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Education
New York University, Advanced Performance/Pedagogy Certificate. Studio: Jeffrey Swann, 2017-2018
Jacobs School of Music, Indiana University, M. Mus. Piano Performance. Studio: Karen Shaw 2015-2017
Jacobs School of Music, B. Mus. Piano performance. Studio: Edmund Battersby, Edward Auer 2010-2015
Jacobs School of Music, Independent study, vocal technique. Studio: Wolfgang Brendel 2015-2018
Indiana University, Bloomington: B.A. with a focus on Ancient History and a minor in Classics 2010-2015
Selected Work Experience
New York University, Professor of Piano, 2017-2018
- Administration of studio and teaching college level students
- Organize annual festival, and year-round monthly concert series: publicity, performers, schedule and fundraise
- Teach music related courses including keyboard skills and music history.
- Director of Opera Workshop and accompanist Oratorio Society.
- Manage Accompanying Department and collaborate with students in performance/rehearsal
- Find performers and publicize events
- Prepare singers, stage opera and conduct performances
- Organize doctoral/post-doctoral workshops for piano and strings
- Organize housing, schedule rehearsals, recruit participants
Teaching Experience
Husson University, Adjunct Instructor, 2021- present
University of Maine School of Performing Arts, Pianist/coach, 2020-2023
Ellsworth Community Music Institute, Piano teacher, 2021-2022
Long Island Conservatory, Professor of Voice, and Piano, 2018-2019
Schoodic Arts For All, Instructor, Music History Course, 2020
Further School of Music, Professor of Piano and Voice, 2018
Dwight School, Piano teacher, 2017-2019
Discover Melody, Piano Teacher, 2018
Private teacher/accompanist, 2012-present
Publications
Letter to the Editor, Ellsworth American, 2021
Women in Music, Ellsworth American, 2021
Classical Music Needs a New Direction, Ellsworth American, 2020
The Civil War through the Eyes of a Touring Virtuoso. Alexander and Buono International, 2020.
Selected Performances (piano performances unless noted)
Merkin Concert Hall, NYC 2006
Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, 2008, 2011
Gracie Mansion, Mayoral Residence, NYC 2009, 2010
Schoodic Arts for All Rising Stars, Winter Harbor, Maine 2010
Abano Terme, Italy, 2011
Bordeneuve, Toulouse, France, 2012
National Concert Hall, Dublin, Ireland 2013, 2014
Wolvercote, Oxford, UK, 2014
Nicholas Roerich Museum Concert Series, NYC, 2015, 2017, 2020
Hammond Hall, Winter Harbor, Maine 2017, 2022
Steinway Hall, NYC, 2012, 2016
Brattleboro Music Center, 2022
Handel’s Messiah, Music Director, Hammond Hall, 2022
Digital Discography
Beethoven’s Diabelli Variations, paid for in part by a grant from the Maine Arts Council, 2021
Music for Flute and Piano by Women Composers, Deirdre McArdle, 2021
Dichterliebe, Stephen Bryant, Baritone, 2021
The Young Mozart, Deirdre McArdle Flute 2020
J.S. Bach’s Goldberg Variations, 2020
Selected Performance Awards
Stanza, Maine Governor’s Prize in Composition, 2003
LISSMA International Piano Competition Honorable Mention, 2006
Arista National Honor Society, 2006-2010
American Society for Composers and Performers ASCAP award, 2009
Bradshaw and Buono International Piano Competition, 1st place, 2008, 2011
Hudson and Holland Scholar, 2010-2014
Phi Sigma Theta Honors Society, 2012-present
Indiana University Founders Scholar, 2011- 2017
Opera Theater
Cosi Fan Tutte, Guglielmo, Stage Director, WHMF, 2024
Don Pasquale, Stage & Music Director, WHMF, 2024
The Sorcerer, Stage & Music Director, Gilbert and Sullivan Society of Maine, 2024
Trial by Jury, Stage & Music Director, University of Maine Opera workshop, 2024
The Marriage of Figaro, Don Basilio/Don Curzio, Stage Director, WHMF Opera, 2023
The Pirates of Penzance, Stage & Music Director, Gilbert and Sullivan Society of Maine, 2023
The Barber of Seville, Don Bartolo, Stage Director, WHMF Opera, 2022
The Impresario, Buff, Stage Director, WHMF Opera, 2021
La Serva Padrona, Uberto, Stage Director WHMF Opera, 2020
Bartered Bride, The Indian, Bronx Opera, 2020 (Cancelled due to COVID)
The Mikado, Music Director, Long Island Gilbert and Sullivan Society 2020 (Cancelled due to COVID)
HMS Pinafore, Sir Joseph Porter/Director. WHMF Opera 2019
The Mikado, Pooh Bah (cover) Bronx Opera 2019
The Magic Flute, Papageno/Director. WHMF Opera 2018
Trial by Jury, The Judge/ Director. WHMF Opera 2017
South Pacific, The Professor. IU Opera Theater, 2015
The Barber of Seville, Ambrogio. IU Opera Theater, 2015
Iolanthe, Lord Chancellor. University Gilbert and Sullivan Players, 2014
IU Opera Chorus: Faust, Candide, Cendrillon, La Boheme, Falstaff, H.M.S. Pinafore, Peter Grimes, 2010-2017
Languages
Languages: fluent in Italian and conversational in German and to lesser degree, French
