Matthew La Rochelle

Experience

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  Self-employed

  Jan 2007 - Jun 2012

  Guitar Instructor
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  CUTCO Cutlery

  Jun 2009 - Nov 2009

  Sales Representative
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  St. Luke's Episcopal Church

  Aug 2010 - May 2014

  Choir Ringer
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  West Valley College

  Aug 2010 - Jun 2012

  Music Theory Tutor
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  Opera San Jose

  Jul 2011 - May 2019

  Chorus Member and Understudy
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  Willow Glen Music School

  Oct 2011 - Jul 2014

  Guitar and Voice Instructor
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  University of Arizona

  Aug 2014 - May 2016

  Graduate Teaching Assistant
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  The Guitarist

  Aug 2016 - Sept 2022

  Guitar and Voice Instructor

  Prepared approximately 30 students’ lesson plans weekly, based on aptitude and taste in genreTranscribed popular music into versions for different ability levelsCreated spreadsheet to catalog transcriptions with functionality to identify appropriate music for studentsUsed concise language to increase students’ technical abilities and musicianship according to specific needs of each studentManaged lesson schedule and preparation in a dynamic and rapidly changing environment

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  Willow Glen Music School

  Sept 2016 - Oct 2019

  Guitar and Voice Instructor
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  West Valley College

  Jan 2019 - May 2022

  Adjunct Professor

  Prepared voice classes for groups of 10-15 studentsDiagnosed vocal faults and used concise language to train students to increase vocal abilitiesKept records of grades for multiple classes, tracking students' work and calculating grades according to custom algorithms

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  Omnyk

  Sept 2022 - Nov 2022

  Software Engineer Intern

  Participate in daily stand up meetingsLearned to work with professional python script - product supported over 100 clients per dayCreated design documentation for code which stores health data points for patients and medical facilitiesWrote code for storing health data points with the capability of returning averages of those values

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  Freelance

  Dec 2022 - now

  Freelance Web Developer

  Create custom marketing websites for small businessesCollaborate with the company to promote their business and build a product they loveDesign, update, and scale the websites according to specific needsUse Git, GitHub, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, ReactResearch and study best practices in coding for optimized functionality

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  Mental Health Association of San Francisco

  Apr 2024 - now

  Warm Line Counselor