Professional
Strengths:
Singing Persuasive public speaking Video/audio production Voice
over International, cross-cultural perspective National and international
travel Teaching
Business:
Self-owned and operated concert
productions for twenty years:
Scheduling, publicity, domestic and international travel arrangements,
bookkeeping, production of more than 2,200 concerts, TV and radio broadcasts in
the US, Canada, Russia, Albania, and Italy, to the present time; extensive
travel in 48 states and Europe.
Consultant for non-profit organizations in the use of computers, bookkeeping,
tax planning, translations, and planning for culturally-diversified events.
Developing client data base, sales of custom CD=s
in all 48 states. Production of .AVI files with music and voice-over for
software development company.
Creator of cultural-exchange program
to former "iron- curtain" countries,
raising $45,000 cash and many thousands' worth of material aid for small
non-profit organization since 1995 for the University of Tirane, Albania
invited to Albania twice after success in Russia
Producer and distributor of 22
recordings (records, CDs,
tapes) Engineering for two CDs (Oakwood Publications) of synthesizer music,
1998, and internationally-distributed accompaniment tape, 1994 Voice over for
1 1/4 hour documentary film, "The Resurrection of Albania," 1998
Principal tenor with The Metropolitan
Opera, New York City, 208
performances
1972-1985 guest appearances with
major opera companies in the US, Italy, and France
Guest Lecturer
1972-present, in 48 colleges and universities
Education:
The Juilliard School, MM Degree, Ph. D. in Music Education
Western Washington University, honors
program, BA, Summa Cum Laude
The University of Washington, The
University of Venice, Italy
Memberships, Awards:
Member AGMA (Board of Directors),
AFTRA, EQUITY
13 national and international awards
for excellence in opera
Advisory Board, Keston Institute,
Oxford, England
Languages:
Fluent Italian Diction studies
in six languages
Computer Programs:
Word Perfect, MS
Word, Office ACT !, Cakewalk -
Midi, Photoshop,
Longer Resume with teaching, experience, and
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