Biography

Originally from Charleston, South Carolina, I've been a performer for over 15 years. I had a fondness for string instruments from a young age, beginning to learn the cello in the fifth grade. Eventually deciding to pursue music at a higher education level, I majored in Classical Cello Performance, studying under Dr. Carmine Miranda at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee. I graduated in 2022 with a Bachelor's of Music.

 

At the same time, I love listening to and playing music of all different genres.  Inspired by cinema most of the time, I love creating music that evokes feelings of wonder and nostalgia. My debut album, 'Du Ciel', is mainly an improv album, drawing inspiration from songs of earlier centuries to express my own personal journey of a bittersweet relationship. My upcoming album, 'The Lake Sessions', is a cover album, which chronicles my life over the past two and a half years living next to Percy Priest Lake here in Nashville.

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I served as the Principal and Co-Principal Cellist for the Belmont Symphony Orchestra during my time in college. Also getting the wonderful opportunity while there to perform in PBS's "Christmas at Belmont", and to play in a cello quartet for the chamber strings program, performing first cello in a recording and video of Julius Klengal's Theme and Variations in G Major, Op. 28 at Nashville's historic Ocean Way Studios. The very first Dolby Digital recording of this piece is available to be watched on my YouTube channel. Currently, I also stagehand for the Nashville Symphony at the Schermerhorn Symphony Center.