Nancy Lyons seeks a position as a music administrator with over 17 years of experience researching various fields and an extensive background in music performance and administration. She has sung for prestigious choruses and orchestras and has held roles organizing musical performances and writing press releases for a philharmonic orchestra. Lyons also has work experience in consulting, teaching, legal assisting, and computer programming.

1. NANCY S. LYONS
P.O. Box 230872 • Boston, MA 02123-0872
Cell (617) 999-0735 • Fax (425) 920-7412 • E-mail: nancysl@alumnae.smith.edu
OBJECTIVE
Music administrator
HIGHLIGHTS OF QUALIFICATIONS
• Extensive music background.
• 17 years of experience researching the following areas: defense, psychology, law,
medicine, securities, and computers.
• Great honesty and integrity; can subordinate own desires to promote greater good.
• Interacted with officials at highest level.
RELEVANT SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
MUSIC
• Hired Jing Wei to sing at parents’ fiftieth wedding anniversary (selection based on
Metropolitan Opera New England Regional Auditions).
• First soprano, Chorus pro Musica, Boston, and Masterworks Chorale, Lexington, MA.
• First soprano, New York Grand Opera. Sang fully staged versions of Cavalleria
Rusticana and I Pagliacci in Central Park.
• First soprano, Oratorio Society of New York. Performed at Columbia University
Bicentennial Gala at Metropolitan Opera House. Usual performance location:
Carnegie Hall.
• First soprano, Riverside Church Choir, New York, NY.
• First soprano, Yale Bach Society Chorus.
• First soprano, Boston Concert Opera Chorus. Performed concert versions of Aïda (at
Symphony Hall), Puccini’s Edgar, La Traviata, Nabucco (with John Cheek), et.al.
• Sang in fully staged Harvard undergraduate production of Bellini’s I Capuletti e
Montecchi.
• First soprano, New England Conservatory Alumni Chorus (although not alumna).
Performed Mahler Symphony No. 2 with Boston Symphony Orchestra under Seiji
Ozawa and Claudio Abbado.
• First soprano, Smith-Princeton Chamber Chorus. South American tour. First chorus to
sing in Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires. Received partial scholarship.
• Sang J.S. Bach’s Little Fugue in g minor, BWV 578, at age of 15 months.
RESEARCH
• Submitted news leads to CBS’ 60 Minutes, resulting in their running related story.
• Searched and analyzed medical journal articles of personal interest on following topics:

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phentermine/fenfluramine, fatty acids, heart attacks, herbs. Communicated findings to
physicians and ABC’s 20/20, resulting in ABC’s modification of news story.
• Analyzed government contract listings and other documents for trends, resulting in list
of targeted companies for National Economic Conversion Project.
INTERVIEWING
• Screened prospective consultants for National Economic Conversion Project, thus
forming roster.
• Interviewed psychiatric patients for reliability study at West Haven Veterans
Administration Hospital—my perceptions judged reliable.
• Designed questionnaires for defense contractors, trusts and estates clients at Ropes &
Gray, and ESL students at Somerville High School.
SPEAKING
• Solved computer technical support problems by telephone at Wang Laboratories.
• Taught English As A Second Language at Somerville High School.
WRITING
• Documented political events of past twelve years.
• Co-authored published article on computerized statistical test at West Haven Veterans
Administration Hospital. See Educational and Psychological Measurement, volume
42, Number 1, pages 209-213.
• Drafted trust agreements at Proskauer, Rose, Goetz & Mendelssohn.
• Wrote press releases for Boston Philharmonic Orchestra.
WORK HISTORY
Consultant U.S. GOVERNMENT, Washington, DC
President and Founder NATIONAL ECONOMIC CONVERSION PROJECT, Swampscott, MA
Press Aide BOSTON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA, Boston, MA
ESL Teacher SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL, Somerville, MA
Estate Tax Accountant ROPES & GRAY, Boston, MA
Legal Assistant PROSKAUER, ROSE, GOETZ & MENDELSSOHN, New York, NY
EDUCATION
B.A. Smith College, Northampton, MA. Major: psychology; minors: music, chemistry,
mathematics
Computer programming course in Java, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Computer programming course in PL/1 and PL/C, Boston University, Boston, MA
Legal assistant certificate, Boston University, Boston, MA
Graduate courses in psychology, New School for Social Research, New York, NY
Voice lessons with Daniel Sullivan, Brookline, MA; Marion Harvey, Philadelphia
Musical Academy; and Gretchen d’Armand, Smith College, Northampton, MA