Performer,and,Musical Arrangements,Musical Direction,Musical Direction / Arrangements,Musical Director,Original Music to "Who is Sylvia",Properties Master,Rap,Vocal Coach
Vanda teaches as an Adjunct Professor at Vanguard University in Costa Mesa, CA. She also teaches in the Musical Theatre Conservatory at Orange County School of the Arts. Specializing in vocal and piano pedagogy, composition and choral conducting, she is a graduate of California Lutheran University, Sherwood Music Academy and has her Masters Degree in Education with an emphasis in English from American College of Education. She was on full time staff at Lamb’s Players Theatre in San Diego for many years as a performer, Musical Director and composer. She is thrilled to be working at “home??? again. She has written numerous arrangements and original compositions for a variety of productions. She is co-creator of the critically acclaimed hit shows Boomers, American Rhythm, Love Makes the World Go ‘Round and The Beat Goes On.
Performer:
- Boomers( 2004 )
- Hometown Christmas 1913 Hotel Pattee Perry, Iowa( 2002 )
- Boomers at the Lyceum( 2002 )
- Hometown Christmas 1913 Hotel Pattee Perry, Iowa( 2001 )
- American Rythm At the Lyceum Theatre( 2001 )
- Boomers( 2001 )
- Hometown Christmas 1913 Hotel Pattee Perry, Iowa( 2000 )
- Hometown Christmas 1913 Hotel Pattee Perry, Iowa( 1999 )
- An American Christmas 1898 Feast & Celebration Hotel del Coronado( 1998 )
- Till We Have Faces( 1998 )
- An American Christmas - at Hotel del Coronado( 1997 )
- Boomers( 1997 )
- An American Christmas - at Hotel del Coronado( 1996 )
- Boomers at the Hahn Cosmopolitan Theatre( 1996 )
- Boomers( 1996 )
- Smoke On The Mountain - Lyceum Space, Horton Plaza( 1995 )
- She Loves Me( 1995 )
- Festival Of Christmas - Angel's Arms( 1994 )
- Pippin( 1994 )
- Festival Of Christmas - The Perfect Christmas( 1993 )
- Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at the Lyceum Space Theatre( 1993 )
- Festival Of Christmas - A Cristmas Waltz( 1992 )
- Dickens,Dining and Song - Great Hall at St. Paul's Episcopal( 1991 )
- Dickens,Dining and Song - Great Hall at St. Paul's Episcopal( 1990 )
- Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at the Lyceum Space Theatre( 1990 )
- Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat( 1989 )
- Festival Of Christmas - Angel's Arms( 1987 )
- Godspell( 1987 )
- Dames At Sea( 1987 )
- The Miser( 1986 )
- 1776( 1986 )
- Festival Of Christmas - A Christmas Waltz( 1985 )
- Once Upon A Mattress( 1985 )
- Festival Of Christmas - Victorian Holiday( 1984 )
- The Taming of the Shrew( 1984 )
- Festival Of Christmas - A Renaissance Christmas( 1983 )
- The Fantasticks( 1983 )
- Festival Of Christmas - Angel's Arms( 1982 )
- Festival Of Christmas - A Christmas Waltz( 1980 )
and:
- Boomers at the Horton Grand( 2008 )
- Boomers( 1997 )
Musical Arrangements:
- Festival of Christmas - All I Want For Christmas( 2015 )
Musical Direction:
- Boomers at the Horton Grand( 2008 )
- Smoke On The Mountain - Joan Croc Center( 2004 )
- Boomers( 2004 )
- An American Christmas - at Hotel del Coronado( 2003 )
- Festival Of Christmas - It's Christmas and It's Live( 2003 )
- 1776 - Lyceum Theatre( 2003 )
- Cotton Patch Gospel( 2003 )
- An American Christmas 1902 Feast & Celebration Hotel del Coronado( 2002 )
- Festival Of Christmas - Spirit Of Christmas Present( 2002 )
- 1776( 2002 )
- Godspell( 2002 )
- Festival Of Christmas - Angel's Arms( 2001 )
- Tarantara! Tarantara!( 2001 )
- Festival Of Christmas - The Perfect Christmas( 2000 )
- You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown( 2000 )
- An American Christmas 1899 Feast & Celebration Hotel del Coronado( 1999 )
- Festival Of Christmas - All I Want For Christmas( 1999 )
- Smoke On The Mountain California Center for the Arts, Escondido( 1999 )
- My Fair Lady( 1999 )
- An American Christmas 1898 Feast & Celebration Hotel del Coronado( 1998 )
- Festival Of Christmas - A Christmas Waltz( 1998 )
- The Secret Garden( 1998 )
- An American Christmas - at Hotel del Coronado( 1997 )
- Festival Of Christmas - Northern Lights( 1997 )
- The Mystery of Edwin Drood( 1997 )
- An American Christmas - at Hotel del Coronado( 1996 )
- Festival Of Christmas - Once Upon A Time...( 1996 )
- Boomers at the Hahn Cosmopolitan Theatre( 1996 )
- An American Christmas - at Hotel del Coronado( 1995 )
- Festival Of Christmas - It's Christmas and It's Live( 1995 )
- Smoke On The Mountain - Lyceum Space, Horton Plaza( 1995 )
- Tintypes( 1995 )
- She Loves Me( 1995 )
- An American Christmas - at Hotel del Coronado( 1994 )
- Festival Of Christmas - Angel's Arms( 1994 )
- Godspell - Lyceum Space( 1994 )
- An American Christmas - at Granger Hall( 1993 )
- Festival Of Christmas - The Perfect Christmas( 1993 )
- Smoke On The Mountain( 1993 )
- An American Christmas - at Granger Hall( 1992 )
- Festival Of Christmas - A Cristmas Waltz( 1992 )
- Smoke On The Mountain( 1992 )
- The Utter Glory Of Morrissey Hall( 1992 )
- Dickens,Dining and Song - Great Hall at St. Paul's Episcopal( 1991 )
- Festival Of Christmas - The Lake Forest Prophecy( 1991 )
- Dickens,Dining and Song - Great Hall at St. Paul's Episcopal( 1990 )
- Festival Of Christmas - It's Christmas and It's Live( 1990 )
- Festival Of Christmas - The Perfect Christmas( 1988 )
- Festival Of Christmas - Angel's Arms( 1987 )
- Godspell( 1987 )
- Festival Of Christmas - Once Upon A Time...( 1986 )
- 1776( 1986 )
- Festival Of Christmas - A Christmas Waltz( 1985 )
- Fiddler On The Roof( 1985 )
- Once Upon A Mattress( 1985 )
- Festival Of Christmas - Victorian Holiday( 1984 )
- Tintypes( 1984 )
- Festival Of Christmas - A Renaissance Christmas( 1983 )
Musical Direction / Arrangements:
- Boomers at the Lyceum( 2002 )
- Boomers( 2001 )
- Boomers( 1998 )
- Boomers( 1998 )
- Boomers( 1997 )
Musical Director:
- Joyful Noise at the Lamb's Theatre New York, New York( 2000 )
- Hometown Christmas 1913 Hotel Pattee Perry, Iowa( 1999 )
- Joyful Noise( 1999 )
Original Music to "Who is Sylvia":
- The Two Gentlemen Of Verona( 1985 )
Properties Master:
- The Crucible( 1979 )
Rap:
- Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at the Lyceum Space Theatre( 1993 )
- Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at the Lyceum Space Theatre( 1990 )
Vocal Coach:
- Cotton Patch Gospel( 1988 )