C.V.

Professional Affiliations

• Associate Composer of the Canadian Music Centre (CMC)
• Member of the Canadian League of Composers (CLC)
• Member of the Association of Canadian Women Composers (ACWC)
• Member of the Society of Composers, Authors, and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN)

Education/Academic Highlights

• M.Mus. Composition, University of British Columbia, (2006)
• BFA- Music (honour roll standing) Simon Fraser University, (2004)
• Three-time recipient of “Contemporary Arts- University Service” award, Simon Fraser University (2002, 2003, 2004)
• Dogwood Certificate in French Immersion, Coquitlam school district, (1999)

Music Awards/Highlights

• Recipient of the Meir Rimon Commissioning Assistance Grant, through the International Horn Society, for the composition of Alchemy (2012)
• Performed on tour with the West Coast Symphony Orchestra in Albania and Macedonia (Summer 2012)
• Mosaic for horn & piano (original version for horn & orchestra) published by the International Horn Society (2011)
• Selected for residency in the CMC-BC Region’s inaugural Composers Mentorship Programme (2011)
• Northern Tango for solo piano selected for publication by Canadian National Conservatory of Music (2007)
• Winner of national ACWC choral composing competition, with A Vagabond Song, performed by DaCapo Chamber Choir at Open Ears Festival in Kitchener, Ontario (May 2005)
• Recipient of Golden Key International Honor Society- “Performing Arts- Musical Composition” award (2004), for The Gnarled Root
• Winner of the West Coast Amateur Musicians’ Society’s Young Composers Competition, for A Vagabond Song (2004)

Selected Professional Experience

• Private teacher- cello & composition (2006-present)
• Syrinx String Quartet- cellist/manager (Spring 2004-present)
• Vancouver Symphony Orchestra- Video Director: score cueing and directing of video crew, for concert programmes using live video projection screens at the Orpheum Theatre (November 2005-present)
• Composition instructor- Strings Camp at Capilano University (Summer 2010)
• West Coast Symphony- cellist (Fall 2004-present)
• West Coast Symphony- board member (Spring 2008- present)
• Vancouver Pro Musica- board member (Summer 2007-Summer 2008)
• Received a private commission from eight Vancouver-based musicians, to compose a piece for string octet (2009)
• Received two commissions (from cellist/teacher Ian Hampton) to compose works for cello students at the Langley Community Music School (2004)