Résumé Highlights

 



Opera Production: Ass't conductor/rehearsal pianist & coach with

          The Dallas Opera (2006, 2003, 1998, 1983)
          Spoleto (USA) Opera Festival (1994)
          Washington (D.C.) Opera (1991, 1992)
          Lyric Opera of Chicago (1989)
          San Francisco Opera (1980-1982)
          New York City Opera (1975-1980)

Singers' Training Programs: Faculty at

          New Jersey Opera Theater (Princeton, NJ) (Guest Coach/Master Class, July 2005)
          Utah Festival Opera (Guest Master Class visit, July 2003)
          Rising Star Audition Works (Summers 2002, 2001)
          OperaWorks (Summers 2000, 1998; Guest coach/Master Class, 1996)
          IVAI (Israel Vocal Arts Institute) (Coach, Summer 1993)
          Glimmerglass Opera (Visiting guest coach, Summer 1993;
                    Administrator of Young American Artists Program, Summer 1991)
          Pittsburgh Opera Center: Visiting guest coach/master class (1991)
          Canadian Opera Company: Visiting guest coach/master class (1990, 1991)
          San Francisco Opera's Merola Opera Training Program:
                    Master coach (Summers 1979-85, and 1990)

Publications: please go to Publications page link

College and University appointments:

          Southern Methodist University (Dallas, TX):
                    Fulltime Vocal Coach/Teacher, 1997-2004
                    Adjunct Vocal Coach/Teacher, 2004-present
          University of Texas at Arlington: Visiting Vocal Coach, 2004-present
          Westminster Choir College (Princeton, NJ): Adjunct, Spring 1996
          The Hartt School (Hartford, CT): Adjunct Vocal Coach, 1992-95
          The Mannes College of Music (NYC): Opera Workshop Coach/pianist, 1990
          Academy of Vocal Arts (Philadelphia, PA): Vocal Coach, 1988-89

Education and Training:

          The University of Colorado: M.Mus.; accompanying fellowship
          Middlebury (VT) College: B.A. cum laude in Music
          Opera study with Luigi Ricci in Rome
          Piano study with Seymour Bernstein in New York City