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MUSIC DIRECTOR
    Music Director for the Theatre Academy (also accompanist) Walnut Hill School for the Arts Fall 2005 - Spring 2007
    Resident Music Director (all productions & nightly cabarets * also accompanist/arranger) Carousel Music Theatre 2004 Summer/Fall season
    Jesus Christ Superstar (also accompanist/pit conductor) Encore Musical Theatre Company  2010
    Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol (annually * also composer/arranger)  New Repertory Theatre  2005, '06, '07, '08 & '09
    Nunsense (also accompanist) Dexter Community Players 2009
    Grease (also accompanist/pit conductor) Dexter Community Players 2009
    The Apple Tree (also accompanist/pit conductor) Dexter Community Players 2008
    Kitchen Play intermezzo (also singer) i Sebastiani commedia dell'arte 2006
    Doppio del corpo intermezzo (also singer) i Sebastiani commedia dell'arte 2005
    Grease (also accompanist/pit conductor) Derby Arts Academy 2005
    Broadway in Bellerose (substitute MD/accompanist)   Saint Gregory's Theatre 2004
    Illeana Kirven's Cabaret (also arranger/accompanist) YMHA, NJ 2004
    Be a Man (also composer/accompanist/pit conductor) NWU Theatre 2003
    Liturgical choir director & musician

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ACCOMPANIST and/or KEYBOARDIST
The Wizard of Oz Young People's Theatre 2009
Honk! (also pit conductor) Dexter Community Players 2008
1940's Radio Hour Community High School, Ann Arbor, MI 2008
The Baker's Wife (also vocal coach) Performance Network Theatre  2007
Disney's Beauty & the Beast Wheelock Family Theatre 2007
Seussical Dedham High School, Dedham, MA        2007
Monsters! The Musical (also substitute pit conductor) Centastage, Boston Center for the Arts   2006
Cinderella Dedham High School, Dedham, MA 2006
Always a Bridesmaid, Always a Bride Off-Broadway, Vinnie Black's Coliseum 2005
Children of Eden NWU Theatre 2003
I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change (for limited rehearsals) TADA Productions 2003
Footloose Lincoln Community Playhouse 2003
Ed Linderman's Broadway Jukebox (also singer) NWU Theatre 2002
Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat NWU Theatre 2002
Jesus Christ Superstar Lincoln Community Playhouse 2002
Little Shop of Horrors NWU Theatre 2001
The Wiz NWU Theatre 2000
"Art 4 Life": benefit concert for 2004 tsunami victims Art 4 NYC & The Phuket Project 2005
"At the Movies": spring concert Lincoln Civic Orchestra 2001
Freelance accompanist/keyboardist Weddings, auditions, cabarets, etc. 1995-Present
Master classes' accompanist Encore Musical Theatre Company 2010
Keyboardist/vocalist Amber Dawn folk/rock band 2001-02
Accompanist Missoula Children's Theater tours 1999, 2000

Accompanist: NWU Theatre & Music Departments:

          Women’s, Show, Chamber & University Choirs & recitals/juries/lessons/auditions

1999-2003

 
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INSTRUCTOR
     Voice teacher/coach Private lessons 2003-Present
     Vocal coach Young People's Theatre 2008
     Voice teacher Walnut Hill School for the Arts' Theatre Academy 2005-07
     Instructor New Repertory Theatre musical theatre classes 2006
     Instructor Derby Arts Academy showtunes & a cappella classes 2006
     Instructor Boston Center for Adult Education cake decorating classes 2006
     Host performer/panelist NYC Travel Adventures educational travel agency 2004  
     Student instructor NWU class: American History Through Protest Songs 2003
     Counselor SumFun special needs’ day camp 2000
     Assistant instructor Bright Lights 2000
     Assistant director NWU Children's Choir Camp 2000
     Piano teacher Private lessons 1998-99

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COMPOSER/ARRANGER

SOUNDCLIPS

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                   Reaching for Paradise: 

                   The Life & Art of Carlotta Petrina  

Original score for public television video-biography 

written & produced by Virginia Tufte, Ph.D.

In Progress

 
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                   Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol

 

Original score & arrangements for vocals & 15+ instruments 

performed annually by New Repertory Theatre

2005-09
                   Newton & the Apple

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Original music for cartoon

written and animated by Aaron Santos, Ph.D. 

2009

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                   Be a Man 

 

 

Original musical theatre comedy co-composed with Luke Jones

performed by NWU Theatre Department

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                   Nursery Song Cycle

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5-song cycle for Mezzo Soprano with Piano

performed at NWU recitals & at 2003 Phi Kappa Phi banquet

2003

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                   "Ave Maria”

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SATB choral piece with SATB soloists

performed by NWU Choir on 2002 European tour & 2003 Baccalaureate

performed by The Western Wind 

2002

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                   "Ave Maria”

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Soprano/Mezzo Soprano/Tenor piece with Piano 

performed on NWU recitals & at St. Paul United Methodist Church

2002

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                   Wedding ceremonial music on commission   

2000-Present
                   Choral pieces for NWU Show Choir & Men's Glee 2000-02

                   Music for A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Grand Island High School, NE

2001

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SINGER 

PERFORMANCE RESUME & SOUNDCLIPS
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VISUAL ARTIST
Freelance cake decorator 1990-Present
Cake decorator: Cakeman Raven Confectionery 2005
Pet portrait artist   2003-Present
Mural artist: Pizza Hut restaurant: Lincoln, NE 2002
Face painter for fairs & fundraisers 1990-2005
Artist/designer: Corporate tourism logo: Long Pine, NE Chamber of Commerce 1996
Book cover illustrator: How to Love a Basketcase by Jan Ford 1996

 
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EDUCATION

B.A. in Music from Nebraska Wesleyan University in 2003 * High Distinction honors

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SPECIAL SKILLS
Sightreads vocal & piano music  *  Accompanies/plays piano from fakebooks
Improvises on piano  *  Transcribes music from recordings  *  Skilled with Finale
Draws & paints  *  Crafter (decorative painting, greeting cards, "found" art)
Sketch artist  *  Sews/quilts/designs with fabric  *  Candy maker