Experience

Point Pleasant Beach High School

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

• Music Director

  • Aug 2010 - Present

  • Instruct approximately seventy-five high school students daily (in a school of 370) in Musical Keyboarding/Instrumental Music Instruction, Music Industry, Marching Band, Concert Band, Choir, Jazz Band, Musical Theater Practicum, Music Theory, & Advanced Placement Music Theory• Design and implement curriculum for Musical Keyboarding/Instrumental Music Instruction, Music Industry, Marching Band, Concert Band, Choir, Jazz Band, Musical Theater Practicum, & Advanced Placement Music Theory• Rehearse and conduct at least two concerts per year for Concert Band, Choir, Select Choir, Jazz Band, Stage Band, Brass Ensemble, and Wind Ensemble• Foster a positive classroom environment• Provide classified students with assistive technology and effective classroom aids• Volunteer with the All Shore Band Director’s Association in an effort to promote their music students into higher level regional ensembles• Organize trips for the music department to various cities, providing workshop experiences with collegiate music professors• Recruit enrollment from twenty-five students up to seventy students• Introduce and incorporate Smart Music into the curriculum as an aid for instrumental music students• Incorporate technology to teach students music composition, music marketing, and audio engineering • Work in conjunction with our Music Parents Association to create fundraising events

• Music Educator

  • Aug 2010 - Present

  Choir Director• Originated two choir ensembles in a school that did not have any vocal ensembles• Led all students (ten) who auditioned for All Shore Choir and gained entrance in 2022• Started “The Beach Sound”, an eight-person audition-only choir• Volunteer with the All Shore Choir in an effort to promote their music students into higher level regional ensemblesMarching Band Director• Initiated a marching band in a school that previously only had a pep band• Provide structured marching band performance opportunities• Wrote “drill” for the Point Pleasant Beach High School Garnet Gulls Marching Band• Teach students how to march, perform, and represent our school in a professional mannerMusical Director• Established the “Point Beach Players”• Instruct performance students in acting, singing, and dance• Direct multiple shows that sold out for all three performances for the first time in over twenty years • Educate backstage students lighting, sound, and stagecraftAudio Visual Professional• Provide audio for indoor and outdoor district-sponsored live events• Record and engineer various audio clips music compositionsCommunity Jazz Band Director• Program annual concerts• Complete the necessary permits via the town and school district to hold a performance• Recruit current students, alumni, and local community members to play in a summer jazz band that culminates in a performance at the Point Pleasant Beach boardwalk



Bay Head Board of Education

• Music Director

  • Sep 2010 - Jun 2015

  • Instruct approximately 140 weekly in General Music, Band, Chorus, Select Chorus, Recorder, and Handbells• Rehearse and conduct at least two concerts per year for Concert Band, Choir, Select Choir, Recorder Class, and Handbells• Provide classified students with assistive technology and effective classroom aids • Instruct approximately 140 weekly in General Music, Band, Chorus, Select Chorus, Recorder, and Handbells• Rehearse and conduct at least two concerts per year for Concert Band, Choir, Select Choir, Recorder Class, and Handbells• Provide classified students with assistive technology and effective classroom aids