LYNN JEMISON-KEISKER Associate Professor, Director of Opera ...

LYNN JEMISON-KEISKER 

Associate Professor, Director of Opera Theatre 

UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY Caine School of the Arts 

Department of Music, College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences 

2002 to Present [Fall 2005] 

Associate Professor, Director of Opera Theatre, Coach-Pianist, Conductor, 

Chorus master and Music Administrator 

PROFESSIONAL/ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT 

Utah State University 2002 to present 

Associate Professor, Director of Opera Theatre, Coach-pianist, Conductor, 

Chorus master 

• Administrator of opera budget with Department Head and Voice Area Coordinator 

• Coordinator for opera schedules, assignment of roles, contracting guest 

artists/production staff, generating publicity, writing grants, organizing costumes, 

set, props, and all production assignments for the academic year 

• Coach-accompanist for individuals/ensembles related to opera theatre production 

preparation and/or other courses 

• Instructor for assigned courses: Opera Theatre, Italian and German Diction, and 

Vocal Repertory I and II 

• Instructor for additional courses: Connections (Fall, 2005) for incoming freshmen 

• Instructor for two sessions of USU Elderhostel courses (Summer, 2005) 

• Committee member as assigned by Department Head 

• Performer in recitals/concerts in support of faculty and students as requested 

• Coordinator/performer for community/educational outreach performances 

as service and recruitment 

Utah Festival Opera Company 2002-2004 

Music Administrator, Principal-Coach, Accompanist, Chorus master [concurrent 

contract with Utah State University] 

• Adjudicator for auditions of 850 singers annually with Founder and General 

Director, Michael Ballam 

• Coordinator for auditions including reviewing all resumes/letters of 

interest/audition tapes and scheduling venues, sponsors and singers 

• Coordinator for music budgets reporting to the General Director and subsequently 

the Board of Trustees 

• Contractor for rights/royalties and rental agreements; coordinate all orchestral 

and vocal music needed as music librarian

Jemison-Keisker, VITA Pg. 2 

• Rehearsal pianist/musical preparation for international guest conductors and stage 

directors including main stage productions for DIE FLEDERMAUS, DIE 

ZAUBERFLÖTE, DESERT SONG, THE SOUND OF MUSIC [2002], MADAMA 

BUTTERFLY, NABUCCO, FIDDLER ON THE ROOF, THE WIZARD OF OZ, 

[2003], and in preparation for the 2004 Summer Season [through May 1, 2004,] 

RIGOLETTO, BRIGADOON, THE SECRET GARDEN, LA CENERENTOLA 

• Coordinator and coach-accompanist for community outreach performances 

• Contractor for summer personnel, singers, and orchestra, including auditions 

• Translator/writer for supertitle preparation in PowerPoint (four productions 

annually) and training as needed 

• Staff member who collaborates in day-to-day duties and attends all UFOC 

weekly meetings 

• Liaison with USU singers and instrumentalists for performance opportunities and 

summer apprentice contracts with UFOC 

Louisiana State University 1994-2002 

Artist-in-Residence, Coordinator of Opera Theatre program; Associate member 

of graduate faculty 

• Coordinator for all schedules, (approx. 50 singers) undergraduate/graduate 

level (bachelor, masters, and doctoral candidates) 

• Principal coach-accompanist, conductor, and chorus master 

• Producer, Music Director, summer musicals (1997-2001) 

SECRET GARDEN, THE MOST HAPPY FELLA, EVANGELINE, the Musical, 

THE MUSIC MAN, KING AND I 

• Committee member as assigned 

• Community liaison with Baton Rouge Opera Guild (scholarships) and 

LSU Opera Guild as requested (support funding) 

• Adjudicator, annual Bach Competition [LSU Music Academy] 

• Coordinator for set rentals, personnel contracts, costumes, props, and 

all production elements 

Pensacola Opera (Florida) November, 2000 

Music Director, Piano-Conductor for HANSEL AND GRETEL 

Natchez Opera Festival (Mississippi) December, 1999, 2000; May 2000, 2001 

September, November 2000 

Assistant Music Director, Director of Educational/Community Outreach 

• Piano-conductor 

• Recital accompanist 

• Music/Stage Director for Tours (35 performances)


Southern Appalachian Repertory Theatre (North Carolina) summer, 1996 

Music Director, Piano-Conductor for TWO BY TWO 

Ohio Light Opera (Ohio) summer, 1995 

Assistant Conductor, Director of Young Artist Program, Coach-accompanist 

• Conductor, GYPSY LOVE, GRAND DUKE, DESERT SONG 

• Accompanist for Community Outreach performances 

• Pianist-conductor for Opera Scenes 

Utah Opera Company 1991-1994 

Music Administrator, Chorus master 

• Coach-accompanist for rehearsals and educational/community outreach 

performances 

• Coach-conductor for Opera-in-the-schools [1991-1994], for example, including 

180 performances throughout the state of Utah during the 1991-92 academic year 

• Conductor for main stage and young artist productions of DIE FLEDERMAUS, 

CURLEW RIVER, LA CENERENTOLA, L’ITALIANA IN ALGERI, LA BELLE 

HELÈNE, HANSEL AND GRETEL, AMAHL AND THE NIGHT VISITORS, 

DREAMKEEPERS [newly commissioned opera,] SAMSON AND DELILA, 

DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE, MACBETH, UN BALLO IN MASCHERA, TOSCA, 

MADAMA BUTTERFLY, MARIA STUARDA, L’AMICO FRITZ, AMELIA 

GOES TO THE BALL, THE OLD MAID AND THE THIEF, THE MEDIUM, 

and RAKE’S PROGRESS, 

• Accompanist for master classes (Martina Arroyo, Ariel Bybee, and others) 

• Liaison with Utah Symphony, opera orchestra negotiations and contracts 

• Negotiate and contract rentals, royalties and rights as needed 

• Audition with the General Director and review all artist applicants, and 

assist in casting 

• Audition members and prepare opera choruses 

• Liaison with conductors and stage directors for schedule needs 

• Represent the company at all public functions, radio interviews, and for 

publicity functions


University of Utah 1991-1994 

Adjunct faculty 

• Guest artist 

• Coach-accompanist 

• Conductor for composer’s forum 

• Liaison with Utah Opera 

Hartnell College and Western Stage (California) 1979-1991 

Music Director, Part-time faculty, Director of Community Chorus 

• Director of Community Chorus 

• Vocal classes 

• Music Director, Arranger, Conductor or Pianist-conductor for summer musicals 

STRIDER, BABES IN ARMS, LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC, OLIVER, CAMELOT, 

CAROUSEL, KISS ME KATE [9-13 performances per show] 

San Jose State University 1981-1991 

Part-time faculty 

• Coach-accompanist 

• Conductor for Scenes and Opera productions for Opera Workshop 

• Interim Director of Opera Theatre, spring semester as Assistant Professor 

(sabbatical replacement) 

Opera San Jose (California) 1981-1991 

Coach-accompanist; Chorus master 

West Bay Opera (California) 1980-1990 

Principal Coach, Accompanist, Chorus master (all productions) 

• Prepare principal roles and play all rehearsals 

• Chorus master 

• Assist guest conductors and stage directors 

• Accompanist or Adjudicator for annual Henry Holt Scholarship auditions 

• Accompanist for all community outreach concerts 

• Pianist/Assistant conductor for productions as required


St. John’s Episcopal Church (California) 1984-1991 

Music Director/Organist 

• Music Director for music programs, including three choirs 

• Organist/Conductor for all service, including weekly radio broadcasts 

• Organ recitals and workshops 

York School (California) 1989-1990 

Interim faculty, development of music appreciation course (high school) 

Carmel Episcopal Day School (California) 1987-1990 

Guest faculty, choral music (third through fifth grade) 

Canada Opera Piccola 

and Johannesen School for the Arts (Canada) summer, 1981-1985 

Faculty, Guest artist 

• Coach-accompanist for all productions (preparation, staging rehearsals and 

Performances) 

• Chorus master for all productions 

• Accompanist for master classes (Leopold Simoneau, William Primrose) 

• Accompanist for concerts and opera performances as required 

• Conductor for Opera tour, eastern Canada (LA CANTARINA, SIGNOR DELUSO) 

San Francisco Opera, Western Opera Theatre (3-month tour) fall, 1981 

Coach-accompanist for tour production of RIGOLETTO 

Seattle Opera and the Northwest Wagner Festival 1980-1981 

Staff Coach-Accompanist (National Opera Institute grant recipient) 

(General Director, Glynn Ross, Music Director, Henry Holt, Stage Director, Lincoln Clark) 

• Coach-accompanist for all productions including Wagner’s Ring cycle [2 summers] 

• Assistant to the conductor, Coach-accompanist for tour of DON PASQUALE 

• Assistant Conductor for IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA [West Bay Opera] 

• Coach-accompanist for TALES OF HOFFMAN 

• Coach-accompanist for Young Artist Program 

• Accompanist for Principal Artists and Young Artists for community/educational 

outreach performances


University of Washington (Seattle) 1980-1981 

Part-time faculty, assistant to conductor (Michel Singher) 

• Coach-accompanist for Opera Scenes and RAKE’S PROGRESS productions 

• Coordinator for program (schedules, administrator) 


• Accompanist for community/educational outreach performances and 

master classes 

Hidden Valley Music Seminars 1978-1980; 1982-1985 

Principal Coach 

• Coach-accompanist for all productions and concerts 


• Liaison with community and orchestra 

• Assistant to conductors and stage directors 

California State University at Fullerton 1975-1977 

Part-time staff, Coach-accompanist 

[Other organist/church positions/not listed; 1970 to present]


TEACHING HISTORY [*evaluations included] 

*MUS 3600 USU Opera Theatre, offered during each semester for opera scenes, 

concerts, and full opera productions with piano, instrumental ensemble or full 

orchestra [1-3 credits] 

*MUS 3610 USU Vocal Repertory I, offered for one of two consecutive semesters 

during alternate academic years [2 credits] 

*MUS 3620 USU Vocal Repertory II offered for one of two consecutive semesters 

during alternate academic years [2 credits] 

*MUS 2660 USU Italian Diction, offered during alternate semesters for students 

required to learn lyric singing diction pronunciation and understanding of basic 

Italian song and opera texts for performance [2 credits] 

*MUS 2670 USU German Diction, offered during alternate semesters for students 

required to learn lyric singing diction pronunciation and understanding of basic 

German song and opera texts for performance [2 credits] 

MUS 4930 Readings/Conference [by arrangement as needed] 

USU 1010, Section #930 USU Connections 2005, offered fall semester each year 

for incoming freshman students as an elective course to assist with transition during 

the first semester; assignments include study and test-taking skills, writing skills, 

campus/community involvement, knowledge of university policies/procedures, 

WEB CT and communications skills [2 credits] 

*USU Elderhostel, [two, one-week sessions] summer/annual intensive courses as an 

opera/musical theatre lecture/performance series for registered participants 

combining education and travel to community festivals [in tandem with Utah 

Festival Opera, and the Festival of the American West], July and August, 2005 

MUS 4241 LSU Opera Theatre [graduate and undergraduate levels] offered each 

semester for students participating in roles for full opera productions, scenes, and 

Concerts [1-3 credits] 

MUS 4240 LSU Opera Chorus [graduate and undergraduate levels] offered each 

semester for students participating in chorus for full opera productions [2 credits] 

MUS 9007 LSU Role in Opera [doctoral level only] offered each semester for 

preparation of a principal role in a full opera production [2 credits] 

MUS 7799 LSU Individual Coaching [graduate level] offered each semester [2 credits]


MUS 3799 LSU Individual Coaching [undergraduate level] offered each semester 

[2 credits] 

MUS 7997 LSU Directed Studies [graduate level] offered during summer semesters 

for participation in collaborative summer musical production co-produced by the LSU 

School of Music and the LSU Department of Theatre [1-3 credits] 

MUS 3997 LSU Directed Studies [undergraduate level] offered during summer 

semesters for participation in collaborative summer musical production co-produced by 

the LSU School of Music and the LSU Department of Theatre [1-3 credits] 

MUS 4500 LSU Summer Musical Production [new course, concurrent with 

TH 4500, to replace MUS 7997 and 3997] THE KING AND I, summer 2001 

Professional Meetings, Symposia, Workshops, and Conferences 

• Utah-Bolivia Partners of the Americas 40 th Anniversary International 

Convention, including administrative meetings [November 15-17], presenter for 

international collaborative performance/education tours, “Building Alliances: 

Successful Collaborations” Casa Santa Domingo, La Antigua Guatemala, 

November 19, 2004 [Convention dates November 17-20] 

• Music Educators National Conference, Regional Convention master class 

[with Pamela Hinchman, Northwestern University, and Steven Leisring, 

University of Kansas-Lawrence], Chicago State College, Chicago, Illinois, 

October 19, 2004 

• 13 th Annual Idaho-Montana Clarinet Conference, Lecture/Recital on 20 th 

Century collaborative works with clarinet, Larsen’s BARN DANCES, [with 

USU Faculty members, Nicholas Morrison, clarinet and Leslie Timmons, 

flute, Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho, September 25, 2004 

• Utah State University, service-learning faculty designation 

- Academic Service Learning Institute, USU, October 7, 14, 21, 28, 2004 

- State Conference Participant, curriculum development, panel discussions 

on project implementation, USU faculty representative, Snowbird Resort 

Conference Center, August 17, 2004


• National Association of Teachers of Singing, new works lecture/recital 

presentation, Tate, SCENES FROM TYNESIDE, pub. 1978, [with USU faculty 

members, Cindy Dewey, soprano, and Nicholas Morrison, clarinet,] 48 th National 

MTNA Convention, Sheraton Hotel, New Orleans, Louisiana, July 12, 2004 

[Convention dates July 8-12] 

• Utah State Department of Education, Arts Networking Conference 

Presenter [co-presenter with Michael Hamlin], representing Utah Festival Opera 

Company in collaboration with the Utah State Infinity Plus program/POPS 

Organizations – mentoring programs in public schools by professional organizations; 

two concerts, moderator, in-service credit for Utah teachers for this workshop; 

George Dyer, tenor, Laurel James, soprano, and Utah State University 

Opera Theatre students for opera scenes/ensembles; Marriott Hotel and Conference 

Center, Provo, Utah, December 5, 2002 [conference December 5-6, 2002] 

• Conductor with Jane Redding-Marrero, soprano, Brian Woods, tenor, Kyle 

Marrero, baritone, and members of the LSU Symphony Orchestra, selections from 

DER STEIN DER WEISEN, portions of which are attributed to Wolfgang 

Amadeus Mozart, Recital Hall, LSU School of Music, Louisiana State University, 

Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 23 October 1997, as a part of the Mozart Symposium on 

newly discovered attributions in the opera, DER STEIN DER WEISEN, Dr. David 

Buch, international guest lecturer, 23 and 24 October 1997 

• Contributing author for reports on four panel discussions during the April 1997 

MTNA National Convention in Dallas about ensemble pianists in the 

collaborative arts as performers and teachers for publication in the MTNA 

National Journal, September 1997 

• Contributing author in a separate MTNA publication as a co-presenter on the 

subcommittee panel for ensemble pianists during the April 1997 MTNA National 

Convention, fall 1997 

• Member of the MTNA National Steering Committee for collaborative arts, 

an outgrowth of the previous subcommittee, the National Steering Committee 

was given permanent committee status to further develop awareness, education 

and skill in collaborative arts; important for performance, pedagogy, and 

publishing materials [1999 and 2000] 

• Discussion group leader and participant on several panels for MTNA Pedagogy 

Saturday II; assisted local teacher, Ms. Marietta Lenoux as a liaison for a chamber 

music program for young Louisiana students at the 1998 MTNA Convention. 

Renaissance Hotel, Nashville, TN, 29 and 30 March 1998


• Member of the MTNA National Subcommittee on collaborative arts; purpose 

to publish a national directory of ensemble pianists and collaborative artists as a 

networking resource for educational programs, including elementary through 

university level, as well as for independent teachers in private studios; also to 

promote recognition of the importance of degree programs in collaborative arts, 

to encourage the study of ensemble repertoire at every level of applied studies, 

and to develop skills of the collaborative artist as a performer and teacher 

• Co-presider and presenter for one of four panel discussions on the ensemble 

pianist and a panel participant in the other three of four panels for the MTNA 

National Convention; duties included identifying and inviting potential 

panelists for each of the four sessions, introducing panelists and providing 

introductory remarks for the session to which I was assigned as a co-presider. 

In addition, I participated as a member of the other three panels, Wyndham 

Anatole Hotel, Dallas, Texas, 6 April 1997 

• Panelist with a five-member group; in addition to the above, the subcommittee 

hosted an informal two-hour session at the MTNA National Convention to discuss 

the future of the ensemble pianist in education and performance including 

curriculum development, Wyndham Anatole Hotel, Dallas, Texas, 7 April 1997 

• Piano-conductor, MARY DYER, Act III by Richard Owen, National Opera 

Association National Convention, Sheraton Park Central Hotel, Dallas, Texas, 

1 February 1997 

Local/State/Regional instructional activities: 

[guest lectures, adjudicator, master classes] 

• Work toward new course for service-learning curriculum and credit for Marie 

Eccles Caine Opera Scholarship Quartet (4-5 student participants) in collaboration 

with on-going project [2002 to present], including faculty Cindy Dewey, Chair of 

Voice/Opera and Lynn Jemison-Keisker, Director of Opera Theatre; quartet is 

currently service community outreach with no credit assigned 

• Utah Public Radio, interview with Tom Williams for USU Opera Theatre 

2005-2006 season productions of Smetana’s THE BARTERED BRIDE and 

Moore’s THE BALLAD OF BABY DOE, and follow-up interview for broadcast 

of USU Opera Theatre November 2004 performance of de Falla’s, LA VIDA 

BREVE, Logan, Utah, taped October 8, 2005 

• Opera Alumni Guest Soloists visit with current Utah State University Opera 

Theatre students for career insights and question/answer session; Tamara 

Mumford (2003; Metropolitan Opera Lindemann Young Artist program) and 

Michael Chipman (1997); New York City based eclectic career in concert, 

oratorio, opera, and arts administration; April 20, 2005


• Utah State University, Women and Gender Studies, guest speaker, International 

student/faculty collaborative projects, Power-point presentation 2005 Spring 

Social Luncheon, Utah State University Alumni Center, April 8, 2005 

• Utah Public Radio, [taped] interview with Tom Williams including Guest Stage 

Director, Colin Baldy for USU Opera Theatre April 2004 performances of 

Vaughan William’s RIDERS TO THE SEA and Gilbert and Sullivan’s TRIAL 

BY JURY, March 25, 2005 

• Opera preview for LA VIDA BREVE, USU Interior Design Classes [Dr. Tom 

Peterson], USU Family Life Building, Logan, Utah, November 12, 2004 

• Collaborative master class with Ricardo Estrada, guest Bolivian tenor on 

Spanish/Italian repertoire, Weber State University, Ogden, Utah, 

October 29, 2004 

• Utah Public Radio, [taped] interview with Lee Austin for USU Opera Theatre 

November 2004 performances of de Falla’s, LA VIDA BREVE, 

[November 13 performance taped for later broadcast], October 27, 2004 

• Utah Symphony and Opera, preview lecture on Verdi’s AIDA, including 

a PowerPoint video/slide presentation, CD examples, and piano-vocal 

performance examples, Salt Lake City Public Library Auditorium, 

Wednesday, October 12, 2004 

• Utah Public Radio, [taped] interview with Tom Williams for USU Opera Theatre 

Italian opera excerpts with orchestra, Italian Opera Gala, [taped for later 

broadcast], April 9, 2003 

• Master Classes for voice/choral students on song and audition repertory, 

Logan High School, May 10-11, 2003; accompanist for auditions, May 18, 2003 

• Master Classes as a vocal coach/accompanist sponsored by the local chapter of 

the National Association of Teachers of Singing. The University of Utah, School 

of Music, Salt Lake City, Utah, November 1992 and Utah State University, 

Department of Music, Logan, Utah, February 1993. 

• Educational and Community Outreach Performances; Utah Opera, Salt Lake City, 

1991-1994: 

• Biannual presentations to the Baton Rouge Opera Guild for LSU Opera 

Scholarship funding, October and May 1994-2002


• Opera previews and other presentations to Baton Rouge Area Volunteers for 

Opera (BRAVO.) 

• Annual presentations to the Music Club of Baton Rouge, May 1997- 2002 

• Introductory information and synopsis of the opera for Baton Rouge area 

school children for performances of the Spring Opera in the LSU Union Theater. 

SS95 (400+), SS96 (800+), SS97 (600+), SS98 (500+), FS98 (300+) 

SS99 (800+), FS99 (650+) 

• Educational presentations of opera in public schools 

SS95, FS96, SS98, SS 98 (4 to 6 LSU students presented to 20 schools from 

200 to 1100 attendees.), SS99 (Pointe Coupee Parish, 5 shows, 1600+) 

FS00 (Central Middle School, 200+) 

• Fundraising gala presentation for the LSU Museum of Art as a collaborator with 

another related University department for distinguished guests of the Chancellor 

and East Baton Rouge Parish political dignitaries, including the Mayor on 18 

September, 1999. 

• Opera presentations for the fundraising gala of TRIANON [service organization 

to benefit retarded citizens of Baton Rouge], 5 March 1995 and 10 March 1996 

National instructional activities [guest lectures, adjudicator, master classes] 

• Master class for high school vocalists, Grace High School (Idaho), Saturday, 

September 11, 2005 

• Master class for singers at Chicago State College, Chicago, Illinois, in collaboration 

with Pamela Hinchman, soprano [Northwestern University], and Steven Leisring, 

trumpet [University of Kansas-Lawrence], October 23, 2004 

• Master class for voice/opera students at Northwestern University, Lutkin Hall, 

Evanston, Illinois, October 22, 2004 

• Adjudicator, coordinator, accompanist for auditions with Utah Festival Opera 

Company (over 850 singers annually) in New York City, Boston, New Haven, 

Chicago, Kansas City (Missouri), Lawrence (Kansas), Champaign-Urbana 

(Illinois), Cincinnati (Ohio), Lincoln (Nebraska), Los Angeles [including 

Boston University, Yale University, University of Cincinnati, University of 

Illinois, University of Missouri-Kansas City, and University of Kansas- 

Lawrence] 2002-2004


• Adjudicator for auditions including individual critique sessions, 

Denver Lyric Opera Competition, Denver, Colorado, May 2, 2003 

• Master classes for opera students at the University of Kansas-Lawrence, 

and individual coaching for singers, September 22, 2003 

• Master classes for opera students at the University of Kansas-Lawrence, 

November 2, 2002; individual coaching for singers, November 1, 2002 

International instructional activities [guest lectures, adjudicator, master classes] 

• Master class for collaborative vocalists, instrumentalists, and pianists; 

International Chamber Music Festival, Cenar Conservatory, San Salvador, 

El Salvador, July 26, 2005 

• Presentations/Demonstrations for CISNA and Emiliani, two orphanage schools 

where exposure to classical music and social skills were extremely limited; 

included interactive music and text as solos and ensembles with faculty Nicholas 

Morrison, clarinet, Leslie Timmons, flute, Kimberly Mumford, guest soprano 

[Idaho,] and Richard Keisker, baritone, San Salvador, El Salvador, 

July 15-30, 2005 

• Master classes for La Orquestina de la Merced, general music and vocal skills 

for young orchestral musicians. La Antigua Guatemala, including Utah State 

University faculty and students in cultural exchange [Morrison, Timmons, 

Willmore, Marshall, McGovern, Keiskers], November, 2002 and January 2004 

• Master classes for young artists, collaborative pianists and singers, 

Oficina Ministerio de Cultura, La Paz, Bolivia; November 16-23, 2003 

PERFORMANCES 

All of the following include organization, preparation, accompanying and/or moderating; 

forums are prepared, including on occasion faculty and/or students; printed programs are 

used whenever possible; outreach performances are intended as educational tools for the 

public and as community connection and/or recruiting for the University; at USU 

performances have often been in collaboration with Utah Festival Opera, a professional 

opera company of national/international renown


Local/State/Regional Performances: 

• Logan Tabernacle Recital Series, USU faculty/students, Logan, Utah, 

December 3, 2005 

• Producer, Pianist-Conductor, USU Opera Theatre production of Smetana’s 

THE BARTERED BRIDE [double cast], Caine Lyric Theatre, Logan, Utah, 

November 10, 11, 12, 2005 

• Accompanist for recital, “From Opera to Broadway” with USU Opera students, 

Jamilyn Manning White, soprano, Russell McGovern, tenor, and guest Richard 

Keisker, baritone, 335 East 300 South, Smithfield, Utah, October 15, 2005 

• Accompanist for faculty recital with Kimberly Mumford, guest soprano, Nicholas 

Morrison, clarinet, Leslie Timmons, flute, Richard Keisker, guest baritone, 

dedication of Baldwin piano gift of Kermit L. and Phyllis A. Hall, Caine Lyric 

Theatre, Logan, Utah, September 11, 2005 

• Accompanist for recital, “Quint-Essential Classica” with Kimberly Mumford, 

soprano, Nicholas Morrison, clarinet, Leslie Timmons, flute, Richard Keisker, 

baritone, Gem Valley Performing Arts Center, Grace, Idaho, September 10, 2005 

• Accompanist for recital, “From Opera to Broadway” with USU Opera students, 

Jamilyn Manning White, soprano, Russell McGovern, tenor, 355 Canyon Road, 

Providence, Utah, June 23, 2005 

• Accompanist for concert sponsored by Temple Square Performances Series, 

“From Opera to Broadway” with Jay Godfrey, baritone, Ann Marshall, soprano, 

Joelle Willmore, mezzo-soprano, Assembly Hall, Salt Lake City, Utah, 

June 3, 2005 

• Collaborative-pianist [one piano-six hands] with Janis Siggard, and Vivian 

Blanchard; “Das Dreyblatt” by Wilhelm Friedrich Ernst Bach, Montpelier 

Tabernacle, Montpelier, Idaho, May 6, 2005 

• Accompanist for master classes by Paul Sperry, Utah State University, 

Logan, Utah, April 12, 2005 

• Pianist-Conductor, USU Opera Theatre productions of Vaughan Williams’ 

RIDERS TO THE SEA and Gilbert and Sullivan’s TRIAL BY JURY [double 

cast], Caine Lyric Theatre, Logan, Utah, April 7, 8, 9, 2005


• Collaborative-pianist [one piano-six hands] with Brooke Corbridge and Aram 

Arakelyan, “Das Dreyblatt” by Wilhelm Friedrich Ernst Bach, USU Bach Birthday 

Concert, [faculty/students] Kent Concert Hall, Logan, Utah, March 22, 2005 

• Accompanist for recital with Leslie Timmons, flute, and Nicholas Morrison, 

clarinet, in collaboration with USU wind and percussion faculty; “Trio from Rio” 

by Donald Draganski, St. John’s Episcopal Church, February 23, 2005 

• Accompanist for master classes by Joy McIntyre, Utah State University, 

Logan, Utah, February 6, 2005 

• Accompanist for master classes by Marni Nixon, Utah State University, 

Logan, Utah, January 27, 2005 

• Accompanist for audition master class by Michael Ballam, Utah Festival Opera, 

Utah State University, Logan, Utah, January 20, 2005 

• Accompanist for student recital with Jay Godfrey, baritone, Tippetts Art Gallery, 

Utah State University, Logan, Utah, January 19, 2005 

• Duo-piano concert with Lawrence Gee, Temple Square Performances Series, 

New Year’s Eve Gala, Assembly Hall, Salt Lake City, Utah, December 31, 2004 

• Accompanist for community outreach performance with Allyson Bailey, flute, 

Dana Slabaugh, soprano, and Richard Keisker, baritone, USU Department 

of Engineering, Blue Bird Restaurant, Logan, Utah, December 11, 2004 

• Accompanist for faculty recital with Cindy Dewey, soprano, Nicholas Morrison, 

Clarinet, and Leslie Timmons, flute, Public Library Auditorium, Salt Lake City, 

Utah, December 10, 2004 

• Accompanist for faculty recital with Cindy Dewey, soprano, Nicholas Morrison, 

Clarinet, and Leslie Timmons, flute, Eccles Conference Center Auditorium, Utah 

State University, Logan, Utah, December 9, 2004 

• Music Director, Pianist-Conductor, Co-Stage Director, opera premiere, 

Crawford Gates’ JOSEPH, JOSEPH, Assembly Hall, Salt Lake City, Utah, 

(two performances) April 30, 2004 

• Pianist-Conductor, USU Opera Theatre productions of Ravel’s L’ENFANT ET 

LES SORTILÈGES and Menotti’s THE OLD MAID AND THE THIEF, 

Caine Lyric Theatre, April 1, 2, 3, 2004


• Accompanist for recital with Marcianne Mackay, soprano, in preparation for 

her European tour, Logan Tabernacle, Logan, Utah, March 17, 2004 

• Accompanist for master class by Stanford Olsen [Metropolitan Opera], Eccles 

Conference Center Auditorium, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, 

February 10, 2004 

• Pianist-Conductor, USU Opera Theatre production of Spanish Songs and Scenes 

and de Falla’s LA VIDA BREVE [double cast], Caine Lyric Theatre, Logan, 

Utah, November 11, 12, 13, 2004 

• Accompanist for recital with Pamela Hinchman, soprano, assisted by Cindy 

Dewey, soprano, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, November 12, 2004 

• Accompanist for master classes by Karen Peeler, Utah State University, 

Logan, Utah, October 8, 2004 

• Accompanist for community outreach concert with USU Opera students, 

Ann Marshall, soprano, and Joelle Willmore, mezzo-soprano, USU Department 

of Engineering, Zanavoo Restaurant, Logan, Utah, August 25, 2004 

• Accompanist for recital with Marcianne MacKay, Logan Tabernacle Recital 

Series, Logan, Utah, August 14, 2004 

• Pianist-Conductor, USU Opera Theatre productions of Pasatieri’s SIGNOR 

DELUSO and Puccini’s SUOR ANGELICA, Caine Lyric Theatre, Logan, Utah 

November 16, 17, 18, 2003 

• Guest Conductor, Narrator, USU Opera Theatre and Orchestra, “Italian Opera 

Gala” Concert, Kent Concert Hall, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, 

April 23, 2003 

• Pianist-Conductor, Stage Director, USU Opera Theatre productions of Moore’s 

THE EMPEROR’S NEW CLOTHES, Mozart’s THE IMPRESARIO, Bernstein’s 

TROUBLE IN TAHITI, and Menotti’s AMELIA GOES TO THE BALL, Caine 

Lyric Theatre, Logan, Utah, March, 14, 15, 16, 2003 

• Accompanist for faculty recital with Carolyn Talboys-Klassen, guest soprano, 

Nicholas Morrison, clarinet, and Leslie Timmons, flute, Eccles Conference 

Center Auditorium, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, February 7, 2003 

• Stage Director, Pianist-Conductor, USU Opera Theatre Scenes, Caine Lyric 

Theatre, Logan, Utah, November 18, 19, 2002


• Music Director, Co-producer, Piano-conductor, THE KING AND I by Rodgers 

and Hammerstein, collaborative performances with LSU Theatre and LSU School 

of Music, Reilly Theatre, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 

14, 15, 16, 17, 20, 21, 22, 23, and 24 June 2001 

• Pianist with LSU Faculty Chamber Players in concert of Milhaud’s “La Création 

du Monde,” Opus 81, LSU School of Music Recital Hall, Louisiana State 

University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 11 February 2001 

• Collaborative pianist with faculty members Lori Bade, mezzo-soprano, Linda 

Strommen, oboist, and Dennis Parker, cellist in recital for Bach’s Cantata #116, 

LSU School of Music Recital Hall, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 30 January 2001 

• Rehearsal pianist, and musical preparation [conductor ACT II onstage banda], 

for performances of DIE FLEDERMAUS by Johann Strauss, LSU Opera, 

Union Theater, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 26, 27, 28, 

29 November 2000 

• Harpsichordist with LSU Faculty Chamber Players for a series of Bach 

Brandenburg Concerto concerts, LSU School of Music Recital Hall, Louisiana 

State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 27 August, 12 November 2000 and 11 

February 2001; in LSU Union Colonnade, 22 October 2000 

• Coach-accompanist for community outreach performance with LSU Opera 

principal singers for the Pointe Coupee Historical Society; plans were made by 

the members of PCHS to bring a bus from New Roads to the upcoming LSU 

Opera performance of DIE FLEDERMAUS, New Roads, Louisiana, 

24 September 2000 

• Pianist for “Trouble” from THE MUSIC MAN and coaching preparation for “Sing 

to Love” from DIE FLEDERMAUS with students from both the LSU Department 

of Theatre and the LSU School of Music as well as principal singers from LSU 

Opera for the annual LSU School of Music Concert Spectacular, Union Theater, 

Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 15 September 2000 

• Coach-accompanist for the Quintet from CARMEN by Bizet for the annual LSU 

School of Music Concert Spectacular, LSU Union Theatre, Louisiana State 

University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 18 September 1999 

• Music Director, Co-producer, Piano-conductor, THE MUSIC MAN by Meredith 

Willson, collaborative performances with LSU Theatre and LSU School of 

Music; Claude L. Shaver Theatre, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, 

Louisiana, 28, 29, 30 June and 1,2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 July 2000.


• Harpsichordist, rehearsal pianist and musical preparation, COSÌ FAN TUTTE by 

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, LSU Opera, Union Theater, Louisiana State 

University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 23, 24, 25, 26 March 2000 

• Rehearsal pianist and musical preparation, LA BOHÈME by Giacomo Puccini, 

LSU Opera, Union Theater, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 

4, 5, 6, 7 November 1999 

• Music Director, Co-producer, Pianist for EVANGELINE, the Musical by Wax- 

Taranto, collaborative performances with LSU Theatre and LSU School of Music, 

Claude L. Shaver Theatre, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, 

Louisiana, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27 June 1999 

• Rehearsal pianist, musical preparation, tour co-producer, LA TRAVIATA by 

Giuseppe Verdi, LSU Opera, Union Theater, Louisiana State University, Baton 

Rouge, Louisiana, 16, 19 and 21 March 1999; on tour, Heymann Center, 

Lafayette, Louisiana, 23 March and Shreveport Municipal Auditorium, Louisiana, 

26 March 1999 

• Accompanist, rehearsal pianist and musical preparation, ALBERT HERRING 

by Benjamin Britten, LSU Opera, Union Theater, Louisiana State University, 

Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 28, 30 October and 1 November 1998 

• Presenter/performer for the Louisiana Institute for Education in the Arts, 

Loyola University, New Orleans, Louisiana, 22 June 1998 

• Music Director, Piano-conductor, THE MOST HAPPY FELLA by Frank Loesser, 

collaborative performances with LSU Theatre and LSU School of Music; 


Louisiana, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 25, 26, 27, 28 June 1998 

• Harpsichordist, rehearsal pianist and musical preparation, LE NOZZE DI FIGARO 

by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, LSU Opera, Union Theater, Louisiana 

State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 17, 18, 19, 20 April 1998. 

• Harpsichordist-conductor, DIDO AND AENEAS by Henry Purcell and conductor, 

LA BOHÈME, Act II by Giacomo Puccini, LSU Opera Workshop performances, 

Colonnade Theater, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 

23 and 24 November 1997 

• Rehearsal pianist and musical preparation, FALSTAFF by Giuseppe Verdi, 

LSU Opera, Union Theater, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, 

Louisiana, 16, 18 and 20 November 1997


• Producer, Piano-conductor, THE SECRET GARDEN by Lucy Simon, 

collaborative performances with LSU Theatre and LSU School of Music, Claude 

L. Shaver Theatre, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 20, 21, 

22, 25, 26, 27, 28 June 1997 

• Musical Director and Pianist-conductor [10, 17 April 1997] in collaboration with 

the LSU Theatre Department, KING OF THE CLOUDS by Michael Ching, 7, 8, 

9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 17, 22 April 1997. [Ching is a composer of international 

renown and then Director of Memphis Opera; he worked in several master classes 

with the students on material from his educational opera.] 

• Accompanist and musical preparation for LSU Opera Scenes, Recital Hall, School 

of Music, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 27, 28 March 1997 

• Accompanist and musical preparation, The BALLAD OF BABY DOE by Douglas 

Moore, LSU Opera, University Laboratory School Auditorium, Louisiana 

State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 20, 22 and 24 November 1996. 

• Pianist-conductor and Conductor with Michael Williams, pianist, 

LSU Opera scenes, Recital Hall, School of Music, Louisiana State 

University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 27 April 1996. 

• Conductor with the LSU Symphony Orchestra, The BARTERED BRIDE by 

Smetana, LSU Union Theater, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, 

Louisiana, [20 as student performance,] 22 and 24 March 1996. 

• Electronic keyboard in ensemble, “All my hummingbirds have alibis” by Morton 

Subotnick, Contemporary Music Festival, Union Theatre, Louisiana State 

University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 15 February 1996 

• Collaborative pianist [one piano, six-hands] with Constance Carrol and Jan 

Grimes, “Das Dreyblatt” by Wilhelm Friedrich Ernst Bach, Friends of the School 

of Music Musicale, home of Robert and Karola Grayson, Baton Rouge, 

Louisiana, 27 January 1996 

• Piano-conductor , LSU Opera Scenes, Recital Hall, School of Music, Louisiana 

State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 17 and 19 November 1995. 


Grimes, “Das Dreyblatt” by Wilhelm Friedrich Ernst Bach, [first annual] LSU 

School of Music Concert Spectacular, Union Theater, Louisiana State University, 

Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 13 October 1995



Grimes, “Largo al factotum” from IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA by Giacomo 

Rossini, anonymous arrangement for one piano, six-hands, [second annual] 

LSU School of Music Concert Spectacular, Union Theater, Louisiana State 

University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 16 September 1995 

• Conductor, with Patricia O’Neill, soprano, Lori Bade, mezzo-soprano, 

Robert Grayson, tenor, Kyle Marrero, baritone and Stephen F. Austin, 

baritone, LSU Opera and LSU Symphony Orchestra, DIE FLEDERMAUS, 

Act II Finale by Johann Strauss, [first annual] LSU School of Music Concert 

Spectacular, LSU Union Theater, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, 

Louisiana, 13 September 1995. 

• Conductor, L’HEURE ESPAÑOL and GIANNI SCHICCHI, Louisiana State 

University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 18, 20 and 22 April 1995 

• Piano-conductor for LSU Opera Scenes, Recital Hall, School of Music, 

Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 19 November 1994 

• Accompanist for Stephen Rushing, baritone, RECUERDO by John Musto, 

Fanfare Celebration Series, composers’ recital, Pottle Music Building 

Auditorium, Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, Louisiana, 10 

October 1994 

• Accompanist for master classes by Lorna Haywood, soprano; David Blackburn, 

General Director, Natchez Opera Festival; Kyle Hancock, guest artist and Robert 

Larsen, General Director, Des Moines Metro Opera and others, LSU Opera, 

1994-2002 

• Utah Opera Educational Outreach Performance program: throughout the state of 

Utah; within a three and one-half year cycle, all public schools were visited. 

[During the first year of the cycle in 1991, 180 school shows were performed; 

during the second year approximately 160 performances were given; and during 

the third year, 155; Music Director for all stagings, repertoire programming, and 

musical preparation of all singers. We gave concerts, scenes and full one-act 

operas including THE EMPEROR’S NEW CLOTHES by Douglas Moore, 

FORTUNE’S FAVORITE by Seymour Barab, THE TELEPHONE by Gian Carlo 

Menotti and L’ENFANT ET LES SORTILÈGES by Maurice Ravel.. 

• Coach-accompanist for annual programs for the Utah State Legislature, from 

which educational funds were received by Utah Opera, 1991-1994


• Coach-accompanist for monthly recitals by Utah Opera Young Artist singers, 

Temple Square Assembly Hall, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1992-1994 

• Coach-accompanist for numerous community outreach performances as previews 

for the season’s repertoire and to encourage or recognize major contributors to 

Utah Opera, Salt Lake City, 1991-1994 

• Coach-accompanist, Chorus master, preparation for Utah Opera main stage 

operas, 1991-1994 - BALLO IN MASCHERA, TOSCA, BELLE HELÈNE, LA 

CENERENTOLA, MACBETH, RIGOLETTO, HANSEL AND GRETEL, SAMSON 

AND DELILA and others 

• Piano-conductor and coach-accompanist, Chorus master, Utah Opera, Salt Lake 

City, 1991-1994; Operas prepared for Educational Outreach including, THE 

EMPEROR’S NEW CLOTHES, L’ENFANT ET LES SORTILÈGES, FORTUNE’S 

FAVORITE, THE TELEPHONE, RAKE’S PROGRESS, and L’AMICO FRITZ 

• Coach-accompanist, Chorus master, Utah Opera, Salt Lake City, 1991-1994; 

numerous scenes and concerts of arias, art song and musical theatre repertoire 

for community outreach, educational and preview performances; concerts given 

every three weeks with Young Artist program participants, Temple Square 

Assembly Hall, Salt Lake City, Utah 

• Conductor, MARIA STUARDA by Gaetano Donizetti, with the Utah Symphony 

and members of the Utah Opera Young Artist program, Roland Hall, 

St. Mark’s School, Salt Lake City, Utah, 19 and 20 November 1993. 

• Conductor, “Das Baches Wiegenlied” from DIE SCHÖNE MÜLLERIN by Franz 

Schubert, arranged by Morris Rosenzwieg for men’s chorus, 2 horns and harp 

and featuring William Barnewitz, horn [first prize winner 1991 American 

Horn Competition] with the Utah Opera Men’s Chorus, Museum of Fine Arts 

Gallery, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, 9 March 1992 

• Conductor, THE OLD MAID AND THE THIEF and THE MEDIUM by Gian 

Carlo Menotti with members of the Utah Opera Young Artists program and 

pianist, Lawrence Gee, The Bowery Theater, Salt Lake City, Utah, 18, 19 

November 1992 

• Conductor, LA CANTERINA by Franz Joseph Haydn and AMELIA GOES TO THE 

BALL by Gian Carlo Menotti with members of the Utah Symphony and Young Artist 

program, Temple Square Assembly Hall and Red Butte Garden Arboretum 

Amphitheater, Salt Lake City, Utah, 23 and 27 June 1992


National Performances: 

• Accompanist for recital with Ricardo Estrada [Bolivian tenor], and Marta 

Gutierrez, soprano, an international exchange concert sponsored by Utah-Bolivia 

Partners of the Americas, Public Library Auditorium, Salt Lake City, Utah, 

November 1, 2004 

• Accompanist for recital with Pamela Hinchman, soprano, and Steven Leisring, 

trumpet, Lutkin Hall, Northwestern University, Evanston, October 21, 2004 

• Accompanist for recital with Cynthia Lawrence, soprano [Metropolitan Opera] 

Libby Gardner Hall, Salt Lake City, Utah, May 21, 2004 

• Accompanist for recital with Pamela Hinchman, soprano, and Steven Leisring, 

trumpet, University of Kansas-Lawrence, Kansas, September 26, 2003 

• Music Director for educational outreach, assistant musical director for the 

LA BOHÈME production, principal coach/pianist for community outreach 

performances, the Natchez Opera Festival, scheduled for May 2001. 

• Music Director/Piano-Conductor for GIFT OF THE MAGI, Natchez Opera 

Festival, Margaret Martin Performing Arts Center, Natchez, Mississippi, 

14 and 16 December 2000 

• Music Director/Piano-conductor for HANSEL AND GRETEL, Pensacola Opera, 

Saenger Auditorium, Pensacola, Florida, 1 and 2 December 2000 

• Accompanist for performance of LSU Opera principal singers for national 

dignitaries, Magnolia Plantation, Natchez, Mississippi, 27 August 2000 

• Music Director/Accompanist for community and educational outreach 

performances throughout the state of Mississippi for the Natchez Opera 

Festival, May 2000 [several performances daily for 4 weeks; over 5,000 

students; included gala performance for the Arts Council of Alexandria, 

Louisiana; performance resulted in a tour booking for May 2001]; cover 

pianist as well for any/all four main stage productions as needed. Colleagues 

are of national and international renown; graduate and undergraduate student 

recruitment potential 

• Piano-conductor with Henry Jones, duo-piano arrangements, opera scenes, 


Louisiana, 10, 11 February 1999


• Piano-conductor, opera scenes, Recital Hall, LSU School of Music, Louisiana 

State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1, 2 February 1998 

• Music Director/Piano-conductor, TWO BY TWO by Richard Rodgers, Southern 

Appalachian Repertory Theatre Company [22nd Season], Owen Theatre, 

Mars Hill, North Carolina, 19, 20, 21, 22 (two performances), 23, 26, 27, 28, 

29 (two performances), 30 June 1996 

• Conductor, THE GRAND DUKE by Gilbert and Sullivan, The Ohio Light Opera 

[17th Season], The College of Wooster, Freedlander Theatre, Wooster, Ohio, 

18, 22, 26, 29 July and 4, 6, 10 August 1995 

• Conductor, GYPSY LOVE by Franz Lehar, The Ohio Light Opera [17th Season], 

The College of Wooster, Freedlander Theatre, Wooster, Ohio, 10, 20, 23 June, 

1, 8, 30 July and 3, 9 August 1995 

• Conductor, DESERT SONG by Sigmund Romberg, Ohio Light Opera 

[17th Season], The College of Wooster, Freedlander Theatre, Wooster, Ohio, 

18 June, 5, 15, 20, 23 July and 11 August 1995 

• Accompanist and musical preparation for two scenes concerts of separate 

repertoire, The Ohio Light Opera [17th Season], The College of Wooster, 

Freedlander Theatre, Wooster, Ohio, 7, 8 August 1995 

• Accompanist for Stephen Rushing, baritone as 1991 Artist Winner in songs by 

Haydn, Brahms, Fauré, and Musto, 48th Biennial Convention of the National 

Federation of Music Clubs, Marriott Hotel, Wichita, Kansas, 24 April 1995 

• Conductor, CURLEW RIVER by Benjamin Britten with members of the Utah 

Symphony, guest international artists, Cathedral of the Madeleine, Salt Lake City, 

Utah, 18 April 1993 

• Accompanist for concerts with Carol Nelson, soprano, Marie-Adele McArthur, 

mezzo-soprano, James Miller, tenor and Clifford Cole, baritone, “Opera in the 

Canyon lands,” a series of three separate concerts for Tag-a-long Expeditions 

[opera, musical theatre and piano solo] in Canyon lands National Park, Moab, 

Utah, 5,6,7 September 1992 [International clients]


International Performances [including artists of international renown]: 

• *Pianist-Conductor, Co-Producer, USU Opera Theatre productions of Vaughan 

Williams’ RIDERS TO THE SEA, and Menotti’s THE OLD MAID AND THE 

THIEF, St. Peter’s Church, Vauxhall, The Guildhall School, London, and Opera 

in the Orchard, Mauldon, Essex, England, September 21, 22, 24, 2005 

[Educational/Performance collaborative tour by invitation for principal artists 

from USU Opera Theatre with professional singers (chorus, St. Martin’s in the 

Field and others) and orchestra, London, England, September 10-26, 2005] 

• Accompanist for master class by Robin Bowman, Head of Vocal Studies, 

The Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London, England, 

September 23, 2005 

• Accompanist for concert with Kimberly Mumford, soprano, and Richard Keisker, 

baritone, sponsored by Dr. y Dra. Funes, David Guzman Museum, San Salvador, 

El Salvador, July 29, 2005 

• *Accompanist/presenter for concerts and master classes [21 services] on tour in 

El Salvador in collaboration with Help International [Provo, Utah], with Kimberly 

Mumford, soprano, Richard Keisker, baritone, Nicholas Morrison, clarinet, and 

Leslie Timmons, flute, July 15-30, 2005 

• Accompanist/presenter for concerts and master classes on tour with Nicholas 

Morrison, clarinet, Leslie Timmons, flute, and Richard Keisker, baritone, La 

Antigua Guatemala, including El Proyecto Cultural el Sitio, November 20, 2004 

• Co-producer, Accompanist/presenter for collaborative concerts and master classes on tour 

with USU Opera Theatre students, Ann Marshall, soprano, Joelle Willmore, mezzosoprano, 

and Russell McGovern, tenor, La Antigua Guatemala, including El Proyecto 

Cultural el Sitio, La Orquestina de la Merced, and Collegio Colonial Bilingue, January, 

23-February 2, 2004 

• Accompanist/presenter for concerts and master classes, La Antigua Guatemala 

with Nicholas Morrison, clarinet, Leslie Timmons, flute, and Richard Keisker, 

January 20-27, 2003 

• Accompanist for Robert McFarland, baritone, Margaret Martin Performing Arts 

Center, Natchez Opera Festival, Natchez, Mississippi, 16 November 2000 

• Accompanist for Xu Ke, international erhu virtuoso in concert of all Chinese 

music, Recital Hall, School of Music, Louisiana State University, Baton 

Rouge, Louisiana, 11 November 2000


• Accompanist for concerts for Jane Redding Marrero, soprano, Lori Bade, mezzosoprano, 

Sheldon Hughes, tenor and Kyle Marrero, baritone, concert in honor of 

Beverly Sills, soprano and guest lecturer, two concerts aboard the American 

Queen [opera tour with Ms. Sills], Natchez, Mississippi, 29 and 30 January 1997 

*denotes detailed report available 

SCHOLARLY/CREATIVE other than instruction, performances, or conferences listed above 

• Supertitle English translation, slide preparation, and training [on PowerPoint] for 

all USU Opera Theatre productions, 2003 to present 

• Supertitle translation, slide preparation, including four main stage productions 

annually for Utah Festival Opera in English and/or foreign language into English, 

2002-2004 

• Supertitle slide preparation for ALBERT HERRING, LSU Opera production, 

Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 30 October and 1 November 1998 

• Supertitle English translation, slide preparation for LE NOZZE DI FIGARO, 

for the LSU Opera production, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 16, 17, and 

19 April 1998 

PROFESSIONAL GRANTS AND AWARDS: 

• Marie-Eccles Caine Foundation, USU Opera production funding support, 

2002 to present [$4500 annual award] 

• Marie-Eccles Caine Foundation, Stage Directors for semester productions 

[FS03, FS04, Pamela Hinchman, Northwestern University; SS04, SS05, Colin Baldy, 

London, England; FS05, Rachel Harris Orgel, Dawn Huertas, Louisiana State 

University; SS05, Jennifer Jones, Rollins College] 2003 to present 

[$2500 to $3500 per semester dependent upon expenses] 

• Women and Gender Studies Travel Grant for opera performances, master classes, 

educational tour with nine USU Opera Theatre students, seven current, two alumni; 

London, England, September 15-26, 2005 [$1000 award; includes matching funds 

from USU Department of Music] 

• USU Academic Opportunity Travel Grants, 7 individual grant awards to full-time 

students for opera performances, master classes educational tour with USU Opera 

Theatre [7 current students, 2 alumni], London, England, September 15-26, 2005 

[$100 each; separate matching funds from USU Department of Music]


• England tour invitation and subsidy for collaborative chorus and orchestra young 

artists, performance venues [Vaughan William’s RIDERS TO THE SEA and 

Menotti’s THE OLD MAID AND THE THIEF], housing and ground transportation, 

publicity, shared expenses of royalties/rights fees, visits to universities arranged, 

[Guildhall and Royal Academy of Music], and Guildhall master class with Robin 

Bowman, arranged in collaboration with Colin Baldy, September 15-26, 2005 

• Women and Gender Studies Travel Grant for concerts and master classes with faculty 

colleagues [Morrison, Timmons], guest soprano, Kimberly Mumford, and baritone, 

Richard Keisker, El Salvador, July 15-30, 2005 [$1000 award; includes matching 

funding from USU Department of Music] 

• El Hogar Infantile Emiliani, Recognition Award for bringing art and culture to the 

orphanage school, San Salvador, El Salvador, July 14, 2005 

• Utah-Bolivia Partners of the Americas Travel Grant for guest Bolivian tenor, 

Ricardo Estrada in de Falla’s LA VIDA BREVE, concerts, master classes, and 

community presentations, October 23-November 16, 2004 [$1500 award] 

• Women and Gender Studies Travel Grant, concerts and master classes with three 

USU Opera Theatre students, La Antigua Guatemala, January 23-February 2, 2004 

[$1000 award; includes matching funding from USU Department of Music] 

• La Orquestina Mercedaría Antigueña, Recognition award for collaborative 

concerts, opera performances, and master classes; USU faculty/students, La 

Antigua Guatemala, February 1, 2004 

• USU Academic Opportunity Travel Grants, three individual grant awards to full-time 

USU students for opera performances, master classes educational tour, La Antigua 

Guatemala, January 23-February 4, 2004 [three awards of $300 each; separate 

matching funds from USU Department of Music] 

• Marie-Eccles Caine Foundation, Guest Artist, Colin Baldy, joint-proposal with 

Choral Education and Opera Theatre, November, 2003 [$3500 joint award] 

• Women and Gender Studies Travel Grant for concerts and master classes with faculty 

colleagues [Morrison, Timmons], La Antigua, Guatemala, November, 2003 

[$1000 award; includes matching funds from USU Department of Music]


• Gardner Grant for Cultural Exchange Travel, concerts and master classes 

with contact for reciprocal cultural exchange sponsored by Utah-Bolivia Partners 

of the Americas [Ricardo Estrada, guest tenor in de Falla’s LA VIDA BREVE, 

November 2004], La Paz and Oruro, Bolivia, March 4-14, 2003 [$2000 award] 

• La Orquestina Mercedaría Antigueña, recognition for collaborative concerts and 

master classes; USU faculty, La Antigua Guatemala, January 26, 2003 

• LSU Faculty Development Grant as a summer stipend program, proposed work 

and research on Spanish diction for singers, including cultural activities was 

completed in Guatemala; stipend was used for comparative research in Central 

America of language and music using Nico Castel’s new text for the study of 

Spanish diction for singers; focus on language facility to include cultural 

experiences and studies; included preparatory language study with private tutor, 

visits to three universities, numerous concerts including music for the native 

marimba (national instrument), original Guatemalan classical music (including 

repertoire written in concurrent style and time period of Mozart) and tour 

performances of the Ballet Folklorico from Madrid, Spain, July 1998 [$5000] 

• Grants as well as private donations solicited were received for the LSU Opera 

program through the Arts Council of East Baton Rouge Parish; 1996-2002 

• Baton Rouge Opera Guild project assistance grant for educational 

outreach performances of Moore’s EMPEROR’S NEW CLOTHES 

FS97, SS98, FS98, SS99 ($750 donation per semester) 

• Baton Rouge Opera Guild additional annual scholarship funding for the 

LSU Opera participating singers, awarded by audition for participation in four 

consecutive semesters of the LSU Opera program, 1994-2002, growth to 18 

scholarships valued at over $16,000 

• Baton Rouge Opera Guild Endowment Fund, an outgrowth of increased 

Scholarship funding and growth in quality of the opera program since 1994; 

the scholarship endowment secures these opera awards received annually for 

more than 50 years 

• Arts Council for Greater Baton Rouge project assistance grant received for the 

LSU Opera production of Verdi’s FALSTAFF, Spring Semester 1997 [$2,300]


SERVICE: 

Committee Member: 

• Member of USU Connections 2006 Planning Committee, 2005 to present 

• Advisor/Consultant for USU Elderhostel Courses 2006 offering recommendations 

for additional faculty and course content 

• Member of USU Department of Music Large Ensembles Committee, 

2004 to present 

• Member of USU Department of Music Search Committee for Music Therapy 

faculty member, 2004-2005 [appointed Maureen Hearns] 

• Member of USU Department of Music Search Committee for Choral Program 

Director, 2002-2003 [appointed Cory Evans] 

• Utah-Bolivia Partners of the Americas, Secretary, October 2004 to present 

• Temple Square Advisory Committee member, 2003 to present 

• Utah-Bolivia Partners of the Americas, Chair of Culture Committee, 

2002 to present 

• LSU Committee member for Hamilton Armstrong, PhD., candidate in theatre, 

defense on 27 February 2002 [degree granted] 

• LSU Committee member for Wendall Stone, PhD., candidate in theatre, 

defense on 6 April 2001 [degree granted] 

• LSU Committee member for Mark Riley, DMA candidate in voice/opera, 

new student in program, Fall Semester 2000 

• LSU Committee member for Mary Ann Kyle, DMA candidate in voice/opera, 

lecture recital on 2 March, 2001; defense on 5 March 2001 [degree granted] 

• LSU Committee member for Tony Medlin, PhD., candidate in theatre, 

defense on 15 May 2002 [degree granted] 

• LSU collaborative work toward the development of an undergraduate/graduate 

level accompanying degree program at Louisiana State University, 1997-98, 

and 2001


• LSU Musical theatre production course; collaborative work toward a new course 

for the summer musical at Louisiana State University to be concurrent with TH4500 

and to replace MUS3997 and 7997; MUS 4500 approved Fall Semester 2000 and 

implemented Summer 2001. 

• Member of the Baton Rouge Symphony Chorus, 1994-1997 

• Collaborative work toward a production of Gretrys’opera, SYLVAIN, to be in New 

Orleans in January, 2003; grant proposal for funding submitted in November, 

2000 to the State Arts Council with faculty members from University of Southwest 

Louisiana [Lafayette], Louisiana State University and the University of New 

Orleans representing music history, literature, composition/arranging, and 

performance; preparation of budget for proposed production and tour ($90,500.00 

budget request) 

• Adjudicator for the LSU School of Music annual Bach Contest for pre-collegiate 

pianists (5 sections, 57 students), School of Music, Louisiana State University, 

Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 14 December 1996 (20 th ), 12 December 1997 (21 st ) and 

11 December 1999 (23 rd ). 

• Adjudicator (one of three) for the Birmingham Opera Theatre Nineteenth and 

Twentieth Annual Vocal Competitions, Birmingham, Alabama, 3, 4, 5 May 1995 

and 15, 16, 17 May 1996; invitation is extended for two consecutive years 

only, with the second year as acting chair [1996] 

• Adjudicator for the Metropolitan Opera regional auditions, Temple Square 

Assembly Hall, October, 1992 and 1993, semifinals and finals respectively. 

• Adjudicator for the National Teachers of Singing annual regional 

competition, Brigham Young University, School of Music, Spring 1991 

• San Jose State University, collaborative work toward development of an 

accompanying degree program, 1991 

• As a liaison for community outreach, educational and preview performances with 

such organizations as the Baton Rouge Opera Guild, Baton Rouge Volunteers for 

Opera (BRAVO) and the LSU Patrons of the Opera include attendance at various 

meetings and performance events throughout the year 

• Music director, coach-accompanist for the musical, PROMISED VALLEY by 

Crawford Gates; many participants new to a musical production; 38 participants, 

two performances with over 1000 audience in attendance; Church of Jesus Christ of 

Latter-Day Saints, First Ward Auditorium, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 

20 September 1997


Presenter/Consultant/Guest artist: 

• Opera panelist, Utah Public Radio fund-raising drive, four and ½ hour live 

broadcast, October 15, 2005 

• Coordinate/advise colleagues for collaborative faculty/student international 

opportunities (La Antigua Guatemala): 

- (2005) Barbara Culotta, Brigham Young University – Spanish study [APPE] 

- (2004) Pamela Hinchman, Steven Leisring, two graduate students from 

University of Kansas-Lawrence – performance arranged 

[Proyecto El Sitio] 

• Non-fee master classes and community outreach concerts listed under 

Performances and Instructional activities above for both service and recruiting 

• Guest faculty, Topic “Student/faculty relations and expectations,” 

Connections Follow-up class, September 15, 2004 

• Volunteer/advisory support as requested by Michael Ballam, Utah Festival Opera 

Company, 2004 to present 

• Organist for Stake Conference, Logan Tabernacle, Logan, Utah, June 23, 2004 

• Collaboration with LSU faculty member, Jim West, trumpet, in preparing 

accompaniments for trumpet study based upon Vocalises by M. Bordogni, 

Fall 1996; unpublished 

Advising/Recruiting: 

• Assistance for students with resumes, graduate school applications, summer 

festival apprentice applications including identifying appropriate programs and 

letters of recommendation 

• Assistance for Connections 2005 students requiring registration, knowledge of 

USU Policies and procedures, and first-semester concerns by appointment 

• Assistance for faculty colleagues and students with recital repertoire, 

programming skills, and translations 

• Recruiting to include school visits, master classes, and public concerts


• Seven packets distributed in May 2000 to interested graduate and undergraduate 

young artists with the Natchez Opera Festival; singers have come to the 

LSU campus for coaching; others have shown interest in graduate school for 

future years after professional experience 

• Graduate student, Stephanie Kimbrough, soprano, was introduced to the LSU 

Opera program through our performance at the National Opera Association’s 

national convention in Dallas, Texas of Richard Owen’s MARY DYER on 

1 February 1997. She requested information, asked questions about our opera 

program and was introduced to Kirkpatrick Professor Robert Grayson, Chair and 

several of our students performing that day; she registered in the LSU graduate 

program 

• Performances given at McKinley High School, Baton Rouge High School 

and LSU University Laboratory School have encouraged several students 

to apply and subsequently enroll in the LSU Opera Theatre program 

• Promotion of the LSU College of Music and Dramatic Arts is ongoing with 

community outreach performances, recitals and productions with other 

companies. Performances during the months of November and December, 2000 

have generated three new students 

• Accompanist for Sigma Alpha Iota recital hour, Recital Hall, School of Music, 

Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 14 November 2000 

• Chorus master and faculty liaison; weekly rehearsals with Sigma Alpha Iota 

members to encourage ensemble and a cappella singing; members sing at the 

national and regional conventions representing LSU School of Music 

• Coach-accompanist to assist with auditions, audition preparation and general 

repertoire for LSU School of Music students and LSU Theatre students 

by request and in collaboration with other faculty members 

• Coaching for singers and their accompanists in preparation for recitals or 

auditions by request


DONATIONS facilitated/solicited: 

• Baldwin 5’2” grand piano donated by President Kermit L. and Phyllis A. Hall, 

for use in Caine Lyric Theatre, by USU Opera Theatre studio and performances, 

Department of Music concerts, and Caine School of the Arts at large [received by 

recommendation of the piano department faculty], January 2005 

• Rent-free storage [anonymous], March 2004 to present 

• Costumes, 2003-2004, 2004-2005 

• Housing, food, and ground transportation for USU Opera guest artists, 

donated by Richard and Lynn Keisker, 2002 to present 

• Housing sponsors for LSU Opera Guest Stage Directors, 1996-2002 

• Car Rental donations from local companies/agencies for LSU Opera Guest 

Artists, 1996-2002 

PUBLICITY 

• Preparation of articles for publicity; press releases, and all program content for 

operas and concerts [Public Relations and Marketing, approved by Patrick 

Williams] 

• Interviews and articles prepared for local newspapers [includes photography]: 

• Preparation ¡VIVA! Cache Valley, Periódico en español, “Un boliviano enseña 

opera” por Cindy Yurth, March 2, 2005 

• The Herald Journal’s Cache Magazine, “LA VIDA BREVE – Backstage with 

USU’s opera theater program” by Rashae Ophus, November 12-18, 2004 

• Interviewed as the Coordinator of the LSU Opera program, Principal-coach, 

Chorus master and production coordinator for the production of CARMEN, 

by Gerald Lively on his weekly broadcast for Louisiana’s public broadcast station, 

WRKF on Sunday, 11 March 2001 

• Interviewed as the Music Director for the production of THE FANTASTICKS, 

by Gerald Lively on his weekly broadcast for Louisiana’s public broadcast station, 

WRKF on Sunday, 4 February 2001


• Accompanist for LSU Opera Principal singers performing the Quintet from 

CARMEN by Charles Bizet used on a promotional CD for the LSU School of 

Music, taken from a live performance on 13 September, 1999 

• Interviewed as the Coordinator of LSU Opera by Martha Yancey on her weekly 

broadcast for the arts in the Baton Rouge community on WJBO radio about the 

LSU Opera program and the production of LA BOHÈME by Giacomo Puccini, 

21 October, 1999 

• Interviewed as the Coordinator of LSU Opera by Martha Yancey on her weekly 


LSU Opera Theatre program and the production of ALBERT HERRING by 

Benjamin Britten, 14 October, 1998 

• Interviewed as the Coordinator of LSU Opera by Charles Hunt on his weekly 


LSU Opera Theatre program and the production of THE BALLAD OF BABY DOE 

by Douglas Moore, 17 November 1996 

• Interviewed as the Utah Opera Music Administrator and Chorus master by Mark 

Sheldon of KBYU for a documentary which aired on public radio about the Utah 

Opera Chorus and its preparation of UN BALLO IN MASCHERA by Giuseppe 

Verdi, October 1992 

• Announcer in radio promotions for SAMSON AND DELILA by Camille Saint 

Saëns for Utah Opera, January 1992 

• Assistant in the preparation of all broadcast materials for advertising opera 

productions for Utah Opera including music to be played and information given 

about the operas, 1991-1994 

• Musical Director and Conductor for the first promotional tapes of Utah Opera’s 

commissioned work, THE DREAMKEEPERS by David Carlson, September 1993


PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS: 

• Member of OPERA AMERICA 

• Member of COLLEGE MUSIC SOCIETY 

• Member of UTAH-BOLIVIA Partners of the Americas, secretary and 

Chair of Culture Committee 

• Member of TEMPLE SQUARE PERFORMANCES Advisory Board 

• Member of LOUISIANA-EL SALVADOR Partners of the Americas 

[2000-2002] 

• Member of MUSIC TEACHERS NATIONAL ASSOCIATION [1997-2000] 

as a member of the National Subcommittee on Collaborative Arts including 

reports to the National Convention; published in MTNA Journal, March 1997 

• Past member of the American Organists Guild 

• Past active member of SIGMA ALPHA IOTA [Eta Iota Chapter, University 

of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music, 1969] and faculty advisor for 

Louisiana State University student chapter; assisted in convention musical 

performance preparation 

• PI KAPPA LAMBDA [University of Cincinnati, 1972] 

• ALPHA LAMBDA DELTA [University of Cincinnati, 1969]


EDUCATION: 

University of Southern California Doctorate of Musical Arts 1979 

School of Music [Los Angeles] in Accompanying 

• Accompanying study with Gwendolyn Koldofsky 

• Piano solo and chamber music study with Brooks Smith 

• Harpsichord study with Malcolm Hamilton 

• Voice study with Douglas Lawrence and William Eddy 

• Lyric Diction study with Margaret Shaper 

• Conducting study with Daniel Lewis 

• Accompanist in master classes and studios of Gregor Piatigorsky, Dalton 

Baldwin, Phyllis Curtin, Ryan Edwards, Elly Ameling, Peter Schreier, Gerard 

Souzay, Marcial Sangher, Jean Barr, Hans Hotter, Margaret Shaper, Mitchell 

Lurie, Nina Hinson, William Eddy, Natalie Limonick, Frans Boerlage, and others 

California Community Colleges Life Credential 1976 

[#196402/Area: Music] 

University of Cincinnati Master of Music 1973 

College-Conservatory of Music [Ohio] in Accompanying 

• Piano solo, chamber music, and accompanying study with Raymond Dudley 

• Classes and harpsichord study with Eiji Hoshimoto 

• Song Literature and accompanying with Robert Laird 

• Accompanist for various vocal, instrumental, and chamber music concerts 

University of Cincinnati Bachelor of Music 1972 

College-Conservatory of Music [Ohio] in Piano Performance 

• Piano solo, chamber music, and accompanying study with Raymond Dudley 

• Organ study [minor concentration] with Hal Hopkins 

• Song Literature and accompanying with Robert Laird 

• Solo recitals, concerto with orchestra, and accompanist for various vocal, 

instrumental, and chamber music concerts 

Parkersburg High School High School Diploma 1968 

[West Virginia] 

• Piano study with Esther Cunningham 1955-1968 

• Piano study with Olga Dayas and theory study Summer 1962 

College-Conservatory of Music [Cincinnati, Ohio] 

• Organ study with Larry Tracey, Richard Webb, Eugene Wickstrom 1965-1972 

Ohio University [Athens, Ohio]


Language Study 

• French, 7 years [6 years secondary schools; 1 year USC graduate school] 

• Italian, 2 years [UC] 

• German, 2 years [UC] 

• Additional post-graduate study: 

- Spanish study with private tutors, La Antigua Guatemala, July 1998, 2004 

- Travel in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Bolivia, study of music and Spanish 

language, November 2003, January and November 2004, July 2005 

- Italian study with private tutor, Florence Italy, February-March 1988 

- French, L’Université de Dijon, France, Summer, 1977 

[advanced classroom French study; worked as tutorial assistant in Dijon 

through USC French Department with elementary level students] 

- Russian study with private tutor [limited-West Bay Opera; EUGENE ONEGIN] 

- German travel to Berlin, Germany; Vienna, Graz, Eisenstadt, Salzburg, Austria, 

independent study of composers and German language, May, 2005 

Educational Honors and Awards: 

University of Southern California, School of Music [Los Angeles] 

• Leadership/Performance Award; Annual Honors Convocation May, 1979 

• Teaching Assistantships in 

Class Piano 1974-1976 

Music Appreciation 1976-1978 

Coach Accompanist for Opera Department 1974-1978 

• Graduate/Doctoral Scholarship in Accompanying 1973-1974 

Tanglewood Summer Festival [Lenox, Massachusetts] 

• Accompanist for Phyllis Curtin master classes 1975-1976 

• Accompanist for weekly vocal recitals 1975-1976 

• Advanced Diction Seminars [Terry Decima] 1975-1976 

• Accompanist for choral rehearsals for Seiji Osawa and Boston 

Symphony; Beethoven 9 th Symphony 1976 

• C. D. Jackson Award 1976 

University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music [Ohio] 

• Corbett Scholarship Awards 1968-1972 

• Accompanying Assistantship 1972-1973 

• Winner, Concerto Competition 1971 

[RHAPSODY ON A THEME OF PAGANINI with Orchestra] 

Aspen Music Festival [Colorado] 

• Accompanist for studio of Sidney Harth, violinist Summer, 1970 

• Piano solo study with Claude Frank, Lillian Kallir, Aube Tzerko Summer, 1970 

International Bach Competition [Washington, D.C.]; semi-finalist 1969

LYNN JEMISON-KEISKER Associate Professor, Director of Opera ...

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