A Center for Singing

RESUME

Teaching Experience

1990 - 1992 FACULTY - Waldorf School of the Monterey Peninsula, Monterey, CA

(Grades 2 – 5)

1993 - 1998 FACULTY - Sacramento Waldorf School, Fair Oaks, CA (Grades 2 – 12)

1994 – 2004 FACULTY – Summer Teacher Education Program,

Rudolf Steiner College, Fair Oaks, CA

1999 – Present FACULTY – Public School Institute, Rudolf Steiner College, Fair Oaks, CA

2000 – 2002 Part-Time Lecturer – California State University Sacramento

2001 – 2007 Music Coordinator – Rudolf Steiner College, Fair Oaks, CA

2002 – 2010 Guest Lecturer – Keisen University, Tokyo, Japan

Performance Experience

Operatic Roles

• First Witch in DIDO & AENEAS by Purcell
• Laurie in THE TENDER LAND by Copland
• The Mother in AMAHL & THE NIGHT VISITORS by Menotti
• Queen of the Night in THE MAGIC FLUTE by Mozart
• Frasquita in CARMEN by Bizet

Music Theater Roles

• Miss Ritter in SHE LOVES ME by Bock & Harnick
• Liebeslieder Singer in A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC by Stephen Sondheim
• JACQUES BREL IS ALIVE AND WELL AND LIVING IN PARIS
• Abigail Adams in 1776 by Sherman Edwards

Featured Soloist

• Westlake Handel Festival, Oakland, 1982
• Oakland Opera, Britten’s CEREMONY OF CAROLS, 1983
• Contra Costa Performing Arts Society, Walnut Creek, 1985
• Western Stage New Visions Festival, Salinas, 1990
• RUDOLF STEINER’S SOUL CALENDAR by Jay Sydeman, 1992
• Sing-Along MESSIAH by Handel, 1993

Choral Experience

• Bertie Backus Junior High School Chorus
• School of the Holy Child Choir (High School)
• Boston University Chorus
• Newburyport Choral Society
• Holy Names College Choir; Ed Bolkovac, Director
• Oakland Symphony Chorus; Joseph Liebling, Director
• Oakland Opera Chorus; Robert Pettit, Director
• American River College Chamber Singers; Dr. Ralph Hughes, Director

Choral Direction

• Waldorf Children’s Choir (17 members /1992)​
• Orpheus Community Choir (1994 – 1999/ Ranged from 9 to 25 members)
• Christmas Caroling Choir (1999 and 2000/ Ranged from 15 to 18 members)
• Sacramento Waldorf School Concert Choir (1993 – 1998/ Ranged from 45 to 55 members)
• Rudolf Steiner College Concert Choir (2001 – 2007/ Ranged from 30 to 40 members)
• Rudolf Steiner College Ensemble (2002 – 2006/Ranged from 12 to 15 members)
• Chalice Ensemble (2007 – Present/ Ranges from 5 to 15 members)
• Singers With HART (2014 - Present/Ranges from 30 to 50 members)

Cantor Experience

• St Agnes Catholic Church, Concord, CA
• St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, West Oakland, CA

Music Direction

• The Shepherd’s play (Oberufer Cycle), 1988, 2001
• 1776 by Sherman Edwards, 1993, 1994, 1996
• Sing-Along Messiah by Handel, 1993, 1996
• Oklahoma by Rodgers & Hammerstein, 1995
• Amahl and the Night Visitors by Menotti, 1988, 1996, 1997
• The Good Doctor by Neil Simon, 1998
• The Magic Flute by Mozart, 2003
• Twelfth Night by Shakespeare, 2003 (arranging and composing)
• The Tempest by Shakespeare, 2005 (arranging and composing)

Education

• Bachelor of Arts (Psychology), Boston University, 1975
• Bachelor of Music (emphasis in Vocal Performance), Holy Names College, Oakland, 1983
• TaKeTiNa Rhythm Training - Basic and Advanced Level (2001 - 2008)

• Performance in Masters’ Classes with Simon Estes, Daniel Helfgot, and Diane Gilfether
• Seminars with Jo Estill (the Vocal Mechanism) and Monroe Kanouse (Lyric Diction)