Matthew Evancho

Experience

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  Musik Innovations

  Jan 2002 - Jan 2010

  Music Teacher
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  One Oxford Center

  Jan 2005 - Jan 2010

  Substitute Lunch Pianist/Entertainer

  Performed three hour music sets for the lunch crowd of downtown Pittsburgh.

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  Duquesne University

  Jan 2005 - Jan 2007

  Adjunct Professor of Eurhythmics

  Taught undergraduate required courses Eurhythmics I and II, incorporating the disciplines: music composition, piano improvisation, rhythmic notation and transcription, and movement.

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  Composer of Contemporary Concert Music

  Jan 2006 - now

  Composer

  Receive commissions for concert music works and popular music works. Compose for voice, solo instruments, and all instrumental ensembles and media.

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  Carnegie Mellon University

  Jan 2006 - Jan 2008

  Graduate Teaching Assistant

  Graduate teaching assistant in Music Composition, Solfege (moveable Do), and Dalcroze Eurhythmics. Attended all classes, taught in the instructors' absences, tutored individual undergraduate students, administered and graded exams, graded all student assignments.

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  Point Park University

  Jan 2009 - now

  Adjunct Assistant Professor

  Teach required undergraduate courses, Art and the Human Experience I and II.Deliver instruction in both classroom and online formats.Design unique course syllabi.

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  North Allegheny School District

  Aug 2009 - Jan 2010

  Middle School General Music and High School Electronic Music Teacher

  Taught Electronic and Advanced Electronic Music at the Senior High School, creating and implementing original lesson plans and course curriculum.Taught General Music class to the 6th and 8th grade middle school students.Successfully led a professional development in-service day for the music department, demonstrating to the district’s 35 music teachers how to effectively incorporate Dalcroze Eurhythmics into their classrooms.

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  Slippery Rock University

  Jan 2010 - May 2010

  Instructor/Professor of Music

  Served as a temporary professor for the spring semester, replacing another professor who had taken a sabbatical. Taught courses: American Music History, Choral Conducting, Class Piano II, and Applied Piano Lessons.

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  Louisiana State University

  Aug 2010 - Dec 2012

  Graduate Assistant

  Office Assistant to the Composition Department, Aided in publicity, grant applications, and monthly concerts for the Louisiana Sinfonietta. Music copyist.

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  Excel Academy Public Charter School

  Aug 2013 - Aug 2017

  Lead the creative arts and physical education team across three campuses from Preschool through Middle School. Deliver instructional coaching to all music, dance, visual art, health, and physical education teachers, providing feedback and evaluations concerning class instruction, lesson planning, and professionalism.Establish artistic partnerships, welcome guest teaching artists and arrange student field trips throughout the academic year. Organize the school’s cultural enrichment events and artistic performances. Rehearse and conduct the Excel Academy Violin Ensemble and Concert Choir and lead both ensembles in performances throughout Washington, DC. Show less

  • Director of Creative Arts

    Jun 2016 - Aug 2017

  • Music Teacher

    Aug 2013 - Aug 2017
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  District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS)

  Aug 2017 - now

  Music Teacher