Experience

Manchester School District

• Education Administration Programs
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Music Teacher

  • Dec 2003 - Present

  Currently teaching Middle School Music

• Elementary General Music and Beginning Band

  • Dec 2003 - Jun 2015

  Provided diverse, high-quality musical experiences for children in kindergarten through fifth grade. Coordinated with parents, community, and teachers in order to present popular multicultural concerts aligned with school-wide curricula.• Planned, directed, and organized Culture Night Festivals featuring folk dances, original and adapted settings of traditional songs performed with Orff instruments, movement, and voice, as well as parent and teacher provided ethnic foods• Increased parent involvement through large performances that eventually broke fire code for attendance• Taught beginning and after-school band programs• Band membership doubled in size by 2009 Spring concert• Rehearsed and conducted Fifth and Sixth Grade Step Up Bands• Volunteer referee for home basketball games• Musical Director for after-school Acting Club in 2011• Arranged and adapted a dramatic and musical folk story for Fifth Grade Literacy Night performance (Spring 2012) using Orff instrument ensemble and voice• Organized and led school-wide holiday performances and Spring concerts, often collaboratively• Successfully campaigned to win a $1,400 instrument ensemble for school• Directed Holiday Choir• Involved 3rd – 5th grade students in African Drumming Ensembles• Coached Boys Basketball Team and Intramurals


Lynn Public Schools
• Primary and Secondary Education
• 700 & Above Employee
• All City Concert Band Director and Instrumental Instructor Grades 4-12

  • Sep 2017 - Jun 2018


University of New Hampshire

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Assistant Graduate Conductor

  • Aug 2016 - Sep 2017

  • Rehearsed Wind Symphony, Symphonic, Concert, and Commencement Bands • Conducted all concert bands in performance • Facilitated sectionals for Wildcat Marching and Concert Bands • Cleaned drill and reinforced technique at marching band rehearsals • Assisted in setup and breakdown of rehearsal and concert spaces • Wrote concert program notes • Aided conductors in administrative duties • Rehearsed Wind Symphony, Symphonic, Concert, and Commencement Bands • Conducted all concert bands in performance • Facilitated sectionals for Wildcat Marching and Concert Bands • Cleaned drill and reinforced technique at marching band rehearsals • Assisted in setup and breakdown of rehearsal and concert spaces • Wrote concert program notes • Aided conductors in administrative duties



Lawrence Public Schools

• Primary and Secondary Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• General Music Teacher 6-8

  • Dec 2015 - Jun 2016

  • Grades 6-8 -- Provided general music instruction for • Grades 3-8 -- Instructed enrichment groups in World Music Drumming, Bucket Drumming, Recorders, and Folk Dancing, • Grades 6-8 -- Provided general music instruction for • Grades 3-8 -- Instructed enrichment groups in World Music Drumming, Bucket Drumming, Recorders, and Folk Dancing,