Hi Everybody!
Most of you that surf to this website already
know me, but here's some info for those of you who don't.
I'm a Junior at University of Colorado at Denver, studying
Recording Arts. In my "spare" time I try to make a living through my live
event production company, Ivy Productions. As an individual I've
worked with a number of artists ranging from Lynyrd Skynyrd to The Donnas to
Montgomery Gentry. Ivy Productions has worked with a number of Denver's
local events, including working with the acappella group Face, the Tennyson
Children's Home 100th Anniversary, and multiple events at Chatfield High
School.
I grew up all over the US, with my parents finally settling
down in Illinois. I attended Mahomet-Seymour High School and was heavily
involved in the music and theatre departments there. I have to thank Mrs.
Janet Watkins for much of my musical development and really instilling a
passion for vocal music, especially acappella music. Music is what took me
to Illinois State University, where I was a Vocal Music Education major for
two years. While there, I sang with the top vocal group and was one of the
founding member of the AcaFellaz - an acappella male sextet. I started
arranging music for them and have yet to stop. One of my arrangements was
actually performed by a high school choir in Florida last year.
After ISU, I served in the US Army for three years. I had the opportunity to
spend nine months performing with the 2002 US Army Soldier Show. Along with
being a performer, I took on the roles of Vocal Coach and Assistant Audio
Technician. Immediately upon completing the Soldier Show, I was deployed to
Afghanistan where I served for five months. Immediately after
returning from Afghanistan, my contract with the Army was finished and I
moved to Colorado to attend UCD.