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Professional Summary

  • Composer (Film, Chamber)

  • Instrumental Conductor (Film, Concert)

  • Tabla player, pianist

  • Arranger

  • Music Production

  • Studio Recording

  • DAW Software (Logic, Pro Tools)

Relevant Work History

Chamber/Concert

  • Composer & Arranger | The New World Symphony - Miami Beach, FL (2021 - 2023)

  • Composer | Refraction, featuring "Piece for Solo Cello" Commissioned by Angelique Montes - Cincinnati, OH (08/2021 - 04/2022)

  • Composer | Solo Work for Double Bass "Alaap in Raag Des" Commissioned by Bass Players for Black Composers (BPBC) (04/2021 - 06/2021)

  • Composer | 20 for 2020 Recording Project, featuring "Taal-Naad Naman" Commissioned by Inbal Segev, Cellist - NYC (07/2020 - 06/2021)

  • Conductor | The Los Angeles Film Conducting Intensive & The Manila Symphony Orchestra - Manila, Philippines (2025)

  • Composer | Michigan Philharmonic, 81st Concert Series "Minature Masterpieces" (2027)

 

 

Film

  • Composer | Ember, Directed by Ruiyang Zhang (2024)

  • Composer | 411 Documentary, Directed by Han Shu (2026)

  • Composer | Advent Commercial Film, DePaul University & The Old Coat Society (OCS) - Chicago, IL (2023-2024). Oscar long-listed. Winner: BEST NARRATIVE SHORT Pan African Film & Arts Festival 2025

  • Participant-Composer | Palomar Film Music Workshop - San Diego, CA, (06/2019)

  • Composer | Thicker than Water Film, Chapman University: Dodge College of Film and Media Arts - Orange, CA (09/2017 - 04/2018)

  • Participant-Composer | Palomar Film Music Workshop - San Diego, CA (06/2016)​​​

Other Relevant Work History

  • Conductor | The Los Angeles Film Conducting Intensive (LAFCI), Manila Symphony Orchestra, (06/23/2025 - 06/28/2025) - Manila, Philippines

  • Conductor | "A Night in Hollywood" Manila Symphony Orchestra (MSO), Manila, Philippines (06/2025)

  • Guest Speaker | Education Section Forum - The Society for Ethnomusicology (SEM) 2020 Virtual Annual Meeting (10/22/2020)

  • Assistant Stage Manager | Mozart's Così fan Tutte Opera Production, (02/2020 - 03/2020) - Oberlin, OH

  • Assistant Conductor | Oberlin Students for Gender Inclusivity in Music organization, (01/2020 - 02/2020) - Oberlin, OH​

  • Student Researcher | Shirley Graham Du Bois Symposium, (08/2019 - 02/2020)  - Oberlin, OH

  • Student Audio Engineer | Oberlin Conservatory, (08/2018 - 05/2020) - Oberlin, OH

Education

  • Bachelor of Arts: Ethnomusicology for Composition, Oberlin College and Conservatory, USA (2020)

  • Master of Music in Composition: Composition for Screen, Royal College of Music, London (2024)

Awards & Accomplishments

  • ​​​Winner: BEST COMPOSER, The Ghost and the Gravedigger - Chicago Women Film Fest (2026)

  • Fulbright-Nehru Scholarship (2020-2021)

  • Oberlin Conservatory of Music Award for Academic Merit and Leadership Potential (2020)

  • Two-time alumna of the Palomar Film Music Workshop, San Diego (2016, 2019)

  • Two-time recipient of the Class of 1965 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Internship Fund (2016, 2019)

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