Welcome to my portfolio. I am a church musician with several years of experience; currently, I am the Director of Music and Liturgy at St. Bartholomew Catholic Church in Wayzata, Minnesota.

As the Director of Music and Liturgy at Saint Bartholomew, I direct the adult parish choir, the junior choir (grades K-2) and the treble choir (grades 3-5), as well as serving as organist for all Masses and liturgies.

At previous positions I regularly played Italian and Spanish liturgical music, and lead a small professional schola in a Traditional Latin Mass once a month, while weekly providing hymnody for the Low Mass.

In addition to being an accomplished church musician, I am a trained music educator with classroom experience. I have worked with neurodivergent learners, English language learners, and students from a variety of socio-economic backgrounds.

I am also a composer with skills in Logic Pro X, Sibelius notation software, and Dorico notation software. I have written music for video games and other forms of media. I am also a published composer of sacred choral works, with works published by GIA Publications and by Beckenhorst Press.

Below you will find three sections:

1. Recordings of my work as an organist and choirmaster.

2. Examples of materials used when teaching children’s choirs.

3. Examples of liturgy guides that I have prepared.

 Recordings

Examples From the Organ Bench

Improvising an introduction to the hymn tune NICEA. Recorded in 2022 at St. Patrick Church in Brooklyn, NY

Examples of Conudcting A Capella and Chant

Men of the St. Bartholomew schola sing the English setting of the Communion Antiphon, as set by Fr. Weber. Recorded in 2025.

Education

Sight Singing and Ear Training

In rebuilding the youth choral program at St. Bartholomew, I realized that developing a solid foundation in sight singing was incredibly important on the path to having children learn from the Catholic repertoire . In my weekly rehearsals, student learned Curwen hand sings, matching onto a movable “do” system. I used color coded letters on simple two to three line staffs, before gradually introducing other aspects of music notation. A satisfying result was that, by the end of the year, students were able to easily learn new communion antiphons from the Simple English Propers.

Gradual Introduction to Singing in Parts

Drawing on my training as a music educator and my experience in the classroom early in my career, I used a scaffolded approach to teach singing in parts.

1. Ostinato: With my Junior Choir, I started the year with learning a simple ostinato to the Jubilate Deo round by Michael Praetorius. The Junior Choir would sing the ostinato, while I would sing the melody. I would end each rehearsal with the Jubilate Deo round as a closing prayer.

2. Partner Songs: We moved on to partner songs—two independent melodies that can be sung together. I taught Swing Low, Sweet Chariot and Angels Watching Over Me. Once they were confident singing each separately, they learned to hold their part while singing both together.

3. Rounds: Finally, the choir sang Jubilate Deo as a full round. Because of the earlier scaffolding, they could hold their line without slipping into unison.

Liturgy Guides 

Below are examples of liturgy guides that I have made. I am able to use Microsoft Publisher, Adobe Indesign, and Apple Pages.