Selected Upcoming Events

Saturday February 24, 2024, 7 pm, St. Ignatius Church, Chestnut Hill

Rock-A My Soul

The University Chorale of Boston College and Chamber Singers will present selections of music from the United States and beyond. This concert will include a world premiere of a commission “Rock-O My Soul” by Shannon Jacob.

Boston College University Chorale Tour March 1-9, 2024

Sunday March 3, 6.30 pm

Concert at Basilica de Maria Auxiliadora, Sevilla, Spain

Wednesday March 6, 9 pm

Concert at Basilica de Estrella de Lisboa, Portugal

Thursday March 7, 5.30 pm

Concert at Museu Nacional do Azulejo, Lisbon, Portugal

Friday March 8, 11 am Masterclass at ESML (Escola Superior de Música de Lisboa)

3 pm Choral Exchange at Lisbon Conservatory

Selected Recent Appearances

June 8, 2023 CECW Summer Institute: Wellness and Cultural Wealth: Exploring Racism and Mental Health in Higher Education

“An Evening of Harmony and Healing” choral director and producer.

PAO Arts Center, Boston, MA

September 3-7, 2022 World Choral Expo, Lisbon, Portugal

Presentation: How to "Sing a Song of Six Ways of Doing It Differently" on cross-disciplinary collaborations.

June 2-4, 2022 IAWM Conference Call & (Her) Response: Music in the Time of Change, Corvallis, OR

The Quilt: Weaving Together Our Stories Through Song, interactive workshop presentation with composer Kristin Vining

March 31, 2022 6 p.m. Bunker Hill Community College, Boston, MA

The String Only She Could Play audio release and presentation, collaboration with poet Proshot Kalami (University of Norfolk) and harpist Felice Pomerantz (Berklee College of Music)

March 8, 2022 5 p.m. Bunker Hill Community College, Boston, MA

International Women’s Day.

Breaking the Bias brings together a panel of women artists Helen Gillet, Proshot Kalami, Riikka Pietiläinen Caffrey, Luz Valdez, Deta Galloway, Kristin Vining, and Tatiana Taylor, .

October 2021 Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College, Miami, OK

Guest Conductor

June 2021 BHCC Center for Equity and Cultural Wealth Summer Institute, BHCC, Boston, MA 

Lecture recital “A String Only She Could Play: A Musical Uplifting & Contemplating Afterwards“ with Felice Pomeranz (Berklee/Boston Conservatory of Music and Proshot Kalami

April 2021 NAFME Eastern Division Conference

Interactive Presentation: “Good SLO’s: Equity, Looking Forward, and “Keeping it Together” in Challenging Times” with Mark Popeney (BHCC)

October 2020 College Music Society, National Conference

Interactive Presentation “Equitable Music SLO’s – More Than Just Ink on the Page,” with Mark Popeney (BHCC)


Music (ed) Matters Podcast: Episode 125