HSINCHU INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL  Feb. 2008-Present
Youth Orchestra and Choir
Music Director HIS Community Choir
Elementary Music Instructor
This full time position includes directorship of the Youth Orchestra, Youth Choir, Community Choir, as well as teaching elementary vocal music for grades one to six. As a liaison between both NHUE and HIS, I coordinate the Student Concert series and program all music events at the school. The main production of the spring semester was a concert involving the music of Mozart, Handel, Mendelssohn, Vivaldi, and R. Murray Schafer, and our Winter Concert will be a Festival of Carols. 

NATIONAL HSINCHU UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION 2006, 2008
Lecturer, Permanent Part-time
As a part time lecturer, I have taught courses in Baroque Music Appreciation, the Art of Performance, presently conduct the Brass Ensemble, and assist in conducting the Wind Ensemble, in which I perform as principle Euphonium. Last semester, in the Art of Performance, we focusing on stylistic considerations for Finlandia by Sibelius, Die Fledermaus Overture by J. Strauss, and the Tannhauser Overture by Wagner. In 2006, I gave a Master Class in brass performance, performed a solo recital for the students and faculty, and performed with the University Wind Ensemble. Repertoire included the Mozart Bassoon Concerto, Schafer’s Princess of the Stars aria, and the Raum Concerto Del Garda, as well as other selections.

NATIONAL HSINCHU UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION Oct.07-Jan. 08
Guest Artist and Lecturer,
Assistant Conductor, Wind Ensemble
Brass Ensemble Conductor
This four month residency included Brass Master Classes, private lessons in brass techniques, Brass and Wind ensemble conducting, an appearance as Guest Soloist with the Wind Ensemble, principle Euphonium with the Wind Ensemble, performances in local schools, and a full length recital at the end of the term. Repertoire included a selection of Canadian pieces such Raum’s The Legend of Heimdall, Concerto Del Garda, and Will There Be A Time?, and Sulek’s Sonata Vox Gabrielli.

CHENGDU MEISHI INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, CHINA  2007
Head of Music Department
Responsibilities included coordinating all instrumental and choral music education and performances for grades 1-12, as well as the instruction of theory, vocal technique, and music appreciation using the State of California curriculum. Extra duties included initiating a choral library, and laying the foundation for a Multicultural Wind Ensemble joining the Foreign and Chinese Divisions of the School together.

ATIKOKAN INTERGENERATIONAL CENTRE, ARTS AND ALTERNATIVES 2004-2007
Director, Atikokan Creations Theatre
Program Coordinator
Music Director, Atikokan Saxophone Ensemble
Productions included three staged plays, and three staged musicals, as well as local concerts. Our repertoire included music by Mozart, Schubert, Sibelius, Prokofiev, and Gabrielli. Music Theater highlights included Jonah by Canadian composer R. Murray Schafer, The Soldier’s Tale by Igor Stravinsky, and Beauty and the Beast by R. Murray Schafer.

LEARNING THROUGH THE ARTS, RCM 2005- 2007
Classroom Artist, Musician
Responsibilities included traveling and teaching the core Ontario public school curriculum in over two dozen classrooms across northern Ontario. By incorporating music into other core subjects, students were able to learn, experience, and ultimately express their understanding of the material in a non-verbal manner. Students ranged in age from 5 to 15, areas included Greek History, Fractions, Astronomy, Language Arts and Physics to name a few.

HsINCHU AMERICAN SCHOOL 2006
Music Director, Senior/Junior Orchestras
Music Instructor
Responsibilities included coordinating all instrumental and choral music activities at the school such as auditions, repertoire, orchestral conducting, and so forth. The Music Instructor position required teaching vocal technique, music theory, as well as music appreciation and history to students age six to eighteen in both classroom and private settings.

ORCHESTRAS CANADA YOUTH ORCHESTRA FESTIVAL 2005
Assistant Conductor
Duties included orchestra preparation of the Senior Youth Orchestra, instructing woodwind and brass sectionals, and overseeing orchestra warms ups and rehearsals. Highlights included the Rimsky-Korsakov Russian Easter Overture, and Finlandia by Sibelius.

MEDICINE HAT COLLEGE CONSERVATORY 2003-2004
MHCO, Music Director, Music Instructor
Music Director responsibilities included conducting the Medicine Hat Community Orchestra, auditions, repertoire, advertising, and orchestra management. Music Instruction included Royal Conservatory of Music Theory and History courses, private instruction of all brass students, as well as coaching and performing with the Conservatory Brass Quintet, and Junior Brass Quintet. Orchestra highlights include Haydn’s Seven Last Words, Warlock’s Capriol Suite, and the Grieg Holberg Suite.

AMICI CHOIR, MEDICINE HAT 2003-2004
Music Director
The Amici Choir was a semi-professional choir founded in 2003. Music Director responsibilities included directing all concerts and rehearsals, repertoire selection, season programming, and connecting with other performance arts groups for concerts in the area to produce exciting concerts. Highlights included Calme des Nuits by Saint- Saens, and several chorals by J.S. Bach.

THUNDER BAY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 2002-2003
Assistant Conductor, Interim Chorus Master                                     
Conductor Intern TBSO
The TBSO is a thirty-three member professional orchestra based in northern Ontario, Canada. Duties included conducting concerts in the Family, Education and Cabaret series at home and on tour, preparation of the 60 member chorus for concerts, and concert programming. Concert highlights included a Russian Cabaret concert with music from the Tchaikovsky Nutcracker Suite, Sleeping Beauty Ballet Suite, selections from Handel’s Messiah, as well as the world premier of Under the Moon with Aunt Birdie by composer Lise Vaugeois and playwright Eleanor Albanese.

Opera Atelier - Rameau’s Persee, including orchestra, chorus and soloist rehearsals.

Tafelmusik Chamber Choir - weekly rehearsals in preparation for Tafelmusik concert series, Opera Atelier pit orchestra concerts, and CD recordings

Scotia Festival - Orchestra rehearsals, sectionals, composition master classes with Oliver Knussen

Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra - Conductor Internship, including office administration and auditing rehearsals with Hans Graf.

Master Classes (solo, orchestra repertoire) - Rex Martin, Gail Williams, Alain Trudel, Jens Lindemann, Greg Irvine, Christina Mahler, Jeanne Lammon, Ivars Taurins

Three-Quarter Tuition Scholarship, Northwestern University 1998

Highest Aggregate, Graduating Music Class UPEI 1997

Suzanne Brenton Award, guest soloist, PEI Symphony Orchestra 1997

Highest Award for Brass, Kiwanis Festival 1995-1996

Highest Aggregate, Music, sophomore, freshman, UPEI 1994, 1996

Full Tuition Scholarship, UPEI 1993-1997

Bridge LinguaTec, TEFL Certification 2005

Windsor Symphony Orchestra Conductors Workshop 2004

Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra Summer Workshop 2003

National Arts Center Conductors Program 2002

Podium 2002 Choral Conference 2002

TBSC Chorus Workshop, Barbara Clark directing 2002, 2003

Royal Conservatory of Music Conducting Institute 2001

Orchestras Canada Management Seminar, Orchestras Canada 2001