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President of JBS Music, Inc. 2002 – present
Vocal coaching (musical theatre and opera) and accompanying for recitals and competitions
Music services (arranging, orchestration, transcription and transposition) using FINALE
Private and group piano, voice and music theory lessons
Chamber Musician and Soloist (piano, organ and voice) for special events and   services

MUSICAL THEATRE EXPERIENCE

Musical Director, Pianist for Echo and Narcissus, by Kate Light and Masatora Goya at the Shortened Attention Span Music Festival, New York City, April 8-11, 2010

Musical Director, Arranger for The Jerry Livingston Project, New York City, 2009
Arranged It’s the Talk of the Town: A Tribute to Jerry Livingston for five singers/jazz trio –
performances at the Triad Theatre (March 2009) and the Laurie Beechman Theatre (June 2009).  Cast recording currently in production: M&I Recording, Inc.

Substitute Piano 1, Mary Poppins, Broadway, New York City, 2009.

Pianist, Our Guy, Pace University, New York City, February 2009

Musical Director, Vocal Director, Conductor and Pianist for The Naples Players, 1985 – 2008
Duties include contracting orchestra, rehearsing cast and arranging scores for 35 various musical theatre productions including: The Goodbye Girl, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, The Secret Garden, I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change, Fame, Smokey Joe’s Café, She Loves Me, Beauty and the Beast, A Little Night Music and The Music Man. KidsAct youth productions include Fame and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.
Musical Director for Phil Oesterman Musical Theater Workshops and National Youth Theater Awards, 2001, produced and directed by Phil Oesterman in Fort Myers, Florida and starring Andrea McArdle with celebrity judges: Tommy Tune and Jeff Calhoun. Coach and accompanist for individual student performances and large group numbers in a workshop conducted by Broadway director, producer and writer, the late Phillip Oesterman.
Musical Director of University of Illinois ISYM Musical Theatre Camp, 1997 – 2001
Auditioned students and selected scenes/songs for week long intensive study culminating in a final showcase.
Conductor/ Arranger for UGA Wesley Foundation’s Power and Light Singers, 1993 – 1994
Duties included preparing programs and arranging scores for a female vocal sextet who performed in churches throughout Georgia as well as the North Georgia Methodist Annual Conference at Atlanta’s Georgia Dome.

ORCHESTRAL EXPERIENCE


Pianist and Organist with DCINY Orchestra, 2010. Performances on piano and portative organ for performances including Orff: Carmina Burana, Mozart: Vesperae de Dominica and Vesperae de Solennes de Confessore and Haydn: Mass in Time of War at Carnegie Hall.

Substitute Principal Keyboard for Naples Philharmonic Orchestra, 2000 – 2008. Performed on piano, organ, celeste and synthesizer for performances including:

25th Anniversary Gala featuring Bernadette Peters Miami City Ballet Classical Mystery Tour (music of The Beatles)

Andrea Bocelli Run-Outs in Miami and Tampa, Jack Everly’s The Fifties: Golden Age of Black and White Finale of Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue

COACH / ACCOMPANYING EXPERIENCE
Staff Accompanist for DCINY (Distinguished Concerts International New York), 2009 - 2010.
Duties include accompanying rehearsals for various choral/orchestral concerts and The Music of Eric Whitacre performances at Avery Fisher Hall, March and June, 2009

Pianist for New York City Gay Men’s Chorus, New York City 2009 - 2010.
Accompanied performances at NJPAC, Bronx Pride and Rosebud, February and October Retreats and CD.

Audition Accompanist, New York City, 2009 - 2010.
Accompanied AEA auditions for HughesMoss Casting, Theatre of the Stars and MUNY productions.

Pianist, Musical Theatre classes at NYU and Barnard-Columbia Dept of Theatre, 2009- 2010.

Vocal coach: Karita Mattila (Arabella and Katja Kabanova) and Leslie Lewis Sword (Yesterday Came to Soon)
Pianist for Florida Gulf Coast University All-State Choir Workshop, 2008
Pianist for Florida Gulf Coast University Choir Tour and Opera Scenes workshop, 2007
Pianist for Naples Opera Society programs and special recitals, 2005 – 2008
Pianist for Naples Music Club scholarship winners concerts, 2001 – 2005
Coach Accompanist for Sweet Betsy from Pike produced and performed in association with University of Illinois Y.O.P.E. program (Youth Opera Preparation Education) directed by Nicholas DiVirgilio, 1997 – 1998.
Pianist of University of Georgia Concert Choir, Dr. Pierce Arant, director, 1993
Pianist of Shorter College Chorale, Dr. John Ratledge, director, in rehearsals of Handel’s Messiah in Rome, Georgia and St. Petersburg, Russia performances, 1992

BALLET ACCOMPANYING EXPERIENCE
Ballet accompanist for The Joffrey Ballet of Chicago Dancer’s Project, 1999   Accompanied a series of classes at the Joffrey Ballet in Chicago taught by members of the Joffrey ballet company
Ballet accompanist for Salt Creek Ballet of Chicago, University of Illinois Dance classes, and Champaign Park District classes (RAD syllabus examinations).

CHAMBER MUSIC PERFORMANCE
Pianist and co-founder of Mountain Laurel Trio (Flute, clarinet and piano) 2004 – 2008 Performed on concert series and benefit programs throughout Southwest Florida and commissioned Mountain Laurel Suite by composer, James Stephenson – world premiere at National Flute Convention in San Diego, 2005.
Pianist for premieres of James Stephenson’s Etude Caprice (Ivan Garcia, clarinet) and Sonata for Trumpet, Violin and Piano (James Stephenson, trumpet and Sally Stephenson, violin)

CHURCH MUSIC EXPERIENCE
Assistant Music Director of Vanderbilt Presbyterian Church, Naples, Florida 2001 –2008, under the direction of Dr. James B. Cochran Duties include accompanying choir rehearsals and regular service; substitute organist and choral director for worship services; improvisation at the piano during monthly communion services; directing a musical program for children including weekly children’s choir rehearsals; monthly performances and the annual children’s “Mother’s Day Musical;” assisting Dr. Cochran with the annual VPC Summer Music Camp; preparing and performing programs for special events, weddings and memorial services as well.
Substitute Pianist/Organist/Conductor for various churches 1985 - 2008

EVENT EXPERIENCE
Co-Producer and Piano/Conductor of Naples productions of Hedwig and the Angry Inch, 2002 and 2008
Producer and Keyboard player for Naples production Songs for A New World, a 911 Memorial benefiting the Collier Mental Health Association, 2002
Co-Chairman of the 2005 State Conference of Florida State Music Teachers Association, Marco Island 2005
Co-Chairman of the FSMTA District 10 Conferences: 2003, 2004, 2005
Duties included overseeing the contracting of exhibitors, advertisers, sponsors and clinicians; creating the conference website and publicity packets; contracting catering and conference space for exhibits, clinics and special events; contracting guest artist; compiling and creating the program booklet.
Theory Chairman of FSMTA District 10 Student Days 2007 and 2008
Co-Chairman of the NFMC Fort Myers Area Junior Festival, 2008
Duties include contracting judges for piano, instrumental, vocal and music theory categories, creating the master schedule for two days of events, preparing hospitality room for judges, compiling state and national reports.

LECTURE AND TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Adjunct faculty positions teaching Class Piano (all levels), Music Appreciation and Literature, Sight Singing and Ear Training and American Music History, 1994 - 2008

Interim Director of Choirs (Intermediate, Middle and High School) at Community School of Naples, 2007
Private piano and voice instructor, 1994 – present
Students who won multiple local, regional and state competitions, auditions and scholarships to Interlochen Center for the Arts, University of Florida, University of Central Florida, Stetson University, New York University and Pace University, and roles in local and regional musical theatre.

EDUCATION
Master of Music in Chamber Music and Accompanying, The University of Georgia, 1995 Piano study with Dr. Martha Thomas and vocal study with Dr. Gregory Broughton
Bachelor of Music in Piano Pedagogy, Voice minor, Shorter College, 1993
Piano study with Mary Ann Knight, vocal study with Rebecca Byerly Turner and organ study with Dr. Peter DeWitt

REFERENCES and REPERTOIRE LIST available upon request