University of North Texas 
MM, in Euphonium Performance, 2010
Birthday: December 21, 1983
Hometown: Cheshire, CT
Awards and Honors:
-1st Place, International Tuba Euphonium Conference Euphonium Artist Solo Competition, 2010
-Semi-Finalist, Leonard Falcone International Euphonium Artist Competition, 2011
-Semi-Finalist, Leonard Falcone International Euphonium Artist Competition, 2009
-Semi-Finalist, Leonard Falcone International Euphonium Artist Competition, 2007
-Principal, Connecticut All-State Band, 2001-2002
-Member, Connecticut All-State Band, 2000
Previous Degrees and Universities:
-Bachelor of Music Education and Euphonium Performance, Ithaca College, 2006
Goals: To become the best musician I can be, but to also be just unsatisfied enough to keep getting better.
Hobbies and Interests: jazz music, spicy food, football
Favorite quote: "The finest qualities of our nature, like the bloom on fruits, can be preserved only by the most delicate handling. Yet we do not treat ourselves nor one another thus tenderly." Henry David Thoreau, Walden
Favorite color: red
Favorite non-euphonium-related artist/band/etc.: The Arcade Fire, Bjork, Bon Iver, Ornette Coleman, Miles Davis
Favorite euphonium solo: Concert Variations by Jan Bach