Awards

2025

• Composed Short Film, titled "Drunkenheimer" for Extinct Comedy Studios, receiving over 500k views and 50k likes on Instagram. 

• Released debut single, titled "Alright", receiving over 300 streams across all music platforms.

• Grant Winner for Vital Signs: Creative Art for Black Lives 

• Premiered composition for American Brass Quintet, titled "Echoes of the Baton".

2024

• Composed Short Film, titled "The Lorax" for UMD Filmmakers.

• Premiered composition for Ying String Quartet and Bassist Xavier Foley, titled "Memory".

• Composed Short Film, titled "Spectral Reflections" for UMD Veritas.

• UMD Pianist Association Student Showcase Finalist at Steinway Hall.

• Composed Short Film, titled "Cereal Killer" for UMD Filmmakers.

• Composed Short Film, titled "My Best Friend Maria" for UMD Veritas

2023

• Winner of Wharton Arts Choral Composition Competition (Youth Division) ~ Piece to be premiered by NJ Youth Choir

• Jazz Soloist Award Winner (Piano) ~ Scotch Plains-Fanwood Jazz Festival, Allentown Jazz Festival, NJAJE State Prelims, Holmdel Jazz Festival

• Finalist of New Jersey Music Educators Association Composition Competition (High School Division)

• Performed "Addio" ~ Composition dedicated to Band Director for 50 years of Teaching.

• Composed Short Film, titled "Route 1" for UMD Filmmakers.

2022

• Launched Album "Sedative" on all streaming channels i.e. Spotify, Apple Music released under record label Indimore.

• Bands Of America (BOA) Marching Championships Third Place Winner

• Pit Captain and Lead Synth ~ Affiliated to JP Stevens Marching Band

• Ukraine Awareness Concert ~ Piano Improv with Jazz Group “5 Piece Combo”

• Lead Pianist and arranger for Jazz Group “5-Piece Combo with a side of Biscuits” 

• Lead Pianist and Co-Founder of Jazz Group performing at fundraiser concerts

• Charleston Music Festival Composition Competition & Repertoire - Finalist

• Jeffrey Corollo and Frank Calibrese Scholarship Winner offered by NJPAC & Newark School of Arts(NSA)

• Invited to perform Original composition in Composers of Color Benefit concert in Newark Museum

2021

• Central Jersey Music Educators Symphonic Band (CJMEA) - 2021

• Lead Synth Player - Affiliated with JP Stevens Marching Band​

• Bands Of America (BOA) Marching Championships Second Place Winner

• Charleston Music Festival Composition Competition & Repertoire Gold Medal Winner

• New Jersey Music Educators Association (NJMEA) State finalist

• Tri-M Honor Society

• Jeffrey Corollo and Frank Calibrese Scholarship Winner offered by NJPAC & Newark School of Arts(NSA)

2020

• National Junior Concert (NJOC) Finalist Yamaha Music Corporation ~ Composition Category, Los Angeles, California

• National Young Maestro Composition Category - Gold Medal Winner

• National Young Maestro Repertoire Category Finalist

• Jeffrey Corollo and Frank Calibrese Scholarship Winner offered by NJPAC & Newark School of Arts(NSA)

• New Jersey Music Educators Association (NJMEA) State finalist (2020)

2019

• Nuova Coppa Pianisti  Osimo International Piano Competition - Placed 2nd in piano competition, Osimo, Italy and Grant recipient (2019)

• Jeffrey Corollo and Frank Calibrese Scholarship Winner offered by NJPAC & Newark School of Arts(NSA)

• New Jersey Music Educators Association (NJMEA) State finalist (2019)

• National Young Maestro Competition Silver Medal Winner in Composition (2019)

2018

• Jeffrey Corollo and Frank Calibrese Scholarship Winner offered by NJPAC & Newark School of Arts(NSA)

• International recognition - Associate Diploma Distinction holder from London College Of Music (LCM)

2017

• Korean Foundation ~ Represented group with choral group to represent music around the world at Carnegie Hall (2017)

• Yamaha National Junior Original Concert Finalist, Los Angeles, California (2017)

• National Finalist, 2nd place winner, Elementary Composition Competition, Music Teachers National Association - MTNA (2017)

2016

• Gold Medal Winner Golden Key International Piano Composition Competition, Vienna, Austria

• Yamaha National Junior Original Concert Finalist, Los Angeles, California (2016)

• National Finalist, 3rd place winner, Elementary Composition Competition, Music Teachers National Association - MTNA (2016)

• Winner, Eastern Division, Elementary Composition Competition, Music Teachers National Association - MTNA (2016)

• Winner, New Jersey Division, Elementary Composition Competition, Music Teachers National Association - MTNA (2016)

• Jeffrey Corollo and Frank Calibrese Scholarship Winner offered by NJPAC & Newark School of Arts(NSA)

2015

• Gold Medal Winner Golden Key International Piano Composition Competition, Vienna, Austria (2015)

• National Finalist, Elementary Composition Competition, Music Teachers National Association - MTNA (2015)

• Winner, Eastern Division, Elementary Composition Competition, Music Teachers National Association - MTNA (2015)

• Winner, New Jersey Division, Elementary Composition Competition, Music Teachers National Association - MTNA (2015)

• Judges Honors Winner National Young Maestro Composition Competition, USA (2015)

2014

• Finalist, National Association for Music Education, USA (2014)

• 2nd Place, Eastern Division Elementary Composition Competition, Music Teachers National Association (2014)

• Winner, New Jersey Division, Elementary Composition Competition, Music Teachers National Association (2014)

• 2nd Place Winner Golden Key International Piano Composition Competition, Vienna, Austria (2014)

2013    

• Winner, Yamaha Eastern Divisional Junior Original Composition Competition, USA (2013)

• Judges Honors Winner National Young Maestro Composition Competition, USA (2013)

• Honorable Mention, Eastern Division, Elementary Composition Competition, Music Teachers National Association (2013)

2012

• Winner, New Jersey Division, Elementary Composition Competition, Music Teachers National Association (2012)

• Honorable Mention, Eastern Division, Elementary Composition Competition, Music Teachers National Association (2012)

2011   

• Honorable Mention, New Jersey Division, Elementary Composition Competition, Music Teachers National Association (2011)