PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND CONTRIBUTIONS
Presentations and
Publications (selected activities)
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Presenter, "Technology and the New Diction Domain." NATS 50th National Conference, 2008.
Guest Presenter, "Mozart and Verdi." Presbyterian College, Clinton, South Carolina, March 2008.
Presenter, “Meeting our Students Halfway: integrating popular music examples and projects into ‘seriously conceived’ curricula.” CMS South Central-Southern SuperRegional Conference, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, February 2008.
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Guest Presenter, "Integrating Creativity and Music into the Classroom 3." University of Tampa Education/Theater Workshop, 2007.
Lecture-recitalist, Cabaret: Theater of the Mind to Theater of the Masses," Rhodes College, Memphis, Tennessee, January 2007.
Masterclass Clinician, Hillsborough Community College, Ybor City, Florida, October 2006.
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Guest Presenter, "Integrating Creativity and Music into the Classroom 2." University of Tampa Education/Theater Workshop, Fall 2006.
Co-presenter, “Keeping Our Teaching Fresh,” with Mary K Wilson, Tampa Bay NATS Fall Workshop, 2006.
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Recitalist and Clinician, University of Wisconsin-Superior, August 2006.
Masterclass Clinician, Susan Levasseur Voice Studio, Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, Florida, 2006.
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Guest Presenter, "Integrating Creativity and Music into the Classroom." University of Tampa Education/Theater Workshop, 2006.
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Vocal Clinician, "What Voice Training can Teach you as a Choral Singer" Plant High School Choirs, Tampa, Florida, 2005.
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Poster Paper Presenter, "Songs and Society: Pop Music at the Turn of the (Twentieth) Century," The Sixth International Congress of Voice Teachers, Vancouver, Canada, 2005.
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Lecture-recitalist, "Songs and Society: Pop Music at the Turn of the (Twentieth) Century," (academic version) Festival 500: Sharing the Voices International Academic Symposium , Newfoundland, Canada --2005.
Accompanying Article accepted for publication in the Symposium Proceedings V, 2006.
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Co-presenter, “Dealing Successfully with Performance Anxiety,” with Alexis Kendall, University of Tampa, 2005.
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Lecture-recitalist, "Songs and Society: Pop Music at the Turn of the (Twentieth) Century" (student version), The University of Tampa Honors Symposia Series --2005.
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Contributing Author, D’Arcy Smith’s “The Teaching of Vocal Resonance and Range: A survey of Voice Teachers,” 2005. Presented at the 2005 Conference of the Association for Theatre in Higher Education, and published as a monograph in April 2005. http://www.yorku.ca/dsmukler/voicesurvey/voicesurvey.pdf
- Contributing author/editor, “The Singing Book,” by Meribeth Bunch and Cynthia Vaughn, W W Norton, 2004. Wrote transcripts and edited diction appendix of this class voice textbook. Submitted formal review of this textbook at publisher’s request in Summer 2006 in preparation for 2nd edition.
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Co-Presenter and Moderator, "Adjudicating Musical Theater Singers" discussion/demonstration, 2004 Fall Tampa Bay NATS Chapter Workshop. Co-presenter: Prof. Marguerite Bennett Folger.
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Presenter and Masterclass Clinician, "Humor and the Artsong Recital,"
2003 New England Regional Conference of the National Association of
Teachers of Singing, Boston, MA.
Speaker, "Exploiting Technology for Voice Recruitment Strategies," NATS National Convention, National Leadership Luncheon, 2004.
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NATS National Webmaster, NATS Online http://www.nats.org
, 1999-2006. Duties included authoring, editing and structuring
information; page creation and site maintenance; and coordinating
projects with the Executive Office, Journal of Singing and
Inter Nos Editors, NATS Chat Coordinator, and Special Event
and Project Chairs.
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Editor, The NATS Online Journal Index, 2000-2001. Dr. John
Burgin, author. Edited annotated index covering 50 years of NATS journal
publications. Coordinated with author and database programmer to convert
hardcopy index to a searchable online index.
http://www.nats.org/journal_of_singing.php#journal
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Artist Series Presenter, Birth of a Website: The Diction
Domain and Educational Website Development, Texoma Region
NATS Conference, November 1999. Co-presenter: Dr. Candace A. Magner.
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Author, "Meistersinger: Making the Grad School Decision."
Classical Singer, September 1999
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Speaker, Birth of a Website: The Diction Domain and
Educational Website Development, July 1999 at Sharing the Voices:
The Phenomenon of Singing International Symposium II, in Newfoundland,
Canada. Text published in the proceedings of the Symposium.
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Author, "The Music Educator's Personal/Professional Webpage,"
NATS Inter Nos feature article, April/May 1999. Created companion
tutorial online at
http://www.scaredofthat.com/ppwebsite/sgarticle1.html.
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Speaker at the 14th Annual Meeting of The Rocky
Mountain Chapter of The College Music Society, March 1999. Presented
interactive slideshow and demonstration of The Diction Domain™
website.
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Poster Paper Presenter, Birth of a Website: Creation of
The Diction Domain, 45th Conference of the National
Association of Teachers of Singing, July 1998. Co-presenter: Dr. Candace
A. Magner.
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Programmer and co-author of The Diction Domain
(http://www.dictiondomain.com) voice diction resources website,
1997 to present.
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Author of numerous electronic articles for Vocalist,
1993-2003. Vocalist is the Internet information and discussion
group for singers and teachers of singing. (http://www.vocalist.org)
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Lecturer, "Brahms and Liszt Life in the Shadow
of Beethoven," Citrus College, May 1997.
- Guest Vocal Instructor. Coached University of Texas at Austin studio of undergraduate music and non-music majors. Conducted studio class and individual lessons, presented instruction and drills for Lütgen vocalises and vowel modification techniques, March 1995.
Committees and Conferences
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Comparative Pedagogy, NYSTA Professional Development Program, June 2008.
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Chair, University of Tampa First Year Experiences (Gateways/Global Issues) Committee, 2006-2007.
Elected Member, University of Tampa Faculty Advisory Council, 2005-2007
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Board Member, Board of Directors of the Renaissance Center for the Arts, Tampa, 2004-present. Participated in all Board Meetings, member of Music Subcommittee, Chair of Curriculum Committee.
- Member, Admissions Policy Committee, University of Tampa, 2002-2006.
- Faculty Representative, Facilities Subcommittee to the Board of Directors, University of Tampa, 2002-2004.
- Board Member ex officio, NATS Meetings of the Board of Directors, 2000-2005. Participated in all Board Meetings as technology consultant and NATS Webmaster.
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Member, National Student NATS Advisory Committee, 2005-2007.
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Member, NATS National Membership Committee, 2002- 2004.
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Member, NATS EBSCO Proposal Consideration Committee, Summer
2002.
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Member, NATS Recruitment Strategies Committee, 2001.
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Member, NATS Publications Advertising Policy Committee, 2000-2001.
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Member, NATS Publications Missions Advisory Committee, November
1999.
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Using the Web to Enhance the Classroom, April 1998. Attended
live satellite event and discussion groups of the 9th Annual Conference
on College Teaching and Learning.
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Alexander Technique Workshop for Singers, April 1998. Attended
intermediate and advanced sessions, focusing on relating posture and
alignment to vocal pedagogy.
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Feldenkrais Breathing and Movement Workshop for Singers, March
1998. Learned about the Feldenkrais method, some of its exercises
and applications for singing and teaching singing.
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Chancellor's Conference on the Use of Instructional Technology
and Distance Learning, East Carolina University, February 1998.
Adjudications (selected activities)
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Tampa Bay NATS Student Auditions, 2002-present.
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Southeastern NATS Student Auditions, 2002-present.
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Florida State NATS Artist Award Judge, 2006.
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TNT Talent Competition, 2004-06.
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Lee County Allied Arts Talent Competition, Semi-finalist and Finals Judge, 2004-08.
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Suncoast Opera Competition Adjudicator, 2005.
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