Experience

ARTogether
• United States
• Civic and Social Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Music and Artistic Director

  • 2021 - Present

Kronos Quartet/Kronos Performing Arts
• United States
• Musicians
• 1 - 100 Employee
• "50 for the Future" Education Coordinator

  • 2021 - Present

California Symphony
• United States
• Performing Arts
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Member Board Of Directors

  • May 2021 - Present

PURPLE SILK MUSIC EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC
• United States
• Spectator Sports
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Member Board Of Directors

  • Dec 2020 - Present


Kanozik Sound Art

• Owner, Artist, Distributor

  • 2010 - Present

• Light Organ Designer

  • 2017 - Present



Oakland School for the Arts

• United States
• Primary and Secondary Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Orchestra Director

  • 2021 - Jan 2021

• Chair; Instrumental Music Department

  • Jun 2015 - 2021

  • Lead administrator for the OSA Instrumental Music Department including faculty and 150 students encompassing performances, budget, curriculum, and facility management.• Supervisor of the Instrumental Music curriculum as it applies to differing subsets of the department: jazz ensembles and orchestras, classical chamber groups, piano and guitar programs, theory, audio production, and electives.• Supervisor for ~20 performances per year (Notable venues include The Fox Theatre, Berkeley Community Theatre, Zellerbach Hall, The Asian Cultural Center, Yoshi’s, Piedmont Piano, Freight and Salvage, Sweets Ballroom, The Sound Room).• Organizer for ~30 extracurricular performances per year (Notable collaborators include Cal Performances, SF Performances, El Sistema, YOLA, LA Philharmonic, The San Francisco Chamber Orchestra, PIXAR Studios, Pandora, Governor Jerry Brown's Gala, The Great Wall Youth Orchestra, and Events for Mason Bates' Mercury Soul project).• Facilitator for guest lectures and master classes (Notable guests include Wynton Marsalis, Sean Jones, Kronos String Quartet, Yo Yo Ma, Regina Carter, Emanuel Ax, Ali Jackson, Victor Goines, Patrice Rushen, The San Francisco Contemporary Music Players, The Alexander String Quartet, Michael Morgan, François Rose, Carl Allen, The Berklee Ambassadors, Alfredo Rodriguez, Jason Vieaux, The Left Coast Ensemble, Meng Su)

• Assistant Chair; Instrumental Music Faculty

  • Jun 2014 - Jun 2015



Cal Performances

• United States
• Performing Arts
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Seminar Coordinator

  • Oct 2016 - May 2020

  • Seminario 2020: Cross-Cultural Explorations | Berkeley, CA • Seminario 2018: Jazz Explorations | Berkeley, CA Event Coordinator / Conductor, bringing together 250 students across 7 Bay Area schools for a day-festival of activities celebrating the music of Duke Ellington. The event culminated with a 170 Student Orchestra performance of "Night Creature" and "Chinoiserie" at Zellerbach Hall • Seminario 2016: Collaborations with YOLA | Oakland, CA Co-Coordinator, bringing together 450 students across CA in collaboration with Cal Performances, LA Philharmonic, and Youth Orchestra of LA. culminating with a 175 Student Orchestra performing "Candide Overture" with the Youth Orchestra Los Angeles, OSA, YOSAL, Oakland Symphony’s MUSE, and five other El Sistema programs


The United States Open Music Competition
• Adjudicator

  • 2018 - Feb 2019


Mills College

• United States
• Higher Education
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Book Art and Creative Writing Department

  • Aug 2012 - Aug 2014

  • Held office hours in the press and ran Letterpress and Color Theory workshops • Creator and curator of the annual interdisciplinary event "ArtMod" • "Sonically Minded Books"tm workshop series • Guest lectures for Pauline Oliveros and Julie Chen • Held office hours in the press and ran Letterpress and Color Theory workshops • Creator and curator of the annual interdisciplinary event "ArtMod" • "Sonically Minded Books"tm workshop series • Guest lectures for Pauline Oliveros and Julie Chen



Freelance

• Egypt
• Human Resources
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Piano / Voice / Clarinet / Saxophone Instructor

  • Oct 2011 - Jun 2014

  • Guided 42 individual students weekly; beginning to advanced (ages 4 - 50+) • Prepared students for biannual recitals • Prepared students for examinations administered by the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM) • Guided 42 individual students weekly; beginning to advanced (ages 4 - 50+) • Prepared students for biannual recitals • Prepared students for examinations administered by the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM)

• Stage Manager

  • Aug 2011 - May 2012


UNT Music Library

• Special Collections / Evening Supervisor

  • Jun 2007 - May 2012

  Notable Projects • Preserved and created databases for collections of Stan Kenton, Richard Dufallo, Source: Music of the Avant Garde, and Merrill Ellis • Metadata and uploaded Toscanini Centennial Radio Recordings • Organized shipment of Stan Golding collection Notable Projects • Preserved and created databases for collections of Stan Kenton, Richard Dufallo, Source: Music of the Avant Garde, and Merrill Ellis • Metadata and uploaded Toscanini Centennial Radio Recordings • Organized shipment of Stan Golding collection