Conductor
”Alice is precise, emotive, and inspiring. She plans rehearsal time well, manages stage presence, coordinates instruments and voices, and pulls performances from singers that surprise even themselves. Her straightforward discipline inspires love and loyalty, not trepidation.“
~ Anne, a 20 year chorister and parent
Alice has over 40 years of experience conducting and training singers at all levels and ages. She has a unique combination of experience as a conductor, musical director, private voice teacher, choral clinician, liturgical musician, and musical theater performer.
”As a conductor, Alice is visionary, well organized, effective and inspiring. Singers love to sing under her direction.“ ~ Anne, choral colleague and longtime collaborator.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Choral Conducting
Pacific Collegiate School | 2004 - 2022 | Choral Conductor
St Lawrence Orthodox Church | 1981 - 2020 | Choir Master
Pacific Collegiate School Community Choir | 2010 - 2022 | Choral Conductor
Seraphim Six Productions | 1995-present | General Partner & Conductor
Musical Theater Conducting
Pacific Collegiate School | 2001 - 2022 | Musical Director for over 20 shows
including: Legally Blonde, Spring Awakening, Suessical, Lucky Stiff, Hello Dolly, Singin’ in the Rain, West Side Story, 42nd Street, Les Miserables, Cats, Jane Eyre
Cabrillo Stage | 2006 - 2013 | Vocal Director
including: OKLAHOMA!, Fiddler On The Roof, Oliver, LUNCH, Wizard of Oz,
A Night at the Nutcracker, Scrooge, Kiss Me Kate, Guys and Dolls
Shakespeare Santa Cruz | 2007 - 2008 | Musical Director
Princess and the Pea, The Wind in the Willows
Recordings
Seraphim Six Productions | Conductor & Co-Producer | Compact Discs
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Selections from the Divine Liturgy
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Rejoice, O Vigin
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The Lord is My Shepherd
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Life-Giving Wood
Workshops
Liturgical Singing Seminars | 1994 - 2013 | Founder, Lecturer, Clinician
Annual 3-day workshop for choir directors and choral singers with national recognition and attendance. Areas of presentation: vocal technique, sight singing, rehearsal technique, and conducting, held in various locations throughout California.
Various Workshops and Master Class | 1999-present
Audition, Sight-singing, Vocal Technique, Choral Technique
Education & Training
University of the Pacific | Bachelor of Music | 1981
Bethany University | Master of Education | 2010
Claudia Catania | Voice Teacher, New York, NY | 2008 - present
Robert Bernard | Voice Teacher, Mountain View CA | 1983 - 1992
Lynelle Frankforter Wiens | Voice Teacher, Stockton, CA | 1978-1981
Professional Associations
ACDA, CCDA, CMEA, NAfME, NATS