Teaching Experience includes 17 years as a professor of higher education at: Ball State University, Associate, tenured Professor, 1989 - 2000 Southeast Missouri State University, Assistant Professor, 1984 - 1989 More recently I taught at St. Vincent College (2007 - 2010); Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 2002 - 2003; and Westmoreland County Community College, 2009 to present.

Education

• D.M., Florida State University (Tallahassee, Fl.), 1984 M.M., University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI.), 1981 B.M., Duquesne University (Pittsburgh, PA.), 1979

Organizations

• National Association of Teachers of Singing. Pi Kappa Lamda

Presentations

• Various workshops for cantors and church choirs in the western Pa. area.

Achievements

• Winner of vocal competitions in Milwaukee (Bel Canto Society), New Hampshire (Operafest), and Detroit for opera and oratorio. Third place winner, National Opera Association, Boston.