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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)

Additional Training


  • Performance in Masters’ Classes with Simon Estes, Daniel Helfgot, and Diane Gilfether

  • Seminars with Jo Estill (the Vocal Mechanism) and Monroe Kanouse (Lyric Diction)

Upcoming

Events

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