
Professional Training
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MM in Vocal Performance with Vocal Pedagogy minor from UNT
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BA in Music with Voice Concentration from Furman University
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Completed all 3 levels of Somatic Voicework(TM) training in the LoVetri method for Contemporary Commercial Music (CCM) in 2024
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Studied Piano for 11 years
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Studied Voice for 15 years
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Teaching since 1994

Student Achievements
American Protege International Music Talent Competition
-Sharan Vangala - 2nd Place (He was invited to play Chopin's Minute Waltz in NYC's Carnegie Hall in Dec. 2025)
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International Youth Music Competition for Modern and Contemporary Music
- Sharan Vangala - 2nd Place (Junior II) (2025)
- Nita Dutta - 2nd Place (Seniors) (2025)
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Texas All-State Choir
- Dylan Brown (Tenor II)
- Christen Volding (Soprano I)
- Allie Miller (Soprano I)
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Texas Private School All-State Choir
- Sarah Jessie (Soprano I) (3 yrs)
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Texas UIL Solo Contest - top scores
- Bella Rawlings-Kula (2025)
- Emma Dewbre (2025
- Annabelle Fox (2025)
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TMEA All-Region Choir
- Alexa Wagner (2025)
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OAKE National Choir
- Jillian Estes (2 yrs)
- Katelyn Estes (2 yrs)
- Patrick Estes (2 yrs)
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Honors Performance Series - International Choir (Carnegie Hall, NYC)
- Malaika Nair (2023)
- Allie Miller (2018)
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Denton Music Teachers Association - Achievement Auditions
- Sharan Vangala - Superior+ (2025)
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Greater Dallas Choral Society for Children & Youth (by audition only ensembles)
- Alexa Wagner
- Joy Yochem (2 yrs)
- Jill Yochem (2 yrs)
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Texas Music Teachers Association Theory Exam Excellence (results TBA)
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DFW National Association of Teachers of Singing Auditions (semi-finalist/finalist in either classical or musical theater)
- Sarah Carron
- Allie Miller
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Students had Roles in these Musical Theater Productions
- Hadestown
- Sound of Music
- Beauty and the Beast
- West Side Story
- Little Shop of Horrors
- Aladdin
- The Wiz
- A Chorus Line
- Phantom of the Opera
- Tarzan
- LIttle Women
- Young Frankenstein
- Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
- Fiddler on the Roof
- Little Mermaid
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College Music & Theater Programs
- Southern Methodist University
- Campbell University
- Miami University
- Belmont University
- Texas State University
- American University
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