Education:
1)Present: PhD. Student
Walden University
PhD.in Education/Specializing in Music Technology
Assigned Faculty Adviser/Mentor: Dr. Estelle Jorgensen
2)Present: Student
Berklee College of Music
Arranging and Music Business
3)Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI)
Jacobs School of Music at IUPUI
Masters of Science
Music Technology
4)Strayer University
Bachelor of Science
Business Administration
5)Strayer University
Associate of Arts
Computer Science
6)University of North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA)
Diploma
Classical Music Composition
7)Hampton University (HU)
Certificate
Jazz Composition
8) High School University of North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA)
High School Diploma with Special Concentration in Music Composition
Principal Composition Teachers and Professors:
•Robert L. Hunt, Band Director, Anderson High and Parkland Senior High
•Composer, Dr. Louis A. Mennini, Dean of School of Music.(HS,UNCSA)
•Pulitzer Prize Composer, Dr. Robert Ward, Chancellor.(College, UNCSA)
•Master Classes with classical/jazz composer/pianist, John Lewis.(UNCSA)
•Master Classes with jazz composer/trumpeter, Freddie Hubbard.(HU)
Principal Music Technology Professors:
•Dr. Fred Rees (Indiana University, Jacobs School of Music at IUPUI)
•Dr. G. David Peters (Indiana University, Jacobs School of Music at IUPUI)
•Dr. Rachel Nardo (Indiana University, Jacobs School of Music at IUPUI)
Professional Memberships:
•American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers(ASCAP)
•The American Federation Of Musicians(AFM)
•Technology Institute for Music Educators(TI:ME)
•National Association for Music Education(MENC)
•American Music Center(AMC)
•Virginia Music Educators Association (VMEA)
•Indie Managers Association (IMA)
Experience:
•Composer and Music Publisher affiliated with ASCAP •Owner and President of Marcy's Ole' Boy's Music Publishing Company
•Personal Manager for professional composer/pianist, Harold Blanchard.
•Music Scout and Adviser to Genre Records
•Co-manager of the Harold Blanchard Trio.
•Experienced in entertainment law and compliance
•Worked as promoter and group manager with the Hampton Jazz Festival.
•Composer, Producer and keyboardist for own group, Passive Echoes
•Performed professionally as a trombonist/arranger for numerous R&B and jazz
groups such as Gore and the Upsetters.
•Music Technology sponsor/mentor/instructor for Huntington Middle School, Arts
and Communications Magnet Program.