Teaching Experience includes 17 years as a professor of higher education at: Ball State University, Associate, tenured Professor, 1989 - 2000 Southeast Missouri State University, Assistant Professor, 1984 - 1989 More recently I taught at St. Vincent College (2007 - 2010); Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 2002 - 2003; and Westmoreland County Community College, 2009 to present.

Education

• D.M., Florida State University (Tallahassee, Fl.), 1984 M.M., University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI.), 1981 B.M., Duquesne University (Pittsburgh, PA.), 1979

Organizations

• National Association of Teachers of Singing. Pi Kappa Lamda

Presentations

• Various workshops for cantors and church choirs in the western Pa. area.

Performances

• Sponsorship Concert, soloist, Fox Chapel Presbyterian, 2014; 2013; music of Mendelssohn, Britten. Music in a Great Space, soloist, Shadyside Presbyterian, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008; music of Durufle, Mendelssohn, and Handel. Role of Mother Theresa, (The Proposal by Hoiby), Microscopic Opera, 2010. Soloist with St. Vincent Camerata, music of Vivaldi, Handel, Allegri, and Vivaldi. Solo Recital, "Joy of Music Concert Series," St. Louis, MO. 2010. Solo recitals in Cyprus, Paris, and around the U.S. including NYC, Philadelphia, Indianapolis, Louisville, St. Louis, San Antonio, and Memphis among others. Soloist with the Muncie Symphony Orchestra, Beethoven 9, and Mozart requiem. Soloist with Sakai Opera Company, Japan 1990.

Achievements

• Winner of vocal competitions in Milwaukee (Bel Canto Society), New Hampshire (Operafest), and Detroit for opera and oratorio. Third place winner, National Opera Association, Boston.