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Musical Endeavors

Music is my mantra. I have performed with choirs, choruses, jazz bands, ensembles, combos, and recitals since age 9. From Minneapolis to the Carolinas to Virginia to England, my performing experience continues to grow. Among such, I had the pleasure of singing and accompanying for jazz choirs at the White House and New York's Carnegie Hall.

Below are samples of my musical endeavors as an accomplished pianist and vocalist.
The (*) Virtual Band clips are ensemble arrangements of jazz standards where I play instruments (horns, drums, bass, etc.) on layered tracks on keyboard. Handy way to study the art of the ensemble while exploiting one's own. Sample these out for yourself! Please play one at a time.
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Jazz Piano & Singing

"Java & Jazz" Concert Series + Recording Session

with accomplished soprano Kaitlyn Gallagher​

  • M. Hassell’s “Little Jazz Etudes”

  • Gershwin's "I Got Rhythm"

  • "Girl from 14G"

  • Les Miserable's "All By Myself"

  • Among others

 

UNCA Studio 18 Vocal Jazz Ensemble

  • The White House, DC

  • Bathesda Veteran's Hospital, MD

 

Background Piano

  • Commodores Shows, Minneapolis, MN

  • The Tavern, Northfield, MN

  • Windsor Meade Retirement Complex, Williamsburg, VA

  • Art Festivals and Auctions, Williamsburg, VA

  • Duffy's Tavern & Grill, Kennebunk, ME

  • Vincenzo's, Asheville, NC

  • Air Stream Club Banquet, Smithfield, VA

  • Food Bank Concerts, Asheville, NC

 

Cabaret at Lafayette HS--Piano+Vocal

 

College of William & Mary Recitals, Williamsburg, VA

 

Guest Pianist

  • Williamsburg Presbyterian

  • Our Saviour's Lutheran

  • Univ. of MN Mayo Clinic

  • Second Sunday Series at Trinity Episcopal, NC

 

Shenandoah University

  • Solo Performances

  • Duet Recitals

 

Et al...

Samples

Prelude No. 1

George Gershwin

Little Jazz Etudes No. 1

Michael Hassell

Willow Weep for Me

arr. Art Tatum

Sunflower Slow Drag

Scott Joplin

Maple Leaf Rag

Scott Jopin

Kum Ba Ya

arr. Michael Hassell

Portrait of Marcia Ball

Marian McPartland

Ko-Ko

Duke Ellington

Swing Low Sweet Chariot

arr. Michael Hassell

In A Mist

arr. Mary Lou Williams

Jazz Ensembling

Jazz On the Prairie Big Band

 

University of Minnesota World Music Ensemble

  • Piano

  • Vibraphone

  • Percussion

 

University of Minnesota Twin Cities Jazz Bands​

 

University of North Carolina Asheville Jazz & Pep Bands

 

Coyote Run Celtic Rock Band

 

Walsingham Academy Italian Festival

 

Shenandoah Performs SU Jazz Bands/Ensembles

 

Lafayette High School Jazz Band

  • Distinguished Jazz Soloist Award

  • Louis Armstrong Jazz Award

 

James City County Juried Jazz Festivals

 

Mr. Little’s Community Big Jazz Band, Williamsburg, VA

 

Pit Band Musician (piano, aix. keyboards, or keyboard bass)

  • "Happy Days"

  • "Anything Goes"

  • "Grease"

  • "The Mystery of Edwin Drood"

  • "Little Shop of Horrors"

  • "Annie"

  • "Snoopy!"

Samples

**All instruments self-played/recorded on piano

Tune 88

Jeff Lorber

Wave

A. C. Jobim

Mary Lou

Horace Silver

Keep It Moving

Wynton Kelly

Rhumba

Maurice Whitney

Runnin' Wild

M. L. Williams

So What

Miles Davis

I Got Rhythm

G. & I. Gershwin

Born to be Wild

Mars Bonfire

Down By the Riverside

arr. Michael Hassell

Vocal Ensembling

Stay At Home Choir

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Northern Lights Chorale

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Great River Chorale

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Minnesota Chorale

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King's Singers Ensembles at Clare College

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Croix Chordsmen

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Minneapolis Commodores

  • Under the Hill

 

Dakota Valley Chamber Singers

 

Oratorio Society Singers

 

Harmony Brigade Choruses​

  • Northern Pines

  • North Carolina

  • Great Lakes

 

University of Minnesota

  • University Singers

  • Men's Ensemble

  • Campus Singers Gold

 

Carnegie Hall Chorus

  • MidAmerica Productions

 

Next Generation Chorus at Harmony University

 

Men's Ensemble for Coyote Run (band)

 

University of North Carolina

  • Studio 18 Vocal Jazz

  • Chamber Singers

  • University Singers

 

Community Choruses

  • Wild West Night

  • '50s Night

  • Italian Night

  • Celtic Night

 

Church Choirs

  • Grace University Lutheran

  • Lutheran Memorial

  • Our Saviour's Lutheran

  • Trinity Episcopal

  • Hope United Methodist

  • Williamsburg Presbyterian

  • King of Glory Lutheran

  • Williamsburg United Methodist

 

District VIII Choirs

  • Highest Male Score in District

 

 

Classical Realm

Clair de Lune

from "Suite Bergamesque"

        --Claude Debussy

 

Valse Romantique

Tempo di Valse

        --Claude Debussy

 

See Capstone Project

Guest pianist for church worship services

  • Grace Lutheran, Minneapolis, MN (c. 2014)

  • Trinity Episcopal, Asheville, NC (2009-12)

  • Lutheran Memorial, Pierre, SD (2017)

  • Our Saviour's Lutheran, Norge, VA (2008-21)

  • Williamsburg Presbyterian, VA (2003-8)

  • Williamsburg United Methodist, VA (2004)


Piano Recitals

  • First Presbyterian Church, Oxford, UK, et al

  • William & Mary Music Teachers Association

  • Parent-Child Concert, Williamsburg Presbyterian

  • "H" and "C"-themed Concerts, Smithfield, VA

  • University of North Carolina Greensboro

  • Shenandoah University, Winchester, VA

  • Trinity Episcopal Church, Asheville, NC et al

  • Bland Musical Scholarship Competition

 

Piano Accompaniment

  • Minnesota Chorale

  • St. Paul Ballet Classes

  • Studio 18 Vocal Jazz Ensemble

  • Lafayette Harmonics and Choirs

  • Applied Music Students at UNCA

  • William & Mary Women’s Choir

  • Toano Middle School Choirs

More Samples

Jardin Sous la Pluie

Claude Debussy

Sonata in A Major--Rondo Alla Turca

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Reverie

Claude Debussy

Prelude No. 9

Well-Tempered Klavier I

Johann Sebastian Bach

Mazurka in C Major 

Frederic Chopin

Fugue No. 6

Well-Tempered Klavier II

Johann Sebastian Bach

"Music is the vernacular of the human soul."

— Geoffrey Latham

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