Professional Activities:

2017
Delian Academy for New Music, Mykonos, Greece
  • Hypnogogic Hallucinations for Also Saxophone premiered on June 17th, 2017 by Saxophonist Bera Romairone

Piano recital at Indianapolis Landmarks Center
  • Hypochondriasis for Piano will be performed in July, 2017 by Pianist Minju Choi

Faculty recital at  the University of Indianapolis
  • Hypochondriasis for Piano will be performed in July, 2017 by Pianist Minju Choi

2017 TUTTI Festival at Denison University, Ohio
  • Hypochondriasis for Piano was performed on February 10th, 2017 by Pianist Minju Choi
 
2016
  • Passacaglia for Percussion Solo commissioned by Chris McLaurin, principal percussionist from Kansas City Symphony, Premiere- TBA 2017
  • Delusion (TBA) for Trumpet and Organ commissioned by Clarion, a trumpet and organ duo (Keith Benjamin -Trumpet, Melody Steed – Organ), Premiere - TBA 2017

2015
 Valencia International Performance Academy and Festival in Valencia, Spain
  • Hypochondriasis for Piano premiered July 22nd, 2015 by Pianist Jenny Lin
  • Iracundia for string quartet reading session on July 21, 2015 with MIVOS Quartet
 
2014
 PUBLIQ Access Composition Competition & PUBLIQ Access Showcase Concert in New York City
  • Iracundia for string quartet won the 2014 PUBLIQ Access Composition Competition. Performed May 24, 2014 by PUBLIQuartet at the PUBLIQ Access Showcase Concert in New York City
  • PUBLIQuartet Travel Fund, April 2014  
 
MACRO Composition Competition
  • Iracundia for string quartet Awarded Honorable Mention in the 2014 Macro Analysis Creative Research Organization Composition Competition, November, 2013
 
Women Composers Festival of Hartford, Hartford, CT
  • Insomnia for wind quintet was performed on March 6th, 2014 by The Sylvanus Ensemble
  • UMKC (University of Missouri-Kansas City) Graduate Student Travel Grant, March, 2014
 
2013
Orient/Occident 2013 Music Composers’ Forum in Kiev, Ukraine
  • Iracundia for string quartet won a fellowship to the Orient/Occident Music Composers’ Forum
  • Music and Mental Disorder (research paper) presented on September 26, 2013
  • KCKCC Faculty Professional Development Fund, September, 2013  
 
Kiev New Music Festival in Kiev, Ukraine
  • Iracundia for string quartet was performed on September 28, 2013 by Ricochet String Quartet
 
highSCORE Music Festival in Pavia, Italy
  • Iracundia for string quartet was commissioned and premiered on July 25th, 2013 by Bruson String Quartet at the highSCORE Music Festival in Pavia, Italy
  • UMKC Conservatory Summer Grant, July 2013
 
11th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities, Honolulu
  • Development of the Original Korean Musical (research paper) was presented on January 11th, 2013 at the 11th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities, Honolulu
  • Barnett and Shirley Helzberg Award in Memory of Gladys Feld Helzberg and Carol Tally Davis Award—granted by UMKC Women’s Council
  • UMKC Graduate Student Travel Grant, January 2013 
  • KCKCC Faculty Professional Development Fund, January 2013
 
2012
Beijing International Composition Workshop, China
  • Hypochondriasis partially presented on July 15th, 2012 at the Beijing International Composition Workshop, China
  • Go Free, Giant! for electronic music was presented on July 7th, 2010
  • UMKC Conservatory Summer Grant, July 2012
 
2010
Etchings-A Festival of Contemporary Music in Auvillar, France
  • Go Free, Giant! for electronic music was presented on July 7th, 2010
  • Etchings Festival for Contemporary Music at Moulin à Nef Award, March 2010
  • UMKC Conservatory Summer Grant, July 2010
 
2009
Oregon Bach Festival Composers Symposium
  • Present Chaos premiered on July 3rd, 2009 at the Oregon Bach Festival Composers’ Symposium at University of Oregon 
  • Oregon Bach Festival Composers Symposium Scholarship, May 2009
  • UMKC Conservatory Summer Grant, May 2009
 
Oak Park High School’s Annual Concert, Kansas City
  • Rhapsody for String Orchestra was commissioned by Oak Park High School String Orchestra and premiered on May 7th, 2009 at the Oak Park High School’s Annual Concert, Kansas City
 
2007
IAWM 6th Annual Women in New Music Festival, California State University-Fullerton
  • Discourse upon Discord was performed at the IAWM 6th Annual Women in New Music Festival, California State University-Fullerton, March 2007
  • Performed on April, 7th 2006 at Stony Brook University at the Wind Chamber Music Festival
  • Stony Brook University Music Departmental Travel Grant, March 2007
  • SUNY- GSEU (Graduate Students Employees Union) Conference Grant, March 2007
 
2006
Stony Brook University Wind Chamber Music Festival
  • Discourse upon Discord was performed on April, 7th 2006
  • La Tornade was read by American Brass Quintet