WORK EXPERIENCE

Music Faculty

Valencia Community College, Orlando, Florida (June 2006 - Present)

  • Teach music appreciation course via distance education (WebCT)

Orchestra Director

Orange County Public Schools, Orlando, Florida -- Winter Park High School (May 2005 - Present)

  • Current teaching load:
    • four levels of orchestra (Concert, Lyric Strings, Philharmonic, and Chamber)
    • one section of class piano
  • Created and maintains an orchestra website for students, parents, and community
  • Concert and Philharmonic Orchestras received straight superior ratings at District and State Florida Orchestra Association Music Performance Assessment festivals
  • Philharmonic Orchestra invited to perform at the 60th Anniversary Midwest Band & Orchestra Clinic in Chicago

Music Faculty

Community College of Southern Nevada, North Las Vegas, Nevada (September 1996 - Present)

  • Currently teaching music appreciation via distance education (WebCT)
  • Taught music appreciation course on five campuses
  • Maintains a website for students
  • Taught applied violin, viola and cello

Orchestra Director
Guitar Instructor

Orange County Public Schools, Orlando, Florida -- Cypress Creek High School (August 2003- May 2005)

  • Current teaching load:
  • Chamber Orchestra performed at the 2005 American String Teachers Association Conference in Reno, Nevada
  • Created and maintains an orchestra and guitar websites for students and parents
  • Received a Superior rating at 2004 and 2005 Florida Orchestra Association District Music Performance Assessments
  • Guest conductor of the 2003 Orange County Public Schools 7/8 Honors Orchestra

Orchestra Director

Clark County School District, Las Vegas, Nevada
Lied Middle School (August 1997 - June 2003)
Swainston Middle School (August 1996 - August 1997)

  • Taught Beginning, Intermediate, Advanced orchestra classes to students in grades 6-8
  • Founded a unique Chamber Ensemble which performed a variety of high school level repetoire
  • Received Superior ratingas at CCSD Orchestra Festival from 1998-2003
  • Received Superior rating, 1st place trophy, and Judge's Choice awards at Music in the Parks Festivals, southern California from 2000-2003
  • Developed and maintained a web site for Lied Middle School and the Lied Orchestra program
  • Led school-wide staff inservices to instruct teachers on building web pages for their classes
  • Served as chairperson of the CCSD Middle School Honor Orchestra from 1998-2002
  • Implemented a web-based method for CCSD music teachers to register students for school district honor orchestra and honor band auditions

Adjunct Faculty

University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada (January 2002 - August 2002)

  • Taught string instrument methods to undergraduate music education majors
  • Created and maintained string methods class website for students

Violin and Viola Instructor

Nevada School of the Arts, Las Vegas, Nevada (September 1996 - August 1998)

  • Maintained private studio of violin and viola students at all age levels

Orchestra Director

Mentor Public Schools, Mentor, Ohio (June 1996 - July 1996)

  • Coordinated and instructed a five week summer orchestra program, grades 3-7

Student Teacher

Newark City Schools, Newark, Ohio (March 1996 - May 1996)

  • Assisted instruction with string students, grades 4-12
  • Instructed and conducted sixth grade orchestra
  • Directed sectionals at the middle and high school level

Staff String Instructor and Chamber Music Director

Athens Community Music School, Athens, Ohio (September 1994 - March 1996)

  • Taught applied violin and viola
  • Directed a chamber ensemble of high school students