Biography

Education

University of California, Berkeley
B.A. in Music, with honors, 1969

College of Marin, Kentfield CA
R.N., 1987

Private Voice Lessons, 1967-1995
Mary Groom Jones, Edna Garabedian,
Lillian Loran, Jess Thomas, Verna Osborne,
Donna Petersen

Credentials

California Community College Credential in Music,
valid for life

Teaching Positions

Self-employed voice teacher, 1967-Present
Individual and class lessons,
performance workshop.

Tamalpais High School District, Marin Co. CA, 1990-1995
Community Education voice class.

Santa Rosa Jr. College, Petaluma CA 1981-1985
Two-semester Introduction to Music course.

Open Education Exchange, Oakland CA, 1976-1981
Group and individual voice lessons.

St. Patrick's School, Larkspur CA, 1975-1973
General music, Grades 1-8
Directed Christmas pageant

Weston High School, 1972-1973
Voice classes, Mixed chorus, Women's Chorus,
Men's Chorus, Chamber Chorus.
Music Director of "Annie Get Your Gun"

Odyssey School, Berkeley Unified School District
Berkeley, CA, 1970-1972
Chorus, Instrumental ensemble, private piano lessons, Grades 7-9

University of California, Berkeley CA, 1969
Summer Music Program, Voice lessons
for gifted low-income youths.

Musical Activity

Solo Recitals, San Francisco Bay Area
Classical song, Early music, Ethnic music, New music

Lecture/Concerts, Bay Area Colleges and Churches

• "Witches, Whores and Mothers:
  The Stereotype of the Mezzo-soprano in Opera"
• "Women Composers in History"
  Classical Songs and Folk Songs, with commentary
• "Songs of Religious Ecstasy"

Oratorio, Soloist

• Handel: Messiah, at Harvard University and
  Berkeley Community Chorus
• Mozart: Requiem, at U.C. Berkeley

Oboe and English Horn

Eleven years of performing experience in orchestras
and chamber ensembles.

Choral Singer

High school, University and Church
choral experience. 1960-1992

Affiliations

National Association of Teachers of Singing
Women Musicians of San Francisco
San Francisco Opera Guild

Performance Experience