Founder, NOVA Music Collective, NY & Korea

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Awards 

• BMI Foundation Pete Carpenter Fellowship - Finalist 2023

• The 46th Downbeat Music Awards for Original Composition - Jazz Large Ensemble "2:3" 2022 

• Career Jam Award for Scoring, Berklee College of Music 2022

• Quincy Jones Award, Berklee College of Music 2020

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Workshops/Sponserships/Funding

• BMI Jazz Composer Workshop, US 2026-2027

• Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture (SFAC) Pre-Arts Incubating Program - Finalist, Korea 2025

• Gyeonggi Cultural Foundation - Yuna & JP Modern Jazz Orchestra, Korea 2025

• Hollywood Music Workshop — Orchestral Production with Oscar Senen 2022

 

Film/Video Games/Concerts

• Composer, Award-Winning Production Viral-Music Company (viral-music.com) - US

• Recording Projects, Air Studios London, and Budapest Art Orchestra - Europe

• Composer, Sound FA  - Online RPG games: Mabinogi, Maple Story, and more - Korea 

• Concerts and Collaborations Yuna & JP Faundez Modern Jazz Orchestra/Band (NOVA Music Collectve) - Seongnam Arts Center(Korea), Berklee College of Music (MA)

• Collaboration Musician/Pianist, the Composition X with the Dallas Museum of Art - TX 

• Arranger/Music Director - Harvard Business School (MA), Roxbury CC (MA), The Green Room 42 (NY)

• Composer, Career Jam Concert, Berklee Performance Center - MA 

• Conductor, La Nit de Berklee: Tribute to Albert Iglesias - Spain 

• Keyboardist, Rock Voices, MA/NH/RI 

• Arranger, KBS (the national broadcaster of South Korea) TV Show Immortal Song 2: Singing the Legend - Korea Session Pianist, Luna (FX), Han Young Ae, and Han Sang-won, among others - Korea 

• Keyboard programmer and keyboardist, Les Misérables: The French Musical Cast Concert Tour with Artel Philharmonic Orchestra - Korea 

• K-Pop/Pop/Jazz Albums Session Pianist, Aliyah Danielle- ...Black Hole

• Composer, Dani & Lovelyz Kei (다니 & 러블리즈 케이)- New York (뉴욕) 

• Arranger and Session Keyboardist, Brown Eyes Soul "Soul Cooke" K-Pop Top Charts album - Love [어떻게 너를 사랑하지 않을 수가 있겠어] 

• Session Keyboardist, Brown Eyes Soul "Soul Cooke" K-Pop Top Charts album - How Much I Love You [사랑의 말] 

• Arranger and Session Keyboardist, Young Jun - Think Of You (Feat. 개리) [니 생각뿐]

• Composer, Arranger,  and Session Pianist, Bassist Rio - No Reason, The Moon, and Joyful 

• Arranger and Session Keyboardist, Kimgerji - 때,  Byul - 매일매일, 이선, and 수상한 커튼, among others 

 

Musical Theatre​

• Lyricist/Arranger, Reading Preparation - Callboard, NY & Korea

• Music Director/Arranger/Copyist, Musical Dosan (Season 4) - Seasun Theatre Artist Group - CA/NY

• Pit Musician, In the Heights – Firehouse Center for the Arts, Newburyport, MA

• Associate Music Director/Piano Conductor, In The Heights - Korean Premiere & Japan Tour

• Assistant Music Director/Conductor/Pit Musician, Disney Newsies - Korean Premiere

• Music Director, The Wedding Singer - Korean Revival

• Music Director, All That Jazz - Original Korean Production

• Composer and Arranger - 72nd National Liberation Day Celebrations with the Government of South Korea

• Assistant Music Director/Pit Musician, Dracula - Korean Revival

• Assistant Music Director/Pit Musician, Carmen -Korean Premiere

• Pit Musician/Music Department, Bare The Musical, Next To Normal, Billy Elliot, and The Snowman - Korean Premiere

 

Schools/Churches

• Adjunct Professor, Seokyeong University - Korea

• ​Music Director, Promise International Fellowship, NY

• Music Director, Covenant Congregational Church, MA

• Music Director, Newsies Jr. - Stoughton High School - MA

• Music Director/Keyboard Conductor, Carrie, Holliston High School - MA

• Pit Musician, The Little Mermaid, Salem High School - MA

• Pit Musician, Hadestown, Natick High School - MA

• Pit Musician, The Little Mermaid, Westborough High School - MA

• Pit Musician, Cinderella, Chelsea High School - MA


• Pit Musician, Dear Edwina Jr., Wayland Middle School - MA

• Accompanist/Coach, Lexington Christian Academy, MA

• Accompanist, Wayland School District, MA