Teaching

Master classes

Opera/Lied/Operetta

  • Institute of European Studies, Vienna –Dramatic and Vocal Interpretation, 2011 – 2015
  • World Culture Networks G.m.b.H., Vienna – Dramatic and Vocal Interpretation,  July 2014
  • Vienna: Language of Lieder, Westminster Choir College of Rider University – Summer Program, Wien  2012 – 201(one of these masterclasses took place in Princeton, USA; the Language of Lieder is a 3 week couse in Vienna)
  • The Hartt School, University of Hartford – Dramatic and Vocal Interpretation, April 2014
  • Middlebury College, Vermont – Dramatic and Vocal Interpretation, 2000 – 2005, 2007, July 2010
  • FESNOJIV – Vocal Academy, Caracas, Venezuela – Dramatic and Vocal Interpretation, October 2007
  • University of Louisville, School of Music – Dramatic and Vocal Interpretation, October 2006
  • Konservatorium Wien – Audition Workshop & Management Seminar, 1996

Musical Theater

  • Marktoberdorf, Bayern – Musical Theater Audition Workshop, October 2010
  • STELLA ACADEMY weekly classes – Dramatic and Vocal Interpretation; Audition Workshops, 1997 – 2002
  • Berlin, Metropol Theater – prize winners of the German National Musical Theater Competition- Dramatic and Vocal Interpretation, 1996
  • Münster – Dramatic and Vocal Interpretation, 1991 – 92, 94 – 96, 98
  • Hürth/Köln – Dramatic and Vocal Interpretation, 1991 – 92, 94, 96, 98, 2000
  • Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival, Alaska – Opera, Operetta and Musical Theater Scenes, 1991 – 1994, 2001-2002
  • Internationales Jugendfestspieltreffen, Bayreuth – Musical Theater Scenes, 1990 – 1994

Professorships

August 2004 – September 2014

Chair of Voice and Opera Department, Konservatorium Wien, City of Vienna University; Associate Dean, Performing Arts – Departments of Theater, Dance, Musical-Theater, Voice and Opera.

www.konservatoriumwien.at

Responsible for programs of study leading to Bachelor of Arts in Vocal Performance, Master of Arts in Vocal Performance, Opera and Lied/Oratorio; Head of Opera studies which includes directing all opera performances and teaching acting/movement classes for singers. Additional responsibilities include planning and monitoring the annual budget, organizing master classes (guest artists have included Barbara Bonney, Helmut Deutsch, Julius Drake, Bernarda Fink, Matthias Goerne, Angelika Kirchschlager, Malcolm Martineau, Michael Schade, Roger Vignoles), chairing the Curriculum Review Committee, serving on the University Senate, supervising faculty and advising students.

The voice and opera department has 70 undergraduate and graduate students along with 40 faculty members.