Director of The Opera Institute, professional training program for emerging operatic artists. Director of Opera Programs, including duties as producer, stage director. Program includes Opera Workshop, Opera Theater, Opera Institute activities. Oversee 2 mainstage production, a Fringe Festival of significant one-act operas, scenes programs and outreach activities. Instructor of Voice, with students as winners and finalists of major competitions including district, regional, and national Metropolitan Auditions, Caruso Competition, Lissner Foundation, Sullivan Awards, Liederkranz Foundation, etc. and singing in many professional venues, including New York City Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Opera Theater of Chicago, Boston Lyric Opera, San Franciso Opera Merola Program, Glimmerglass, Opera Theater of St Louis,
Boston Symphony Orchestra, etc. Based on 30 years as professional opera singer in many of the above venues and star of Broadway and PBS Great Performances production of A Most Happy Fella.
