone Quartets
• Woodwind Ensemble
• Woodwind Chamber Ensembles

 

Committees

• Music Department Committees: Jazz Festival, Music Therapy Curriculum, Freshman Orientation, Instrumental Symposium, Recitals, and Percussion Proficiencies
• Campus-wide Committees: Academic Technology Committee, Strategic Goal Team 6 Campus Technology. Miss Southwestern Pageant Board Member (2006-2012), Academic Advisory Council, Academic Appeals, and Campus Environmental Committee,
• Hiring Committees: Clarinet/Music History, Piano/Music Therapy, Fine Arts Center Manager, Trumpet/Jazz, and Applied Voice Faculty

 

Chair Responsibilities

• Oversee a diverse array of full-time faculty, part-time faculty, and staff.
• Oversee all aspects of the music program including music majors, music minors, and music participants.
• Oversee four undergraduate degree programs (with eight different emphasizes) and two graduate degree programs (with four different emphasizes)
• NASM representative and responsible for compliance with NASM standards
• Responsible for the departmental budget including General Operating Budget, Berrong

Endowment Fund, Summer Camp Accounts, Academic Enrichment Fee Accounts, Academic Service Fee Accounts, Student and Faculty Activity Accounts, Jazz Festival Accounts, and Foundation Accounts

• Responsible for alumni relations, directing recruiting efforts, and fundraising
• Maintaining a departmental database of prospective students, alumni, area directors, purchase orders, faculty travel, and special events

 

Other Responsibilities and Duties

• SWOSU Music Camp Director, including:

Band Camp, Middle School Band, Marimba Camp, Choral Camp, and Guitar Camp (comprising over 900 public school students and over 150 faculty and staff)

• Interim Graduate Coordinator for the Department of Music
• Annual SWOSU Jazz Festival (2007-2012) (hiring and working with guest artists and running a festival for middle school, high school, and university bands)

• Undergraduate/Graduate Student Recruitment
• Student advisement
• SWOSU-owned woodwind instrument checkout and maintenance
• Faculty Advisor to Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, Tau Phi Chapter
• SWOSU All-OMEA Clinician
• Woodwind studio classes

 

Clinician/Officer Activities

• Oklahoma Administrators of Music Schools, President, 2016
• Oklahoma Administrators of Music Schools, Vice President, 2014-2016
• Bernhardt Excellence in Teaching Awards nominee, 2013, 2014, 2015
• National Association of Schools of Music, SWOSU Representative 2012-2016
• North American Saxophone Alliance Candidate for Secretary, 2012
• MTNA State Judge for Woodwind Solos and Ensembles, 2012
• President-Elect, Oklahoma Jazz Educators Association 2011-2012
• Host, Oklahoma Jazz Educators Fall Workshop, November 2011
• Oklahoma All-State Jazz Audition Judge, November 2010

• All-OMEA Saxophone Clinician for the Oklahoma All-State Saxophones 2009
• All-OMEA Saxophone Clinician for the Oklahoma All-State Saxophones 2008
• All-OMEA Saxophone Clinician at SWOSU 2006-2015

 

Visiting Instructor of Saxophone January – May 2012, January – May 2013

University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK

 

Saxophone Instructor August 2005 – July 2006

Hope College, Holland, MI

 

Private Music Instructor

Joplin, MO                  September 2016 – Present

Weatherford, OK         September 2006 – June 2016

Holland, MI                 August 2005 – July 2006

Lansing, MI                 August 2003 – July 2006

Kansas City, MO         January 2002 – July 2003                 

Joplin, MO                  June 1996 – December 2001

 

Other Teaching

Applied Saxophone (undergraduate, masters and doctoral students)

Saxophone Pedagogy

Assistant, African and African-American Music and World Music

 

Other Ensembles

Director/Coach, UMKC Saxophone Quartets (undergraduate and graduate)

Director, Windermere Park Charter Academy Middle School Band

 

Other Responsibilities and Duties:

Overseeing senior seminar projects

Juror for final oral and jury examinations

Undergraduate and Graduate recital hearings

PERFORMING EXPERIENCE HIGHLIGHTS (July 2006-Present):

 

Solo Performances/Clinics/Judging

 

2022

·       [pending] Invited performance North American Saxophone Alliance Biennial Conference, Oklahoma State University (March) – Premiere of a new commission

·       Faculty Recital, MSSU (March)

·       [pending] Invited performance the Flute New Music Consortium Conference, University of Arizona (February)

·       Guest artist – Chase Neely DMA Percussion Recital, Texas Tech University (February)

 

2021

·       Most scheduled performances were canceled due to the COVID-19 outbreak

·       SWMMEA District Jazz Judge (November)

·       Guest artist – Dr. Cheryl Cotter, clarinet Faculty Recital, MSSU (November)

·       Judged Idaho state level solo and ensemble festival (May)

·       Invited performance North American Saxophone Alliance Region IV Conference, University of Texas – San Antonio (March)

 

2020

·       Most scheduled performances were canceled due to the COVID-19 outbreak

·       Guest artist – Dr. Cheryl Cotter, Clarinet Faculty Recital, MSSU (November)

 

2019

·       Guest clinician at the Southwest Missouri Music Educators jazz ensemble rehearsal (January)

·       Invited performance North American Saxophone Alliance Region IV Conference, University of Arkansas (March)

·       Oklahoma Music Educators Association (OkMEA)external reviewer for community, high school, and collegiate jazz submissions for honor group proposals for the OkMEA annual conference (June)

·       Faculty performance, MSSU (September)

 

2018

·       Guest lecturer at Carthage High School (November)

·       Invited performance at the American Single Reed Summit, Truman State University (October)

·       Guest presenter at the American Single Reed Summit, Truman State University (October)

·       Guest musician at the Southwest Missouri Music Educators fall conference (October)

·       Reading Jazz Band, Southwest Missouri District Music Teacher’s meeting, Webb City, MO (August)

·       Performances with the Four States Saxophone Quartet, Joplin and Webb City, MO (July)

·       Performance with Chase Neely at the National Conference on Percussion Pedagogy at the University of Arkansas (May)

·       Invited performance at the North American Saxophone Alliance Biennial Conference, University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music (March)

·       Faculty Recital, MSSU (February)

·       Guest Artist and Master Class Presenter, OSU Saxophone Summit, Oklahoma State University (January)

 

2017

·       Guest artist – Dr. Cheryl Cotter, Clarinet Faculty Recital (November)

·       Guest soloist, Southern Jazz Collective (in a premier performance), MSSU (April)

·       Invited performance at the North American Saxophone Alliance Region IV Conference, Oklahoma State University (March)

·       Faculty Recital, MSSU (February)

 

2016

·       Performance with MSSU’s Jazz Unlimited vocal ensemble at the Seasonal Choral Flourish (December)

·       Performance at the 2016 SWOSU Marimba Camp (June)

·       Faculty Chamber Recital Performance – “The Music of Gregory Rose” (April)

·       46^th Annual SWOSU Jazz Festival Adjudicator (February)

·       Guest Artist Recital, Oklahoma State University (January)

·       Guest Clinician, OSU Saxophone Summit (January)

·       Guest Lecturer, OSU Saxophone Summit (January)

 

2015

·       All-OkMEA Round 2 Saxophone Clinic, SWOSU (December)

·       Guest Performance, University of Central Oklahoma Faculty Composition Recital (November)

·       Concerto soloist with the Dallas Area Asian-American Youth Orchestra (November)

·       Faculty Recital (November)

·       Faculty Chamber Recital Performance (October)

·       Guest Soloist at the Weatherford Middle School Choir Concert (October)

·       Performance on the SWOSU Faculty Recital (September)

·       Faculty member at the Weatherford Arts Academy (July)

·       All-OkMEA Saxophone Clinic, SWOSU Band Camp (July)

·       Performance at the 2015 SWOSU Marimba Camp (June)

·       Substitute performer with the Davis Road Saxophone Quartet (May)

·       Faculty performer on the Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Tau Phi Chapter’s “American Composers Faculty Recital” (March)

·       Recital at the North American Saxophone Alliance Region IV Conference, University of Oklahoma (February) – Performance of World Première of Gregory Rose’s Wesleyan Soliloquy 2.

·       Faculty Chamber Music Recital Performance (February)

·       45^th Annual SWOSU Jazz Festival Adjudicator (February)

·       Guest Lecturer, OSU Saxophone Summit (January)

·       Guest Clinician, OSU Saxophone Summit (January)

·       Guest Artist, OSU Saxophone Summit (January)

 

2014

·       All-OkMEA Saxophone Round 2 Clinic, SWOSU (December)

·       Performance with Suré Elloff, soprano, Guest Artist (October)

·       All-OkMEA Saxophone Clinic, SWOSU Band Camp (July)

·       Performance at the 2014 Band Camp (July)

·       Performance at the 2014 Marimba Camp (June)

·       Performance at the National Conference on Percussion Pedagogy, University of Oklahoma (May)

·       Première performance of Michal Timpson and Chihchun Chi-cun Lee’s In Memory at the Tau Beta Sigma “Women in Music” Recital (April)

·       Recital at the North American Saxophone Alliance Biennial Conference, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, IL (March)

·       Faculty Chamber Recital Performance (February)

·       44^th Annual SWOSU Jazz Festival Adjudicator (February)

·       Performance with Dr. Andy Wen, saxophone, Guest Artist (January)

 

2013

·       All-OkMEA Saxophone Round 2 Clinic, SWOSU (December)

·       Master Class Presenter, Oklahoma State University (November)

·       Guest Artist Recital, Oklahoma State University (November)

·       Faculty Recital, SWOSU (November)

·       Performance at the 2013 Band Camp Faculty Recital (July)

·       All-OkMEA Saxophone Clinic, SWOSU (July)

·       Performance at the 2013 Marimba Camp (June)

·       Performance at the University of Oklahoma Woodwind Workshop (June)

·       University of Oklahoma Woodwind Workshop, Presenter (June)

·       University of Oklahoma Woodwind Workshop, Panel Member (June)

·       Performance at the Sorosis Club of Weatherford Meeting (April)

·       Recital at the North American Saxophone Alliance Region IV Conference, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX (April)

·       43^rd Annual SWOSU Jazz Festival Adjudicator (February)

 

2012

·       All-OkMEA Saxophone Round 2 Clinic, SWOSU (December)

·       Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) state round judge for saxophone, bassoon, horn, and chamber ensembles held at Oklahoma State University (November)

·       Performance with the Oklahoma City Philharmonic Orchestra and the Canterbury Choral Society, Randi Von Ellefson, conductor (October)

·       Performance on the SWOSU Faculty Recital (September)

·       All-OkMEA Saxophone Clinic, SWOSU (July)

·       Performance at the 2012 Band Camp Faculty Recital (July)

·       Performance at the 2012 Marimba Camp (June)

·       Performance at the National Conference for Percussion Pedagogy, Texas Tech University,

Lubbock, TX (May)

·       Featured soloist with the Edmond Santa Fe Wind Ensemble, Mike Lowery, conductor (May)

·       Faculty Recital, Premiere Performance of William Funk’s Equi-Delta (April)

·       Faculty Recital, SWOSU (April)

·       Performance at the Sorosis Club of Weatherford Meeting (April)

·       Recital at the North American Saxophone Alliance Biennial Conference at Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ (March)

 

2011

·       All-OkMEA Saxophone Round 2 Clinic, SWOSU (December)

·       Performance at the Oklahoma Retired Educators Meeting (December)

·       Performance on Mu Phi Epsilon’s “Canned Food Recital” at SWOSU (October)

·       Performance on the SWOSU Faculty Chamber Recital, Weatherford PAC (October)

·       Performance on a Faculty Recital, SWOSU (September)

·       Performance with the Oklahoma City Philharmonic Orchestra, Joel Levine, conductor

(September)

·       All-OkMEA Saxophone Clinic, SWOSU (July)

·       Performance at the 2011 Band Camp Faculty Recital (July)

·       Performance at the 2011 Marimba Camp (July)

·       Performance on Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia’s “American Composers” Concert (April)

·       Première performance of Chance Alquest’s Etudes for Soprano Saxophone and Piano on a SWOSU recital (April)

·       Performance with the Oklahoma City Philharmonic Orchestra, Joel Levine, conductor (April)

·       Recital at the North American Saxophone Alliance Region IV Conference at Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX (March)

·       Faculty Recital, SWOSU (January)

 

2010

·       Clinic with the saxophone section of SWOSU’s Jazz Ensemble ‘A’ at the Oklahoma Jazz Educators Fall Conference, SWOSU (November)

·       Clinic with SWOSU’s Jazz Ensemble ‘A’ at the Oklahoma Jazz Educators Fall Conference, SWOSU (November)

·       Performance on Mu Phi Epsilon’s “Canned Food Recital” at SWOSU (October)

·       Performance on a Faculty Recital, SWOSU (September)

·       Performance at the 2010 SWOSU Band Camp Faculty Recital (July)

·       All-OMEA Saxophone Clinic (July)

·       Performance at the 2010 SWOSU Marimba Camp (July)

·       Recital at the National Conference on Percussion Pedagogy at the University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK with the Bessinger-Talley Duo (May)

·       Recital at the North American Saxophone Alliance Biennial Conference at the University of Georgia, Athens, GA Premiering Adriel Reynolds’ Kaitlyn’s Waltz (March)

·       Recital at the North American Saxophone Alliance Biennial Conference at the University of Georgia, Athens, GA as soprano saxophone chair of the Chisholm Saxophone Quartet Premiering Samuel Magrill’s A Saxy Tango (March)

·       Faculty Recital (with the Chisholm Saxophone Quartet and the Bessinger-Talley Marimba-Saxophone Duo), Southwestern Oklahoma State University (February)

·       Directed SWOSU Jazz Ensemble with the Byron Stripling Quartet (February)

·       All-OMEA Saxophone Sectional, OMEA Conference, Tulsa, OK (January)

 

 

2009

·       All-OMEA Saxophone Round 2 Clinic, Southwestern Oklahoma State University (December)

·       Faculty Performance, Southwestern Oklahoma State University (September)

·       Solo Performance with the Faculty Band at the 2009 SWOSU Band Camp, Dr. Steven Ward, Abilene Christian University, conductor (July)

·       Performance at the 2009 SWOSU Band Camp Faculty Recital (July)

·       All-OMEA Saxophone Clinic (July)

·       Recital at the National Conference on Percussion Pedagogy at the University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK with the Bessinger-Talley Duo (May)

·       Performance on a SWOSU colleague’s Doctoral Recital at the University of Oklahoma,

Norman, OK (April)

·       Recital at the North American Saxophone Alliance Region IV Conference at the University of Missouri, Columbia, MO Premiering Adriel Reynolds’ Rhapsody. (April)

·       Faculty Performance, Southwestern Oklahoma State University (April)

·       Faculty Recital, Southwestern Oklahoma State University (March)

·       Directed SWOSU Jazz Ensemble with Grammy Award-winning jazz musician John Clayton and The Clayton Brothers Quintet (February)

·       All-OMEA Band Saxophone Sectional, OMEA Conference, Tulsa, OK (January)

 

2008

·       All-OMEA Saxophone Round 2 Clinic, Southwestern Oklahoma State University (December)

·       Performance with the Silver and Gold Saxophone Quartet, Southwestern Oklahoma State University (December)

·       Faculty Performance, Southwestern Oklahoma State University (September)

·       All-OMEA Saxophone Clinic (July)

·       Performance at the 2008 Band Camp Faculty Recital (July)

·       Performance at the Weatherford Fine Arts Academy, Southwestern Oklahoma State University

(July)

·       Recital at the North American Saxophone Alliance Biennial National Conference at the University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC (April)

·       Performance on a SWOSU colleague’s Doctoral Recital at the University of Oklahoma,

Norman, OK (April)

·       Faculty Performance, Southwestern Oklahoma State University (April)

·       Performed with the Silver and Gold Saxophone Quartet in a scholarship benefit concert,

Elk City, OK (April)

·       Directed SWOSU Jazz Ensemble with guest artist Bobby Watson and Live & Learn (February)

 

2007

·       Faculty Recital (November)

·       Performance with Weatherford Middle School Choir (October)

·       Faculty Performance, Southwestern Oklahoma State University (September)

·       Performed at the Oklahoma Bandmasters Association Conference in Tulsa, OK in the IAJE reading jazz band for band directors with Steve Wilkerson (July)

·       Co-directed SWOSU Band Camp Faculty Jazz Band (July)

·       Faculty Performance, Southwestern Oklahoma State University (July)

·       All-OMEA Saxophone Clinic, Southwestern Oklahoma State University (July)

·       Performed with the SWOSU Jazz Camp Faculty Jazz Band (June)

·       Performance at the Weatherford High School Choir Spring Concert (May)

·       Faculty Recital, Southwestern Oklahoma State University (April)

·       Recital at the North American Saxophone Alliance Regional Conference at Southern Methodist University – Dallas, TX (February)

·       Directed SWOSU Jazz Ensemble with guest artist Bill Watrous (February)

 

2006

·       Faculty Performance, Southwestern Oklahoma State University (September)

·       Performance with SWOSU Student Saxophone Quartet Recital (November)

·       All-OMEA Saxophone Clinic, Southwestern Oklahoma State University (November)

·       Faculty Recital, Southwestern Oklahoma State University (July)

 

 

Directing/Coaching Performances

 

Jazz Ensembles Performances

 

2021

·       Southern Jazz Orchestra recording session (director and lead engineer) (May)

·       Southern Jazz Orchestra, MSSU (April)

·       Southern Jazz Orchestra recording session (director and lead engineer) (March)

 

2020

·       Southern Jazz Orchestra Concert, MSSU (November)

·       Southern Jazz Orchestra Concert, MSSU (October)

 

2015

·       Faculty Jazz Band at SWOSU Middle School Band Camp (June)

 

2014

·       Faculty Jazz Band at SWOSU Band Camp (July)

 

2013

·       Faculty Jazz Band at SWOSU Middle School Band Camp (June)

 

2012

·       Faculty Jazz Band at SWOSU Band Camp (July)

·       Faculty Jazz Band at SWOSU Middle School Band Camp (June)

·       Concert, SWOSU (April)

·       Concert, SWOSU (March)

·       42^nd Annual SWOSU Jazz Festival with the Paul McKee Quintet (February)

·       Performance at the Weatherford Kiwanis Club (January)

 

2011

·       Concert, SWOSU (November)

·       Miss Southwestern Pageant (October)

·       Recruitment Tour – Elk City, OK; Wheeler, TX; Canadian, TX; Anadarko, OK; and Central High, OK (November)

·       Concert, SWOSU (October)

·       Faculty Jazz Band at SWOSU Band Camp (July)

·       Faculty Jazz Band at SWOSU Middle School Band Camp (June)

·       Concert, SWOSU (April)

·       Concert, SWOSU (March)

·       41^st Annual SWOSU Jazz Festival with the Randy Brecker Quintet (February)

·       Performance at the Weatherford Kiwanis Club (January)

 

2010

·       Concert, SWOSU (November)

·       Concert at the Oklahoma Jazz Educators Fall Conference, SWOSU (November)

·       Concert, SWOSU (September)

·       Weatherford Arts Walk Performance, Weatherford, OK (September)

·       Faculty Jazz Band at SWOSU Band Camp (July)

·       Faculty Jazz Band at SWOSU Band Camp (June)

·       Concert, SWOSU (April)

·       Concert, SWOSU (March)

·       40^th Annual SWOSU Jazz Festival with the Byron Stripling Quartet (February)

·       Performance at the Weatherford Kiwanis Club (January)

 

2009

·       Concert, SWOSU (November)

·       SWOSU All-Senior Honor Band (November)

·       Recruitment Tour – Elk City, OK; Wheeler, TX; Altus, OK; Lawton, OK (November)

·       Concert, SWOSU (October)

·       Miss Southwestern Pageant (October)

·       Weatherford Arts Walk Performance, Weatherford, OK (October)

·       Faculty Jazz Band at SWOSU Band Camp (July)

·       Faculty Jazz Band at SWOSU Middle School Band Camp (June)

·       Concert, SWOSU (April)

·       Performance at the University of North Texas/Addison Jazz Festival (April)

·       Performance, SWOSU (March)

·       39^th Annual SWOSU Jazz Festival with the Clayton Brothers Quintet (February)

·       Performance at the Weatherford Kiwanis Club (February)

 

2008

·       Concert, SWOSU (December)

·       Concert, Northeastern Oklahoma State University, Tahlequah, OK at the Oklahoma Jazz Educators Conference (November)

·       SWOSU All-Senior Honor Band (November)

·       Concert, Miss SWOSU Pageant (November)

·       Recruitment Tour – Midwest City, OK; Okmulgee, OK (November)

·       Concert, SWOSU (October)

·       Faculty Jazz Band at SWOSU Band Camp (July)

·       Faculty Jazz Band at SWOSU Middle School Band Camp (June)

·       Performance in conjunction with SWOSU’s Music Therapy Student Association at Brookdale-Serling House Assisted Care Facility (April)

·       Concert, SWOSU (April)

·       Concert, SWOSU (March)

·       Performance at the University of Kansas Jazz Festival, Lawrence, KS (March)

·       Recruitment Tour – Guthrie, OK; Perry, OK (March)

·       38^th Annual SWOSU Jazz Festival with Bobby Watson and Live & Learn (February)

·       Performance at the Weatherford Kiwanis Club (January)

 

2007

·       SWOSU Concert (December)

·       Miss Southwestern Pageant (November)

·       SWOSU All-Senior Honor Band (November)

·       Recruitment Tour – Enid, OK; Kingfisher, OK; Mustang, OK; Anadarko, OK (November)

·       Concert, SWOSU (October)

·       Oklahoma State Fair, Oklahoma City (September)

·       Weatherford Arts Festival (September)

·       Faculty Jazz Band at SWOSU Band Camp (July)

·       "A Brief History of Jazz" SWOSU Concert (April)

·       Recruitment Tour – Hennessey, OK (April)

·       SWOSU Concert (March)

·       37^th Annual SWOSU Jazz Festival with the Bill Watrous Quartet (February)

·       Kiwanis Club Performance, Weatherford (January)

 

2006

·       SWOSU Music Department Holiday Concert (December)

·       SWOSU Concert (November)

·       Recruitment Tour – Canadian, TX; Stinnett, TX; Guymon, OK; Perryton, TX; Cheyenne, OK (November)

·       Miss Southwestern Pageant (November)

·       SWOSU Concert (October)

·       SWOSU All-Senior Honor Band (October)

·       Oklahoma State Fair, Oklahoma City (September)

·       Weatherford Arts Festival (September)

 

Woodwind Chamber Groups (Flute, Clarinet and Saxophone Ensembles, Woodwind Ensemble)

 

2019

·       Mission Hills Saxophone Quartet Performance, MSSU (November)

 

2018

·       MSSU Saxophone Quartet Performance, MSSU (April)

·       Mission Hills Saxophone Quartet Performance, MSSU (November)

 

2017

·       MSSU Saxophone Quartet Performance, MSSU (November)

·       MSSU Saxophone Quartet Performance, MSSU (April)

 

2016

·       MSSU Saxophone Quartet Performance, MSSU (November)

·       Davis Road Saxophone Quartet Performance, SWOSU (April)

 

2015

·       Davis Road Saxophone Quartet Performance, SWOSU (October)

·       Woodwind Chamber Ensembles Concert, SWOSU (April)

·       Woodwind Chamber Ensembles Concert, SWOSU (November)

 

2014

·       Woodwind Chamber Ensembles Concert, SWOSU (April)

·       Woodwind Chamber Ensembles Concert, SWOSU (November)

·       Davis Road Quartet Performance, East Elementary, Weatherford, OK (December)

 

2013

·       Woodwind Chamber Ensembles Concert, SWOSU (April)

·       Woodwind Chamber Ensembles Concert, SWOSU (November)

·       Juxtaposed Saxophone Quartet Performance, East Elementary, Weatherford, OK (December)

 

2012

·       Woodwind Chamber Ensembles Concert, SWOSU (November)

·       Juxtaposed and BFQ Saxophone Quartet Performances, SWOSU (October)

·       Penultimate Saxophone Quartet Performance, Elk City, OK (May)

·       Woodwind Chamber Ensembles Concert, SWOSU (April)

·       Penultimate Saxophone Quartet Performance, East Elementary, Weatherford, OK (April)

·       Penultimate Saxophone Quartet performance at the North American Saxophone Alliance Biennial Conference at Arizona State University, Tempe AZ in a master class with Dr. Eugene Rousseau (March)

 

2011

·       Woodwind Chamber Ensembles Concert, SWOSU (November)

·       Woodwind Chamber Ensembles Concert, SWOU (April)

 

2010

·       Woodwind Chamber Ensembles Concert, SWOSU (November)

·       Woodwind Chamber Ensembles Concert, SWOSU (April)

·       Woodwind Chamber Ensembles Concert, SWOSU (February)

 

2009

·       Woodwind Chamber Ensembles Concert, SWOSU (November)

·       Woodwind Chamber Ensembles Performances at the Weatherford Arts Walk (October)

·       Woodwind Chamber Ensembles Concert, SWOSU (April)

·       Silver and Gold Saxophone Quartet Recital at the North American Saxophone Alliance Region IV Conference, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO (April)

 

2008

·       Silver and Gold Saxophone Quartet Recital, SWOSU (December)

·       Woodwind Chamber Ensembles Concert, SWOSU (November)

·       Silver and Gold Saxophone Tour – Sapulpa, OK; Drumright, OK; Stroud, OK (November)

·       Silver and Gold Saxophone Quartet performance at Jazz Ensemble “B” Concert (October)

·       Silver and Gold Saxophone Quartet performance at the Oklahoma City State Fair (September)

·       Silver and Gold Saxophone Quartet performance at the 2008 SWOSU Band Camp (July)

·       Silver and Gold Saxophone Quartet performance at a scholarship benefit concert,

Elk City, OK (April)

·       Silver and Gold Saxophone Quartet Concert, SWOSU English Club (April)

·       SWOSU Woodwind Ensemble Concert (April)

·       Silver and Gold Saxophone Quartet Concert, The Cup (April)

·       Silver and Gold Saxophone Quartet Recital, SWOSU (April)

·       Silver and Gold Saxophone Quartet Concert at Weatherford East Elementary (February)

 

2007

·       Clarinet Quartet and Woodwind Ensemble Concert, SWOSU (December)

·       Silver and Gold Saxophone Quartet Recital, SWOSU (December)

·       SWOSU Woodwind Ensemble Concert (November)

·       SWOSU Woodwind Ensemble Concert (April)

 

2006

·       SWOSU Music Department Holiday Concert (December)

·       SWOSU Woodwind Ensemble Concert (November)

·       The Remnants Saxophone Quartet Recital, SWOSU (November)

·       Performances on Departmental Recitals throughout 2006-2012

 

HONORS AND GRANTS

 

·       MSSU Faculty Development Grant (2016-2017, 2017-2018, 2018-2019, 2019-2020)

·       National Endowment for the Arts/Oklahoma Arts Council Grant for SWOSU’s Annual Jazz Festival – $5700 (2012)

·       National Endowment for the Arts/Oklahoma Arts Council Grant for SWOSU’s Annual Jazz Festival – $7200 (2011)

·       National Endowment for the Arts/Oklahoma Arts Council Grant for SWOSU’s Annual Jazz Festival – $5700 (2010)

·       National Endowment for the Arts/Oklahoma Arts Council Grant for SWOSU’s Annual Jazz Festival – $5700 (2009)

·       National Endowment for the Arts/Oklahoma Arts Council Grant for SWOSU’s Annual Jazz Festival – $5850 (2008)

·       National Endowment for the Arts/Oklahoma Arts Council Grant for SWOSU’s Annual Jazz Festival – $5000 (2007)

·       SWOSU Faculty Sponsored Program Grants for performances at conferences –  $500/each

(2006-2007, 2007-2008, 2008-2009, 2009-2010, 2010-2011, 2011-2012, 2012-2013, 2013-2014, 2014-2015)

 

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

 

·       Alpha Chi Honor Society

·       Epsilon Mu Sigma Honor Society

·       Kappa Kappa Psi (Honorary)

·       Lawton Philharmonic On-Call Saxophonist

·       Missouri Music Educators Association

·       Mu Phi Epsilon Gamma Gamma Chapter “Patron of Music”

·       National Association for Music Education

·       National Association of Schools of Music (individual member)

·       North American Saxophone Alliance

·       Oklahoma City Philharmonic On-Call Saxophonist

·       Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia (Honorary)

·       Tau Beta Sigma (Honorary)