She always said that she knew from an early age that singing would become her life. A graduate of Indiana University and the prestigious Curtis Institute of Music, she performed as a soloist with the Boston Symphony Orchestra under conductor Seiji Ozawa, performed at Lincoln Center and the Paris Opera House, toured Europe singing at leading music festivals including Lucerne and Salzburg, was chair of Classical Voice at The New England Conservatory of Music and taught hundreds of highly successful singers throughout her career.