Work & Experience

Master of Music degree in Conducting, with honors 

• Choral and orchestral conducting with Robert Page 
• Musical analysis studies with Alan Fletcher and Reza Vali 
• Masterclass with Cuarteto Latinoamericano

Bachelor of Music degree in Music Education, Voice Principal, summa cum laude

• Music education and 4MAT certification with Frank Abrahams 
• Choral conducting with Frank Abrahams, Andrew Megill, James Jordan, Allen Crowell (masterclass)

and Joseph Flummerfelt (masterclass) 

• Vocal studies with Elem Eley; piano studies and Dalcroze Eurhythmics with Thomas Parente 
• Vocal pedagogy with Marvin Keenze and Scott McCoy 
• Masterclasses with Marilyn Horne, Mary Goetze, Christine Jordanoff, Helen Kemp and Henry Leck

French Lyric Diction – Dr. Sylvie Beaudette

Eastman Choral Institute: Brahms Requiem 

• Week-long intensive including score study, rehearsal techniques and musicological study
• William Weinert and Jerry Blackstone, instructors

Full Conductor

• Repertoire analysis, rehearsal technique and conducting masterclass with Simon Carrington 
• Rohmert Method of Functional Voice Training with Bronislawa Falinska

Participant 

• intensive weekend workshop with nationally renowned faculty 
• study topics included strategic thinking & planning; governance & board development; fundraising and communications

Conducting Fellow 

• Study with Robert Page, Vance George, Dennis Keene and Peter Bagley 
• Conducted Voices of Ascension and Cerddorian in rehearsal and performance 
• Conducted Festival Orchestra in rehearsal

Chorus, Band and Theatre Teacher

• Conduct Academy Singers (freshman chorus); Pinkerton Chorale (10-12 chorus); Select Choir
• Teach Introduction to Theatre Arts, Advanced Theatre Making, and Unified Theatre
• Assist with Concert Band

Director of Choruses

• Oversaw high-profile choral music program of four curricular choirs, nine student-led a cappella groups, and 250 student participants
• Prepared and conducted major/minor works with choruses and orchestra, approx. thirty performances per season
• Participated in MICCA (Massachusetts Instrumental and Choral Conductors Association) Festival: groups awarded Gold Medals 2010-2019
• LHS Concert Choir performed at 2011 and 2015 MMEA All-State Conventions
• LHS Madrigal Singers performed at 2013 MMEA All-State Convention
• LHS Madrigal Singers – Season 5 Winners of WGBH Sing That Thing!
• LHS Chamber Singers selected to perform at 2022 ACDA Eastern Region Conference
• Honors Chorus performance at Carnegie Hall by invitation from Dr. Peggy Dettwiler, January 2019
• Honors Chorus performance at Carnegie Hall for MidAmerica Production’s 40th anniversary season
• Contracted professional musicians as guest artists, teachers and diction coaches
• Guest artists-in-resident/workshops including James Jordan, Erica Washburn, Janet Galván, Scott Allan Jarrett, Felicia Barber, Anthony Trecek-King, Charlene Archibeque, Peggy Dettwiler and Pearl Shangkuan
• Commissioned two dozen new works
• Performances with Concord Orchestra and Lexington Symphony, Old Ship Church Concert Series, Back Bay Chorale and New England Conservatory Choruses
• Organized and directed concert tours of Scandinavia, China, Greece and Bulgaria, and Spain
• Organized extensive fundraising for travel scholarships
• Honors choruses invited to participate in Boston Baltic Centennial (2018), AAPI Celebration (2021, 2024) and Boston Bulgarian Celebration (2025)
• Arranged first high school screening/fundraising event of the award-winning documentary, The Singing Revolution
• Conducted first high school performance of James Whitbourn’s Annelies, with professional musicians and soloist
• Prepared and conducted pit orchestra
• Taught music theory and AP Music Theory
• Service on LHS Schedule Committee, LPS Hiring Committee, I-Block Committee, LEA (teacher’s union)
• Ad Hoc Committees, Performing Arts Steering and Curriculum Committees

Adjunct Instructor of Music Education 

• Taught online, distance-learning course in Assessing Music Learning

Music and Chorus Teacher

• Prepared and implemented general music curriculum for students in grades 5–8 that emphasized authentic musical tasks and improved student musicianship and aesthetic awareness
• Conducted middle school choruses
• Sponsored Middle School Drama Club; produced and directed Middle School Musical
• Served on Keeping Us Current committee
• Nomination as 2007 Pennsylvania Educator of the Year

Performing Arts Department Chair/ Music and Drama Teacher

• Oversaw all aspects of one of Pittsburgh’s premiere performing arts programs, K-12 in music, dance and theater
• Prepared and monitored department budget
• Developed and managed rehearsal and performance calendar
• Responsible for planning and evaluation of performing arts curriculum, policies, course offerings, text books, materials, teaching assignments and teaching loads in cooperation with administrators
• Participated in teacher hiring and evaluation process
• Taught Middle School music and drama; conducted Middle and Upper School choruses; directed
• Middle School musical; music directed Upper School musical (Gene Kelly nominations and awards)
• Served on the Academic Policy Committee

Vocal Music Teacher

• Designed and implemented instruction for general music and choir in grades 6–8 in a high-achievingschool district. Music instruction consistently engaged students in critical thinking, problem solving and cooperative learning. Prepared lessons and rehearsals addressed student learning style and left/right brain dominance. Evaluated student learning using traditional and alternative assessments. Lessons and rehearsals met National Standards for Music and New Jersey Core Proficiencies.
• Conducted 6th, 7th and 8th grade choirs in rehearsal and performance
• Directed and music directed spring musicals in 2001 and 2002

Premiere conductor of auditioned high school honors choir 

• Programmed and conducted a wide range of choral music including a Renaissance  madrigal dinner, 20th century chamber works for treble choir, vocal jazz and newly composed works

Conducting intern for auditioned, regional high school honors choir 

• Responsible for voice building, repertoire preparation, sectional rehearsals and conducting
• Conducted orchestra in rehearsal and performance  
• Assisted in preparation of newly commissioned works 
• Prepared and published original choral arrangements/transcriptions

Student teacher in comprehensive instrumental program under Robert Loughran 

• Prepared and conducted orchestra, chamber ensemble, symphonic wind ensemble and jazz band

Founder-Artistic Director for ad hoc ensemble

• Recruited high-quality choral singers, professional soloists and professional organist
• Prepared and conducted a cappella choral works and Fauré Requiem for three-city concert tour of Strasbourg, Reims, and Paris, France

1997-1998 Iteration

• Arranged and conducted performances on Westminster Summer Concert Series 
• Engaged professional soloists for concert performances

Associate/Cover Conductor

Summer Sing Conductor

Assistant Conductor (2004 – 2006)

• Responsible for sectional rehearsals and assisting in music preparation in a wide variety of repertoire from pops to choral-orchestral works
• Additional sole preparation of major works with the Pittsburgh Symphony
• Prepared professional chorus for internationally recognized conductors including Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Leonard Slatkin, Joseph Flummerfelt, Robert Page, and Gilbert Levine, among others
• Led the choir in concert series with the River City Brass Band
• Served as Advisor to the Music Director Search Committee 

Conducting Assistant to Robert Page (2002 – 2004) 

Section Leader, Junior Mendelssohn Choir (2003)

Associate Conductor, All-Star Collegiate Chorale – Marvin Hamlisch, cond.

Assistant Conductor, Carnegie Mellon Concert Choir and Repertory Chorus 

• Responsible for sectional rehearsals and assisting in music preparation 
• Conducted the Carnegie Mellon Concert Choir, Repertory Chorus, Philharmonic, and Wind Ensemble in rehearsal and performance 

Guest Conductor

Artistic Director (2004 – 2007)

• Prepared and conducted community choir for performance of major works with orchestra
• Engaged professional soloists and orchestra 

Preparatory Conductor (Fall 2003)

• Prepared community choir for performance of Elijah

Director, Chancel Choir 

• Responsible for choosing and preparing repertoire appropriate for weekly worship 
• Coordinated with pastor and Director of Music for special services and activities, including an annual Christmas Eve Lessons and Carols service and Good Friday Tenebrae service
• Assisted with handbell and youth choirs

Interim director 

• Prepared a volunteer community chorus; auditioned and coached volunteer soloists 
• Engaged professional guest pianist

Assistant conductor for volunteer community chorus 

• Responsible for voice building, sectional rehearsals and conducting in concerts 
• Assisted and advised director in artistic matters such as repertoire and soloist selection 
• Assisted in editing of compact disc recording 
• Served as ex-officio member to the Board 

1999 Germany Tour 

• Prepared and led choir on concert tour of Germany and the Czech Republic 
• Arranged concert performance at Westminster Choir College of Rider University, Princeton, NJ 

Conductor of BCCS Chamber Singers 

• Auditioned and prepared select ensemble for performances in Choral Society concerts and in community outreach venues

Middle and High School Productions

We Will Rock You: Music Director (Weston Drama Workshop, Summer 2024)

Young Frankenstein: Music Director (Weston Drama Workshop, Summer 2022)

Matilda: Music Director and Producer (2022)

Stay Tuned! Co-creator and Music Director (2021)

Legally Blonde: Music Director (2019)

Pippin: Music Director (2018)

Rags: Vocal Director (2017) 

Curtains: Vocal Director (2016) 

Into the Woods: Vocal Director (2015) 

Kiss Me Kate: Vocal Director (2014) 

Miss Saigon: Vocal Director (2013) 

Urinetown: Vocal Director (2012) 

The Mystery Of Edwin Drood: Vocal Director (2011) 

The Producers: Vocal Director (2009) 

Once Upon A Mattress: Producer, Stage/Musical Director (2008) 

The Wizard of Oz (RSC): Producer, Stage/Musical Director (2007)

The Hot Mikado: Music Director (2006), (Gene Kelly Award, Best Musical) 

Pippin: Music Director (2005), (Gene Kelly Award, Best Musical) 

Barnum: Producer, Stage/Musical Director (2005) 

The Wizard of Oz (RSC): Stage/Musical Director (2005)

Annie Get Your Gun: Producer, Stage/Musical Director (2004)

Once On This Island: Director and Musical Director (2002) 

Barnum: Director and Musical Director (2001)

Carnegie Mellon University – School of Music 

The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny: Assistant Conductor (2004),      Greg Lahane, dir.  

Yeomen of the Guard: Assistant Conductor and Repetiteur (2003),                  James Billings, dir. 

Die Fledermaus: Chorus Master and Repetiteur (2003),                                    Dorothy Danner, dir. 

Smile: Assistant Conductor and Repetiteur (2002),                                             Charles Repole, dir.

Carnegie Mellon University – School of Drama, mainstage production         

The Wild Party (LaChiusa, Pittsburgh premiere): Musical Coordinator (2004), Kent Gash, dir.

Westminster Players – Westminster Choir College of Rider University

Into the Woods: Director and Musical Director (1999) 

Company: Musical Director (1998)

Westminster Conservatory Youth Chorale – Westminster Choir College

The Secret Garden (Concert Version): Assistant Musical Director (1998) 

Brigadoon (Concert Version): Assistant Musical Director (1997) 

Side By Side By Sondheim: Assistant Musical Director (1996)

Westminster Opera Theater – Westminster Choir College of Rider University

Amahl and the Night Visitors: Chorus Master (1998) 

La Clemenza di Tito: Chorus Master (1998)

Westminster Summer Music Theater Workshop – Westminster Choir College Associate musical director (Summers 1996-1999)

The Theater People – Derry, NH 

Once On This Island: Musical Director (1996) 

We Tell The Story – Revue: Co-author and Producer (1995) 

Summer Night Follies – Revue: Co-author and Musical Director (1994)

Chatham College Summer Arts Daycamp – Pittsburgh, PA                                  Summers 2003, 2004                                                                                                         Musical theater/drama instructor, distinguished faculty 

• Prepared students grades 4–8 for drama and musical theater productions 
• Provided instruction in voice, scene study, characterization and improvisation

The Theater People – Derry, NH 

Once On This Island: Musical Director (1996) 

We Tell The Story – Revue: Co-author and Producer (1995) 

Summer Night Follies – Revue: Co-author and Musical Director (1994)

WRITING AND PUBLICATIONS 

Contributor to Becoming Musical (GIA) 

Contributor to Teaching Music Through Performance in Choir, Vol. 1 

Co-author of music education text, Reframing Music Education

Assisted in editing music education text, Case Studies in Music Education (Abrahams/Head)

Program notes published by New Jersey Symphony Orchestra

VOCAL PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE

First Church Nashua – Joseph Olefirowicz, Director of Music                            

Interim bass section leader and soloist (2021-2022)

Back Bay Chorale – Scott Allen Jarrett, cond.

Member of bass section (2012-2014)

Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh – Robert Page, cond.                                     

Member of bass section and conducting assistant (2002-2006)

Westminster Symphonic Choir – Joseph Flummerfelt, cond.                        Member of bass section (1996-1999)

Professional choral performances with the New Jersey Symphony, New York Philharmonic and Philadelphia Orchestra under Zdneck Macal, Kurt Masur and Wolfgang Sawallisch 

Westminster Singers – Allen Crowell, cond.                                                           

Member of bass section and soloist for NPR radio broadcast (1996-1999)

Calvary Chorale – Summit, NJ                                                                                   

Baritone section leader and soloist for weekly worship

and annual concert series (1996-1999)

Baritone soloist for performances of Bach Mass in B minor, Beethoven Mass in C and Haydn Paukenmesse 

Numerous musical theater productions, dinner theater performances          and vocal recitals 

CONFERENCE/EDUCATIONAL PRESENTATIONS AND ADJUDICATIONS 

RIMEA All-State Jr. Treble Chorus Conductor – March 2025

MICCA Summer Institute – 2019, 2023

Presented interest sessions on music literacy in secondary chorus

voice building in the secondary chorus

conducting/music directing the high school musical

ACDA Eastern Region Conference – February 2020

served on conference committee and co-led choral repertoire reading sessions

Rhode Island College – 2017

Featured presenter in workshop on addressing music literacy in chorus 

MMEA Western District Senior District Chorus Audition Adjudicator
2015 – present

MMEA Western District Junior District Chorus Audition Adjudicator                   2020

NH All-State Chorus Audition Adjudicator
2015 – present

MA-ACDA Summer Conference – 2014, 2018, 2021, 2024

Presented interest session on Women’s Chorus rationale, rehearsal techniques and repertoire 

Presented interest session on music literacy in secondary chorus

Presented interest session on Ear Training in the Secondary Choral Ensemble

Co-presented interest session on Bulgarian choral music

Massachusetts Music Educators Association                                                  

All-State Conference Concert Hour performances –  2011, 2013, 2015

All-State Chorus Assistant Manager/Manager – 2017, 2018

Westminster Choir College of Rider University – Princeton, NJ – 2002 

Guest lecturer for pre-service music education teachers on teaching at the middle school level 

New Hope-Solebury High School – New Hope, PA – 1999

Co-clinician for high school choral workshop 

Music Educators National Conference (MENC/NAFME) – New York City – 1998

Co-presenter of session for student teachers and mentors

MEMBERSHIPS AND CERTIFICATIONS 

Chorus America                                                                                           2010 – present

The Conductors Guild                                                                               2004 – present

College Music Society                                                                                      2003 – 2009

American Choral Directors Association                                              2002 – present

Massachusetts ACDA President-Elect (current)

Chair for High School Repertoire and Resources, Eastern Region (2018-2020)

Serve as mentor, ACDA International Activities (2020-present)

Chair for Treble Choir Repertoire and Resources, Massachusetts ACDA (2023 – present)

Pi Kappa Lambda (music honor society)                                                 1999 – present

National Association for Music Education                                          1995 – present

President, Westminster Choir College Collegiate Chapter, 1997 

Vice President, Westminster Choir College Collegiate Chapter, 1998 

Presentation for national conference, 1998 

4MAT Learning System – Level I Certification 

Teacher of Music Certification (Pennsylvania) – Vocal/Instrumental, K-12 

Teacher of Music Certification (New Jersey) – Vocal/Instrumental, K-12 

Teacher of Music Certification (Massachusetts) – Vocal/Instrumental, K-12

Music Education Certification (New Hampshire) – Vocal/Instrumental, K-12