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Pianist/Keyboardist
Resume & Highlights

Education: 
    Classical: Juliet MacComas, Bill Wellborn. 
    Jazz: Jim Rowsey, Mark Levine, Don Haas, Tom Ranier (jazz), Kenny Burrell, Roberto Miranda, Barry Harris, Steve Coleman
    Arranging: Gordon Fels, Llew Matthews, Gerald Wilson
    Latin:  Rebecca Mauleon

                            B.A., Ethnomusicology, 2005, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA),.

Awards and Scharlships:
      1996, 1997, 1998, 2000 - Command Performance, Califoria Music Educators Association,

    UCLA (full scholarship):
        2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2005
        David A. Abell piano scholarship,
        Duke Ellington Jazz Award, Martin Feldman Award
       

Sideman:
    Jazz:  Marcus Shelby, Dave Ellis, Ambrose Akinmusire,
    R&B/Soul: Bilal (Grammy Winner), Maiysha (Grammy nominee)
    Gospel :Norman Whitfield

Studio Work:
       "Orange Factory-Sunrise fron the East"/"Hot Shit" by producer Scott Jacoby (Grammy Winner),
        "Speakin' Nuyorican" by Captain Planet (featured frequently on several television shows, including Keeping up with the Kardashians among others),
        "The California Honeydrops" self-titled debut album,
        "All my Love ft. Dwight Trible" by Teeko
        "Redo" by Grace Woods & Lit by Lightning.

Discography

   2010 - "First Things First".  Click here to read reviews.

Past Touring:
     2004  - Heezbus (Universal France)- France
     2008 - Wallace Gary & Blackout  - Morocco

Dance:

    2007-2009 - accompanist for the Martha Graham School of Dance, Mark Morris at BAM, and Peridance
    2009-2010 - accompanist at Long Island University with Graham company dancer Whitney V. Hunter.

Religious:

    2010-present - Musical Director, New Journey Baptist Church (formerly St. John's Baptist), Brooklyn, NY.