Resume

• 2010

  Master of Music

  Clarinet Performance/Music Theory

  Scotia Festival of Music; Halifax

  Nova Scotia

  University of Nebraska-Lincoln

  History of Music Theory (Seminar)

  Applied Clarinet

  American Music

  Woodwind Skills

  Arts Entrepreneurship

  Music Education Courses

  Theory Pedagogy

  Clarinet Literature & Pedagogy

  Schenkerian Analysis

  Advanced Tonal Theory

  Post-Tonal Theory

• 2005

  Bachelor of Music Education

  K-12 Instrumental Music

  Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Fraternity

  Nicholls State University

• Survey Research

  Orchestral Music

  Teaching

  Composition

  Customer Service

  Sales

  Music Education

  Woodwind

  Events Coordination

  Bass Clarinet

  Grant Writing

  Piano

  Clarinet

  Music

  Music Theory

  Bands

  Crochet

  Crochet

  University of Nebraska-Lincoln

  Union College (Nebraska)

  Verizon Wireless

  Lafourche Parish Public Schools

  The College of Wooster

  Lafourche Parish Public Schools

  Lied Center for Performing Arts

  Central Community College

  I coordinated outreach activities throughout the state

  as part of the Arts Across Nebraska (AAN) program. Such activities included student workshops and performance tours by Andean folk band Kusi Taki in four rural Nebraska communities and seven schools

  as well as a songwriting workshop with Susan Werner and Trina Hamlin at the Lied Center. I also assisted with master classes given by L.A. Theater Works

  Maestro Keith Lockhart of the Boston Pops Orchestra

  and Broadway stars Jason Graae and Christina Saffran Ashford

  among others. I most recently assisted in the preparations of the 2013-14 season’s Arts Across Nebraska tours and had the privilege of operating live sound during for a tour of the play What the Wind Taught Me this past September. In addition to outreach programs

  I coordinated and supervised all operations for the Lied Center’s spring 2013 FamFest event

  an evening of themed activities and crafts

  followed immediately by a family-friendly production on the main stage. This particular event sold out at 2

  300 seats. Due to my efforts in recruiting sponsors

  business partners

  and volunteers for providing refreshments and supplies

  and for presenting and staffing activity stations

  the project came in under its small budget of $500. The feedback I received about this event was extremely positive. Many of my superiors and coworkers claimed that it was the most organized and most successful FamFest the Lied Center has ever had. \n\nI also attained grant funding for the AAN program. In June 2013

  The Nebraska Arts Council awarded the Lied Center a Statewide Arts Education Initiative (SWAEI) Grant in the amount of $23

  000 for artist residency activities

  upon the successful submission of a proposal I wrote. In April 2013

  I earned two (2) Richard P. Kimmel and Laurine Kimmel Charitable Foundation grants for the AAN program

  each in the amount of $4

  900. I have also assisted with the revisions of a $20

  000 grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Arts.

  Community Engagement & Education Intern

  Lincoln

  Nebraska Area

  Lied Center for Performing Arts

  Thibodaux

  Louisiana

  As a part-time Woodwinds Instructor in Lafourche Parish (County) Public Schools in Louisiana

  I taught private and group lessons

  led sectional and full-band rehearsals

  and conducted select compositions in concert. I traveled daily Thibodaux Elementary School and taught three days per week at South Thibodaux and W. S. Lafargue Elementary Schools

  as part of an itinerant team-teaching system. I also assisted in the recruiting process at all schools. I interacted daily with very diverse student bodies

  comprised an assorted collection of ethnicities

  abilities

  and backgrounds. As most of my students were from low-income and minority families

  I made put forth extra effort to ensure that their involvement in music was a positive

  motivational

  and life-enriching experience for all.

  Part-time Woodwinds Instructor

  Lafourche Parish Public Schools

  Thibodaux

  Louisiana

  Prior to attending UNL

  I taught as a Woodwinds Instructor and Band Director for Lafourche Parish (County) Public Schools in Louisiana. In this position I taught private and group lessons

  led sectional and full-band rehearsals

  conducted select compositions in concert

  and led Lafourche Parish Honor Band sectional rehearsals. I traveled daily to Chackbay Elementary

  West Thibodaux Middle

  East Thibodaux Middle

  and Thibodaux High Schools

  as part of an itinerant team-teaching system. I also assisted in recruiting efforts at all schools and maintained the music libraries at both middle schools. I interacted daily with very diverse student bodies

  comprised an assorted collection of ethnicities

  abilities

  and backgrounds. As most of my students were from low-income and minority families

  I put forth extra effort to ensure that their involvement in music was a positive

  motivational

  and life-enriching experience for all.

  Band Director/Woodwinds Instructor

  Lafourche Parish Public Schools

  Lincoln

  Nebraska

  I taught undergraduate music courses and conducted various types of assessments. In this position I utilized instructional software such as SmartMusic

  Sibelius

  and Blackboard

  for creating resources and assignments

  conducting assessments

  and communicating with students. In addition to presenting each lesson with accuracy and clarity

  I also looked for weaknesses in individual students’ understandings of the subject matter. In order for each student to be successful

  I suggest tailored strategies and techniques for mastering the target skill. I also created a fun and engaging environment

  as many students otherwise consider some music courses to be quite tedious subjects.\n\nIn addition to my teaching responsibilities

  I also worked as a stagehand

  recording technician

  theater technician

  and front-of-house representative in Kimball Recital Hall.

  Graduate Teaching Assistant

  Music Theory & Aural Skills; Kimball Recital Hall Assistant

  University of Nebraska-Lincoln

  Lincoln

  Nebraska Area

  I sell mobile phones

  tablets

  accessories

  cellular services

  and home services. I troubleshoot devices and educate customers on how to use their devices. More details to come.

  Sales Representative

  Verizon Wireless

  Wooster

  Ohio

  The Ohio Light Opera is a resident professional operetta/musical theater company. In the Summer 2013 season

  I played in a total of 50 performances of five productions: The King and I (Rodgers and Hammerstein)

  Silk Stockings (Porter)

  H.M.S. Pinafore (Gilbert and Sullivan)

  The Gypsy Baron (J. Strauss)

  and The Gondoliers (Gilbert and Sullivan).

  Clarinetist & Saxophonist

  Ohio Light Opera

  The College of Wooster

  Lincoln

  Nebraska Area

  I teach individual weekly lessons to clarinet and saxophone students. I focus on instilling my students with strong commands of fundamental techniques on their respective instruments

  and I emphasize efficient practice habits. I also nurture the development of their musical identities while fostering the maturation of the their expressive decision-making skills.

  Adjunct Instructor of Clarinet & Saxophone

  Union College (Nebraska)

  Central Community College

  Graduate Concerto Competition Finalist

  Selected as a finalist for my performance of Scott McAllister's 'Black Dog.'

  University of Nebraska School of Music

  Richard P. Kimmel and Laurine Kimmel Charitable Foundation Grant

  $4900 for Arts Across Nebraska residency activities in McCook

  Nebraska.

  Richard P. Kimmel and Laurine Kimmel Charitable Foundation

  Hixson-Lied Student International Course Travel Grant

  Amount not to exceed $1400 to fund travel to the International Music Festival in Kyustendil

  Bulgaria

  in summer 2013; with an additional $300 supplemented by the University of Nebraska School of Music.

  Hixson-Lied Endowment

  Statewide Arts Education Initiative Grant

  $23

  000 for Arts Across Nebraska residency activities.

  Nebraska Arts Council

  Employee of the Month

  Old Chicago

  Employee of the Month

  Old Chicago

  Festival Participant

  Selected by recorded audition to perform in one of two wind quintets and in the Scotia Festival Orchestra. Doubled on clarinet and bass clarinet for Stravinsky’s 'Le sacre du printemps.'

  Scotia Festival of Music

  Richard P. Kimmel and Laurine Kimmel Charitable Foundation Grant

  $4900 for Arts Across Nebraska residency activities in Nebraska City

  Nebraska.

  Richard P. Kimmel and Laurine Kimmel Charitable Foundation

  Music Student of the Year

  Department of Music

  Top 5 Holiday Sales

  Nationwide for store level K.

  The Buckle

  Edgren Graduate Tuition Fellowship

  Awarded to select entering graduate students for demonstration of academic and musical excellence; August 2010-May 2012.

  University of Nebraska School of Music

  Graduate Teaching Assistantship

  University of Nebraska-Lincoln