Education

Lesley University Master of Arts in Independent Study
(Individually tailored program combining fieldwork with coursework at New England Conservatory)
University of Massachusetts B.A. Theater/Education

Experience

University

Theater & Communications Dept., Salem State University & Fitchburg State College
Creative Arts & Learning, M.Ed. Program, Lesley University
Drama and Leadership, M.Ed. Program, Cambridge College
Theater Department, Mt. Ida College
Theater Department, University of Massachusetts, Boston

Studio & Masterclasses

New England Conservatory Summer School
New England Theater Conference
Kennedy Center College Theater Festival
Boston Association of Cabaret Artists

Boston Area – Ryles Jazz Club, Johnny D’s, Boston City Hall Plaza, South Station, the Wang Center, Copley Plaza Hotel, Harvard University, Simmons College, Wellesley College, First Night Boston, Calderwood Pavilion, Speakeasy Stage, Jimmy Tingle’s Off-Broadway Theater.

National –Club SoHo (Santa Barbara), Brewery Arts Center (Carson City, NV), Danny’s Skylight Room and Bridges Bar at the Hilton (New York, NY), River Road Concert Series (Killington, VT).

International – Montreal Fringe Festival, Bamboo Bar, Oriental Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand (seven-month contract).

Recordings

Our Life Together – EP released 2014
Cast of Characters – CD released Oct 2008
Cover Story – EP released 2005
Movin’ On – CD released 2001

Awards

Honorable Mention, BillBoard Songwriting Contest

Recipient – Multiple ASCAP Plus Awards, Mass Cultural Council grants, Puffin Foundation Grant

Training

Vocal Pedagogy
Level III certificate Somatic Voicework™ the Lovetri Method – CCM (Contemporary Commercial Music) Vocal Pedagogy Institute, Shenandoah Conservatory. Graduate seminars in CCM Styles & Voice Medicine. Additional reviews and teacher trainings with Jeanette LoVetri at U.Mass. Dartmouth, Berklee College of Music and Wellesley College.

Private Voice Lessons
Dominique Eade (New England Conservatory), Sidra Cohn, Merrill Shea, Edwin Gray, Roland Seiler, Craig Wich (the Opera Lab), Jeanette LoVetri.

Vocal Master Classes
La Voix Humain, Roy Hart Theatre, Maleargues, France; Cabaret Workshop – Michael Oster; Performance Skills – Eloise Ristaad; Kristen Linklater Voice Training with Arthur Strimling of the Talking Band.

Theater
Two-year full-time actor training at Reality Theater, Boston with Steve Wangh, Linda Putnam, Vincent Murphy. Improvisation, Movement and Theater Education at Theater Workshop Boston and Emerson College. Scene Study, Directing, Acting in Shakespeare – American Repertory Theater. Audition Coaching with June Judson. On Camera Acting at Collinge-Pickman Studios.

Music
Ear-training, Jazz Ensemble, Jazz Theory, Sight-singing, Harmony, Earobics (with Ran Blake), Piano, Guitar. – New England Conservatory. Songwriting, Arranging – Berklee College of Music.