EDUCATION
Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, 2020
D.M. Vocal Performance
Minors: Music Education and Russian
Brigham Young University, 2015
M.M. Vocal Performance
Southern Utah University, 2012
B.A. Music, emphasis in Vocal Performance.
Minor: German
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Teaching Artist – Tunaweza Kimuziki
Fall 2020-Present
Online vocal instructor for students at Kabarak University School of Music in Nairobi, Kenya.
Secondary Voice Coordinator – Indiana University
Fall 2018-Spring 2019
Training graduate associates instructors in their teaching duties.
Coordinating auditions, roster checks, student assignments and grade submissions
Associate Instructor of Voice – Indiana University
Fall 2016-2019
Undergraduate group and private voice lessons
Adjunct Faculty in Music – Brigham Young University
Spring 2016
Directed Opera Chorus and instructed undergraduate group and private voice lessons
Graduate Supervisor – Brigham Young University
Fall 2014-Spring 2015
Trained graduate vocal students in designing and executing undergraduate music courses.
Coordinated teacher and student schedules
Undergraduate Voice Instructor – Brigham Young University
Spring 2013-2015
Group and private voice lessons for non-vocal majors
Private Piano and Voice Teacher - Cedar Music Store
2008-2009
Private piano and voice lessons
PERFORMANCES
Opera Roles
Mother in The Three Hermits IU Production, July 2019
Euterpe in Parnasso in festa IU Production, February 2019
Bertarido in Rodelinda IU Opera, February 2017
Frau Lange in The Lost Children of Hamelin BYU Opera, June 2016
Cherubino in Le nozze di Figaro BYU Opera, October 2014
Prince Orlofsky in Die Fledermaus BYU Opera, October 2013
Ruth in The Pirates of Penzance BYU Opera, June 2013
Erste Dame in Die Zauberflöte SUU Opera, January 2009
Madame Pompous in Too Many Sopranos SUU Opera, November 2008
Solo Work
Composition Recital of Abel Esbenshade Bloomington, IN - Feb. 2018
Played the part of Asmoday in the opening
scene of the opera Ex Paradisum
Doctoral Recital Bloomington, IN - July 2017
Cycles by Schumann and Edwin Penhorwood
with selections by Rachmaninoff
Wasatch Chorale’s Messiah Production Provo, UT - Dec. 2015
Alto soloist
50th Anniversary Celebration of HFAC Provo, UT - April 2015
Mezzo soloist and alto II.
Utah Baroque Ensemble Provo, UT - April 2015
Alto soloist in Bach’s Bleib bei uns, denn es
will Abend werden
Graduate Russian Lecture Recital Provo, UT - January 2015
Art songs and arias spanning Glinka to Sviridov
Moscow Conservatory’s International Recital Moscow, Russia – August 2014
Selections by Rachmaninoff and Moisés Simons
Messiah with Orchesestra of Southern Utah Cedar City, UT - Dec. 2011
Soloist
Ensemble Performances
Gregorian chant services St. John the Apostle Catholic Church, Current
Alto section leader
IU Production of Bach’s St. John Passion IU Production, March 2018
Alto
BYU Singers China Tour China, April-May 2015
Soloist and Alto II
Brevitas Recording Sessions and Concert Salt Lake City, UT - July 2015
Alto section leader
BYU Singers Northwestern Tour Idaho, Washington, Oregon, April-May 2014
Alto I
Phantom of the Opera Provo, UT - January 2013
Dance ensemble and chorus
SUU Concert Choir Cedar City, UT - 2007-2011
Soprano II
BYU Concert Choir Provo, UT - 2006-2007
Soprano II
COMPETITIONS & AWARDS
Ariel Bybee Award Provo, UT - January 2015
Award presented by Ariel Bybee
at BYU’s Young Artist of Voice competition.
BYU Concerto Competition Winner Provo, UT - January 2015
Won vocal division of Concerto Competition.
Performed Dargomyzhsky’s “Первая песня Лауры”
with BYU Symphony and Philharmonic.
1st Place at NATS Las Vegas, NV – 2011
Won first place in the sophomore vocal division.
Halverson Young Artist Winner Cedar City, UT - April 2009
Won vocal division and performed with the Orchestra
of Southern Utah.
FELLOWSHIPS & SCHOLARSHIPS
FLAS Russian language fellowship Indiana University, Summer 2017
Funded attendance at IU’s prestigious summer intensive
Russian program
Graduate Fellowship Research Award recipient Brigham Young University, 2014-2015
Funded study at the Moscow Conservatory with
Galina Pisarenko
FLAS Russian language fellowship Brigham Young University, 2014-2015
Funded Russian literature and grammar classes for the
academic school year
Rondhalter Award in Music Southern Utah University, Spring 2008
Awarded for highest sophomore GPA at SUU’s school of music
ADDITIONAL TEACHING QUALIFICATIONS
Minor Music Education
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Doctoral Minor and additional graduate electives taken in Music Education
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Graduate courses in “Teaching College Music,” “Theories of Music Learning and Motivation,” “History and Social Foundations of Music Education,” and “Teaching Secondary General Music.”
Vocal Literature
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Graduate courses in opera and art song literature
LANGUAGES
Doctoral minor in Russian – IU Jacobs School of Music – April 2020
Undergraduate minor in German – Southern Utah University – August 2012
Study German in Austria and Germany -Summers 2007 and 2008