Pedagogue

SPECIALTIES:

Music Theatre Technique

Trans/Non-Binary Technique/Voice Building

Classical Based Technique

Vocal Rehabilitation (Trauma, Stress, Surgery)

I believe everyone has a voice. I believe everyone can sing. I believe that there has to be a place that everyone feels safe to make the sounds they need to make on their journey of finding their voice. The voice is the only instrument that lives inside us - it’s not only the instrument that needs to be attended to, but the mental, emotional, and physical of our human.  To feel safe, to heal, to grow, to learn, to free the most beautiful sound - your sound. I would be honored to be part of your journey.

Teaching positions:

Current (since 2011): Executive Director/Founder of Opera MODO (501(c)3)    

              (producer, director, teacher, coach, arts administration)

Current (since 2022): Course Developer and Teacher at Interlochen School for the Arts Online

Current (since 1998): Private Voice Studio, Current: Detroit MI (Previous: Princeton NJ, Philadelphia PA, Houston TX, Lexington, KY)

(2021-2022): Guest Faculty and Stage Director, University of Michigan Voice Department

(2019-2023:) Voice Instructor (Wayne State University, School of Music)

(2018-2023): Professor of Musical Theatre Performance Class

(2015-2023): Vocal Director for Motor City Cabaret (Wayne State University) 

(2015-2017): Project Day Dream • Music Director/Voice Teacher 

(2012-2014): Private Voice Teacher and Vocal Director for all school musicals, Princeton Day School, Princeton, NJ

Musical/Vocal Directing: 

*Pink = hyperlink to Wayne State Theatre and Dance promotional video

THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW - Music/Vocal Director (MODO)

Motor City Cabaret - Music Theatre Touring Ensemble (Wayne State University)

HEAD OVER HEELS (WSU) - Vocal Director/Conductor

TRIVOYA GOLD (WSU) HEATHERS (WSU) MARY POPPINS (WSU) AVENUE Q (WSU) MAMMA MIA (WSU) SISTER ACT (WSU)

NEXT TO NORMAL (WSU) THE WIZARD OF OZ MADELEINE’S CHRISTMAS MADELEINE URINETOWN GYPSY PIPPIN LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS

Education

Master of Music, Voice Performance and Pedagogy – Performance & Pedagogy emphasis, Westminster Choir College, Spring 2010 

Bachelor of Music, Voice Performance, University of Kentucky, Spring 2007

Workshops:

IDC workshop: Consent in Academia/University with Francesca Betancourt, September 2022

IDC workshop: Scene Work with Kink and BDSM: for Actors, Directors and Intimacy Professionals with Dr. Ayshia Mackie-Stephenson and Dr. Timaree, May 2022