Professional Background:

Instructor: Music and Music Education Teachers College Columbia University

Supervision of Student Teachers in New York City schools

Applied Studio Instruction for Guitar

Teacher (on leave): Music Education – Richmond School District #38 (BC, Canada)

Marching Band, Concert Band, Jazz Band, Guitar, Choir, Composition, General Music

Educational Leadership:

Founding President Canadian Association for Jazz Education (2008-Present)

Vice President International Association for Jazz Education Canada (2005-2008)

Fine Arts Department Head R.A. McMath Secondary School, Richmond, BC. (2005-2008)

Educational Background:

B. Mus., (Classical Guitar Concentration) University of British Columbia

B. Ed., (Secondary Education), University of British Columbia

M.A., (Jazz Studies), New York University

Ed.D., (Projected May, 2012) Music and Music Education, Teachers College Columbia University. Dissertation topic: A New Association for Canadian Jazz Education

Scholarly Interests:

Educational leadership, support to the Canadian jazz community through education, professional development, communication and advocacy all of which are dedicated to establishing an increased sense of national community. Topics in Music and literacy: Cross-curricular studies in literature and music and the examination of their relationship to the formation of one’s individual identity and personal narrative.

Selected Publications:

Meeting literacy goals with a learner-centered band. Canadian Music Educators Journal, (2010)

The house that jazz built: The jazz at Lincoln Center band director academy. Canadian Music Educators Journal, (2006)

Jazz festivals Canada. IAJE Canada Bulletin, (2005)

“IAJE 2003 ‘Jazz to the Core,’ report on the annual IAJE conference in New York, NY,” British Columbia Music Educators Journal, (2003).

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