Conservatory Pre-College program and international Masterclasses:

• Weekly private lessons with Mary Sauer, Jeffrey Panko, and Francisco Ybarra at New Music School, Chicago, IL

• Quarterly Jury Performances and Solo Recitals, including advanced repertoire from Baroque, Classical, Romantic and Modern Periods with increasing complexity

• Annual Concerto Performances with Orchestra

• Masterclass Participation with Visiting Artists - Steven Osbourne, Paul Lewis, Antonio Pompa-Baldi

• Participation in Todi International Music Masters, an annual Intensive piano festival in Todi, Italy designed for advanced piano students of all ages to study, perform and learn from internationally acclaimed pano masters

Electives and Specialization

• Courses in composition and conducting with Pasquale Laurino and Myron Silberstein

Musicianship and Music Theory

• Weekly Private lessons with Matthew Hagle, PhD - Director of the Piano and musicianship program at the music institute of Chicago

• Music theory, advanced harmony, counterpoint, contemporary techniques, analysis of complex work

• Musicology: history of piano literature, major composers, and performance traditions