Assistant Professor of Piano, 2023–Present
Applied Piano Instructor (PA 130 & 160), 2020-23
Teaching Assistant of Alexander Kobrin, 2021-23
Recipient, 2022 TA Prize for Excellence in Teaching
BEATRICE KHOR (BM Performance '27)
Winner, 2024 Pennsylvania State MTNA Performance Competition, Young Artist division.
Soloist, Duquesne Chamber Orchestra. Mozart: Concerto in D minor, K. 466. Fall 2025.
Winner, 2025 Pittsburgh Concert Society Auditions, Major Artist division.
Winner, 2025 Keynotes Music Scholarship, $7500.
Semi-finalist, 2024 William C. Byrd Young Artist Competition.
Performer, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra pre-concert reception, Heinz Hall lobby.
EMMA DALE (BS Music Education '25)
Faculty hire, Pittsburgh Piano Academy.
MAIKOL PÉREZ GÓMEZ (BM Performance '28)
Contestant, 2025 José Jacinto Cuevas Yamaha International Piano Competition, Mexico.
Faculty hire, Pittsburgh School of the Arts (Robinson).
Performer, World Premiere of Timothy Williams: Sonata-Rhapsody (2024).
Performer, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra post-concert reception, Heinz Hall lobby.
MATTHEW STERBENZ (BM Music Technology '25)
Endowed Fellow, Duquesne University Honors College, support for senior capstone project, $5000.
SAMUEL PANIZALES (BS Music Education '27)
Winner, 2025 J. Cornetti Tucci Award for Excellence in Piano.
Finalist, 2025 Women's Advisory Board Competition at the Mary Pappert School of Music.
ZANE WOODDELL (BM Music Technology '25)
Winner, 2024 J. Cornetti Tucci Award for Excellence in Piano.
Finalist, 2024 Women's Advisory Board Competition at the Mary Pappert School of Music.
ATSUO CHIU (UR '23 Biology)
Winner, 2022-23 UR River Campus Concerto Competition. Beethoven's Concerto No. 5 "Emperor" with Dr. Rachel Waddell and the UR Chamber Orchestra, April 2023
Runner-up, 2022 NY State Music Teachers Association Heddy Kilian Empire State Competition, collegiate piano division. Mozart, Chopin, and Schoenberg
ELANA ELMAN (UR '23 Computer Science, Math)
Student Researcher, Harvey Mudd College’s NSF-funded Research Experience for Undergraduates, Summer 2022. Claremont, CA
Pianist, RIT Game Symphony Orchestra, 2022-23. Rochester, NY
IZABELLA GOZZO (ESM '25 Voice)
Participant, AIMS in Graz 2023. Opera Studio Curriculum. Graz, Austria
Choralist, Twelve Corners Presbyterian Church, 2022-23. Rochester, NY
ANTHONY GURUNIAN (UR '21 Biomedical Engineering)
PhD student, Scripps Research Institute, incoming class 2023. Doctoral Program in Chemical and Biological Sciences. La Jolla, CA
JCC Thurnauer Alumni Recital, June 2023: Bach-Busoni's Chaconne, Schumann's Davidsbündlertänze, and Komitas's 7 Armenian Dances
ALEX NAZARETSKI (ESM '24 Guitar)
Rochester Classical Guitar recital, February 2021: Guitar pieces, plus Chopin's Ballade No. 1
George Eastman Museum recital, April 2022: Guitar pieces, plus Bach's English Suite No. 2 and Grieg's Piano Concerto (own solo transcription)
Ciminelli Lounge recital, October 2022: Guitar pieces, plus Perpetual Motion No. 3 (own composition) and Grieg's Piano Concerto (own solo transcription)
Howard Hanson recital, March 2023: Guitar pieces, plus Haydn's E minor Sonata, Rachmaninoff's Etude Op. 39 No. 1, and Prelude (own composition)
GINA ROMANAZZI (UR '22 Digital Media Studies)
Grantwinner, NYC Media Lab Museum Initiative Grant. Memorial Art Gallery, 2022-23. Rochester, NY
JACOB ROSE (UR '24 Business)
Soloist, UR Symphony Orchestra. Debussy: Danses sacrée et profane (harp part played on piano), December 2020
UR Meliora Scholar. Funded research on Leonard Bernstein at the New York Public Library and the Library of Congress, Winter Break 2021
Music Director, UR International Theatre Program. Directed and played keys for Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Feb 25 – Mar 5, 2022
LAUREN SWARTZ (ESM '21 Viola)
MM student, Lynn Conservatory, incoming class 2022. Masters program in viola performance. Boca Raton, FL
RID WU (UR '25 Optics)
Carillonist, University of Rochester Hopeman Memorial Carillon, 2021-22. Concerts in October, March, and April. Rochester, NY
YUTIANCHENG YANG (UR '24 Business, Brain & Cognitive Sciences)
Student Researcher, University of Rochester Schwartz Discover Scholar, Summer 2022. Center for Musculoskeletal Research. Rochester, NY
Atsuo Chiu
University of Rochester '23, Biological Sciences
Anthony Gurunian
University of Rochester '21, Biomedical Engineering
Alex Nazaretski
Eastman School of Music '24, Guitar