Fran is a music educator with the Halifax Regional Centre for Education. In addition to teaching music at Citadel High School, she is also a choral specialist with the Halifax Regional Arts Program, the Artistic Director of the Aeolian Singers, and sings with the vocal jazz quartet Canvas. An active choral clinician, Fran has worked with groups from across Canada, offering workshops in choral improvisation, vocal technique, and, most recently, the Alexander Technique as a certified teacher of this work. Fran has also published articles in Anacrusis, the Teaching Music Through Performance Series, and the Canadian Music Educator. As a composer, Fran is featured in the recent GIA publication: Choral Repertoire by Female Composers. Her choral compositions can be found on the Cypress Music and Hinshaw Music websites.