RESUME
Education
Doctor of Philosophy Student – University of Florida (2019-present)
Concentration in Music History and Literature
Master of Music – University of Florida (2014-2016)
Concentrations in Saxophone Performance and Music History and Literature
Artist Diploma - University of Western Ontario (2014)
Saxophone Performance
Bachelor of Music – University of Western Ontario (2013)
Honors Music Education
Teaching Experience
University of Florida
Graduate Teaching Assistant (2019-present)
University of Florida
Adjunct Assistant Professor (2018-2019)
Gerard Spicer Music Studio
Owner and Instructor (2010-present)
Conference Presentations
American Musicological Society Southern Chapter Meeting
“The Death of Klinghoffer: Reinterpreting the Controversy” (February 2020)
Performance Experience
Solo Orchestral Performances
Performed Concerto by Henri Tomasi with the University of Florida Symphony Orchestra (February 2015)
Solo Performances
Performed Phoenix Rising by Stacey Garrop for the Music & Aesthetics Symposium (February 2018)
Performed Lava illogica for saxophone and fixed media by Navid Bargrizan at the North American Saxophone Alliance Region 6 Conference in Valdosta, Georgia (2017)
Orchestral Performances
Performed alto saxophone for West Side Story in Concert with the Imperial Symphony Orchestra (2019)
Chamber Music Performances
Performed Tuning Exercise No. 5 by Navid Bargrizan at the Region VI Society of Composers, Inc. Conference (February 2020)
Recital featuring the Spicer Duo premiering Tuning Exercise No. 5 by Navid Bargrizan at the 2019 Southeastern Saxophone Symposium (February 2019)
Faculty recital with Jonathan Helton and Kevin Sharpe at the University of Florida featuring the works of Nagao, Karlins, and Piazolla (September 2018)
Commissioned Works
Tuning Exercise No. 5 for saxophone and violin (2018) by Navid Bargrizan
Lava illogica for saxophone and fixed media (2015) by Navid Bargrizan
Service
Served on the Student Council of Representatives for the School of Music at the University of Florida (2015-2016)
Professional Associations
American Musicological Society
North American Saxophone Alliance