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Music Teacher; New York City Department of Education, Bronx Compass High School
September 2018 – present, Bronx, NY
Work at this urban public high school includes:
• Design and implementation of a culturally-relevant music composition and keyboarding course
for general education high school students,
• Technology-centered instruction to facilitate and scaffold music learning and creation for first-year music students,
• Increase student understanding of musical, cultural and historical context through listening, reading and discussion
of current artists and music journalism.
Examples of recent student projects are available at the following link: BCHS student projects.
Director, Instrumental Music; Xavier High School
August 2007 – June 2017, New York, NY
Work at this 160-year-old Jesuit college-preparatory school includes:
• Direct all ensembles and manage all academic and budgetary aspects of an all-jazz music program,
• Design and implementation of a comprehensive four-year jazz repertoire-based course sequence,
• Implementation of an audio production curriculum and studio facility created within four years
and within the regular annual instrumental music budget and capital expenditure allocations,
• Introduction of "flipped classroom" learning using instructional videos and entirely self-produced
music-minus-one-style play-along recordings for student learning beyond the classroom,
• Increased student enrollment, participation, ownership, motivation, and accountability through
audio and video recording projects distributed online and in CD format.
Examples of teaching media and recent student performances are available at the following links:
"Flipped" piano lesson: entirely self-produced using Screenflow, Logic and Photoshop,
"Flipped" guitar lesson: entirely self-produced using Screenflow, Logic and Photoshop,
Student large ensemble performance: entirely self-produced using Logic and Premier, in
addition to directing the ensemble,
Student small ensemble: entirely self-produced using Logic and Premier, in addition to directing
the ensemble.
Lecturer (1999-2001), teaching assistant (1996-99); University of Miami, Frost School of Music
August 1996 – May 2001, Coral Gables, FL
I taught studio electric and upright bass, jazz ensembles and jazz history courses at the graduate and
undergraduate levels.
Adjunct professor; Miami Dade College
August 1996 – June 2000 Miami, FL
While attending the doctoral program at University of Miami full-time, I taught several contact hours
each week at the New World-Wolfson Campus of Miami Dade College (then Miami Dade Community
College). Courses taught were studio electric bass, jazz ensembles and jazz history courses at the
undergraduate level.
September 2018 – present, Bronx, NY
Work at this urban public high school includes:
• Design and implementation of a culturally-relevant music composition and keyboarding course
for general education high school students,
• Technology-centered instruction to facilitate and scaffold music learning and creation for first-year music students,
• Increase student understanding of musical, cultural and historical context through listening, reading and discussion
of current artists and music journalism.
Examples of recent student projects are available at the following link: BCHS student projects.
Director, Instrumental Music; Xavier High School
August 2007 – June 2017, New York, NY
Work at this 160-year-old Jesuit college-preparatory school includes:
• Direct all ensembles and manage all academic and budgetary aspects of an all-jazz music program,
• Design and implementation of a comprehensive four-year jazz repertoire-based course sequence,
• Implementation of an audio production curriculum and studio facility created within four years
and within the regular annual instrumental music budget and capital expenditure allocations,
• Introduction of "flipped classroom" learning using instructional videos and entirely self-produced
music-minus-one-style play-along recordings for student learning beyond the classroom,
• Increased student enrollment, participation, ownership, motivation, and accountability through
audio and video recording projects distributed online and in CD format.
Examples of teaching media and recent student performances are available at the following links:
"Flipped" piano lesson: entirely self-produced using Screenflow, Logic and Photoshop,
"Flipped" guitar lesson: entirely self-produced using Screenflow, Logic and Photoshop,
Student large ensemble performance: entirely self-produced using Logic and Premier, in
addition to directing the ensemble,
Student small ensemble: entirely self-produced using Logic and Premier, in addition to directing
the ensemble.
Lecturer (1999-2001), teaching assistant (1996-99); University of Miami, Frost School of Music
August 1996 – May 2001, Coral Gables, FL
I taught studio electric and upright bass, jazz ensembles and jazz history courses at the graduate and
undergraduate levels.
Adjunct professor; Miami Dade College
August 1996 – June 2000 Miami, FL
While attending the doctoral program at University of Miami full-time, I taught several contact hours
each week at the New World-Wolfson Campus of Miami Dade College (then Miami Dade Community
College). Courses taught were studio electric bass, jazz ensembles and jazz history courses at the
undergraduate level.
