EDUCATION :
1983-1985 Post-Graduate Studies in Opera: NEC/Boston Conservatory
1979-1982 Ph.D. work in Composition: Boston University
(Teaching Fellow in Ear Training and Keyboard Harmony)
1976-1978 Master of Arts in Voice: Trenton State Teacher’s College (Degree Earned: 1978)
(Teaching Assistant in Ear Training)
1971-1975 Bachelor of Music in Composition: Julliard School of Music (Degree Earned: 1975)
TEACHERS:
Composition : David Diamond, Otto Leuning, Vincent Persichetti (Juilliard), Joyce Mekeel, John Thow, David Del Tredici (BU), and Calvin Hampton Voice: Oren Brown (Juilliard), Jeffrey Gall, Jerome Hines, and Valery Ryvkin (Metropolitan Opera) and John Powell (Rutgers); Michael Strauss (New England Conservatory) Piano: Kiriena Zilotti, Thomas Richner, James Scott, and Phyllis Lehrer (collaborative piano) Guitar: Martha Blackman
AWARDS & COMMISSIONS
2012 Hamlet after William Shakespeare, Commissioned by Boston Metro Opera
2012 Fire Chant, Commissioned by Non-Verbal Sacred Chants
2011 Birthday On The Moon Second Place Long Leaf Opera Competition
2010 Alone Gd. Sufficeth Director’s Prize Longfellow Chorus Competition
2010 Blessings on Your Home First Place BMO International Composer Competition: Choral Division
2009 Antigon Mainstage Award BMO International Composer Competition: Opera Division
1993 Scrooge and Peter Pan (Music Theater) Commissioned by Prime Time at Massasoit College
1992 Winnie the Pooh Commissioned by the North Shore Civic Ballet
1990 Pinocchio Commissioned by the North Shore Civic Ballet
1990 Invocation for Organ Commissioned by the American Guild of Organists
for the Biennial National Convention in Boston; published by E. C. Schirmer
1988 Five Spirituals Commissioned by Sonante
1984 The Other Wise Man Commissioned by Hancock Church in Lexington, MA.
1983 Scrooge (Ballet) Commissioned by The Copley Square Ballet
1983-1984 Scholarship NEC/Boston Conservatory Joint Opera Program
1976 Nameless Tunes Commissioned by Christ Church in New Brunswick
1972 Honorary Scholarship The Julliard School of Music
1971 St. Mark Passion Commissioned by Church of the Resurrection in NYC
COMPOSER RESIDENCIES
1992-1993 Prime Time at Massasoit College, Brockton, MA.
1989-1997 Putnam Court Musicians Marblehead, MA.
1986-1989 Music Now & Now Dance Boston, MA.
NOTABLE PERFORMANCES
2012 The first scene of Hamlet and other works, performed by Boston Metro Opera
2010 Antigon Opera in One-Act and selections from Aesops Fables premiered by Boston Metro Opera
2010 Edward II Full Length Opera in Six Tableaux Professionally recorded by Acting Singers Project
2009 Psalms of Peace (Movement V) Performed at Old South under Harry Huff
2003 The Swallow and The Prince An Opera in One-Act Premiered by Acting Singers Project
2001 Kali Three Short Operas in One-Act Premiered in concert by Acting Singers Project
2000 The Sin-Eater Dramatic Monologue Cablecast on BNN TV
1995 The Journey (Selections) An Opera in One-Act Premiered by Kinetic Dance Theater of Moscow
1993 Alice in Wonderland / Through The Looking-Glass: Selections broadcast on National Public Radio
1992 6 Snapshots for Flute used in Auto-Portamatic, a video by TJ Norris
1992 Auto-Portamatic shown at the Outlook Film & Video Festival in NYC at the Outlook
1990 The Balcony Scene from incomplete full length opera cablecast on BNN TV
1988 Psalms of Peace (Movement 1) Premiered by at King’s Chapel under Daniel Pinkham
1985 Paradise Lost Tone Poem for Brass Band Premiered by the MIT Concert Band
1975 Mask of the Red Death Tone Poem for Full Orchestra recorded by the Julliard Concert Orchestra
1971 Cloud Blue Tone Poem for String Orchestra recorded by the Julliard String Orchestra