I Am A...

Fan, Actor, Singer, Musician

About Me:

I'm a high school vocal/choral music teacher in Lancaster County, PA. I have my B.S. in music education from Lebanon Valley College, Annville, PA and my master's in vocal performance from Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio. I have done internships with Sarasota Opera, Michigan Opera Theatre, and the Chautauqua Opera Studio. From high school onward (through college, grad school, and in community and regional theater productions), I have had major roles in musicals ranging from "Camelot," "Carousel," "Gigi," "South Pacific," "Little Mary Sunshine," "A Little Night Music," "Once Upon a Mattress," "The Red Mill," "The Mikado," "Ruddygore," "Side By Side By Sondheim," and "The Most Happy Fella." I collect rare and obscure Broadway albums, CDs, and sheet music.

Hometown:

Mount Joy, Pennsylvania

My Favorite Shows:

"Follies," "Children of Eden," "The Grass Harp," "Camelot," "Side Show," "Once On This Island," "Kiss of the Spider Woman," "The Full Monty," "Avenue Q."

The Show I Want To See Next:

"Catch Me If You Can," "Next to Normal," "Love Never Dies"

My Favorite Actors:

LaChanze, Emily Skinner, Alice Ripley, Dorothy Loudon, Hugh Jackman, Angela Lansbury, Chita Rivera, Gwen Verdon, Helen Gallagher, Alfred Drake, Harold Lang, Robert Goulet, Jerry Orbach, Jeff McCarthy, Laura Benanti, Brent Barrett

My Favorite Writer/Composer:

There are too many! Sondheim, Jule Styne, Richard Rodgers, Stephen Flaherty, David Yazbek, Stephen Schwartz, Kander & Ebb, Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, Hugh Martin

My Favorite Shows/Roles I’ve Done

See above

High School

Donegal High School, Mount Joy, PA

College

Lebanon Valley College, Annville, PA

Other School

Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH

Current Occupation

School Music Teacher, Soloist, Choir Director, Free Lance Musician