I am a graduate of the Eastman 
School of music where I majored in piano performance. I taught piano for fifteen years at the Hochstein School of Music and maintained a private teaching studio in my home. I have studied organ performance with David Craighead and Richard Erickson, and conducting with Donald Neuen at the Eastman School and James Jordan at Westminster Choir College. I have studied children's choirs with Helen Kemp, Henry Leck, John Horman and others. I served as Organist and Director of Music at several area churches, including the Lutheran Church of the Resurrection and Incarnation Episcopal Church. I have given workshops in handbells and children's choir for various groups in the Rochester area. Currently I am teaching a new course on conducting Handbell Choirs for the Eastman School of music. 

Goals  

My goals for 2000 specifically include producing the children's musical in the spring and taking a group of handbell ringers to a Handbell Festival in June. Also, a particular goal for this year is to help the children and youth of the church grow in their sense of community, respecting each other and treating each other with kindness and love. The over all goal of the children's music program is to teach the children about their Christian faith and heritage by using hymns and anthems. Also to help the children understand the joy of weekly participation in worship as they offer their talents to God and to the community of faith. Music is a powerful vehicle in developing the spiritual awareness of children.