About me

Degrees/Diplomas

• 1978: Freshman Honors Program, University of Delaware (High School Diploma and 1st year of B.A. studies);
• 1982 B.A., Music and B.A. "Special Major - Linguistics and Psychology" Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pa., USA;
• 1983 "Master of Music" in "Historical Performance Practices", HF Voice, NF Recorders with Nicolaus McGegen, Washington University, St. Louis, Mo., USA;
• 1991, HdK Berlin, SMP Voice Pedagogy (Peter Maus)

Master classes (selection)

• 1992 Brigitte Fassbaender, songs from Mahler's "Des Knaben Wunderhorn";
• 1993 Ruth Berghaus, "International Master Class for Opera Direction," Berlin: scenes from Berg's Wozzeck (roles: Marie, Marthe);
• 1993 "Weimarer Wochen" with Eugen Rabin;
• 1996 "Jeunesses Musicales: Music Theater" with Ute Trekel-Burkhardt, Berlin. Scenes from Bizet's Carmen, Mozart's Clemenza di Tito and Verdi's Masked Ball;
• 1999 - 2002 "Free the Voice" with Cornelius Reid, Frankfurt am Main

Supplementary studies (selection):

• 1988-1992 Courses with Sigrid Landgreber (Schaubühne Berlin), actress and Teacher of the Middendorf breath method.
• 1990-1995 Courses and private lessons in the Alexander Technique and contact movement improvisaton with Elisabeth Moll (Berlin), teacher dancer, choreographer and dance teacher;
• 1990-2000 Courses and private lessons, Lichtenberg Institute for Functional Voice Education with Gisela Rohmert, director of the institute.
• 2013- 2019 Vocal Coaching with KS Professor Ute Döring.
• Since 2019 private lessons with Nadine Secunde.

Additional qualifications with certificate

• 2010, 2011 Musikgarten 1 and Musikgarten Singing in English with Lorna Heyge.
• 2012-2013 Schultheaterstudio Frankfurt. 8-part advanced training series "Lust auf Theater",Qualification as subject teacher for performing arts in secondary schools.
• 2021-2022 Personal Agility Recognized Practitioner.

• 2019-22 Il Trovatore, G. Verdi. Hessische Staatstheater Wiesbaden Joel/Krenn Chorgast, alto 2.
• 2018-23 Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, R. Wagner. Hessian State Theatre, Wiesbaden Lange/Mottl. Chorgast, alto 2.
• 2017 Die Oresteia " von Aeschelos, music by Iannis Xenakis, Theater Basel. Bieto,/Frank) Ensembel, Chorgast. Alto 2
• 2016-22 Le Roman de Fauvel or The donkeys are still in power. With collage: forum für frühe musik Berlin, role: The Accuser. Performances including Festival Schloss Britz, Berlin, Pfingsspiele Schwedt ; Zitadelle Spandau.
• 2015 Sappho, Grainville Bantock. Kultursommer Rheinlandpfalz, Römerhalle, Bad Kreuznach. Concept E. Neiman, Directed by Christa Leifheidt. Role:Sappho.
• 2013 Richard, Richard, Sternentaler Theater Werkmünchen, concept & direction C. Wuss. Role : Erda
• 2012 Moses und Aron, A. Schoenberg, SWR Orchestra with Sylvain Camberlain, Berliner Festspiele performances (grammy nomination), Lucerne Festival, Strausberg Festival, Teatro Real Madrid. Chorgast, Alto II
• 2012 The Underwater Opera C.Herr/S.Stelzenbach Berlin/Dresden/Role Old Woman.
• 2012 Dido and Aeneus, Leiffheidt/Neiman. Ensembel Intergenerations. Kultursommer Rheinlandpfalz, Römerhalle, Bad Kreuznach Role Sorceress.
• 2011 Die Zauberflöte, Opera Classica Frankfurt, Frankfurt Symphony Orchestra, Vaccaro/ Ottersbach. Role: Third Lady
• 2009 Moses und Aron, A. Schoenberg, Ruhrtriennale, Jahrhunderthalle Bochum (Willy Decker, director/ Michael Boder, conductor). ChorwerkRuhr, alto II
• 2008 Sappho, Grainville Bantock Lesbos Festival, Lesbos, Greece (Leiffheidt/Neiman) Role:Sappho
• 2007 Gotisches Haus Bad Homburg The Little Mermaid: musical fairy tale for children (Leifheidt/Neiman) Role : Sea Witch, Rusalka
• 2006 collage: forum für frühe musik Berlin Le Roman de Fauvel mit Ilse Scheer. role The Accuser
• 2005 Lilli-Tsee by Franz Curti, L'Opera Studio de Généve,J-M Curti, dir. Role Lady Whirlbottle
• 2002, A Hogwarts Gallery, Pfalztheater Kaiserslautern, Leiffheidt/Neiman
• 2000, 2001 Simone Boccanegra, Falstaff, G. Verdi; Choral Fantasy, L.v. Beethoven. Salzburg Easter Festival. Claudio Abbado dir., Peter Stein, reg. European Festival Chorus, Alt II
• 1999 Pierrot Lunaire , A. Schoenberg & Shéhérazade, M. Ravel The Pierrot Project: scenic production with dance of Schoenberg's and Ravel's. Concept, musical direction, E. Neiman; direction/choreography, Ingo Reulecke. Role Singer
• 1995.97 tours (Israel, Japan) as well as radio, television and CD productions with ensembel "bel canto", Alt 2
• Festival "X 94" in the Berlin Academy of Arts Futura dance/opera of "Cosmic Baby", role:Futura
• 1988-1993 Intensive dance/music theater work with the group DiMiro/Maram- Productions Alltag im All, Plan der Planeten, Anna and John, Seelenbinder, each world premieres (Marc Lingk, Rolf Baumgart). Guest performances, including the Akademie der Künste Berlin, Semperoper Dresden, Kreuzberger Tanztage, Tanzfabrik Berlin.
• 1987-89 La Perichole Jacques Offenbach, Städtische Bühnen Berlin,.Chorus with solo; Das Liebeskonzil (music theater after Oskar Pannizza, music by KonstantinWecker) solo quintet. Invitation with the Schiller Theater to the Edinborough Festival.
• 1987, The Rake's Progress, I. Stravinsky, Berlin Chamber Opera, role Baba the Turk (cover), Alt2. The Beggars Oper, Gay/Pepusch, Neuköllner Oper Radeke. Dido and Aeneas, H.Purcell;Berliner Werkstatt Musiktheater, rolle: Dido, L‘Isola Desolata, J.Haydn, Rolle:Constanza. Die Hinterhof Operette, Rolle Jolanthe, by Bubu Bauer (HdK production; premiere to celebrate 750 years of Berlin)

• 2020 Hessische Schultheaterpreis Digital for directing the play "Das ANDERE Dschungelbuch" with the choir and Musiktheater AG of the Emely-Salzig-Grundschule, Geisenheim;
• 2018, Integrationspreis Rheingau-Taunus for intercultural theater work with students of social work and refugees at the Rheingau vocational College;
• 2017, Hessian School Theater Award for directing the play The Three Princes and the Beautiful Cousin with performance at the ceremony of the Hessian School Theater Meeting;
• 2014 BaN Festival Scholarship for music/theater work at Emely-Salzig-Grundschule;
• 2010 NASPA Hessian State Bank scholarship Initiative and Performance for the project "Singtime";
• 2007 acceptance in the cultural program of the Central Council of Jews in Germany;
• 2005 Anni-Eisler-Lehmann-Foundation Mainz for the concert project and CD recording of the program The Jewess of Toledo;
• 2003, Anni-Eisler-Lehmann-Foundation Mainz,for the concert project Voices of Israel with premieres and first performances of Israeli composers at the Staatstheater Mainz;
• 1982-1983 University Scholarship, Washington University in St. Louis.
• 1982, Swarthmore Friends of Music and Dance Summer Scholarship to attend the "Oberlin Baroque Conservatory";
• 1979-1982, White Scholarship, Bard Scholarshipfor private lessons in voice; Swarthmore College;
• 1977-8 Freshman Honors Scholarship, University of Delaware.

• 1997 An Evening with Heinrich Heine, by the "Active Museum", Wiesbaden
• 1999 The Pierrot Project Dance/Music Theater, Kultursommer Rheinland-Pfalz
• 2003 The Jewess of Toledo, Spanish & Sephardic Music of the Middle Ages Kultursommer Rheinland- Pfalz/ Bodensee Festival (2005)
• 2003 Yiddish and Jewish, 1000 years of Yiddish, Sephardic and Hebrew music, Days of Jewish Culture, Berlin
• 2006 Le Roman de Fauvel dance/ music theater project around manuscripts from 1314/1325 by Claude Gervais. Hauptstadt Kulturfonds (Berlin)
• 2007 Die Kleine Meerjungfrau chamber music theater for children, Gotisches Haus, Bad Homburg
• 2007 Yiddish & Jewish included in the cultural program of the Central Council of Jews in Germany with tours in Germany and Switzerland
• 2008 Peace in Four Colors, oratorio for mezzo-soprano, youth choir and ensemble by Hagar Kadima, premiere. Commissioned by the Ministry of Culture of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, with support from NDR and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the State of Israel.
• 2008 Sappho, after G. Bantock, International Womens' Music Festival in Lesbos, Greece
• 2009-2010 SINGTIME! Musical education through the voice. For the 2- 4th grade, regional children's choir for the Rheingau. An initiative of the Sängerkreis Rheingau with funding from the NASPA Foundation "Initiative and Performance" and the SüWag Foundation
• 2015 " Sappho, " Grainville Bantock (Sappho) Kultursommer Rheinlandpfalz, Römerhalle, Bad Kreuznach
• 2017 " Ojf'n Weg " with Daniel Kempin. Society for Christian-Jewish Cooperation Wiesbaden.
• 2018 Music theater group at the Emely-Salzig Elementary School in Geisenheim, NASPA Foundation "Initiative and Performance".

• 1995 SFB Berlin, Maurice Ravel "Kaddish";
• 1995, Radio Iran Libre (Paris), live recording of "The Dawn is Ash "by Sirus Malakooty, Paris premiere;
• 1998, SWR-Fernsehen, live broadcast from the concert at the German Catholic Concention;
• 1999, Radio Kol Israel, premiere of "Not a Lament" by Hagar Kadima;
• 2000, Melisma Verlag, CD "Yiddish and Jewish";
• 2002, Radio Kol Israel, concert recording "Pierrot Lunaire" Crown Hall, Jerusalem/Tel Aviv City Art Museum;
• 2004 Melisma Verlag, CD J. S. Bach Christmas Oratorio 1-3; 2005, SWR television picture broadcast from the Lake Constance Festival;
• 2005 L'Opera Studio de Généve, "Lilli-Tsee" CD;
• 2006, Rector Records, CD "The Jewess of Toledo";
• 2008, Neue Rheingauer Kantorei, CD "Stabat Mater" by Antonin Dvorak
• 2008 SWR television live broadcast from the concert in the state parliament of Rhineland-Palatinate;
• 2008, NDR "Peace in Four Colors", Johannes-Kantorei, Rostock live broadcast of the world premiere;
• 2009, Arte "Moses und Aron" production of the Ruhr-Triennale;
• 2012 Deutschland Kulturradio/SWR 2 "Moses und Aron, (Grammy nomination)

University, college, school and private

• Since 2019 Adjunct Professor, University of Maryland Global Campus "Music as Cultural Expression"
• Since 2016 course director Music/Theater course, Emely-Salzig-Elementary School,Geisenheim, Germany
• Since 2015: intercultural education: theater project, technical college for social pedagogy, German as a second language, vocational school Geisenheim
• Since 2012 lecturer for music, Technical college for social work & early childhood educators, Rheingau vocational College in Geisenheim.
• Since Jan. 2010 Course developer & instructor "Singing and making music with children", Rheingau Vocational College in Geisenheim (training as educator, social assistant, vocational school)
• 2010 Vocal Coach, boarding school Schloss Hansenberg, Johannisberg. Supervision and vocal coach of the music theater AG with performance of the Threepenny Opera by Brecht/Weill
• since 2010 school choir, pre choir of the Emely-Salzig elementary school Geisenheim
• 2009/10, director, upper school choir Gymnasium am Moosbacher Berg, Wiesbaden as well as general music lessons, Gymnasium am Mosbacher Berg (5th and 10th Kl)
• 2009/10 voice teacher, Wiesbaden Boys Choir
• 2002-2006: Voice teacher, Kiedricher Chorbuben
• 1996-2003 Music school Bad Kreuznach. Singing class
• Since 1995: Own studio "Am Sonnenhang", Geisenheim in the Rheingau region of Germany
• 1984-1995: Teacher for singing, music school Kreuzberg, Berlin-Kreuzberg. From 1987, in the department „Professional Preparation ".
• 1983, Introduction to Music History I (Middle Ages, Renaissance) as Teaching Assistant, Washington University in St. Louis, Mo, degree programm Historical Performance Practice.

• 1998, Hildegard of Bingen: Ordo Virtutum with Ulrike Sowodniok, soprano week course, Music School Mittlere Nahe (Cultural Summer Rhineland-Palatinate)
• 1999: Sound, Cult and Art with Ulrike Sowodniok and Visual Artist Rolf Kluenter. Week course with final concert in the exhibition "Time of the Buddha" Lindenmuseum für Völkerkunde, Stuttgart
• 2000, 2001 Sounds of Silence with Martina Freimuth. Voice training and T'ai Chi
• 2002 Singing with your Senses: Sensory Perception and its effect upon vocal quality. Swarthmore College, USA. Lecture/Demonstration
• 2002: Pierrot Lunaire: Masterclass for Singers and Conductors" with Zsolt Nagy, conductor and the Ensemble Musica Nova, Jerusalem Music Center
• 2004 Sound sequences Stabat Mater, weekly course with Ulrike Sowodniok. Pergolesi/Scarlatti Stabat Mater Geisenheim, Rheingau
• Since 2004 Workshops: Voice training for choir directors & children's choir directors, Evangelische Kirchenmusikakademie Hessen/Nassau, part of the C- and D- F continuing training for church musicians.
• 2006 Consonare: The common sound workshop for the Landeskirchenmusiktage of the Evangelical Church Hessen-Nassau.
• 2006 Singing with all senses: Homage to Robert Schumann Week course with Christa Leiffheidt in Wiesbaden
• 2007 Height and flexibility, for the Protestant Church Music Academy Hessen- Nassau (advanced training course for A and B musicians)
• since 2009 Singing? Be brave! voice training for lateral entrants, among others for Primacanta Frankfurt; ILF Rhineland-Palatinate & Hesse, ASB Kindergartens Rheingau and in the State Music Academy Hesse
• since 2011 Workshops "Singing in Kindergarten" Continuous course for the ASB- Kindergarten Eltville am Rhein.

• 2004 Peterchens Mondfahrt music and dance theater project, Johannies-de-Laspée Elementary School, Johannisberg
• 2008, 2009 Eine Masque für Georg Friedrich Autumn Singing Week of the Ev. Chorverband Hessen- Nassau for children & youth with subsequent performance series.
• 2009/2010 SINGTIME! Musical education through the voice. For 2nd - 4th grade, regional children's choir for the Rheingau region through the DCV.
• 2011 Autumn Singing Week of the Ev. Chorverband Hessen-Nassau for children & youth The Song of Songs (works by Melchior Frank).
• 2011 The Origin of Armadillos Fairy tale in music inspired by Rudyard Kipling. Choir and pre- choir of the Emely-Salzig-School Geisenheim
• 2011 Come ye Sons of Art Intergenerations Chorus & Instrumental Ensemble, performance of Henry Purcell's Cantata with choir, children's choir and orchestra.
• 2012 Dorothy, the Wizard and the Witches of Oz, musical based on the book by L. Frank Baum, adapted for children by E. Neiman. Choir of the Emely Salzig School, Geisenheim.
• 2012 Dido and Aeneas, opera by Henry Purcell, intergenerational performance with choir, children's choir and orchestra in cooperation with the municipal museums of Bad Kreuznach.
• 2013 Die Brementown Musician Fairy tale in music nspired by the Brothers Grimm. With the school class 4B as an interdisciplinary project; choir and pre-choir of the Emely-Salzig-Schule, Geisenheim
• 2014, 2015 A Ceremony of Carols by Benjamin Britten. Intergenerations performance with Valerie Cribbs, harpist.
• 2014 Robinsina Crusoe a musical journey around the world based on Daniel DeFoe. With the school class 4A- as an interdisciplinary project; choir and pre-choir of the Emely- Salzig-Schule Geisenheim. Invited to the Lindenfestival, Geisenheim.
• 2015 The Hand Puppet Musical. An interdisciplinary project for the first year of training for social workers and early childhood educators, Rheingau Vocational College in Geisenheim
• 2015 The Puss in Boots Fairy tale in music nspired by the Brothers Grimm. Interdisciplinary school project. Choir and pre-choir of the Emely-Salzig-School Geisenheim.
• 2016 Peter Pan Fairy tale in music nspired by J.M. Barrie. Interdisciplinary school project. Choir and pre-choir of the Emely-Salzig-Schule Geisenheim; in cooperation with the refugee classes of the BSR Geisenheim. Invited to the „Besser als Nichts“ festival and the Lindenfest Geisenheim
• June 2017 3 fairy tales, 3 cultures theater project for the WPU subject "Intercultural Education" with the classes for social work and early childhood education of Rheingau Vocational College in Geisenheim and the integration classes. Awarded the Hessian School Theater Prize
• June 2017 Alice's Diary Fairy tale in music after Lewis Carrol. Interdisciplinary school project. Choir and pre-choir of the Emely-Salzig-School Geisenheim. Awarded the Besser-als.Nichts Festival“ Scholarship. Invited to the „Besser als Nichts“ festival and the Lindenfest Geisenheim
• April 2018, Rusalka Fairy tale in music after Lewis Carrol. Interdisciplinary school project. Choir and pre-choir of the Emely-Salzig-School Geisenheim. Awarded the Hessian State Bank Stipend „Initiative and Performance“
• June 2018 Fatime oder die Befreiung der Träume (Fatime or the Liberation of Dreams), theater project for the subject "German as a second language with young, unaccompanied refugees (integration classes), Rheingau Vocational College in Geisenheim.Awarded the Rheingau-Taunus region Prize for Integration
• April 2019 Hühneralarm at Emely-Salzig Elementary School, based on Cornelia Funke I nterdisciplinary school project. Choir and music theater class of the Emely-Salzig- School Geisenheim.
• May 2019 The Wondrous Metamorphosis of Kevin Müller Theater project for the subject Intercultural Education" for social workers and early childhood educators and "German as a Second Language for the integration classes. at the Rheingau Vocational College in Geisenheim
• April 2020 The OTHER Jungle Book Interdisciplinary school project. Choir, dance AG, and musical theater class of the Emely-Salzig-School Geisenheim (digital project)
• May 2020 Aladdin theater project for the subject "Intercultural Education" for social workers and early childhood educators and "German as a Second Language for the integration classes. at the Rheingau Vocational College in Geisenheim
• June 2021 "Der Mäuseturm zu Bingen" music theater class of the Emely-Salzig-School Geisenheim
• May-July 2022 "The OTHER Jungle Book" Interdisciplinary school project. Choir, dance AG, and music theater class of the Emely-Salzig-Schule Geisenheim. Invited to the „Besser als Nichts“ festival and the Lindenfest Geisenheim

• 2014 Strad Magazine, Andreas Jakobi, " A New Technique for historical Inlays."
• 2011, ZimmermannVerlag Trevor Wye "Flöte Effizienter Üben" (from English, with Jakob Dahl)