Experience

Vocal Arts DC

• United States
• Music
• 1 - 100 Employee

• General Director at Vocal Arts DC

  • Mar 2012 - Present

• General Director

  • 2012 - Present

  General Director for one of North America's leading presenting organizations of classical vocal recitals, producing 6-7 concerts annually at John F. Kennedy Center's Terrace Theater and other DC venues, as well as a series of free "Discovery Series" recitals performed by area emerging artists.



Opera Colorado

• United States
• Performing Arts
• 1 - 100 Employee

• General Director

  • Aug 2001 - Aug 2007

  Stewardship of all aspects of professional opera company with a full-time staff of 17 employees and a Board of Directors with c. 45 members.Active participation in lobbying efforts with Denver City Council and former Denver Mayor Wellington Webb for creation of, and successful passing by Denver voters, a ballot initiative to renovate Denver's Auditorium Theatre into the state-of-the-art Ellie Caulkins Opera House, which opened in September of 2005.Aggressive participation in all fundraising efforts, both for the company's Annual Fund, which saw an increase between 2001 and 2006 of 54% in its donor database, and the Opera Colorado Foundation, which grew between $275,000 in 2001 to $1.5 million in 2007.Participation as local chair of committee comprised of arts leaders in lobbying efforts for Denver to host the National Performing Arts Convention in 2008, and subsequent participation as local co-chair of local steering committee for all efforts to prepare to host the convention in June, 2008.Participation, from August 2006 through January 2007, as one of a 15-member Cultural Infrastructure Task Force selected by former Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper to review renovation needs of metro-area cultural institutions, and to make recommendations in prioritizing them to Denver's City Council and Mayor Hickenlooper.Collaboration with Artistic Director on all seasonal budgeting, selection of repertoire, and casting.Negotiation for contracting annually of services of the Colorado Symphony Orchestra to accompany all Opera Colorado performances, as well as I.A.T.S.E. negotiations.Collaboration and Leadership as co-producer on seven different productions involving a total of twelve different companies.Commissioned world premieres of soprano monodrama "At the Statue of Venus" by Jake Heggie and Terrence McNally (September, 2005) and "La Curandera," a bi-lingual family opera by Robert Xavier Rodriguez (spring, 2006).



Metropolitan Opera

• United States
• Performing Arts
• 700 & Above Employee

• Director, Lindemann Young Artist Development Program

  • Sep 1997 - Jul 2001

  Management of all asp-ects of year-round training program under the auspices of the Metropolitan Opera, including selection of young artists who participate, as well as short-term and long-range supervision of their development.Administration and supervision of all aspects of annual budget ($1,041,679 in 2001).Participation as member of panel in all in-house auditions (screening, onstage, and Metropolitan Opera National Council). Representation of Met's senior management on a rotational basis for in-house performance and Met-in-the-Parks concerts.



Washington Concert Opera

• United States
• Performing Arts
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Liaison, Artist & Press Relations

  • Apr 1986 - Aug 1997

  Responsible for all principal artist casting and all media and press relations.

• Liaison, Artist & Press Relations

  • 1986 - 1997



Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts

• United States
• Performing Arts
• 100 - 200 Employee

• General Director, Wolf Trap Opera Company

  • Aug 1984 - Aug 1997

  Management and planning of all administrative and artistic aspects of annual summer opera festival presenting three fully-staged operas and several concerts in two venues.Administration and management of all aspects of annual budget ($1,180,000 in 1997).Selection and hiring of all seasonal personnel, including ensemble of young "artists in residence;" conductors; directors; designers, interns; and all other support staff.Participation as chief adjudicator in in annual nationwide auditions network of over four-hundred singers applying to the company's young artists residency ensemble.Participation in American Guild of Musical Artists and American Federation of Musicians negotiations to establish pay scales and all governing roles for contracts with union choristers, soloists, production staff, and orchestra musicians.