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January 31, 2019: Started working for ICAT at the Moss Arts Center as a technical assistant to Tanner Upthegrove, Blacksburg, VA

January 22, 2019: Started teaching the Linux Laptop Orchestra at Virginia Tech as a teacher’s assistant, Blacksburg, VA

December 12, 2018: Finished teaching the Linux Laptop Orchestra at Virginia Tech as a teacher’s assistant, Blacksburg, VA

December 11, 2018: Harmony by Trent Welstead with music by Brandon Hale released

December 3, 2018: Performed (and programmed the patch for L2ork) Dan Tramte’s :woman technician: :shifty eyes: and Brandon Hale’s Fluorescent Nights on laptop with Linux Laptop Orchestra for DISIS Fall Concert 2018 in the Cube at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA

November 1-3, 2018: wrote music for Dev-Ween Game Jam at Universidade Federal de Itajubá (UNIFEI), Minas Gerais, Brazil

October 8-12, 2018: live mixed Charles Nichols’s “Badstar” in the multi-channel surround research center the Cube at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
Aug 20, 2018: started teaching the Linux Laptop Orchestra at Virginia Tech as a teacher’s assistant, Blacksburg, VA
Demonstrating how to control Fluorescent Nights, an original composition for L2ork

July 2-3, 9-12, 2018: helped teach audio programming at Boys and Girls Club of Western Virginia at Shawsville Middle School and Christiansburg Middle School, VA

June 3-7, 2018: volunteered and played in the Linux Laptop Orchestra for NIME 2018 at the Moss Arts Center, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA

2018 New Interfaces for Musical Expression Conference Logo

May 11, 2018: graduated from Virginia Tech with a Bachelor’s of Art in Music Composition and Audio Technology

May 2, 2017: composition Gears of War for fixed media performed for Virginia X concert, at the Cube, Moss Arts Center, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA

May 1, 2017: composition Encapsulated (A Tribute to Mazedude) for Soprano and Piano premiered at the New Music Blacksburg concert, at the Moss Arts Center Lobby, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA

May 1, 2017: showcasing of sound installation Backdrop Maestro for Virginia Tech ICAT Day, at the Moss Arts Center Lobby, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA

January 20-22, 2017: created music and sound for Homeless Hero with Afiq Yusof and Michael Feldman at the Global Game Jam, Blacksburg, VA

February 17, 2017: double fugue Hallow’s Parade read by the Far Cry string ensemble at DISIS Studio, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA

December 20, 2016: recorded spoken word dialogue and some music for Myw’s Favorite Street, a film by Aline Souza de Souza at Virginia Tech Music Studio, Blacksburg, VA

October 21-23, 2016: created music and sound for RPG Project at the Virginia Tech Fall Game Jam, at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA

May 4, 2015: composition Look Behind Your Shoulder for flute, bass clarinet, and oboe premiered at the New Music Blacksburg Concert, at the Moss Arts Center Lobby, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA