Since 1990, Mary has taught voice lessons privately in her home studio (Hatch VocalWorks), at The Music School (San Diego, CA), at Christian Heritage College, as adjunct faculty (El Cajon, CA), at Camp Encore Coda (Sweden, ME) and at the Academy of Performing Arts (Atlanta, GA).

Mary has also taught beginning piano lessons, taught a voice class at Christian Heritage College, adjudicated at the Maine All-State vocal competition, directed the choir at Bridgton Alliance Church (Bridgton, ME), led the choir in vocal warm-ups and sectional rehearsals at First Baptist Church, Atlanta.

Mary has extensive performing experience both in concert and theater. Her concert performances include six complete solo recitals, soprano soloist in Handel’s Messiah, M. Haydn’s Missa St. Aloysii, Schubert’s Mass in A flat Major, Haydn’s Mass in B-flat (Theresienmesse) and Mendelssohn’s soprano cantata Hear My Prayer, as well as numerous church choir, ensemble and solo appearances. Mary also toured for four years with an international contemporary vocal ensemble. Her theatrical credits include the role of Mother in Menotti’s Amahl and the Night Visitors, Friend 2 in The Ballad of Baby Doe by Douglas Moore, Mother Abbess in Rodgers and Hammerstein’s The Sound of Music, and the ladies’ ensemble in Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Oklahoma. Her partial roles include Biancofiore in Francesca da Rimini by Riccardo Zandonai, Mariane in Tartuffe by Kirk Meecham and Lady 2 in The Magic Flute by Mozart. Mary also had a solo role in the 2000, 2002, and 2003 Atlanta Passion Play performing at the Atlanta Civic Center.

Mary is a member in good standing of:

– National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS)

– Pi Kappa Lambda – the National Music Honor Society

Mary is married to her husband, Theron, of 20 years. She has two beautiful daughters, Kate and Anna. They live in a suburb of Nashville, TN.