Teaching

EDUCATION:

Doctor of Musical Arts, 1988:

Yale University, School of Music
Dissertation: The Pushkin Song Settings of Dmitri Shostakovich

Master of Musical Arts, 1983:

Yale University, School of Music

Master of Arts, 1982:

Yale University, School of Music

Bachelor of Arts, 1976:

Wesleyan University (Magna cum laude with University Honors), degree in Religious Studies and American Studies with Secondary School Teaching Certification

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

1997-present

Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY
Lecturer in Music: Individual Studio Voice Lessons as member of faculty; Master classes

Spring 2008- present

Barnard College at Columbia University, New York, NY
Master Class in Vocal Repertoire and Technique; Individual Voice Lessons as member of faculty

1997-present

Nassau Community College, Garden City, NY
Master Class in Vocal Repertoire and Technique; Individual Voice Lessons as member of Adjunct
faculty

Fall 2006 & Spring 2003

Bennington College, Bennington, VT
Master Class in Vocal Repertoire and Technique; Individual Voice Lessons

Fall 2005 & Spring 2006

Kean University, Union, NJ
Affiliate Artist; Master Class in Vocal Repertoire and Technique; Individual Voice Lessons

March 2005
Joy in Singing: Bruno Walter Auditorium, New York, NY
Lecture Demonstration on the Songs of Henry Cowell

February 2005

Longy School of Music, Boston, MA
Master Class on American Art Song and Charles Ives

February 2004

Utah State University, Logan, UT
Performance Workshop on the Vocal Music of Charles Ives: Taught interpretive and technical classes on the song repertoire of Charles Ives sponsored by the Charles Ives Society, Inc.

October 2001

School of Music Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
Performance Workshop on the Vocal Music of Charles Ives: Taught interpretive and technical classes on the song repertoire of Charles Ives sponsored by the Charles Ives Society, Inc.

1996-1997
Concordia College, Bronxville, NY
Individual Voice Lessons as member of Adjunct Faculty

1996

Master Class, Worcester, MA
Sowerby Festival: Taught interpretive and technical classes on the song repertoire of Leo Sowerby

1989

SUNY, Purchase, NY
Lecturer: Vocal Literature and Interpretation; undergraduate course in German Lieder, French mélodies and Italian, English and American art songs

1980-83

Yale University, New Haven, CT
Teaching Assistantship: Individual Voice Lessons to undergraduate students

1983

Yale University, New Haven, CT
Lecture Series for Master of Musical Arts Seminar; The Grain of the Voice - comparative historical recordings coupled with readings in philosophy and semiotics

1978-80
Mannes College of Music, New York
Adjunct Professor in ESL

1977-80

Baruch College, CUNY, New York
Adjunct Professor in English and ESL