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A r t i s t i c/E x e c u t i v e  D i r e c t o r, C o - F o u n d e r, Castle of our Skins (COOS), Boston, MA
Write grant narratives/budgets, and manage annual/activity-specific budgets and reports 
Manage communications, logistics, marketing, and planning details for each COOS activity/event 
Act as spokeswoman via speaking engagements, public/social appearances, and fundraising events 
Develop and organize annual performance schedule including concerts, community performances,
educational workshops, lectures and collaborations all focused on celebrating Black artistry

Examples of events organized include:
Active concert series blending music, spoken word, arts, and history at such locations as the
Museum of African American History and Museum of Fine Arts with such themes as mass incarceration,
freedom, Black feminism, Black masculinity, and Black visual art

“Edu-tainment” recital performances featuring the music of Black composers
in such venues as Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and Copley Library

Interactive, original educational workshops held at such venues as the Boston Children’s Museum,
Roxbury YMCA and Roxbury’s Hibernian Hall

Multi-day college residencies held at such institutions as Gettysburg College (PA),
Keene State College (NH), Brandeis University (MA), and Clark University (MA)

Cross-disciplinary collaborations with visual artists, dancers, poets, quilters, fashion designers,
filmmakers and arts organizations including Handel and Haydn Society, Boston Lyric Opera,
Celebrity Series of Boston, and Boston Symphony Orchestra

C o - F o u n d e r,  V i o l i s t Play For Justice (social justice collective), Boston, MA
Mobilize and recruit professional classical musicians to perform in events 
Coordinate performances in public spaces to engage public, raise awareness, and show solidarity in times of social/civil unrest 

Examples of events organized include: 
Mixed ensemble performances in solidarity at Black Lives Matter rallies and churches

String performance in the Paramount Theater in response to the 2013 Charleston Church massacre

Tri-city (Boston, Cleveland and Chicago) performance for racial justice as part of Make Music Boston

Various subway station mixed ensemble performances in response to numerous cases of race crimes,
police brutality, the Orlando nightclub massacre, and other social/racial injustices

F o u n d e r,  V i o l i s t, Sound Energy (string trio), Boston, MA
Developed annual performance schedule by booking concerts and events
Oversaw marketing efforts including all publicity, social media communications
and website  
design/maintenance

Examples of events organized include:
Commissioning/world premiere projects involving over 6 composers and an interactive electronic installation

Concert performances as part of the Equilibrium concert series, Signature Series (Cleveland, OH)
and Parish Center for the Arts concert series (Westford, MA)



S e l e c t e d  A w a r d s
​&
 P r e s e n t a t i o n s


Guest Lecturer, Gettysburg College, PA
​Guest Lecturer, Keene State College, NH
“IDEAS UMass Boston” invited speaker, Boston
Guest Panelist, Sphinx Connect Conference, MI

Guest Panelist, Chamber Music America Conference, NYC
Guest Lecturer, Oberlin College Conservatory of Music, OH

St. Botolph Foundation Club “Emerging Artist” award recipient, Boston 
180 Degrees Festival invited lecturer/new music performer, Sofia, Bulgaria

Named as one of the “ARTery 25” millennials of color by WBUR The ARTery
Guest Lecturer, North Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts, Greensboro, NC
Various local, regional and national grants awarded on behalf of Castle of our Skins
Charles Walton Diversity Advocate Award from the American Federation of Musicians
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