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Experience
Private music tutor: 2002 - present
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Teaching guitar, piano / keyboard, voice, theory, songwriting and performance skills to students age five through adult |
Music Director, Contemporary/Informal/Blended - Woodlawn Presbyterian Church (St. Petersburg): 1999 - 2005
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Set up and established contemporary service with the pastor in 1999 |
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Established, built and coordinated music team, including technical aspects of service, ie: audio, visual, and computer technology |
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Designed and created service panels using Microsoft PowerPoint for contemporary service |
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Part of team that oversaw the transition to a blended style of worship in 2004, including integration of Chancel Choir with contemporary music ensemble |
Performing Songwriter highlights: 1994 - Present
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Producer / host of Keeping Company concert series: 2002 - 2005 |
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Girls Rock - mentoring event for girls interested in music: 2003 |
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Producer of / performer at Words, Images, Music - a Pinellas County Millennium Celebration event: 2000 |
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"Informance" on folk music in America at Ruth Eckerd Hall (before Peter, Paul and Mary concert): 1998 |
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Producer / performer of the Women Musicians' Alliance Annual Benefit: 1997-2000 |
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Suwannee Springfest (inaugural): 1997 |
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Will McLean Festival (honoring Florida songwriters and writers of Florida songs): 1994 - 2003 |
Songwriter in the Schools: 1992 - Present
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Creator / presenter of an "Informance" program presented in the Pinellas County School System: 1995 - 2005 |
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Program transplanted to Presque Isle County, Michigan: 2006 |
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Encourage students to try songwriting as a hobby |
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Enlighten students to what it takes to professionally write a song |
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Act as a role model for girls interested in music as a career |
Composer in the Schools
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Performed a special arrangement of an original composition with Perkins Elementary Center for the Arts and International Studies orchestra: 1997 |
Songwriting Judge
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2003 Americana Art & Music Festival |
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1999 Festival of States Art & Music Festival |
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Fear of the Fire: Grand Prize, Americana Art & Music Festival, 1992 |
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Florida Summer Night and Take Responsibility: honored by Will McLean Foundation, 1994 |
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Dancing in the Moonlight: Grand Prize, Americana Art & Music Festival, 1994 |
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Another Man's Wife: Grand Prize, Festival of States Art & Music Festival, 1995 |
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Glass of Sunshine and Silenced: Grand Prize, Americana Art & Music Festival, 2002 |
Sunshine State Acoustic Music Camp
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1999 - 2002: class on singing |
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2003 - 2004: class on songwriting |
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New York City - 12 song CD (airplay in US, Canada, Europe, Australia, South America, Japan and Russia) |
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Christmas Traditions - 12 song compilation CD of traditional holiday music |
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Sail Beyond the Sunset - 12 song CD (formal release TBA) |
Education
1990 - 2005
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Private lessons: guitar, composition, theory, piano and voice with Mark Dye, award winning 1976 USF graduate with a bachelor's degree in musical composition. He continues to produce the songs I write, as well as mentoring me in musical technique and songwriting via the Internet. |
1969 - 1976
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Private
guitar lessons, Hawthorne, NJ |
Interests
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Founding president of the Women Musicians' Alliance |
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Currently developing ideas for a guitar orchestra |
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Currently developing ideas for an integrated arts presentation |
