Private Teachers: Ms. Lynn Burrows; Dr. FangFang Xu (USC)
Additional Coaching: Ms. Amy Barston (Julliard), Ms. Joo Lee (Idyllwild Arts); Mr. Javier Iglesias Martin (Idyllwild Arts/SOL-LA Music Academy)
Master Classes: Professor Amit Peled (Peabody), John Walz (LA Opera Orchestra)
Jean-Baptiste Barriere Sonata for Two Cellos in G major I. Adagio with Mondy Gottesman (Summer 2026)
Haydn: Cello Concerto No. 1 in C Major, III. Allegro molto (Fall 2026)
Elgar: Cello Concerto in E Minor, Op. 85, IV. Allegro (January 2026, Summer 2026)
Haydn: Divertimento in D Major (January 2026, Summer 2026)
Bach: Prelude from Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007 (January 2026)
Popper: Hungarian Rhapsody, Op. 68 (January 2025, June 2025, July 2025)
Vivaldi: Cello Concerto in C minor, RV 401, III. Allegro (January 2024)
Goltermann: Rondo, Op. 34, No. 2 (October 2023)
Tchaikovsky: Chanson Triste Op. 40, No. 2 (January 2023)
Marcello: Sonata in E Minor, Op. 2, No. 1, II. Allegro (November 2022)
Bach: Minuets I & II from Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007 (October 2022)
Bréval: Sonata in C Major, Op. 40, No. 1, I. Allegro (June 2022)
Dvořák: Humoresque, Op. 101, No. 7 (November 2021)
Boccherini: Minuet from String Quintet in E Major, Op. 11, No. 5 (May 2021)
Gossec: Gavotte (November 2020)
Handel: See, the Conqu'ring Hero Comes (from Judas Maccabaeus) (May 2020)
Happy Farmer (November 2019)
French Folk Song (2019)
Second place, Satori Summer Music Festival Strings Open Category (July 2026)
Third place, Southwestern Youth Music Festival (SYMF) String Open Category (July 2026)
First place, Manhattan Beach Rotary Solo Competition 9-10 Grade Division Strings, January 29, 2026
Second place, Southwestern Youth Music Festival (SYMF) String Open Category (July 2025)
Third place, Satori Summer Music Festival Strings Open Category (July 2025)
Principal Cellist, Idyllwild orchestra, Summer Music Intensive Program (June - July 2025)
Third place, Manhattan Beach Rotary Solo Competition 9-10 Grade Division Strings, January 31, 2025
First place, Manhattan Beach Rotary Solo Competition 6-8 Grade Division Strings, January 19, 2024
Cellist, Mira Costa High orchestra, Top ribbons with a unanimous “Superior” rating, Southern California School Band and Orchestra Association (SCSBOA) Adjudicated Festival, March 2025.
Principal Cellist, MBMS orchestra, Top ribbons with a unanimous “Superior” rating, Southern California School Band and Orchestra Association (SCSBOA) Adjudicated Festival, March 2023, March 2024.
Principal Cellist, Incantations by Richard Meyer, Manhattan Beach All District Concert, February 8, 2024
Principal Cellist, MBMS String Ensemble, 2023-24
Principal Cellist, MBMS Chamber Orchestra, 2022-23
Cello accompanist, Elementary Honors Choir, Build A Bridge Concert, March 21, 2023
Cello accompanist, Elementary Honors Choir, Forum Music Festival, April 15, 2023
Cellist, Claremont All District Orchestra Festival, February 6, 2023
Cellist, Trio in C, Junior Chamber Music, Los Angeles Coast Division, 2022-23
Cellist, Manhattan Beach Middle School Chamber Orchestra, 2022-23
Cellist, Claremont Youth Music Orchestra (CYMO) Overture, 2021 - 2022
Principal Cellist, Claremont District Advanced Orchestra, 2020 - 2021
Cellist, Claremont District Intermediate Orchestra, 2019 - 2020
Private Teachers: Ms. Milana Denisenko (Moscow Music School); Ms. Svetlana Woloschuk (Claremont Community School of Music)
Selective Recitals:
Chopin: Waltz in E Minor (Feb 2026)
Catherine Rollin: October (Feb 2026)
Tom Gerou: La Vie Élégante (Feb 2025)
Mendelssohn: Venetian Boat Song (Feb 2025)
Melody Bober: Moonlight Fantasy (October 2024)
Melody Bober: Ballroom Dance (February 2024)
Bach: Two-Part Invention No. 13 in A Minor, BWV 784 (January 2024)
Catherine Rollin: Valse Dramatique (October 2023)
Melody Bober: Carefree (May 2023)
Beethoven: Für Elise (February 2023)
Catherine Rollin: Sunset in Madrid (February 2023)
Melody Bober: Flying Leaves (October 2022)
Melody Bober: Manhattan 1928 (September 2022)
Dennis Alexander: El Matador (May 2022)
Melody Bober: Midnight Express (March 2022)
Bach: Prelude (March 2022)
Kuhlau: Sonatina, Op. 55, No. 1 (October 2021)
Dennis Alexander: The Spy (September 2021)
Russian Folk Song: The Volga Boatman (September 2021)
Melody Bober: Whisper of the Wind (May 2021)
Melody Bober: 100 Degree Blues (February 2021)
Melody Bober: Sea Mist (February 2021)
Pachelbel: Canon in D (October 2020)
Catherine Rollin: Legend of Madrid (July 2020)
Melody Bober: Snowfall (May 2020)
Czerny: Etude No. 45 (October 2019)
Gold Cup award, Superior in National Federation of Music Clubs (NFMC) Junior Music Festival (JMF) Music Theory Level 9 and Moderately Difficult 3 Piano Solo Performance (2025)
Superior in National Federation of Music Clubs (NFMC) Junior Music Festival (JMF) Music Theory Level 8 and Moderately Difficult 1 Piano Solo Performance (2024)
Superior in National Federation of Music Clubs (NFMC) Junior Music Festival (JMF) Music Theory Level 7 and Elementary 4 Piano Solo Performance (2023)
Gold Cup award, Superior in National Federation of Music Clubs (NFMC) Junior Music Festival (JMF) Music Theory Level 6 and Elementary 3 Piano Solo Performance (2022)
Superior in National Federation of Music Clubs (NFMC) Junior Music Festival (JMF) Music Theory Level 5 and Elementary 2 Piano Solo Performance (2021)
Superior in National Federation of Music Clubs (NFMC) Junior Music Festival (JMF) Music Theory Level 4 and Elementary 1 Piano Solo Performance (2020)
Agent: CESD Talent Agency
Agency Contact: Carol Lynn Sher | (310) 475-2111 ext. 246 | csher@cesdtalent.com
Projects:
He Gets Me "More" commercial, 2026 Super Bowl LX Feb 8, 2026.
Hop Skip Drive, June 2023.
Kartoon Channel “KC Pop Quiz Show,” November 2021.
Walmart Spring Back to School Shoot, November 2019.
FX show "Better Things" Season 3, July 2018.
Walmart Refresher Print, July 2018.
International Musician LeeHom Wang World Tour, March 2018.
Ripley's Circus Commercial, February 2018.
Netflix feature film "Bird Box," January 2018.
Amazon Prime "If you give a mouse a cookie" Premier, October 2017.
Languages: English (Native), Spanish (Intermediate)
Additional
• Experienced Commercial & Print Model
• On-Camera Acting
• Live Performance Experience
Studies tennis with Coach Lionel Rival at the Claremont Club and Coach Gianpaolo at Mira Costa High.
2nd place, Team Tennis Satellite Team 2 (2023)
3rd place, GrandPrix, Claremont Club (2019)