Violist.
Entrepreneur.
28 years of experience. Four ventures. One mission: helping people succeed in the performing arts world.
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When I was eight years old, I told my mother I wanted to play the violin. She said, "Absolutely not" and suggested the viola instead.
As I got older I realized she was right. The viola was the perfect fit for me. And I came to understand something else: she was positioning me to excel where there was less competition. Without knowing it, my mother was my first career strategist.
That lesson has shaped everything I have done since. I have always looked for where I can bring something distinctive, something that stands apart. It is the same philosophy I bring to every student, every client, and every performance.
I went on to earn a Bachelor of Music cum laude from the University of Houston as a student of Rita Porfiris, graduate performance studies at the Longy School of Music with Patricia McCarty, a Master of Science in Arts Administration from Shenandoah University, Educational Administration certification from St. John's University, and my NYS Teaching Certificate from Queens College CUNY. Every degree was intentional. Every step was strategic.
I did not just study music. I studied music, then arts administration, then education leadership, then emergency medicine. Every degree was a deliberate choice to become more capable, more versatile, and more valuable to the people I serve.
Yes, you read that correctly. After years in music education and performance, I enrolled in and completed Paramedic School at Stony Brook University. It is one of the hardest things I have ever done and one of the achievements I am most proud of.
I share this not because it is directly related to music or education, but because it says something about who I am: someone who believes in learning, in pushing past comfortable limits, and in showing up fully for the people who count on you. Those values are present in everything I do.
On a typical school day I am out the door by 6:15 AM, teaching until 3:00, often later with rehearsals, and then home to work on Ensemble Consulting and Luminous Sounds before spending time with my husband and our cat.
Weekends often find me performing at weddings and events, traveling, going to church on Sundays, and getting to the gym two or three times a week. My summers look equally full. I spend them working on my businesses, training, and setting myself up for the year ahead.
I do not say this to impress anyone. I say it because I want you to know that the advice I give comes from someone who is actively in it. I am not speaking from theory. I am speaking from 5:00 AM alarm clocks, full rehearsal schedules, client calls after dinner, and the deep satisfaction of building something meaningful one day at a time.
That is the experience I bring to every student, every client, and every audience I speak to. Not a highlight reel. The real thing.
"It is ok to try different things. It is ok to live your life and find what inspires you. I love to learn. I love to help people. And I am now finding a way to combine all of my interests and expertise into doing exactly that."
I have performed on stages, stood in front of classrooms, built businesses from scratch, responded to emergencies, and coached hundreds of students and educators through some of the most important decisions of their careers.
Every single one of those experiences is in the room when I work with you. That is what makes the difference. Not just credentials. Not just years. The full, lived, multidimensional experience of someone who has done the work and knows what it actually takes.
Whether you are a student navigating college auditions, an educator building a sustainable career, a couple planning the perfect wedding, or an event organizer looking for a speaker who brings something real to the stage, I would love to hear from you.
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