Professional Performance Affiliations
Master Teaching Artist with CT Commission on Culture and Tourism
Singer with Yale Alumni Glee Club, Russia, Wales and England
Young Audience of Connecticut’s Artist of the Year, 1999
Solo Performer with Young Audiences of Connecticut Since 1983; Solo Performer with The LaRocca Agency Since 1992; presenting over 100 programs each year in public and private schools throughout New England and New York, specializing in American Popular Song and American Social Dance
Member of United States Swing Dance Council
Featured Dancer with Waterbury Chorale, Denmark and Austria
Solo performer with Young Audiences of New Jersey
Touring dancer with Elm City Vintage Dancers, New Haven, CT
Touring dancer with Reel Nutmeg Colonial Dance Troupe, Hartford, CT
Touring dancer with Mountain Laurel Cloggers, Hartford, CT
Member of National Dance Association (AAHPERD) since 1997
Pianist, Vocalist and Percussionist with various professional ensembles, since 1965

Teaching Experience
Dance and Songwriting Workshops and School Residencies with The LaRocca Agency and Young Audiences of Connecticut since 1992 and 1983 respectively
Ballroom Dance Teacher at U.S. Coast Guard Academy, New London, CT
Dance and Movement Workshops for Connecticut Services for the Blind
Adjunct Professor of Dance, Naugatuck Valley Community College, CT
Presenter in Dance Education, MAPHERD Convention, Worcester, MA
Presenter in Dance Education, National Dance Association Convention, Boston, MA
Songwriting and Dance Instruction, Shoreline Foundation, Guilford, CT
Guest Lecturer on Jazz Dance and Dance History at Yale and Wesleyan Universities, CT
Principal Teacher and Choreographer with Connecticut Swing Dance Society
Ballroom Dance Teacher at Short Course, Adult Education, New Haven, CT
Swing Dance Teacher at Northeast Music and Dance Festival, Newtown, CT
Swing Dance Teacher at Dance New England, Poland Springs, Maine
Ballroom Dance Teacher at The Learning Exchange, Adult Education, Hartford, CT
Ballroom Dance Teacher at Farmington Adult Education, Farmington, CT
Ballroom Dance Teacher at Guilford Adult Education, Guilford, CT
Private Ballroom and Swing Dance Studios since 1988

Performance Related Education
CT Swing Dance Society, Middletown and Wethersfield, CT
Dance Theatre Productions, New Haven, CT
Dance Education Initiative, Minneapolis, MN
United States Swing Dance Council, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Frankie Manning, New York Swing Dance Society, New York, NY
Flying Cloud Academy of Vintage Dance, Cincinnati, OH
Alyce Carella School of Performing Arts, Hartford, CT
School of the Hartford Ballet, Hartford, CT
Mountain Laurel Cloggers
Reel Nutmeg Colonial Dance
Arthur Murray Ballroom Studio Choreographers, Hartford, CT
Covington Ballroom Dance Studio Choreographers, Scarsdale, NY
Voice instruction at Hartt School of Music, West Hartford, CT, and at Union College, Schenectady, NY
Studio Recording Technology at Nickel Productions, Hartford, CT, and Media Arts Center, New Haven, CT
Percussion and Keyboard, Private Studies

Education Background
BA - Union College, Schenectady, NY
MEd - Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT