Teaching Experience
2018 - present
Tenured Music Faculty - South Seattle College
2018
Instrumental Instructor, Hamlin Robinson School
2017 - 2018
Teaching Artist - Seattle Symphony
2005 – 2018
Adjunct Audio Faculty - Art Institute of Seattle
2015 – 2016
Adjunct Faculty – Seattle Film Institute
2011
Teaching Artist - Wing Luke Museum
2006 – 2010
Adjunct Faculty - Oakwood School – North Hollywood, CA
2011 – 2014
Teaching Artist – Jack Straw Cultural Center – Blind Youth Program
2001 – 2002, 2005 – 2009
Adjunct Faculty – West Sound Academy – Poulsbo, WA
2003
Graduate Teaching Assistant – Cal Arts – Los Angeles, CA
2002 – 2003
Teaching Artist – Community Arts Partnership – Los Angeles, CA
2000 – 2001
Private Instructor - American International School - Budapest, Hungary
2000
Teaching assistant – KODO Earth Festival – Sado Island, Japan
Education
2004 MFA, Performer/Composer: African American Improvisational Music, CalArts
2000 BA Jazz Drums and Japanese Language, Bennington College
Private Lessons
I teach private lessons in drums, percussion, and composition. My students have gone on to attend music programs such as CalArts, the New School, the University of Washington, and the Peabody Conservatory, among others.
My teaching style reflects a diversity of teachers over the years, which include Seattle Symphony percussionist Howard Gilbert, free-jazz icon Milford Graves, and tabla maestro Swapan Chaudhuri. I simmer down these influences into a teaching style that focuses on musicality and curiosity.
To set up lessons, please contact me via my contact page.