Though I’m a saxophonist, my musical roots are found in Violin…
Check out my upcoming Violin Ventures!
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Under the direction of doctoral student Marina Akamatsu, I will have the opportunity to perform Mendelssohn’s “Scottish” Symphony on February 22, 2026!
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First year master’s student Gemma Gillies will be performing Richard Rodney Bennett’s “Stan Getz Concerto” for Tenor Saxophone, Strings, and Timpani. I’m honoured to be able to join her on stage come May 2026!
I’ve been incredibly thankful to have performed with several Symphony Orchestras through my 18 years of violin experience
Bowling Green State University Philharmonia (2021-2023):
Under the direction of Dr. Emily Freeman Brown, and collaborative work with Ezra Calvino
Aaron Copland: Quiet City
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Sinfonia Concertante in E-flat Major
Antonín Dvořák: American Suite
Georges Bizet: Carmen Suite No. 2
Augusta Read Thomas, Galaxy Dances, a Tone Poem
Cynthia Lee Wong, Fates and Furies
Pyotr Tchaikovsky:
Symphony #1 in G minor, opus 13 “Winter Dreams”
Pyotr Tchaikovsky, Nutcracker Suite
Henri Tomasi: Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Orchestra
Einojuhani Rautavaara: Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 45
Richard Wagner, Prelude to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Susquehanna University Symphony Orchestra (2017-2021):
Under the direction of Dr. Gregory Grabowski and Mr. Jordan Randall Smith
Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5
Alexander Borodin:
The Polovtsian Dances
In the Steppes of Central Asia
Aaron Copland: Billy the Kid Suite
Antonín Dvořàk: Symphony No. 8 in G Major
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 8 in F Major
Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 104 in D Major (London)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 41 in C Major (Jupiter)
Florence Price: Symphony No. 3 in C Minor
Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major
Council Rock High School South Symphony Orchestra (2013-2017):
Under the direction of Mr. Christopher Simon
Edvard Grief: Peer Gynt Suite
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov:
Scheherazade
Capriccio Espagnol
Procession of the Nobles (from the Mlada Suite)
Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia
Pyotr Illyich Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture
Modest Mussorgsky: Night on Bald Mountain
Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila
Aaron Copland: Buckaroo Holiday (from Rodeo ballet)
Arturo Márquez: Danzón No. 2
Guiseppe Verdi: La Forza del Destino: Overture