| Born 29. Juni 1961 in Seattle, Washington,
USA |
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| Education | |||||
| 1979 |
Graduation from Shorecrest High School,
Seattle, Washington |
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| 1980-1982 | Musical Studies at Shoreline Community College, Seattle, Washington | ||||
| 1983-1987 |
Undergraduate Studies
at Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington |
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| Vocal Performance (Major) and Music History (Minor) | |||||
| 1987-1990 |
Graduate Studies in Masters Program (Voice) at Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana | ||||
| Voice Teachers: |
Marianne Weltman, Norman Phillips, Giorgio Tozzi, Svatava Subratová, Mark Schnaible, Patricia McCaffrey | ||||
| Lied Course: | Leonard Hokanson | ||||
Master Classes: |
Carol Neblett, Marlena Malas, Mikael Eliason |
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| Awards: |
National Finalist - Metropolitan Opera Auditions (1990) |
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| Additional Experience |
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| 1982-1984 | Music Director - Assumption Catholic Church, Seattle, Washington | ||||
| 1984-1990 |
Music Director - Crue Consort (Early Music), Bellingham, Washington | ||||
| 1990-1991 | Music Director - Westminster Presbyterian Church, Tacoma, Washington | ||||
Career |
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1991-1993 |
Freelance Singer in Chicago, Illinois |
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1993-1995 |
Freelance Singer in New York City |
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| 1995-1997 | Fest Contract in Nuremberg | ||||
| Guest Appearances in Kiel and Zwickau | |||||
| 1997-1998 | Fest Contract in Rostock and Guest Contract in Schwerin | ||||
| 1998-1999 | Fest Contract in Schwerin and Guest Contracts in Rostock and Dorset | ||||
| 1999-2002 | Fest Contract in Halle and Guest Contract in Koblenz and Schwerin | ||||
| 2002- | Freelance
Singer in Berlin with appearances in Leipzig, Peralada, San Sebastian,
Halle, Schwerin, Neustrelitz, Hildesheim, Friedrichshafen and Seattle |
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| Collaborations |
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| Stage Directors: |
Fred Berndt, Annegret Ritzel, Uwe Scholz, Cesare Lievi, Pet Halman, Linda Brovsky, Dejan Miladinovic, Werner Saladin, Brian Deedrick, John Norris, Axel Köhler, Christian Marten-Molnàr, Urs Bircher, Barbara Ellenberger, Ralf-Peter Schulze, Christian von Götz, Jürgen Pöckel, David Geary, Michael Beauchamp, Peter Pawlik, Markus Schuliers, Bernd Krieger, Matthia Hüstebeck, Carl Radner, Klaus Arauner, Cornelia Heger | ||||
| Conductors: |
Klaus Weise, Jacques Delacôte, Miltiades Caridis, Michail Jurowski, Stefan Malzew, Rolf Reuter, Axel Kober, Joseph Rescigno, Anton Marik, Ivan Törzs, Roman Brogli-Sacher, Daniel Lipton, Kevin Murphy, David Briskin, Paul Nadler, Uriel Segal, Daniel Beckwith, Tim Shaindlin, Wolfgang Katschner, George Shangrow, Bruce Pullan, Robert Scandrett, Randall Behr, Karsten Huschke, Roger Epple, Jens Troester, Jörg Pitschmann, Boris Anifantakis, Bryan Balkwill, Patrick Shelley, Frank Zacher, Manfred Hänsel, James Caraher, Hanspeter Gmür, Bodo Reinke, Florian Frannek, Frank Hube, Jobst Liebrecht, Wolfgang Gayler, Lawrence Rapchek, Eckehard Stier, Christian Fröhlich, Christian van den Berg-Bremer
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