EDUCATOR
-- Voice faculty, Methodist University, Fayetteville, North Carolina, 2006-present. Courses taught: Individual voice, opera workshop, foreign language lyric diction
-- Voice faculty, St. Andrews Presbyterian College, Laurinburg, North Carolina, 2005-present. Courses taught: Individual voice, class voice with a basic theory component
-- Voice faculty, The University of North Carolina at Pembroke, 2003-2005. Courses taught: Individual voice
-- Recognized as a Distinguished Voice Professional by The New York Singing Teachers' Association
-- Chosen as presenter, "Considerations in Programming the Song Recital," Indiana University Chapter Student NATS 3rd Annual New Voice Educator's Symposium, Bloomington, Indiana, January, 2007; could not attend due to mother's death the preceding day
-- Voice faculty, St. Andrews Presbyterian College Community Music School, Laurinburg, North Carolina, 2005-present
-- Voice faculty, Methodist University Community Music, Fayetteville, North Carolina, 2006-present
-- Private voice and piano teacher, Aberdeen, North Carolina
-- Choral clinician, teaching vocal technique and sight singing to choral singers
-- Approved and registered as substitute teacher, Moore County Schools, North Carolina, K-12 public school system
COMPETITION ADJUDICATOR
-- Adjudicator for various organizations, including the Music Teachers' National Association, the National Association of Teachers of Singing, and the American Choral Directors' Association
CHORAL CONDUCTOR
-- Director of Children's Music, Brownson Memorial Presbyterian Church, Southern Pines, North Carolina, 2003-2006
COMMUNITY MUSICAL ACTIVITIES
-- Executive/Artistic Director, Moore County Music Society, Moore County, North Carolina, and member of committee to implement annual scholarship for outstanding county graduating senior who will major in music
-- Member, Music Committee, responsible for Young Musicians' Festival (competition), Weymouth Center for the Arts and Humanities, Southern Pines, North Carolina
-- Soloist - active as both singer and pianist in numerous area churches
EDUCATION
-- Ongoing private voice study with David L. Jones, New York, New York
-- Master of Arts in Music Education, The University of North Carolina at Pembroke
----- Master's recital: The Bard and the Belle in Song,
settings of texts by William Shakespeare and Emily Dickinson
----- Topic of master's thesis and lecture/PowerPoint portion of master's recital:
Considerations in Song Recital Programming
-- Bachelor of Music, cum laude, Syracuse University
----- Major - Voice Performance
----- Minor - Piano Performance
-- Completed the Professional Development Program of The New York Singing Teachers' Association, offered through Westminster Choir College, including courses in:
----- Singer's Anatomy and Physiology
----- Vocal Health
----- Voice Acoustics and Resonance
----- Singer's Repertoire from a Developmental Perspective
----- Comparative Voice Pedagogy
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
-- The National Association of Teachers of Singing
-- The New York Singing Teachers' Association
-- The American Guild of Musical Artists
-- The Professional Women Singers' Association
-- Sigma Alpha Iota international honorary professional fraternity
06/07
-- Voice faculty, Methodist University, Fayetteville, North Carolina, 2006-present. Courses taught: Individual voice, opera workshop, foreign language lyric diction
-- Voice faculty, St. Andrews Presbyterian College, Laurinburg, North Carolina, 2005-present. Courses taught: Individual voice, class voice with a basic theory component
-- Voice faculty, The University of North Carolina at Pembroke, 2003-2005. Courses taught: Individual voice
-- Recognized as a Distinguished Voice Professional by The New York Singing Teachers' Association
-- Chosen as presenter, "Considerations in Programming the Song Recital," Indiana University Chapter Student NATS 3rd Annual New Voice Educator's Symposium, Bloomington, Indiana, January, 2007; could not attend due to mother's death the preceding day
-- Voice faculty, St. Andrews Presbyterian College Community Music School, Laurinburg, North Carolina, 2005-present
-- Voice faculty, Methodist University Community Music, Fayetteville, North Carolina, 2006-present
-- Private voice and piano teacher, Aberdeen, North Carolina
-- Choral clinician, teaching vocal technique and sight singing to choral singers
-- Approved and registered as substitute teacher, Moore County Schools, North Carolina, K-12 public school system
COMPETITION ADJUDICATOR
-- Adjudicator for various organizations, including the Music Teachers' National Association, the National Association of Teachers of Singing, and the American Choral Directors' Association
CHORAL CONDUCTOR
-- Director of Children's Music, Brownson Memorial Presbyterian Church, Southern Pines, North Carolina, 2003-2006
COMMUNITY MUSICAL ACTIVITIES
-- Executive/Artistic Director, Moore County Music Society, Moore County, North Carolina, and member of committee to implement annual scholarship for outstanding county graduating senior who will major in music
-- Member, Music Committee, responsible for Young Musicians' Festival (competition), Weymouth Center for the Arts and Humanities, Southern Pines, North Carolina
-- Soloist - active as both singer and pianist in numerous area churches
EDUCATION
-- Ongoing private voice study with David L. Jones, New York, New York
-- Master of Arts in Music Education, The University of North Carolina at Pembroke
----- Master's recital: The Bard and the Belle in Song,
settings of texts by William Shakespeare and Emily Dickinson
----- Topic of master's thesis and lecture/PowerPoint portion of master's recital:
Considerations in Song Recital Programming
-- Bachelor of Music, cum laude, Syracuse University
----- Major - Voice Performance
----- Minor - Piano Performance
-- Completed the Professional Development Program of The New York Singing Teachers' Association, offered through Westminster Choir College, including courses in:
----- Singer's Anatomy and Physiology
----- Vocal Health
----- Voice Acoustics and Resonance
----- Singer's Repertoire from a Developmental Perspective
----- Comparative Voice Pedagogy
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
-- The National Association of Teachers of Singing
-- The New York Singing Teachers' Association
-- The American Guild of Musical Artists
-- The Professional Women Singers' Association
-- Sigma Alpha Iota international honorary professional fraternity
06/07