Education
Villa Joseph Maria High School, Holland PA
GPA: 4.6 With Honors
NOTABLE HONORS:
- National Honors Society
- National French Honors Society
- School Poet Laureate, freshman year
- Art Scholarship recipient, freshman & sophomore year
- AP Student
- Finalist, National History Day (NHD) state competition
PARTICIPATION:
- Co-President, Page Turners Literary Club
- Co-President, National French Honors Society & French Club
- Secretary, National Honors Society
- Student Retreat Leader & Speaker
- Selected for school events as a piano accompanist / soloist
- Volunteer for various local community events
- Top fundraiser for the Luv Michael fund / Dance-A-thon
- Member of the school orchestra and band, 2021 - 2022
Extracurriculars
- Recreation Coed Soccer Team, 2021 - 2023
- Leadership Camp, U of MD College Park; elected president
by peers (2021, 2022), nominated for camp by teacher
- Restaurant Server / Staff (summer job)
- School of Rock Support Staff / Maintenance (school year job)
- Elected to Student Council (2020)
- Acting Naturally Theater Workshop, lead and supporting roles in
local musical theater
Music Experience - Piano
2017 - Present: Westminster Conservatory, Princeton, NJ
- Studied Classical Piano
- Studied music theory through ABRSM (Associated Board of the Royal
Schools of Music)
- Achieved Level 7 in Practical, and Level 5 in Theory,
passed exams with distinction
AWARDS / EVENTS:
- MusicFest Rising Talents award winner 3 years in a row, performed at.
Carnegie Hall (2022), Victor Borge Hall (2023) and the International
Opera House in NYC (2024) as a Grand Prize award winner
- Piano Teacher's Forum Winners Recital, 2019 - 2024
- Westminster Conservatory Honors Recital Participant, 2020 - 2024
- Teacher's Showcase Selectee
- Music Scholarship, 2020
- Invited to participate in a Marvin Blickenstaff Masterclass workshop
- Selected for school events as piano accompanist / soloist
Music Experience - Bass, Guitar &Vocals
2022 - Present: School of Rock, Princeton, NJ
- Studied Bass, Guitar and Vocals, including music theory
- Member of the audition-only Performance Band ("House Band")
- Participated in 2 cross-country band tours as bassist, keyboards
& vocalist
- Volunteered summers to teach elementary-age music camps
("Rock 101")
- Performed regularly at local community events
- Performed as a 2/3 person acoustic band at small local music venues