• "I was completely entranced. I hadn’t imagined that music could capture the dynamic environment of a black hole so beautifully. The graphics you connected to the musical themes were just right."

    - Yale Professor Meg Urry, the astrophysicist who invented the theory of Active Galactic Nuclei

    "It's pleasing to hear of another composer discovering 'science music' and the rich possibilities for inspiration when disciplines collide. Your choice of animations, and the sharp edit points, made for a strong multisensory experience - black holes as harbingers of cosmic destruction.”

    - David Ibbett, Resident Composer at the Harvard & Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics

    "Your interest and devotion to this particular act of creation is one of the highest compliments I think I've ever received as a teacher. I won't soon forget it."

    - Yale Professor Charles Bailyn, "Introduction to Relativity and Black Holes"

  • About Me

    At age 5, I started making up my own music at the piano.

    At age 14, my first orchestral piece was performed by the Tucson Symphony Orchestra for over 8,000 people.

    At age 21, my fifth one was performed by the Boston Pops.

    My music has also been performed by the Brevard Music Center Orchestra, Now Ensemble, Yale Glee Club, and Yale Wind Ensemble, and at the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, Bowdoin International Music Festival, Brevard Music Festival, Interlochen Arts Festival, Fischoff National Chamber Music Compeition, and Arizona State Music Teachers Association Conference. It won the 2025 Brevard Performance Prize.

    I recently graduated magna cum laude from Yale University, where I studied a broad range of subjects, including astronomy, cognitive science, linguistics, and philosophy, searching in unusual places for new musical inspiration. This interdisciplinary work won me the 2026 Richard B. Sewall Cup for "outstanding scholarly achievement and creative promise" and public praise by Yale University President Maurie McInnis.

    I am currently especially passionate about writing for the saxophone. My works for sax quartet have received recognition from leading classical saxophonists across the country and are published by Murphy Music Press. I am beginning to write new works for the national competition-winning Synchrony Quartet and for a solo album by Christopher Tejeda.

    I am also a classical and jazz pianist and educator, teaching at Neighborhood Music School and growing a private piano studio in New Haven, CT.

  • Fun Facts

    • At various levels, I'm a choral singer, concert and Hammond B-3 organist, French horn player, jazz fusion bassist, South Indian Karṇāṭak musician, and Tuvan throat singer – I like to keep things eclectic!
    • I am currently helping organize an 84 mile walk from New Haven, CT to Grand Central Station.
    • I love climbing trees.
    • I have six toes on my left foot.
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