In Brief:
 
 

Publications:

1999 & 2001

"Messiah in History"
Program notes.
Choral Society of Montgomery County, PA: Judith Willoughby, Director.

1999-2000

"The Genesis of the Mozart-da Ponte Don Giovanni"
Opera Companion and Study Guide.
Baltimore Opera Company.

"Don Giovanni,Dramma Giocoso, and 18th-Century Society"
Opera Companion and Study Guide,
Baltimore Opera Company.

1998

"Five Madrigals by Barbara Strozzi"
Performance edition of selected works from Barbara Strozzi's Opus one.
Hildegard Publishing: Bryn Mawr, PA

"Barbara Strozzi: L'Astratto, Cantata à voce sola and 14 Arien aus opus II"
Furore Edition 554 and Furore Edition 561. Kassel, 1996. Richard Kolb, ed.
Review of Edition,
Continuo Magazine (online)

"Mostly French"
CD Liner notes
CRS Artists CD # 9868

"Preludio:  Contemporary American Composers"
Review of CD
Contemporary Record Society: Society News

"My Ends are my Beginnings" by Milton Babbitt
Music Review
Contemporary Record Society: Society News

"Clarinet Concerto #1" by John Russo
Music Review
Contemporary Record Society: Society News

Temple University Concerto Competition Concert
Program notes
Temple University Symphony Orchestra: Lawrence Wagner, Director.

1997

"Brahms and Music from his Library"
Program notes
Temple University Concert Choir: Alan Harler, Director.

Speaking Engagements:

1999 & 2001

"Messiah, Handel and Jennens"
Preconcert Lecture
Choral Society of Montgomery County, PA.

1999

"Bach and the Brandenburgs"
Preconcert Lecture.
Apollo's Fire:  the Cleveland Baroque Orchestra.

Teaching Experience, Higher Education:
 

2006- Present

Montgomery County Community College  Blue Bell, PA.
Assistant Professor of Music / Coordinator of music

Music Appreciation

American Music

History of Jazz

Music Theory

Choir

2002-2006

Montgomery County Community College  Blue Bell, PA.
Instructor in Music / Coordinator of music

Music Appreciation

American Music

History of Jazz

Music Theory

Choir

2002

Community College of Philadelphia  Philadelphia PA.
Visiting Lecturer in African American Music

2000-2002

Community College of Philadelphia  Philadelphia PA.
Lecturer in Music

Music Theory

Music History

Vocal Ensemble Director

1997-2002

Montgomery County Community College  Blue Bell, PA.
Lecturer in Music

Music Appreciation

1995-1998

Temple University: Esther Boyer College of Music  Philadelphia, PA
Music History Teaching Assistant

Baroque Music History (with Dr Steven Zohn)

Classical Music History (with Dr Eve Meyer)

Music in American Society (with Prof. Tara Webb-Duey)

Music Appreciation (with Prof. Richard Brodhead)

• Extensive responsibilities included:
• preparation and presentation of entire units,
• tutoring individual students,
• development and grading essays and exams.

Teaching Experience, Secondary, Elementary & Studio:
 

1990-Present

Private Studio Vocal Instruction
• Brattleboro, VT: 1990-1995
• Swarthmore, PA:  1996-Present

1992-1995

Putney Community Music, Putney, VT
Voice

Private  lessons.

Students included both adults and teen beginners.

1992-1993

Saxtons River Academy, Saxtons River, VT
Voice

Contracted to teach individual voice lessons at a private boarding high school.

1988-1989

The Greenwood School, Putney, VT
General Music

Boarding school for dyslexic middle school boys.

Full responsibility for curriculum development and implementation.

Direct responsibility for mounting Fall and Spring theatrical and choral performances.

Curriculum included basic musicianship, choral activities, keyboard and listening skills.

1988-1989

The Neighborhood Schoolhouse, Brattleboro, VT
General Music

Private elementary school.

Curriculum included listening, choral activities, beginning recorder and movement activities.

Responsible for mounting performances for the community.

Ensemble Performance and Direction:
 

2002-Present

Montgomery County Community College Choir, Blue Bell, PA.
Director

Performed by invitation at the 2004 Philadelphia Holocaust Memorial

2000-2002

Community College of Pennsylvania Vocal Ensemble. Philadelphia, PA.
Director

1999

Choral Society of Montgomery County, Blue Bell, PA.  Judith Willoughby, Director.
Guest artist: Tenor.

1995-1996

Temple University Early Music, Philadelphia, PA. Robert Weimken, Director.
Tenor / Countertenor

1990-1995

I Cantori, Brattleboro, VT.
Elaine Russell, Director (1994-5); Judith Jones, Director (1990-4).
Tenor / Countertenor soloist

1990

Five College Early Music Collegium, Amherst, MA. Robert Eisenstein, Director.
Countertenor soloist

1987

"An Evening of PDQ BACH" Keene, NH. Live broadcast, NH Public Radio.
Countertenor soloist: "Iphegenia in Brooklyn"

Opera Performances:
 

1989

The Magic Flute
Armored Man
Brattleboro Opera Theater, Brattleboro, VT

1986

The Marriage of Figaro
Basilio & Don Curzio
Mannes School of Music, NYC
(Guest artist for summer opera workshop)

1985

Dido and Aeneas
Sorceress
Mannes School of Music, NYC
(Guest Artist for graduate student conducting project)

1983

Lucia di Lammermoor
Chorus
The American Opera Center (Juilliard), NYC

1981-1982

Stiffelio; Le Roi de Lahore; Le Postillon de Longjumeau
Chorus.
Bel Canto Opera, NYC.

1980

The Magic Flute
Monostatos
Jean Russak Opera Workshop, NYC.

1980

Cosi fan Tutte
Chorus
Sarah Lawrence Summer Opera, Bronxville, NY.

1974

Faust; El Capitan
Chorus
Harford Opera Theater, Baltimore, MD.

Education:

1998-Present

Rutgers University: Mason Gross School of the Arts, New Brunswick, NJ
Graduate Fellow: Historical Musicology

1995-1998

Temple University: Esther Boyer College of Music, Philadelphia, PA
M.Mus.: Music History.
Recipient of 1997 Milton Sutter Award.
Elected by faculty to Pi Kappa Lambda; National Music Honor Society.

1986-1988

Marlboro College, Marlboro, VT
BA (honors): Music History and Performance.

1981-1983

The Juilliard School, NYC
Vocal Repertory and Music Theory studies

1973-1976

Washington College, Chestertown, MD
Liberal arts curriculum,
Music and Theater studies