• Instructed secondary age bass students of various backgrounds on jazz bass, classical studies, and contemporary styles on 4- & 5-string electric bass.
•Prepared students for performances across a range of settings, including: school jazz bands, orchestras, rock bands, and church ensembles.
• Encouraged students to explore college music opportunities and guided them through the process.
• Coached 3 small jazz ensembles per term including the award-winning Walker West Tuesday Night Ensemble (1st place–Eau Claire Jazz Festival, 2024 & 2025. Honorable Mention–Charles Mingus Competition, 2024)
2025
Birdland Jazz Club – New York, NY (Adi Yeshaya Orchestra)
Bar Bayeux – Brooklyn, NY (Max Light Trio)
Artist Residency, Berlin Jazz Club – Minneapolis, MN (Ted Olsen Quartet/Trio & Guests)
Violette Album Release Show – Cedar Cultural Center, Minneapolis, MN (Ted Olsen)
2024
Dakota Jazz Club – Minneapolis, MN (Ted Olsen Quartet)
2023
Fulton Street Collective – Chicago, IL (Ted Olsen Quartet)
KJ’s Hideaway – St. Paul, MN (Dayna Stephens)
Austin Piano Festival – Austin, MN (Michael Cain)
Midwest Music Fest (Your Smith)
2022
Chanhassen Dinner Theater – Footloose (Pit Orchestra)
Additional performing experience with:
Michael Cain, Dayna Stephens, Javier Santiago, John Raymond, Max Light, Dave King, Lila Ammons, Greg Gisbert, Russ Johnson, Will Kjeer, Adam Larson, Alex Hahn, J.C. Sanford, and Sophia Kickhofel.
2025 – Violette (Shifting Paradigm Records)
Eight original compositions for chamber jazz ensemble featuring strings, woodwinds, voice, and rhythm section.
2020 – It’s Easy to Pretend (Independent Release)
Through-composed modern jazz works.
2017 – Joyfire (Shifting Paradigm Records)
Original compositions for jazz quartet and quintet.
Has recorded on 12 albums as a side musician.
•Buster Williams (Manhattan School of Music)
•Joe Martin
•Anthony Cox
•Erik Applegate (University of Northern Colorado)
•Nick Recuber (Colorado Symphony – Associate Principal Bass)
•Dr. Rolf Erdahl (Luther College, Winnipeg Symphony)
•Gabriel Kahane (Oregon Symphony – Creative Chair, Composition)