I grew up knowing I would be a musician. Born of a song sung over a teacup, I was the first in my family in several generations to want to pursue music as a career. I begged for violin lessons from the age of four and began playing at seven, when my parents finally succumbed to my plea. Now, realizing a long-standing dream of honing my craft at Berklee College of Music, I am more inspired and driven than ever to continue along a path of growth and expansion. Following the examples set by my heroes; Van Morrison, Kenneth Grahame, Aretha Franklin, Jane Goodall, Alasdair Fraser, and the many other academic and artistic figureheads of my upbringing, I am at Berklee starting down a path that looks deeper inward, towards the depth of artistry I have always dreamed of achieving. 

Playing the fiddle is wonderful because it starts conversations, is unmatched as a vehicle for storytelling, and has an uncanny knack for finding common ground between people from all over the world, enabling me to create friendships and seek truths wherever I go. My art is the explosion of the core of who I am, and through creative practice my values and thoughts are distilled and refracted into spirals and permutations that radiate outwards, finding the friends and strangers who are willing to receive what I have to give. It is where I go when I am sad, where I rejoice when I am triumphant, and where I look when I need answers. It is the space in which I can freely express my emotions, and the mindful practice that keeps me moving forward every day.

I want my art to impact the world by expressing my vision for the future and by inspiring my contemporaries, collaborators, and audiences to work just as hard to transform their own visions and aspirations into reality, and to build new discourse and community in places where, and with people with whom they may not have expected to connect.