I began my career as an accompanist over 26 years ago at Lubbock Christian University. I accompanied voice studios, musicals, and master classes. A few years and states later, I still perform as a vocal accompanist and musical theater pianist as well as an instrumental, choral, cabaret, and chamber player.
As a choral accompanist, I’ve accompanied high school, college, and professional choirs. I most enjoy realizing orchestral transcriptions of great masterworks — it lets me work creatively and allows me to participate in the greatest pieces of all time.
As an instrumental accompanist, I have accompanied most instruments. I don’t think I’ve ever played with a glass harmonica, but I have played for flutes to tubas. My repertoire is unusually varied on oboe, viola, and low-brass. I am particularly strong at contemporary material, and I enjoy collaborating with musicians of all abilities.
As a vocal accompanist, I am very comfortable in the standard vocal repertoire from the Twenty-Four Italian Arias and the Fifty Selected songs by German Composers. As a jazz and pop pianist, I am uniquely able to accompany contemporary musical theater and cabaret selections and am frequently called to create my own arrangements for accompaniments.
I have been on staff at Lubbock Christian University, Texas Tech University, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, University of Nebraska, Omaha, Monmouth College, Knox College, Cornell College, and Kirkwood Community College as an accompanist. As a free-lance accompanist, I have played for professional, community, and student music theater companies.
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