Resumé

Conductor/Music Director

Terre Haute Symphony Orchestra, IN USA

  • performed all responsibilities within budget constraints -effected audience growth in first year from 500 to 1500
  • participated in over 100 public appearances to promote orchestra
  • collaborated extensively with your committee for student concerts and outreach
  • developed and oversaw composition project for area fifth graders project performed by THSO in subscription concert
  • launched Composer in Residence Program
  • respected and worked with schedules of local organizations and universities to optimize audience size and orchestra personnel

Guest Conductor

Detroit Symphony Orchestra, MI, USA

Panswova Philharmonic, Czestochowa, POLAND

Liaoning Symphony Orchestra, Shenyang, CHINA

Duna Symphony Orchestra, Budapest, HUNGARY

Salina Symphony Orchestra, KA, USA

  • prepared and conducted concert
  • consulted with board of directors for organizational issues, committee formation and definition, publicity strategies, creation and prioritization of conductor search

Finalist

Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Apprentice Conductor, IL, USA

Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Assistant Conductor, PA, USA

Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra, Assistant Conductor, RI, USA

Leopold Stokowski Conducting Competition, One of six semifinalists, NY, USA

Lafayette Symphony Orchestra, Conductor/Music Director, IN, USA

Education

Doctorate of Musical Arts, Orchestra Conducting, University of Michigan, MI, USA

Visiting Artist, Orchestral Conducting, Sweelinck Conservatory, Amsterdam, HOLLAND

Teachers included: Maurice Abravanel, Leonard Bernstein, Leon Fleisher, Gustav Meier, Rossen Milanov, Roger Norrington, Seiji Ozawa, Andre Previn, Larry Rachleff, Leonard Slatkin, Carl St. Clair, Donald Schleicher

Seminars / Workshops

Tanglewood Music Center Seminar for Conductors, MA, USA

Accademia Chigiana, Seminar for Conductors, SIENA, ITALY

American Symphony Orchestra League, Seminar for Conductors, Various

International Conducting Workshop and Festival, Czech Republic/Bulgaria

Awards

Helen Wu Conducting Fellowship, University of Michigan, MI, USA

Center for the Education of Women, Scholar, University of Michigan, MI, USA

Helen M. Thompson Award, Outstanding Student School of Music, University of Michigan, MI, USA

Professional Affiliations

League of American Orchestras, NYC, USA 1985-Present

International Professional Women’s Organization, Nice, FRANCE 2014-Present

InterNations, Monte Carlo, MONACO 2013-Present

American Club of the Riviera, Riviera, FRANCE 2014-Present