About
I am a musicologist and scholar-performer specializing in historical performance practices of classical music from the 14th through early19th centuries, as well as vernacular music in the American Southwest and the Louisiana Territory, and am an advocate for new music. My Seattle-based ensemble, Grand Cru Baroque, has commissioned several compositions since 2002.
My research inerests include:
- French and Spanish colonial and mission music in the Americas
- Rhetoric and music in the 17th and 18th centuries
- Music, gender, race, and empire
- Improvisation traditions from the 15th through the 19th centuries
- Transmission of music across cultural borders (Baroque Borderlands)
- Historical performance practices/Arts Practice Research
Social Studies
I am currently the chair of the social studies department at Española Valley High School, where I teach AP World History, AP US History, and US Government and Economics, and am one of the faculty sponsors of the Farm to Table Club.Before I began teaching social studies at Española Valley High School in Española, New Mexico in January 2020, I previously taught musicology and music history at Sam Houston State University, and Texas Tech University.
