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Boston and New York
United States

3474706071

Musician | Artisan | Educator | Minister | Consultant

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 SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENTS

  • Licensed to preach the Gospel, bestowed by Abyssinian Baptist Church (NYC, September 2023)

  • Curator and featured performer of concert offered at Yale Divinity School, sponsored by the Yale Institute of Sacred Music (February 2023)

  • Brooklyn Arts Council 2021 Grantee

  • TBF Live Arts Boston 2019 Grantee

  • Boston Artist Certificate recipient (April 2018)

  • Featured performer and educator for Muka Center summer music program (August 2017, 2018, Shanghai,

    China)

  • Awarded Berklee College of Music Travel Grant for Cuba Immersion Dance Intensive and Cultural Immersion

    (Spring 2017)

  • Organizer of and performer in Union Baptist Church’s Juneteenth Commemoration Concert (June 2017,

    Cambridge, MA)

  • Featured soloist for Boston Museum of African American History Annual Gala (December 2016, 2017, 2018)

  • Umbria Jazz Festival Berklee College of Music educator and performer (July 2015, 2016, Italy)

  • Presenter and performer for the NEC “Morality and Music Practice in the Abrahamic Traditions Symposium”

    (November 2014, Boston, MA)

  • Featured performer for the Panama Canal centennial celebration with jazz pianist and Panama Jazz Festival

    founder, Danilo Perez (August 2014, Panama, CENTAM)

  • Boston debut solo performance at Museum of African American History’s African Meeting House (July 2014)

  • Participant in the Annual Panama Jazz Festival as performer and educator (January 2011, 2014)

  • Awarded the Gunther Schuller Medal for “extraordinary contributions to the life of NEC” (May 2012, Boston, MA)

  • Featured vocalist on jazz saxophonist Kenny Garrett’s Beyond The Wall (2006) and Seeds from the Underground

    (2012) recording projects

  • Mother Figure of the Year Award, Emmanuel Baptist Church (May 2005, Brooklyn, NY)

  • Nominee for the 2000 New York State Teacher ofthe Year Award

  • Janes United Methodist Church’s Parent Association Exemplary Service Award (June 1998, Brooklyn, NY)

  • Selected as a Master Teacher for the C. S. District 13 Teacher Mentor Program (March 1998, Brooklyn, NY)

  • Community School District 13 Music Curriculum Writing Committee member (Spring 1996, Brooklyn, NY)

  • New York University Catherine J. Oliva Award for Excellence in Teaching (May 1991, NYC)

  • Trained and licensed Episcopal Church chalice administrator and lay reader (Long Island Diocese)