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
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Teaches IB MUSIC for the International Baccalaureate Diploma Program.
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Teaches Choir (all levels), Music Production, Music Theory, Theory of Knowledge.
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Music Director for the High School Choirs & Musical Productions.
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Develops and aligns schoolwide Arts standards using NCAS Arts Standards.
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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.
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Developed online recording/video projects for the needs of online learning.
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Advisor for the TriM Honor Society.
2016 - 2018 IBDP Music Teacher American International School of Dhaka
MS/HS Choral Director
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Taught IB MUSIC for the International Baccalaureate Diploma Program.
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Directed the Middle & High School Choirs.
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Directed an after-school Show Choir involving choreographed songs.
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Collaborated and assisted with the Middle & High School Band Program.
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Staged and directed the High School Musical Productions.
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Prepared AISD students to perform in the annual South Asian Inter-Scholastic Association (SAISA) Music Festivals in Amman (Jordan) & Chennai (India).
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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)
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Taught Elementary School Performing Arts for the IB Primary Years Program
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Directed the after-school children’s choir.
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Staged and directed ES musical productions.
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Collaborated with teachers/specialists to develop curriculum alignment across divisions and to enhance learning in PYP Units of Inquiry.
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Prepared students to perform in bi-weekly school Assemblies.
2001-2013 Music Director Adda Clevenger Junior Preparatory &
Theater School, San Francisco
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Music Teacher and Choral Director in an Independent Performing Arts School for 13 years
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Staged and directed up to four musicals and operettas and 2 major choral concerts per year involving the entire school (Kindergarten - Grade 8)
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Coordinated a team of teachers working in choreography, sound design, lighting design, stage design, costume design, set design, and stage management.
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Taught weekly individual voice lessons to 30-40 children in bel canto singing technique.
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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