
Falmouth Chorale & Orchestra 2007-
Interim Music Director
La Jolla United Methodist Church 2006-2007
Artistic Director
San Diego Choral Union 2005-2006
Founding Artistic Director,
Pilot Program
- Children's
Chorus, Treble Chorale, Chamber Chorale (adults)
San Diego Children's Choir 2004-2005
Artistic Director
- Director of 6 Ensembles: Symphonic, Chamber, Youth, Concert, Intermediate,
Preparatory.
Chicago Symphony Orchestra South Shore Community
Chorus 2003
Guest Conductor, Spring Concert
Telluride Choral Society, Telluride, CO
1994-2002
Founder and Artistic Director
- Created the Children's Chorus of Telluride (3 Ensembles), Telluride
Chorale, Chamber Singers.
- Director of all ensembles; responsible for all musical decisions.
- Composer and arranger of substantial part of repertoire.
- 15-20 annual concerts in community and region, creative in content and
of high quality.
Telluride Chamber Orchestra, Telluride, CO
1994-2001
Artistic Director, Conductor, Performer
- Arranger and composer of substantial part of repertoire.
- Ensemble coach.
- Concert emcee; presenter of performance notes.
Independent Contractor, Telluride, CO
1994-2002
- Private Studio - Private lessons and small classes in composition,
theory, voice, musicianship, sight singing, piano and trumpet
- SummerSing - Self designed weekend retreats offering workshops uniquely
designed to address the individual singer through folk music and popular song.
- Mountain Gospel - Leader of community singing of gospels and
spirituals.
- Telluride Academy 's "Yankee Music" - Summer classes for
children utilizing multi-cultural songs, musical games, motion and humor.
- Montessori School - Early level music training incorporating Kodaly,
Orff and Dalcroze techniques.
- Telluride Barbershop Chorus
- Telluride Mountain School - General music, grades 3-8.
- Coffeehouse Concerts - Informal concerts of folk and jazz.
- Acoustic Medicine - Leader, hammered dulcimer trio.
- Yankee Boy Swing - Leader, jazz and swing combo featuring trumpet and
vocals.
- San Juan Brass - First trumpet, brass trio/quartet.
- AhHaa School - Various classes and workshops offered to community.
- "A Difficult Man"- Arranger, orchestrator and conductor
for original musical.
- Free-lance transcriber and arranger; expert in Finale notation software.
Telluride School District, Telluride, CO 1994-1998
Artist in Residence, Faculty Member
- General music courses, K-5.
- Music appreciation classes, grades 6-8: Fantasia, American Music.
- Specially designed courses, grades 9-12: Great Works, Popular Song,
Music and Theater.
- Coordinator of in-school concerts, assemblies and classroom
demonstrations.
- Initiator in outlining K-12 curriculum and sequence.
- Created basic music library of texts, CDs and videos.
- Assisted in establishing music faculty positions in school district.
- Participant in Independent Study and Mentorship programs.
- Continuing consultant and advisor.
Telluride Repertory Company, Telluride, CO 1994-1997
Resident Composer and Music Director
- Original music for Macbeth, Dancing at Lughnasa, Merry Wives of Windsor.
- Music Director/Conductor: Quilters, Little Shop of Horrors, Cabaret,
Cinderella in Telluride.
- Performer, Forever Plaid.
"Cross Country", Baltimore, MD
1986-1993
Folk Trio & Recording Artists
- Performing artists throughout Mid Atlantic and New England states.
- Presentations and workshops at folk festivals, coffeehouses and schools.
- Recordings include "Cross Country" (1989) and "Never Grow
Old" (1992).
The Walden School for Young Composers, Dublin, NH 1977-1993
Vice President
- Faculty member in this school for highly motivated music students, ages
8-18.
- Teacher in composition, theory, analysis, orchestration, history,
arranging, song writing, jazz.
- Coordinator and Conductor of Composer Forums.
- Director, Walden Chorus.
Peabody Preparatory Institute, Baltimore, MD
1977-79, 1986-1991
Faculty Member: Musicianship, Composition, Trumpet
Garrison Forest School, Owings Mills, MD 1988-1993
Director of Choral Activities
- General Music, Grades 6-12
Calvert Hall College, Towson, MD 1986-1990
Director of Choral Music
- Music Appreciation, Grades 9-12
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 1982-1986
- Director, University of Pittsburgh Men's Glee Club
- Teaching Assistant, Jazz
Yale School of Music, New Haven, CT
1980-1981
- Teaching Assistant in graduate music theory
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