Classroom and Ensemble Teaching Experience
Marching Band Teaching Experience
As a teacher, it is important to remember we are consistently still students of our own craft. For that reason, I also including who my teachers and mentors have been along my journey.
- Elementary Music Teacher, Band Specialist at Livermore Valley Joint Unified School District (Livermore, CA), 2022-current
- Teach general music to a total of 8 classes of 4th graders at 8 sites
- Teach beginning clarinet and trumpet to 5th graders in 13 classes spanning all 11 elementary or K-8 schools
- Teach middle school band at Joe Michell K-8 School
- Elementary Music Specialist at Searles Elementary School (Union City, CA), 2021-2022
- Teach general music education to all 28 classes (700+ students) at the school, grades TK-5th, including 11 dual immersion Spanish classes
- Woodwind Instructor at Linn Benton Community College (Albany, OR), 2020 - present
- Teach one-on-one instrumental lessons to music majors, minors, and non-majors on oboe, clarinet, and bassoon
- Second year added on saxophone studio
- Woodwind Instructor at Linfield University, formerly Linfield College (McMinnville, OR), 2019 - 2021
- Teach one-on-one instrumental lessons to music majors, minors, and non-majors on oboe, clarinet, bassoon, and saxophone
- Concert music instructor
- During the school day, come in up to two times per week (varied by school) to teach sectionals to groups of 2-100+ students based on the needs of band director(s) at the following schools
- Redwood Middle School (Saratoga, CA) 2012 - 2015
- Itliong - Vera Cruz (formerly Alvarado) Middle School (Union City, CA) 2013 - 2018
- Santa Teresa High School (San Jose, CA) 2014 - 2018
- Amador Valley High School (Pleasanton, CA) 2015 - 2018
- Archbishop Mitty High School (San Jose, CA) 2016 - 2018
- Leland High School (San Jose, CA) 2017 - 2018
- Sheldon High School (Eugene, OR), 2018 - 2021
- During the school day, come in up to two times per week (varied by school) to teach sectionals to groups of 2-100+ students based on the needs of band director(s) at the following schools
- Long-term substitute music teacher for Evergreen School District Elementary program (San Jose, CA), 2014 - 2015
- Substitute teach 3 months of classes for a teacher on maternity leave
- Teach two band classes (4th grade beginner and 5th grade intermediate) at six elementary schools
- Teach students playing flute, clarinet, alto saxophone, trumpet, and trombone using Standards of Excellence books
- Private studio, 2010 - present
- Teach one-on-one instrumental lessons to students ages 10-60+ from the very beginning, including reading music notation, through making California All State Honor bands
- Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, Saxophone, Trumpet,
- Bassoon instructor and Double Reed Ensemble coach at San Jose State University’s Summer in the City, 2012 - 2019
- Teach sectionals and give master classes with oboe and bassoon students in multiple bands
- Coach chamber music with all double reed students
- Perform as a ringer with other chamber groups and percussionist with the orchestra
- Teach a week-long sighting course with self-created curriculum
Marching Band Teaching Experience
- Drill Writer at Archbishop Mitty High School (San Jose, CA), 2016 - 2019
- Write drill for the school's scatter band, a la Stanford Marching Band, to coordinate with song choices and script created by students
- Visual Caption Head, Instructor, and Drill Writer at Castro Valley High School (Castro Valley, CA), 2015 - 2019
- Write drill for the school's competitive marching band in their first four seasons (2016-19)
- Teach marching technique and drill to all wind players in the marching band in a home-show-only season and while competing
- Visual Instructor at Wilcox High School (Santa Clara, CA), 2018
- Help teach and clean marching drill for the winter percussion ensemble
- Visual Instructor and Woodwind Caption Head at Santa Teresa High School (San Jose, CA), 2013 - 2018
- Teach all woodwind sectionals, including instrumental foundations
- Consult on yearly custom warm up packet
- Team teach all drill for the marching band and coordinate visual counts with music when concerns arise
- Visual Instructor and Woodwind Instructor at Amador Valley High School (Pleasanton, CA), 2015 - 2018
- Help clean marching band drill in the 300+ member Marching Dons
- Run woodwind section, 100+ students, warm ups and spot check music
- Visual Instructor, Cymbal Instructor, and Woodwind Caption Head at Lynbrook High School (San Jose, CA), 2011 - 2015
- Teach all woodwind section warm ups, including fundamentals, and music
- Team teach and clean marching band drill
- Teach marching cymbal technique, including proper marching band positions and varied playing styles for different sounds
- Visual Instructor at Fremont High School (Sunnyvale, CA), 2009 - 2010
- Team teach marching band drill
- Visual Instructor and Woodwind Instructor at Los Gatos High School (Los Gatos, CA), 2008
- Team teach marching band drill
- Teach all woodwind section warm ups, including fundamentals, and music
As a teacher, it is important to remember we are consistently still students of our own craft. For that reason, I also including who my teachers and mentors have been along my journey.
- Classroom and Ensemble Instruction
- Nelson Agregado; Itliong - Vera Cruz (formerly Alvarado) Middle School
- Alice Liu; IVCMS and Alvarado Elementary School
- Jonathan Grantham, Matt Fell, and Patrick Dandrea; Amador Valley High School
- Dennis Llinás; University of Oregon
- Julie Bounds; Santa Teresa High School and Sheldon High School
- Bassoon
- Alice Benjamin
- Frank Casados
- Jorge Cruz
- Steve Vacchi
- Nate Helgeson
- Saxophone
- Dale Wolford
- Idit Shner
- Clarinet
- Janet Averett
- Wonkak Kim
- Oboe
- Melissa Peña
- Flute
- Jacqueline Cordova-Arrington