##VISION being revised!##MISSION being revised! ##QUALIFICATIONS Teaching Experience Carnegie-Mellon University: * Currently on faculty of Dalcroze Summer Program teaching piano improvisation and Dalcroze pedagogy. * Currently on faculty of Pre College Summer Music Program where high school music students study voice or an instrument and a full complement of college level music classes. I teach Dalcroze Eurhythmics to all of the full time students in the program. JCC on the Palisades/Thurnauer School of Music: * Currently on faculty teaching Dalcroze Eurhythmics for students ages 3 to 9 years, including Musicianship Classes for Music Discovery Program in Englewood Schools. * Also teaching private piano lessons to students ages 4 years and up and Piano Partners classes for 4 and 5 year olds - an introduction to music study. * Initiating an Artistry Through Technology program with Sibelius 4 music software. Dalcroze Program at Lucy Moses Community Music School * Past - Dalcroze Eurhythmics Teacher Maple Street School - Founding Music Teacher and Music Director 1998 - 2005 * Designed, directed, and taught comprehensive music program for all students in this K-8 independent day school. * Program included: > Dalcroze Eurhythmics based listening and rhythmic movement training. MIDI Composition – using Sibelius notation software and participating in The Vermont MIDI Project where students had music compositions regularly chosen for live performance through the Opus concert series. Multicultural Music – both appreciation and performing components. Performance of songs and drumming activities coordinated with class curriculum. Work with Hafiz Shabazz, Master Drummer and Ethnomusicologist from Dartmouth College was a regular part of the program. Orff Instruments – accompanying songs, improvising music for stories and using scales and rhythm patterns, and work on compositions. Recorder Playing from Grade 3 through 6, including ensembles with up to 6 different sizes of recorders: garklein, soprano, and tenor – all C recorders – and sopraninos, alto, and bass – all F recorders. Students in Grade 6 learned Medieval music each year for their banquet. Singing/choral singing for all students. Healthy singing always promoted through the use of head voice and proper note range for age group. Education Degrees: * Masters of Music in Piano Performance – University of Wisconsin- Madison * Bachelors of Fine Arts in Music, Piano Performance – Carnegie-Mellon University Certifications: * License (Full Certificate) in Dalcroze Eurhythmics – Carnegie-Mellon University * Certificate in Dalcroze Eurhythmics – Ithaca College * Elementary Certificate in Dalcroze Eurhythmics – Carnegie-Mellon University Other: * Voice Lessons – Lise Messier, Co-Artistic Director – Opera Theater of Weston * African Drumming Lessons – Hafiz Shabazz, Ethnomusicologist and Master Drummer – Dartmouth College * Piano Pedagogy – Anne Farber – Dalcroze School of Music