EXPERIENCE:
Vocal Music Teacher/Choral Director - Nyack Middle School, Nyack, NY (2005 - 2006)
Teach Vocal Music to 6th, 7th and 8th grade students - filling a one-year leave replacement position.
Select choral music repertoire (SA & SAB) and prepare three ensembles for winter and spring concerts.
Focus instruction on appropriate vocal technique (posture, breathing, vowel formation, articulation, etc.),
musical notation, solfege and stylization.
Select, train and supervise students for the All-County Music Festival
Select and prepare students for NYSSMA festival
Organize and supervise music field trips
Grade students quarterly for progress reports and reports cards and enter grades into InterGrade Pro.
Assistant Choral Director - Lehman College & Community Chorus, Bronx, NY (1999 - 2005)
Teach vocal music to an 80 member chorus
Prepared choruses for Bach’s Mass in B Minor, Handel’s
Messiah and Mozart’s Requiem among others
Musical Director - Clarkstown Summer Theater Festival, New City, NY (1999 - 2005)
Productions of Oliver, Barnum, Singin' In The Rain, West Side Story among others
Teach vocal music to a cast of 50; Train pit orchestra of
20-25 instrumentalists and conduct all performances
www.summertheatrefestival.com
Private Teaching - Private studio in Sparkill, NY (1994 - Present)
Piano and voice students; Current member of Rockland County
Music Teachers Guild - www.rcmtg.com
EDUCATION:
Lehman College, Bronx, NY
MAT in Music Education - December 2006
Excelsior College, Albany, NY
Bachelor of Science in Music - August 2005
Undergraduate music credits applied from Lehman College
Piano major; Studied vocal and choral music under Dr. Battipaglia
Studied orchestration and composition under Pulitzer Prize winning composer John Corigliano
Private Piano Study 1975 - 1998
Studied under the direction Donald & Jo Waxman,
George Bryant and Jose Ramos Santana among others.
Manhattan School of Music, New York, NY 1983 - 1984
Studied piano, ear training and
music theory in Extension Program; Piano major
CERTIFICATION:
- New York State Education Internship Certificate: Issued September, 2005
- New York State Education Initial Certificate issued February 2007
REFERENCES:
References will be provided upon request.
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