Artist Statement

I am a performer-composer with a focus on the voice and a certified Alexander Technique teacher. My goal as an artist is to spread the joy of being alive through the exploration of new music and collaboration with my fellow artists. Combined with Alexander Technique, I encourage those around me to find freedom by creating new experiences and works in order to generate a sense of community and explore self-awareness and presence.  My collaborative practice as a performer includes operas such as Inheritance (2018), by Alissa Voth, and Cassandra (2019), by Julian Kornick. In the spring of 2019, I curated an hour-long recital called The Unheard Voice, which highlighted the music of female and LGBTQ+ composers. 

I consider choral work to be an important part of my artistic development because I have learned so much about being a musician and connecting with other singers and audiences through communal singing. Through RHUMC, I curated a Veteran’s Day performance in 2012 that brought together choirs from the church, the local high school, and a choir of church youth I taught through a series of workshops.

In my personal work, I am always exploring something new, so as to push the edges of music and look into possible futures. I use my improvisatory background to create vocal improvisations, such as “Why Me?” an improvisation that incorporates the voice and body as a whole. My current creative works, such as A Year of John Cage (2021-2022), and Stripsody in Quarantine (2021), explore the possibilities of a new performance practice in which integrated media, the possibilities of technology, and the creation of new experiences seek to make new works accessible to all audiences. I am currently composing an opera, Nasty Women, that seeks to pay homage to the women who have come before us in the fight for women’s rights, while also providing a platform for the voices of women today who have still not found equality