About Catherine
Originally from Syracuse, NY, I relocated to the Hudson Valley area, north of NYC. I love to learn, perform, read, swim, and go for long walks. Finding a new road or a new place to eat are favorite pastimes. Teaching feeds my soul, but so does cooking! Most of all, I love to spend time with friends and family, & am especially proud of my daughter, therapist Maggie Osinski. I love being with her and my grand-dog Shaymus!
Teaching
River Valley Arts Center
Wappingers Falls, NY
I currently teach private voice & acting. I work as a yoga therapist & incorporate Awareness Through Movement in my classes. I'm an experienced theater educator & director, and taught theater, voice lessons & choral music in NYS public schools for over 30 years.
Other teaching experience includes:
-Regular workshop presenter for the NYSTEA Student Conferences & NYSTEA Professional Development Days.
-Taught Beginner & Gentle Yoga classes​, Releasing the Voice Through Yoga, Movement & Asanas- Exploring the Chakras, and The Yoga Teacher's Voice
at Yoga Life Institute in Pennsylvania. ​​​
YogaLife Institute
Wayne, PA
Training & Education
• Brain Longevity Course through ARPF,
completed in May 2024
• Two year New England Feldenkrais® Awareness
Through Movement (ATM) teacher training program
Brattleboro, VT, completed in June 2023
• Yoga Therapist and Yoga Teacher training, Yoga Life
Institute in Wayne, PA, from 2016-2020
• Masters in Music Ed. (vocal concentration)
Ithaca College grad. 1981
​• Bachelors in Music Ed. (vocal concentration)
SUNY Potsdam grad. 1978
Certifications
Member C-IAYT
(Certified Yoga Therapist, Int'l Assoc. of Yoga Therapists)​
Member YA (Yoga Alliance)
(Certified RYT 500 Yoga Teacher)
CFATMT
(Certified Feldenkrais® Awareness Through Movement Teacher)
NYS certifications in music and theater, K-12​
Member of NATS (National Assoc. of Teachers of Singing)
​Member of NYSTEA (New York State Theater Education Assoc.)
Performances
Follies, 2017 Theater First
Syracuse, NY
Performances at CNY, Capital, and Hudson Valley regional and community theaters.
Some roles include:
Reader's Theatre: Half-Life of Marie Curie, (Hertha) Silent Sky (Williamina Fleming)
Calendar Girls, (Ruth)
Follies, (Sally)
James Joyce’s The Dead, (Aunt Kate)
Damn Yankees, (Meg)
State Fair, (Melissa)
I Do, I Do, (Agnes)
The King and I, (Tuptim)
West Side Story, (Maria)
Our Hearts Were Young & Gay, (Emily)
Carousel, (Julie)
Directing/ Music Directing credits
Fiddler on the Roof
Bye, Bye Birdie
Arsenic & Old Lace
Anything Goes
The Cop & the Anthem
DMV Tyrant
That Was No Lady, That Was a Private Eye
You're a Good Man Charlie Brown
Guys & Dolls
Forum​
Voice & Yoga Studio located at:​
River Valley Arts Center
9 S. Mesier St.Wappingers Falls, NY 12590
To find out more: email me & set up a phone call.