Vocal Resume
Oratorio/Concerts with Orchestra
Elijah (Mendelssohn) — Alto Soloist — Paris Choral Society
Magnificat (Bach) — Alto Soloist — Brooklyn Philharmonic
Songs of Innocence and Experience (Bolcom) — Alto in Solo Sextet — Brooklyn Philharmonic
Israel in Egypt (Handel) — Alto Soloist — Sine Nomine Singers and Orchestra
Utrecht Te Deum (Handel) — Alto Soloist — Orchestra des Landesteater Dessau
Magnificat (Bach) — Alto Soloist — AIMS Orchestra
Die Zauberflote, Act I — Third Lady — AIMS Orchestra
Opera
Salome — Herodias — Amici Opera
Romeo et Juliette — Gertrude — Empire State Opera
Cavalleria Rusticana — Mamma Lucia — Brooklyn Repertory Opera
The Veil of Forgetfulness — Azenora (created the role) — Brooklyn Repertory Opera
Ariadne auf Naxos — Dryade — Brooklyn Repertory Opera
Little Red Riding Hood — Mother/Grandmother — Opera on the Go
Il Trovatore — Azucena — New York Opera Forum
I Puritani — Enrichetta — Opera Nova
The Beggar’s Opera — Mrs. Trapes — Hell’s Kitchen Opera
Madama Butterfly — Suzuki — New York Opera Forum
Recordings
Israel in Egypt (Handel), Newport Classic — Alto Soloist — Sine Nomine Singers and Orchestra
Audio
O Rest in the Lord (m4a)
from Elijah
by Felix Mendelssohn
Songs My Mother Taught Me (mp3)
for voice and piano
by Antonin Dvorak
“Dido’s Lament” (mp3)
from the opera Dido and Aeneas
by Henry Purcell
Flute Resume
Principal Flute
Orquesta Sinfonica de Colombia
Royal Winnipeg Ballet
Amercan Chamber Orchestra
Lubo Opera
Opera North
Bel Canto Opera
Soloist in Concerti
Nashville Symphony Orchestra, Willis Page, conductor — Ballade, Frank Martin
Brevard Symphony, James C. Pfohl, conductor — Concerto in G Major, Mozart,
American Chamber Orchestra, Charles Barker — Ballade, Frank Martin
Westchester Chamber Orchestra, Jens Nygaard, conductor — Piccolo Concerto in C, Vivaldi
Contreras Chamber Orchestra: Jose Contreras, conductor — Suite in B Minor, Bach
Orquesta Sinfonica de Colombia: Bruce Wright, conductor — Tres Canciones, Alfredo Aragon
Chamber Music
Quintet of the Americas, founding member
hundreds of concerts throughout North and South America
Audio
“Syrinx” (mp3)
for solo flute
by Claude Debussy
Compositions
When I began thinking about composing a piece for the participants of Piano Works in Progress to play together virtually, my first thought was of Adamant. That’s the little village in Vermont where we usually meet in late September. How we would miss our time there in beautiful surroundings with no distractions, great food, and intense piano study! When I started thinking about Adamant, it struck me that its first three letters are notes in the scale. Not only that, but a woman’s name. Thus was “Ada from Adamant” born.
For the introduction, I thought about the beginning of the day in Adamant, when mist is hanging over a pale landscape and the world looks like a Monet sunrise. Gradually Ada (or a- d-a) emerges, starting with low notes and expanding to the top of the keyboard, only a’s and d’s and utilizing every “a” on the keyboard. After this introduction I wrote a hymn, which is a paean to Adamant. I wrote words to this hymn, but on this occasion we only think about them when we play. Like the introduction, the hymn begins with two iterations of the name, Ada.
After the hymn, I thought it would be a good time to take an imaginary stroll around grounds of Adamant, with its clusters of tiny practice cabins scattered throughout the woods. How delightful to walk in the crisp air among the changing leaves listening to one snippet of music, then another, with scale practice thrown in intermittantly. The scales became transitions and connective tissue weaving the various musical elements together. The snippets (some more irreverent than others) almost all begin with an ascending fourth, Ada’s signiture. A to D. From time to time in the midst of a snippet, Ada’s name pops up, sometimes transposed. By this time she had become a real character in my mind – high spirited and mischievous. The finale of the piece is a grand mash-up of Ada’s Hymn, the Hallelujah chorus and many of the snippets we heard during our stroll.
I am indebted to Nathaniel LaNasa for skillfully arranging the score for multiple pianists, and to Rosemary Caviglia for her scrupulous editing and for making this happen.
“The Lamb’s Lament” (mp3)
for alto flute and piano
Education
Yale University, Master of Musical Arts
Oberlin Conservatory, Bachelor of Music