She was an instructor of composition at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music Preparatory Division from 1989 until 2007, and a founding member of the San Francisco Composers' Chamber Orchestra, working with them as composer, conductor and pianist. She served as Director of the John Adams Young Composers Program at the Crowden Center for Music in the Community. She was also one of the hosts for the University of San Francisco’s KUSF Radio program, Classical Salon, for 4 years.