Education

University of Illinois 2015 Urbana-Champaign, IL
Doctorate of Musical Arts, Conducting

University of Oregon 2009 Eugene, OR
Masters of Music, Choral Conducting

  • Minor in Orchestral Conducting

University of Edinburgh 2005 Edinburgh, Scotland,
Masters in Musicology

Williams College 2004 Williamstown, MA
Bachelor of Arts, 2004, Cum Laude

Artistic Director Experience

Classical Uprising 2020-Present Maine Founder & Artistic Director

  • Provide artistic vision and leadership for ensembles and education programs that serve over 70 professional musicians, 100 community singers, 70 students, and 6,000 music lovers through 50 performances and events annually

  • Increased government, institutional, and individual giving by 416% over the last six years

  • Manage one-person staff, six part-time consultants, and thirty volunteers

Portland Bach Experience 2018-Present Portland, ME
Founder, Artistic Director, and Conductor

  • Conduct professional orchestra and chamber choir

  • Develop and market all aspects of over thirty-six concerts and events

  • Forge external partnerships with other civic and arts organizations

Oratorio Chorale 2013-Present Brunswick, ME
Artistic Director and Conductor

  • Conduct auditioned symphonic chorus and professional orchestra

  • Plan musical season, coordinate venues, hire professional soloists and instrumentalists

  • Work with Board of Directors, coordinate and implement development plan

The Portland Bach Festival 2015-2017 Portland, ME
Associate Artistic Director

  • Conducted professional orchestra and chamber choir

  • Conducted and managed all aspects of a 10-day professional music festival

  • Managed four-person staff and thirty volunteers

Teaching Experience

Bowdoin College 2014-2015, 2020-2023 Brunswick, ME 
Visiting Faculty in Music

  • Conducted 60-person auditioned chorus

  • Conducted professional and student orchestras

  • Taught Honors Project in Conducting, Independent Study in Composition

Clark University 2014-2017   Worcester, MA  
Director of Choral Activities, Professor of Practice in Music

  • Taught Intro to Music Theory, Musicianship, Voice and Diction

  • Conducted 50-person auditioned concert choir  

  • Conducted 20-person auditioned chamber choir

  • Conducted professional and student orchestras

VSA Massachusetts 2009-2011 Boston, MA 
Professional Development Lecturer

  • Trained teachers on how to implement music integration to support Common Core standards

  • Developed workshop and coach teachers

Artist-in-Residence

  • The Memoir Project: Created student composition project at various Boston public schools

University of Illinois 2009-2011 Urbana-Champaign, IL 
Undergraduate Conducting Lecturer

  • Taught Elements of Conducting to undergraduate music majors

  • Developed syllabus focusing on gesture, score analysis and rehearsal technique

Cesar Chavez Public Charter School 2005 – 2007 Washington, DC
Music Department Head, Music Teacher

  • Taught music appreciation class: Developed objective-based curriculum for music appreciation based on Massachusetts standards

  • Started music department at a charter school for public policy serving low-income, at-risk middle and high school students

  • The Memoir Project: Created student composition project, featured on national public radio

Guest Conducting Experience

Back Bay Chorale 2022, 2023 Boston, MA

  • Conduct Back Bay Chorale and professional orchestra

Handel and Haydn Society Community Youth Collaboration 2019 Boston, MA

  • Conduct H+H orchestra and soloists and over 300 high school singers

New Hampshire All-State Treble Chorus 2018 Concord, NH

  • Conducted auditioned choir of the best treble singers in New Hampshire  

Portland Symphony Orchestra Chorus Master 2017 Portland, ME

Mozart Mentor 2014 Brunswick, ME

  • Conducted 40-person orchestra consisting of Maine’s music educators and their top string students playing side-by-side with professional instrumentalists

Additional Experience

University of Southern, Maine, Concerto Competition 2020 Gorham, ME Adjudicator for competition of college and masters level musicians

American Choral Directors, Eastern Division, Conference 2016 Boston, MA
Presenter: Expanding Your Reach: Artistic and Community Collaborations

Providence College Invitational Choral Festival 2018 Providence, RI Clinician for invitational choral festival

American Choral Directors, Massachusetts Division, Conference 2015 Hampshire, MA
Presenter: Expanding Your Reach: Artistic and Community Collaborations

Awards

20 Outstanding Women, Portland Media Group 2024
State award for women leaders

American Prize, American Music 2022
Won first place for national award in the performing arts

Artist of the Year, Maine Arts Commission 2018
Awarded by the state-funded agency that supervises all the arts agencies in the state of Maine

50 Mainers Shaping the State, Maine Magazine  2018
Won third place for national award in the performing arts

American Prize, Conducting 2018
Won third place for national award in the performing arts

American Prize Conducting  2015
Won third place for national award in the performing arts

LEEP Davis Foundation Grant   2015
Grant to develop a new First Year Intensive course for the music department

Kate Neal Kinley Fellowship    2011
Finalist for national fellowship for post-doctoral research in the arts

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign University Fellowship    2009 
University Fellowship for exceptional doctoral students

St. Andrews Society Scholar   2004 
One of two U.S. citizens selected for full graduate scholarship for study in Scotland

Kleinhandler Prize for Excellence in Music, Williams College    2004

 Wilmer Fellowship, Williams College 2003
Travel research grant to Sweden to study choral tradition
Conducted interviews with Eric Ericson and Gary Jacobson