Conference Presentations
"Creating a Culture of Consent: Addressing the Myth of Compliance in Musical Training and Applying Consent and Boundary Practices in the Opera Curriculum"
National Opera Association
Houston, Texas January 2023
"Opera’s Problem with the Fat Lady: Promoting Body Size Diversity Onstage and in the Classroom"
(An IDEA/ Legacy Committee Sponsored Presentation)
National Opera Association
Augustine, Florida January 2021
“IDEA – Inclusivity, Equality, and Access … The Start of a Discussion”
National Opera Association Panel Discussion
Salt Lake City, Utah January 2019
"Guidelines for Choosing the Right Voice Repertoire for the Right Occasion and the Right Student"
WSMTA State Conference
Shoreline Community College, Shoreline, WA June 2017
“The Kaleidoscope as Method: A Metaphor for Reclaiming Opera” Revised
National Opera Association
Portland, Oregon January 2013
“The Kaleidoscope as Method: A Metaphor for Reclaiming Opera”
Feminist Theory and Music Conference 11
Arizona State University Tempe, Arizona September 2011
Publications
“Fostering Inclusion: Unpacking Choral Dress Codes”
Choral Journal Volume 59 Number 1 p. 59 – 64
“All submissions are anonymously reviewed by the editorial board. Approximately 25% of submissions are accepted for publication…” from the Choral Journal website
"Voice Syllabus" for Washington State Music Teachers Association 2016 – 2017
A 50 page document including a Foreword, Chapter 1 Repertoire Collections and Anthologies, Chapter 2 Choosing Repertoire, Chapter 3 Reference and Resource Materials, Chapter 4 Supplemental Literature Collections, Chapter 5 Additional Topics for Consideration
“New Voice Syllabus Available Soon”
The Clarion Volume LXIX, No. 4 December 2016
Washington State Music Teachers Association
https://wsmta.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/12_16-Clarion.pdf
“A Feminist Examination of the Role of Women and their Musical and Narrative Treatments in the Opera Central Park”
New York University Ph.D. Dissertation
Outstanding Dissertation Award of 2008 from the Steinhardt School
Professional Affiliations
National Association of Teachers of Singing
Washington State Music Teachers Association
National Opera Association
