Appointments and Affiliations
Appointments:
2021 | -Guest Artist at University of Minnesota, Morris discussing Spectral Spirits with Professor Athena Kildegaard's "The Environmental Imagination" students. |
2020 | -Guest Composer at Northwestern University, session with Donald Nally's choral music students on the topic of her music. |
2018- |
-Composer Mentor, Minnesota Varsity - American Composers Forum and Minnesota Public Radio. |
2018 | -Composer-in-Residence at Friends School of Minnesota, working with Kindergarten-8th Graders to compose a new school song. |
2005 - 2017 | -Composer-in-Residence, Schubert Club, St. Paul Minnesota |
2010 | -Composer-in-Residence, Taos Chamber Music Group, June 2010 |
-Normandale Community College - Master Class, April 21, 2010 | |
2008 | -Composer-in-Residence, Taos Chamber Music Group, Fall 2008 |
2005-2006 | -Guest Composer, Orono H.S. Bands, Orono, MN |
2004 | -Composer in Residence at Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY (4/24-4/29) |
-Presenter, pre-concert talk, Ensemble of the North, Strings and Singers: History of the Mass | |
-Guest speaker — Girl Scouts of Minneapolis (April) | |
2002 | -Guest Presenter at Elder Learning Institute, University of Minnesota |
-Young People's Presentation and Concert, in association with premiere of Sherman: Scenes and Celebrations | |
2001-2003 | -Composer-in-Residence, ICE |
2000 | -Composition Workshop, Forest Hills Elementary School, Eden Prairie, MN, 3rd Grade Class |
-Minnesota Orchestra Adopt-A-School Program: spoke about music composition with 5th grade class at Holland Elementary (3 visits) | |
-Two volunteer school visits through Community Resource Pool Program | |
-Composer/Performer Workshop with young musicians at Musicapolis (administered by the Schubert Club), St. Paul, MN | |
1999-2000 | -Composer in Residence with the Rose Ensemble, Minneapolis, MN |
1999 | -Young People's Workshop, "Painting with Sound," Sherman, CT |
1998-2000 | -Composition Teacher, Musicopolis (music education program administered by the Schubert Club), St. Paul, MN |
1998 | -Guest at Friends School, held composition workshop associated with Dale Warland Singers choral premiere, St. Paul, MN |
-Guest at Longfellow Elementary School, held composition workshop associated with Dale Warland Singers choral premiere, Minneapolis, MN | |
1997 | -Guest Speaker at the Arts High School with cellist, Thomas Rutishauser, Golden Valley, MN |
-Composer in Residence at O.H. Anderson Elementary School Authors and Artists Fair, Mahtomedi, MN | |
1996 | -Composer in residence at Tufts University Celebration of Women in Music, Medford, MA |
-Guest speaker at Young Children's Music Program, Ramsey County, MN | |
1995 | -Participated in Composition Workshop for children associated with the premiere of Apparent Solids, Sherman, CT |
1994 | -Judge for the Performers of Connecticut Piano Competition, Westport, CT |
-Judge for MMTA Composition Competition | |
1990-present | -Composition Teacher (private instruction) |
1989 | -Residency at the Ives Center for American Music, Danbury, CT |
1987 | -Guest Speaker at MacPhail Center for the Arts Young People's Chamber Music Club |
Affiliations:
- Owner, Hummingbird Press
- American Composers Forum
- American Music Center
- ASCAP (American Society of Authors, Composers, and Publishers)
- Chamber Music America
- Chorus America
- Music Publishers Association of the United States
- 2012-2019 Secretary, Board of Directors; Independent Music Publishers Cooperative
- 2000-2004 Education Committee Member, American Composers Forum
- 2000-2002 Board Member, Dare To Breathe, Chair, Resources and Development Committee