About me….
I am a media composer from Cincinnati, OH with a background in film and theatre.
I work with brands, production companies and independent creators to bring stories to life through music.
My work has appeared on Hulu and Prime Video, as well as on stage at Playwrights Horizons, Ars Nova, and Signature Theatre.
I currently reside in Brooklyn, where I’m completing a master’s degree in Media Scoring at the Feirstein Graduate School of Cinema.
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I received a BFA from the Webster Conservatory for Theatre Arts in St. Louis, where I studied acting and music. I worked with with the San Francisco Mime Troupe to bring free musical theatre to public parks in the Bay Area. My training continued with Rena Mirecka at Double Edge Theatre in Massachusetts.
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I moved to Portland, Oregon, where I composed The Waterman with actor-musician Sam De Roest in addition to scoring Shakespeare adaptations (Henry V, Cymbeline) and other live shows. One notable performance happened completely outdoors with the audience riding around the city on bicycles (Bike Play). With recording engineer and bassist Nick Erickson, I recorded my first album, Sun River. The Pacific Northwest left an indelible mark on me, and remains a source of inspiration.
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In 2014, I arrived in New York and co-founded the theatre company Thicket & Thistle. I scored, music-directed and arranged more than a dozen live shows in New York, which you can read more about on my Work page. I began to transition into film and visual media starting in 2016 with Coattails & Paradise, a stop-motion animated musical by Knhik Haefner. Following that, I wrote music for commercials and podcasts, including the theme for popular board game show “Woodland War Machine” with over 350,000 downloads. I embarked on a master’s film scoring program at the Feirstein Graduate School of Cinema, and become a more rigorous and adventurous composer in the process.
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In 2023, I worked on my first television series for Hulu, Life & Beth. I assisted composers Timo Elliston and Ray Angry, and worked as an orchestrator alongside JoAnne Harris. I conducted a string quintet for episode 6 of the series, set in a haunted mansion. Spooky!
Thicket & Thistle
I am a co-founder and music director of Thicket & Thistle, a theatre company of actor-musicians creating original musicals. With T&T, I composed the musicals What’s Your Wish?, Death Cruise, and Taste of Success, and developed the musical Waterman. It’s a challenge to create stories cooperatively, but it’s worth it to get to work with a talented and innovative ensemble like T&T.
The group’s first musical What’s Your Wish? appeared at the New York Musical Festival in 2018. For my work with this warm, poignant acoustic score, I was nominated for an Award in Outstanding Musical Arrangements and Orchestrations.