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Experience

1977-2007

Yale School of Music
Music Theory, Teaching Assistant to Joan Pannetti

University of Pittsburgh
Jazz History and Appreciation, Teaching Assistant to Nathan Davis

Walden School for Young Composers
- Score Reading, Analysis and Extra-musical Aspects
 . Beethoven Symphony  No. 3, Symphony No. 7
 . Mozart "Magic Flute"
 . Brahms "Haydn Variations"
 . Stravinsky "Petroushka"
 . Berlioz "Symphonie Fantastique"
- Jazz History and Appreciation
- Musicianship [including Eartraining, Sighstinging, Keyboard]
- Composition [Class and Private]
- Conducting
- Orchestration
- Songwriting

Peabody Preparatory and Private Studio
- Musicianship/Composition
- Theory
- Piano/Keyboard Skills [elementary-intermediate]
- Voice [private and group]
- Trumpet

Telluride School District, Garrison Forest Preparatory, Calvert Hall College
- Musicianship & Theory
- Music Appreciation
- Great Works:  Classical and Beyond
- American Music Since WWII
- Popular Song
- Classroom Creativity, Composition and Improvisation
- Dies Irae:  from Gregorian Chant to Sweeney Todd
- Music and  Drama
- Related Arts: Music, Theatre, Art & Dance

Specially Designed Classes and Community Workshops
- Finding the Individual Voice
- Harmonizing on the Spot
- The Absolute Beginning Singer
- How to Build Vocal  Range and Power
- Performing with a Microphone
- Vocal Styling: Jazz, Folk, Broadway & Pop
- Rounds, Canons and Catches
- Songs of the Wild West
- Sacred Harp and Shape Note Singing
- Vocal Traditions from Eastern Europe
- Vocal Traditions of Africa
- Folk Dancing and Singing Squares
- 3 Chords, a Capo, and Thousands of Songs
- Songs of the Spirit
- Tunes in the Bluegrass Tradition
- How to Prepare for an Audition
- Approaching Performance:  Nervous is Good!
- Lullabies and Nightsongs: Sharing and Teaching

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