2007-08 (Age 27):
- Named as Project Director to the Center for Music-In-Education at New England Conservatory & as a Guided Practice Consultant to the Music-In-Education National Consortium’s National Music Learning Leadership Institutes
- Winner of a second Hawaii Music Award (category: Exotica Album of the Year), for WAITIKI’s sophomore release, “Rendezvous in Okonkuluku”
- Co-Presenter at Arts Education Partnerships conference (Jan. 2008) in Anaheim, California; with Dr. Larry Scripp (Executive Director, Music-In-Education National Consortium) and John Ceschini (Arts Education in Maryland State Alliance)
- Debut performance of “L’Ours Chinois” by Project Copernicus recognized as #4 in list of “Top 10 Classical Music Events” by the Palm Beach Post
- Original composition “Cave of Uldo” nominated for USA Song of the Year in the Ontario Independent Music Awards
- Featured as Arranger & Performer on Jim Beloff/Flea Market Music Inc. release of Paradise Lost & Found
2006-07 (Age 26)
- World Premiere of “L’Ours Chinois” – original composition commissioned by Project Copernicus (Miami, FL)
- Winner of Exotica Album of the Year Hawaii Music Award for WAITIKI’s “Charred Mammal Flesh: Exotic Music for BBQ” album
- Named Associate Editor, Journal for Music-In-Education
2005-06 (Age 25)
- Release of WAITIKI’s debut album, “Charred Mammal Flesh”; album features 13 original compositions
- Performance by the 21-pc. WAITIKI Orchestrotica at Mexico City’s international Festival de Mexico
- Featured Guest Performer at the Hawaii International Jazz Festival, paying tribute to exotica’s legendary musician, Martin Denny
2004-05 (Age 24)
- “Akamai Brain Collective” album nominated for Album of the Year, Hawaii Music Awards
2003-04 (Age 23)
- Graduated from the Arts-In-Education Master’s program at the Harvard Graduate School of Education
- Feature article in the Boston Herald
- Profiled in The Appian, the Harvard Graduate School of Education’s student newspaper
2002-03 (Age 22)
- Selected to participate in the National Orchestral Institute
- Graduated from New England Conservatory with Academic Honors; nominated to a fraternity (I can’t remember its name!); awarded NEC’s Music-In-Education Concentration