Professional Artist Training Programs

Opera

  • Western Australia Academy of Performing Arts, Perth
    Guest Director 2012
    Master Teacher 2011, 2012
  • San Francisco Opera’s Adler Fellowship:
    Master Teacher 2003-2009, 2011-12
  • San Francisco Opera’s Merola Program:
    Stage Director 2004
    Master Teacher 2004, 2006-2011
  • Dame Nellie Melba Opera Program (Melbourne)
    Master Teacher 2011
  • Syndey Conservatorium (AUS)
    Master Teacher 2006, 2011
  • La Lingua della Lirica (Italy): Artistic Associate
    Stage Director, Master Teacher 2010, 2011
  • S.I.V.A.M., Mexico City:
    Master Teacher 2010
  • CoOPERAtive, Princeton:
    Master Teacher 2010-11
  • Lawrence University-School of Music:
    Guest Stage Director, Master Teacher 2011
  • Kent State University-School of Music:
    Master Teacher 2010
  • Houston Grand Opera—Opera Studio:
    Master Teacher 2009
  • Indiana University Opera Theatre:
    Stage Director 2009
  • Westminster Choir College:
    Adjunt Faculty Artist 2009
  • Mannes College of Music:
    Master Teacher 2007, 2009
  • Cincinnati Conservatory of Music:
    Stage Director 2008
    Associate Professor of Acting 2008
  • Virginia Opera Young Artist Program:
    Master Teacher 2007-2008
  • Roosevelt University-Chicago College of the Performing Arts:
    Master Teacher 2002, 2008
  • Fletcher Opera Institute-North Carolina School of the Arts:
    Master Teacher 2003-4, 2007
  • Florida Grand Opera Apprentice Artist Program:
    Stage Director, Master Teacher 2004-2006
  • Manhattan School of Music Opera Theatre:
    Stage Director 2002, 2006
  • Santa Fe Opera Apprentice Artist Program:
    Stage Director 2002-2005
    Master Teacher 2002-2003
  • Boston University Opera Institute:
    Stage Director 2006, Master Teacher 2005
  • Seattle Opera Young Artist Program: Co-creator,
    Stage Director, Master Teacher 1998-2005
  • Academy of Vocal Arts:
    Stage Director, Master Teacher 2004
  • University of Southern California School of Music / Thornton Opera:
    Stage Director, Associate Professor 2003-2004
  • Minnesota Opera Resident Artist Program:
    Master Teacher 2001-2003
  • Juilliard School of Music:
    Master Teacher 2002
  • Cornish College of the Arts:
    Stage Director, Master Teacher 2000, 2003

Theatre

  • Stephen F. Austin State University Department of Theatre:
    Schmidbauer Guest Artist–Stage Director: 2011
  • University of Wyoming Department of Theatre and Dance:
    Master Teacher 2010, 2012
  • Sarah Lawrence College School of Theatre,
    Graduate Studies Program: Master Teacher 2006, 2009-2010
  • North Carolina School of the Arts School of Drama:
    Adjunct Faculty Artist 2000-2007
  • Cornish College of the Arts: Stage Director,
    Associate Professor of Acting, Master Teacher 1994-2005
  • Seattle Children’s Theatre Drama School:
    Curriculum, Master Teacher 1994-2000.
  • University of Houston School of Theatre:
    Stage Director, Associate Professor of Movement and Mime 1991-1993
  • Centre International d’Action Culturelle de Mimodrame de Paris-Marcel Marceau:
    Full Professor 1990-1991
  • Youth Theatre North West:
    Stage Director, Master Teacher 1992-1997