Pianist
Newest Release!
"A Matter of Time: Perseverancia"
“A Matter of Time: Perseverancia” is a concerto-style piece about hanging on when facing the impossible. The work is an international collaboration with GRAMMY®-winning producer Raniero Palm's Venezuela Strings Recording Ensemble.
This piece is a reimagining of my original solo piano composition that I premiered at the Kennedy Center in 2022. This new recording features a team of 20+ musicians, engineers, and producers across three countries.
"A Matter of Time: Perseverancia" released on August 14, 2026 on the Studio Seven Media label.
Piano Recording Process
I make all of my piano recordings on a vintage Yamaha C7 grand piano at my recording studio Silver Moon Sound, which is a large room with a vaulted ceiling ideal for recording.
My core setup is a pair of AKG C414 XLS mics run through RME pre-amps. Sometimes I use up to ten mics placed throughout the room for a more immersive sound in solo piano recordings––this is what I did in my latest release "A Matter of Time: Perseverancia."
I began recording myself on piano when I was fifteen, including for my debut album Airborne that I released at the end of high school. For me, the recording, mixing, and mastering of my pieces are all part of the composing, so I do it all myself.
Remote Session Work
I frequently record piano parts for other artists who want the sound of a real grand piano in a professional recording studio with top-tier equipment.
As both a conservatory-trained musician and someone who spent formative years playing in bands in Nashville, I'm equally comfortable working off sheet music, Nashville numbers, chord charts, or playing by ear. I play all genres except improvised jazz.
Below is a sampling of recordings I have played and recorded piano on.
Contact me if you'd like to collaborate on a project!
More of My Own Solo Piano Compositions
"Agitato"
Through the recurrent use of augmented triads, chromaticism, and block-chord leaps that span the full range of the piano, “Agitato” evokes an intense state of emotional disorientation—a dance on the knife’s edge between catharsis and control. Passages on the verge of a climactic crisis are frequently followed by suspenseful pauses, like an attempt to momentarily reign in the expression of inner turmoil. A melodic middle section serves as a stark contrast to the disjunct dissonance in other parts of the piece to give an impression that the unrest has passed. However, this peace is not to last, as it only gives way to louder, more agitated passages in the later parts of the composition.
I performed “Agitato” at the inaugural Music by Women Festival at the Mississippi University for Women in March of 2017. “Agitato” was also recognized as a top six finalist in Tribeca New Music Festival’s 2017 national Young Composer Competition.
"Equinox"
The second track on my solo piano album Airborne, "Equinox" is a piece of contrast and change. I wrote this composition over five months, beginning at the end of a summer and finishing at the start of winter, so the name literally reflects the composition journey. Also, at the time, I was seventeen--a time of major life transitions, and it is this sense of change and juxtaposition that permeates the piece.
From Upcoming Album...
In 2027, I plan to release my second solo piano album. It will feature ten of my original compositions that I also perform, record, and engineer myself. Here are the first singles that are on it:
Airborne (2013)
I completed my first solo piano album, Airborne, in 2013, after my senior year of high school. I not only composed and performed every piece on the album, but I did all of the recording and engineering myself, too. It was a solo album in every sense!
