Ph.D., Princeton University, 2000-2004
Dissertation: “Listening Inside the Memory Palace” (thesis) and Unbekannt, a new musical (composition)
Summer Courses at Le Domaine Forget, Quebec, 1999
Studies with Denys Bouliane and Magnus Lindberg
Private Study with Alun Hoddinott, Cardiff, Wales, Summer 1997
Grant from Kittredge Educational Foundation
M.M., Composition, Cleveland Institute of Music, 1995-1997
Studies with Margaret Brouwer and Donald Erb, composition; Christopher Williams, musicology; Adeline Huss, organ
Masterclasses with Nicholas Maw, Bernard Rands, Michael Torke, Joan Tower
B.M., Theory/ Composition, summa cum laude, Lawrence University, 1991-1995
Studies with Allen Gimbel, composition and theory; Christina Dahl and Catherine Kautsky, piano; George Damp, organ; Bridget Reischl, conducting
Elected to Pi Kappa Lambda, 1995
Honors project on Shostakovich, summa cum laude
