Education:
Postgraduate Studies, St. Vladimir's
Orthodox Seminary, 1981-1982
Professional Experience:
1999-2004: Professor of
Music, Nyack College, NCMC, New York City
1978-2000: Freelance writer and editor
English
1977-2000: Concerts and Master Classes in piano, church music history,
accompanying, in
approximately 48 colleges throughout America, and in Moscow, Russia, and
Tirana,
Albania
States, Canada, Italy, and Russia
1980-1982: Apprentice coach, Metropolitan Opera, NY
1971-1972: Instructor of Piano, Whitworth College, Spokane, Washington
Additional Professional
Experience:
1977-2000: Pianist,
coach/accompanist, and guest instructor of piano performance, music history,
and accompanying at the following institutions: The King's College, Bryan
College, Covenant College, Trevecca College, Harding University, Northwestern
College, University of North Dakota, Indiana State University, Valley Forge
Christian College, Trinity College, Bridgewater College, University of North
Dakota, Wheaton College, Cedarville College, University of Tirana, University of
Maryland.
1981- 1998: Assistant
editor, The World of Opera magazine; guest lecturer, Women in the
Arts Series, Columbia University. Published articles in various national
magazines, including Aria magazine, Modern Liturgy, Worship Times, and
Robert Webber's Encyclopedia of Christian Worship. 2242 concerts
throughout the North America, Europe and Russia of classical music, and
community concerts.
1972 - 2000: Musical
preparation of albums for opera singers, including musical arrangements
and accompaniments, both in the U.S. and in Italy.
1973 - 1976: Performer,
teacher, and accompanist, Berkeley, California; assistant conductor of
San Francisco chamber singers; accompanist/choir director, St. Augustine's
Episcopal Church.
1972 - 1972: Instructor
of Piano, Whitworth College, Spokane, Washington; pianist, Spokane
Community Orchestra; choir director, Presbyterian church, Lutheran high school
choir.
Since 1993, I have visited
Russia seven times, giving multiple concerts each visit in Moscow, St.
Petersburg, and (most recently) Kostroma, and lecturing in 97 schools. We have
sponsored a cultural exchange with Eastern European countries and assists in the
Moscow Children's Hospital, as well as providing some humanitarian assistance to
colleges, churches and other organizations and individuals.
In 1995, we were invited by to give concerts at the University of Tirana,
Orthodox churches, schools, and concert halls in that country, which we have
done for two years. Through the kindness of several donors, we have also been
able to collect an extensive classical record library for the University of
Tirana, and we have hand-carried classical music to several music
conservatives.
Music Recording ,
Radio, and Television:
1995 - 1998: Radio TEOS,
St. Petersburg, Russia
1997 - 1997: National Public Radio: report on the
AResurrection
of Albania@
1980 - 1997: 100 Huntley
Street (Toronto, Canada), Moscow State television, The Eternal Word
Television Network (tenth anniversary special and Christmas shows), and local
stations throughout the United States, from California to Florida.
1998: Produced two CDS and
taped albums this year (SVS Press) of solo music ("Interior Castles" and "We
Magnify Thee"); one solo CD/tape ("Sea of Galilee",
Briarwood Productions) and seventeen albums with Dana Talley, Tenor.
Additional studies:
Independent Research
presentations: 1000 Years of Russian Culture (Music, Art, Religion, and
Literature), 988-1988 (prepared as an overview for college Humanities courses),
and A History of Hymnology, East and West, also prepared and presented as
an overview for college humanities courses.
Recent Publications:
Magazines:
"Again"
"The Handmaiden"
"The World of Opera"
"Alive in Christ!"
"Jacob's Well"
"Worship Times"
Books:
A Syllabus of Music Lesson Plans,
Grades K, 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, Harcourt Learning Direct, 2000
The Illuminated Gospel
According to St. Matthew (Winner of
the Benjamin Franklin Book Award for the best religious book, 1995)
The Triduum Book
(by the editors of Modern Liturgy). Article: "What You Can Learn from
Orthodox Easter". (1997)
Encyclopedia of
Christian Worship (Dr. Robert
Webber, General Editor). Article: "The Eastern Tradition in Church Music"
(1994)
Edited:
Alexander Men: A
Witness for Contemporary Russia, by
Yves Hamant (Oakwood Publications)
About Christ and the
Church, by Fr. Alexander Men
(Oakwood Publications)
Son of Man,
by Fr. Alexander Men (Oakwood Publications)
Text of The
Resurrection of Albania videotape (1 hr. 45 min.)
Share the Music 2000,
Music School textbooks for McGraw-Hill( Grades K-6)
Voice-over:
The Way of the Pilgrim
and The Pilgrim Continues His Way,
produced by Oakwood Publications, 1997, and distributed by SVS Press, 2000
The Resurrection of
Albania, a videotape currently in
production by the Autocephalous Albanian Archdiocese (Eastern Orthodox)
Private piano studies:
Joseph Raieff, The
Juilliard School; Margaret Saunders Ott, Whitworth College; Carol Rosenberger,
Immaculate Heart College; Dr. Erno Daniel, UCSB; Katinka Scipiades Daniel,
Galina Michniuk, Marjorie Trotter, Karleen Huddleston.
Opera coaching
instruction:
Joan Dornemann, The
Metropolitan Opera; Alberta Masiello, The Metropolitan Opera; Martin Katz,
Marcello Del Monaco, Treviso, Italy.
Languages:
English, Italian
Grants and Awards:
National Opera Institute,
1980 Ford Foundation, 1971
Batelle Institute,
1979 Music Academy of the West, 1965