Student Success

Studio Singers Success:
  • Winning professional singing gigs with Resonance Ensemble, Clackamas Repertory Theatre, the Byrd Ensemble and Cappella Romana
  • Admission to the Byrd Ensemble International Renaissance Course, including performances with the Tallis Scholars in the United Kingdom
  • Admission to prestigious Oberlin College & Conservatory of Music to study classical singing & world music; Admission to Occidental College to study Musical Theatre
  • Awarded $40k / year music scholarship for college
  • Performing with Oregon Bach Festival Chorus
  • Cast in opera scenes and art song concerts with Queer Opera; cast in professional opera role with New Wave Opera
  • Successful auditions for semi-professional choirs In Medio, Portland Symphonic Choir, Portland Phoenix Chamber Choir, and Rose City Renaissance, and in Big Mouth Society shows
  • Advancing to National Preliminary Round of National Association of Teachers of Singing Classical Auditions, placing in the top 5 in Regional NATS, top 3 in Cascade Chapter NATS.
  • Professional musical theatre roles with Chapel Theatre
  • Roles in musical theatre productions in middle school and high school
  • Top scores at Solo & Ensemble Contest, advancing to State as a soloist and as an ensemble singer
  • Perform for the first time ever in a studio recital
  • Return to singing as a later in life singing, rebuilding vocal ease, stamina, and high range
  • Expand vocal range, develop belt and legit technique for musical theatre singing, negotiate the "break" (passaggio)
  • Gaining ease in physical presence on stage, expanding choices for stage movement and grounded stillness
  • Achieve ease in high range and add notes to the top of the range
  • Learn how to sight read
  • Performing their first ever solo recital
 Studio Composer Success:
  • Admission to prestigious Seattle Opera Jane Lang Davis Creation Lab, complete with an opera commission and premiere performance
  • Selected for National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) Mentoring Program for Composers, complete with an art song commission and world premiere with Cincinnati Song Initiative
  • Workshopping a new opera featuring queer characters with Fuse Theatre Ensemble
  • Winning Portland Symphonic Choir's call for scores, leading to a workshop reading, concert performance, and professional recording
  • Works performed at conferences and festivals including New Music Gathering, Astoria Music Festival, and the Makrokosmos Project
  • Starting an opera company
  • Awarded grants from Regional Arts & Culture Council and MusicOregon Echo Fund to support travel to American Choral Director's Association Regional Conference and work with Classical Music Publicist on branding, website design, and business materials. 
  • Successfully pitched 4-figure commissioning rates to an ensemble, earning thousands of dollars as a composer for the first time
  • Writing and editing an opera, developing excellence in vocal and piano composition, developing plot and characters through music and text, and creating space for stage movement
  • Named Composer in Residence for a semi-professional choir
  • Launching first commissioning consortium
  • Raising rates
  • Starting a sheet music store
  • Polished, cast, and premiered a new opera
  • Revised choral catalog to make music idiomatic, ensure singers will stay in tune, and that the text will be understood