Resume
Professional:
All My Favorites, vocalist/keyboards, 2002 - present
Rehearsal Accompanist, Schoenberg's Gurre-lieder, UMM
Chorus, Orchestra Hall
Chorus, Sarah Brightman's "La Luna World Tour", Vienna, Austria
Chorus, L'Enfant et Les Sortileges,
Maurice Ravel, MN Orchestra, Orchestra Hall
Chorus, Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, MN Orchestra, Orchestra Hall
Non-Professional:
Production Staff:
Vocal Director, Sweeney Todd, Burnsville Summer Theatre
Vocal Director/Pianist, The Secret Garden, Burnsville High School
Vocal Director/Pianist, Camelot, Burnsville Senior High School
Vocal & Orchestra Director/Conductor/Pianist, Urinetown, Theatre 191
Vocal Director/Pianist, Into the Woods, Burnsville Senior High School
Vocal Director/Pianist, Seussical, Burnsville Senior High School
Vocal Director/Pianist, Beauty and the Beast, Burnsville Senior High School
Vocal Director/Pianist, Oklahoma!, Burnsville Senior High School
Vocal Director/Pianist, Joseph...Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Theatre 191
Vocal Coach/Pianist, Phantom, Burnsville High School
Vocal Director/Pianist, The Fantasticks, Burnsville High School
Vocal Coach/Pianist, Jesus Christ Superstar, Burnsville High School
Vocal Coach/Pianist, Jekyll & Hyde, Burnsville High School
Vocal Director/Pianist A Funny Thing Happened...Forum, Burnsville High School
Vocal Coach/Performance Pianist, Les Miserables, Burnsville High School
Vocal Director, Man of la Mancha, Burnsville High School
Vocal and Orchestral Director/Pianist, Sweeney Todd, Burnsville High School
Vocal Director/Pianist, You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown, BJHS
Artistic Director, South Pacific, MASC
Artistic Director; Costume Design,
Bye Bye Birdie, Lake Benton Opera House
Co-Artistic Director; Costume & Prop Design, State Fair, Prairie Wind
Players
Asst. Vocal Director/Pianist, Guys & Dolls, Burnsville High School
Assistant Vocal Director, The Sound of
Music, Morris
Area High School
Assistant Vocal Director, Broadway 2002: World Beat, Apple
Valley High School
Rehearsal and Performance Pianist, Into the Woods, Farmington High School
Rehearsal and Performance Pianist, The Music Man, Farmington High School
Rehearsal Accompanist, Oklahoma!, Apple Valley High School
Rehearsal Assistant/Publicity, Aladdin, MASC Children's Theatre
Costume Design/Mistress, Guys and Dolls, Lake Benton
Opera House
Co-Costume Design/Mistress, State Fair, Lake Benton Opera
House
Rehearsal Accompanist: African Sanctus, UMM Concert Choir
Sound Design, The Boys Next Door, University of MN, Morris
Musical Theater Roles:
Sarah Brown, Guys and Dolls, Lake Benton
Opera House
Sarah Brown, Guys and Dolls, Prairie Wind Players
Laurey Williams, Oklahoma!, Lake Benton Opera House
Fraulein Schneider, Cabaret, University of MN, Morris
Margy Frake, State Fair, Lake Benton Opera
House
Babe Williams, The Pajama Game
Adelaide Adams, Calamity Jane
Broadway Meets Lake Benton
The Magic of Broadway
Take Me To The World
Villains and Vixens of Broadway
Opera Roles:
Opera Workshop: Lady Billows, Albert Herring
Opera Workshop: Effie,
The Ballad of Baby Doe
Opera Workshop: Rosalinda, Die Fledermaus
Opera Workshop: Beatrice, Beatrice
Opera Workshop: Countess, The Marriage of Figaro
Opera Workshop: Mallika, Lakme
Opera Workshop: Lisa,
The Queen of Spades
Opera Workshop: Lady I, The Magic Flute
Vocal Performance Workshop: Third Lady, The Magic Flute
Classroom/Work Experience:
Private Voice and Piano Teacher, Home Studio, 2007 - present
Private Voice Teacher, Eagan High School, 2005 - present
Private Voice and Piano Teacher, Apple Valley High School, 2002 -present
Private Voice Teacher, Burnsville Senior High School, 2003 - present
Private Voice and Piano Teacher, Farmington High School, 2002 - 2007
Vocal Director, Coach and Pianist, Burnsville HS, 2002 - present
Substitute Music Teacher, Burnsville High School, 2004 - 2006
Piano Teacher; Accompanist; Gethesame Lutheran School, 2003 - 2005
AVMTA Festival Judge, 2004
Accompanist, Apple Valley Eagan, and Farmington High School
Student Teacher, Apple Valley High School Choir Program for 10 weeks, 2002
Technical Director: Lake Benton Opera House
Costumes: Lake Benton Opera House, 1998 - 2001
Technical Director/Costumes: Marshall Area Stage Company, 2002
Technical Co-Director/Costumes/Props, Prarie Wind Players, 2001
Quizno's, Manager, Apple Valley, MN, 2002 - 2004.
Assistant Manager, Quizno's, Marshall, MN, May - September 2002.
Piano Instructor, Morris Area Elementary Students, Fall 1997 -
December 2001
Volunteer: Therapeutic Music, Weiner Memorial Medical Center
Teaching Assistant: Introduction to Music (Fall 2001)
Teaching Assistant: Opera Workshop (Springs 2001 and 1999)
Directed Study: Opera Workshop
Recital Hall Recording/Sound Booth Operator
UMM Concert Choir Librarian
UMM Alumni Office/Fund Development, Fall 1997 - Summer 2001.
Practicum Student, West Central Area High School, Choir and Band
Religious/Event Employment:
Burnsville Performing Arts Center Grand Opening Concert
JoJo's Rise and Wine, Burnsville, grand opening & regular performances
Dakota Woodlands gala, Eagan
50+ weddings, receptions, & funerals
Burnsville Senior High School Musical Theatre Director/Pianist, 2002 - present
St. Eloi Catholic Church, Cantor & Pianist, Ghent, MN, 1994 - present
Gethsemane Lutheran Church & School, 2003 - 2005
Pianist for U of M recruitment banquets, 2000 - 2003
Pianist for Chancellor Sam Schumann Inauguration Ceremony & Banquet
Assumption Catholic Church, Morris, MN, 1997 - 2002
First Lutheran, Morris, MN, 1998 - 2000
Master Classes/Additional Training:
Vocology Workshop, Westminster Choir College, NATS, Summer 2003
Master Class for vocal students by Jean del Santo, May 2003
Opera Workshop, UMM, Janet Ahern, four semesters
Fundamentals of Directing, UMM, Julie Patterson-Pratt
Master Class, Aquila-Shakespeare
Vocal Performance Workshop, IES, Vienna, Austria
Master Class, Patricia Wise-Vocal Performance, Indiana U.,
Bloomington
Men's Chamber Choir Ensemble, Director, UMM
Conducted UMM Concert Choir
Memberships:
NATS, 2005 - present
AVMTA, 2004 - present
MENC, member, 1998 - 2001
Music Audition Seminar, BHS Theatre Camp, Summer 2007
Co-organized Music Clinic for
Elementary and Secondary Students
Vocal
Training:
Jean del Santo, Professor of Music, University of Minnesota,
Twin Cities
Janet Ahern, Asst. Professor of Music, Opera Workshop
Instructor, UMM
Ulrike Sych, Hochschule, Vienna,
Austria
Donna Robin, Vocal
Performance Workshop, Vienna, Austria
Ensemble Work:
Vocalist, Keyboards, All My Favorites, Non-profit Cover Band for the Arts
Vocalist, Minneota Community Jazz Band
University of MN, Morris Concert Choir, Dr. Kenneth
Hodgson, Soloist
Men's Chamber Choir, Director, UMM
Female Sextet, Women's vocal group
Four Sweet Parts, UMM Women's quartet
Dance Experience:
Choreographer/Feature Dancer,
"Villians
and Vixens of Broadway"
Introduction to Modern/Jazz Dance
Dance Ensemble, University of MN, Morris
Danceline, Minneota High School, co-captain and co-choreographer
Foreign
Language/Dialects:
German and Spanish language study, 3 years
German dialect
Honors/Awards:
Who's Who In America's Teachers, 2005 - 2009
Lyon County Fair Talent Contest, First Place, August 2002
UMM Honors Recital, Vocal Solo: Springs 2002, 2001, 2000
Nominee, Best Sound Design, The Boys Next Door, May
2002
Mary Jo Kwako Scholarship, UMM, 2001/2002
NATS Competition Participant, Fall 2001
UMM Honors Recital, Accompanist: Springs 2001, 2000
UMM Honors Recital, Piano Solo: Spring 2000
International Study Abroad Scholarship, Fall 2000
Best Actress in a Supporting Role, Cabaret, UMM, 2000
Best Actress, The Pajama Game, and The Criss-crossed
Lovers, MHS, 1997
Education:
Westminster Choir College, Princeton, NJ, Continuing Education, NATS
U of MN, Morris. BA in Music (Vocal Peformance),
Licensure K - 12
Institute for European Studies, Vienna, Austria
Minneota High School
References available upon
request.