C.V.

Education

Michigan State University East Lansing, Michigan
D.M.A., 2011 Music – Voice Performance
Voice Studio of Melanie Helton

University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, Ohio
Graduate Leveling Coursework in Speech-Language Pathology

Florida State University Tallahassee, Florida
Graduate Coursework
Voice Studio of Dr. Marcia Porter

Westminster Choir College Princeton, New Jersey
M.M., 2001 Vocal Pedagogy and Performance
Thesis: Onset and the Relationship to Breathing Techniques
Voice Studio of Lindsey P. Christiansen

Adams State College Alamosa, Colorado
B.A., 1998 Music Performance and Elementary Education
Cum Laude

University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, Ohio
Coursework in Speech-Language Pathology

Certification by the Colorado Board of Education, 1999 Denver,Colorado

Employment

Adjunct Instructor of Voice 01/010 - present
Hillsdale College Hillsdale, Michigan

Adjunct Instructor of Voice 01/07 - present
Spring Arbor University Spring Arbor, Michigan

Teaching Assistant, 09/07 - 05/09
Michigan State University East Lansing, Michigan

Professional Applied Voice Instructor 6/01 - 08/03
Cincinnati Musical Arts Center Cincinnati, Ohio

Applied Voice Instructor 8/00 - 6/01
Westerhoff School of Music Metuchen, New Jersey

Student Assistantship 8/99 - 5/01
Westminster Choir College Princeton, New Jersey

Substitute Teacher 1/99 - 7/99
Alamosa School District Alamosa, Colorado

Private Applied Voice Instructor 8/97 7/99
Alamosa, Colorado

Courses Taught

Vocal Pedagogy
Hillsdale College

Diction for Singers
Hillsdale College

The Understanding of Music
Hillsdale College

Class Voice
Michigan State University
Hillsdale College

Private Voice Lessons
Undergraduate: Michigan State University
                        Spring Arbor University
Graduate: Michigan State University
None-Academic: Cincinnati Musical Arts Center
                         Westerhoff School of Music
                         Private

Academic Honors/Memberships

Music Scholarship from Adams State College 1994-1998

Pi Kappa Lambda National Musical Honor Society 1998

Full Member of The National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) 2002

Languages

Reading and basic speaking competence in German, French and Italian

Selected Recent Performances

Façade, William Walton 11/08
Directed by Raphael Jimenez
Michigan State University

The Judgment of Paris, John Eccles 2/05
Directed by Anthony Rooley
Florida State University

Songfest 6/04
With Graham Johnson
Pepperdine University

Midsummer Nights Dream, Benjamin Britten 3/01
Westminster Choir College

Brahms Requiem, Dr. Joseph Flummerfelt, 3/00
Westminster Symphonic Choir

Messages for the Millennium - World Premiere of 5 New York Philharmonic Commissions
Kurt Masur, Westminster Symphonic Choir

Dvořák Requiem, Zdenek Macal, 10/99
Westminster Symphonic Choir
(VR Recording release DE 3260)

References

Available upon request.