2007 – 2008 Minister of Music. St Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church. Indianapolis, Indiana. 2003 – 2005 Minister of Music. Pilgrim Baptist Church. St Paul, Minnesota. 1999 – 2003 Music Director. Park Avenue United Methodist Church. Minneapolis, Minnesota. 2004 – 2005 Music Director / Composer. Penumbra Theatre (Black Nativity Production). St Paul, Minnesota.
•COMMISSIONS•
2018 Arrangement of Duke Ellington's, Come Sunday, by the College Music Society, National Association of Musical Merchants (NAMM), and Make Music Alliance. (Performed January 2018) 2014 Composed We Shall Lift Every Voice and Sing: A Historical Narrative written for the Des Moines Iowa Community Orchestra for the 50th Anniversary of the Civil Rights Act.
2004 I Will Bless the Lord written for Dr. Angela Broeker, University of St. Thomas Concert Choir. Minneapolis, Minnesota.
2003 Improvisations in Blue for Jazz Ensemble written for the University of Minnesota, “Artist Quarter Evening of Jazz” by Composers from Minnesota. Performed by the University of Minnesota Jazz Ensemble; Dean Sorenson, Director.
2003 Arranged Amazing Grace for Dr. Anton Armstrong and the St. Olaf Choir. Northfield, Minnesota. Published by Earthsongs Publishing.
1998 Spiritual Medley written for collaboration with jazz bassist Richard Davis (University of Wisconsin, Madison). Performance with community mass choir and bassist Davis, pianist Kenny Baron, saxophonist Stanley Turrentine, and drummer Carl Allen.
UNIVERSITY AND COMMUNITY SERVICE, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
• UNIVERSITY SERVICE •
Prevent Discrimination and Harassment Together: January 2018. Workplace Harassment Prevention January 2018. Data Security: Phishing January 2018. Diploma and Recognition Ceremony, Pianist, Carl H. Smith Auditorium December, 2016 First Christian Church Advent Service, KYSU Concert Choir, Frankfort Kentucky, December, 2016. Fall Opening Convocation, KYSU Concert Choir, Carl. H. Smith Auditorium, Frankfort, Kentucky, 2016. Youth performing Arts Fair Confirmation, Youth Performing Arts School, Louisville, Kentucky, 2016. (Recruitment) MLK Service, Mary C. Gill Scholarship Fund 1st Baptist Church, Versailles, (KYSU Concert Choir performance/Concert) January 2017. The State of Kentucky State University, President's Address, Carl. H. Smith Auditorium, Frankfort, Kentucky, January 2017.