(she/her/hers)
Arranger, Hairspray
In one season at OSF: Ethnomusicologist/Orchestrator, Oklahoma!, Composer, lyricist, book writer: The Grapes of Wrath: A Folk Opera (Black Swan Lab reading).
Other theatres: Arranger/orchestrator and music director: Cabaret, Hairspray, The Drowsy Chaperone, Guys and Dolls, Oklahoma!, West Side Story, Little Shop of Horrors, Godspell, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, The Wiz (Washington, D.C.). Composer, lyricist, book writer and music arranger: Swinging for the USO (Los Angeles and Kansas City); Lust and Greed at the Shopping Mall (Los Angeles).
Other credits: Professor of Music: College of William and Mary, Bowling Green State University and Towson University; Recording Artist and Songwriter: MCA Records.
Awards: Academy of Country Music: Nomination, Best New Female Vocalist; BMI Collegiate Musical Award for USO.
Education: PhD, Ethnomusicology, UCLA; BA, Music Composition, UCLA; Certificate, Music for Motion Pictures and Television, USC.