Chair of Applied and Perfromance Studies; Associate Professor of Music, Voice; Director, Boston University Tanglewood Institute; Director, Young Artists Vocal Program
Director of the Young Artists Vocal Program and Boston University Tanglewood Institute. BMus, MMus, Boston University College of Fine Arts. Advanced studies: vocal fellow, Tanglewood Music Center, 1968, 1969; Aspen Music Festival, 1970; Goldovsky Opera Institute, 1973. Private study with William Vennard, Oren Brown, and Benita Valente. Solo appearances with Erich Leinsdorf and the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra; Robert Shaw at the Meadowbrook Music Festival; Paul Vermel and the Portland Symphony Orchestra; John Oliver and the MIT Choral Society; John Harbison and the Cantata Singers and Ensemble; Craig Smith and Emmanuel Music. US premiere of Mahler’s Das Klagende Lied with Michel Sasson and the Newton Symphony Orchestra. Numerous oratorio solo engagements include appearances with the Rhode Island Philharmonic, Chorus Pro Musica, Masterworks Chorale, Springfield Symphony, and Worcester Festival. Performances and premieres of twentieth-century works at Boston University, Alice Tully Hall, and Sanders Theatre. Founding member and artistic advisor of Jubal’s Lyre, a vocal and instrumental ensemble. Board of Directors, Alea III, 1986–90; Board of Directors, National Association of Teachers of Singing, Boston Chapter, 1995–present. Westbrook College faculty, 1964–73. Teaching associate in music, 1976–87. Assistant professor, 1987. Associate professor, 1994. Chairman, voice department, 1992–96. Director of the School of Music 1997–2001.