Selected past speaking engagements:

• June 5, 2019, Walking the Walk: Why Music Education Matters and What Orchestras Can Do panel moderator, League of American Orchestras 2019 Conference, Nashville, Tennessee

• June 2, 2019, Career Pathways Programs panelist, League of American Orchestras 2019 Conference, Nashville, Tennessee

• May 24, 2019, Closing Address “Unsolicited Advice“, Tennessee Music Teachers Association annual conference 2019 , Murfreesboro, Tennessee

• February 2, 2019, “Bridge Partnerships” panelist at SphinxConnect 2019, Detroit Michigan

• April 12, 2018, “Building the Pathway for Students of Diverse Ethnicities: How Accelerando is changing the face of American orchestras”, Tennessee Music Education Association Annual Conference, Nashville

• March 8, 2018,  “Building the Pathway for Students of Diverse Ethnicities: How the Atlanta Symphony Talent Development Program and the Nashville Symphony Accelerando Program Will Change the Face of American Orchestras“, presentation with Adrienne Thompson, Atlanta Symphony, American String Teachers Association National Conference, Atlanta, Georgia

• February 3, 2018, “Get ’em while they’re young” ~ Igniting action within youth orchestras” panelist at SphinxConnect 2018, Detroit, Michigan

• January 26, 2018, “Diversity in Action: One Year On” panelist at Association of British Orchestras annual conference, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom ~ see my article on this conference here

• August 29, 2017, State of Music Education panelist, Choral Arts Link annual town hall meeting, Nashville, Tennessee

• June 8, 2017, Under Development panelist, League of American Orchestras 2017 Conference, Detroit, Michigan

• February 11, 2017, Building the Pipeline panelist, SphinxConnect 2017, Detroit, Michigan

• June 10, 2016, Music as an agent of social change: Diversifying the Talent Pipeline panelist, League of American Orchestras 2016 Conference, Baltimore, Maryland

• June 7, 2016, Closing Address, Tennessee Music Teachers Association annual conference 2016 , Nashville, Tennessee

updated August 12, 2019