• PTG Registered Piano Technician.

• College and University technician.

• Master of Music in piano performance.

• Frequent concert tuning for professional musicians/high-profile artists.

• Experience tuning concert & artist rental pianos.

• Certified Dampp-Chaser installer.

• Former editor of the PTG Chicago Chapter's monthly publication, The Wippenpost.

 

 

Piano technology training & development:

 

2009-2011: Piano tuning  and technology training with Mark Cramer, RPT, head piano technician at Brandon University and senior technical consultant at the Banff Centre for the Arts.



2012-present: Member of the Chicago Chapter PTG

 

 

PTG Annual Convention:

2012- Belleview, WA

2013- Chicago, IL

2014- Atlanta, GA

2015- Denver, CO

2018- Lancaster, PA

2019- Tucson, AZ

2021- Orlando, FL

 

PTG Regional Convention:

2014- Davenport, IA

 

 

Notable piano industry networking and travels:



 Hurstwood Farm Piano Studios, UK- March, 2009; August, 2010; May 2011

 Bösendorfer factory, AT- March, 2009
Atlantic Music Center, USA- April 2010
Steingraeber & Söhne factory, DE- August, 2010
Germanisches National Museum, DE- August 2010
 Fandrich & Sons, USA- December, 2010
Ravenscroft Pianos, USA- April, 2011
Steinway Hall London, UK- May, 2011
Fandrich Piano Company, USA- February, 2012

 

 

Piano education:

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1993-2005: Studied piano with Chris Garofalo, M.Mus.

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2005-2008: B.Mus. piano study with Dr. Michael Kim, at Lawrence University, in Appleton, WI.

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2008-2009: B.Mus. piano study with Emma Tahmiziàn, M.Mus., at Lawrence University.

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2009-2011: M.Mus. piano study with Dr. Michael Kim, Dean of Music, at Brandon University in Brandon, MB, Canada.



2010: Studied with Emma Tahmiziàn at the Sulzbach-Rosenberg International Music Festival, in Sulzbach-Rosenberg, BY, Germany.