Summer Festivals Attended
2022
Principal Oboist of National Youth Orchestra of the USA. Toured Amsterdam, Berlin, Ravello, and Lucerne with conductor Daniel Harding and cello soloist Alisa Weilerstein.
Domaine Forget Festival in Quebec, Canada. Performed in masterclasses led by Philippe Tondre, principal oboist of the Philadelphia Orchestra, and Nathan Hughes. Performed Ravel’s Le Tombeau de Couperin in a woodwind quintet.
2021
Principal Oboist of National Youth Orchestra 2. Recorded at Purchase College with conductor Mei-Ann Chen.
Domaine Forget Festival (virtual). Performed in masterclasses led by Nathan Hughes.
2020
Juilliard Summer Winds Festival. Performed in virtual masterclasses led by Elaine Douvas and Nathan Hughes, principal oboists of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra.
Researcher at Astrophysics Program at Riverdale Country School (June 2020). I took images of the star XZ Cyg and published its photometric data to the online database - American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO).