I am a musician, educator, facilitator, and arts leader based in Kjipuktuk (Halifax), Nova Scotia.

My work spans contemporary music performance, university teaching, artistic leadership, and professional development. While these areas may appear distinct, they are connected by a common interest: how creative ideas become meaningful projects, how artistic communities are built and sustained, and how artists create opportunities for themselves and others.

As a contemporary trombonist, I collaborate closely with composers in the development and performance of new work. I am a founding member, Co-Artistic Director, and performer with Alkali Collective, an artist-led chamber ensemble dedicated to commissioning, collaboration, mentorship, and community engagement. Through this work, I am interested not only in the performance of new music, but also in the relationships, structures, and processes that make artistic creation possible.

Alongside my performance work, I teach undergraduate musicianship at Dalhousie University and trombone at the Maritime Conservatory of Performing Arts. My teaching emphasizes practical skill development, creativity, collaboration, and helping students build sustainable approaches to artistic practice. I am particularly interested in helping students connect technical skills with broader questions of artistic identity, communication, and professional development.

In recent years, these interests have increasingly led me into facilitation, speaking, and organizational leadership. Drawing on experience as a performer, educator, nonprofit founder, and Partnership Brokers Association-trained facilitator, I design workshops and conversations that help participants develop projects, build partnerships, navigate change, and strengthen creative communities.

Whether performing, teaching, facilitating, or leading artistic initiatives, I am motivated by the same questions: How do people work together to create meaningful things? What conditions allow creativity to thrive? And how can artists build sustainable practices that support both individual growth and collective impact?

Those questions continue to shape my work across every area of my practice.