Objective: To teach music that fosters a love of life and learning within a holistic education

Education: Westminster Choir College – Princeton, NJ

Bachelor of Music in Music Education – Voice Primary, 2013
summa cum laude, GPA: 3.88, Dean’s List All Semesters
Baccalaureate Honors Program
Experience – Music Teacher:
Santa Rosa Symphony - Santa Rosa, CA
Singing and Music Theory Instructor – 2017 – Present
I teach year round with the Santa Rosa Symphony through the Summer Academy and
the after-school Simply String Program. In the Summer Academy, I teach both choir and
kindergarten general music, working on skills in reading music and singing with healthy
vocal technique. With Simply Strings, I teach the general music component of pre-
orchestra with grades 2-4, cultivating the skills to read and understand music through the
joy of music-making in community.
SunRidge School - Sebastopol, CA
Choir Director – 2015 – Present
I teach choir to grades 5-8 at this Waldorf charter school in Sebastopol, CA. Students
learn music theory and healthy vocal technique while singing traditional and contemporary
repertoire. Songs are chosen to connect both to the grades’ core curricula and to the
students’ lives outside the classroom. Learning through song, our choir curriculum is
based upon musical literacy, expression, solfège, intonation, and singing in harmonies and
rounds.
Hawthorne Valley Farm - Ghent, NY
Music Director and Farm Field Educator – Summer 2015
As an educator in this farm-based summer program, I led children in musical
agricultural and creative activities in many areas of Hawthorne Valley’s diverse school
and biodynamic farm. We celebrated our lifestyle with daily songs and circle gatherings,
which I coordinated as music director.
La Ferme Musicale - Palau-del-Vidre, France
Music and Farm Educator – 2015
La Ferme Musicale is a pedagogical center for music and gardening in the Pyrénées of
southern France. Students received lessons in general music and percussion while
engaging in an awareness of fresh and nourishing foods. Children learned instrumental
techniques, solfège, and repertoire from Africa and the Americas. The curriculum
connected music and nature by singing about environmental conservation and playing
shekeres made from the farm’s gourde vegetables.
The American Boychoir School - Princeton, NJ
Director of the Apprentice Program – 2012-2013
I conducted and directed an ensemble of boys from the greater-Princeton area,
grades 3-6. This choir was auditioned based upon potential to join the American
Boychoir School. I instructed musical and vocal skills in the boychoir tradition of
intensive ensemble training. We studied solfège, sight reading, and ear training while
preparing repertoire for seasonal concerts
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Experience – Music Teacher, cont.

St. Catherine’s School: Brilliant Summer Program - Richmond, VA

Music Teacher – Summers 2010-2014
I developed and taught classes in singing, grades 2-6 and composition, grades 4-6. I
structured these classes to engage learning through games and creative activities that
connected to students’ lives outside the classroom. As a co-operative instructor, I also
taught piano preschool-grade 6; African drum circle grades 2-6, shekere, grades 2-3; and
guitar grades 4-6. I initiated differentiated instruction with students at different musical
levels to teach musical skills, songs and games, and instrument-specific techniques.

Musical Training:
Voice and Drama with soprano, Carolann Page – 2009-2014
Piano with Dr. Patricia Landy – 2010-2012
Piano with Randy McConnell – 1999-2009

Experience – Solo Vocal:

La Cesca, Gianni Schicchi, Hudson Lyric Opera – 2013
Herself (lead), The Proposal, Harrower Opera Workshop – 2013
Laura Hildebrand, Street Scene, Harrower Opera Workshop – 2013
Soloist in the world premier of Baldassare Galluppi’s Miserere with the Westminster
Symphonic Choir under Amanda Quist – 2012

Experience – Choral:
Seton Hall Catholic University Chapel Choir – Professional Chorister, Alto – 2011-2014
Westminster CoOperative Program – Opera chorus, Don Giovanni and La Bohème – 2013
Westminster Symphonic Choir with Joe Miller and Amanda Quist – 2011–2012
Carnegie Hall, Kimmel Center: Verdi Requiem, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Philadelphia Orchestra
Carnegie Hall: Villa-Lobos/Estevez, Gustavo Dudamel, Simon Bolivar Orchestra
Carnegie Hall: Mahler’s 2nd Symphony, Simon Rattle, Berlin Philharmonic
Kimmel Center: Brahms Requiem, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Philadelphia Orchestra,
Central Park: Concert Under the Stars (Andrea Bocelli), Alan Gilbert, New York Philharmonic

Experience – Yoga Instructor:

Ananda Ashram Monroe, NY
Hatha Yoga Instructor – 2014
As a resident instructor at the ashram, I taught Vinyasa, Yoga for Meditation,
Gentle Yoga, and Ashtanga Yoga. Trained through the ashram lineage, I completed my
200-hour certification at Ananda under David Michael Hollander.
St. Catherine’s School: Brilliant Summer Program Richmond, VA
Kid’s Yoga Instructor – Summers 2013-2014
I taught daily yoga classes to children grades 4-10 through a holistic and playful
curriculum. We explored yoga physically and mentally with rhythmic games, focused
mental exercises, and imaginative group activities.

Relevant Skills: Piano (12 years), Guitar and Recorder Proficiency, Fluent French
CPR/First Aid Certified, Certified Yoga Instructor