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Gold Cup winners at the XV Annual International Choral Festival in Verona, Italy
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"The act of creation returns a special form of energy to the universe.  I create therefore I am.  That is enough for me."
-- R E Grove, Artistic Director

Education

  • M.A. Professional Writing - University of Missouri-Kansas City
  • Graduate Studies in Music Composition - UMKC Conservatory of Music
  • B.M. Music Theory - UMKC Conservatory of Music
  • B.M. Music Composition - UMKC Conservatory of Music
  • Voice study - William Jewell College, UMKC Conservatory of Music
  • Dance study - Missouri State Ballet, Westport Ballet, Conservatory of Music
  • Stage Combat study - UMKC, Martin English, Bill Warren

Management Experience

  • UMKC Composer's Guild - Founder & President
  • UMKC University Singers - Founding member
  • UMKC Conservatory of Music - President of Student Body
  • Sequoia Systems - Founder & President
  • The Kansas City Paradox Users Group - Founder & President
  • The Independent Computer Consultants Association KC Chapter - President
  • Business Men's Assurance - Manager of Information Resources
  • Nova Terra Realty, Inc. - Founder & Officer-Broker
  • The Grove Construction Company, Inc. - Founder & President

Concert Experience

  • Kansas City Wind Symphony - Rhapsody in Blue (piano soloist)
  • The King Singers - PBS Christmas Concert
  • Saint Paul Sunday Morning - NPR Easter program
  • Missouri State Ballet - Carmina Burana
  • Kansas City Symphony - Carmen, Tosca
  • Kansas City Philharmonic - Bernstein's Mass
  • Kansas City Symphony Chorus - 1988-1999
  • Fine Arts Chorale - 1976-1978
  • Swinging Choraliers - 1975-1981
  • Festival Singers - 2000-2001
  • Madrigalia Bar Nonne - 2000-2001
  • Dickens Carolers - since 1999

Acting Experience

  • Gorilla Theatre Productions - The Frogs (Heracles), Landfill (Zack), The Bacchae (Dionysus), Shakespeare vs Shaw (Shakespeare), Plan 9 from Outer Space (Jeff Trent), Helen (Menelaus)
  • Wordsinger Productions - Servante & Nod (Nod)
  • Starlight Theater - Phantom, Jekyll & Hyde
  • Lyric Opera - Aida
  • Civic Opera Theater of Kansas City - PBS broadcast of The Wise Women, The Pirates of Penzance, A Little Night Music (Frid)
  • KC Renaissance Festival - The Lost Treasure of Count Luigi Borgia (Captain Bacon), The Keeper of the Blarney Stone, Leonardo Da Vinci
  • Conservatory of Music - Starting Here Starting Now, You're A Good Man Charlie Brown

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"Work like you don't need the money, dance like nobody's watching, and love like you've never been hurt."
-- Mary Ann Warfield, Dramaturg

Education

  • M.A. Liberal Studies in History, University of Missouri - Kansas City
  • B.A. Liberal Studies with Art History minor, Maryville University of St. Louis



Architectural Research Assistant

  • Architectural & Historical Research of Kansas City, LLC.

Educational & Cultural Travel Consultant

  • American Society of Travel Agents (ASTA) - Gold Certified
  • Institute of Certified Travel Agents (ICTA) - Gold Certified
  • United States Tour Operators Association (USTOA) - Certified

Stage Manager

  • Kansas City Renaissance Festival
  • Missouri Repertoire Theater
  • Kansas City Dickens Faire

Performer

  • Renaissance Faire of the Midlands
  • Waterloo Renaissance Festival
  • Atlanta Renaissance Festival

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