Curriculum Vitae

 

  EDUCATION & FURTHER STUDIES
1968 Bachelor of Music, Capital University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
1969 Master of Music, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
1975 Doctor of Musical Arts, The University of Michigan
1991-94 Orchestra Conducting course with Lawrence Leonard, Morley College, London, UK
1994-95 Master Classes for Repetiteurs with Victor Morris, London
1997 String technique with Darragh Morgan, London
2008 Kultur-Marketing, VHS, Steglitz-Zehlendorf, René Mannhold, Dozent
   
  PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
  As Conductor/Musical Director
1987 The Marriage of Figaro (Mozart), Opera 70, Chichester Festival, UK
1988 The Merry Widow (Lehár), Petworth, UK
1994-95 Prima Chamber Orchestra, London
1996-97 Faust (Gounod), The Mayer-Lissman Opera Centre, London
1997 Thaïs (Massenet), The Mayer-Lissman Opera Centre
2000 The Beggars Opera (Gay), Soziale Künstlerförderung, Berlin, Germany
2000 Erwin und Elmire (Anna Amalia, Herzogin zu Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach), Privatschule für Gesang- und Sprecherziehung, Berlin (first performance in Berlin)
2000 Chorus of the German-Japanese Society, Berlin (Christmas Program)
2001 The Beauty and the Beast (Schambach), Scala Theater tour in Germany and Austria
2002 The Beauty and the Beast (Schambach), Scala Theater tour in Germany
2002 Pimpinone (Telemann), Theater Görlitz, Germany
2003 La Voix Humaine (Poulenc), Theater Görlitz
2005 Wagner Program (Scenes from Die Walküre and Götterdämmerung), Berlin
2006 Tour with Operetta Program (Mexico, Agent:  niceart)
2009 Alte Oper, Erfurt:  Operettenprogramm mit Sängern und dem Orchester Franz'L (aus Weimar)
   
  As Stage Director/Musical Director
2007 Staged Operetta Evening with 4 singers, Vendredis de Caunes-Minervois, France
  As Repetiteur/Pianist
1964- Accompanist for singers and instrumentalists
1982 The Abduction from the Harem (Mozart), Opera 70, Chichester Festival
1984 La Cenerentola (Rossini), Opera 70, Chichester Festival, UK
1998 Hochschule für Musik "Hanns Eisler", Berlin, Germany
1998-2000 Privatschule für Gesang- und Sprecherziehug, Berlin
1999 CD of Japanese Songs with Yuhei Sato, Tenor
2000 Concert Tour, Japan
2001 Privately in Paris
2001 Nathans Tod (Müller-Wieland), Theater Görlitz (First performance)
2001-02 Der kleine Muck (Schwemmer), Berliner Kammeroper, Berlin
2002-03 Korrepetitor, Theater Görlitz
2004-07 Privately in France
   
  As Professor, Organist and Choirmaster
1972-74 The University of Michigan, Graduate Teaching Assistant
1974-79 Bennett College, Greensboro, North Carolina, USA, Assistant Professor of Music and College Organist (2 students won first prizes at international organ competitions)
1982 Händel Organ Concerto with the Monteverdi Orchestra (Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner), Petworth Festival
   
  Organ Concerts as Soloist
  Chester Cathedral
  Chichester Cathedral
  Coventry Cathedral
  National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Washington, DC
  St Philips Cathedral, Atlanta, Georgia
  St Pauls Chapel, Columbia University, New York City
  St Thomas, New York City
  Washington Cathedral, Washington, DC

 

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