University of California, Berkeley (Berkeley, CA)

  • Associate Professor of Teaching, Department of Music, 2021-present

  • Assistant Professor of Teaching, Department of Music, 2015-2021

  • ( * = course created by me )

    ( † = course co-created by me )

    • Popular Music Theory* (Music 172)

    • Guitar Performance (Music 168G)

    • Aurality and Creative Interaction* (Music 166A/B)

    • Composition (Music 155)

    • Advanced Musicianship (Music 152A/B)

    • Making Music† (Music 90)

    • Musicianship (Music 52A/B)

    • Fundamentals of Guitar Performance* (Music 46)

    • Introduction to Musicianship (Music 20)

    • Field Study in Pedagogy (Music 197)

    • Independent Study in Composition (Music 199)

    • Diversity, Equity and Campus Climate Committee (2024-)

    • Music Curriculum Committee (2021-23)

    • Chair, Music Undergraduate Committee (2018-20)

    • Chair, Noon Concerts Committee (2017-19)

    • Creative Arts Committee, College of Letters and Sciences (2016-19)

    • Choral Director (Tenure-Track Faculty) Search Committee (2017-18)

    • Recipient, Spark Research Grant, 2023 (Project: "New Music for Percussion")

    • Recipient, Presidential Chair Fellowship, 2019 (Project: "Technology for Musicianship Curriculum Enhancement")

    • Recipient, O'Neill Endowment Grant, 2018 (Project: "A New Work for the University Organ")

    • Recipient, Creative Discovery Grant, Berkeley Arts and Design, 2018 (Project: "Technology for Music 152A")

    • Recipient, Instructional Improvement Grant, Center for Teaching and Learning, 2017 (Project: "Review and Digital Archival of Music 52A Student Performance Project Recordings")

Wagner College (Staten Island, NY)

  • Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Music, 2013-19

  • ( * = created online version of course using Moodle )

    • Music Theory IV (MU212)

    • Music Theory III (MU211)

    • Music Theory II (MU112)

    • Music Theory I (MU111)

    • Foundations of Music Theory* (MU101) (taught in-person and online)

    • Private Lessons in Music Composition (MUE020)

    • Music Theory Coordinator, 2013-15

Medgar Evers College of The City University of New York (Brooklyn, NY)

  • Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Mass Communication, Creative and Performing Arts & Speech, 2014-15

    • Introduction to World Music (MUS 100)

New York University, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Human Development (New York, NY)

  • Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Music and Performing Arts Professions, 2013-15

    • Aural Comprehension in Music I (MPATC-UE6)

    • Basic Musicianship II (MPATC-UE19)

    • Basic Musicianship I (MPATC-UE18)

    • Recipient, Professional Development Grant, 2014 (Project: "Funding Travel to 2015 Willapa Bay AiR Program")

Columbia University (New York, NY)

  • Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Music, 2012-14

    • Fundamentals of Western Music (MUSI V1002)

    • Introductory Ear Training (MUSI V1312)

Montclair State University, Cali School of Music (Montclair, NJ)

  • Adjunct Assistant Professor, Spring 2014

    • Aural Skills IV (MUCP-204-02)

Florida State College at Jacksonville (Jacksonville, FL)

  • Adjunct Instructor, Fall 2013

    • Music Appreciation (MUL1010) (taught online using Blackboard)

Nyack College School of Music NYC (New York, NY)

  • Adjunct Lecturer, 2011-13

    • Composition and Improvisation (MUS321)

    • Music Theory II (MUS124)

    • Music Theory I (MUS123)

    • Ear Training III (MUS221)

    • Ear Training II (MUS122)

    • Basic Music Theory (MUS111)

    • Applied Lessons in Composition (MUS322)

    • Independent Study in Advanced Counterpoint (MUS226)


Manhattan School of Music (New York, NY)

  • Graduate Teaching Fellow, 2009-12

    • Freshman Theory II (TH002)

    • Freshman Theory I (TH001)

    • Graduate Aural Skills II (AS871)

    • Sophomore Aural Skills II (AS212)

    • Sophomore Aural Skills I (AS211)

    • Freshman Aural Skills II (AS112)

    • Freshman Aural Skills I (AS111)


Empire State University (Saratoga Springs, NY)

  • Adjunct Lecturer, 2011-12

  • ( * = fully online course created by me using the ANGEL learning management system )

    ( † = hybrid course created by me using the ANGEL learning management system )

    • Music Theory Fundamentals* (taught as a fully online course; designed for and offered by the Northeast Center in Latham, NY)

    • Contemporary Music and Society† (taught as a hybrid course; designed for and offered by ESU's Fall 2011 Arts Residency Program in Schenectady, NY)