INSTRUMENTS
Flute (primary instrument)
Piccolo
Alto Flute
YEARS OF STUDY/PRACTICE
22
EDUCATION
University of California, Berkeley
Bachelor of Arts in Music and Gender and Women’s Studies (2010)
DePaul University School of Music (2013 - 2014)
INSTRUCTORS
2013 – 2014 Mary Stolper
2013 – 2014 Alyce Johnson
2012 – 2013 Dr. Amy Likar
2011 Stacey Pelinka
2008 – 2010 Maria Tamburrino
2007 Emma Moon
2003 – 2006 Gail Edwards
2003 – 2006 Rachel Swinkin
MASTER CLASSES
November 2013 Molly Barth
DePaul University, School of Music
Chicago, IL
March 2013 Liisa Ruoho
Crowden Music Center
Berkeley, CA
March 2012 Martha Aarons
Crowden Music Center
Berkeley, CA
March 2012 Robert Stallman
Piedmont Center for the Arts
Oakland, CA
January 2012 Carol Wincenc
Silicon Valley Music Festival
San Jose, CA
October 2011 Valery Gergiev
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
AWARDS/TITLES/SCHOLARSHIPS
2018 SOMArts Cultural Center
Curatorial Resident for the Performing Arts
Inaugural Fellow
2016 Gardarev Center 2016-2017 Fellow
2016 Emerging Arts Professionals 2016-2017 Fellow
2015 Bay Area Girls Rock Camp
Treasurer for the Board of Directors
2015 Creating Queer Community Grant Recipient
San Francisco Queer Cultural Center
19th Annual National Queer Arts Festival
2013 DePaul University Performance Award Scholarship
2010 UC Berkeley Golden Key Recipient
PERFORMANCES
Curated Events/Projects
2018 But Tell Me What It Feels Like:
The Erotic Practice of Liberation
SOMArts Cultural Center
San Francisco, CA
2016 Drawing Lineage, Building Legacy
Bethany United Methodist Church
San Francisco, CA
2015 He/ART Work: Connecting to Joy
Epworth United Episcopal Church
Berkeley, CA
2013 Help Sarah Get to Her Grad School Auditions!
Flytrap Studio
Oakland, CA
Featured Solo Performances
2019 National Women's Studies Association Conference
The Women's Building
San Francisco, CA
2019 SFMoMA Summer Party
Aggregate Space
Oakland, CA
2016 The News
SOMArts Cultural Center
San Francisco, CA
2015 Yumi Tomsha and Friends: Songs of Love and Resilience
Red Poppy Art House
San Francisco, CA
2014 LGBT Graduate Welcome Reception
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
2013 SPIRIT - A Century of Queer Asian Activism
Queer Rebels Productions
Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts
San Francisco, CA
2010 UC Berkeley Noon Concert Series
University of California, Berkeley - Hertz Hall
Berkeley, CA
Interdisciplinary Collaborations
2018 But Tell Me What It Feel Like: The Erotic Practice of Liberation
SOMArts Cultural Center
San Francisco, CA
2014 Stories of Queer Diaspora
La Peña Cultural Center
Berkeley, CA
2012 El Color de Mi Espiritu/The Color of My Spirit
Communities United Against Violence (CUAV)
Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts
San Francisco, CA
ORCHESTRAL ENSEMBLES
2013 – 2014 DePaul Symphony Orchestra
2009 – 2012 UC Berkeley Symphony Orchestra
2011 Bay Area Rainbow Symphony
2009 – 2011 UC Berkeley Summer Symphony
2008 – 2011 UC Berkeley Chamber Orchestra
2007 – 2009 Young People’s Symphony Orchestra
CHAMBER ENSEMBLES
2016 Drawing Lineage, Building Legacy
2012 Berkeley Wind Quartet
2011 Mission Baroque
2009 – 2010 UC Berkeley Flute Quartet
Flute (primary instrument)
Piccolo
Alto Flute
YEARS OF STUDY/PRACTICE
22
EDUCATION
University of California, Berkeley
Bachelor of Arts in Music and Gender and Women’s Studies (2010)
DePaul University School of Music (2013 - 2014)
INSTRUCTORS
2013 – 2014 Mary Stolper
2013 – 2014 Alyce Johnson
2012 – 2013 Dr. Amy Likar
2011 Stacey Pelinka
2008 – 2010 Maria Tamburrino
2007 Emma Moon
2003 – 2006 Gail Edwards
2003 – 2006 Rachel Swinkin
MASTER CLASSES
November 2013 Molly Barth
DePaul University, School of Music
Chicago, IL
March 2013 Liisa Ruoho
Crowden Music Center
Berkeley, CA
March 2012 Martha Aarons
Crowden Music Center
Berkeley, CA
March 2012 Robert Stallman
Piedmont Center for the Arts
Oakland, CA
January 2012 Carol Wincenc
Silicon Valley Music Festival
San Jose, CA
October 2011 Valery Gergiev
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
AWARDS/TITLES/SCHOLARSHIPS
2018 SOMArts Cultural Center
Curatorial Resident for the Performing Arts
Inaugural Fellow
2016 Gardarev Center 2016-2017 Fellow
2016 Emerging Arts Professionals 2016-2017 Fellow
2015 Bay Area Girls Rock Camp
Treasurer for the Board of Directors
2015 Creating Queer Community Grant Recipient
San Francisco Queer Cultural Center
19th Annual National Queer Arts Festival
2013 DePaul University Performance Award Scholarship
2010 UC Berkeley Golden Key Recipient
PERFORMANCES
Curated Events/Projects
2018 But Tell Me What It Feels Like:
The Erotic Practice of Liberation
SOMArts Cultural Center
San Francisco, CA
2016 Drawing Lineage, Building Legacy
Bethany United Methodist Church
San Francisco, CA
2015 He/ART Work: Connecting to Joy
Epworth United Episcopal Church
Berkeley, CA
2013 Help Sarah Get to Her Grad School Auditions!
Flytrap Studio
Oakland, CA
Featured Solo Performances
2019 National Women's Studies Association Conference
The Women's Building
San Francisco, CA
2019 SFMoMA Summer Party
Aggregate Space
Oakland, CA
2016 The News
SOMArts Cultural Center
San Francisco, CA
2015 Yumi Tomsha and Friends: Songs of Love and Resilience
Red Poppy Art House
San Francisco, CA
2014 LGBT Graduate Welcome Reception
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
2013 SPIRIT - A Century of Queer Asian Activism
Queer Rebels Productions
Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts
San Francisco, CA
2010 UC Berkeley Noon Concert Series
University of California, Berkeley - Hertz Hall
Berkeley, CA
Interdisciplinary Collaborations
2018 But Tell Me What It Feel Like: The Erotic Practice of Liberation
SOMArts Cultural Center
San Francisco, CA
2014 Stories of Queer Diaspora
La Peña Cultural Center
Berkeley, CA
2012 El Color de Mi Espiritu/The Color of My Spirit
Communities United Against Violence (CUAV)
Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts
San Francisco, CA
ORCHESTRAL ENSEMBLES
2013 – 2014 DePaul Symphony Orchestra
2009 – 2012 UC Berkeley Symphony Orchestra
2011 Bay Area Rainbow Symphony
2009 – 2011 UC Berkeley Summer Symphony
2008 – 2011 UC Berkeley Chamber Orchestra
2007 – 2009 Young People’s Symphony Orchestra
CHAMBER ENSEMBLES
2016 Drawing Lineage, Building Legacy
2012 Berkeley Wind Quartet
2011 Mission Baroque
2009 – 2010 UC Berkeley Flute Quartet
Photo Credit: Robbie Sweenie
But Tell Me What It Feels Like (2018)
SOMArts Cultural Center
San Francisco, CA
