About

Violinist and artistic director of the Zafa Collective, I spend most of my time seeking out new chamber repertoire and highlighting composers traditionally underrepresented in classical music. I am also an active teacher and orchestral musician in the Chicago area.

BA, BM Oberlin College and Conservatory
MM Northwestern University

Music

Standard chamber repertoire I have performed and am comfortable bringing up to snuff on short notice includes (this list subject to additions):

Mozart, String Quartet No. 17 K 458
Beethoven, String Quartet Op. 18, No. 6
Mendelssohn, String Quartet Op. 13, No. 2
Brahms, String Quartet Op. 51, No. 2
Smetana, String Quartet No. 1
Janacek, String Quartet No. 2
Shostakovich, String Quartet No. 7

Beethoven, Piano Trio Op. 97 "Archduke"
Ravel, Piano Trio in A Minor
Rachmaninoff, Trio No. 1

Schumann, Piano Quartet Op. 47

Brahms, Piano Quintet Op. 34

Bartok, 44 Duos for Two Violins

Audio

Past groupmuses (7)

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  Art Center Muse!

  Saturday, Apr 27, 2019 7:30 PM CDT

  • Neighborhood: Ravenswood, Chicago
  • Composers: Beethoven, Schubert
  • Instruments: String trio
  • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

  Happened almost 5 years ago

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  DradleMuse

  Friday, Feb 22, 2019 7:00 PM CST

  • Neighborhood: North Center, Chicago
  • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

  Happened about 5 years ago

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  Chicago Muse

  Wednesday, Dec 7, 2016 7:30 PM CST

  • Neighborhood: River North, Chicago
  • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

  Happened over 7 years ago

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  Orchestra Groupmuse!

  Sunday, Nov 27, 2016 6:00 PM CST

  • Neighborhood: Rogers Park, Chicago
  • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

  Happened over 7 years ago

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  Outdoors

  Rooftop Groupmuse

  Friday, Aug 19, 2016 7:30 PM CDT

  • Neighborhood: West Loop, Chicago
  • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

  Happened over 7 years ago

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  April Fool's Groupmuse

  Friday, Apr 1, 2016 7:00 PM CDT

  • Neighborhood: West Loop, Chicago
  • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

  Happened about 8 years ago

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  Groupmuse on Thursday, February 18

  Thursday, Feb 18, 2016 7:00 PM CST

  • Neighborhood: North Side, Chicago
  • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

  Happened about 8 years ago