Social Media Director / Freelance Writer / Musician

The Peabody Conservatory of The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
Merit Scholar. Graduate Performance Diploma, May 2006.

The New England Conservatory of Music, Boston, MA
Merit Scholar. 2003-2004 – completed one year toward Master of Music degree.

The University of Maryland, College Park, MD
Full Scholarship. 1999-2003 – Bachelor of Music degree, May 2003.

Producer of large and small-scale fundraising multi-genre concerts to support non-profit organizations and raise awareness of various humanitarian causes; generate quarterly newsletter to inform supporters of Musicians of Mercy (a collective of over seventy musicians and artists in the Baltimore and Metropolitan D.C. areas) with updates and publicize upcoming events; maintain ever-increasing musician database and recruit musicians to perform at each event; cultivate and maintain relationships with non-profit organizations, sponsors, supporters and independent artists through written and face-to-face communication. See: www.musiciansofmercy.org for more information.

Professional violist. Assistant Principal Violist at The Delaware Symphony Orchestra (since 2008); Co-Principal Violist at Black Pearl Chamber Orchestra, Philadelphia (since 2009); performer with various major and regional ensembles.

Substitute viola professor at University of Delaware, Newark, DE (Spring 2010); manage owner-operated RFMusic Studio in Columbia, MD; provide weekly viola lessons for middle and high school students.

• Fundraising, publications producer, oral and written communication, social media and website management (Facebook, Twitter, YouTube), proficient in MS Word, Excel, moderate desktop design.

Public Speaking, recruiting, Team Management

English, Some Spanish