I love my work as a full-time private music teacher.  My main area of focus is singing lessons, but I also teach piano to my singing students as well as to a small contingent of other piano students.  Music has always played a huge role in my life, but I have just come to it full time as a second career during this past decade.  Completing a B.Sc. in Psychology and working in applied fields for years, music remained a background activity with numerous forays into music performance.  Having found a love for jazz as a young adult, I completed a commercial music diploma in voice performance.  I have been a vocalist in various jazz, blues, and rock combos before, during music college, and after.  My first year after graduating from college was spent on the road in a blues-based rock band as lead singer and keyboardist.  Upon returning to live a less nomadic life in Calgary, I made a 180° turn to audition for, and subsequently, sing with the Calgary Opera Company in all of their productions for 6 seasons.  It was at this time that I discovered a love for the amazing art forms of opera and classical singing.