School 

  • Los Angeles County High School for the Arts (LACHSA), 2017 - 2021

  • Oberlin College and Conservatory (B.A.), 2021 - 2025 

  • USC Thornton School of Music, 2025-2027  (Anticipated M.A.)

Private Teachers (Primary) 

  • Dr. Minor L. Wetzel  (Los Angeles Philharmonic)                  

  • Peter Slowik  (Oberlin Conservatory) 

  • Karen Dreyfus (USC Thornton School)                                    

Performance Groups 

  • Inner City Youth Orchestra of Los Angeles (ICYOLA), 2017 - Present

  • Watts-Willowbrook Conservatory Ensemble, 2019 - Present

  • Kelsi Bolden’s “New Standard Band”, 2022 - Present

  • Noah’s Sherman’s “Ark Assembly”, 2023 - Present

  • Nasir Wilson’s “AfroFunk Revolution”, 2025

  • Djapo Cultural Arts Institute, 2024 - Present

Performaces

  • Icyola-Walt Disney Concert Hall End-of-Season Performance, July 2018.2019.2022.2025

  • Credo Music Festival 20th/25th Anniversary Performance in, July 2019.2024.2025                  Orchestra Hall at Symphony Center in Chicago

  • Performance with Karen Briggs and Watts-Willowbrook Strings, October 2019                                      at Catalina Club in North Hollywood 

  • Grammy Awards Performance with Various Artists at 

Crypto.com Arena (Staple Center), Jan. 2020

  • Performance in Love Park, Philadelphia with New Standard Band, May 2022

  • Performed at the Ceremony of Bruce’s Beach, July 2022                               being given back to the rightful family heir

  • Performed at the new Metro Train Stop in July 2022, opening in Crenshaw, CA at MLK Station

  • Performance at Carnegie Hall with the Oberlin Orchestra for the United Nations, Dec. 2022

  • First Ever Strings Feature with Oberlin Jazz Ensemble (OJE), April 2023, Featuring Jake Silverman 

  • Oberlin C.M.E - Carr Center Resonate Symposium in Detroit, April 2023

  • Los Angeles Urban League Performance w/ Shannon Pearson (Voice) and Mariea Antoinette (Harp), May 2023, Beverly Hilton Hotel    

  • Performance at the NuBlu Club in Manhattan, NY, November 2023, with Noah’s Ark Assembly

  • Credo Music Festival 25th Anniversary Performance in July 2024, Orchestra Hall at Symphony Center in Chicago

  • Djapo performances at Ohio State Theatre/Cleveland Public Theatre  September 2024

  • Djapo performance at Dance Africa at King-Kennedy College October 2024 

  • Djapo Kwanzaa Festival at Cleveland Public Theatre December 2024

  • Performance with Nasir Wilson’s “AfroFunk Revolution” band / BHM All-City Cleveland Festival / Djapo BHM Cleveland Tour, February 2025    

  • Djapo performance at the Ohio Dance Festival April 2025                        

Competitions

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP): 

  • National ACT-SO High School Competition 

(Beverly Hills/Hollywood Branch)        

            Instrumental-Classical / Instrumental Contemporary, July 2021, 1st Place Award, National Association of Negro Musicians (NANM)

  • G.L.A.M. Inc. (Georgia Laster Association of Musicians), July 2021, High School Competition - Dorothy Jackson Hayes 1st Place Award                                                  

  • NANM String Competition (@ Dallas 2023 NANM Convention), July 2023, Patricia Pates Eaton 1st Place Award  

Oberlin:

  • Ohio Viola Society Competition 2nd place winner, April 2023

  • Finalist for Concerto Competition at Oberlin Conservatory, October 2024

Recordings:

  • Kamasi Washington: Music Video, November 2018

  • H.E.R.: Grammy Performance Backing Track, February 2019, Recording Session                                                                                  

  • Animated Netflix Film Score: “If Anything Happens I Love You” (2021 Oscar for Best Animated Short Film), May 2020

  • RICO’s “Matter Of” album (Why I do it / Why I do it REPRISE), April 2024              

Discography:

  • Cosmic World, Single, January 2022

  • ‘Freshman Experience’  EP June 2022

  • ‘Sophomore Season: Idleness’ Single May 2023

  • ‘Junior Jams’ Album May 2024              

Tours:

  • Kelsi Bolden’s “New Standard” Love Park (Philadelphia) Tour, May 2022

  • Djapo West AfricaMay 2024

  • Generational Love’s “The Village” Album (The Village interlude), March 2022

  •  Djapo West Africa Tour/Immersion Trip (3x), Jan 2023, 2024, 2025

  • Equity Arc Symposium (3x) (Cincinnati, Atlanta, Chicago), March / Nov. 2023, April 2025 

  • Chicago Tour(s) - Noah Sherman’s “Ark Assembly”, March 2023 / August 2023/2024

  • Gateways Music Festival in Chicago, April 2024

  • Colorado Springs Residency (Peggy Shivers), May 2024                                 

Teaching Experience 

  • Various Music Classes at St. James Episcopal School (Los Angeles) 

  • Various Viola Performances and Lectures at Robert Frost Middle School (Granada Hills)

  • Oberlin Exco - The Ethan Project. Teaching Ethan Olaes (pianist) Music Theory and beginner Viola Lessons. 

  • Taught Masterclass at Vandercook Suzuki Institute.Gateways Music Festival April 2024  



References Upon Request