46 years as a musician, performer, innovator and educator makes for a long scroll!

Everything informs what I can bring into your 1:1 session.

Independent Private Voice Studio, est. 1981-present

While working with me, singers have.…

…earned roles in equity productions such as

  • The Butterfly Lover, with Rui Fu, China House Arts (London and Shanghai)

  • Patsy Cline Tribute tour with Jess Elliot Myers, Maureen Andary and Nicole Saphos

  • Broadway project-in-progress with Gabriel Rios and Chris Thiele

  • Broadway's The Sound of Music and Beauty and the Beast

  • Broadway tour of La Cage aux Folles

  • Broadway tour of The Color Purple

  • Broadway tour of Jersey Boys

  • Kennedy Center Tour of Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

  • The Washington National Opera and Virginia Opera Chorus and WNO Children's Chorus

  • The former Cirque de Soleil

  • Disney Tokyo

  • Season 8 of The Voice

  • Arena Stage, Signature Theater, Blues Alley, Washington, DC

  • Strathmore Hall for the Performing Arts, Artist-in-Residence Program,

…been awarded

  • Grammy Awards in Music Education, Sound Production and member of the groups La Flores de Toolache: Best Ranchero/Mariache Album

  • “WAMMIE AWARDS” and nominees of Washington, DC including:

    "Best Actress in a Musical," (Joanne Schmoll) * "Best Classical Ensemble," (The Suspicious Cheese Lords) * "Best World Music," (Cissa Paz) * "Best Duo” and "Best Folk Album of the Year (Maureen Andary with The Sweater Set) “Best Country/Americana Soloist” (Jess Elliot Myers) and “Best Country/Americana Group” (Jess Elliot Myers, Chris Ousley and Alex Lacquement,) Best Inspirational/Gospel (Jen Hawley)

  • Emerging Leaders' Award (Angela Winter) from The National Association of Teachers of Singing

…consulted while

  • Touring regionally with Hansel and Gretel, The Merry Widow and numerous Gilbert and Sullivan operettas.

  • Touring with Disney Productions and Bella Thorne.

  • Working as a national PBS newscaster, voice over artists and recording artists in Nashville, New York City and Washington, DC

  • Children performing in national and regional companies and equity theaters - Oliver (Oliver!), Young Cosette (Les Miserable), Tootie (Meet Me in St. Louis) and Young Vixen (The Washington National Opera’s The Cunning Little Vixen.)

Vocal Workshop Architect & Clinician 1990-present 

  • Echo Women’s Choir, Toronto, Canada

  • Levine Women’s Choruses, Washington, DC and North Bethesda, MD

  •       The Cathedral Choral Society of Washington, DC

  •       The Suspicious Cheese Lords Men's Ensemble, Washington, DC

  •       The Fairfax Chorale, Fairfax, VA

  •       The Reston Chorale, Reston, VA

  •       The Congressional Chorus, Washington, DC

  •       The Manassas Chorale, Manassas, VA

  •       The Vienna Choral Society, Vienna, VA

  • Gaithersburg Community Chorus, Gaithersburg, VA

  • Bradley Hills Presbyterian Church, Bethesda, MD

  • St. Jane de Chantel, Bethesda, MD

  •       Zemir Chai, the Jewish Chorale of the Nation's Capital

  •       the former Washington Women's Chorus, Bethesda, MD

  •       the former Singers' Center for Girls, Silver Spring, MD

  •       the former Washington Girls’ Chorus, Washington, DC

    Other Organizations

  •       Leadership Greater Washington (4 years)

  •       Total Vocal Freedom’s Phoenix Project

  •       DC Public School Choral Teachers' Professional Development Days

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Academic Institutions and Community Education

Instructor in Vocal Health and Circle Singing, Strathmore Center for the Performing Arts: Institute for Artist Development and Artist-in-Residence Program, 2019-present.

Senior Voice, Choral and Chamber Music Faculty, Levine Music, 1995-2015

Artist/Educator, Smithsonian Resident Associates Program, 2004-2006

Voice Teacher-on-Call for child actors on tour, Warner Theater and Baltimore Hippodrome 1990-1995

CCM Pedagogy Guest Clinician: Westminster Choir College, Gettysburg College, American University, Trinity College, Mt. Vernon College—1994-2015

Sabbatical Replacement for Voice Department Chair, Dr. Elizabeth Vrenios, American University, Washington, DC, 1990-1991

Adjunct Voice Faculty, American University, 1990-1992 

Adjunct Lecturer in Voice, Northern Virginia Community College- 1985-1989 

Educational Vision, Leadership and Program Development 

Founder, Circle Singing Workshop for the Artists-In-Residence Program, Strathmore Hall for the Performing Arts

Founder/Conductor, Levine Music’s Women’s Chorus Program, 1995-2015

Founder, The Washington Vocal Consortium, the United States’ first and longest-running collaborative learning and voice teaching team, 1987-2015 

·      feature articles in The Washington Post by Joseph McClellan and Classical Singer Magazine by Cynthia Vaughan

Co-Founder and Artistic Director, the former Singer’s Centre for Girls,  

·       an award-winning vocal music and community leadership program for female singers, ages 11-18, 1999-2001 

Founder and Artistic Director, “Ceres,” an Adult Treble (SSAA) Chorus, 

·       Artists-in-Residence, Renwick Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2007-2010 

Founder and Soprano, The Amoroso Chamber Consort, touring chamber music ensemble

  • Piccolo Spoleto’s Contemporary Music Festival, 1982-1987 

Academic Education and Certifications

M.M., Vocal Performance & Pedagogy, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 

B.M., Vocal Performance with a minor in Collaborative Piano, The College of  Wooster, Wooster, Ohio 

Post-graduate credits in Classical and CCM pedagogy, Westminster Choir College and Shenandoah College and Conservatory of Music 

Certificate, Leadership Through Emotional Intelligence, Case Western Reserve Departments of Psychology and Business 

Certification, Levels I, II and III of Somatic Voicework tm: The Lovetri Method

Continuing Education and Research 

·       30 years post-graduate private voice study and coaching.

·       Most facets of the practical applications of vocal pedagogy and voice science

·       Practical application of Vocal Rehabilitation for Clinical Voice Disorders  

·       Acting for Singers and Text Communication  

·       Foreign Language Diction (German, French, Italian, Spanish, Swedish, Russian)

·       Stage work for Opera and Musical Theater 

·       Practical applications of Growth Mindset Theory 

·       Practical applications for understanding the Neuroplasticity of the Brain and general interest in Psychoneuroimmunology and Psychoneuroendocrinology 

 

Publications  

Singing Through Change: Women’s Voices in Midlife, Menopause and Beyond, co-authored with Nancy Bos and Joanne Hayes Bozeman, published by StudioBos Publishing, available on Amazon and www.singingthroughchange.com Amazon BEST SELLER, Highly Vetted and Reviewed. Published 2020, WINNER of the International Impact Award, 2023

“Bless the Lord, O My Soul,” SSAA a capella anthem originally published by Arsis Press. Request a perusal copy available from Cate. Please do not order from the former Arsis Press which was sold to Empire Publishing. Empire Publishing. They are unscrupulous in their dealings with composers.

Vehicular Vocalises, a Singer’s Practice-in-Your-Car download. and CD (no longer available.) With The Washington Vocal Consortium. NATS Journal of Singing review: “A solid regimen…a godsend for choristers going from work to family to evening rehearsals.” 

“Autotune: Comparing Apples to Oranges to Get Fruit Salad,” NATS Journal of Singing, 2013 

“Is Your Child Ready for Private Voice Lessons?” Washington Parent Magazine, 2001 

 

Presentations 

International Congress of Voice Teachers, Vienna, Austria, “Peri-Menopause. Menopause, Post- Menopause and Singing,” with Nancy Bos and Joanne Bozeman, 2022

NATS National Convention, “New Research and Practical Considerations for Voice Teachers since publishing Singing Through Change,” with Nancy Bos and Joanne Bozeman, 2022

NATS National Convention, “Menopause and Singing,” with Nancy Bos and Joanne Bozeman, 2020

Panel Moderator (as singing voice specialist) for DC/MD NATS on “Vocal Health, Teaching and Vocal Rehab,” with Dr. Vahninder Dhillion and Claire Ligons, SLP/SVS from Johns Hopkins and Professor Debbie Kirkland, voice teacher. 2021

“Turn Your Weakness into a Strength!” Leadership Greater Washington’s Arts’ Day, 2010-2015 

“What About Your Own Voice?” DC Public Schools Teachers’ Professional Development Day, 2011, 2013 

“What About Your Own Voice?” Montgomery Country Public Schools’ Teachers’ Professional Development Day, 2010, 2012 

“Form a Collegial Voice Teaching Team,” NATS National Convention, Philadelphia, 2000 

“Training for Contemporary Musical Theater as a Classical Singer,” NATS MD/DC, 1998 

“Working with Changing Voices of Adolescent Males,” Voice and Choral Faculty Workshop, Levine Music, 1998. 

“Developing a Mixed Belt,” NATS Maryland/DC Chapter, 1997, 2008  

“Working With Teenage Voices,” NATS MD/DC 2005 

“Working With Volunteer Singers in a Church Choir,” American Guild of Organists-Pittsburgh, Pa and Cape Fear, North Carolina Chapters, 1995 and 1998 

“Working with Adult Male Voices,” collaboration with Dale Moore, The Voice Foundation, 1989 

 

Awards

First Mid-Atlantic Recipient of the NATS Joan Boytim Award 

Faculty Grants to study contemporary music pedagogy, Levine Music 

Third Place National Winner, Contemporary Record Society’s National Soloists’ Competition, 1990 

National Winner, the National Endowment for the Arts, Artist/Educator Residency with Performance Theorist and Coach, H. Wesley Balk, (Minnesota Opera,) 1989 

 

Current Professional Organizations

Pan-American Vocology Association 

National Association of Teachers of Singing

—Former MD/DC Chapter President, Auditions’ Chair and Board of Directors, 1991-1997 

 

 

 

Performing Experiences