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I am currently recruiting both piano and percussion students for my studio in the Memorial area. I have 7 years of experience in teaching both piano and percussion lessons. Pedagogical skills developed for my music education degree have both complemented my performance degrees and greatly aided in effectively teaching young people how to play musically. For piano students I am specifically looking for those at the beginning and intermediate levels. Beginning piano students may be as young as 6, but should definitely know how to read. I love to work with students of all ages. Students need to have an acoustic piano at home and actually want to take lessons. In the performing arts, EXPERIENCE is one of the greatest teachers of all. Therefore, all students perform on both winter and spring recitals.
I began my piano studies in 1978 and have been playing or studying ever since. Until my departure for Northwestern University's School of Music in 1991, the piano remained my primary instrument under the tutelage of Norma Burrows. Throughout my career I have continued to develop my keyboard skills with studies on the organ. My teachers have been Marcus St. Julien at The Shepherd School of Music at Rice University and Ina Berkey in the Washington, D.C. area. I first held a Director of Music position at a church in Evanston, Illinois, and then spent time as a church organist/pianist substitute in Houston, before moving to the Washington D.C. area, where I regularly performed solos at St. Mark's Lutheran Church. My keyboard skills have even been utilized by the National Repertory Orchestra and "The President's Own" United States Marine Band of Washington, D.C., where I served for four years as a percussionist.
The highlights of my resume are as follows:
1998-2002
"The President's Own" United States Marine Band
Washington, District of Columbia - Percussion
2001
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Baltimore, Maryland - Percussion Audition Semifinalist
1998
Houston Grand Opera
Houston, Texas - Extra Percussion
Houston Symphony Orchestra
Houston, Texas - Extra Percussion
Pacific Music Festival
Sapporo, Japan - Percussion, Timpani
National Orchestra Institute
College Park, Maryland - Percussion, Timpani
1997
National Repertory Orchestra
Breckenridge, Colorado - Percussion
1996
North Carolina School of the Arts Festival Orchestra
European Tour - Percussion, Timpani
1994
University Lutheran Church
Evanston, Illinois - Director of Music, Organist
1993-1994
Civic Orchestra of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois - First Associate Percussion
Teaching
2002
Private Residential Studio
Houston, Texas - Piano and Percussion
Cinco Ranch Junior High
Katy, Texas - Private Teacher
Taylor High School
Katy, Texas - Private Teacher
1999-2002
Private Residential Studio
Alexandria, Virginia - Piano and Percussion
1996-1998
Private Residential Studio
Houston, Texas - Piano and Percussion
Memorial Senior High School
Houston, Texas - Private Teacher
Spring Forest Middle School
Houston, Texas - Private Teacher
The Kinkaid School
Houston, Texas - Private Teacher
1995-1996
Hodges Bend Middle School
Sugarland, Texas - Private Teacher
Garcia Middle School
Sugarland Texas - Private Teacher
Student Teaching
1995
Haven Middle School
Evanston, Illinois
Lincolnwood, Kingsley, Orrington, and Willard Schools
Evanston, Illinois
1994
Elkins High School
Missouri City, Texas
Education
Post Graduate Studies
Ina Berkey - Organist, Washington, D.C. area
Alan Abel - Percussionist, The Philadelphia Orchestra (Retired)
Rice University
Houston, Texas 77251
M.M., Percussion Performance 1997
Grade Point Average: 3.9
Instructors:
Marcus St. Julien - Organist, Houston area
Richard Brown - Principal Percussionist, Houston Grand Opera
Northwestern University
Evanston, Illinois 60201
B.M., Music Education and Percussion Performance 1995
Grade Point Average: 3.82
Music Education Program Honors, 1995: Pi Kappa Lambda
Instructors:
Patricia Dash - Percussionist, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Ed Koehler - Percussionist, Chicago freelance artist
Al Payson - Percussionist, Chicago Symphony Orchestra (Retired)
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