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Award-winning woodwind multi-instrumentalist, composer, and arranger with considerable performance, composition, arranging, transcription, copy, and editing experience. Extensive background in varied styles of music, including jazz, classical, musical theatre, world, rock, pop, and others. Organized, prompt, and professional at all times. References available upon request.
Notable Recordings
Television:
Madam Secretary (Season 6) (2019) — Tenor Sax
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (Season 3/4) (2017-2018) — Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Flute, Oboe, English Horn, Alto/Tenor/Baritone Saxophone, Panpipes)
Survivor (Season 37) (2018)— Fujara, Bansuri, Ocarina, Toyo, Shakuhachi, Xun, Seljefløyte, Pan Flute, Jaw Harp
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Season 2) (2018)— Alto/Tenor/Bari Sax
Film:
Time & Again (2019) — English Horn
An American Craftsman - Wharton Esherick (2018) — Flute, Clarinet
In The Orchard (2018) — Clarinet
Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster 3 (2018) — Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Alto Recorder, Duduk, Ocarina, Tenor Sax
Animals (2018) — Xiao, Bansuri
Inland Freaks (2017) — Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet
Howard Lovecraft and the Undersea Kingdom (2017) — Piccolo, Flute, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Oboe
Howard Lovecraft and the Frozen Kingdom (2016) — Piccolo, Flute, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Oboe
Video Games:
Remnant: From the Ashes (2019) — Toyo, Ocarina, Tin Whistle, Ney, Bansuri
Wattam (2019) — Bass Clarinet, Flute
Red Dead Redemption 2 (2018) — Flute, Clarinet, Oboe, Soprano Sax, Duduk, Ocarina, Slide Whistle
Make Sail (2018) — Flute, Clarinet, Oboe
Sally's Salon (2018) — Flute, Bansuri
Yoku's Island Express (2018) — Harmonica
codeSpark Academy (2017) Snoopy Snow Brawl— Flute, Tenor Sax
Albums:
Be More Chill Original Broadway Cast Recording (2019) — Flute, Alto Recorder, Vocoder, Keyboard, Tenor Sax, Bari Sax
Wired for Madness (2019) — Bari Sax
Children of Termina (2018) — Bansuri, Toyo, Tenor Recorder
Sometime (2018) — Tenor Sax, Flute
Port of Dreams (2018) — Oboe, English Horn
Waves of Faith (2018) — Flute
Beyond (2017) — Alto Sax, Tenor Sax, Bari Sax, Flute, Clarinet
Peruvian Heritage Songbook (2017) — Toyo, Quena, Pan Flute
Jay Armstrong Johnson LIVE at Feinstein's / 54 Below (2016) — Alto/Tenor Sax, Flute, Clarinet
El Pájaro Azul (2015) — Clarinet, Alto Flute
Origines y Destinos (2015) — EWI, Flute, Alto Flute, Alto Sax, Bari Sax, Tenor Sax
Be More Chill (2015) Original Cast Recording — Flute, Alto Recorder, Tenor/Bari Sax, Keys 2, Vocoder
Great Pretenders Club (2015) — Tenor/Bari Sax, Dizi, Xun
Other:
Flag Song (2016) — Clarinet (original recording of song originally cut from Sondheim's "Assassins)
Awards/Distinctions
Writing Competitions
ASCAP Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composer Award Recipient (2015)
Luminarts Jazz Composition Winner 1st place, College Division (2013)
Luminarts Jazz Arranging Winner 2nd place, College Division (2013)
Civic and Arts Foundation Jazz Composition Winner 2nd place, College Division (2012)
Performances
Performance with Esperanza Spalding (2014)
Performance with Susana Baca (2014)
Outstanding Soloist Award Jazz in the Meadows, Class 3a (2010)
From the Top NPR radio performance (2008)
Fishcoff National Chamber Music Competition quarterfinalist (2008)
Scholarship
Berklee Woodwind Department Achievement Award (2014)
Berklee Achievement Grant (2013)
Andre Lizotte Scholarship Award (2013)
Berklee Achievement Scholarship (2012)
Copy Work
Legendary Romance (2016-2017) — Geoff Morrow
Outlaws (2016)—Alexander Sage Oyen
Musical Theatre
Broadway:
Be More Chill — Reeds/Keys 2 (Tenor/Bari Sax, Flute, Alto/Tenor Recorder, Keyboard 2, Vocoder) 2019
*Hello, Dolly! — Reed 2 (Flute, Clarinet, Alto Saxophone) 2018
*The Lion King — Woodwind 1 (Flute, Piccolo, Bansuri, Pan Flute, Toyo) 2017-Present
Off-Broadway:
*Broadway Bounty Hunter — Reeds/Keys 2 (Tenor/Bari Sax, Flute, Shakuhachi, Keyboard 2) 2019
Be More Chill — Reeds/Keys 2 (Tenor/Bari Sax, Flute, Alto/Tenor Recorder, Keyboard 2, Vocoder) 2018
Goldstein — Reeds (Flute, Clarinet) 2018
*Marry Harry — Reeds (Flute, Clarinet) 2017
*A Dog Story — Reeds (Tenor Sax, Flute, Clarinet) 2016
A Spring Tribute to Marvin Hamlisch, “Sweet Smell of Success” —Reed 1 (Soprano/Alto Sax, Flute, Piccolo, Clarinet) 2015
Tour:
Elf the Musical (Equity)—Reed 1 (Alto Sax, Flute, Piccolo, Clarinet) 2017
Elf the Musical (non-Equity)—Reed 1 (Soprano/Alto Sax, Flute, Piccolo, Clarinet) 2015
List of all shows in alphabetical order: A Broadway Musical; A Dog Story; A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum; A Little Night Music; A Little Princess; Aida; Anne of Green Gables; Assassins; Be More Chill; Broadway Bounty Hunter; Bye, Bye, Birdie; Cinderella; Chicago; Company; Dirty Rotten Scoundrels; Dream Girls; Elf The Musical; Goldstein; Hair; Hairspray; I Love You Because; In The Heights; Inner City; Legally Blonde; Little Shop of Horrors; Love in Hate Nation; Marry Harry; Parade; Pippin; Ragtime; Rose’s War; Standup Shakespeare; Seussical; Sweet Smell of Success; The Color Purple; The Drowsy Chaperone; The Greatest Musical Never Written; The Lion King; The Music Man; The Rocky Horror Show; The Wizard of Oz; Thoroughly Modern Millie; Urinetown; Young Frankenstein; and others.
*denotes substitute chair
Education
Berklee College of Music
Dual Major: Performance and Jazz Studies
Graduated Magna Cum Laude
Northwestern University
Major: Jazz Studies
Software
Sibelius Ultimate
Finale 2014.5
Logic Pro X
Final Cut Pro
Microsoft Office Suite
Google Suite
iWork
Foreign Languages
French (moderate proficiency)
Spanish (moderate proficiency)
Portuguese (beginning proficiency)
German (beginning proficiency)
Japanese (moderate proficiency)
Chinese (beginning proficiency)
Organizations
American Federation of Musicians (AFM) Local 802
American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP)
Cruise Ships
Holland America Volendam (2014-15) Tenor Sax/Alto Sax/Flute/Clarinet
Azamara Journey (2014) Tenor Sax/Flute/Clarinet/Arranger
Royal Caribbean Oasis of the Seas (2013) Tenor Sax/Flute/Clarinet/Arranger/ Ongoing: Recommended Arranger for Royal Caribbean Cruises