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Training
Education History
D.M.A. VOCAL PERFORMANCE AND PEDAGOGY, 1993
University of Southern Mississippi, 1988-1993
Major instructors: David
Holley, voice/opera; Dr. Paul Andersen, organ
Dissertation Chair: Dr.
Richard Sanchez
Dissertation Title: "A
Comparison of Vocal Requirements Between the Leading Tenor
Arias in Idomeneo and The Abduction from the Seraglio: How
Mozart Wrote for Anton Raaff and Valentin Adamberger"
M.M. VOCAL PERFORMANCE, 1988
University of
West Georgia, 1986-1988
Major instructors: Inge
Manski-Lundeen, voice, opera; Dr. Robert Coe, organ
B.M. VOCAL PERFORMANCE, 1986
University of
West Georgia, 1984-1986
Major instructors: Inge
Manski-Lundeen, voice, opera; George Mann, piano
Stetson
University, 1981-1984
Voice and Piano Performance Study
Major instructors: Mollie
Rich, voice; Virginia Hutchings, piano
Post-Doctoral Studies
Vocal and Piano
Instruction/Coaching
Dr. Thomas Houser, International
Master Teacher of Singing, Pennsylvania, March 1994 to
present Dr. Robert Palmer, Sursa
Distinguished Professor of Piano, Ball State University,
2002-2004
Ted Taylor, New York City, Metropolitan Opera
coach/accompanist, September 1998 David
Holley, Director of Opera, University of North
Carolina-Greensboro, 1992-94 National
Association of Teachers of Singing 1997 Internship Program
One of twelve college teachers selected nationally for
teacher training program
Penn State University, June 1997
Post-Doctoral Courses
(voice-related courses taught by Thomas Houser, Ph.D. and
others):
— "Body, Mind and Spirit Equals Voice,"
Marywood University, Scranton, PA, July 1997
— "Vocal Pedagogy Part II," Marywood University, Scranton,
Pennsylvania, June 1995
— "Explorations in Singing," Marywood University, Scranton,
Pennsylvania, July 1995
Graduate Course in
Opera Performance for the Singer-Actor:
— "Opera Workshop with Wesley Balk," Georgia
State University, Atlanta, GA.
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