Opera Roles
Role | Opera/Scene (Composer) | Company | Year |
Rosalinda | Die Fledermaus/Scenes (J Strauss) | CORO! | 2009 |
The Friend | Amelia Goes to the Ball (Menotti) | Puget Sound Opera | 2006 |
Waltraute | Die Walkure/Walkurenritt (Wagner) | Kitsap Opera |
2004 |
Third Lady | Magic Flute (Mozart) | Kitsap Opera |
2002 |
Rosalinda | Die Fledermaus/Drinking Trio (J Strauss) | VocalArts Northwest |
2002 |
Rosalinda (u/s) | Die Fledermaus (J Strauss) | Seattle Comic Opera |
1997 |
Janissary | Abduction from the Seraglio (Mozart) | Seattle Comic Opera |
1995 |
Tituba | Gallows Hill (North) (World Premiere) | Guest Artist, Cornish College |
1994 |
Suggested Roles
Mother, Amahl and the Night Visitors (Menotti); Santuzza, Cavalleria Rusticana (Mascagni);
Marcellina, Le Nozze di Figaro (Mozart); First or Second Lady, Magic Flute (Mozart);
Donna Elvira, Don Giovanni (Mozart); Rusalka, Rusalka (Dvorak); Dido, Dido and Aeneas (Purcell);
Laura, La Gioconda (Ponchielli); Princess Eboli, Don Carlo (Verdi); Der Komponist, Ariadne auf Naxos (R. Strauss)
Orchestra/Concert Solos
Work (Composer) | Concert | Organization | Year |
Messiah Arias (Handel) | Holiday Concert | Hildman String Orchestra | 2006 |
Arias (Purcell, Bach) | Baroque Concert | Hildman String Orchestra | 2001 |
Requiem (Brahms) | Spring Concert | Northwest Chorale | 2001 |
Six Poems of Mary Oliver (Kearns) | Bassoonist Concert | Music Center of the Northwest | 2000 |
Spanish Songs (Ovalle, Villa-Lobos) | Guitarist Concert | Music Center of the Northwest | 2000 |
Arias/Art Songs (Mozart, Dvorak) | Three Sopranos Concert | Music Center of the Northwest | 2000 |
Arias (Puccini, Gershwin) | President's Day | Seattle Central Community College | 1999 |
C. Columbus Arias (Offenbach) | Summer Cabaret | ArtsWest Theatre | 1998 |
Arias (Tchaikovsky, Barber) | Benefit Concert | Heads Up Gorgeous Theatre | 1997 |
Solo Recitals
Title | Venue/Sponsor, City |
Year |
Selected Arias and Art Songs | Plymouth Congregational, Minneapolis |
2002 |
Songs of Love's Extremes | Greenwood Art Walk, Seattle |
2001 |
In A Classical Voice | Seattle Central Foundation, Seattle |
2000 |
A Taste of Opera | Petersburg Lutheran, Petersburg, Alaska |
1998 |
Opera for Alaskans | Petersburg Lutheran, Alaska |
1997 |
Ensemble Experience
Work (Composer) | Organization (Conductor) | Year |
Norma (Bellini) | Seattle Opera (Edoardo Muller) | 2002 |
Execution of Stepan Razin (Shostakovich) | Seattle Symphony Chorale (Gabriel Kaplan) | 1999 |
Teaching Positions
Title | Employer | Years |
Voice Faculty | Music Center of the Northwest | 1999 - 2007 |
Adjunct Voice Faculty | Seattle Central Community College | 2000 - 2007 |
Adjunct Voice Faculty | South Seattle Community College | 2000 - 2007 |
Adjunct Jazz/Pop Voice Faculty | Shoreline Community College | 2001 - 2007 |
Adjunct Voice Faculty | Bellevue Community College | 2002 - 2007 |
Private Voice Teacher | Sole Proprietor | 1992 - present |
Training
Teachers: Janis Hardy, Erich
Parce, Lawrence Weller, Awilda Verdejo,
Thomasa Eckert
Coaches: Dean Williamson, Glenda Williams, Hartwig Eichberg, Charles Long,
Penny Orloff
Undergraduate: St. Olaf College, Minnesota, B.A.
Intensives: VocalArts Northwest.
Instruments/languages
Piano (14 years), Flute (8 years), Guitar (1 year).
Fluent in German. Functional in Italian.