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Curriculum Vitae Graffiti at the Berlin Wall. Japleenpasricha (Photographer). 2009, Jan 14. Retrieved from here 

Curriculum Vitae Highlights

Professional Experience

Music Department  (2020 to 2022)​
University of St. Thomas
Adjunct Faculty - Voice
Minneapolis, MN 

Dougherty Family College (2019 to 2022)​
University of St. Thomas
Adjunct Faculty - Music
Minneapolis, MN 

Music Faculty Member (2018-2019)​
Perpich Arts High School 
Golden Valley, MN

Dean-Counselor (2017-2018)
Saint Paul Conservatory for Performing Artists
​(SPCPA)
St. Paul, MN

Vocal Arts Department Chair (2014-2017, 2018)
SPCPA
St. Paul, MN

Business Owner, Private Music Studio 
(ongoing)
Volare Music Studio
Italy, Minnesota, Florida, Maryland

Presentations & Workshops

Undergraduate Music Convocation Hour
Reggaetón and That Four Letter Word (Race)
UST Music Department - Undergraduate Music Education
Presentation, April 2022
​

General Music Lecture
Pitch/Melody and My Creative Process
Guest Lecturer

UST Music Department - Undergraduate Music Education
Presentation, October 2021


Music History Lecture
Realism & Nationalism: Late 19th Century Opera
​Guest Lecturer

UST Music Department - Undergraduate Music Education
Online Presentation, April 2021

Dean’s Forum
Co-Facilitator with Dr. Aura Wharton-Beck
​UST School of Education
Online Presentation, March 2021

Spring Retreat Call-to-Action
Co-Presenter with Dr. Jayne Sommers
UST School of Education & Dougherty Family College
Online Presentation, Jan 2021

Music History Lecture
Early Opera in Renaissance Italian City States
Guest Lecturer

UST Music Department - Undergraduate Music Education
Online Presentation, Nov 2020
 
Faculty Lunch Workshop
Engaging & Supporting ELL students through Creative Low-Stakes Assignments
Co-presenter with Dr. Carla Gonzalez
Writing Across the Curriculum 
Online Presentation, Oct 2020
 
Fall Retreat Reflection
Reflecting on the Urgency of Anti-Racist Teaching
Co-presenter with Dr. Shelly Neilsen Gatti 

UST School of Education & Dougherty Family College
Online Presentation, Sept 2020
 
Fall Retreat Problems of Practice Workshop
Equitable Classroom Policy and Practices
Co-Facilitator with Emily Buehler 

UST School of Education & Dougherty Family College
Online Presentation, Sept 2020
 
Equity Through the Arts Conference
Leaving the White Privilege Bubble
Presenter

Perpich Center for the Arts
Golden Valley, MN, June 2019
 
Qualitative Research Presentation
“I Do Want to Know:” Case Studies of Effective Teachers of Students of Color
Guest Lecturer

UST Graduate School of Education, Education Leadership 
Minneapolis, MN, April 2019

Ethnographic & Qualitative Research Conference, Poster Session
“I Do Want to Know:” Case Studies of Effective Teachers of Students of Color
Poster Session - Presenter

University of Nevada, College of Education
Las Vegas, NV, Feb 2019

Additional Leadership Experience

Charter Accountability Board (CAB)
Charter School Authorization Program
2021 - 2022

University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN

UST Adjunct Faculty Council and
Elections & Nominations Committee

2020 - 2021
Appointed to represent Dougherty Family College
University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN

​
DFC Strategic Planning Committee
2020
University of St. Thomas, Minneapolis, MN

Faculty ​Leadership Advisory Committee
2018-2019
Perpich Arts High School, Golden Valley, MN 

Board Member, Arts Faculty Representative
2016-2018
SPCPA, St. Paul, MN

Educational Experience

Ed.D., Educational Leadership & Learning (honors)
University of St. Thomas
St. Paul, MN

M. Mus., Vocal Performance
Peabody Institute, Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD

B.A., Italian Studies, Phi Beta Kappa
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN

Continuing Education

Training Original Artists
Contemporary Commercial Music Vocal Pedagogy Institute
Shenandoah University, Online, 2021

Musical Theatre Singing Styles
Contemporary Commercial Music Vocal Pedagogy Institute
Shenandoah University, Online, 2021

Popular Singing Styles

Berklee Online, Summer 2020

"Microinterventions in the Classroom", Dr. Derald Wing Sue
UST Center for Faculty Development Workshop, Feb 2020

DiversityEdu (DEI Professional Development Program)
Modules 1-3: Engagement with Diversity,
Communication for Inclusion,
The Influence of Unconscious Bias
University of St. Thomas, Jan 2020

Writing Across the Curriculum Seminar

University of St. Thomas, Jan 2020
​
Summit on Inclusive Learning
UST Center for Faculty Development Workshop, Aug 2019

Faculty Retreat: "Culturally Sustaining Pedagogies"
Dougherty Family College, University of St. Thomas, Aug 2019

White Privilege Conference
The Privilege Institute, Cedar Rapids, IA, March 2019

Equity Training
Education Reform Enterprises, Tamika Fuller
Golden Valley, MN, 2018-2019
​
Racial Equity Advocate Training
Minnesota Educator Academy: Facing Inequities and Racism in Education 
Education Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, 2018-2019

Delivering Effective Professional Development:
“Understanding & Overcoming  Racial Bias & White Privilege”
and “Interrupting Racism in Our Learning Communities”
MEA PD/FIRE Train-the-Trainer Workshop
Education Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, 2019

Culturally & Linguistically Responsive Lesson Planning 
Equity Alliance, Woodbury, MN, 2018

Contemporary Commercial Music Vocal Pedagogy Institute
Shenandoah University, Winchester, VA, 2017

Charter School Board Training 
University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN, 2016

Innocent Classroom
Innocent Technologies, St. Paul, MN, 2015-2016

Awards and Honors

Education Leadership Dept Scholarship, 2018
School of Education
University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN

AU Fall Scholarship
Augsburg University, Minneapolis, MN

George Castelle Memorial Award
Peabody Institute, Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD

Professional Memberships

Education Minnesota, Since 2018
​
National Association of Teachers of Singing, Since 2017             
Phi Beta Kappa, Since 2002    
Mu Phi Epsilon, Since 2002                      ​

Teaching Expertise

  • Music History: (Opera & Musical Theatre, Music & Culture, American Popular Song, Women Composers in Western Art Music)
  • Music Appreciation
  • Repertoire Courses (English and American art song, French mélodies, Spanish and Latin American canciónes, Italian canzioni and arie antiche, German Lieder, Operatic Repertoire)
  • Voice & Vocal Pedagogy (Classical bel canto Technique, Contemporary Commercial Technique for Popular Vocal Genres)
  • Lyric Diction (French, Spanish, German, Italian, English)
Ilah Raleigh, Arts Education Leader & Performing Artist 
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