About The Resonance Collective

Music & Performance Experience

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Musicianship

I have been a performer since age four when I first started learning to play piano. Born the daughter of two accomplished musicians, I grew up back stage of my parents' gigs and live performances — learning all there is to know about stage management and setup. I started singing in choir and performing in plays and musicals at age six. At 12 I took interest in guitar and taught myself how to play. At 13 I joined my church's band that performed every Sunday. At 15, I enrolled in my community's music school to develop more formal skills. At 16, I began writing and singing to my own music on guitar and piano. I also joined my high school's vocal jazz ensemble and went to States. At 16 and 17 I was earning leading female roles in my high school's musical performances. At 18 I started playing small gigs and open mics within my hometown — often filling in vocally with my father's various musical projects. At 19 I began recording background vocals for various artists in Green Valley Recording studio, where my father was a recording engineer and highly-accomplished session musician. 

In college, I continued writing and covering various artists, performing all over my hometown and beyond as a solo artist and as part of various bands and duos. I played and sang for multiple genres, including: indie, pop, acoustic, hard rock and metal, country, and even church music. This is what has given me the edge I have in vocals — I have learned to cover and sing in almost every genre, ensuring I am able to teach a wide variety of students.

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After I graduated college, I continued playing all over the various cities I lived, until moving to Charlotte in my early twenties.

Over the last 10 years in Charlotte, I have sang and played as a solo artist, a duo, and in various bands all across the city and surrounding areas. In 2024, I was invited to work as an instructor at We Rock Charlotte, where I continue to work to this day.

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Performance Arts

Throughout elementary, middle, and high school, I performed in choir, plays, and musicals. In elementary school, I became a ballet, tap, and jazz dancer for two years. In middle school I became a cheerleader — learning to use my voice and incorporate athleticism and hip-hop dance among vocal technique. In high school, I left cheering as my love of writing music and theater really developed. I starred in many plays in my hometown's community theater league, where I also taught acting and improv classes during the summer. In my junior and senior years in high school, I earned the lead roles in our yearly musicals, where I was able to combine all my musical and dance knowledge together. 

In college, I continued to star in musical theater performances until I moved and transferred schools. I also joined the college's hip-hop dance team for a year, keeping my skills in tact and relevant. After transferring schools, I joined an adult ballet school where I partook in fun, beginner-level classes that lead to a performance at the end of the year. 

I also earned Penn State Harrisburg's "Fantastic Female" award on behalf of the Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity, for a special performance as Ariel in "The Little Mermaid" as well as philanthropic endeavors.

After college, my full time career and part-time musicianship took over most of my free time, so I did not get into a lot of theater afterwards. However, after working at We Rock Charlotte, I have been able to use my skills to help teach regular and camp students how to perform on stage.