Singing with Jess M.

Indiana Wesleyan University

• Director of Opera Workshop and Musical Theatre Seminars (Fall 2012-present). Responsibilities include overseeing lectures and discussions on an array of topics including: the techniques and methodologies of stagecraft and characterization, the business of music, and other supplemental sources geared to support audition and career success. Furthermore, I oversee opera and musical theatre scenes programs with one main stage production annually where students are able to exercise the integration of music and drama all while developing a greater appreciation for various styles of opera and music theatre. Shows produced under my direction thus far include: Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas, Flaherty and Ahrens’ Once on This Island, Copland’s The Tender Land, and Rodger’s and Hammerstein’s South Pacific. • Voice Faculty Teacher to undergraduate applied and performance music majors. Responsibilities include preparing students for juries, performances, and auditions. Weekly studio class is held weekly. • Instructor for Song Literature Seminar (300 level). Responsibilities include overseeing lectures, discussions, and performance/ presentation projects that acquaint upper class voice majors with the works of significant song composers and performance practices surrounding them. (Spring 2013-present) • Instructor for courses in music appreciation and the humanities (Fall 2012) • Marketing: collaborating regularly with the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and the Vice President for Marketing in the areas of cultural intelligence and the recruitment of diverse faculty and students (faculty search committees, faculty workshops, design and content of marketing materials) • Task Forces Assignments and Foci: - Curriculum Mapping - Divisional Organization and Planning - Master Class Series and the recruitment of high-quality guest artists for Classical and Contemporary Commercial Music - Faculty Liaison for Study Abroad Programs (Music Theatre Bavaria, Opera Maya and others) - The Creation of new courses in Song Literature and Music Theatre for Voice and Theatre Majors - The revising of course content and assessments in Opera Workshop, and Applied Voice Lessons for the Bachelor of Arts and the Bachelor of Music in Performance - Developing of a new degree in Musical Theater • Other responsibilities include but are not limited to: academic advising, college and university-wide committees, marketing, student recruitment and retention initiatives, the mentoring of honors college research projects.

The University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music

The State University of New York at Stony Brook

State University of New York at Stony Brook

The Manhattan School of Music

The Manhattan School of Music, Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, Stony Brook University

National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts

Actors' Equity Association, founded in 1913, is the labor union that represents more than 49,000 Actors and Stage Managers in the United States. Equity seeks to advance, promote and foster the art of live theatre as an essential component of our society.

Founded in 1944, National Association of Teachers of Singing, Inc. (NATS) is the largest professional association of teachers of singing in the world with more than 7,000 members worldwide.

Professional Proficiency

Native Proficiency

Professional Proficiency

Native Proficiency

Professional Proficiency

Professional Proficiency

Professional Proficiency

Professional Proficiency