credentials

EDUCATION:
Indiana University-Doctorate Program-Music Performing Arts / Bloomington, Indiana
University of Vienna-Certificate in Music Therapy / Vienna, Austria
University of Texas at Austin-Master of Music
Mills College-Bachelor of Arts (Music, Psychology) Oakland, California

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
Educational Outreach Director: Utah Festival Opera, Logan, Utah
Adjunct Faculty: Community College of Southern Nevada (voice)
University of Nevada, Las Vegas: Master Classes (Career Development)
Certified Substitute Teacher: Clark County School District (k-12)
Very Special Arts: Artist and Consultant
Artist-in-Residence: Endorsed by the Arts Councils of Nevada. North Dakota, South
Dakota, Idaho, Oregon, Wyoming and Utah

SPECIALIZED CLASSES
Kennedy Center, Artist's as Educators"
Program includes:
" Planning effective workshops for teachers
" Find connections between artist work and school curriculum

Artist-in-Residence Curriculum includes:
Provided in the states of: Wyoming, North/South Dakota, Utah, Nevada, Idaho, New York,
New Jersey, Oregon, Virginia
" Conducted workshops for parents, teachers, and hospital staff that included behavior
modification on-task behavior to promote listening and interpretive skills.
" Conducted humor workshops for teachers, hospital staff, parents, and students.
" Conducted "Music and Your Emotions" workshops in schools (K-12),
Junior College, University, Hospitals (patients and staff) throughout the United States.
" Yankton, South Dakota - Featured Guest artist and speaker for Women's Awareness
Day.
" Women's Issues Workshop curriculum utilizing the Creative Arts, Music, Humor, Poetry,
Arts and Drama
" Music and Religious Influences, Basel Switzerland sponsored by Crescendo Magazine.
" Humor Workshops for Desert Springs Hospital, Las Vegas, Nevada, presented to the
Professional and support staff.
" Conducted Self-Esteem classes (grades 6,7,8) for Las Vegas Day School.
" Featured Speaker:" Tuning Your Chassis" for the National Association of Teachers of
singing" Western Conference Convention, Las Vegas, Nevada.
" Weekly 2.5 hour Humor workshop's for private psychiatric hospital, Las Vegas, NV,
entitled" Survival Skills for Young and Old, Utilizing the Power of Humor, Laff-lab.
" Conducted Weekly 25-hour Music Therapy workshops for private psychiatric hospital.
" Creative Arts workshops sponsored by Charter Hospital "Music and Your Emotions"
(didactic and hands-on exploration of music.)
" Art spirit workshops, Nevada Arts Council featured artist, Reno, Las Vegas, NV.
(Didactic and hands on exploration of art, music, poetry, and language arts.
" Sing Me a Story, Tell Me a Tale, children create an opera, including making props,
creating dialogue, story, playing Orff Instruments. This project has been presented
throughout the United States and South America.
" Workshops for Nevada Association for the handicapped, organization now known as
" Easter Seals of Nevada.
" The Music Emergency Fund foundations sponsored Humor and Music Workshops
throughout the metropolitan New York/New Jersey areas.
" St. Austin's School, Austin Texas. 2 years, Full-time Music Instructor (K-8)
" University of Texas, Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Music, (Voice and
Education classes.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
" Music Therapist, Charter Hospital, Las Vegas, Nevada
" Creative Arts Specialist, Harmony Counseling, Las Vegas, Nevada
" Yankton, South Dakota, State Psychiatric Hospital, Music Therapy Residency.

CHILD THERAPY

" Conducted individual and group Creative Arts Therapy.
" Designed imaginative Music, Art, Humor and play Forums as therapy for family related
issues.
" Conducted intake assessments.
" Supported and directed music Art and Play as themes emerged to allow successful
integration of family experiences.

PARENT EDUCATION/FAMILY THERAPY

" Collaborated with other Psychiatrists, social Workers and Therapists in leading
concurrent therapy groups for children and their parents.
" Conducted family assessments of family stresses.
" Developed treatment plans addressing the needs of both the parent and the child.
" Designed activities. Music, Art, Drama, and Play for supervised parent/child interactions
to improve family relationships.
" Provided support and psycho-education for parents at high risk for abuse or neglect of
their children or other family violence.
" Designed Support Group meetings for families focusing on issues of healthy child
parent relationships utilizing the Creative Arts.
" Led individual and family therapy sessions.

CREATIVE ARTS INTERNSHIPS
" Provided individual and group in-service in Music, Art Humor and Play Therapy to
nursing students at Charter Hospital.

NEVADA ASSOCIATION FOR THE HANDICAPPED
" Independent Living Director
" Developed music Therapy programs for traumatic brain injury clients.
" Designed Support Group meetings for parents and family members of traumatic brain
injury clients.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Founder and Director of Children's Opera outreach
Founder and Director: Outreach for Creative Arts a not for profit organization.
National Association Teachers of Singing (NATS)
National Laughter Society
International Platform Association
Soroptomist International of Greater Las Vegas

SPECIALIZED COMMUNICATION SKILLS
Speaking knowledge of German
Reading knowledge of German, Italian and French.