Curriculum vitae

  • PhD, Social Sciences & Educational Policy, History of Education

    • Research Emphasis: politics; sociology; pedagogical discourse; queer, Asian American students’ experiences

    • University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, current

    EdM, Diversity & Equity in Education Policy, Organization, & Leadership

    • University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

    • Awarded Outstanding Student Medal Award from the College of Education (Master’s/Advanced Certificate Division)

    MA, Vocal Performance and Pedagogy

    • Columbia University, Teachers College

    Post-Baccalaureate Studies, Opéra

    • École Normale de Musique de Paris

    BFA, Vocal Performance

    • Minor, Humanities

    • California Institute of the Arts

    • Dumont Foundation Scholar

  • Vocal Pedagogy

    • Voice Disorders Certificate, Icahn School of Medicine/Mount Sinai, 2021

    • Dr. Shannon Coates’s Developing Voices Intensive, 2021

    • Vocal Pedagogy Mentorship Program, NATS-NYC, 2020

    • Master Teacher Observations with Mary Saunders-Barton, 2019

    • Singing Voice Science Workshop, Monclair State University, 2019

    Vocal Performance

    • International Vocal Artists Academy of Payerbach (Austria), 2014

    • Primary Teachers: Dr. Jeanne Goffi-Fynn (NY, USA), Dr. Paul Berkolds (CA, USA), Vladimir Chernov (AU), Olga Toporkova (FR)

  • Teaching Assistant, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 2022-present

    • Asian American Education (undergraduate & graduate)

      • Fulfills: Education Policy, History of Education, Advanced Composition, and U.S. Cultural Minority Studies

    • Identity and Difference in Education (undergraduate)

      • Fulfills: U.S. Cultural Minority Studies, Education Certification Requirement

    Instructor, Columbia University, 2019-2020

    • Applied Voice (undergraduate, graduate, majors and non-majors)

    Course Facilitator, Columbia University, 2019

    • Musicality (graduate, majors)

  • Head of Youth Music, Eleonor England Music School, 2020-2022

    • Applied Voice

    • Group Voice (Chorus)

    • Performance Masterclass Series

    Music Teacher, Random Farms Kids’ Theater, Elmsford, NY, 2019-2021

    • Applied Voice (3-12, adult)

    • Music Theory (8-12)

    • Chorus (K-5)

    • Voice Over (1-12)

    Core Faculty, The School of the New York Times (intensive), New York, NY, 2019*

    • Theatre Criticism (10-16)

    • Musical Theatre Analysis

    • Music History

    Music Teacher, Broadway Training Center, Hastings, NY, 2017-2019*

    • Applied Voice (9-12)

    • Chorus (K-7)

    • Theatre (K-6)

    • Improvisation (9-12)

    • Musical Theatre Performance (K-3)

    • General Music (K-3)

    Teaching Artist, Inside Broadway, New York, NY, 2016-2017

    • Musical Theatre Performance (3-8)

    Music Teacher, CalArts Community Arts Partnership, Los Angeles, CA, 2012-2014*

    • Vocal Music (K-3)

    • Applied Voice (6-12)

    • Devised Theatre Music (6-12)

    * Indicates supervisory positions.

  • Music Supervisor, RWS Entertainment Group, 2017—2019

    • Music directed 42 touring (international & national), cruise, and theme park shows

    Music Director, The Piper (Reading), Davenport RAVE Festival; New York, NY, 2019

    Music Director, Loserville (U.S. Premiere), Off-Broadway; New York, NY, 2018

    Music Director, The Good Time*, Hersheypark; Hershey, PA, 2018

    Keys II, CATS (Keys II), Irvington Town Hall; Irvington, NY, 2018

    Casting Music Director, Annie, Gallery Players; New York, NY, 2017

    Music Director & Composer, Kid Kristy and the Candy Touch,* La MaMa; New York, NY, 2015

    Conductor, Trail*, REDCAT / The Walt Disney Concert Hall; Los Angeles, CA, 2014

    20+ Educational Productions in NY, NJ, and CA (available upon request, 2013-2021)

    * World Premiere

  • TELEVISION

    • Series Regular, Higglytown Heroes, Disney

    • Recurring, Jojo’s Circus, Disney

    • Guest Performer, The Oprah Winfrey Show, Harpo

    • Guest Dancer, Dance on Sunset, Nickelodeon

    OFF-BROADWAY/NYC

    • Cain/Lead, LBTS, Kraine Theatre (off-broadway)/Studio 301

    • Peter Cratchit, A Christmas Carol, Queensborough Theatre Project

    OPERA

    • Sleep/Snout, The Fairy Queen, Walt Disney Modular

    • Aeneas, Dido & Aeneas, Altadena Children’s Opera

    • Bilitis/Lead, Don’t Look At Me Like That, Wild Beast Pavilion

    • Nurse/Lead, Everything is Fluid: An Electroacoustic Opera, Columbia University

    • Figaro, Le Nozze di Figaro, CalArts Opera

    • Pangloss, Candide (scenes), CalArts Opera

    FILM

    • Supporting, Out There, Dir. Malik Conard-Sow

    • Additional Dialogue, You, Me and Dupree, Warner Brothers

    • Additional Dialogue, Santa Clause 3, Disney

    • Additional Dialogue, The Fog, Sony Pictures

    • Additional Dialogue, Dead Silence, Universal Studios

    • Additional Dialogue, Wicked Little Things, Millennium Films

    PROFESSIONAL RECITALS & RECORDINGS

    • Soloist, TranScend, Founding Member, New York, NY

    • Soloist, Let There Be Stuff Original Cast Recording, New York, NY*

    • Baritone, Defying Gravity: The Music of Stephen Schwartz and Eric Whitacre, Lincoln Center, New York, NY

    • Soloist, Konzert von Maestro Vladimir Chernov, Reichenau, AU

    • Baritone, Composers’ Album: Santa Clarita Master Chorale, Santa Clarita, CA

    • Tenor, Either/Or by John Eagle, Santa Clarita, CA*

    • Soloist, Noon Concert with Maria Fortuna-Dean, Soprano, Santa Clarita, CA

    *World Premiere

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