Conducting teachers include Greg Woodbridge (Harrisburg Symphony Orchestra Associate Conductor), Dr. Christopher Kiver, Professor Geraldo Edelstein, Dr. Richard Bundy (Penn State), Dr. Duane Bierman (University of Nebraska-Kearney), Dr. Timothy Dixon (Messiah College) and Will Curry (Broadway - Miss Saigon, Les Miserables, etc.)

 

Additional performance and rehearsal videos are available upon request.

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Sample of Studied & Performed Repertoire 

Bach, arr. Stokowski: Toccata and Fugue

Bacewicz: Overture

Beethoven: Egmont, Fidelio, Leonore No. 3 Overtures

Beethoven: Symphonies No. 1, 2, 3, 5

Bernstein: Overture to Candide

Bernstein: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story

Bizet: Carmen & L'Arlesienne Suites

Borodin: In the Steppes of Central Asia, Polovtsian Dances

Brahms: Academic Festival Overture & Requiem (selections)

Chabrier: Espana

Chavez: Sinfonia India

Copland: An Outdoor Overture, Lincoln Portrait, Red Pony, Shaker Hymn

de Falla: Ritual Fire Dance, Spanish Dance No. 1

Debussy: The Sunken Cathedral

Dvorak: Carnival Overture & Slavonik Dances, Serenade for Strings

Dvorak: Symphonies No. 8 & 9

Elgar: Serenade for Strings, Pomp and Circumstance No. 1, Cello Concerto

Faure: Requiem (selections)

Forrest: Requiem for the Living

Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue

Glinka: Ruslan & Ludmilla Overture

Grant Still: Symphony No. 1 (Afro-American Symphony)

Grieg: Holberg Suite, Peer Gynt Suite, Symphonic Dances

Handel: Messiah (selections)

Haydn: Symphony No. 100 & 104

Herold: Zampa Overture

Holst: The Planets

Humperdinck: Hansel and Gretel: Prelude and Hexenritt

Katchachurian: Three Dances from "Gayaneh Ballet"

Marquez: Danzon No. 2

Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture, Symphony No. 5

Mozart: various overtures and symphonies

Mussorgsky: Night on Bald Mountain

Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol, Russian Easter Festival Overture

Rossini: various overtures

Price: Symphony No. 3 in c minor

Prokofiev: Lt. Kije Suite

Saint-Saens: Carnival of the Animals, Dance Bacchanale

Saint-Saens: Symphony No. 3 ('Organ')

Schubert: Symphony No. 8 & Mass

Shostakovich: Sinofinia No. 8

Sibelius: Finlandia, Karelia Suite

Smetana: Bartered Bride Overture and Dances, Moldau

Stanford: Irish Rhapsody No. 1

Stravinksy: Firebird: Berceuse and Finale

Strauss: On the Beautiful Blue Danube, Die Fledermaus​

Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet, Serenade for Strings, Symphonies 2 & 5, Swan Lake

Vaughan Williams: The Wasps, Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus

Verdi: Overture to Nabucco, Forza del Destino, Selections from Aida

von Suppe: Poet and Peasant Overture

Wagner: Overtures from Lohengrin, Rienzi, Die Meistersinger, Tristan & Isolde (Prelude & Love Death)

Walker: Lyric for Strings

Weber: Oberon Overture

Williams: various Professional Pops scores, Air and Simple Gifts

 

Musicals Directed

Beauty and the Beast (vocal and orchestra director)

Guys and Dolls (vocal and orchestra director)

Mary Poppins (vocal and orchestra director)

Tarzan (vocal and orchestra director)

The Drowsy Chaperone (orchestra director)

The Little Mermaid (vocal and orchestra director)

Willy Wonka (vocal and orchestra director)

The Addams Family (orchestra director)

Anastasia (orchestra director)

Oliver! (orchestra director)

Seussical (orchestra director)