M.A. in vocal performance: Trenton State Teachers' College Trenton, NJ.
Ph.D. work at Boston University (teaching fellow; taught courses in ear training and keyboard harmony).
Post graduate work at New England and Boston Conservatory in Opera (scholarship).
Composition Teachers: Vincent Persichetti, David Diamond, Otto Luening...
Voice Teachers: Oren Brown, Jerome Hines, Jeffrey Gall...
2017 Six Songs of Innocence & Experience; Cologne, Germany.
2015 Swallow and The Prince; grant*: Town of Dedham Cultural Council, MA.
2012 Hamlet; commissioned: Boston Metro Opera.
2012 Fire Chant commissioned: Non-Verbal Sacred Chants.
2011 Birthday on The Moon, second place: Long Leaf Opera Competition.
2010 Antigon Boston Metro's Main-Stage Award International Competition.
2010 Edward II: generous grant* from Daniel B. Kelly for professional recording.
2010 Alone Gd. Sufficeth Director's Prize: Longfellow Chorus Composition Competition.
*represents a grant given to Acting Singers Project for performance of my work.
Music performed: Copley Square Ballet Company, Kinetic Dance Theater of Moscow,
M. I. T. Concert Band, Mobius, North Shore Civic Ballet, OutLook Film & Video, NYC. Invocation for Organ commission by American Guild of Organists; published by E. C. Schirmer.
Composer in Residence: Music Now & Now Dance (one of 3 composers; also Artistic Director); Prime Time for Kids at Masasoit College, Brockton, MA (also Music Director); Putnam Court Musicians (also regular performer);
Ph.D. work at Boston University (teaching fellow; taught courses in ear training and keyboard harmony).
Post graduate work at New England and Boston Conservatory in Opera (scholarship).
Composition Teachers: Vincent Persichetti, David Diamond, Otto Luening...
Voice Teachers: Oren Brown, Jerome Hines, Jeffrey Gall...
2017 Six Songs of Innocence & Experience; Cologne, Germany.
2015 Swallow and The Prince; grant*: Town of Dedham Cultural Council, MA.
2012 Hamlet; commissioned: Boston Metro Opera.
2012 Fire Chant commissioned: Non-Verbal Sacred Chants.
2011 Birthday on The Moon, second place: Long Leaf Opera Competition.
2010 Antigon Boston Metro's Main-Stage Award International Competition.
2010 Edward II: generous grant* from Daniel B. Kelly for professional recording.
2010 Alone Gd. Sufficeth Director's Prize: Longfellow Chorus Composition Competition.
*represents a grant given to Acting Singers Project for performance of my work.
Music performed: Copley Square Ballet Company, Kinetic Dance Theater of Moscow,
M. I. T. Concert Band, Mobius, North Shore Civic Ballet, OutLook Film & Video, NYC. Invocation for Organ commission by American Guild of Organists; published by E. C. Schirmer.
Composer in Residence: Music Now & Now Dance (one of 3 composers; also Artistic Director); Prime Time for Kids at Masasoit College, Brockton, MA (also Music Director); Putnam Court Musicians (also regular performer);