Laura Danæ Stanfield Prichard
231 Bingham Road
Carlisle, MA 01741
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Awards, Education, Languages
Conducting Positions : Church, Professional, School, Theatrical, University
Courses, Lectures & Publications
Performances, References & Reviews
Teaching Positions : School, University

EDUCATION

Fitchburg State College, Fitchburg, MA
CAGS candidate in Educational Administration
Supervisor/Director Certification Program (Fine Arts K-12 & History/Social Sciences K-12), 2008-09
MA DESE Teacher Certifications in K-12 Art, Dance, Drama, ELA, History, Humanities, Library, and Music (Instrumental/Choral/General)

University of Illinois School of Music, Urbana, IL
Ph.D. in Musicology, minor in Dance, prelims passed 1993, coursework finished/dissertation 1995
M.S. in Library Science and Music Bibliography, 1992-1994
M.Mus. in Choral Conducting, coursework completed 1991, degree recital completed 1992

University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
CIC Traveling Scholar in Music, 1993

Association of American Archivists, Denver, CO
Continuing Education Course in Archival Management, 2000

Yale School of Music, New Haven, CT
Graduate coursework in Choral Conducting, Musicology, and Music Theory, 1988-1990
Private lessons in voice from Lili Chookasian and Jan DeGaetani (visiting artist), 1987-1989

Yale University, New Haven, CT
B.A. degree in Music, cum laude, 1990
B.A. degree in Modern Languages (Russian & German), 1990

Goethe Institut, Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany
Mittelstufe-Prüfungs Zertifikat in German, 1988

Robert Shaw Institute, Souillac, France
Performing Certificate in Conducting, 1988

Paris High School, Paris, IL
Diploma, 1986

LANGUAGES

Fluent in German and Russian (college major)
Proficient in reading/writing French and Latin (four years of high school, two years of graduate school)
Extensive performing experience in Hebrew, Italian, Zulu, and Germanic/Scandinavian languages, including Finnish
Knowledge of Slavic languages related to Russian

LECTURING POSITIONS - PROFESSIONAL (click here for lectures or publications)

San Francisco Symphony, San Francisco, CA
1996-present

Berkshire Choral Festival, Sheffield, MA
2003-present

Boston Baroque, Boston, MA
2008-present

Chicago Symphony, Chicago, IL
2010-present

New Century Chamber Orchestra, Berkeley, CA
1999-2004

San Francisco Opera, San Francisco, CA
1995-2003

Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, San Francisco, CA
1996-2001

TEACHING POSITIONS - UNIVERSITY (click here for course list or publications)

University of Massachusetts, Lowell, MA
Adjunct Instructor, Depts. of Music and History, 2006-present

Nashua Community College, Nashua, NH
Adjunct Instructor, Dept. Humanities, 2011-present

California State University, Hayward, CA
Lecturer, Depts. of Music and Dance, 1995-2003

San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA
Lecturer, Dept. of Music, 2001-03

Skyline College, San Bruno, CA
Lecturer in Music Education, Summer 2002

University of California, Berkeley, IL
Interim Acting Head of Public Services (Library Assistant V), Music Library, 2000-01

San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
Sabbatical replacement - Lecturer in Music Appreciation, 1999

Ohlone College, Fremont, CA
Sabbatical replacement - Instructor, Department of Music, 1998-9

University of California Shakespeare Program, Berkeley, CA
Choreography and assistant direction of Much Ado About Nothing, 1998

Laney College, Oakland, CA
Sabbatical replacement - Instructor, Music Dept., 1997-98

University of Illinois School of Music, Urbana, IL
Library Technical Assistant & Assistant Reference Librarian, Music Library, 1990-95

University of Illinois School of Music, Urbana, IL
Graduate Student Instructor, 1993-95

University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Sabbatical replacement - Instructor in Music History, Fall 1993

CONDUCTING POSITIONS - UNIVERSITY (click here for complete list of pieces conducted)

Assistant Conductor, Yale Alumni Chorus Freedom Tochtje Tour, Utrecht, Netherlands, 2006
Assistant Conductor, Yale Alumni Chorus Kremlin Invitation Tour, Moscow, Russia, 2003
Director, St. Mary's College NightinGaels Mixed Chorus, Moraga, CA, 2001-02
Director and Lecturer in Music, Holy Names College Chamber Singers, Oakland, CA, Fall 1998
Assistant Director, University of Illinois Contemporary Chamber Singers, 1990-95
Assistant Director, University of Illinois Graduate Chorale, 1992-93
Director, Yale Glee Club Chamber Singers,1989-90
Undergraduate Assistant Director, Yale Glee Club, Winter Tour 1989 and Spring 1989
Director, Yale Nuova Musica Madrigal Singers, early music ensemble, 1987-89
Founding Pitch (Director), Yale Untapped Potential (now Out of the Blue), vocal jazz ensemble, 1986-88

CONDUCTING POSITIONS - THEATRICAL & PROFESSIONAL (click here for complete list of pieces conducted)

Choral Director, Pierce Elementary School , Brookline, MA, 2011-present
Musical Director, Winchester Coopertive Theater for Children, Winchester, MA, 2010-present
Director, Carisle School Musical (7th-grade), Carlisle, MA, 2010-2011
Musical Director, Ottoson Middle School, Arlington, MA, 2008-2010
Director, Sharing a New Song Chorus, Newton Lower Falls, MA, 2004-2006 (South Africa Tour 2005, Vietnam Tour 2006)
Director, Saengerchor Boston, Boylston Schul-Verein, Walpole, MA, 2003-2006
Musical Director, Marin Catholic High School, Kentfield, CA, 2001-2003
Assistant Conductor and diction coach, San Francisco Chamber Singers, San Francisco, CA, 1998-2003
Assistant Conductor and diction coach, San Francisco Symphony Chorus, CA, 1999-2000
Clinician and rehearsal coach, Winifred Baker Chorale, San Rafael, CA, 1999-2000
Director, Children's Opera Program, Contra Costa Children's Chorus, 1999-2000
Director/Founder, deFault Mode Vocal Ensemble (new music), Oakland, CA 1995-1997
Musical Director, Summer Theatre Program, California State University-Hayward, 1996-1997
Musical Director, Little Theatre of Hayward, Hayward, CA, 1996-1997
Musical Director, Illini Union Board Musicals, University of Illinois, 1993-1995
Musical Director, Yale Dramatic Association, New Haven, CT, 1988-1990
Musical Director, Yale Gilbert & Sullivan Society, New Haven, CT, 1987-1990

CONDUCTING POSITIONS - CHURCH (click here for performances list)

First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church, Arlington, MA
Director of Music, 2003-present

• Adult volunteer choir (24 singers), festival choir (32 singers), 3 children's choirs, symphonic winds, string ensemble, jazz ensemble
• Hurricane Katrina Relief Trip to New Orleans, LA in May 2006 (20 singers)
• Monteverdi's Beatus vir, Bach's Advent cantata Wachet auf, Bernstein's Chichester Psalms
• Excerpts with orchestra from Duruflé's Requiem, Handel's Messiah, Handel's Israel in Egypt, Orff's Carmina burana

Mt. Diablo Unitarian Universalist Church, Walnut Creek, CA
Director of Music, 1998-2003

• Adult volunteer festival choir (35 singers), adult chamber choir (16 singers), symphonic winds, string quartet, 3 harpists, small children's choir
• Staged productions: Jesus Christ Superstar (conductor), Amahl and the Night Visitors (director/conductor)
• Holiday/festival music with orchestra: Mendelssohn's Elijah, Mozart's Requiem, Handel's Israel in Egypt (Part I), Britten's Ceremony of Carols, Poulenc's Gloria, Spring section of Orff's Carmina burana, Beethoven's Choral Fantasy, Lauridsen's Lux aeterna, Dies irae from Verdi's Requiem

Temple Beth-El, San Mateo, CA
Professional choir member, assistant cantor, and diction coach, 1996-2002

• Adult professional High Holidays choir (16 singers)
• Renaissance-Modern compositions from Israel, Europe, and the United States
• Ashkenazic and Sefardic dialects of Hebrew, Ladino, Latin, and Yiddish texts

St. Ignatius Church, University of San Francisco, CA
Director of Music, August 2001

• Adult women's choir (12 singers)
• Shared cantoring responsibilities

St. Matthew's Episcopal Day School, San Mateo, CA
Morning Chapel Choir Director & Organist, 1998-99

St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church, Livermore, CA
Director of Music, 1996-98

• Adult volunteer choir (12 singers)
• Bell choir (10 players)

St. John's Catholic Church, Champaign, IL
Director of Student Jazz Ensemble, 1992-95

• Volunteer jazz choir & instrumental ensemble (8 singers, 5 players)
• Assistant choir director, conductor of "Concerts for Peace" Series (50 singers)

Battell Chapel, Yale University, New Haven, CT
Assistant Chapel Choir Conductor and Singer, 1987-90

Grace Lutheran Church, Paris, IL
Assistant Apprentice Organist, 1984-86

TEACHING POSITIONS - SCHOOL

Merriam Elementary School, Acton, MA
General/Choral Music Teacher, . 2FTE, 2010-present

Dana Hall School of Music, Wellesley, MA
Private Lessons Teacher (woodwinds, voice, guitar), . 4FTE, 2010-present

Lakeview Jr. High School, Dracut, MA
Choral Music Teacher, . 2FTE, 2009-11

Lawrence Academy, Groton, MA
Choral Music Teacher, .2 FTE, 2009-10

Director of Fine Arts, K-12, Arlington, MA
Administrator & Fine Arts Teacher, 2008-09

Lynn English High School, Lynn, MA
Interim Choral Music Teacher, (one-year position) 2005-06

• 24-voice Advanced Chamber Singers (MICCA Gold Medal for Octet performance of Josquin's El grillo)
• 120-voice Mixed Chorus (June 2006 joint concert in Lincoln with Sharing a New Song Chorus)
• 16-voice Gospel Choir (May 2006 joint concert in Lexington with Sharing a New Song Chorus)
• Prepared 18 students for All-State Auditions (5 made the NE District chorus, 2 All-State recs)
• All-State Team enrichment trip to NYC (NYU Mainstage Musical, Times Square/Planet Hollywood, Lincoln Center, Rockefeller Center, Metropolitan Museum of Art)
• Enrichment Trips to Hancock Shaker Village (Pittsfield), Harvard/Cambridge, and Boston/Fenway Park
• Interdisciplinary presentations with music students for History, Government, and Spanish classes at LEHS
• Advisor to Breakdancing Club, Afro-American Club, and Dance Team (Fall only)
• Private vocal coaching for auditions, Teen Idol, and solo work (MICCA Gold Medal for a solo vocalist)

Marlborough High School, Marlborough, MA
Interim Head of Choral Music (one-year position), 2004-05

• 30-voice Advanced A Cappella Choir (Gold Medal at April 2005 Disney Magic Music Days, MICCA Bronze Medal)
• 70-voice Mixed Chorus (Bronze Medal at April 2005 Disney Magic Music Days, MICCA Merit Award)
• 30-voice Freshman Girl's Bel Canto Chorale (Silver Medal at April 2005 Disney Magic Music Days, MICCA Bronze Medal)
• Music Connection (eight classes of 15-24 eighth-grade students each)
• Prepared 20 students for All-State Auditions (9 made the Central District chorus, 7 All-State recs, 4 made the All-State Chorus)
• Substitute teaching in French, Small Engines, and English classes
• Advisor to student-run arts festival (Girl Scout Gold Award project)
• Private vocal coaching for auditions and solo work
• Pianist for 6th- and 7th-grade Choruses

Attleboro High School, Attleboro, MA
Long-term substitute teacher in Music, 2003-04

• Massachusetts State Teacher's Certification
• 55-voice Mixed Chorus
• Class Piano (two classes of 15 students each)
• Twentieth-Century Music (400 minutes/week, 30 students)
• Advisor to Tri-Am musical honor society and student-run Solo & Ensemble festivals

Middlesex School Summer Arts, Concord, MA
Counselor and Music Teacher, 2003

• Musical direction for Now You See It, Now You Don't (show performed by 22 10-year-olds)
• Led Blues Band and Chorus Lines classes
• Taught instrumental music and musical theater classes (ages 10-15)

Marin Catholic High School, Kentfield, CA
Director of Music, 2000-03

• 25-member Big Band jazz ensemble, advanced work with the music of Mingus, Brubeck, and Ellington
• African Drumming Ensemble
• 40-voice mixed Chorale, 8-voice treble Voice Ensemble
• 50-person Symphonic Band
• 14-person String Orchestra
• 4 Vocal jazz groups (Mixed a cappella, 2 Women's a cappella, Women's Jazz Choir)
• Liturgical Ensemble (52 students)
• Led 4 educational/performace tours: New York City (2002), Las Vegas (2002), Boston (2003), Chicago (2003)

St. Matthew's Episcopal Day School, San Mateo, CA
Substitute Music Teacher (grades 4-6) and Substitute Math teacher (grade 6), 1998-99

Berkeley Unified School District, Berkeley, CA
Instructional Media Technician-Libraries, 1995-98

University YMCA, Champaign, IL
Communiversity Instructor, Native American Music and Alphabets/Calligraphy, 1993-94

New Haven Ballet School, New Haven, CT
Instructor in Beginning Pointe and Repertoire, 1987-88

Mayo Middle School, Paris, IL
Cheerleading Coach, 1986

SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS (awarded by LDSP)

Abraham Lincoln Stanfield Award for Musical Excellence

• Established in 2001 to support continued study of music at the college level
• This scholarship was named for my grandfather, and acknowledges superior leadership and contributions to music through organizational, performing, and coaching work as a high school student.
• 2002 Recipient: Nicholas Haughton [trumpet and drums, graduated 2002 from Marin Catholic High School, matriculated at San Diego State University]
• 2003 Recipients: Steven Monahan [trumpet, graduated 2003 from Marin Catholic High School, matriculated at the University of Colorado, Boulder], Sean Ryan [guitar, drums, and trumpet, graduated 2003 from Marin Catholic High School, matriculated at Northeastern University, Boston]
• 2006 Recipient: Seth Botos [drums and percussion, graduated 2006 from Arlington High School, graduated from Berklee School of Music in 2010]
• 2008 Recipient: Steven Carmody [saxophone, graduated 2008 from Arlington High School]
• 2010 Recipients: Heather Kobayashi [voice, graduated 2010 from Arlington High School, matriculated at Vassar College], and Coletta Hodges [voice, graduated 2010 from Cambridge Rindge and Latin, matriculated at Lesley University]
• 2011 recipient: Benjamin Matlack [trumpet and guitar, graduated 2011 from Arlington High School]

AWARDS and PRIZES (received)

IAJE Award for Excellence in High School Jazz Ensemble Programming, Santa Cruz, 2003
Distinguished Alumni Award, Paris High School, Paris, IL, 2003
Emmy Award for Best Classical Concert/Dance Performance with SF Symphony Chorus, 2002
Grammy Award and Nomination for two recordings with the San Francisco Symphony Chorus, 2001-02

Best of the Web Awards, 2001
Golden Web Award, International Association of Web Masters and Designers, 2000-01
Links2Go Key Resource, Fifth best site on the Internet, Music Library Topic, 2000

• Website designed for the Music Library, UC-Berkeley, 2000-01

California State University Professional Promise Award, 1999
University of Illinois Dissertation Fellowship, 1994-95
Charles and Harriet Luckman Award for Excellence in the Teaching of Undergraduates, Illinois, 1992

Senior German Translation Prize, Yale University, New Haven, CT, 1990
Adrian Van Sinderen Book Collecting Prize (Sophomore), Yale University, New Haven, CT, 1988
National Merit Scholar & Chicago Tribune Scholarship Winner, 1986
Gold Medal, Illinois State J.E.T.S. Team Chemistry Competition, 1985
Midwest Region Essay Competition Winner, Key Club International, 1985

REFERENCES

2003-present: Boston
Dr. James Bohn, james.bohn@century21.com
http://www.bohnmedia.com/
Lecturer in Music and Director of Studios: University of Massachusetts, Darmouth

Rev. Dr. Barbara Whittaker-Johns, (781) 648-3799 ext. 12 revdrbwj@comcast.net
http://firstparish.info/
Senior Minister: First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church of Arlington, MA

Rev. Carlton Elliot Smith, (781) 648-3799 ext.13 assistminfparl@covad.net
http://firstparish.info/
Assistant Minister: First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church of Arlington, MA

Lee Harrison, Email
Past President: Sharing a New Song Chorus, Newton, MA

1995-2003: San Francisco
Lino Rivera, (510) 235-8143 lrpianist@netscape.net
http://prichard.net/LinoRivera
Professional pianist, Assistant Professor in Arts & Humanities: St. Mary's College, Moraga, CA
Accompanist: deFault Mode Vocal Ensemble, Mt. Diablo UU Church, Marin Catholic High School, SF Girls' Chorus

David Stein, (510) 885-3132 dstein@csuhayward.edu
http://isis.csuhayward.edu/ALSS/music/fac.html#stein
Director of Graduate Studies: CSU-Hayward

Paul Ellison, (415) 431-5439 PMEllison@aol.com
Director of Music: Church of the Advent, San Francisco
Lecturer in Music at San Francisco State & Assistant Editor of the Beethoven Journal

Carol Negro, (415) 661-8674 carol@parkerpierce.com
http://www.sonicstew.com/WMMF.html
Founder/Director: Baroque Arts Ensemble, West Marin Music Festival