I'm a little girl, playing outside, yet in my house I hear the angelic voice of my mother as she teaches singing to a student. I have been fortunate to hear such beautiful singing from her all my life, and if it weren't for her, I would never have gotten into opera.  

                   Opera singing is a wonderful feeling; for a little while, you are someone completely different, wearing clothes you don't normally wear, thinking thoughts you don't normal think. It is a rush of adrenaline when the curtain goes up...a magical feeling as below you the orchestra floats their glorious sounds and lays them under your voice like a blanket...it is just such an incredible feeling. My very first opera character was Deborah Arden in the Golden Arrow, when I premiered the role. You can find more information on that performance on my page "working with Dennis Hyams".
                     Art songs are equally as intriguing, as you must make choices interpretation-wise off of a limited amount of music given to you; in an opera, you have a whole story before you, yet in an art song, the story comes from a page or two of piano and voice dialogue, and one must study both parts diligently to gather a sophisticated interpretation of the music. Broadway is dear to my heart, though I am not trained in the belting technique. However, this doesn't stop me from enjoying it!

Lola in Cavalleria Rusticana, 2016

Myself next to pit concertmaster, Agnes Kwasiewska, as one of the Novices and Suor Osmina in Suor Angelica, 2016

2015 Die Zauberflöte, as First Lady, to my left is Kathryn Wieckhorst, Queen of the Night

Savannah Voice Festival

Landsdowne Symphony Orchestra performance

rehearsal for the composer's concert, April 30, 2016, with Aaron Boganovsky

Here I am next to Beverly Weber, long time family friend and accompanist

I had just gotten my award at the Minuetto Music Festival, standing next to lovely singer Emma Peterson