Artistic Performances

Guest Conductor and Performances for Honor Choirs
  • Guest Conductor,  NJCU Chorale Spring Concert, New Jersey City University,  May 4, 2014;  May 10, 2010.
  • Guest Conductor, Cobb County Children’s Choir, Atlanta GA, October 2010
  • Conductor:  New Jersey All State Women’s Chorus. Professional Recording. New Jersey Performing Arts Center, Newark, New Jersey,  February 25, 2006
  • Conductor: All Cape Cod and Islands High School Choral Festival. Performing Arts Center, Hyannis, Massachusetts. February 6, 2005
  • Conductor: Sussex County High School Honor Choir. Wallkill Regional High School, Hamburg, NJ. November 19, 2004                                                                                          
  • Conductor: Massachusetts ACDA American Choral Directors Association Women’s Honor Choir. University of Massachusetts, Amherst Massachusetts, November 8, 2003                                         
  • Conductor: Central Jersey Region High School Honor Choir. Professional Recording. Monroe Township High School, Monroe Township, NJ,  January 26, 2003
  • Associate Conductor:  Jazz Oratorio, “Rejoice! Rejoice,” by Willis Kirk. International Association of Jazz Educators, Annual Conference, New York City, January 13, 2001
  • Conductor: William Paterson University Summer Choir, Shea Auditorium, William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ. July 31, 2000
  • Conductor, North Jersey Region I High School Honor Chorus, January 1998 Maplewood/South Orange, NJ
  • Conductor, New Jersey All State Chorus, Atlantic City, NJ, November 1994
  • Conductor, Bergen County High School Honor Chorus, January 1993  Northern Valley Regional HS, Old Tappan, NJ 
  • Conductor, New Jersey State Mass Choir of United Methodist Churches,  The Great Auditorium,  Ocean Grove, NJ. 1996, '94, '92, '89

Conference Presentations
  • Conference Presentation: “Performing African American Spirituals and Gospels Music,” a Performance Demonstration featuring the NJCU Unity Ensemble. National Conference of Organization of American Kodaly Educators, Marriott Hotel, Hartford, Connecticut, March 22, 2013
  • Conductor/Choral Reading Session: Eastern Division American Choral Directors Association, Philadelphia PA, February 10-13, 2010
  • Presiding Chair: Session “Vocal Problems of Adolescents,” by Dr. Donna Connolly, New Jersey Music Educators Association, East Brunswick NJ, February 20, 2010
  • Conference Presentation: “Let Your Voices Be Heard” - An exploration of realistic approaches, resources, materials, and current realities for developing, expanding, and maintaining choral programs in the urban setting. NJMEA, New Jersey Music Educators Association, Music in Urban Schools (State Conference), New Brunswick, New Jersey. February 24, 2005  
  • Conference Chairperson:  Ninth Annual New Jersey American Choral Directors Association Fall Conference. The conference focused on a statewide High School Multicultural Choral Festival and Workshop, sponsored by New Jersey American Choral Directors Association. Rutgers Preparatory School, Somerset, NJ, October 12, 2002
  • Panelist:  “Tolerance and Understanding through World Music Selection and Performance.” Eastern Division Convention of American Choral Directors Association. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, February 14, 2002
  • Panelist: “High School Assessment: How Do You Grade Your Choir?” New Jersey Music Educators Association Annual Conference. New Brunswick, NJ. February 23, 2001
 
Clinician and Adjudicator
  • High School Choral Festival, North Jersey School Music Association, River Dell Regional High School, December 2010
  • Eric C. Moore Middle School Chorus, Ramsey, NJ, June 4, 2010
  • High School Choral Festival, North Jersey School Music Association, Teaneck New Jersey, December 3, 2009
  • High School Choral Workshop for specific piece, “Gospel Mass” by Robert Ray.  Jersey City High School of Performing Arts. May 2009
  • National Festival of Music, High School Choral Festival. New York City. April 25, 2008 
  • National Festival of Music, High School Choral Festival. New York City. April 23, 2004
  • North Jersey School Music Association, Children’s Choir Festival. Boonton, New Jersey, May 29, 2003
  • Leontyne Price Vocal Arts Competition. Evaluating and ranking aspiring professional singers for National Scholarship and Recognition. Newark Museum, NJ. April 21, 2002
  • Ridgewood Choral Society Vocal Competition. Hohokus, NJ, March 9, 2002
  • NJ Governors Award. New Jersey State High School Opera Festival. Ridgewood High School, Ridgewood, NJ, February 9, 2001
  • North Jersey School Music Association, High School Choral Festival. Kittatinny and Chatham, NJ, December 4-5, 2001
  • Essex County Music Teachers Association, High School Choral Festival. Bloomfield High School, Bloomfield, NJ. April 11, 2000
  • NJ-ACDA, New Jersey American Choral Directors Association Fall Conference. Choral Reading Session for University and Community Choirs. Edison, NJ. September, 2000
  • New Jersey State High School Opera Festival, Ridgewood High School. Ridgewood, NJ, February, 2000
 
Music Director and Conducting Positions
  • Conductor: William Paterson University Summer Choir. Shea Auditorium, William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ. July 31, 2000
  • Director of Music, Organist, Presbyterian Church of Teaneck, 1995-2013
  • Director, Thurnauer Children's Chorus, Tenafly, NJ, 1995- 2002 Prepared chorus for performance in the opera, “Carmen” for Versimo Opera Company; produced annual concerts; Sponsored chorus representation in National Children’s Choir (Philadelphia PA 1998)