Music & Voice Performance
- Lyrikids, Kansas City Lyric Opera camp & school performances
- Kansas City Youth Chorale, directed by Charles Bruffy
- French Horn player in the Barstow School Brass Quintet
- Kansas City Children’s Choir / UMKC Conservatory of Music, “Polar Express”, Kansas City Symphony
- Hallmark – get well song card
- Epic Entertainment/Starlight Theatre – French speaking model
Stage Performance
Performance |
Role |
Venue / Director |
- Premiers of Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf and Shostakovich's Jazz Suites
- The Nutcracker Sweets
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Company dancer |
American Youth Ballet's 2009-2010 season and school performances
Choreographed by Artistic Director Kristopher Estes-Brown
Multiple performances including free school performances |
- Encuentros de Tango, a high energy, contemporary styled ballet
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Company dancer |
Theater in the Park season with a pre-show performance by the American Youth Ballet
Choreographed by Artistic Director Kristopher Estes-Brown |
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Dancer, singer in chorus |
The Barstow School
Music Director: Bruce Dickerson
Stage Director: Bob Kohler |
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Trepak |
Kansas City Ballet School & Company
Artistic Director: William Whitener |
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Understudy to 3 principals, and a Dancin’ Wall |
Kansas City Lyric Opera, Lyrikids and school performances
Composer: Susan Kander
Music Director: Paula Winans
Stage Director: Linda Ade Brand |
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Asaka |
The Barstow School
Music Director: Kristi Mitchell
Stage Director: Bob Kohler |
- Magic Woods at Lakeside Nature Center
Gunplay (Showcase)
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Fox
Horse |
Coterie Acting Master Class
Playwright: Frank Higgins
Stage Director: Nancy Marcy |
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Baker |
Kansas City Lyric Opera, Lyrikids and school performances
Composer: Susan Kander
Stage Director: Sylvia Stoner
Music Director: Paula Winans |
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Children’s Chorus |
Kansas City Lyric Opera debut |
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Children’s Chorus |
Center Stage, O.P., Kansas |
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Children’s Chorus |
Kansas City Lyric Opera at Fort Leavenworth, KS |
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Steward |
Camellot Academy (6-week fine arts summer camp), Rose Theatre, Kansas City, MO.
Stage Director: Gina Bikales
Music Director: Trinda Crow |
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Lullaby League |
- The Music Man, Oklahoma, and Bye Bye Birdie
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Children’s Chorus |
Awards
- 2010 - 2007 Merit Scholarship Recipient – Interlochen Center for the Arts, Modern Dance
- 2009 Scholarship Recipient to attend UMKC Debate Camp
- 2009 Le Grand Concours, Association Américaine des Professeurs de Français, Niveau 2 C, ranked 6th nationally
- 2009 The Outstanding Debate Team award, The Barstow School
- 2009 Middle School Debate Tournament results:
1st place, The Barstow School, Public Forum Debate, 5th place individual speaker award
1st place, Belton High School, Public Forum Debate
6th place, Moreland Ridge, Public Forum Debate
- 2009 - 2010 Merit Scholarship Recipient at The Barstow School
- 2009 - 2006 Scholarship Recipient at the Kansas City Ballet School
- 2008 Scholarship Recipient – Legacy Foundation for the Arts, to attend Interlochen summer dance program
- 2009 Student Poetry Contest Winner, Creative Communication (www.poeticpower.com), Mr. Huntz
- 2008 Student Essay Contest Winner, Creative Communication (www.poeticpower.com), Celebrating What Is Important To Me
- 2009 & 2008 Sonnet Honorable Mention Winners (grades 4-8), Heart of America Shakespeare Festival,
Kansas City, Effort
- 2008 Missouri District Winner & State Semi-Finalist – National History Day Contest, in the Junior Individual Performance category for “Linda Brown: The Compromise That Changed My Life.” (Truman Library & U of Missouri-Columbia)
- 2008 Middle School Forensics Tournament results:
1st place for Impromptu Speaking at Barstow, UCLA, & Delta Woods
1st place for Dramatic Interpretation at Barstow, 2nd place at Delta Woods, 6th place at UCLA
- 2009, 2008, 2007 Middle School High Honors, The Barstow School
- 2009 & 2008 Musical Theatre Award for Excellence in the Performing Arts, The Barstow School
- 2008 & 2007 President’s Volunteer Service Award
- 2008 Duke University Talent Identification Program Qualifier – 7th grade talent; State Recognition
- 2007 Youth Ambassador, People to People World Leadership Forum, Washington D.C.
- 2006 Winner of Jerry Penzner Young Artists Showcase, Junior Division, on piano, JCC, Overland Park, KS
Training
- Dance: Studied dance since age 5
Currently at the American Dance Center, Overland Park, KS
Company member in the American Youth Ballet (1 year)
Student for 4 years at the Kansas City Ballet School – Level V Ballet/Pointe (2nd year) & Flamenco (2nd year);
Interlochen Center for the Arts, Summer Dance Program– Modern, Jazz, & Ballet (3 years);
American Dance Center – Summer Intensive in Modern & Ballet (2 years)
- Instruments: Studied piano since age 6 including Suzuki method for 7 years
French Horn for 2 years
Classical Guitar for 2 years
- Voice: Studied voice since age 11
JennyRebecca Walker & Paula Winans – Kansas City Lyric Opera (2 years),
Jessica Goldring – UMKC (2 years)
- Theatre: Nancy Marcy – Coterie Theatre Master Class; Andy Garrison – Actor Training Studio (http://www.actortrainingstudio.com/studio/node/662)
Work Experience
- The Barstow School Summer Program: Assistant, 2009
- The Barstow School, dance assistant in the Lower School, 2010
- Contributing writer for the Barstow School Web Site, 2009-2010
Special Skills
- Serious study of dance since age 5 (ballet, modern, Flamenco, jazz)
- Plays advanced piano, French horn, classical guitar
- Proficient bike rider, swimmer, softball player,
horseback rider
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- Fluent in French and knowledgeable in Hebrew
- Native of France
- Unusually developed sense of pitch & innate musicality
- Strong work ethic, personable, & joyful learner
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