As a director, Ms. Neff has worked for the San Francisco Opera Center, the Mendocino Music Festival, Island City Opera, Telluride Chamber Music Festival, and Opera Parallele. Her direction of the world premiere of SF based acclaimed Jazz Bassist, Marcus Shelby ‘s Harriet’s Spirit was met with great critical acclaim. Upcoming directorial appearance include Portland Opera directing Paul Moravec’s The Shining.
Ms. Neff also works collaboratively with multimedia artists developing installations for museums. She has worked with Artists Mike Arcega, and Lewis de Soto. Her work has been seen at the SJICA, Oakland Museum, Stanford Gallery, and Culver Center for the Arts and Joshua Tree National Park. Her piece with De Soto entitled “Tahquitz” was featured in the Smithsonian Magazine, Indian as well as California Report on NPR.
During the pandemic she frequented the tunnels of Golden Gate Park giving free concerts in the subterranean echo chambers. She has appeared at Stanford in their masterclass program as well as singing in the Shenson Recital Series. She made her solo debut with the San Francisco Opera as Blanche in their 2000 production of Louise and since then has returned to make several appearances with the company, including productions of Rigoletto, The Bonesetter’s Daughter, Simon Boccanegra and The Marriage of Figaro, The Page in Rigoletto, and The Confidante in Elektra. She has also sung with Berkeley Opera, Santa Rosa Symphony, San Francisco Ballet, West Edge Opera, Opera Parallele, Livermore Valley Opera, Earplay, symphony of the Redwoods, The Mendocino Music Festival, Composer’s Inc, North Bay Opera, San Francisco Lyric Opera, Festival Opera, Sacramento Opera, The Pacific Orchestra, as well as the SF Symphony.
Ms. Neff was on staff at UCSF for ten years teaching voice and now runs her own private voice studio.