Some teaching and training info…

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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)