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Academic Credentials

IB Certificate in Teaching and Learning, Diploma Programme         Bethel University (2013)

Master of Music, Voice Performance                                                Arizona State University (1997)

Bachelor of Arts, Voice Performance                                                Grand Canyon University (1991)

Music Education & Choral Direction Experience

2018 - 2024           IBDP Music Teacher                                      Jakarta Intercultural School

                                   High School Choir/Vocals

  • Teaches IB MUSIC for the International Baccalaureate Diploma Program. 

  • Teaches Choir (all levels), Music Production, Music Theory, Theory of Knowledge.

  • Music Director for the High School Choirs & Musical Productions.

  • Develops and aligns schoolwide Arts standards using NCAS Arts Standards.

  • Auditions and prepares JIS students to perform classical solos and octets for the annual Interscholastic Association of Southeast Asian Schools’ Cultural Conventions (IASAS) held virtually and in Singapore.

  • Developed online recording/video projects for the needs of online learning.

  • Advisor for the TriM Honor Society.

2016 - 2018            IBDP Music Teacher                            American International School of Dhaka

                               MS/HS Choral Director                       

  • Taught IB MUSIC for the International Baccalaureate Diploma Program.

  • Directed the Middle & High School Choirs.

  • Directed an after-school Show Choir involving choreographed songs.

  • Collaborated and assisted with the Middle & High School Band Program.

  • Staged and directed the High School Musical Productions. 

  • Prepared AISD students to perform in the annual South Asian Inter-Scholastic Association (SAISA) Music Festivals in Amman (Jordan) & Chennai (India).

  • AISD is an accredited school with the Council of International School

 

2014 – 2016            ES PYP Performing Arts Teacher       American International School of Dhaka                                              (Music, Drama & Dance)                           

  • Taught Elementary School Performing Arts for the IB Primary Years Program 

  • Directed the after-school children’s choir. 

  • Staged and directed ES musical productions. 

  • Collaborated with teachers/specialists to develop curriculum alignment across divisions and to enhance learning in PYP Units of Inquiry.

  • Prepared students to perform in bi-weekly school Assemblies.

2001-2013                Music Director                                  Adda Clevenger Junior Preparatory &

                                                                                             Theater School, San Francisco

  • Music Teacher and Choral Director in an Independent Performing Arts School for 13 years

  • Staged and directed up to four musicals and operettas and 2 major choral concerts per year involving the entire school (Kindergarten - Grade 8)

  • Coordinated a team of teachers working in choreography, sound design, lighting design, stage design, costume design, set design, and stage management.

  • Taught weekly individual voice lessons to 30-40 children in bel canto singing technique. 

  • Directed the school chorus in performing at Davies Symphony Hall (San Francisco), four times at Carnegie Hall (NY); at Canterbury Cathedral and Westminster Abbey (UK), at the Sherbourne Festival (UK);  and in winning the Outstanding Choir Award in competition with the Heritage Music Festivals (Washington DC) and the top scoring Middle School Choir at the international Festival of Gold (San Francisco).

Musicals and Operettas Directed 

High School Musical

Addams Family

In The Heights

Fiddler on the Roof

Grease (concert version)

Les Miserables 

Once Upon A Mattress

Scrooge

Annie

Oklahoma-Highlights

Gypsy

Alladin Jr.

Ragtime-Highlights

Oliver

Alice

Chicago-Highlights

Smike

Seussical Jr.

Wizard of Oz

Into the Woods Jr.

Beauty and the Beast

Guys and Dolls

Meet Me In St. Louis

The Mikado

Hansel and Gretel

HMS Pinafore

Child of the World

Pirates of Penzance

Shrek Jr.

Legally Blonde

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

Major Choral Works Directed

 

Liverpool Oratorio with full orchestra

Carmina Burana with full orchestra

Handel Messiah with chamber orchestra and full orchestra

Beethoven 9 Symphony, 4th movement, with full orchestra

Beethoven Choral Fantasy with full orchestra

Vivaldi Gloria Mass with chamber orchestra

2010 - present

2010 - present

Professional Performance Experience / Tenor

Musical Theater - Opera Performance - Concert Singing.

Professional Operatic & Dramatic Experience / Tenor

Madama Butterfly              Pinkerton                       Mission City Opera (2008)

First Tenor                         Chorus                           San Francisco Opera (2000-2007 / 38+operas)

Girl of the Golden West    Dick Johnson                 Cinnabar Theatre, Petaluma CA (2006)

Phantom of the Opera       Piangi, Lionman            Pantages Theatre, Livent, Toronto (1996-97)

Fiddler on the Roof           Tevye                             Adda Clevenger Theater School (2002)

Carmen                               Don Jose                       Mission City Opera (2006)

Carmen                               Don Jose                       Golden West Opera (2002)

La Traviata                           Alfredo                           San Francisco Lyric Opera (2001&2004)

Madam Butterfly                 Pinkerton                       Golden West Opera (2001)

Der Rosenkavalier              Marschallin Lackey        San Francisco Opera (2000) 

Assemblywomen                Foreman                        Max & Leo Productions, Toronto

Scenes from Faust               Faust                             Premiere Opera Company, Toronto

La Bohème                          Rodolfo                         Summer Opera Lyric Theatre, Toronto

La Bohème                          Rodolfo                         Opera Midi, Montreal

The Ballad of Baby Doe     Sam                              Lyric Opera Theatre, Phoenix, Arizona

Die Fledermaus                   Alfred                            Bayview Conservatory, Michigan

Professional Concert Solo Work / Tenor Soloist

 

Requiem Mass (Verdi)                                                   San Francisco Sinfonietta (2013)

Messiah (Handel)                                                           San Francisco Sinfoniettta (2012)

                                                                                       Davies Symphony Hall (2006-08)

CPE Bach Magnificat, JS Bach Christmas Oratorio      Bay Choral Guild (2011)

Liverpool Oratorio, Shanty                                             San Francisco Sinfonietta (2011)

Carmina Burana                                                             San Francisco Sinfonietta (2009)

Beethoven 9th Symphony                                              San Francisco Sinfonietta (2001-2010)

Missa Criolla(Nicaraguan Mass)                                    San Francisco Sinfonietta(2007)

Televised Christmas Concert                                         Phoenix Bach Choir, Arizona

Eight Scenes of Faust (Berlioz)                                     Montreal Symphony Orchestra

Messiah (Handel)                                                          Cellar Singers, Orillia & Bracebridge

Bach Cantatas 130, 214                                                New Tecumseth Singers, Alliston

Requiem Mass (Mozart)                                                McGill Choral Society, Montreal

Carmina Burana                                                            McGill Choral Society, Montreal

Operas performed with the

San Francisco Opera Chorus 

Parsifal                                                   Carmen

Don Giovanni                                          Turandot

Tsar’s Bride                                             Kát'a Kabanová

Luisa Miller                                             The Ballad of Baby Doe

Dead Man Walking                                 L'Elisir d'Amore

Semele                                                   Der Rosenkavalier

Die Zauberflöte                                       La Traviata

Aida                                                        Simon Boccanegra

Arshak                                                    Rigoletto

Samson et Dalila                                    Jenufa                            

Falstaff                                                    Saint François d'Assise

Otello                                                      La Damnation de Faust

Il Trovatore                                             The Mother of Us All

Cavalleria Rusticana                               I Pagliacci

Don Carlos                                              Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk

Billy Budd                                                Der Fliegende Holländer

Eugene Onegin                                       Fidelio

La Forza del Destino                              Tannheuser

The Merry Widow                                   Tosca

Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg 

 

                       Operas performed with the

             Montreal Opera Chorus

La Boheme

Aida

Macbeth

 

Professional Choral Singing Work 

American Bach Soloists (2011-2014)                                 

Sanford Dole Ensemble (2008-2012)

San Francisco Opera Chorus (2000-2007)

Montreal Symphony Orchestra Chorus (1993-1995)

Montreal Opera Chorus (1993-1995)

Santa Fe Desert Chorale (1992)

Phoenix Bach Choir (1991-1993)

Professional Affiliations

American Choral Directors Association

American Guild of Musical Artists

Association of Film, Television and Radio Artists

Association of Canadian Television and Radio Artists

Canadian Actors Equity

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