I have been a member of the Salt Lake Symphony and currently play with the Bountiful Philharmonia.

I teach at Gifted Music School in Salt Lake City as well as at my private studio in North Salt Lake where I reside with my husband, jazz trombonist and vocalist Joe Escobar, and our spoiled calico kitty, Ella.

 

Education
 

BM Cello Performance, Holy Names College
MM Kodaly Emphasis, Holy Names University

Additional Training and Certification

Orff-Schulwerk Certification Levels 1-3
Arts Management Certification Program, University of Massachusetts
Prominent teachers include Jennifer Culp (Kronos Quartet), Peter Wyrick (S.F. Symphony Associate Principal Cellist), Andrew Luchansky (Chair, Sacramento State University Chamber Music and Pedagogy Program), Jon Bernie (Alexander Technique), Cathy Allen Aird (Body Mapping®), Elisabeth Marshall Reed (Baroque cellist and Feldenkrais practitioner)

 

Notable Performances
 

Soloist with Holy Names University Orchestra, 2007, 2014, 2017

• Elgar Cello Concerto

• Beethoven Concerto for Violin, Cello, Piano

• Dvorak Cello Concerto   

 

Professional freelance cellist with Exeter String Quartet, Oakland, CA – providing musical entertainment at weddings, memorials, corporate events

Registered Suzuki Teacher-Training                                   

Suzuki Association of the Americas Registered Teacher Training

Every Child Can!
Cello Unit 1 (x2)
Cello Unit 2 (x2)
Cello Unit 3 (x2)
Cello Unit 4
Cello Unit 5
Cello Unit 6
Cello Unit 7
Cello Unit 8
Cello Unit 9-10
Teaching Strategies (x2)

String Bass Unit 1
 

Professional Affiliations

Section cellist, Bountiful Philharmonia

Section cellist, Salt Lake City Symphony

Kodály Foundation for Music Education, 2020-2024, Advisory Committee Member-at-large Piedmont (CA) East Bay Children’s Choir, Board of Directors Member-at-large, 2020-21

Suzuki Association of Utah, present                                         
American String Teachers’ Association, present                                 
Suzuki Music Association of California, past
Suzuki Association of Northern California           

Member-at-large
Past President, 1997-1999

Music Teachers’ Association of California, Cello Chair, Alameda Branch, 2003-2005