Hometown: Forest City, IA
Major: Bachelor of Music in Education (Instrumental)
Hobbies: Ultimate Frisbee, Stranger Things/Criminal Minds, Piano
Career Goals: Achieve a master's degree in Music Theory/Composition after attaining a Bachelor's in Music Education, and become a music theory professor
Favorite Trumpet Player/s: Chuck Mangione & Herb Alpert
Favorite Food: Pizza, Spaghetti, Garlic Bread, Ice Cream
Favorite Book: Singular book is: Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (Ransom Riggs); favorite series is; The Maze Runner (James Dashner)
Strangest Fact About Me: I can move my ears..?
Coolest/Oddest Musical Experience: There was a time not so long ago where music was nowhere near my passion, until I had a director who encouraged me to play the piano. He played "River Flows in You" (Yiruma) for the class, and I was inspired to try and learn it. To this day, I still learn mostly by ear, and this memory is what first started my path towards studying music