Vocal coach

B.M., University of Arkansas in organ and piano. Coursework completed for master of music in organ and music theory. Master's equivalency in Arabic language at Georgetown University Institute of Languages and Linguistics. Additional postgraduate study at Georgetown, Northwestern, Indiana universities.

Piano studies with William Gant and Lois Maer; choral techniques and organ with Theodore Schaefer; organ study with Kenneth Osborne and André Marchal; harpsichord with Marcelle Charbonnier and Robert Veyon-Lacroix; vocal techniques and repertoire with Flore Wend, Martial Singher and Wayne Conner; theory and musicianship with Bruce Benward, Annette Dieudonné, Nadia Boulanger; regular auditor and observer at lessons and courses with Geneviève Touraine (voice), Jules Gentil (piano), Olivier Messiaen (organ), and Jean Françaix (chamber music).

Master class accompanist for such artists as Gérard Souzay, Eileen Farrell, Eleanor Steber, Risë Stevens, Jan Peerce, Bidú Sayão, Joan Dornemann, Theodore Uppmann. Concerto performances as piano and organ soloist with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra under Commissiona, and in Washington, D. C. Church music positions in Stuttgart, Germany and in Paris, France. Music Director Emeritus of The National Presbyterian Church in Washington D. C. Recitalist, teacher, accompanist, coach, organist. Fulbright scholar.

ERNEST LIGON, vocal coach and classroom instructor

Bachelor of Music from the University of Arkansas in organ and piano. Coursework completed for Master of Music in organ and music theory. Master‘s equivalency in Arabic language at Georgetown University Institute of Languages and Linguistics. Additional postgraduate study at Georgetown, Northwestern, Indiana universities.

Piano studies with William Gant & Lois Maer; choral techniques and organ with Theodore Schaefer; organ study with Kenneth Osborne and André Marchal; harpsichord with Marcelle Charbonnier and Robert Veyon-Lacroix; vocal techniques and repertoire with Flore Wend, Martial Singher and Wayne Conner; theory and musicianship with Bruce Benward, Annette Dieudonné, Nadia Boulanger; regular auditor and observer at lessons and courses with Geneviève Touraine (voice), Jules Gentil (piano), Olivier Messiaen (organ), and Jean Françaix (chamber music).

Master class accompanist for such artists as Gérard Souzay, Eileen Farrell, Eleanor Steber, Risë Stevens, Jan Peerce, Bidú Sayão, Joan Dornemann, Theodore Uppmann. Concerto performances as piano and organ soloist with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra under Commissiona, and in Washington, D. C. Church music positions in Stuttgart, Germany and in Paris, France. Music Director Emeritus of The National Presbyterian Church in Washington D. C. Recitalist, teacher, accompanist, coach, organist. Fulbright scholar.