College of Musical Arts

Sang professionally for 15 years in Europe, where she presented recitals and performed extensively in operas and oratorios; holds a bachelor’s degree from Northern Illinois University and a master’s degree from De Paul University; sang in Munich with the Bavarian State Opera; opera roles include Cherubino in The Marriage of Figaro, Dorabella in Cosi fan tutte, Octavian in Der Rosenkavalier and Conception in L’Heure Espagnol; oratorio roles include Attalia, Messiah, Samson and Elijah; has been featured on German television and radio, singing with the North German Radio, Bavarian Radio and ZDF (Central German Television); has sung under the direction of conductors Klaus Peter Seibel, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Sir Colin Davis, Michael Tilson thomas, Zubin Metha, Josef Leitner, Michael Halasz, Martin Fischer-Dieskau and recently Don Neuen of the Crystal Cathedral; formerly a member of the voice faculty at the Christian Albrecht Universitaet in Kiel, Germany; two-time winner of the Metropolitan Opera district competition.