Experience

Merrimack Valley School District

• Education Administration Programs
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Elementary Music Teacher

  • Aug 2014 - Present

  I teach twenty-five weekly K-5 general music classes for 350 students in three elementary schools, Boscawen, Salisbury, and Webster Elementary Schools. I also direct three co-curricular choruses and the beginning band program at one elementary school. My general music curriculum is rooted in the curriculum by Dr. John Feierabend, First Steps in Music and Conversational Solfege. I have assisted the Merrimack Valley High School Marching Band as assistant director and color guard director. I teach twenty-five weekly K-5 general music classes for 350 students in three elementary schools, Boscawen, Salisbury, and Webster Elementary Schools. I also direct three co-curricular choruses and the beginning band program at one elementary school. My general music curriculum is rooted in the curriculum by Dr. John Feierabend, First Steps in Music and Conversational Solfege. I have assisted the Merrimack Valley High School Marching Band as assistant director and color guard director.



Self-employed

• New Hampshire, United States

• Private Lesson Teacher

  • 2010 - Present

  I teach weekly private lessons on a variety of instruments, including oboe and oboe reed making, flute, saxophone, trumpet, piano, and guitar. My students range in age from 5 years to adults. I currently teach at Strings and Things Music in Concord, NH. I have previously taught at the Summer Youth Music School in Durham, NH, and the North Hampton School in North Hampton, NH. I teach weekly private lessons on a variety of instruments, including oboe and oboe reed making, flute, saxophone, trumpet, piano, and guitar. My students range in age from 5 years to adults. I currently teach at Strings and Things Music in Concord, NH. I have previously taught at the Summer Youth Music School in Durham, NH, and the North Hampton School in North Hampton, NH.



Winchester School

• Winchester, New Hampshire, United States

• K-8 Music Teacher

  • Aug 2012 - Jun 2014

  At the Winchester School, I was the music teacher for all grades, kindergarten through eighth grade. I taught eighteen weekly K-6 general music classes and co-taught quarterly 7th and 8th grade musical theater classes. I was also the director of the band program, which included fifth grade beginning band lessons and rehearsals and 6th through 8th grade concert band lessons and rehearsals. I was also the Girls on Track (now the Heart and Sole program) head coach. At the Winchester School, I was the music teacher for all grades, kindergarten through eighth grade. I taught eighteen weekly K-6 general music classes and co-taught quarterly 7th and 8th grade musical theater classes. I was also the director of the band program, which included fifth grade beginning band lessons and rehearsals and 6th through 8th grade concert band lessons and rehearsals. I was also the Girls on Track (now the Heart and Sole program) head coach.



North Berwick Elementary

• United States
• Education Administration Programs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Long Term Substitute Teacher

  • May 2012 - Jun 2012

  I was a long-term substitute teacher for at North Berwick Elementary and the Mary Hurd School for kindergarten through fifth grade in North Berwick, Maine, immediately following my graduation from University of New Hampshire. I was the long-term sub from the beginning of May until the end of the school year, which was about 6 weeks. I planned and taught the K-5 general music classes, which included 400 students in two buildings. I directed the fourth grade beginning band and fifth grade intermediate band rehearsals and lessons. I also directed the fourth and fifth grade chorus. Show less