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Professional Summary

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  • Composer (Film, Chamber)

  • Instrumental Conductor (Film, Concert)

  • Arranger

  • Music Production

  • Studio Recording

  • DAW Software (Logic, Pro Tools)

 

 

     â€‹    Relevant Work History - Composer (Film, Chamber)

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       Chamber

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

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  • Composer | Tainted Badge 602, Commissioned by Toledo Opera - Toledo, OH, 01.2022 - 08.2022

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  • Composer | Refraction, featuring "Piece for Solo Cello", Commissioned by Angelique Montes - Cincinnati, OH, 08.2021 - 04.2022

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  • Composer | Solo Work for Double Bass "Alaap in Raag Des", Commissioned by Bass Players for Black Composers (BPBC), 04.2021 - 06.2021

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  • Composer | 20 for 2020 Recording Project, featuring "Taal-Naad Naman" Commissioned by Inbal Segev, Cellist - NYC, 07.2020 - 06.2021

 

        Film

  • Composer | Advent Commercial Film, DePaul University & The Old Coat Society (OCS) - Chicago, IL, 2023-2024.

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  • Composer | Bring It Home Independent Documentary - Oberlin, OH, 09.2019 - 11.2019

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  • Participant-Composer | Palomar Film Music Workshop - San Diego, CA, 06.2019

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  • Composer | Thicker than Water Film, Chapman University: Dodge College of Film and Media Arts - Orange, CA, 09.2017 - 04.2018

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  • Participant-Composer | Palomar Film Music Workshop - San Diego, CA (06.2016)​​​

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             Other Relevant Work History 

  • Conductor | The Los Angeles Film Conducting Intensive (LAFCI), Manila Symphony Orchestra, 06.23.2025 - 06.28.2025 - Manila, Philippines

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  • Conductor | "A Night in Hollywood" Manila Symphony Orchestra (MSO), 06.2025 - Manila, Philippines

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  • Guest Speaker | Education Section Forum - The Society for Ethnomusicology (SEM) 2020 Virtual Annual Meeting - 10.22.2020

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  • Assistant Stage Manager | Mozart's Così fan Tutte Opera Production, 02.2020 to 03.2020 - Oberlin, OH

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  • Assistant Conductor | Oberlin Students for Gender Inclusivity in Music organization, 01.2020 to 02.2020 - Oberlin, OH​​

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  • Student Researcher | Shirley Graham Du Bois Symposium, 08.2019 to 02.2020  - Oberlin, OH

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  • Student Audio Engineer | Oberlin Conservatory, 08.2018 to 05.2020 - Oberlin, OH

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            Education

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

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

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              Accomplishments​

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

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  • Fulbright-Nehru Scholarship, 2020-2021

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

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

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