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Education:

  • A.B., Vassar College, 1938 (piano major) also studied voice
  • Post graduate study in New York: Voice -- David Blair McClosky
  • Piano and Vocal Literature -- Ernst Victor Wolff
  • Summer study at the Mozarteum, Salzburg, Austria
Teaching Experience:
  • Piano: Syracuse University, 1945-1946
  • Voice: Privately in Syracuse, N. Y., 1945-1952
  • Boston University Arts Center, one year
  • Bradford College, Bradford, Mass., 1966-1974
  • Boston Conservatory of Music, 1974 present
  • University of Lowell, Lowell, Mass., 1967-1985
  • Privately at home and in Boston
Voice Therapy:
  • Clinical/ Voice Therapist at Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary, 1952-1966
  • Private work with patients in Boston and at home
Performance:
  • Every season with Bradford College Glee Club at Bradford, Methuen, Gardner Museum, Boston, Bowdoin, Union College, etc., and in faculty recitals
  • Faculty recitals and concerts at University of Lowell
  • Formerly soloist in New York at Middle Collegiate Church
  • summer soloist at Marble Collegiate Church
  • soloist with Syracuse University Chorus and Orchestra and with Marietta
  • College Chorus and Orchestra
  • Many recitals and church solo positions
  • Two performances at The Cloisters, New York
Other Activities:
  • Member: Massachusetts Council on the Arts and Humanities
  • Duxbury Conservation Commission, 1968-1970: American Association of University Professors
  • Massachusetts Music Teachers Association
  • Music Educators National Conference
  • College Music Society
  • National Association of Teachers of singing (former member of the Boston Board)
  • Sigma Alpha Iota (patroness)
  • Assistant Director, Plymouth Rock Center Drama, 1946-1955
  • Included in Who's Who in American Women

 


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