In 2020 I graduated from the Chicago School of Violin Making, where I was fortunate to train under three instructors with distinctly different making philosophies: Antoine Nédélec, Becky Elliott, and Fred Thompson. I’m grateful for each of their perspectives. During my time as a student and after graduating, I worked for Ryan McLaughlin in Chicago’s Fine Arts Building, focusing on meticulous setup and conservative repair.

Now I make new instruments full-time in my Albuquerque, New Mexico studio, working mostly from models by Antonio Stradivari, G.B. Guadagnini, and Carlo Bergonzi. These models give me plenty of flexibility to suit chamber players and emerging soloists, as well as players of different physical builds. I’ve also taught violin making at the University of New Mexico, during Klarissa Petti’s sabbatical.