ABOUT ME
I received my Doctor of Music degree in 1984 from Northwestern University, and taught in Northwestern's Department of Voice and Opera from 1985 to 1992. I was the music director of Old St. Mary's Catholic Church in Chicago from 1997 to 2005. I moved from the Chicago area to Ellsworth, Maine, in Spring 2006. In addition to performing as a pianist, choral conductor, and church music director, I teach piano and voice at my home in Ellsworth. Since moving to Maine, I have also been very active accompanying string and wind players, with performances at the College of the Atlantic, the Bangor Public Library, and Minsky Hall. I am a member of the Maine Music Teachers Association (MMTA). I also design Web sites, and have created several new sites since moving to Maine, including one for the MMTA. For more information, visit A Remarkable Site. I am a native of West Virginia. My hobbies include dogs, gardening, astronomy, and travel; I have viewed four total eclipses of the sun, from the Caribbean, the Black Sea, Zambia, and Egypt. ______________________ DEGREES AWARDED - D. M. —Doctor of Music in Piano Performance, June 1984
- Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
- M. M.—Master of Music in Musicology, August 1978
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- M. M.—Master of Music in Applied Piano, June 1976
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- B. M.—Bachelor of Music (magna cum laude) in Applied Piano, August 1974
- West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV
MAJOR PERFORMANCE VENUES - American Women Composers Midwest
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Bangor Public Library
Barat College- Chicago '84 International Double Bass Convention
- Chicago Chinese Music Association
- Chicago Cultural Center
- College of the Atlantic
Composers' Forum- Curtiss Hall
- DePaul University
- Downers Grove Concert Association
- Harold Washington Library
- Independent Schools Musicale 1996
- Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago
- Lake Forest Academy
- Lyric Opera Guild
- Music in the Loft
- North Park University
- Northwestern University
- Queen of All Saints Basilica
- Roosevelt University
- University of Maine
Woodlands Academy
WORLD PREMIERES - Baiocchi: Communion (three movements for marimba and piano—April 2000, St. Elizabeth Seton Church)
- Baiocchi: Gbeldahoven: No One's Child (chamber opera—October 1996, Harold Washington Library)
- Baiocchi: Liszten, My Husband Is Not a Hat! (piano sonata—February 1995, DePaul University)
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY 2007 - Present
Acadia Choral Society: Music Director 2007 - Present
Acadia Children's Chorus: Music Director 2007 - Present
Somesville Union Meeting House (UCC): Music Director 2007 - Present
Gilbert & Sullivan Society: Pianist 1992 - Present
Private home-based piano and voice studio 1978 - Present
Free-lance pianist, teacher and vocal coach July 2007
Maine Summer Youth Music Camp: Classroom teacher and show choir pianist May 2007
Helen S. Dunn School: Choral clinic for elementary and middle school choirs 2006 - 2007
Bangor Area Children's Choir & Youth Chorale: Pianist November 2006
Ellsworth High School: Pianist & conductor for fall musical, Les Miserables November 2006
MMEA District VI Middle School Honors Festival: Guest Conductor (chorus) 2005 - 2006
St. Monica Parish Chicago: Director of Music, Liturgy & Environment (organ, piano, conducted adult and children's choirs) 1997 - 2005
Old St. Mary's Church, Chicago: Director of Music (organ, piano, conducted adult choir) 1991 - 2002
Am Shalom Synagogue, Glencoe: High Holy Days Choir section leader and pianist 1992 - 1996
St. Mary of the Angels Church, Chicago: Organist, cantor, and flutist 1992 - 1995
Morton Grove Community Church: Assistant Music Director (organ, piano, harpsichord, conducted children's choir) Fall 1994
Barat College, Lake Forest: Lecturer in Music Appreciation 1990 - 1992
St. Nicholas Catholic Church, Evanston: Assistant Music Director (organ, piano, accompanied adult and children's choirs, conducted funeral choir) 1985 - 1992
Northwestern University Department of Voice and Opera: Vocal coach, rehearsal and performance pianist, classroom instructor in Italian, German, and French diction for voice majors and graduate students) 1989 - 1990
Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish, Glenview: Organist, pianist, harpsichordist 1988 - 1989
St. Patrick's Catholic Church, Lake Forest: Organist, pianist, harpsichordist 1988 - 1989
Office for Divine Worship of the Archdiocese of Chicago: Accompanist/instructor for the Cantor School 1980 - 1982
Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, Northwestern University: Program notes for guest artist series 1980 - 1982
Elgin (IL) Daily Courier News: Music critic 1980 - 1981
Chicago Symphony Orchestra: Program notes for Youth Concert Series Summer 1980
BRAVO Cable Arts Network: Research assistant and coordinator of visual materials Summer 1980
Ravinia Festival: Research assistant for Murray Preview lecture series PROFESSIONAL STUDY Studio Piano Teachers - Dr. Donald Isaak, Northwestern University
- Dr. Claire Richards, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Dr. Dean Sanders, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Prof. Herman Godes, West Virginia University
- Mrs. Florence London, Clarksburg, WV
Piano Master Classes - John Browning
- Claude Frank
- Lorin Hollander
- Grant Johannesen
- Martin Katz
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