I perform within classical, experimental, folk, and pop music practices, collaborating frequently with musicians and artists across a variety of disciplines.
I enjoy teaching and writing about music.
I am the third daughter of a Jewish New Yorker and a Midwesterner from Ohio.
I grew up in the balmy sprawl of Houston, Texas, where I started learning violin and piano in the Suzuki method from a young age and fell in love with music via listening to the local oldies radio station.
I became serious about the violin around age 9 and music has been my life ever since.
After beginning my college studies at the Moores School of Music, University of Houston, I moved to New York City and earned a Bachelor of Music from the Manhattan School of Music in 2005. A year later, I drove across the country to study avant-garde and experimental music at The University of California, San Diego, where I earned a Masters and Doctorate of Musical Arts, graduating in 2014.
I enjoy a vibrant and varied performance career within classical, experimental, folk, and pop music practices: mainly as a violinist, sometimes as a violist, and occasionally as a vocalist, sometimes singing while playing.
Much of my work involves collaborating with other musicians and artists, taking me across the USA as well as to Mexico, the United Kingdom, and Europe.
I’ve performed cantatas at Bach’s burial site for the Bach Festival of Leipzig, played Stockhausen and Berio under Pierre Boulez at the Lucerne Festival Academy, sang and played the music of Kate Bush on stages throughout the UK as a member of Baby Bushka, and appeared twice at the National Jug Band Jubilee in Louisville, KY with G Burns Jug Band. I frequently work with composers and have given a number of world premieres.
Along the way, I’ve grappled with performance anxiety. I began experiencing intense nervous system responses while onstage around the age of 12. This has shaped my path profoundly. As I’ve worked with anxiety over the years, I’ve come to understand the need to look into both internal and external factors that contribute to it.
For the inner work, I’ve found EMDR therapy, energy work, and The Alexander Technique to be extremely useful. In terms of the external, I’ve researched and written about the culture of classical music and the practice of score interpretation. I’m interested in cultivating environments that encourage embodiment and self-expression: this is my primary focus as a teacher. To learn more about my approach to teaching, click here.