EDUCATION
DMA, Arizona State University (2020) – Conducting (Choral, Opera, Orchestral)
Final Document: Stefania Turkevych’s Heart of Oksana (1969): A Critical Edition
Awards: Teaching Excellence, American Prize, Teaching Fellowship, Choral Award
Grants: Knowledge Mobilization, Melikian Center, Title VIII, Creative Constellations
Co-Founder: Arizona Women’s Collaborative and Phoenix Singing Cumulative GPA: 4.0
EdM, Harvard University (2014) – The Arts in Education
Internship: American Repertory Theatre (Educational Outreach)
Research: Good Work in the Field of Music Composition (Mentor: Dr. Howard Gardner)
Broadway Seminar: Semester-long composition course led by Jason Robert Brown
Awards: BRIDGE Education Innovation Competition Semi-Finalist, Choral Fellowship
MM, Longy School of Music (2012) – Music Composition
Assistantships: Experiential Education Assistantship, Graduate Theory Assistantship Awards: Nadia and Lili Boulanger Composition Scholarship
BM, Arizona State University: Barrett Honors College (2007) – Music Theory & Composition President: National Society of Composers (Student Chapter)
Awards: National Merit Scholar, Louise Lincoln Kerr Scholar, Coca-Cola Scholar Cumulative GPA: 4.0 (Summa Cum Laude)
INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH & PERFORMANCE
2024 (London, England): What’s Her Name: Putting Women Back in Our History
Guest Presenter: “Stefania Turkevych - Ukraine’s First Female Composer” Guest Soprano Soloist: “Hutsulka” (Stefania Turkevych)
2023 (Tallinn, Estonia): American Councils Title VIII Research Grant
Published Articles – “The Estonian Singing Revolution & Ukraine’s Developing Voice”
“A Private Interview with Pop Icon and Revolutionary, Karl Madis”
2022 (Warsaw, Poland): Fulbright Research Grant
Published Article - “Music and Morale Among Ukrainian Refugees in Poland”
Pianist - Warsaw concert series with Olga Burlakova (Kharkiv National Opera) Conference Participant - 8th World Congress on Polish Studies (Bialystok)
2019 (Kyiv, Ukraine): National Opera of Ukraine
Private Conducting - Alla Kulbaba (National Opera Conductor)
2018 (Tbilisi, Georgia): Tbilisi State University
Singer & Guest Soloist - Tbilisi State University Gordela Choir Critical Languages Scholarship
2015 (Kyustendil, Bulgaria): International Chamber Music Academy
Guest Soprano Soloist - Kyustendil International Chamber Music Festival
2015 (St. Petersburg, Russia): The Harbor
Research – “Effects of Dalcroze Singing on Eastern European Orphans with RAD”
2006 (Falmer, England): University of Sussex
Guest Pianist (on-campus solo recital) and Soprano (Brighton Festival Chorus)
Louise Lincoln Kerr Composition Scholarship
ADDITIONAL MUSIC EDUCATION
2020 Cortona Sessions for New Music
Conducting Fellow - Private Conducting, Dr. Chris Kim (Director of Orchestras, Cornell) Composition Premiere - “40 to 50.5 Degrees of Red,” Kathryn Vetter (Bb Clarinet)
2020 Kodaly Music Institute (Boston, MA)
2019 Chattanooga Symphony & Opera Workshop (Chattanooga, TN)
Conducting Fellow - Full Scholarship
2013 ASCAP Marvin Hamlisch Broadway Conductors Program (NYC, NY), 2013
Workshops w/Broadway Conductors Mat Eisenstein, David Evans, Cherie Rosen Performances with Ivan Rutherford and the cast and orchestra of Wicked
PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS IN THE FIELD OF EDUCATION
2023 – present Director of Choral Activities and Assistant Professor of Music, Brigham Young University–Hawaii
Conductor - Hoʻolōkahi Chamber Choir and Seasider Singers
Private Instructor - Voice, Composition/Arranging, and Conducting
2021 – 23 Visiting Assistant Professor, Brigham Young University–Hawaii
Conductor - Hoʻolōkahi Chamber Choir and Seasider Singers
Private Instructor - Voice, Composition/Arranging, and Conducting
2020 – 2021 Adjunct Faculty, Brigham Young University–Hawaii
Conductor - Concert Choir and University Chorale
2017 – 2020 Part-Time Instructor, Arizona State University
Conductor - ASU Women’s Chorus, New American Choir
Instructor - Beginning Conducting (2019 Teaching Excellence Award)
Chorus Master – various operas (ASU Lyric Opera)
Advisor – The Pitchforks (female a cappella group)
2014 – 2017 Founding Director of Performing Arts & Senior Management Team, American International School of Utah
Performing Arts Director - Curriculum Development & Coordination, Community Outreach, Hiring & Development of Staff
Conductor - Chamber Choir, AISU Madrigals, Symphonic Chorale, Middle School Chorus, Women’s Chorus, & Children’s Choir
Instructor - Group Voice, Choral Recording, Songwriting,
Marketing in the Arts, Musical Theatre
Finalist (State Level) - UAPCS Teacher of the Year (2016)
2012-2013 Adjunct Faculty, Dean College
Co-Instructor - Music Theatre Audition Techniques
Accompanist - Ballet and Music Theatre Showcases
GRADUATE ASSISTANTSHIPS
2017-2020 Choral Assistant, Arizona State University
Assistant Director - Concert Choir, Choral Union, Chamber Singers
Co-Coordinator – Choral events (i.e. High School Vocal Connection)
2013-2014 Educational Outreach Assistant, American Repertory Theater, Boston
Music and theater outreach to underserved schools in Boston
2010-2012 Graduate Theory Assistant & Educational Outreach Assistant, Longy
Theory & Keyboarding Tutor
Cambridge Community Center Piano Teacher & Theater Director
2011 Internship for Broadway Composer Charles Strouse, NYC
Transcription of handwritten scores, accompaniments by ear
Assistant music direction for a new Strouse showcase
Assistant to Strouse and Marvin Hamlisch in collaboration sessions
COURSES TAUGHT
Brigham Young University–Hawaii (Lāʻie, HI)
MUSC 225R: Hoʻolōkahi Chamber Choir (formerly “Concert Choir”)
MUSC 110R: Seasider Singers (formerly “University Chorale”)
MUSC 160/260/360/460R: Private Instruction (Voice, Composition, & Conducting) MUSC 202: Conducting
Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ)
MUP 457/557: Women’s Chorus
MUP 209: Beginning Conducting
New American Choir (non-credit)
Dean College (Franklin, MA)
THA 325: Musical Theatre Audition Strategies
American International School of Utah (Murray, UT)
CHOIRS: Chamber Choir, Symphonic Chorale, Middle School Chorus, Women’s Chorus,
Children’s Choir, Madrigals, Advanced Double Quartet
COURSES: Group Voice, Songwriting & Audio Production, Choral Recording in a
Connected World, Marketing in the Arts, Musical Theatre
Language Proficiency
Russian (2019): ACTFL OPI, Advanced-High Rating (C1)
Ukrainian (2019): ACTFL OPI, Advanced-Mid Rating (B2.2)
Polish (2020): CLI Testing, “Advanced” Rating (B2.1)
Languages studied: Italian, German, Georgian, Cebuano, Spanish, Hawaiian, Estonian
NON-ACADEMIC PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS
2021-present Professional singer, soloist, and assistant conductor with Early Music Hawaii
1998-2022 Private piano and voice studio (NYC, Boston, UT, AZ, Hawaii)
2020 Washington DC Kennedy Center Virtual Music Teaching Artist
2020 Virtual Choir Conductor, Founder
2020-21 Hale Centre Theatre Orem, Actress
2020-21 International Virtual Children’s Choir, Founding Director
2020-21 Gilbert Youth Choir, Conductor
2019-21 Fountain Hills Theatre, Music Director
2019-20 Muse Phoenix: Phoenix Singing, Founding Director (Phoenix, AZ)
2017-20 UCC Music Director, Conductor - Chancel Choir and Bell Choir (Sun Lakes, AZ),
2014 Harvard University Choir at Memorial Church, Paid Soprano (Boston)
2013 Wheelock Family Theatre, Summer Program Music Director (Bos, MA)
2012-13 Franklin School for the Performing Arts & Performing Arts Company, instructor of 60 private voice and piano students and professional actress (Franklin, MA)
2011 Soul Arts Performing Academy, Summer Music Coordinator (NYC)
2010 Sinclair Performing Arts, Music Director and Instructor (Provo, UT)
2007 Brighton Festival Chorus, Paid Soprano (Brighton, UK)
GUEST CONDUCTING APPEARANCES
2025 Guest Conductor: MidAmerica Productions (New York City) Carnegie Hall
2024 Choral Clinician: All-State High School Choral Festival (Oahu)
American Choral Directors Association
2024 Choral Adjudicator/Clinician: WorldStrides Honolulu Heritage Festival (Oahu)
2023 Choral Clinician: Nā Leo Pili Mai Choral Festival (Oahu)
American Choral Directors Association
2023 Choral Adjudicator/Clinician: WorldStrides Honolulu Heritage Festival (Oahu)
2023 Guest Clinician: Perform America - Bonita High School Choir (Oahu)
2023 Guest Clinician: Music Celebrations (Oahu)
2022 Choral Adjudicator/Clinician: WorldStrides Honolulu Heritage Festival (Oahu)
2022 Guest Choral Clinician: Ithaca College (New York)
2022 Musical Theatre Clinician: Elon University (New York)
2020 Guest Choral Clinician: Millersville University (Pennsylvania)
2020 Guest Orchestral Clinician: Eastern Kentucky University (Kentucky)
2019 Guest Conductor: MVLC Concert Series
(featuring new works by AZ composers) (Phoenix)
2019 Guest Orchestral Conductor: The Chattanooga Symphony (TN)
2018 Guest Choral Clinician: American Leadership Academy Chamber Choir (AZ)
2016 Guest Choral Clinician: Park City High School Chamber Choir (UT)
2013 Guest Conductor: Selected Cast & Orchestra of NYC’s WICKED (NYC)
CONDUCTING HONORS & AWARDS
2025 Guest Conductor & Commissioned Composer, Carnegie Hall
2024 Featured Choirs, LDS Music Festival Worldwide Broadcast (November 2024)
2023 Featured Performance Video (September 2023), Santa Barbara Music Publishing
2021 National Finalist, American Prize (Opera Conducting)
2021 Featured Conductor, Women Choral Conductors and Clinicians You Need to Know (Dr. Janet Galvan)
2017-20 Doctoral Fellowship Recipient – Choral Department Choral Conducting Teaching Assistantship & Choral Scholarship
Arizona State University
2016-17 Superior Ratings (conductor), Region/State Solo/Ensemble & UMEA Festivals
2016 Selected Choir (conductor), Tim Janis’ “Across America” PBS Special
2015 1st Place (conductor), Kurt Bestor High School Choir Competition
2015 1st Place (conductor), Intermountain West Utah Shakespeare Festival Competition
2015-16 Showcased Choir (conductor), Intermountain West USF Competition
2015-17 Selected Choir (conductor), Shaun Barrowes Music Video & Livestream Concerts
Private Choral Conducting
Dr. David Schildkret (ASU)
Dr. Andrew Clark (Harvard)
Orchestral & Opera Conducting
Dr. Jeffery Meyer (ASU)
Brian DeMaris (ASU)
Dr. Julian Pellicano (Longy)
ACADEMIC HONORS AND AWARDS
2023 American Councils Grant (Tallinn, Estonia)
“The Estonian Singing Revolution”
2022 Fulbright Research Grant (Warsaw, Poland)
“Music and Morale among Ukrainian Refugees”
2022 BYUMS Professor of the Month
2020 Fulbright Grant (Ukraine; delayed)
2020 ASU Knowledge Mobilization Winner, Doctoral Research Category
“Eurhythmics as Therapy for Russian Orphans with Reactive Attachment Disorder”
2020 $25,000 American Councils Research Grant (Ukraine; delayed)
“The Lost History/Works of Ukraine’s First Female Composer, Stefania Turkevych”
2020 $1,000 Creative Constellation Grant
“The US-Premiere Reading of a Recently-Rediscovered Ukrainian Opera”
2020 $1,200 Melikian Center Research Fund Grant
East Coast lecture tour focusing on the life/works of Stefania Turkevych
2019 $10,000 US Department of State Title VIII Eastern European Research and Training Grant (Kyiv).
2019 Arizona State University, GPSA Teaching Excellence Award (Tempe, 2019).
2018 US Department of State: Critical Languages Scholarship–
Fully-funded study of the Russian and Georgian Languages (Tbilisi, Georgia).
2018 A2RU Scholarship for the Alliance for the Arts in Research Universities – Full Scholarship, Emerging Creatives Student Summit (Baton Rouge, LA).
2016 Finalist, Utah Association of Public Charter Schools “Teacher of the Year”
2014 BRIDGE Education Innovation Competition at Harvard (Boston).
2011 Washington DC Creativity Foundation Legacy Prize Nominee (Boston).
2004 National Merit Scholar (Utah).
COMPOSITION HONORS AND AWARDS
2024 Commission: “Behold, Laie,” Premiere: Hawaii All State High School Festival.
2023 Commission: “Chervona Kalyna,” Premiere: ACDA-HI Choral Festival. Featured composition at the 2024 ACDA-WD Conference in Pasadena.
2021 Composer: “From This Place,” The Hoʻolōkahi Chamber Choir, Dr. John Sai Keong Kauwe III’s inauguration as the 11th president of BYUH.
2020 Composer: “Catharsis,” Muse Phoenix, Chengdu International Music Festival, Closing Ceremony
2020 Composer: Premiere - “40 to 50.5 Degrees of Red,” Kathryn Vetter (Bb Clarinet), Cortona Sessions for New Music
2014 Selected Composer/Playwright: The American Repertory Theatre
(Full production of The Weaver of Raveloe, an original musical) (Boston, MA)
2012 Invited Composer: ASCAP Stephen Schwartz Music Theater Workshop (NYC).
2011 Selected Composer / Playwright: New York Musical Theatre Festival (The Weaver of Raveloe, a developmental reading) (NYC).
2011 Finalist: The Radius New Music Ensemble Composition Competition, (Boston)
2011-12 Winner: Longy Graduation Competition (Boston) – two years (2011 & 2012)
2010-12 Winner: Longy Nadia & Lili Boulanger Composition Scholarship (Boston, MA).
2011 Invited Composer / Playwright: WDA Theatre Workshop at Brigham Young University (The Weaver of Raveloe) (Provo, UT).
2007 Winner: VocalWork's Opera-in-a-Month Competition ("Dreamweaver: A One-Act Opera") (Springville, UT).
2007 Semi-Finalist: Sorel Medallion Composition Competition.
2006 Featured Composer: International Women in Brass Conference (St. Louis, MO).
2006 Winner: Chanticleer Student Composer Competition.
2006-07 Winner: Louise Lincoln Kerr Music Composition Scholarship (Tempe, AZ).
2000 Winning Composer / Playwright: Best Play of the Year, "Dancing Shoes: An Original Musical in 3 Acts," (Valley Center Playhouse, UT).
Private Composition Teachers
Dr. Randall Shinn (ASU)
Dr. Jody Rockmaker (ASU)
Dr. Paul Brust (Longy)
Dr. John Morrison (Longy)
Private Composition Coaching
Jason Robert Brown
Charles Strouse
John Corigliano
David Del Tredici
PUBLICATIONS
2024 Tactus Magazine - American Choral Directors Association, Western Division
“A Private Interview with Pop Icon and Revolutionary, Karl Madis” (Spring 2024)
2023 Tactus Magazine - American Choral Directors Association, Western Division
“The Estonian Singing Revolution & Ukraine’s Developing Voice” (Fall 2023)
2023 Santa Barbara Music Publishing (featured September release; top of “new release” lists)
“Chervona Kalyna” (SSA, clarinet, piano)
2022 Tactus Magazine - American Choral Directors Association, Western Division
“Music and Morale among Ukrainian Refugees” (Fall 2022)
2022 USA Today
“‘Please help us’: Weary voices call from Mariupol, where bodies line streets.”
2022 Salt Lake Tribune
Poland knows Putin’s war may not end with Ukraine
2022 Gilden Media Productions (Short Documentary)
The Story of Ukraine: An Anthem of Glory and Freedom (IMDb music credit)
2006 Pelican Music
“Pomp without Circumstance” (composer - low brass quintet) (2006) – Out of Print
2004-08 Lazy Bee Scripts
Various scripts (playwright/composer): Dog Gone It (2008), “The Roommate” (2007), Caught by Christmas (2006), Order of the Pink. . . (2006), Between the Lines (2004)
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS AND GUEST SPEAKING
2024: Guest Speaker and Performer (Vocalist):
What’s Her Name: Putting Women Back in Our History (London, England) “Stefania Turkevych: Ukraine’s First Female Composer”
2024: Keynote Speaker:
American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages Conference (Virtual)
“Stefania Turkevych: The Lost History of Ukraine’s First Female Composer”
2024: Poster Presentation and Score Reading:
American Choral Directors Association Western Conference (Pasadena)
Poster: “Building Peace Internationally: the Hoʻolōkahi Chamber Choir”
Score Reading: “Chervona Kalyna” (SSA)
2023: Guest Presenter: BYUH FAC Faculty Forum (Laie, Hawaii)
“Music and Intercultural Peacebuilding”
2023: Guest Presenter: NATS International Region Conference
“Unlocking Learning for Diverse Singers through Movement”
2023: Guest Presenter: BYU Women’s Conference (Provo, Utah)
“We are Commanded to Love Others, Not to Judge Them”
2022 Guest Speaker: MCCCD Global Forum on Social Justice in the Arts
“’We’ll Raise Up our Glorious Ukraine!’ – A Unified Voice Among Ukrainian Refugees”
2022 Guest Speaker: Experience Longy - Musicians Meeting the Moment: Ukraine
2022 Honorarium Recipient: ASU Melikian Center Professional Workshop in Public Scholarship, Tempe
2022 Invited Participant: 8th World Congress on Polish Studies (Bialystok, Poland)
2022 MSNBC Feature: “6 Podcasts to Celebrate Women’s History Month” (What’s Her Name Podcast – “The Exile” - Podcast Guest: Dr. Erica Glenn speaking about Ukrainian composer Stefania Turkevych.)
2021 Virtual Guest Lecturer: Meet the Musician Series
2021 Speaker: Hope Works, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
2021 Guest Speaker: National Charity League Career Expo
2020 Guest Lecturer: Ukrainian Institute of America (New York City) “The Rediscovered Operas of Stefania Turkevych”
2020 Guest Lecturer: Longy School of Music, New Music Marathon (Boston) “The Lost History and Art Songs of Stefania Turkevych”
2020 Guest Presenter: 2020 Cortona Sessions for New Music - Conductor Summit
(with Chris Kim, Tim Weiss, and Jeffery Meyer)
2020 Roundtable Presenter: ArtWorks Grad Colloquium (Tempe; COVID – postponed)
“Generating the Critical Edition of an Opera by Ukraine’s First Female Composer”
2019 Session Presenter: ACDA-AZ Student Symposium (Tempe, AZ):
“Music and Movement in the Diverse Choral Classroom”
2019 Paper Presentation: AATSEEL-AZ Slavic Conference (Tucson, AZ).
“Song as Expression of Ukrainian Identity in the Ukrainian War (2013-present).”
2018-19 Paper Presentations: Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ)
- § “20th Century Choral Music Beyond the USSR: the Ukrainian-Canadian Diaspora” Mentor: Dr. Catherine Saucier. (2019)
- § “The Impact of Conducting Gesture on Audience Perception of Expressiveness in Music” Mentor: Dr. Kristina Knowles. (2019)
- § “Song as Expression of Ukrainian Identity in the Ukrainian War” Mentor: Dr. Kay Norton. (2018)
2018 Think Tank Participant (scholarship): Alliance for the Arts in Research Universities – Emerging Creatives Student Summit (Baton Rouge, LA).
2016 Session Presenter: WD-ACDA Conference (Pasadena, CA).
“Dalcroze Eurhythmics and Singing Therapy with Russian Orphans”
2016 Accepted Poster: 2016 Northeast Music Cognition Group Conference at Harvard, “Russian Orphans and Therapeutic Music” (Cambridge, MA, 2016).
2014 Semi-Finalist Presenter: Sesame Workshop and the Harvard BRIDGE Educational Enterprise Competition (Boston, MA, 2014)
2013 Research Presentation: Harvard Graduate School of Education,
“Excellence in 21st Century Classical Composition: Realigning Community Structure with Aesthetic Philosophy” Mentor: Howard Gardner (Cambridge, MA).
2013 Session Presenter: Harvard's Reimagining Relationships Arts in Ed Conference, “Renegotiating Relationships in the Orchestral World” (Boston, MA).
ACADEMIC AND FIELD-RELATED SERVICE
2022-24 BYUH Liaison: LDS Hymnbook Tempo Committee & Worldwide Music Festival
2023-24 Committee Member: Search Committee, BYUH Theater Position
2023-24 Committee Member: BYUH Music Program Curriculum Review
2023 Adjudicator, BYUH Creative Expressions Competition
2023 On-File Composer: Hear Your Song (original songs by children w/serious illness)
2022 Regional Interviewer: Coca-Cola Scholarship National Finals
2022 Adjudicator: NATS Regional Auditions, Student Voice Competition
2022 Convocation Panelist: BYU-Hawaii "Wanderers in a Strange Land”
2021-present Theatre Board Member: Harrington Center for the Arts
2021-22 Faculty Coordinator: Concert attendance for all music majors, BYU-H
2021 Expert Reader: Fulbright Research & Development Program (Musicology)
2021 Think Tank Member: Camp Innovation, America House Kyiv (Ukraine)
2021 Emcee: Quintessental Quintet's International Women's Day Livestream
2020 AMEA Adjudicator: AALL Regional Honor Festival for High School Musicians
2018, 2019 Organizing Committee: Arizona State University Vocal Connection
2019-20 Co-Founder: Muse Phoenix and Phoenix Singing
2017-20 Co-Founder: Arizona Womenʻs Collaborative at Arizona State University
2015 Founder: “Wholeness Through the Arts: A Therapeutic Singing/Movement Program for Children With Reactive Attachment Disorder” in St. Petersburg.
2003-04 Founder: DreamMaker Theater Workshop for People with Special Needs.
PROFESSIONAL ALBUMS
Conductor
“A Puni Ka Honua: Live at the Lutheran Church” - Hoʻolōkahi Chamber Choir (2022)
Composer
The Weaver of Raveloe (Cast Album) – American Repertory Theatre (2014)
MUSIC DIRECTION – OPERA AND MUSICAL THEATRE
2022 Mamma Mia! Brigham Young University – Hawai’i
2022 Twelfth Night: The Musical Brigham Young University – Hawai’i
2020 A Gentleman’s Guide to Love. . . Fountain Hills Theatre (AZ)
2018 Behold, the Man! ASU Lyric Opera Theatre (AZ) *Semi-Staged Opera Workshop Premiere
2017 Bartered Bride ASU Lyric Opera Theatre (AZ)
2017 The Wizard of Oz American International School of Utah
2016 Between the Lines American International School of Utah
2015 Beauty and the Beast American International School of Utah
2015 Excerpts from Into the Woods American International School of Utah
2015 Excerpts from Matilda American International School of Utah 2014 Original Music Showcase Harvard University
*Coached by Jason Robert Brown
2011-13 Observations of Broadway pit conductors (Cinderella, Lion King, Annie) (NYC)
2013 MT Audition Course Final Showcase Dean College (MA)
2012 Family Day Showcase Dean College (MA)
2012 Wicked Broadway Pit ASCAP Broadway Conductors Workshop
2011 A Charles Strouse Musical Revue Charles Strouse’s Residence (NYC)
2011 Between the Lines The Soul Arts Academy (NYC)
2010 Sunday in the Park with George Emerson College (Boston)
2006 Excerpts from High School Musical Sinclair Performing Arts (UT)
2006-07 Life 4 Linda: Healing through Music Arizona State University (AZ)
2003-04 DreamMaker Theatre Workshop
for People w/Special Needs Pleasant Grove High School (UT)
2003 Pollyanna Center Street Musical Theater (UT)
2000 Dancing Shoes The Valley Center Playhouse (UT)
2000 Dancing Shoes The Villa Playhouse (UT)
CHORAL PERFORMANCE (SOPRANO)
2020-present Early Music Hawai’i (professional) (Scott Fikse and Alec Schumacker)
2020-21 CantusSpiritus (professional Honolulu-based chamber ensemble) (Esther Yoo)
2019-20 Euphony (professional Phoenix-based chamber ensemble) (David Schildkret)
2017-20 Arizona State University Chamber Singers (David Schildkret)
2016 Trinity College Choir at Cambridge (Steven Layton) – admitted; unable to relocate
2014-16 Utah Symphony Chorus (Barlow Bradford)
2013-14 Harvard University Choir at Memorial Church (professional) (Edward Jones)
2011-12 Longy Chamber Singers (Alex Powell)
2007 Brighton Festival Chorus & Royal Philharmonic (professional) (James Morgan)
2005-07 Arizona State University Symphonic Chorale (Gregory Gentry)
2002-04 Pleasant Grove High School Chamber Choir (James Wilcock)
2000 Tuscany International Children’s Chorus (Doreen Rao)
1994 – 2002 Utah Children’s Choir (Kay Asay)
Private Voice
Bel Canto: Dr. Gordon Hawkins (ASU), Amy Yekel, Jeong Kim.
Musical Theater / CCM: Dr. Andrea Pitman Will (ASU), Beatrice Berger, Kerilyn Johnson.
MUSICAL THEATRE AND TV APPEARANCES
REGIONAL / COMMUNITY THEATER
*lead role **lead role and regional premiere
EMMA: THE MUSICAL Emma** Hale Center Theatre Orem (UT)
SENSE & SENSIBILITY Elinor* Hale Center Theatre Orem (UT)
A CHRISTMAS CAROL Belle/Martha** Hale Center Theatre Orem (UT)
MARY POPPINS Mary* Covey Center (Provo, UT)
THE SOUND OF MUSIC Maria* Franklin Performing Arts Company (Franklin, MA)
GENTLEMAN’S GUIDE… Sibella** Fountain Hills Theatre (Fountain Hills, AZ)
DISENCHANTED Cinderella** Fountain Hills Theatre (Fountain Hills, AZ)
MATILDA Miss Honey* ACT (Pleasant Grove, UT)
BEAUTY & THE BEAST Belle* Lehi Arts Council (Lehi, UT)
LITTLE MERMAID Ariel* Draper Historic Theatre (Draper, UT)
HUMBUG! Christmas Past Franklin Performing Arts Company (Franklin, MA)
BEAUTY & THE BEAST Belle* Alpine Community Theater (Alpine, UT) *Players Anon. Award
FIDDLER ON THE ROOF Chava* Little London Dinner Theater (Pleasant Grove, UT)
DIARY OF ANNE FRANK Anne* The Little Brown Theater (Springville, UT)
DANCING SHOES Rachel** The Villa Playhouse (Springville, UT)
THE SOUND OF MUSIC Brigetta The Scera Outdoor Shell (Orem, UT)
THE NUTCRACKER Waltz, Flowers Arizona Youth Ballet (Mesa, AZ)
POLLYANNA Pollyanna** The Valentine Theater (Orem, UT)
UNIVERSITY THEATER
BEHOLD, THE MAN (opera) Soprano ASU *world-premiere staged reading
HALLOWEEN TREE (opera) Soprano ASU *developmental staged reading
BARTERED BRIDE (opera) Soprano ASU (Dir: Dale Dryfoos)
HANSEL & GRETEL (opera) Soloist BYU (Director: Lawrence Vincent)
JANE EYRE Adele BYU (Director: Barta Heiner)
AMERICA’S GOT TALENT, SEASON 17 (contestant) – Aired July 12, 2022
AWARDS
2020 – Prizm Nom: Best Music Direction, Best Actress in a Major Role in a Musical (AZ).
2007 – Winner: Players Anon. Award, Best Actress - Belle in Beauty & the Beast (UT).
COLLABORATIVE PIANO AND ORGAN
Accompanist (piano/organ) – Concert series throughout Warsaw, Poland as a soloist and with Kharkiv National Opera Soloist Olga Burlakova – 2022
Church Organist – Utah, Arizona, Boston, Hawaii, Poland – 2002-present (intermittent)
Freelance Piano Accompanist – Arizona State University (AZ) – 2004-07, 2017-20
Rehearsal Pianist – Charles Strouse Musical Theatre Revue (NYC) – 2011
Piano Soloist – Warsaw Concerto, PG Orchestra’s Evening of Young Artists (Utah) - 2004
Private Piano
Dr. Hamilton Tescarollo (ASU)
Dr. Walter Cosand (ASU)
Rexine Glenn
Private Organ
Rexine Glenn
Devon Howard (ASU)
SELECTED MEDIA FEATURES
WowWoman: Extraordinary Women and Their Stories (interview w/Olga Schmaidenko)
Women Choral Clinicians and Conductors You Need to Know (Dr. Janet Galvan)
WhatsHerName Podcast (featuring Glenn’s research into Stephania Turkevych)
LDS Living: BYU-Hawaii’s Choral Director Uses Her Voice in a Big Way
The Creative Spark (The LDS Women Project)
Movement & Music with Dr. Erica Glenn, ACDA 2019
ASU Alumna to Help Besieged Ukrainians (The Herberger Institute)
TVN24 Interview (Warsaw, Poland)
Radio Lodz Interview (Lodz, Poland)
Fox13 Interview (Rally for Ukraine at the Utah State Capitol)
USA TODAY Feature
KHON2 Article (Hawaii)
Ke Alakai Feature (BYU – Hawaii)
BroadwayWorld.com Feature (Erica Glenn as Maria in Sound of Music)
American Repertory Theatre, Weaver of Raveloe Feature (Boston)
BroadwayWorld.com, Weaver of Raveloe at NYMF (NYC)
BroadwayWorld.com, WeaverofRaveloe at the ART (Boston)
Sun Lakes Magazine Feature (Arizona)
ORIGINAL COMPOSITIONS
2024 – “Behold, Laie” (arrangement) - (SATB Choir, Alto Soloist, Piano)
Premiere, Hawaii All-State High School Choir Festival
2023 - “Chervona Kalyna” - Ukrainian Sich Rifleman Song (SSA Choir, Piano, and Clarinet)
Premiere, ACDA-HI Middle School Choir Festival
Publication, Santa Barbara Music Publishing
2022 - “Simon Cowell – A Musical Parody” Premiere, America’s Got Talent, Season 17
2022 - “All Things Denote There is a God”
Premiere, BYU – Hawaii, Science Building Dedication, Feb 2022 (Double Quartet)
2021 - “From This Place”
Premiere, BYUH – Hawaii, Presidential Inauguration, 2021 (Concert Choir)
2021 - “A Kou Aloha No” (SATB Choir)
Premiere, BYUH, Broadcast Devotional, Sep 2021 (Concert Choir & University Chorale)
Worldwide Broadcast, LDS Church Music Festival, November 2023 (Combined BYUH Choirs)
2020 - “40 to 50.5 Degrees of Red” (Clarinet in Bb)
Premiere, Cortona Sessions for New Music, Aug 2020 (Kathryn Vetter, clarinet)
2020 - “Catharsis” (SSAATTBB Choir) Premiere, Phoenix Singing, May 2020
2020 - “1936” (Soprano, Piano, Dancers, Projections) Premiere, Arizona Women’s Collaborative, March 2020
2019 - “Phoenix Singing” (SSSSAA Choir)
Premiere, MVLC Concert Series, November 2019
2019 - “To Nachuma” (Soprano, Piano) 6’
Premiere, Stephanie Sadownik and the ASU Women’s Collaborative, April 2019
2018 - “Chekhov’s Three Sisters” (voice and sampled sounds) 6’45’’ Premiere, Arizona State University, December 2018
2018 - “Gaudete” (SSSSAA Choir) 2’30
Premiere, ASU Women’s Chorus, December 2018
2017 - “Short Sketch for Wind Ensemble” (Wind Ensemble) 2’
Reading, Arizona State University Wind Ensemble, November 2017
2015 - “Love Came Down at Christmas” (SSATBB Choir) (2015) 2'30 Commission and Premiere, AISU Chamber Choir, October 2015
2014 - “The Lord is My Shepherd” (SSAATTBB Choir) 1'30 Premiere, Harvard University Choir, March 2014
2011-14 - The Weaver of Raveloe: An Original Musical (Soloists, Chorus) (2011-14) 2 hrs, 30'
Workshopped Reading, Brigham Young University WDA Workshop, Utah, 2011
Performance, Salty Cricket Composers Collective, Rose Wagner Aud., Salt Lake City, Utah, 2012
Workshopped Reading, New York Musical Theatre Festival, NYC, 2012
Full Production, The American Repertory Theatre's Oberon Stage, Boston, 2014
2014 - “I Feel My Savior's Love” (two-voice arrangement) 2'30
2013 - “Abide with Me” (two-voice arrangement) 3'00
2013 - “My Heart Won't Rest” (SATB Choir) 3'30
2013 - “Celtic Blessing” (Men/Women's Voices, Piano) 4'
Commission and Premiere, Dean College Musical Theatre Showcase, 2013
Performances at BYU-Hawaii and Arizona State University, 2021-23
2013 - “Better. . .Than Music!” (Soprano, Piano) 3'30
2012 - Wind Shear (chamber orchestra) (2012) 7'30 *Masters Thesis
2012 - Awakening (chamber orchestra) 1'30
Reading, Longy Chamber Orchestra, Boston, 2012
2012 - Processional/Recessional (brass quartet) 5' Winner, Longy Graduation Composition Competition
2012 - Reflection, Interjection, Direction (reed trio) 9'
Reading, Radius New Music Ensemble and Longitude New Music Ensemble, 2012
Finalist, Radius New Music Ensemble Composition Competition, 2011
2012 - “April 1996” (Soprano, Piano, Cello) 6' Art Song Collaboration, Mary Herrod, 2012
2012 - “Spring” (Baritone, Piano) 3'
Commission and Premiere, James Dargan - baritone, Longy Student Composers Series, 2012
2012 - “Oh, May My Mind Be Staid on Thee” (Hymn Setting) 3'
2012 - “Abide with Me” (SATB Chorus, Piano) 3'30 Performance, Church Office Quartet, 2012
2011 - “Paper Googled” (manipulated voice and paper samples) 4' Performance, Longy Computer Music Concert, 2011
2011 - Processional/Recessional (brass quintet) 6'
Performance, Redline Brass Quintet, Longy Spring Graduation Ceremony, Boston, May 2011
Winner, Longy Processional/Recessional Composition Competition, 2011
2011 - “Earworms: A Fugue” (SATB Chorus) 2'
2011 - “A Marvelous Work / We Do Not Doubt” (Voice and Piano) 5'30
2010 - “. . .That Passeth All Understanding” (Soprano, Piano) (2010) 3'30
Performance, Karyl Ryczek - soprano, Wayman Chin – piano
Septemberfest: Themes of Transformation, Boston, 2011
2010 - “A Portrait of Ukraine” (Baritone, Pierrot Ensemble) 12'
Performance, James Dargan - baritone w/Longitude New Music Ensemble, Boston, 2010
2010 - “Gloria” (SATB Chorus) 4'
Reading, Longy Chamber Choir, Alex Powell - conductor, Boston, 2010
2010 - “Banter” (chamber orchestra) 1'
Reading: Longy Chamber Orchestra, Boston, 2010
2010 - “Fowl Play” (violin and cello) 5'30 Commissioned by Robert Landes
Performance by Robert Landes (violin) and Elizabeth Willey (cello) Utah, 2010
2010 - “Jaunty” (alto flute solo) 1'
2009 - “Будь Здаров!” (Baritone, Piano) 2'30
Performance, James Dargan - baritone, Longy Student Composers Series, 2011
2009 - “Just Fly” (Voice, Guitar, Bass, Perc.) (2009) 3'
2008 - “A Child's Song of Christmas” (SA Children's Chorus, Flute, Piano) 3'
Commission/Performance, Utah Children's Choir, 25th Anniversary, Utah, 2009
2008 - “An Instrument in Thy Hands” (SATB Chorus, Piano) 3' (Text: Sharlee Glenn) Performance, Battlecreek 7th Ward Male Choir, Anne Shumway - director, 2008
2008 – “Kolob” (Piano) 3’
Performance, Erica Glenn, Provo Missionary Training Center Devotional, 2008
Performance, Erica Glenn, Mariupol School of Music, Ukraine, 2008
2007 - DreamWeaver: An Opera in One Act (2 Sops/Mezzo/Alto/Tenor, Flute, Piano) 20' Winner, AESOP VocalWorks International Opera-in-a-Month Competition, 2007 Performance, M. Ryan Taylor - music director, 2007
2004 - “Jabberwocky” (SSAATB Chorus, Bass Solo, Piano) 4' (Text: Louis Carroll)
Performance, ASU Singers, Tom Peterson - conductor, Arizona, 2007
Semi-finalist, Sorel Medallion Composition Competition, 2007
2007 - “All Creatures of Our God and King” (arr.) (organ) 6'
Premiered by Devon Howard, ASU Organ Hall (Fritts Organ), Arizona, 2007
2007 - “Blank Canvas” (clarinet and viola) 5'
Performance by Megan Smith (viola) and Julia Georges (clarinet), Arizona, 2007
2007 - Channel Surfing (duo pianos) 10'
1: Gameshow. 2: Action Movie. 3: Commercial Break. 4: Bible Beater. 5: Reality TV.
Performed by Stephen Schermitzler and the composer; Walter Cosand, coach, 2007
2007 - “(F)lux” (cello and piano) 8'30
Performed by Elizabeth Willey (cello) and Evan C. Paul (piano), Arizona, 2007
2006 - The Trick (chamber orchestra) 1'
2006 - “Somewhere” (Soprano, Piano) 7' (Text: Sharlee Glenn)
Performance, Laura Inman, Arizona State University, 2006
Recording, Carole Fitzpatrick, 2006
Performance, Erica Glenn, Mariupol School of Music, Ukraine, 2008
2006 - “His Mercy Endureth Forever” (SSAA Chorus, Cello) 6'30 (Text: Psalm 118)
Performance, ASU Singers, Elizabeth Willey - cello, Arizona, 2007
2006 - “Eine Kleine Romanze” – three movements (piano trio) 11'30
Premiered by Taylor Morris (violin), Elizabeth Willey (cello), and Evan C. Paul (piano) at ASU, 2007
2006 - “Family Medley” (2 pianos, 8 hands) 2'
Performance: Stake-wide Primary Celebration, 2006
2006 - “Intermezzo” (piano) 2'30
2006 - “Pastoral Illusions” (string quartet) 5'
Private reading, St. Lawrence String Quartet, ASU, 2006
Performance, Student Quartet, ASU, 2006
2006 - “Sleep” (Electronics and Voice Samples)
Recording, Electronic Studio at the University of Sussex, England, 2006
2005 - “Shakespearean Fantasy” (clarinet and alto saxophone) 5’
2005 - “Sound World” (synthesizer) 5'
Premiere: Marissa Koretski, choreographer, Arizona State University, 2005
2005 - “Gather Ye Rosebuds” (SATB Chorus) (2'40 (Text: Robert Herrick) Performance, The Renaissance Singers, Arizona State University, 2005
Winner, Chanticleer Student Composer Competition, 2006
2005 - Caught by Christmas: A Musical (Soloists, Chorus, Synthesized Orchestra), 30’
Commission/Performance, Manilla Elementary, Utah, 2005
Publication, Lazybee Scripts, UK, 2007
2005 - “Fairy Suite” (Baritone, Chamber Orchestra) 2'30
2004 - Between the Lines: A Musical (Soloists, Chorus)
Performance, various locations (USA, UK, Hong Kong, Ukraine), 2004-09
Publication, Lazybee Scripts, UK, 2006
2004 - “I Shall Not Live in Vain” (SSAA Chorus, Harp, Flute) 4' (Text: Emily Dickinson)
Performance, ASU Women's Chorus, ASU, 2005
Performance/Recording, The Miracle Singers, Arizona, 2006
2004 - “Fractal” (2 piano, 8 hands) 2'
Premiered by the piano studio of Walter Cosand, ASU, 2004
2004 - “Haven Heaven” (SATB Chorus, Chamber Strings) 6'
2004 - “March Grandiose” (4-Hands Piano) 2'
Performance, Pleasant Grove High School Graduation, 2004
2004 - “Mood Swing” (Piano Solo) 3'
2004 - “Pomp Without Circumstance” (two euphoniums, tuba, tuba in F) 5' Premiered by ASU Low Brass Studio, Samuel Pilafian, director, 2004
Published by Pelican Music, 2006
Featured at the International Women's Brass Conference, 2006
2004 - 5 Little Pieces (piano) 6’
2003 - Petite Concerto (chamber orchestra and piano) (2003), 2'30 PTA Reflections Winner, 2004
2003 - Chrysanthemum: A Musical (Soloists, Chorus, Synthesized Orchestra) Performance, Start the Show! Theater Workshop, Utah, 2003
2001 - “Pied Beauty” (SATB Chorus, Piano, Optional Perc.) 2'40
Performance, Utah Children's Choir, Utah, 2002
Performance, Pleasant Grove High School Chamber Choir, Utah, 2003
2000 - “Meditation” (2 Sopranos, Piano/Fl/V) 4'30
Performance, Young Women's Worldwide Celebration, Utah, 200
Recording, Erica Glenn and Alyssa Wallentine, 2002
2002 - “True, Blue Texan” (Voice/Synthesized Bluegrass Ensemble) 3' Recording, Kati Morton (sent by Orrin Hatch to George Bush), 2002
2001 - “Start the Show!” (SSA Theater Chorus, Piano) 3'
Performance, Start the Show! Theater Workshop, Utah, 2002
1999 - Dancing Shoes: A Musical in 3 Acts (based on the book by Noel Streatfeild) (Soloists,
Chorus) 90'
Performance, Villa Theater and Valley Center Playhouse, Utah, 2000
1999 - “Dreams Can Come True” (2 Sopranos, Piano) 2'39
Winner, PTA Reflections Contest, 2000
Performances, Villa Theater and Valley Center Playhouse, Utah, 2000
1997 - “Rondo in D” (Piano) 3'
Winner, PTA Reflections Contest, 1997
1996 - “Memories” (2 Sopranos, Piano) 2'30
Winner, PTA Reflections Contest, 1996
Performances, Villa Theater and Valley Center Playhouse, Utah, 2000
1995 - Sonatina in G (Piano) 2'
Winner, BYU Young Composers Composition Competition & PTA Reflections Contest, 1995
REFERENCES
Dr. David Schildkret
Director of Choral Activities
Arizona State University
(480) 965-3706
dschildk@asu.edu
Dr. Melissa Walker Glenn
Associate Professor
Voice Program Coordinator
Brigham Young University – Hawaiʻi
(808) 675-6002
mw352@BYUH.edu
Dr. Darren Duerden
Professor of Music - Department Lead
Brigham Young University – Hawaiʻi
(808) 375-5918
Darren.Duerden@BYUH.edu
Nathan Justis (Ed.M., Harvard)
Former CEO (Chief Academic Officer)
The American International School of Utah
Nate.Justis@USU.edu
(801) 599-6449
Dr. Kay Norton
Professor of Musicology
Arizona State University
(480) 727-7051
Kay.Norton@asu.edu
Kurt Bestor
Emmy-Award-Winning
& Grammy-Nominated Composer
Blackrock Creative Management
(801) 201-6577
kurt@kurtbestor.com
Dr. Jody Rockmaker
Professor of Composition
Arizona State University
(480) 965-2534
Jody.Rockmaker@asu.edu
Dr. Hilde Hoogenboom
Professor of Russian
Arizona State University
(480) 965-4576
Hilde.Hoogenboom@asu.edu
CV Last Revised June 7, 2024