Experience

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  Lebanon valley college

  Sept 1999 - Nov 2000

  Writing center tutor and coordinator

  Writing Tutor: Supported students in paper writing processes and grammatical corrections.Music Tutor: Taught written and aural theory.Coordinator, August-November 2000:- Supervisor of writing, music, and computer science tutors. Matched students to a tutor in the area requested.- Documented tutors’ hours and payroll. Records kept in Microsoft Access and Excel.

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  Central middle school / capital school district

  Aug 2002 - Aug 2008

  Choral director, music teacher

  - Courses and ensembles: Seventh and eighth grade choirs, seventh and eighth grade general music, madrigal ensemble, women’s and men’s choirs, annual holiday singers.- Engaged students with autism, cerebral palsy, hearing impairments, and otherphysical challenges.- Co-organized annual “Music in the Parks” competition field trips to Hershey and Allentown, Pennsylvania.- Coordinated outside performance opportunities. Venues included Dover Downs and the Delaware Governor’s Mansion.- Upheld Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet of fundraising accounts for each student.- Created and maintained chorus website with Google’s page designers.- Produced programs for music department concerts. Show less

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  Delaware junior all-state chorus - delaware music educators' association

  Aug 2005 - Jul 2008

  Junior all-state chorus committee member

  - Hosted Kent-Sussex countywide junior choir rehearsals—two January Saturdays—2005-2008. Reserved auditorium and classrooms, prepared practice areas, and rehearsed music with 50+ 7th and 8th grade students and their teachers.- Hosted statewide junior choir student rehearsals—two full school days and one Saturday—February 1-3, 2007. More than 120 7th-8th grade students attended. Procured auditorium and classrooms, set up and disassembled rehearsal areas and stage, collaborated with custodial staff and school districts’ teachers, arranged meals, accommodated guest conductors.- Hosted both the Junior and Senior All-State Chorus Concerts, February 3, 2007. Responsibilities similar to aforementioned, including cooperation with the high school event’s teachers and committee members. Show less

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  Lehigh valley charter high school for the arts

  Aug 2008 - Jul 2013

  - Courses and ensembles: Music Theory I, Musicianship I, Music Theory III, Honors Romantic Music History, Antiquity/Baroque Music History, Vocal Technique I and II, Piano Technique, Underclassmen Choir, Women’s Choir.- Created Microsoft Excel spreadsheet of annual music department teaching schedules and class rosters for over 40 instrumental and vocal classes.- Produced programs for winter and spring music department concerts and many other recitals.- Maintained Microsoft Excel spreadsheet of Women’s Choir’s fundraising accounts. Organized fundraising opportunities.- Completed measurements and orders for music department girls’ concert dresses. Encompassed taking all payments, sorting and distributing orders, and completing appropriate returns or exchanges.- Arranged outside choral performance opportunities, secured transportation for events. Venues included The Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine and Avery Fisher Hall, New York City; Philadelphia Phillies; Williamsburg, Virginia.- Collaborative concerts with Lehigh Valley Sweet Adelines Chorus and Lafayette College Choirs.- Founded school’s first show choir with student officers. Oversaw auditions with the officers, secured rehearsal space and performances, aided in repertoire selection, taught vocal parts, and accompanied all rehearsals and performances. Show less

  • Vocal Music Teacher, Piano Teacher

    Aug 2008 - Jul 2013

  • Musical Director

    Aug 2008 - Jul 2013
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  Phillipsburg area summer youth theatre

  Jun 2012 - Jul 2012

  Musical director

  Musical Director for "The Sound of Music."- Assisted artistic director in cast and crew selection.- Taught vocal music to cast. Accompanied all rehearsals.- Recruited and assembled local area professional and student pit orchestra musicians. Planned and conducted rehearsals.- Conducted performances.

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  Heath middle school / weld county district 6

  Aug 2013 - May 2016

  Choir director, drama teacher

  - Courses and Ensembles: Sixth, seventh, and eighth grade choirs; honors choir; sixth, seventh, and eighth grade speech and drama courses; advisement (2013-2015); annual Christmas caroling in town.- Engaged students with intensive autism, cerebral palsy, and other multiple physical and medical challenges.- Organized performance opportunities and transportation for choirs.- Maintained auditorium sound system and lighting. Set up both for school and outside assemblies and performances.- Produced concert programs.- Proctored 2014 TCAP for read-aloud accommodations students. Show less

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  Heath middle school

  Aug 2013 - May 2016

  Artistic theater director

  - Coordinated all production activities for fall and spring plays.- Arranged fundraisers and managed budget.- Secured and scheduled facilities use for auditions, rehearsals, and performances.- Designed and created programs.- Planned and directed rehearsals. Taught technical roles.- Delegated duties to assistant director, costume/property manager, set designer, cosmetologist, sound designer, stage manager, and stage crew and technical personnel.- Oversaw and assisted set construction and tear down. Show less

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  New vision charter school

  Jun 2016 - May 2019

  Music teacher

  Teach K-5 Music, 6-8 Choir, 6-8 Band.

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  Jeffco public schools - colorado

  Jun 2019 - May 2021

  Elementary music teacher
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  William penn senior high school

  Aug 2021 - now

  Choral director