PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2024-25 Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra ∙ Guest Conductor, Cover Conductor & Julius Rudel Conducting Fellow

2024 New York University ∙ Assistant Music Director

2022-23 Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra ∙ Guest Conductor, Cover Conductor & Julius Rudel Conducting Fellow

2019 Los Angeles Philharmonic Association ∙ Guest Supporting Conductor

2019-21 Los Robles Master Chorale ∙ Assistant Conductor

MASTERCLASSES & FESTIVALS

2023 Chorus America Choral-Orchestral Conducting Academy ∙ David Hayes, Duain Wolfe, Eugene Rogers et al.

2022 Mostly Modern Festival ∙ JoAnn Falletta, Peter Bay & Scott Terrell

2021 Monteux School and Music Festival ∙ Michael Jinbo, Ludovic Morlot, Neal Gittleman, et al.

2020 Michael Jinbo ∙ Monteux Heritage Orchestra

2019 Sasha Mäkilä ∙ Helsinki Metropolitan Orchestra

2019 Adrian McDonnell ∙ Assoc. des Jeunes Musiciens et Artistes pour le Développement des Arts et de la Culture

2015 Westminster Choir College ∙ Charles Bruffy, Simon Carrington, James Jordan, et al.

2015 University of Michigan ∙ Jerry Blackstone, Eugene Rogers, et al.

CONDUCTING EXPERIENCE

2021-present Mannes Orchestra ∙ Conductor, Asst. Conductor

2021-23 Mannes American Composers Ensemble ∙ Conductor, Asst. Conductor

2023 John W. Engeman Theater ∙ Guest Music Director & Pianist

2022-23 Mannes Opera ∙ Guest Conductor, Asst. Conductor, Guest Conductor & Pianist

2022 the cell theatre ∙ Cover Conductor

2020 La Sierra University Orchestra ∙ Asst. Conductor & Guest Conductor

2017 uclaFLUX at the Univ. of California Los Angeles ∙ Asst. Conductor

2016 UCLA Chorale at the Univ. of California Los Angeles ∙ Asst. Conductor

EDUCATION

2023-present Mannes School of Music ∙ Professional Studies Diploma in Orchestral Conducting (expected 2025)

2021-23 Mannes School of Music ∙ Master of Music in Orchestral Conducting

2020 La Sierra University ∙ Performer’s Certificate in Orchestral Conducting

2016 Freie Universität Berlin

2013-17 UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music ∙ Bachelor of Arts in Music - Piano Performance, cum laude

AWARDS

2023 Mannes School of Music ∙ Carl Schachter Award

2022 Mostly Modern Festival ∙ Conducting Fellowship

2021-present Mannes School of Music ∙ Merit Scholarship

2020 La Sierra University ∙ Herbert Blomstedt Endowed Music Scholarship

2017 UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music ∙ Dean’s Medal

2016 Los Angeles Master Chorale Young Composers Contest ∙ Winner, Moonrise; world premiere in the Walt Disney Concert Hall

Languages: English (first language), German (B2 level), Tagalog (B1 level), Spanish (B1 level)

Selected Projects

2024 Assistant Music Director ∙ New York University Tisch School of the Arts

Waiting for Lefty (1935), play by Clifford Odets and new music by Truth Bachman

Abe Burrows Theater, New York

2024 Composer ∙ Mannes School of Music

In Memoriam: Miki Gorman (2024) for two violins and two cellos

Lincoln Center

2024 Assistant Conductor ∙ (Un)Silent Film with the Mannes Orchestra

Metropolis (1927), film direction by Fritz Lang and new music by Amir Sanjari

Tishman Auditorium, New York

2024 Composer ∙ Pacific Charter High School Choir

Feet Searching for Sound (2024) for chorus and piano

Allison Cheng, conductor

Carnegie Hall

2024 Assistant Conductor & Guest Supporting Conductor ∙ Mannes Orchestra

Symphony No. 4 (1910-25) by Charles Ives

Lincoln Center

2023 Guest Conductor ∙ Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

Overture to La forza del destino (1862) by Giuseppe Verdi 

Slee Hall, Buffalo

2023 Assistant Conductor & Assistant Vocal Coach ∙ Mannes Opera

L'enfant et les sortilèges (1925), music by Maurice Ravel and libretto by Collette

Tishman Auditorium, New York

2022 Assistant Conductor, Pianist & Harpsichordist ∙ Mannes Opera

La Calisto (1651), music by Francesco Cavalli and libretto by Giovanni Faustini

Abrons Arts Center, New York

2022 Guest Conductor, Assistant Conductor & Pianist ∙ Mannes Opera

In the Green (2019), book, music and lyrics by Grace McLean and additional music and words by Hildegard Von Bingen 

Bank Street Theater, New York