Upcoming Events
“Singing Nuns and a Silent God: Musicals in the Age of Unbelieving.” Kalamazoo College. November 11, 2024
Guest recital with Dr. Ryan Robinson, tuba @ Western Michigan University. November 11, 2024
“Good Grief: The Sadness of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s State Fair.” Musicology Colloquiem @ Michigan State University. November 12, 2024
Guest recital with Dr. Ryan Robinson, tuba @ University of Michigan. November 12, 2024
Guest recital with Dr. Ryan Robinson, tuba @ Michigan State University. November 13, 2024
“Frozen Figures: Grief, Denial, and Stephen Sondheim’s 1966 Television Musical Evening Primrose.” Lecture-recital with Marita Stryker and Scott Guthrie @ the Annual Meeting of the American Musicological Society. Chicago, Illinois, November 14-17, 2024
Past Events
Guest recital with Dr. Nicki Roman, saxophone. Oklahoma City University Saxophone Day. October 19, 2024
“Writing the Air: What the Patron and the Cricket and our Grieving Midcentury Musicals Taught Me.” University of Oklahoma Libraries Faculty Lecture Series: Pitfalls & Epiphanies. September 26, 2024
Associate Music Director, Mary Poppins and Cinderella @ Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma, June 11-August 4, 2024
Graduate seminar, “Music of Rodgers and Hammerstein” @ University of Oklahoma School of Music, June 10-July 5, 2024
Pianist, Oklahoma City Philharmonic Fourth of July Concerts, July 3-4, 2024
Pianist, Oklahoma City Ballet “Shorts,” May 6-12, 2024
Faculty recital with Dr. Nick Beltchev, tuba @ Oklahoma State University, April 2, 2024
Guest artist recital with Julietta Curenton, flute @ Oklahoma Flute Society meeting, Oklahoma City, April 5-6, 2024
Pianist, Oklahoma City Philharmonic with Sō Percussion, April 15-20, 2024
Pianist, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets In Concert, Oklahoma City, April 25-27, 2024
Pianist, Oklahoma Percussion Day @ Oklahoma City University, March 15, 2024
Pianist, Naftzger Young Artists Auditions and Awards, semi-final round @ Wichita State University, March 16-17, 2024
Pianist, Mid-South Horn Workshop with Peggy Moran (horn) and Emily Butterfield (flute), Stillwater, OK, March 22, 2024
Keys 4, Wicked national tour, Oklahoma City, February 20—March 10, 2024
Guest recital, Peter Bond, trumpet, at Oklahoma City University, November 29, 2023
“The Possibility Machine” book launch and panel conversation with Joanna Dee Das (Washington University, St. Louis) and Brian F. Wright (University of North Texas), Arnold Shaw Popular Music Center, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, November 16-17, 2023
Piano/celeste, “From Chinatown to La La Land,” Oklahoma City Philharmonic, November 3-4, 2023
Music Theatre Dance Association (focus group of ATHE) Book Launch, “The Possibility Machine: Music and Myth in Las Vegas,” Virtual, November 4, 2023
IASPM’s Popular Music Books in Process Series, The Possibility Machine: Music and Myth in Las Vegas, with Joanna Dee Das, Michael Kinney, and Brian F. Wright, October 17, 2023 (virtual).
Pre-show lecture, “Ghosts in the Machine,” Painted Sky Opera’s production of Benjamin Britten’s The Turn of the Screw, September 29—30, 2023.
Faculty recital, Dr. Rachel Maczko, oboe, at Oklahoma City University, September 22, 2023
Summer term, graduate seminar “Music 1900-1945” at University of Oklahoma, June 12 — July 7, 2023.
Vocal coach, Oklahoma City University Pre-College Intensive Program, June 18-28, 2023
Panelist, “Twelve Years a Mormon,” at Religion and Humor: Reflections on the Book of Mormon Musical; UC Santa Barbara, May 20-22, 2023
Pianist, Harry Potter in Concert: Oklahoma City Civic Center Music Hall, April 20-22, 2023
Pianist, Black Panther in Concert: Oklahoma City Philharmonic, April 27-29, 2023
Panelist and symposium co-organizer, “The Late Style of Academic Disciplines” with Joanna Demers and Jamie Currie: UCLA, April 11, 2023
Collaborative pianist in recital with Dr. Nicholas Hatt, violin: Oklahoma City University, March 25, 2023
Collaborative pianist for OCU Double Reed Day, March 25, 2023
Collaborative pianist in recital with Dr. Jordan Galvarino, cello: Oklahoma City University, March 28, 2023
Keynote lecture, Rocky Mountain Scholars Conference: Logan, Utah, March 31, 2023
Collaborative pianist in recital with Dr. Genevieve Clarkson, tuba: Oklahoma City University, March 9, 2023
Guest speaker over peer review and writing process (virtual), classroom of Dr. Patrick Bonczyk: Princeton University, March 8, 2023
Piano, Prokofiev’s Cinderella, with Oklahoma City Philharmonic and Oklahoma City Ballet, February 10-12, 2023
Celeste, The Nutcracker, with Oklahoma City Philharmonic and Oklahoma City Ballet, December 10-18, 2022
Piano/Celeste, Home Alone in Concert, with Oklahoma City Philharmonic, November 26, 2022
“Good Grief: State Fair and Us,” presentation at the Oklahoma City University School of Law, November 11, 2022
“Sobbin’ Men: Grief Hiding in the American Musical,”OCU Salon Series, November 10, 2022
Guest lecturer, music history, curriculum, and pedagogy: University of Central Oklahoma, September 28, 2022
Pianist, Gabriela Lena Frank’s Escaramuza with the Oklahoma City Philharmonic, September 17, 2022
Collaborative pianist in recital with Dr. Carmen Lemoine, flute: Wichita State University, September 17, 2022
Collaborative pianist in recital with Dr. Carmen Lemoine, flute: University of Oklahoma, September 11, 2022
Panelist for “Glocal Networks and Transmedia Flow of Opera and Multimedia Performances in the 21st Century”; 21st Quinquennial Congress of the International Musicological Society: Athens, Greece, August 22—26, 2022.
Pre-show lecture for Carmen @ Painted Sky Opera, Oklahoma City, July 30, 2022.
Pianist, Andrea Bocelli with the Oklahoma City Philharmonic, June 23, 2022
Panelist, American Religious Sounds Project Symposium @ The Ohio State University, May 23—25, 2022
Pianist, Masters of the Musical Theater concert with the Oklahoma City Philharmonic, June 2—3, 2022
Pianist, Oklahoma Stories concert with the Oklahoma City Philharmonic, April 30, 2022
Collaborative pianist in recital with Galit Kaunitz & Jacqueline Wilson, Double Reed Day @ Oklahoma City University, March 25, 2022
Collaborative pianist in recital with Christopher Adkins, principal cello with Dallas Symphony Orchestra @ Oklahoma City University, March 27, 2022
“Uneasy Living: Posthuman Theatre in Sondheim’s Television Musical Evening Primrose”; University of Oklahoma School of Music Norton Lecture Series, March 31, 2022
Pianist, Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope concert with the Oklahoma City Philharmonic, April 8—9, 2022
Collaborative pianist, Amanda Harberg recital @ Oklahoma City University, March 25, 2022
Pianist, Ballroom with a Twist, Oklahoma City Philharmonic, March 18—19, 2022
Collaborative pianist, Dr. Kate Pritchett, horn @ Oklahoma City University, March 8, 2022
Pianist, Made in the U.S.A: A Mixed Bill @ Oklahoma City Ballet, February 18—20, 2022
Collaborative pianist, Clarinet Day @ Oklahoma City University, February 19, 2022
Narrator, Oklahoma City University Christmas Vespers @ First Presbyterian Church, Oklahoma City, December 10—11, 2021
Celeste, The Nutcracker, with the Oklahoma City Philharmonic and the Oklahoma City Ballet, December 12—18, 2021
Pianist, Odds and Ends: A Song Cycle (reading) by Joseph Thor @ Oklahoma City University, November 22, 2021
“Stories Out of Place”; American Musicological Society Annual Meeting, Popular Music Study Group Panel: Chicago (virtual), November 20, 2021
Collaborative pianist, Dr. Ryan Robinson, tuba @ University of North Texas, November 19, 2021
“The Afterlives of Truth and Musicals”; UCLA Department of Musicology Distinguished Lecture Series, November 2, 2021
“Displaced Genres”; with Nadine Hubbs (University of Michigan) and Jake Johnson (Oklahoma City University), Popular Music Books in Process Series, November 1, 2021 (video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPt_rjoHlS0 )
Collaborative pianist, Dr. Betty Yuan, viola @ Oklahoma City University, October 28, 2021
“Stories Out of Place: Christianity, World-Building, and Musical Theater”; Southwest Conference on Christianity and Literature, Northeastern State University: Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, October 15—16, 2021
“Broadway and Belief,” a conversation with Stacy Wolf (Princeton University) and Jake Johnson (Oklahoma City University); NYU’s Center for Religion and Media, October 6, 2021 (video link: https://wp.nyu.edu/crm/virtual-event-recordings/)
Collaborative pianist, Dr. Ryan Robinson, tuba @ Oklahoma State University, September 21, 2021
Music director, “Urinetown,” Oklahoma City University Performing Arts Academy: July 4th—24th
Music director, “Xanadu,” Oklahoma City University Performing Arts Academy: June 20—July 2nd
Song, Stage, & Screen XV, Salzburg, Austria: June 30—July 3, 2021
“The Life and Death of Fantasy” (co-presented with Dan Blim); Watershed Festival Symposium: Virtual, May 26—28, 2021
Celeste, Oklahoma City Philharmonic and Canterbury Voices: Of Perpetual Solace, in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Canterbury Society: March 25-27, 2021
“Stories Out of Place”; Society for Ethnomusicology, Southern Plains Chapter Meeting: April 10, 2021
Guest recital: Alex Purdy, tuba @ Oklahoma State University: February 27, 2021
Pianist, “Ragtime and All That Jazz,” Oklahoma City Philharmonic: March 5-6, 2021
Pianist, Rautavaara’s Arctic Symphony & Jóhannsson’s Fordlandia, Oklahoma City Philharmonic: March 13, 2021
Pianist, John Williams Tribute, Oklahoma City Philharmonic: November 6-7, 2020
American Musicological Society Annual Conference: November 6-15, 2020
Pianist, Korngold’s Much Ado About Nothing Suite, Oklahoma City Philharmonic: October 17, 2020
Pianist, Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet, Oklahoma City Ballet: February 10-16, 2020
Pianist, Frank Zappa’s The Dog Breath Variations, Oklahoma City Philharmonic: January 11, 2020
Pianist (sub), Tom Cipullo’s Glory Denied, Painted Sky Opera: January 25-26, 2020
Lectures in Musicology @ The Ohio State University: October 21, 2019
Site Coordinator Training and Workshop, American Religious Sounds Project, Columbus, OH: October 23-24, 2019.
American Musicological Society Annual Conference, Boston, MA: October 31-Nov. 2, 2019.
Associate Musical Director, Singin’ in the Rain and Newsies @ Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma: June/July 2019
2019 Mormon History Association Annual Conference, Salt Lake City, UT: June 6-9, 2019
Musical Director/arranger, Oklahoma Senior Follies, Oklahoma City, OK: June 1-2, 2019
Association for Mormon Letters Annual Conference, Berkeley, CA: March 29-30, 2019
Society for American Music Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA: March 20-24, 2019
Estranged Partners?: The Place of Musical Theater Studies within Popular Music Studies, Los Angeles, CA: February 22, 2019
The Oklahoma Sound and Religion Conference, Oklahoma City, OK: November 28, 2018.
Oklahoma City University Faculty Scholarship Forum: October 3, 2018
Musical director/conductor, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Performing Arts Academy @ Oklahoma City University: July 1-21, 2018
Collaborative pianist, International Tuba Academy, Oklahoma City University: June 12-15, 2018
Song, Stage, and Screen XIII, Los Angeles, CA: May 31-June 3, 2018
Vocal coach, On the Town, Oklahoma City University: January 10-April 27, 2018
Pianist and music director, MT Sessions @ Saints Pub Presents The Last Five Years: February 18, 2018
Society for American Music Annual Conference, Kansas City, MO: February 28-March 4, 2018