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EDUCATION: Berklee College of Music, songwriting and music production.
WORK EXPERIENCE (paid & volunteer)
Co-owner, producer, singer/songwriter Sweet Mocha Music,
LLC
Music teacher's assistant working with young children FunikiJam,
NYC
Piano accompaniment & vocal performance Triple Threat Troupe,
Brooklyn, NY
Music teacher for the deaf (volunteer) Northern Regional
Program for the Deaf, VT
Piano accompanist (volunteer) Circle in the
Square, NYC
PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE
Chamber Group Oboist Kaufman
Center, NYC
Greene Space Singer/Songwriter/pianist WNYC & WQXR
Burlington Jazz Festival Lead Vocal Soloist & pianist
Flynn Jazz Combo C
Burlington First Night Jazz Vocal Soloist & pianist Flynn
Jazz Combo C
Green Mt. Youth Symphony Principal Oboist
Montpelier VT.
VT All-State Orchestra Oboist, English Horn soloist
Rutland, VT
Vermont Youth Orchestra Oboist VYOA Chambers
& Philharmonia
Holiday Performance Vocal Soloist VYOA
Orchestra Chorus/Concert Choral
TRAINING
Instrumental:
. Piano - Classical (15 years) Joyce
Flanagan, Art DeQuasie
. Piano - Jazz (6 years) Tom Cleary at
UVM
. Oboe & English Horn (10 years) Nadine
Carpenter, Cathy Geradi
Voice:
. Julie Danielson, Broadway Artists Alliance Voice
Coaching/Song Interpretation
. Beth Falcone, Circle in the Square Voice
Coaching/Physical Technique
. Bill Reed, Bill Reed's Voice Studios, South Burlington, VT
Voice Coaching/Physical Technique
. Broadway Artist Alliance Voice Major -
Advanced Level
. Jeffrey Buettner, Ph.D., Vermont Youth Orchestra Association
Choral Voice
Musical Theatre:
. Bill Reed Voice Studios Summer Musical Theatre Intensives
Acting, Singing, Voice Coaching,
and winter workshops in Vermont with Alan Langdon,
Physical Technique and Dancing
Danyon Davis, Kevin McIntyre, Larry Crabtree, Ken Schatz
. CAP21: High School Intensive Acting,
Singing, Voice Coaching
Musical TheatreTraining Program Physical Technique
and Dancing
. Circle in the Square Theatre School Acting,
Singing, Speech, Coaching, Dancing
Summer Musical Workshop
Acting:
. Barrow Theatre Group TV & Film Acting,
Scene Study
. Actors Connection TV & Film Acting
. Different Directions Co-Lab Theatre
Acting/Improvisation
Dancing:
. Steps on Broadway Broadway: Dance,
Tap & Jazz
. The Rock School for Dance Education Ballet, Jazz,
Modern, Tap
. Vermont Ballet Conservatory Ballet, Jazz,
Modern
SPECIAL SKILLS: I am a singer/songwriter and vocalist specializing in Jazz
and Blues. Fluent in ASL (American Sign Language); experience working with
the deaf; piano accompaniment; Oboe, English horn, Alto sax; can play with
Jazz Combos, Chamber Ensembles and orchestras.