Music Performance Resume

Summary

Highly versatile and experienced Percussionist and Drummer with a dedicated background in both community concert settings and musical theatre pit orchestras. Expertise includes covering complex percussion books using traditional instruments and Digital Percussion Systems for efficient multi-instrument coverage. Demonstrates exceptional technical fluency, including Python development for embedded systems and custom sound design/font creation and editing, demonstrating a complete skillset for modern ensemble demands.

Skills and Technical Proficiencies

Specific Instruments & Expertise

  • Mallet Percussion: Marimba, Vibraphone, Xylophone, Glockenspiel, Tubular Bells
  • World Percussion: Cajón, Bongos, Congas, Timbales, Djembe, Darbuka, Hand Drums
  • Electronic Percussion: Electronic Mallets, Electronic Drum Kit, Electronic Drum Pads
  • Orchestral Percussion: Timpani, Snare Drum, Bass Drum, Tom Drums, Cymbals, Accessory Percussion
  • Drum Kit: Acoustic Drum Kit, Cocktail (Standing) Drum Kit

Music Preparation & Software

  • Live Performance: Apple MainStage, Pianoteq, Plogue sforzando, LinuxSampler, FluidSynth
  • Notation: MuseScore (Arranging, Transposing, Editing)
  • Digital Audio: Audacity (Recording and Editing)
  • Soundfont Editing: Polyphone (Creation and Editing)
  • Embedded Systems: Zynthian (Python Coding)
  • Administrative: Band Website Design and Maintenance, Logistics Management, Section Leadership

Musical Theatre Pit Orchestras

  • Jesus Christ Superstar (University of West Florida Theatre): Timpani, Gong, Xylosynth (Mallets, Bell Plates), Congas, Bass Drum, Cymbals, Accessory. Nov 2025
  • Jekyll & Hyde (Pensacola Little Theatre): Xylosynth (Timpani, Mallets, Percussion), Cymbals, Whistle, Accessory. Sep 2025
  • Oklahoma! (Pensacola State College Performing Arts): Xylosynth (Timpani, Mallets, SoundFX), Accessory. Jul 2025
  • You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown (UWF): E-Drum Kit, Xylosynth (Mallets, Timpani, French Horn, Oboe), Cymbals, Whistles, Accessory. Sep 2024
  • The Drowsy Chaperone (UWF): Xylosynth (Timpani, Mallets), E-Drum Pads (Percussion, SoundFX), Whistle, Brake Drum, Accessory. Apr 2024
  • Escape to Margaritaville (PSC): Xylosynth (Steel Drums, Timpani, Mallets), Bongos, Cymbals, Whistle, Accessory. Oct 2023
  • Legally Blonde (PLT): Xylosynth (Timpani, Mallets), E-Drum Pads (Percussion, SoundFX), Bass Drum, Timbales, Tom Drums, Snare Drum, Bodhrán, Accessory. Jul 2023
  • Mamma Mia! (Gulf Breeze High School Drama): Timpani, Mallets, Congas, Timbales, Accessory. Apr 2023
  • Company (PSC): Timpani, Xylosynth (Mallets), Whistles, Accessory. Oct 2022
  • A Chorus Line (PLT): Timpani, Xylosynth (Mallets), Bongos, Tom Drum, Accessory. Jun 2022
  • 9 to 5 (UWF): Xylosynth (Timpani, Mallets), Bongos, Snare Drum, Cymbals, Accessory. Apr 2022
  • Something Rotten (PSC): Timpani, Bongos, Cymbals, Accessory. Nov 2021
  • Elf (GBHS): Timpani, Mallets, Bongos, Accessory. Dec 2019
  • Matilda (GBHS): Drum Kit, Timpani, Glockenspiel, Bass Drum, Bongos, Whistles, Accessory. May 2019
  • Bright Star (GBHS): Drum Kit, Cajón, Djembe, Frame Drum, Whistle, Accessory. Dec 2018
  • Funny Girl (PSC): Timpani, Mallets, Darbuka, Cymbals, Whistles. Nov 2018
  • The Addams Family (PSC): Timpani, Mallets, Bass Drum, Gong, Cuíca, Timbales, Bongos, Brake Drum, Whistles, Cymbals, Accessory. Oct 2017
  • Thoroughly Modern Millie (PSC): Timpani, Mallets, Whistles, Cymbals, Accessory. Jul 2017

Ensemble and Community Performance

Pensacola Civic Band | Mallet Percussionist
Multiple Engagements: 2006–2007, 2018–Present (48 Performances Total)

  • Long-term member specializing in mallet percussion, cymbals, concert drums, and accessory percussion for community concert band performances.

Pensacola Bay Concert Band | Percussionist, Section Leader, Band WebMaster
Service Years: 2015–2022 (23 Performances Total)

  • Performed mallet percussion, drum kit, concert drums, cymbals, timpani, and accessory percussion for community concert band performances.
  • Section Leader (2016–2022): Facilitated communications, managed parts distribution, provided coaching, supplied percussion equipment, and oversaw logistics.
  • Band WebMaster (2018–2022): Developed, maintained, and hosted the band’s website, managed social media, and assisted with online fundraising efforts.

Pensacola Bay Wind Ensemble | Drummer
Service Years: 2018–2020 (54 Performances Total)

  • Performed frequent chamber gigs at assisted living, memory care, and skilled nursing facilities, utilizing cajón, accessory percussion, and glockenspiel with improvisation.

Worship and Special Services

  • Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Gulf Breeze (2022): Mallet percussionist for Christmas Eve service.
  • Christ Episcopal Church, Pensacola (2015, 2017, 2021): Percussionist for special services including Easter, Independence Day, and Ecumenical services.
  • Gulf Breeze United Methodist Church (2018, 2019): Timpanist for two Christmas Eve services, performing with choir and chamber ensembles.
  • Marcus Pointe Baptist Church, Pensacola (2006): Mallet percussionist for worship and Christmas services.

Other Ensemble Work

  • Pensacola Children’s Chorus (2022): Percussionist for “One World, Many Voices” concert, performing cajón and bongos with improvisation.
  • Florida All Star Community Band (2019): Represented two local bands at the FBA Summer Conference in Daytona Beach, performing mallets, cymbals, bongos, and supplying percussion equipment.
  • West Florida Home Education Music Association (2018): Guest musician for two Chamber Orchestra concerts (Broadway/Disney themes), covering full orchestral percussion parts.
  • First City Winds / The Choral Society of Pensacola (2018): Performed for the “Celebration for Chorus and Band” concert, performing mallets and cymbals.