Private Education:
Musical Skills Master Performance-Pipe Organ/Piano/keys, Studio Vocal, regular public and professional venues inclusive of both sacred and secular styles. Private studio instruction includes: Guitar, Saxophone, Vocals, Vocal and Instrumental Conducting, Music Theory, Keyboards, Electronic Publishing of Music, Electronic/Digital multi-track recording. • Orchestral Conducting and Arranging, ability to orchestrate parts for small to large ensembles. • Original Composition/Arranging using fluent integration of PC music recording and scoring software such as: and others. Play keyboard and alto saxophone in local Jazz Band And much, much more lol.
Performing Experience:
Sewickley Academy Faculty Sewickley, PA Performing Arts, Faculty, with Mario Melodia – K-12. Performing Arts Camp – Faculty, with Pam Gregg, age range 4th grade-12th grades. Credits in musical direction and multiple performances all age groups: local professional and community theatres and church presentations include: Quaker Valley High School, Robert Morris College Theatre, North Allegheny High School, Avonworth High School, Comtra Theatre, McKeesport Little Theatre, Robert Morris College Theatre, Moon Township High School, Our Lady of Sacred Heart High School, North Allegheny High School, Cafe' La Place, Mt. Lebanon, Jewish Community Center, Oakland, PA and many others…. Truncated listing of musical direction-shows: “Bye, Bye Birdie”, “Into the Woods”, “Mame”, “Jesus Christ Superstar”, “Godspell”, “Anything Goes”, “Evita”, “Snoopy”, “You're a Good Man Charlie Brown”, “Sweet Charity”, “42nd Street”, “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum”, “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying”, “Side By Side by Sondheim”, “Annie”, “The Sound of Music”, “The Big Picture”, “Cabaret”, “On the Town”, ”West Side Story”, “Little Shop of Horrors”, “Working”, “The Pirates of Penzance”, “1776”, “Little Abner”, and many personal compilations of musical theatre production and “reviews”. Music Publications/Compositions "Daredevil" The Niagara Falls Musical; GEM Productions, Copyright: January 1992. Full-length two-act musical professionally produced in the Convention Center, Niagara Falls, New York. Various other sacred compositions performed in services and recitals, “Gloria” scored for organ, brass quartet, SATB choir, “Magnificent”, scored for string ensemble, harpsichord/piano, soprano soloist, various responses for regular traditional use in the services liturgy, and others.
Experience Teaching:
Musical Theatre piano, jazz, pop, rock and many others Keyboards, Vocals-Contemporary Music Team 2 Sharon Community Presbyterian Church, Moon Township, PA 2 Organist and Director of Music, Interim/Missions Geneva College, Beaver Falls, PA 2 Adjunct Faculty, Department of Music Organ Performance, Aural Skills, Theory and Keyboard Professor Professional Financial Consultant, Penn Financial Services, Pittsburgh, PA 2 Highmark, Long Term Care Specialist, LTCFP St. Stephen’s Church (Anglican), Sewickley, PA 1992 to 2009 Director of Music Ministries-oversaw, managed and directed contemporary worship teams, traditional choirs and orchestras.-provided instrumental and vocal arrangements for special events such as weddings and cantatas.-directed and lead music for four separate and musically distinct weekly worship services. Sewickley Academy 1994-Present Faculty, Performing Arts Camp Guitar Center, Consultant Monroeville, PA 2009-Present Pro-Audio, Keyboards, High Tech, Studio Recording