World Music Portfolio

Table of Contents

  1. Table of Contents
  2. Intro Letter and Résumé
  3. Certification and University Transcript Documents
  4. Sample Class Materials
  5. Teaching Samples
  6. Irish Music Workshops/ Presentations
  7. World Music Collaborations with Guest Artists
  8. Performance Samples
  9. International Education and Collaboration

Intro Letter and Résumé

Certification and University Transcript Documents

Sample Class Materials

A selection of classroom materials, course outlines, and assessments that I have created for in-person and online programming.

Teaching Samples

A brief 5th-6th grade drum lesson, a segment from an Irish music workshop, and two complete classes that were a part of multi-week online courses.

Mini-Lesson: Rebound Strokes and Basketball
Workshop Segment: Bodhrán – An Overview (EKU, 2018)
Bodhrán Improvisation: Week Two
Music Theory for Irish Dancers: Week Four

Irish Music Workshops/ Presentations

Photos from workshops and presentations that I have given.

2022 – Céilí Mór – Lexington, KY
2022 – Irish Drum Center (Inaugural Workshop) – Huntsville, AL
2023 – University of the Cumberlands – Williamsburg, KY
2020 – University of the Cumberlands – Williamsburg, KY
2016 – Berea Celtic Festival – Berea, KY
2018 – Eastern Kentucky University – Richmond, KY
2019 – Morehead State University – Morehead, KY
2018 – Campbellsville University – Campbellsville, KY
2018 – Celtic Craic – Jackson, OH
2019 – Federated Music Club – Lexington, KY
2019 – Tune Junkie Weekend – Oak Ridge, TN
2022 – Global Roots of Appalachian Mountain Dance – Appalachian State University, Boone, NC
2020 – Governor’s School for the Arts
2020 – Berea Celtic Festival
2015 – Irish Dance Camp – Lexington, KY
2023 – Governor’s School for the Arts
2023 – Governor’s School for the Arts
2023 – Governor’s School for the Arts

World Music Collaborations with Guest Artists

I have collaborated with a number of local and international guest artists to bring multicultural programming to my own students.

2023 – Afro Cuban Tumbao – Jim Corcoran
2023 – Afro Cuban Tumbao – Jim Corcoran
2018 – Ghanaian Gyil – Dr. Jason Koontz and David Sharp
2019 – South American Percussion – Dr. Brian Mason
2018 – Irish Dance – Allison Duvall
2018 – Trinidadian Steel Pan – Dr. Chad Floyd
2021 – African Percussion – Dr. Jason Koontz and Matt Fera
2019 – Irish Bodhrán – Andy Kruspe
2020 – Bodhrán – Aimee Farrell Courtney (Ireland)
2020 – Bodhrán – Colm Phelan (Ireland)
2020 – Bodhrán – Robbie Walsh (Ireland)
2020 – Bodhrán – Siobhán O’Donnell (Ireland)
2019 – Brazilian Choro – Andrew Finn Magill
2016 – Brazilian Samba – Greg Strouse
2016 – Brazilian Batucada – Greg Strouse

Performance Samples

A brief selection of some of my world music and dance performances.

2019 – Berea Celtic Festival
2020 – Commission – “EscALE8”
2019 – Mid-America Oireachtas – Céilí
2019 – Mid-America Oireachtas – Traditional Set
2017 – Macedonian Tune
2016 – “Caboclinho” (Brazil)

International Education and Collaboration

A sampling of content from my own study in Ireland, and the community that has been built around these experiences.

Craiceann: The Bodhrán Summer School
Session at Tigh Ruairí (Craiceann, 2017)
Youth Music Panel Discussion: Listen In
Kentucky Irish Music Academy students in Ireland (Craiceann, 2019)
2019 – Craiceann – Inis Oírr, Co. Galway, Ireland
2017 – Craiceann – Inis Oírr, Co. Galway, Ireland