Born: April 2nd, 1983:

Education:

2006— 2007 Australian National University School of Music, Canberra, Australia. Postgraduate Performance Diploma

2001—2005 Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York. Bachelor of Arts. Concentration on Music Performance, Classical Clarinet and Music History

1997—2001 Rudolf Steiner (Waldorf) School, New York City. High school Degree. Valedictorian

Additional Courses and Teachers:

2008— Hermann Stefánsson

2007—2008 Lessons with Martin Fröst, Staffan Mårtensson, Hermann Stefánsson

2006—2007 Alan Vivian

Master class with Philipe Cuper, Dmitri Ashkenazy and Paul Dean

2001—2005 Susan Martula

2004 Master class with David Krakauer; lessons with Mark Nuccio and Larry Guy

2002—2003 C.W. Post Chamber Music Festival, Long Island. Intense Music Performance course for Chamber and Orchestral Music

1992-2001 Miriam Lockhart, Steve Hartmann and Larry Guy

Major Solo Performances:

2008 Performance at Norwegian Church of New York with music of Weber and Poulenc

2007 Performance at Hellenic Club of Canberra in Celebration of EU 50th Anniversary

Solo Recital at the Swedish Embassy.

2006 Three Solo Recitals at A.N.U. with music by Brahms, Debussy, Mozart, Poulenc, Stravinsky and Weber.

Two Solo Recitals at the Swedish Embassy of Australia.

2005 Performance at Skidmore College with Skidmore Orchestra as winner of Concerto competition in Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto

2004 Performance at Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall with Scandinavian Chamber Orchestra in Crussel’s Clarinet Concerto

2001—2005 Solo Recitals Sophomore, Junior and Senior Year at Skidmore College

1995—2003, 2005, 2007 Performances at Confidencen Theatre with Ivan Renliden with music of Krommer, Mozart, and Weber

Orchestral Highlights:

2007 Prokofiev "Classical" Symphony, Messiean Oiseaux Exotiques, Berlioz Beatrice und Benedict overture

2006 Mahler 4th Symphony, Brahms 4th Symphony and Schubert 9th Symphony

2001—2005 Brahms 2nd Symphony and Academic Overture, Dvorak 9th Symphony, Saint-Saens 3rd Symphony, Tchaikovsky 6th Symphony, Verdi La forza del Destino Overture

Chamber Music Highlights:

2007 Mozart Obbligato Arias 'Parto, ma tu ben mio' and 'Non piu di fiori"
2006 Mendelssohn Concertpiece, Saint-Saens Tarantella

2001—2005 Beethoven Sextet and Octet, Mozart Clarinet Quintet, Kegelstatt Trio, Octet and Quintet for Piano and Winds, Nielsen Quintet, Ravel Introduction and Allegro and Schubert Octet

Honors:

2007 SWEA. Sigrid Paskells stipendium för Scenkonsterna

American Scandinavian Society Cultural Grant

2005 Skidmore College Concerto Competition Winner

2004 Skidmore College Concerto Competition, second place

2003 C.W. Post Weiser Scholarship Award for outstanding woodwind

2002 C.W. Post Concerto Competition, second place. Binkowski Scholarship Award for outstanding woodwind