COACH and PIANIST
My mother is a piano teacher, and I was lucky to not only learn how to play at a young age, but also to have a bird's eye view of her pedagogy every day growing up. In my professional career, coaching for other studios has opened me up to an enormous amount of new repertoire and teaching tools. Collaborating has also helped me to understand the music I sing and teach in new ways.
Vocal Coaching and Accompanying
Mixed Vocal Chamber Ensemble, Coach and Accompanist, College of St. Rose, 2018
Vocal Coach and Accompanist
University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND, 2015-2017
University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, 2013-2015
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Accompanied standard operatic, art song, musical theater, chamber music, and spiritual repertoire for graduate and undergraduate voice lessons, juries, recitals, and other performances for voice majors and minors of other studios in the music department
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Worked with students privately outside of lessons at least once weekly on language, style, and interpretation of repertoire
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Wrote or assisted in writing ornamentation for bel canto or baroque songs when applicable
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Reinforced the technical goals of the applied teacher when requested
Assistant Music Director and Pianist, Schmidt Opera Outreach Program, Lexington, KY, 2013
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Coached emerging professionals on their roles in the children’s opera Jack and the Beanstalk
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Led full cast rehearsals; shaped musical decisions and ensemble issues
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Accompanied the production on piano through its 100 performances statewide, also serving as narrator and emcee