EDUCATION
BEd – After Degree - Secondary Music Specialist – University of Calgary 2021
DMA - Vocal Performance – School of Music - University of Minnesota, Twin Cities 2011
Dissertation:
Crossover: A review of the history, pedagogy and practice of Musical Theatre for the classical singer
Supervisor: John David DeHaan/Adriana Zabala
*Secondary and supporting coursework completed in the Theatre and Dance Departments*
MMus – Vocal Performance – School of Music - University of Minnesota, Twin Cities 2005
BMus – Vocal Performance - Awarded with Distinction - University of Victoria 2001
Diploma in Music Performance – Voice - Dean’s List - Mount Royal University 1998
Teaching/Research Interests
Longevity and vocal health in young singers, vocal pedagogy, history of the musical theatre voice, intersections in music and theatre, interdisciplinary creation, vocal literature, opera as theatre
K-12 TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Strathcona-Tweedsmuir School Current
Grade 7-9 Musical Theatre, Drama, English
Grade 10-12 - Musical Theatre, Choral Music
Co-curricular: Middle School Choir
Calgary Board of Education – Substitute Teacher 2021
Foothills School Division – Substitute Teacher 2021
Saint Paul Conservatory of Performing Arts - St. Paul, MN 2010
Voice Faculty for Vocal Performance Track - Grade 9-12 (State of Minnesota Special Teaching License)
POST-SECONDARY TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Ambrose University – Calgary, AB 2015-2024
Adjunct Professor – Music and Theatre
Courses: (* Designed and Taught)
*Applied Voice – Undergraduate voice and music majors
Voice and Speech for the Actor
*Art and Faith – Course #1 300-1825, Course #2 1825-2018
*Vocal Production 1 & 2 – Musical Theatre
*History of Western Music – Musical Theatre
Rocky Mountain College - Calgary, AB 2013-2015
Adjunct Professor – Music and Theatre
Courses: (*Designed and Taught)
*Applied Voice
*Vocal Pedagogy
Advanced Musicianship
*Christianity and Art
Augsburg College - Minneapolis, MN 2009 (Occasional)
Substitute Sessional Instructor
Music courses: Applied Voice
STAGE DIRECTING/MUSIC DIRECTING
Strathcona–Tweedsmuir School
The Prom 2024
The Little Mermaid 2023
25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee 2022
Matilda 2021
Music Director
Ambrose University – Ambrose Arts 2018
Amahl and the Night Visitors – A collaborative production including faculty, guest artists,
community members, and students
Stage Director
Storybook Theatre Summer Intensive Program
Bring it on 2019
Into the Woods 2018
West Side Story 2017
Grease! 2016
RENT(Assistant Stage Dir.) 2015
Les Misérables 2014
Music Director/Teaching Faculty
Storybook Theatre
Sister Act 2019
Junie B. Jones The Musical 2018
You’re a good man, Charlie Brown/A Charlie Brown Christmas 2017
Pinkalicious 2017
Beauty and the Beast 2016
Music Director
Theatre@Rocky 2014
33 Swoons
Sound Design
Theatre@Rocky 2013
Agnes of God
Music Director/Assistant Stage Director
Storybook Theatre Summer Theatre School 2013
Excerpts from CATS and Old possum’s book of fantastical cats
Stage Director/Music Director/Arranger
Minnesota Opera 2010
Project OPERA - opera scenes at the Ordway Center for Performing Arts
Stage Director
Minnesota Fringe Festival/Opera BOB 2010
Riders to the Sea – Ralph Vaughan Williams
Stage Director/Producer
University of Minnesota Summer Musical Theatre Intensive 2008, 07, 04
Musical Theatre Scenes
Stage Director/Teaching Faculty
Sabes Jewish Community Center Summer Theatre
13 2010
Fiddler on the Roof 2009
Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat 2008
Music Director/Teaching Faculty
Rosetown Playhouse 2008
Teddy and Alice
Music Director
University of Minnesota Opera Theatre 2006
Le Nozze di Figaro
Associate Stage Director - responsible for directing the production
(Graduate and Undergraduate voice majors) after initial staging rehearsals/concept development
ADDITIONAL TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Mount Royal University Conservatory 2017
Voice Teacher – Private vocal lessons (covered maternity leave)
St. Francis Highschool Musical Theatre – Calgary, AB 2015
Adjudicator - Provided feedback on final term performance, and
worked with the students on musical theatre singing and performance techniques
Storybook Theatre – Calgary, AB 2015
Musical Theatre Workshop Instructor – Acting, vocal production, and
stagecraft for 12–17-year-old students
Prince of Peace Elementary School – Chestermere, AB 2013
School Residency - Wrote and produced a short play with 44 grade 3 students.
Teaching included acting, voice, script writing, and development of emotional vocabulary
Encore! Junior High Festival of Drama – Calgary, AB 2019, 18, 13
Musical Theatre Workshop Instructor – Musical theatre vocal pedagogy,
audition techniques, and song preparation
Private Voice Studio - Victoria, Calgary, Minneapolis 2000-Current
Adjudicating - Voice, Speech, and Musical Theatre
2025 - Brooks Music Festival - Musical Theatre
2024 – Lethbridge – Contemporary Voice
2021 – Yellowknife Music Festival (Online Adjudication)
2020 – Calgary NATS
2019 – St. Albert, Calgary Stampede Youth Talent Showdown Semifinals
2018 – Grand Prairie, Calgary NATS
2017 – Yellowknife, High River, Peace River, Calgary NATS
2016 – Drumheller, Provost, Calgary NATS
2015 – Brooks, Camrose and District, Medicine Hat
2014 - Olds and District, Stettler and District, Airdrie, Red Deer
2013 - Lacombe, Wetaskiwin
Lectures
Vocal Health and Physiology for Young Actors – Online seminar 2020
Lecture given as part of the Storybook Summer Intensive Program
Vocal Health and Physiology for Teachers - 3 hour lecture 2017
Backbeat Music Group
Vocal Health and Physiology – 3 hour lecture 2017
Peace River Performing Arts Festival
“The Healthy Voice” – 1.5 Hour Seminar 2016
Cowtown Opera - Physiology and Vocal Health for Actors and Singers
“The Healthy Voice” – 1.5 Hour Seminar 2016
Physiology and Vocal Health for Actors and Singers
Fire Exit Theatre
UNIVERSITY & PROFESSIONAL SERVICE/ADMINSTRATION
Southern Alberta NATS Chapter - Secretary 2018/2019
Ambrose University – Season Planning Committee 2018/2019
Scripts on Fire – Fire Exit Theatre – Adjudicator 2017
Administrative Fellow – University of Minnesota School of Music –
Admissions/Recruitment 2008-2011
Assistant to the Artistic Director - Northrop Memorial Auditorium –
University of Minnesota 2003-2008
Advisory panel – Re-build of Northrop Memorial Auditorium 2007-2008
Soprano Soloist - University of Minnesota Special Events 2004-2010
AWARDS & HONOURS
Jason Lang Memorial Scholarship 2020
Calgary Arts Development – Individual Projects Grant 2016
A Very Small Arts Fund – Special Projects Grant recipient 2010
University of Minnesota – Administrative Fellowship, Admissions & Recruitment 2008-2011
Alberta Foundation for the Arts - Individual Projects Grant 2004, 03,01
Canadian National Music festival - Alberta Voice Representative 2002
Alberta Provincial Music Festival - Provincial/National Class-Voice – Winner 2002
Calgary Kiwanis Music Festival Rose Bowl – Winner - Most Outstanding Performer 2002
Calgary Kiwanis Festival Mozart Competition – Second Place 2002
Bethany Care Center Founders Bursary - Excellence in Academics 2002, 01
British Columbia Music Festival – Provincial/National Class-Voice – Second Place 2001
Greater Victoria Performing Arts Festival Rose Bowl – Winner - Voice 2001
Leeder Memorial Scholarship – Academic & Artistic Excellence – University of Victoria 2000
Evelyn McLaughlin Memorial Entrance Scholarship – University of Victoria 1999
Canada West Performing Arts Scholarship 1996
MEMBERSHIPS/PROFESSIONAL AFFLILIATIONS
National Association of Teachers of Singing - Full Member
Theatre Lyra (Calgary, AB) – Founding Member
Opera BOB (Minneapolis, MN) – Founding Member
Equity Member Candidate – United States
Fire Exit Theatre – Former Creative Team
ADDITIONAL TRAINING/CLASSES
Music
Vocal Jazz Performance Workshop - Calgary, AB
What every singer needs to know about the body – Andover Workshop with Kimberly Barber
NATS Winter Workshop 2017 – Sing the Body Electric – San Diego, CA USA
Jeanette Lovetri – Introduction to Somatic Voicework – Edmonton, AB
Weiner Meisterkurse für Musique - Edith Wiens - Vienna, Austria
Opera Nuova Young Artists Program - Edmonton, AB
Victoria Conservatory Summer Vocal Academy – Victoria, BC
Victoria Conservatory Opera Studio – Victoria, BC
Linfield Vocal Institute - Richard Miller - Oregon, USA
Piano as a second instrument- University of Victoria
Grade 8 Piano - Royal Conservatory of Music
Theatre and Dance
Shakespeare for Actors - The Shakespeare Company - Richard Beaune
Decidedly Jazz Danceworks - Intermediate Ballet, Jazz, Musical Theatre, Latin
MFA course: Advanced Theatre Directing - Lou Bellamy - Artistic Director - Penumbra Theatre
BFA course: Advanced Characterization (4th year acting) - Barbara Kingsley
PhD course: History & Theory of Western Theatre - 20th Century to WW ll - Dr. Michal Kobialka
MFA course: Principles of Arts Management - Kathleen Hanson
BFA courses: Jazz (2, 3, 4) Ballet (2) & Pilates for Dancers
Guthrie Theatre - Guthrie Advanced Monologue Study - Matthew Vaky – Minneapolis, MN
The Kennedy Center - Leadership exchange in Arts and Disability
Education
IB Arts Category 1/2 - Arts 2023
Information toolkit for beginning teachers – Classroom management 2021
Alberta Teachers’ Association
Engaging All Students—Creating Authentic Learning Environments 2020
Alberta Teachers’ Association PD
Using Overarching Activities to Enhance the Curriculum 2020
Jennifer Williams - President Social Studies Council ATA
Thinking about Learning: Metacognition and Mindfulness 2019
Alberta Teachers’ Association PD
BEd – After Degree - Secondary Music Specialist – University of Calgary 2021
DMA - Vocal Performance – School of Music - University of Minnesota, Twin Cities 2011
Dissertation:
Crossover: A review of the history, pedagogy and practice of Musical Theatre for the classical singer
Supervisor: John David DeHaan/Adriana Zabala
*Secondary and supporting coursework completed in the Theatre and Dance Departments*
MMus – Vocal Performance – School of Music - University of Minnesota, Twin Cities 2005
BMus – Vocal Performance - Awarded with Distinction - University of Victoria 2001
Diploma in Music Performance – Voice - Dean’s List - Mount Royal University 1998
Teaching/Research Interests
Longevity and vocal health in young singers, vocal pedagogy, history of the musical theatre voice, intersections in music and theatre, interdisciplinary creation, vocal literature, opera as theatre
K-12 TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Strathcona-Tweedsmuir School Current
Grade 7-9 Musical Theatre, Drama, English
Grade 10-12 - Musical Theatre, Choral Music
Co-curricular: Middle School Choir
Calgary Board of Education – Substitute Teacher 2021
Foothills School Division – Substitute Teacher 2021
Saint Paul Conservatory of Performing Arts - St. Paul, MN 2010
Voice Faculty for Vocal Performance Track - Grade 9-12 (State of Minnesota Special Teaching License)
POST-SECONDARY TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Ambrose University – Calgary, AB 2015-2024
Adjunct Professor – Music and Theatre
Courses: (* Designed and Taught)
*Applied Voice – Undergraduate voice and music majors
Voice and Speech for the Actor
*Art and Faith – Course #1 300-1825, Course #2 1825-2018
*Vocal Production 1 & 2 – Musical Theatre
*History of Western Music – Musical Theatre
Rocky Mountain College - Calgary, AB 2013-2015
Adjunct Professor – Music and Theatre
Courses: (*Designed and Taught)
*Applied Voice
*Vocal Pedagogy
Advanced Musicianship
*Christianity and Art
Augsburg College - Minneapolis, MN 2009 (Occasional)
Substitute Sessional Instructor
Music courses: Applied Voice
STAGE DIRECTING/MUSIC DIRECTING
Strathcona–Tweedsmuir School
The Prom 2024
The Little Mermaid 2023
25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee 2022
Matilda 2021
Music Director
Ambrose University – Ambrose Arts 2018
Amahl and the Night Visitors – A collaborative production including faculty, guest artists,
community members, and students
Stage Director
Storybook Theatre Summer Intensive Program
Bring it on 2019
Into the Woods 2018
West Side Story 2017
Grease! 2016
RENT(Assistant Stage Dir.) 2015
Les Misérables 2014
Music Director/Teaching Faculty
Storybook Theatre
Sister Act 2019
Junie B. Jones The Musical 2018
You’re a good man, Charlie Brown/A Charlie Brown Christmas 2017
Pinkalicious 2017
Beauty and the Beast 2016
Music Director
Theatre@Rocky 2014
33 Swoons
Sound Design
Theatre@Rocky 2013
Agnes of God
Music Director/Assistant Stage Director
Storybook Theatre Summer Theatre School 2013
Excerpts from CATS and Old possum’s book of fantastical cats
Stage Director/Music Director/Arranger
Minnesota Opera 2010
Project OPERA - opera scenes at the Ordway Center for Performing Arts
Stage Director
Minnesota Fringe Festival/Opera BOB 2010
Riders to the Sea – Ralph Vaughan Williams
Stage Director/Producer
University of Minnesota Summer Musical Theatre Intensive 2008, 07, 04
Musical Theatre Scenes
Stage Director/Teaching Faculty
Sabes Jewish Community Center Summer Theatre
13 2010
Fiddler on the Roof 2009
Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat 2008
Music Director/Teaching Faculty
Rosetown Playhouse 2008
Teddy and Alice
Music Director
University of Minnesota Opera Theatre 2006
Le Nozze di Figaro
Associate Stage Director - responsible for directing the production
(Graduate and Undergraduate voice majors) after initial staging rehearsals/concept development
ADDITIONAL TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Mount Royal University Conservatory 2017
Voice Teacher – Private vocal lessons (covered maternity leave)
St. Francis Highschool Musical Theatre – Calgary, AB 2015
Adjudicator - Provided feedback on final term performance, and
worked with the students on musical theatre singing and performance techniques
Storybook Theatre – Calgary, AB 2015
Musical Theatre Workshop Instructor – Acting, vocal production, and
stagecraft for 12–17-year-old students
Prince of Peace Elementary School – Chestermere, AB 2013
School Residency - Wrote and produced a short play with 44 grade 3 students.
Teaching included acting, voice, script writing, and development of emotional vocabulary
Encore! Junior High Festival of Drama – Calgary, AB 2019, 18, 13
Musical Theatre Workshop Instructor – Musical theatre vocal pedagogy,
audition techniques, and song preparation
Private Voice Studio - Victoria, Calgary, Minneapolis 2000-Current
Adjudicating - Voice, Speech, and Musical Theatre
2025 - Brooks Music Festival - Musical Theatre
2024 – Lethbridge – Contemporary Voice
2021 – Yellowknife Music Festival (Online Adjudication)
2020 – Calgary NATS
2019 – St. Albert, Calgary Stampede Youth Talent Showdown Semifinals
2018 – Grand Prairie, Calgary NATS
2017 – Yellowknife, High River, Peace River, Calgary NATS
2016 – Drumheller, Provost, Calgary NATS
2015 – Brooks, Camrose and District, Medicine Hat
2014 - Olds and District, Stettler and District, Airdrie, Red Deer
2013 - Lacombe, Wetaskiwin
Lectures
Vocal Health and Physiology for Young Actors – Online seminar 2020
Lecture given as part of the Storybook Summer Intensive Program
Vocal Health and Physiology for Teachers - 3 hour lecture 2017
Backbeat Music Group
Vocal Health and Physiology – 3 hour lecture 2017
Peace River Performing Arts Festival
“The Healthy Voice” – 1.5 Hour Seminar 2016
Cowtown Opera - Physiology and Vocal Health for Actors and Singers
“The Healthy Voice” – 1.5 Hour Seminar 2016
Physiology and Vocal Health for Actors and Singers
Fire Exit Theatre
UNIVERSITY & PROFESSIONAL SERVICE/ADMINSTRATION
Southern Alberta NATS Chapter - Secretary 2018/2019
Ambrose University – Season Planning Committee 2018/2019
Scripts on Fire – Fire Exit Theatre – Adjudicator 2017
Administrative Fellow – University of Minnesota School of Music –
Admissions/Recruitment 2008-2011
Assistant to the Artistic Director - Northrop Memorial Auditorium –
University of Minnesota 2003-2008
Advisory panel – Re-build of Northrop Memorial Auditorium 2007-2008
Soprano Soloist - University of Minnesota Special Events 2004-2010
AWARDS & HONOURS
Jason Lang Memorial Scholarship 2020
Calgary Arts Development – Individual Projects Grant 2016
A Very Small Arts Fund – Special Projects Grant recipient 2010
University of Minnesota – Administrative Fellowship, Admissions & Recruitment 2008-2011
Alberta Foundation for the Arts - Individual Projects Grant 2004, 03,01
Canadian National Music festival - Alberta Voice Representative 2002
Alberta Provincial Music Festival - Provincial/National Class-Voice – Winner 2002
Calgary Kiwanis Music Festival Rose Bowl – Winner - Most Outstanding Performer 2002
Calgary Kiwanis Festival Mozart Competition – Second Place 2002
Bethany Care Center Founders Bursary - Excellence in Academics 2002, 01
British Columbia Music Festival – Provincial/National Class-Voice – Second Place 2001
Greater Victoria Performing Arts Festival Rose Bowl – Winner - Voice 2001
Leeder Memorial Scholarship – Academic & Artistic Excellence – University of Victoria 2000
Evelyn McLaughlin Memorial Entrance Scholarship – University of Victoria 1999
Canada West Performing Arts Scholarship 1996
MEMBERSHIPS/PROFESSIONAL AFFLILIATIONS
National Association of Teachers of Singing - Full Member
Theatre Lyra (Calgary, AB) – Founding Member
Opera BOB (Minneapolis, MN) – Founding Member
Equity Member Candidate – United States
Fire Exit Theatre – Former Creative Team
ADDITIONAL TRAINING/CLASSES
Music
Vocal Jazz Performance Workshop - Calgary, AB
What every singer needs to know about the body – Andover Workshop with Kimberly Barber
NATS Winter Workshop 2017 – Sing the Body Electric – San Diego, CA USA
Jeanette Lovetri – Introduction to Somatic Voicework – Edmonton, AB
Weiner Meisterkurse für Musique - Edith Wiens - Vienna, Austria
Opera Nuova Young Artists Program - Edmonton, AB
Victoria Conservatory Summer Vocal Academy – Victoria, BC
Victoria Conservatory Opera Studio – Victoria, BC
Linfield Vocal Institute - Richard Miller - Oregon, USA
Piano as a second instrument- University of Victoria
Grade 8 Piano - Royal Conservatory of Music
Theatre and Dance
Shakespeare for Actors - The Shakespeare Company - Richard Beaune
Decidedly Jazz Danceworks - Intermediate Ballet, Jazz, Musical Theatre, Latin
MFA course: Advanced Theatre Directing - Lou Bellamy - Artistic Director - Penumbra Theatre
BFA course: Advanced Characterization (4th year acting) - Barbara Kingsley
PhD course: History & Theory of Western Theatre - 20th Century to WW ll - Dr. Michal Kobialka
MFA course: Principles of Arts Management - Kathleen Hanson
BFA courses: Jazz (2, 3, 4) Ballet (2) & Pilates for Dancers
Guthrie Theatre - Guthrie Advanced Monologue Study - Matthew Vaky – Minneapolis, MN
The Kennedy Center - Leadership exchange in Arts and Disability
Education
IB Arts Category 1/2 - Arts 2023
Information toolkit for beginning teachers – Classroom management 2021
Alberta Teachers’ Association
Engaging All Students—Creating Authentic Learning Environments 2020
Alberta Teachers’ Association PD
Using Overarching Activities to Enhance the Curriculum 2020
Jennifer Williams - President Social Studies Council ATA
Thinking about Learning: Metacognition and Mindfulness 2019
Alberta Teachers’ Association PD