TheFleok Chronology
October 30, 2003 — Born in a hospital in Santa Clara, CA. Building torn down a few years later.
Early 2009 — Family moving, toured a home with uneven walls, loud traffic noise, and a grand piano.
Less early 2009 — Convinced parents to find piano lessons in lieu of picking a different place to live.
Autumn, 2009 — Took a wrong turn at Skywalker Ranch, spotted doing voiceover for Toy Story 3.
Summer, 2010 — Audition at San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Begins 10 years of study, top prizes in competition, and performance as a classical pianist.
Spring, 2011 — Broke the singing-in-public barrier in first professional theater outing; Cinderella at Berkeley Playhouse.
2013 — First role as an antagonist in Emma Penaz Eisner’s award-winning short film, Chee-Wi Learns to Growl
June 2013 — Second prize in his first-ever international piano competition in San Jose, California.
2017 — Attends Krakow Piano Summer Festival under the guidance of longtime instructor, mentor, and role model Dr. William Wellborn. Lives alone for the 1st time, performs all over Poland for 2 weeks.
Summer 2018 — Holes up in a small, albeit beautiful, Italian village of 15,000 people. Performs concerts and plays in masterclasses with 5 world-class concert pianists
Winter 2019 — Writes his first two songs, combining piano and voice. Awarded National Youngarts Merit Award in Singer/Songwriter Discipline
Pandemic of 2020 — Dedicates more than a year to becoming his own producer, beginning to mix and master his own projects. Releases Social Distancing (1 and 2) and Lost in the Sauce
July 2021 — Graduates from Menlo School, confirms attendance of Columbia University.
July 9, 2021 — Publishes End of an Era, first studio album with longtime collaborator and best friend Aaron Morgan (drummer). More coming soon…
September, 2021 — Starts, on the record, to call New York City home.
April 14, 2023 — Releases EP Wrong Page, his solo debut. Conversations with heartbreak, feelings of loss in too many large cities, and the precise moments of frustration that our words fail to express on their own.
May 29, 2023 — Sings on the stage at Berlin Under A for first live performance in NYC.