D.Mus., voice performance and literature (coursework complete) – Indiana University
voice study – Margaret Harshaw; vocal literature – Paul Matthen, Robert Evans

M.M., voice, 1977 – School of Church Music, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
voice study – Jack Coldiron; voice pedagogy – James McKinney

B.M. cum laude, voice performance, 1975 – Baylor University
voice study – Daniel Pratt, Carol Mayo
 
Other Voice Study – Martial Singher

Private Vocal Coaching – Walter Moore, Robert Holl, Harold Evans, Dalton Baldwin, Martin Katz, J.J. Penna, Norman Shetler, John Wustman, Ann Baltz, Robert Evans, Horst Günther, Jon Spong, Gaït Sirguey, Paul Sperry, Glenn Parker, Helen Yorke, Thomas Paul, Timothy Lindberg, Martin Hennessy, Susan Morton, Christoph Ritter

Private Dramatic Coaching – Janet Bookspan, James de Blasis

Peformed on Master Classes by Joan Dornemann, Chloe Owen, Carlisle Floyd (in addition to some of the above coaches)

Attended Master Classes by Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Hermann Prey, Arleen Auger, Phyllis Curtin, Gérard Souzay, Jerome Hines, Judith Raskin,
James McKinney, Barbara Honn, Richard Miller, others