About Me
I am currently working towards a Master's degree in choral conducting at the University of Wisconsin at Madison with Beverly Taylor. As a graduate assistant, I conduct the 30-voice Women's Chorus and co-direct the mixed 35-voice Masters Singers. I am also working as the soprano section leader at the St. Christopher Catholic Parish.
- Originally from Needham, MA, I received a B.A. in Music from Williams College in 2009, with an honors thesis in composition.
- My choral conducting experience at Williams included work with the Williams College Elizabethans, the Bennington Children's Chorus, the Williams Concert Choir and other ensembles, advised by Brad Wells.
- I studied composition with David Kechley and Ileana Perez Velazquez and voice with Kerry Ryer-Parke.
- During two summers at Williams, I created Flash-animated annotated scores of Jacob Obrecht's Missa de Sancto Donatiano for Jennifer Bloxam's fascinating website, which also features background information and a video reenactment of the mass performed by Cappella Pratensis, complete with rituals.
- In 2009-2010, I directed the choir at the First Parish Church of Berlin, MA, studied Jewish choral composition with Charles Osborne, and studied voice with Pamela Dellal.
- In the summer of 2011, I worked at the Young Musicians Program at The Walden School, a unique five-week summer camp in New Hampshire that develops composition and musicianship skills in students ages 9-18.
- In addition to conducting and composing, I enjoy singing Renaissance music, sightsinging in general, fiddling in contra dance bands, and reading.
- My sister is a graduate student in psychology at the University of Virginia.