EDUCATION
Doctor of Musical Arts (literature and performance of choral music), University of Colorado, 2003
Master of Music (performance), University of Northern Iowa, 1996
Master of Music (conducting), University of Northern Iowa, 1995
Bachelor of Music Education (voice), Wartburg College, 1993 magna cum laude
CONDUCTING EXPERIENCE
2019 - presentArtistic Director, Seattle Bach Choir
2015 - 2017Choir Director, Lutheran Church of the Holy Trinity, Kailua Kona, Hawai‘i
2012 - 2014Director of Choral Activites, Minnesota State University Moorhead
2000 - 2010Director of Choral Activities, Bethany College, Lindsborg, Kan.
2000 - 2010Music Director, Bethany College Oratorio Society, Lindsborg, Kan.
2003 - 2010Music Director / Conductor, Bethany College (Kan.) Musical / Opera Prods.
2004 - 2008Chancel Choir Director, Bethany Lutheran Church, Lindsborg, Kan.
1998 - 2000Conductor, Women’s Chorus, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colo.
1998 - 2000Chancel Choir Director, First United Methodist Church, Longmont, Colo.
1996 - 1997Founder / Musical Director, Clear Lake (Ia.) Area Kantorei
1996Music Director, Clear Lake (Ia.) High School Musical Production
1995 - 1997Vocal Music Director, Clear Lake (Ia.) Junior High School
PERFORMING EXPERIENCE
PROFESSIONAL CHORAL
2010 - 2012, 2017 - 2019Member, The Rose Ensemble, St. Paul, Minn.
2010 - 2012Section Leader, Minnesota Chorale, Minneapolis, Minn.
2010 - presentFreelance Baritone
2010Member, Oregon Bach Festival Supplemental Chorus, Eugene, Ore.
ROLES PERFORMED
leading roles in Assassins (Sondheim), Don Giovanni, Cosí fan tutte, Savitri
supporting roles in Jesus Christ Superstar, La Bohème, Lucia di Lammermoor, The Magic Flute, including appearances with the Quad-City (Ia./Ill.) Mozart Festival and the Sioux City (Ia.) Symphony Orchestra
CONCERT SOLOS PERFORMED
appearances with: Bach Tage at Mount Olive Lutheran Church, Minneapolis, Minn.; the Bethany Oratorio Society; Bethany College-Lindsborg Community Symphony Orchestra; the College of St. Benedict-University of St. John Symphony; the University of Colorado Singers; the Waterloo-Cedar Falls (Ia.) Metropolitan Chorale; the University of Northern Iowa Singers, Concert Chorale and Chamber Singers; the Wartburg Choir (world premiere of Allaway’s “Wake Up, Ollie Brown!”)
RECITALS
recitals at Minnesota State University Moorhead, Andrew College (Ga.), Bethany College (Kan.), the University of Colorado at Boulder, United Methodist Church (Clear Lake, Ia.), the University of Northern Iowa, Wartburg College (Ia.)
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2015 - 2017Private Voice Instructor, Kailua-Kona, Hawai‘i
2012 - 2014Assistant Professor of Music, Minnesota State University Moorhead
2010 - 2012Private Voice Instructor, Rosemount (Minn.) HS; Eastview HS, Apple Valley, Minn.
2000 - 2010Associate Professor of Music, Bethany College, Lindsborg, Kan.
1998 - 2000Graduate Part-time Instructor, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colo.
1995 - 1997Vocal Music Director, Clear Lake (Ia.) Junior High School
1995 - 2008Private Voice Instructor, Lindsborg, Kan.; Longmont, Colo.; Clear Lake, Ia.
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE
2011 - 2012Ensemble Representative, Bd. of Directors, The Rose Ensemble, St. Paul, Minn.
2009 - 2010Member, Pearson Professorship Committee, Bethany College, Lindsborg, Kan.
2007 - 2008Member, Faculty Senate, Bethany College, Lindsborg, Kan.
2004 - 2006Member, Education Policies Committee, Bethany College, Lindsborg, Kan.
2003 - 2006Member, Religious Life Committee, Bethany College, Lindsborg, Kan.
2002 - 2004Chair, Department of Music, Bethany College, Lindsborg, Kan.
2002 - 2007Member, Inst. Faculty Review Committees, Bethany College, Lindsborg, Kan.
2001 - 2006Member, Search Committees, Bethany College, Lindsborg, Kan.
2000 - 2003Member, Student Life Committee, Bethany College, Lindsborg, Kan.
RELATED EMPLOYMENT AND SERVICE HISTORY
2010 - presentFreelance Music Typesetter
2006Member, Worship Committee, Central States Synod (ELCA) Assembly
1999 - 2000Archival Assistant, American Music Research Center, Boulder, Colo.
1993 - 1995Graduate Assistant, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Ia.
CREATIVE AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
PROFESSIONAL GROWTH
numerous national conventions of the American Choral Directors Association
numerous Southwestern and North Central Division conventions of the American Choral Directors Association
numerous summer conventions of the Kansas and Iowa Choral Directors Associations
numerous Kansas Music Educators Association In-Service Workshops
The Music, Life and Times of Heinrich Schütz, Luther Seminary (2010)
Association of Lutheran Church Musicians Biennial Worship Conference (2007)
Vocation of a Lutheran College Conference (2004)
Tallis Scholars / Oakham International Summer School (2003)
Sixth World Symposium on Choral Music (2002)
CONFERENCE PERFORMANCES
2014MSUM Concert Choir and Percussion Ensemble, NDMEA Conference
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
2014'Singing in Translation' Interest Session, NC-ACDA Conference
2004Choral Music Reading Session, KCDA Summer Convention
2002Choral Music Reading Session, KCDA Summer Convention
GUEST CONDUCTING
2017Early Music Hawai‘i Chamber Choir, Kailua-Kona, Hawai‘i
2016Hilo Community Chorus, Hilo, Hawai‘i
2015Hilo Community Chorus, Hilo, Hawai‘i
2008Women's Honor Choir, SC District KMEA
2000 - 2010various league vocal festivals and honor choirs in Kansas
ADJUDICATING / CLINICS
2007choral clinic and voice masterclass, Andrew College
2003 - 2014various high school clinics in Kansas, Colorado, Minnesota
2003 - 2010KSHSAA regional and state solo/ensemble and large group festivals
2003 - 2010various league-level vocal contests in Kansas
HONORS
2009Woodward Grant, Bethany College
2009Burmeister Grant, Bethany College
2009Woodward Grant, Bethany College
2008 - 2009 Sabbatical Leave, Bethany College
2007Woodward Grant, Bethany College
2003Burmeister Grant, Bethany College
2002 - 2010 Elmer F. Pierson Distinguished Professorship of Music, Bethany College
2002ELCA Colleges and Universities Administrative Study Grant
2000Beverly Sears Graduate Student Grant Award, University of Colorado
1998 - 2000 Graduate Part-time Instructorship, University of Colorado
1998 - 1999 Warner Imig Choral Conducting Scholarship, University of Colorado
1997 - 1998 Lynn Whitten Fellowship in Graduate Choral Conducting, U. of Colorado
1995Inducted, Pi Kappa Lambda National Music Honor Society
1993 - 1995 Graduate Assistantship, University of Northern Iowa
1993 - 1995 Graduate Tuition Scholarship, University of Northern Iowa
19941st Place, Iowa State NATS Competition, Graduate Men's Division
19933rd Place, Regional NATS Competition, Graduate Men's Division