EDUCATION
Lessac-Madden Resonant Voice Therapy; National Center for Voice and Speech, 2005 (Certification)
Vocology Graduate Work, Gould Voice Center, DCPA, and University of Iowa, 2001
(Habilitation for the Speaking and Singing Voice)
Master of Humanities, University of Colorado at Denver, 1983
(Voice, Theatre, Comparative Literature, and Art History)
Bachelor of Arts, University of South Florida, 1966
(K-12 Vocal Music Education, Theatre)
Received a full-tuition theatre-performance scholarship
National Graduate Record Exam ranking 96%
ARTS & TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Private Studio, 1974-Current: Vocology workshops for Denver Center for the Performing Arts, guest artist instructor at the Denver School of the Arts; teach singing, acting, storytelling, piano, some accents instruction and coaching
College Instructor for 15 years (details listed on page 3)
Professional Performer - singer; actress; puppeteer on Washington, D.C. public television and for Elton Norwood Puppet Theatre; clown; Mario Singers; soloist for West Coast Premiere of " Solomon's Gardens" at Stanford Univ; (See attached performances)
The Magic of Motion - psychomotor development program for ages 3 months -6 years. Created, developed, taught, and directed program for three years; included recruiting and training teachers (staff of eight), producing in-services, acquiring equipment, developing written resources and logs, scheduling, etc. Extended program to five locations; Immensely successful with waiting lists. Continued 20 years at Gove Community School.
One Misty Moisty Morning - created children's audio cassette company with partner; Professor Brad Bowles of University of Colorado at Denver Theatre Department; produced and performed songs, prose, and poetry in two volumes; did sales, accounts, promotion, and clerical. NOTE: Cassettes/cds available for review.
Music Teacher –children's chorus at Gove Community School; YMCA of Palo Alto, CA: children's classes in movement, rhythms.
Movement Teacher - created and taught psycho-motor development program for children, yoga, health, aerobics, modern dance, creative dance, and creative theatre classes, privately and through JF Images, YMCA, Jewish Community Center, Gove Community School, Holiday Health Club, and Dance Art Centre for 14 years.
Director of Youth Education Program - Junior Symphony Guild. Recruited, trained, and scheduled docents for programs in ten Metropolitan Denver schools; scheduled concert dates, spaces, and performing groups; located and collected teaching materials; arranged for booklet printing for students; and taught The Introduction to the Orchestra.
The Denver Civic Theatre Board of Directors - chairman of capital fund-raising (raised $250,000 in one year writing grant proposals); Volunteer coordinator; script reader; general assistant to producer and president, Henry E. Lowenstein.
Applewood Academy, Inc., Director and teacher - tutored grades 3-8 for three years in English, math, art, science, languages, history, and music (own home school).
Gifted Child Instructor - taught art and French to gifted elementary students at Bromwell Elementary School, Denver, for two years. Also directed Spring Arts Festival and scheduled guest artists for both years.
Radio and Television - voice talent for radio/tv commercials and movie extra; radio announcer, radio producer, radio/tv sound engineer, radio/tv music librarian, and tv floor manager for WUSF-FM and WUSF-TV. NOTE: Audition CD available.
Director, Producer - JSG Melodramas in 1985, 1987 - responsible for auditions, selections, acting direction, crew direction, artistic impression, and choreography of multiple singing and dancing acts; same for Olio section of Schola Cantorum's final concert of 1976 in San Francisco.
Related Volunteer Work
Girl Scout troops (two, 5th - 11th graders), trained girls in leadership, stress, physical and camping skills, career development; YMCA of Palo Alto Board of Directors; Young Audiences, Inc. - artistic merit critic/observer; Recording for the Blind;
DSO College Outreach Liaison - purpose was to create humanities programs which would increase student participation in events of the orchestra and other regional cultural organizations; I worked with UCD.
Humanities Lecturer - for Denver Symphony Guild's Denver Public Library series and for Junior Symphony Guild's Music Appreciation Series. Wrote and presented lecture series of theatre, art, music, dance, and philosophic comparisons in chronological format for three years. Guest Lecturer -- lectured on Communications for Leaders at two-day Girl Scout conference; College substitute; Parks College medical student graduation speaker
Board of Directors, Junior Symphony Guild - multiple positions since 1969: Youth Education - explained above; Rummage Sale chair - recruited sales staff, arranged collection points, scheduled, advertised, managed sale; Performance Group chair - managed meetings, recruited and scheduled performers for JSG Designer Showhouse; Graphics - taught calligraphy to members; Phone - for DSO Annual Campaign; Music Appreciation chair three years - arranged meetings, presented programs; Showhouse - staffing, undecorated areas, pianist for parties/special events.
Nancy E. Harris
The Art Institute of Colorado, Denver, Colorado
Apr. 1996-Oct 2, 2002 General Education Dept. (part-time again, at my request)
Jan. 1992-Mar.1996 General Education and Music and Video Business Depts.
(full-time, 24 contact hours per week, 4 quarters of year)
Jan. 1991-Dec. 1991 Communications Technology and General Education Depts.
(part-time, up to 20 contact hours per week, 4 quarters of year)
Courses Taught:
Acting & Movement for Animators Speech
Understanding the Musical Experience Humanities
Communications & Technical Report Writing Art History
Language Arts I & Language Arts II Western Civilization
Job Preparation/Career Marketing Composition
Introduction to Computers Research Skills
Computer Science (Microsoft) Sociology
Computer Science & Research Methods Mathematics
Committees:
Orientation (part of Student Persistence Committee) Newsletter
General Education Restructuring Committee
Parks Junior College, Thornton, Colorado
Jan. 1987 - Apr. 1991 (part-time, up to 5 classes per quarter, 4 quarters a year; rejected offer for full-time position due to other commitments)
Courses Taught:
Speech Communications College English I
Humanities (created/did state paperwork) Basic College English-grammar
Student Survival-Communications 100 Technical Report Writing
Principles of Management and Supervision Business Correspondence
Committees:
College Mission Statement Committee Student Retention Committee
College Catalog Rewrite Committee
BUSINESS EXPERIENCE
JNCD, Inc., OnLion Training, LLC - office manager (includes bookkeeping, promotion, secretarial) and technical writer (software documentation).
Design Times, Inc., and Norlen Building & Design, Inc. - office manager and bookkeeper for both, part-time.
Computer Application Instructor -- trained users on accounting, word processing, and legal time and billing packages for two years, Management Technology of Colorado, Inc.
Technical Writer - software documentation for The Digital Group, Inc., Management Technology of Colorado, Inc., and Vernon Business Systems, Inc., since 1977.
Editor - two software-conversion computer books for Prentice-Hall; the Capra Advisory, a political/economic monthly; and the Women's Environmental Coalition Newsletter. All involved collecting materials, typing, layout, computer enhancement, and production of final printing masters; Bylaws Creation Committee
Miscellaneous - insurance secretary, developer's secretary, retail sales, buyer's secretary, receptionist, accounts payable clerk, convention hostess, USF music office clerk, newspaper office clerk.