Some teaching and training info…
Voice Faculty
Wagner College (Staten Island, New York) 2010-present
Individual Vocal Instruction (2010-Present)
Opera Workshop Director (2010-2020)
Performance Hour Instructor (2010-2020)
American Musical and Dramatic Academy (Manhattan, New York) 2015-Present
Individual Vocal Instruction
Beginning Vocal Technique Class for Actors
Voice Consultant for Acting Workshop Performances
Orfeo Vocal Arts Academy (Dresden, Germany) 2015-Present
General Director
Individual Vocal Instruction
Master Classes
Group Classes
American Institute of Musical Studies (AIMS) (Graz, Austria) 2011-2013
Individual Vocal Instruction
Master Classes in Early Music
Early Music Concert Preparation & Conducting
Musica Coeli (Graz, Austria) 2013
Individual Vocal Instruction
Master Classes
Festa Lirica Italiana (Ischia, Italy) 2007
Individual Vocal Instruction
Master Classes in Musical Style
Dramatic Interpretation, & Audition Preparation
Institut für Logopaedie (Dresden, Germany) 2002-2004
Individual Vocal Instruction
Special Needs
Musikschule am Wasaplatz (Dresden, Germany) 2001-2004
Individual Vocal Instruction
College Preparation
Cypress-Fairbanks School District (Houston, Texas) 1996-1998
Individual Vocal Instruction (Cypress Creek HS/Langham Creek HS/
Competition Preparation Jersey Village HS/Cypress Falls HS)
Guest Lecturer/Master Class
Columbia University (New York, New York) 2012/2013
American Institute of Musical Studies (Graz, Austria) 2012/2013
Sam Houston State University (Huntsville, Texas) 2012/2013
Private Studio
(Opera/Oratorio/Art Song/Early Music/Musical Theater)
New York, New York 2005-Present
Dresden, Germany 2000-2004
Houston, Texas 1996-1998
Stage Director
Wagner College Opera Workshop (Wagner College, NYC) 2012-Present
Fierce Moments in Opera (Opera Feroce - NYC) 2010
Cavalleria Rusticana/I Pagliacci (Figment Festival – Governor’s Island, NYC) 2009
A Walk in the Park (Various Scenes) (Manhattan, NYC) 2009
I Pagliacci Workshop Performance (Manhattan, NYC) 2008
Education/Training
Meisterklasse (1st Year) Hochschule für Musik Dresden 2005
Postgraduate Degree Hochschule für Musik Dresden 2004
Singer's Diploma Hochschule für Musik Dresden 2002
Bachelor of Arts in Music Sam Houston State University 1996
Voice: Diana Soviero, Michael Chance, John Norris, Mark Oswald, Prof. Margret Trappe, Walter Foster, Barbara Corbin, Catherine Wafford
Audited: Deb Birnbaum, Ira Siff, Dr. Joyce Farwell
Master Classes: Michael Chance, John Norris, Niklas Trüstedt
Coachings: Kathy Olsen, Olaf Bär, Liora Maurer, Lucy Arner, Ludger Rémy, Elizabeth Priday, Jonathan Dudley, John Churchwell, Rodger Hamilton, Vérène Rimlinger, Sabine Klinkert, Thomas Gläser
Conducting: Dr. Kent Hatteberg, Dr. Carol Smith
Acting: Dr. James Miller, Prof. Andreas Baumann
Languages: German (fluent), Italian, French, Latin (Italianate & Germanic Pronunciation)