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Stage Productions

Trap Door (Jane the Journalist)
Abduction from the Seraglio (Constanza)*
The Merry Widow (Olga)
Khovanschina w/ Kent Nagano cond.
The Opelousas Sisters (Esther)
The Pied Piper of Hamelin (Corp. I)
The Opelousas Sisters (Esther)
A Little Night Music (Madame Armfeldt)
Die Zauberflöte (Königin der Nacht)
Caliban Dreams Act I (Mugwort)
Candide (Cunegonde)
Strange Charm (Countess Almaviva)
Krank (Frau Lieblied - principal role)
The Cunning Little Vixen (chicken/chorus)

Oratorio / Choral / Recital

Harden Not Your Hearts (Holy Spirit)
Fresh Voices VI (Ecclesiastes soloist)
Carmina Burana (Soprano soloist)
Requiem (Soprano soloist)
Ceremony of Carols (Soprano soloist)

Benefits / Concerts

Arias@Avos (featured soloist)
Singers for Seniors (soloist outreach)
Halfway Mark (soprano soloist)
Easter Hangover (soprano soloist)
A Salute to the Arts with Carol Channing
Dream One World fundraiser
The Assistance Dog Institute fundraiser
Face to Face AIDS fundraiser
Benefit Concert
Stage Productions

Lisa Scola Prosek
W.A. Mozart
Franz Lehar
Modest Mussorgsky
J. Langley & A. McTigue
Mark Alburger
J. Langley & A. McTigue
Stephen Sondheim
W.A. Mozart
C. Suprynowicz & A. Moody
Leonard Bernstein
W.A. Mozart scenes
Kurt Weill review
Leos Janácek

Oratorio / Choral / Recital

John Partridge
Mark Alburger
Carl Orff
W.A. Mozart
Benjamin Britten

Benefits / Concerts

various
various
Mark Alburger
various
various
various
various
various
various
Stage Productions   

World Premiere at The Lab, S.F. - June 2008
Sonoma City Opera - August 2007
West Bay Opera - May/June 2007
Leather Factory Opera - Dec. 2006
Green Music Festival - June 2006
San Francisco Cabaret Opera - May 2006
Quantum Opera Guest Artist - May 2006
Quantum Opera Guest Artist - Feb/Mar 2006
NWPC Seattle, WA - May 2005
Berkeley Opera Workshop - July 2004
SSU Quantum Opera - 2003
SSU Quantum Opera - 2003
SSU main production - 2003
Cinnabar Opera Theater - June 2002

Oratorio / Choral / Recital

San Francisco Cabaret Opera - Nov. 2006
Goat Hall Productions - May 2006
Sonoma County Choral Society - May 2004
SSU Opera Chamber Orchestra - 2002
SSU Chorus - 2002

Benefits / Concerts

Opera Fort Collins Guild - October 2009
Martinez Opera - December 2007
Goat Hall Productions - April 2007
Goat Hall Productions - April 2007
Green Music Festival - October 2006
Project Applause - October 2006
Project Applause - August 2006
Project Applause - June 2006
Capitol Opera Sacramento - Nov 2005


Awards

2007 Special Encouragement Award SF District
2004 Pacific Regional Finalist
2004 First Place Winner
2003/2004 Person Talent Scholarship Award
2002 Vocal Panel Finals Winner
2000/2001 Most Outstanding Vocalist


Awards

Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions
Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions
Redwood Empire NATS Vocal Scholarship Competition
Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA
Music Teachers’ Association of California - State Convention
Mesa State College, Grand Junction, CO

Education

The Singer’s Gym
Sonoma State University
Mesa State College

Education

w/ Kathryn Cathcart & Ben Bernstein October, 2004 & 2006
BA Vocal Performance (w/ honors & distinction)
Music Education (two years of study)

Education

Sonoma, CA
Rohnert Park, CA
Grand Junction, CO

Directors & Conductors

Jim Cave, Martha Stoddard, Yefim, Maizel, Jindong Cai, Kent Nagano, Ryan Brown, Michael Fontaine, Phil Lowery,
Harriet March-Page, Mark Alburger, Adrian Elfenbaum, Pamela Lourentzos, Kathleen Torchia, Margriet Tindemans, Dr.
Lynne Morrow, Robert Worth, Missy Weaver, David Gordon, Paul Draper, Amanda McTigue, Elly Lichenstein, and Nina
Shuman.

Vocal Teachers

Sheila Smith (2008), Susan Witt-Butler (2002-2008), Bonnie Brooks (2001-2002), Jan Drazek (1999-2001)

Coaches

Sheri Greenawald, Peter Grunberg, Lorenzo Malfatti, Myron McPherson, Monroe Kanouse, Charles Calhoun, Robert
Young, Yvonne Wormer, Dr. Lynne Morrow.

Master Classes

Jake Heggie, Lorenzo Malfatti, Kathryn Cathcart, Ben Bernstein, Monroe Kanouse, David Blackburn, Alan Smith, Peggy
Donovan-Jeffry, Joanne Corbett-Barnes, John Duykers, David Gordon.

Special Skills

Makeup Artist, Music Theory tutoring, Choral Conducting, Marketing & Bookkeeping