I am passionate arts education leader with a demonstrated commitment to equity and accessibility. My broad experience as a leader, educator and entrepreneur includes community education, K-12 education, and higher education.
As an adjunct faculty member at the University of St. Thomas (UST), I teach a course on music and culture at Dougherty Family College (DFC). I incorporate Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy and explore a diverse range of music traditions, from Contemporary Commercial Music to Western European Art Music, with emphasis on lyric theater, and hybrid music genres within the African diaspora.
I teach voice lessons in the Music Department of the College of Arts and Sciences, where I support artists in becoming confident performers whose vocal technique serves their individual sound and artistry. I have successfully worked with artists in a variety of genres. My students can be seen performing professionally throughout the U.S.
In addition to my professional work, I am a doctoral candidate in the UST School of Education’s Educational Leadership program. For my dissertation, I am studying the contributions of multiracial artists to the Contemporary Commercial Music genres of country, hip-hop and reggaetón. Interested in participating in my research study? Please click here.
In recent years, I have received recognition for my work as a scholar and a social justice advocate. In March 2021, I will co-facilitate a Dean’s Forum presentation with Dr. Aura Wharton-Beck on her recent research on African American “Government Girls.” The UST Dean’s Forum is a series of talks hosted by the School of Education to explore issues related to race and education. I have also presented to various audiences at the University of St. Thomas, the Perpich Center’s Equity Through the Arts Conference, and the Annual Ethnographic & Qualitative Research Conference in Las Vegas, NV. Presentation topics have included women opera composers in 17th century Italian city-states, anti-racist teaching practices, and addressing equity in the classroom with creativity.
As a performing artist, I believe it is time to tell new stories and expand the American operatic and art song canon. My performance credits include operatic productions with Washington National Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, Minnesota Opera, and the Lakes Area Music Festival, and recitals and concerts with the Orlando Philharmonic, MacPhail Spotlight Series, Thursday Musical, and the An die Musik “Live! Concert Series.”
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As an adjunct faculty member at the University of St. Thomas (UST), I teach a course on music and culture at Dougherty Family College (DFC). I incorporate Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy and explore a diverse range of music traditions, from Contemporary Commercial Music to Western European Art Music, with emphasis on lyric theater, and hybrid music genres within the African diaspora.
I teach voice lessons in the Music Department of the College of Arts and Sciences, where I support artists in becoming confident performers whose vocal technique serves their individual sound and artistry. I have successfully worked with artists in a variety of genres. My students can be seen performing professionally throughout the U.S.
In addition to my professional work, I am a doctoral candidate in the UST School of Education’s Educational Leadership program. For my dissertation, I am studying the contributions of multiracial artists to the Contemporary Commercial Music genres of country, hip-hop and reggaetón. Interested in participating in my research study? Please click here.
In recent years, I have received recognition for my work as a scholar and a social justice advocate. In March 2021, I will co-facilitate a Dean’s Forum presentation with Dr. Aura Wharton-Beck on her recent research on African American “Government Girls.” The UST Dean’s Forum is a series of talks hosted by the School of Education to explore issues related to race and education. I have also presented to various audiences at the University of St. Thomas, the Perpich Center’s Equity Through the Arts Conference, and the Annual Ethnographic & Qualitative Research Conference in Las Vegas, NV. Presentation topics have included women opera composers in 17th century Italian city-states, anti-racist teaching practices, and addressing equity in the classroom with creativity.
As a performing artist, I believe it is time to tell new stories and expand the American operatic and art song canon. My performance credits include operatic productions with Washington National Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, Minnesota Opera, and the Lakes Area Music Festival, and recitals and concerts with the Orlando Philharmonic, MacPhail Spotlight Series, Thursday Musical, and the An die Musik “Live! Concert Series.”
To learn about my professional work, or to contact me, please click the buttons below.