CURRENT APPOINTMENTS

2009: Music Director
The Collegiate Chorale
New York City

2009: Principal Guest Conductor
The American Symphony Orchestra
New York City

2005: Director, Music Program
Bard College
Annandale-on-Hudson, NY

2005: Music Director
The Dessoff Choirs
New York City

2005: Choral Music Director
Berkshire Bach Society
Great Barrington, MA

2003: Director of Choruses
Bard Music Festival
Annandale-on-Hudson, NY

2002-2003: Acting Choral Director
Berkshire Bach Society
Great Barrington, MA

2001-2003: Music Director
Cappella Festiva Orch. and Chorus
Poughkeepsie, NY

2000-Present: Associate Professor of Music
Bard College
Annandale-on Hudson, NY

2000-Present: Music Director
Light Opera of Oklahoma
Tulsa, OK

1997-Present: Music Director
May Festival Summer Chorus
Cincinnati, OH

1996-Present: Music Director
May Festival Youth Chorus
Cincinnati, OH

PREVIOUS APPOINTMENTS

2001-2002: Assistant Director
Master’s in Fine Arts
in Conducting Program
Bard College, Annandale-on Hudson

1999-2002: Founder and Artistic Director
Voices United Arts Camp
Indianapolis, Indiana.
Originally formed as an education
outreach program for Indianapolis
Symphonic Choir, this residential
camp is directed toward at-risk
middle school students in the
greater Indianapolis area.
The curriculum includes choral
and instrumental music, visual arts,
and creative movement.

2000-2001: Principal Guest Conductor and
Artistic Advisor
Indianapolis Symphonic Choir and
Indianapolis Chamber Singers
Indianapolis, IN

1998-2000: Artistic Director and Conductor
Indianapolis Symphonic Choir

1997-1998: Assistant Director of Choruses
Cincinnati May Festival, Cincinnati, OH

1996-1998: Assistant Conductor
Indianapolis Symphonic Choir

1996-2000: Founder and Conductor
Indianapolis Chamber Singers

1991-1993: Director of Music
The Asheville School
Asheville, NC

1991-1993: Assistant Conductor
Asheville Symphony Chorus
Asheville, NC

OTHER

1989-91: Founder and Artistic Director
The United States Music Ensemble
Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL

1996-1997: Vocal coach in the studio of
Giorgio Tozzi

1995-1997: Opera Coaching and Conducting
with Imre Pallo and Robert Porco

1992: Goethe Institute (Iserlohn, Germany);
Completed Grundstufe I

1988-1990: Robert Shaw Institute Festival Singers
France and New York

FORMAL EDUCATION

1999: Doctor of Music in Choral Conducting
Indiana University
Minor Fields: Music Literature and
History/Twentieth Century Cultural Studies

1991: Master of Music in Musicology
(American Music)
The Florida State University

1990: Master of Music Education
(Choral Conducting)
The Florida State University

1988: Bachelor of Music Education
(Piano)
Birmingham-Southern College