Teaching Experience
Boston Conservatory at Berklee, assistant professor of voice, 2024 - present.
Teach a voice studio of 15 undergraduate and graduates students in both the classical and musical theatre programs.
Teach “Logistics of the Teaching Studio,” a class designed for vocal pedagogy Masters students.
Organize and program Vocal Pedagogy recitals each semester.
Boston University Tanglewood Institute (BUTI), voice faculty, 2011 – present.
• BUTI is a six-week summer program for some of the country’s best high-school singers.
• Teach a private voice studio of 10 students.
• Teach intermediate and advanced levels of music theory.
• Serve as the music theory coordinator.
• Direct opera scenes.
University of Connecticut, voice instructor, 2013 – 2024.
Teach a Voice Studio of 12 undergraduate voice and music education majors.
Wide-ranging classical repertoire and some Golden Age musical theater.
Teach Vocal Literature to undergrads, masters and DMA students.
This course is a four-semester sequence, which offers a voice majors an overview of art song and some oratorio/operatic repertoire from different periods.
Italian art song from 1600-1920 and oratorio in various languages
German Lieder from 1815-1950
French mélodies from 1840-1960
British and American art song from 1890-present
Teach Vocal Pedagogy for undergraduate, masters and DMA students voice majors, whose curriculum incorporates contemporary voice science, traditional Italian school aesthetics, CCM and belting styles, and practical application.
From 2013-17, taught Applied Music Techniques – Vocal, which provides music education majors the pedagogy, techniques and understanding to teach general music and choir for elementary through high school aged students.Teach a private voice studio of 13 undergraduate voice and music education majors.
Brown University, teaching associate, 2016 – 2024.
• Teach a private voice studio of 10 undergraduates.
Repertoire includes classical music, Golden Age musical theater, jazz, and contemporary musical theater.
Eastern Connecticut State University, lecturer in voice, 2015 – 2017.
• Taught a private voice studio of 9 undergraduate theater majors and music minors.
• Co-taught weekly studio class for all students in the voice department.
• Taught “Introduction to Voice Studies,” which focuses on in-depth vocal pedagogy and the development of critical listening skills as applied to voices.
Boston University, graduate teaching assistant, 2010 – 2014.
• Taught a private voice studio of 6-12 to voice/music minors and non-majors.
• Taught “Class Voice”, which provided non-majors and music education majors vocal instruction in a class setting. Lectures addressed vocal pedagogy and dramatic presentation.
Norwood High School, adjunct voice faculty, Norwood, MA, 2001-3 and 2006 – 2016.
• Taught private voice studio of 8 students, culminating in spring voice recitals.
Private voice studio, 2010 – present.
• Maintain a small private voice studio.
Teachers
Becky Folsom, 2014 – present
Penelope Bitzas, 2007 – 2014
James McDonald, 2006 – 2007
Bill McGraw, 2005 – 2006
Edward Zambara, 2001 – 2004
Elizabeth Arnold, 1998 – 2001