Teaching Experience

 

Northwood High School, Irvine USD 2024 - Present

Instrumental Music Director

• Manage a program of over 400 students in Band, Orchestra, Music Theory, and Guitar

• Courses Taught - 

  • AP Music Theory, CP Music Theory, Concert Band, Symphonic Band, Wind Symphony, String Orchestra, Concert Orchestra, Jazz Ensemble, Guitar I, Guitar II, and Marching Band​

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Northwood High School, Irvine USD 2023 –  2024

Student Teacher to Ben Case

• Courses – Marching Band, AP Music Theory, Jazz 3, Wind Symphony, Concert Band, Symphonic Orchestra, & Philharmonic Orchestra

• Lesson plan and teach each of the previously listed classes

• Help facilitate/chaperone various off-site field trips

• Manage 100+ students in an overnight 4 day trip to Reno, Nevada

 

Beacon Park K-8, Irvine USD 2023 – 2024

Student Teacher to Hee Jeong Pryztulski

• Courses – Symphonic Band, Concert Band, & 5th Grade Concert Band

• Lesson plan and teach the previously listed classes

• Create a unique unit of lessons requiring new, never previously taught

• Help facilitate/chaperone a field trip to Disneyland

 

 

Substitute Music Teacher, Irvine USD  2023 – 2024

• Sites include – Northwood High School, Beacon Park K-8, Cypress Village Elementary, & Eastshore Elementary

• Full-day substitute for music teachers in IUSD, ranging from 4th to 12th grade

• Courses Taught – Guitar, Concert Band, String Orchestra, Music Theory, Jazz band, Marching band, Women’s Choir, and 4th/5th/6th grade instrumental music

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Pacific Symphony Youth Saxophone Ensemble 2023  – 2024

Artistic Director and Conductor

• Advocate for the inception of a new ensemble within a major symphony orchestra

• Create a meaningful year-long curriculum with rehearsals once per week

• Conduct 3 concerts in the Segerstrom Concert Hall

• Sponsor of Guest clinicians, including the BrX quartet and Dr. John Hallberg

 

Pacific Symphony Youth Concert Band and Wind Ensemble, Irvine 2022 – 2024

Woodwind Coach and Assistant Conductor

• Organize, conduct, and rehearse sectionals for the youth concert band and wind ensemble

• Write weekly rehearsal reports with detailed score/musical analysis and written lessons for students ranging from 6th to 12th grade

• Manage rehearsal and equipment of 4 ensembles totaling over 350 students

• Work backstage to produce 10 concerts a year at the Segerstrom Concert Hall

 

Orange High School, Orange USD 2023  – 2024

Woodwind Coach and Guest Conductor

• Teach Orange High School Panther Regiment woodwinds sectionals

• Create engaging lessons for beginners and students with years of experience

 

Orange County Lutheran Youth Band, Orange Summers of 2015 – 2021

Woodwind Coach and Counselor

• Educate and counsel students in grades between 3rd and 8th

• Teach woodwind performance pedagogy and parade marching techniques

• Manage two 50+ mile trips to perform in televised parades

 

Orange Lutheran High School, Orange 2018 – 2019

Music Education Intern

• Assist Director in day-to-day planning, preparation, and execution of lessons slated for assigned classroom

• Demonstrate the application of assigned topics/goals set by the Master Teacher

• Create a lesson plan, program, and rehearsal unit for a string orchestra and concert band

 

Private Saxophone and Clarinet Teacher 2019 – Present

Cities of Fullerton, Irvine, and San Marcos

• Create multi-year lesson plans to prepare students for auditions

  • Broken up into weekly 1-hour lessons

• Supplement students' musical education with sociocultural and emotional relevance

 

Guest High School Music Educator 2021-2023

Guest Woodwind/Saxophone Clinician

• Plan, assess, and teach a class period of fundamentals and performance practice from the perspective of a professional musician

• Inspire young students to see professional music as a career path and show the possibilities of music in their future

• Sites include San Marcos High School, Mission Hills High School, Rancho Alamitos High School, and Orange Lutheran High School

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Guest University Lecturer - 2023 - Present

Guest presenter for pre-service music education courses

• Presenting concrete advice, preservice credential music students need to be successful in the classroom

• Provide post-lecture coaching and connection for students to utilize

• Universities include - CSU Fullerton

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Education

 

CD      California State University Fullerton | 2023 – 2024

           Single Subject Credential – Music

           Summa Cum Laude

 

BA       California State University, Fullerton | 2019 –  2023

            Instrumental Music Education

            Cum Laude

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Professional Projects

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SCSBOA 2026 Conference Presentation - Setting the P.A.C.E. in your classroom

• Conference session on Social Emotional Learning techniques to increase student engagement

• Co-researched and Presented with Peter Bement 

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SCSBOA New Teacher Representative – 2024 - 2025

• Visit local colleges to present on the realities of teaching

• Represent young and new teachers at SCSBOA board meetings 

• Organize social engagement for new teachers

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SCSBOA Conference Logistics Manager – 2022 - Present

• Manage the operations of the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Anaheim to facilitate a fluid conference of 500+ music educators

• Create and manage a rehearsal and performance space for 15+ ensembles ranging from elementary to professional musicians

 

Co-Director - CSUF Festival of Winds - 2022 & 2023

• Facilitate the education and performance of 26 ensembles, including over 1,200 musicians, over a two-day event

• Manage a team of over 30 individuals with proper etiquette and absolute efficiency

 

Effigy – The Music of Brian Baumbush

• Professionally produced album by Other Minds Records

• Principal saxophonist

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Honors and Awards

 

• CSUF Instrumental Music Education Student of the Year - 2023

• Scholarship of Outstanding Saxophone Performance - 2019 – 2023

• Marc Dickey Scholarship for Exceptional Music Education - 2023

• Pi Kappa Lambda Honor Society Induction - 2023

• CSUF Concerto Competition 3rd Prize - 2022

 

Professional Affiliations

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• National Association for Music Educators (NAfME)

• Southern California Band and Orchestra Association (SCSBOA)

• California Music Educators Association (CMEA)

• Irvine Teachers Association (ITA) 

• California Teachers Association (CTA)

• Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Music Fraternity

• Pi Kappa Lambda Music Honor Society

 

Professional Development

 

San Diego Winds Institute Conducting Symposium - 2025

• 3-day residency at Point Loma Nazarene University with the 3rd Aircraft Wing Marine Band

• Studied with CSUF Director of Band Dustin Barr and Professor Emeritus Gary Hill

 

Southern California Band and Orchestra Association Conference – 2020 - 2025

• 3-day professional development conference focused on advancement in the pedagogy of K-12 instrumental music educators with over 30 individual sessions and 15 performances of various Southern California ensembles

 

California Association for School Music Educators Conference – 2023

• 3-day professional development conference for all music educators in the state of California

 

UCLA Conducting Symposium – 2022

• 3 days of sessions on rehearsal technique and pedagogy with Dr. Travis Cross (UCLA) and Professor Michael Haithcock (University of Michigan)

• Conduct the UCLA Symphonic Band in 12 selections from the wind band canon, focusing on applications in K-12 education

 

Irvine Professional Learning Community – 2023 - 2025

• Engage with professional development sessions in general secondary education pedagogy

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