Resume
Objective
To maintain a career in music education
Highlight of Qualifications
Experience at teaching and directing students of all ages
Over 25 years of private music instruction
Bachelors degree in Music Education Vocal and Instrumental music
Masters degree in music
Founder and artistic director of SouthEast Wisconsin Performing Arts (SEWPA)
Experience in directing a variety of musical, operatic, dramatic, choral productions, and instrumental groups
Teaching Experience
2017-Present, Music Teacher at PACT - Natomas Charter School
2015-present, Began band instrumental lessons, voice and choir club at St. Marks Lutheran School
2012-2016, Choir and Musical Director, Valley View Elementary School, Rocklin, California
2011-Present, Children’s Choir Director, Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Rocklin, California
2007-2011, Created and led Fine Arts camp for SEWPA for students age 6-12 providing students with a variety of musical instrument, vocal and dramatic opportunities
2007-2011, Children’s Choir Director, Christ Lutheran Academy, Kenosha, Wisconsin
2005-2010, Adjunct faculty member at Concordia University Wisconsin
1999-2000, Adjunct faculty member at Carthage College, Kenosha
1997-1999, Adjunct faculty member at Indiana University Purdue University, Fort Wayne
1993-Present, Private voice instructor
1995-1997, Elementary music education specialist, band director, Holy Cross Lutheran Elementary, Ft. Wayne, Indiana
1993-1995, Choral and Band director, Lutheran High School of Dallas Texas
Educational Background
1997 M.M. in Vocal Performance, Ball State University
1993 B.S. in Education at Concordia College, Seward, NE, K-12 Music Education
Musicals Directed for Schools
1995 Directed Annie Get Your Gun for Lutheran High School of Dallas
2012 Spring Musical Revue: St. Marks, Citrus Heights, CA
2013 Through the looking glass: St. Marks, Citrus Heights,CA
2014 The Wizard of Oz :Valley View Elementary, Rocklin, CA
2014 The Wizard of Oz: St. Marks, Citrus Heights, CA
2015 Beauty and the Beast Jr.: Valley View Elementary, Rocklin, CA
2015 Beauty and the Beast Jr; St. Marks, Citrus Heights, CA
2016 Disney’s Peter Pan Jr. Valley View Elementary, Rocklin, CA
Other Musical Experience
2005-2011, Founder and Artistic Director of SEWPA, Produced and directed 25 operas and operettas for children, young adults and adults
2005-2011, Chorus member for the Florentine Opera
2010, Soloist for Sound Poem Inspired by Nosferatu with the Choral Arts Society of Southeast Wisconsin
2008, Played the mother of Cio Cio San in Madame Butterfly for the Florentine Opera
2004, Soloist for Peer Gynt with the Racine Symphony Orchestra
2002, Played title role in Norma with the Milwaukee Opera Theatre
1996-1997, Oratorio soloist with the Schola Cantorum of Fort Wayne, Indian