Associate Professor of Vocal Music Performance

Year Joined RCNJ: 2005

Contact Information

• Phone: (201) 684-6265
• Email: llutter@ramapo.edu
• Office: BC-322
• Office Hours: Mon 4:00-5:00 PM, Tue and Fri 10:45-11:45 AM

Education:

• Ph.D. Manhattan School of Music
• M.A. Northwestern University
• B.A. Luther College

Recent Awards and Special Recognition:

• 2008 International Festival of Academic Choirs, Czech Republic, choral director, seven medal winner (1 gold, 5 silver, 1 bronze)
• Woman-of-the-Year award, U.S. Bureau of Women’s Affairs, Guam 2001
• Gold medal winner, conductor, Cantate, International Choral Festival, Sydney, 2001

Recent Scholarly and Professional Accomplishments:

• American Choral Directors Association NJ state contest judge 2009, 2010
• Artistic Director and founder, Pacific Summer Music Festival, 2003-10
• Artistic Director and founder, Cantate, 1999-2010
• Lecture-workshop, International Symposium on the Phenomenon of Singing VI, St. John’s University, Newfoundland, 2007
• Lecture-recital, Sixth Biennial Conference of 19th Century Music, Birmingham, UK 2007
• Lecture-recital, Feminist Theory and Music 9 Conference, Montreal, 2007
• Lecture-recital, Second Biennial Conference of North American British Music Studies, Burlington, VT, 2006
• Choral arranger, Eileen Ivers and Immigrant Soul, 2006
• Conductor, Clinician, San Francisco Choral Festival, 2005
• Conductor, Clinician, Judge, New York Choral Festival, 2004
• Artistic Director and founder, Opera of the Pacific, 1999-2002
• Conductor for international choir tours: China, Japan, Australia, Marianas Islands, Mexico, Vienna, Czech Republic, Guam, Philippines, 2000-09
• Who’s Who in America 2006-09
• Who’s Who of America’s Teachers 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005
• Music Director for more than 25 musical productions
• Soloist in opera, concert, and musical theater venues, U.S., Canada, Europe and Asia