OBJECTIVE
My portfolio is a compilation of my musicianship based on my passion as a music teacher, orchestra and band conductor, choirmaster, organist, pianist, and music therapist. Connecting computational thinking concepts such as, algorithm, decomposition, abstraction, debugging etc… Applications in (Scratch, micro:bit, earsketch, arduino, and more.) to better enhance music literacy learning, creativity, the Musicalway.
Musicianship Albums
1- Music program throughout the years
3- Learning Journey before Musicalway Pro
EDUCATION
- University of Phoenix Online – 2008-2013 – Completed 62 Doctoral Credits in Leadership In Education.
- Hood College, Maryland – 2003 – Courses in Leadership In Education Advanced Certificate
- Brooklyn College, New York – 1999 – Masters of Arts – Music Teacher (K-12)
- New York University, New York – 1993-1995 – Master Courses in Music Therapy
- Brooklyn College, New York, 1989 – Bachelor of Arts
CERTIFICATION
- Advanced Professional Certificate Vocal/Instr. Music Teacher K-12
- Board Certified in Special Education – B.C.S.E.
- DC Algebra Institute – Seminars during Summer 2006-2008
- CDL -B License – Maryland
- HTML5, CSS, PHP, jquery, Bootstrap to WordPress,
- Registered Behavior Technician (RBT) – 40-hour training requirement for RBT credentials
- Basic Training: An Introduction to Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA)
- Youth Mental Health First Aid
EXPERIENCE
Music Teacher – Music Literacy & Computer Science/Computational Thinking [6-8]
2016 – Present
Middle School Music Teacher – Prince George’s County Public Schools, MD – SY 2024
2024 –
*05/2024 – Micro:bit – music literacy using melodic patterns
Vocal and instrumental melodic patterns –
*Presenter at Common Ground Maryland 2024 – 03/10-12/2024
Music examples from my presentation using Scratch for voice and instruments:
A Basic Chord Progression in Music [I – IV – V – I] in Scratch
The Ascending C Major Scale in Scratch
The Descending C Major Scale in Scratch
Middle School (6-8) Winter Musical: We Haz Jazz – 02/29/2024
2023-
*Two-year commitment to ACT (Accessible Computational Thinking in Middle School Science Classes within and across Culturally and Linguistically diverse contexts) – August 2023 – Present
*Maryland Center for Computing Education (MCCE)
*Presenter at Hood College: Music theory and performance in connection with scratch programming and Earsketch. July 2023
*Spring Festival of Songs 2023 – May 4th, 2023 –
*Winter Talent Showcase – Grades PK-5 – January 12th, 2023 –
*After School Computer Science Clubs – Grades 1-5 * Middle School Grades 6-8
* Leading ES and MS students in Coderz International CS Spring Novice Competition 2023
2022-
*4th Grade Vocal Competition – December 2022
*Presenter at Common Ground – MCCE – Connecting Music theory and performance to Earsketch: Your voice is Power. November 2022
Live streamed lessons for beginner’s Piano, recorder, and guitar en Français, English, and Kréyol Ayisyen
Piano– https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_proi0S78oh-Jbryvx5Zypk8qFBZ2Svg
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_proi0S78oidFZe4HOipI4r8LuBAMcVO
Recorder–https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_proi0S78oi0qsDSjevAPRVlWfMRhnLc
Guitar – https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_proi0S78ogoRRkQ5CLKLf6Cq1J7SciO
Directed 2 musicals **PK-1 – E-I-E-I-Oooops! The Farm Animals Musical w/Masks and scenes lead by Grade 5 cast – Banners by 8th Graders – **Grade2/3 —Lower Elementary – Musical: My Town My World with Narrations between songs.
2021-
*School Year 2021-22. Directed 2 musicals –
P-K-Grade 1 – E-I-E-I-Ooops! The Farm animals with Grade 5 cast and masks, Grade 8- Banners
Grades 2-3; Lower Elementary[1-3] ; My Town, My World with narrators.
Teach general music, sight-reading – dictation – voice training – classroom instruments – Taught Middle School Ensemble Class [guitar, xylophone, snare drum, keyboard] – Beginner’s guitar classes – Beginner’s piano club – Promote music literacy through rhythm patterns: The Tart Rhythm [1 to 4 syllable words in multiple rhythm patterns]
2020-
School Year 2020- 2021
Connected Earsketch with music theory and performance. Introduced to Middle School students another way of communication through language arts, music, and developed the ability to combined pre-packaged coding strings to reach a musical goal: creating original songs and instrumental pieces.
2020 – present
Connected Earsketch with music theory and performance. Introduced to Middle School students another way of communication through language arts, and music, and developed the ability to combine pre-packaged coding strings to reach a musical goal.
2019-
*School Year 2019-2020
Teach general music, sight-reading – dictation – voice training – classroom instruments – Taught Middle School Ensemble Class [guitar, xylophone, snare drum, keyboard] – Beginner’s guitar classes – Beginner’s piano club – Promote music literacy through rhythm patterns: The Tart Rhythm [1 to 4 syllable words in multiple rhythm patterns]
2018-
*School Year 2018-19 – Directed 3 musicals
*Grades 4-5: Musical We Haz Jazz – Scenes and songs; Grade 8- Artwork for each scene
*Grades 2-3: Musical My Town, My World with narrators
*Grade PK-1 Musical E-I-E-I-Ooops – Grade 4 cast and masks – Grade 8- Artwork
2018-19 – Directed 3 Children’s Musicals – Kindergarten singers and 4th graders cast members for E-I-E-I-Ooops – 1st Graders singers and 4th Graders narrators for musical: My Town, My World – 4th & 5th Grader’s musical: We Haz Jazz. Selected 8th Graders’ overall artistic presentation – Banners and decorations. School Year – 2019. I taught keyboard/piano classes for 4th and 5th Graders – and Recorder for 4th Grade.
Connected Pre-K -Grade 8 students, parents, and guardians to multiple distance learning teaching platforms to enhance and facilitate their academic learning process – Google classroom, quizizz.com, kahoot.com, screencastify.com, quizlet.com, book creator app, blackboard.com, google meet – SY 2019-2020.
2006 – Present
After-school tutoring for students’ grade levels [4-8] Music [piano, guitar, recorder], Math, Language Arts [The Tart rhythm], and French – For Teachers in need of simple strategies to master the various contents [Math, Computer Science (CS), French, piano & music theory on Zoom].
2017-
School Year 2016-17– Beginner’s Piano class -Directed the K-3 Musical: My Town, my World and Holiday Music concert.
2016-
Teach general music, sight-reading – classroom instruments – Teaching Online using the latest available education platforms to promote music literacy and Musicianship – Middle School Ensemble Class [guitar, xylophone, snare drum, keyboard] – Beginner’s guitar classes -Beginner’s Piano class -Performed the K-3 Musical: My Town, my World and Holiday music – December 2016. Directed Kindergarten in Children’s Musical: E-I-E-I-Ooops! June 2018.
2010-2015
Music & World Languages Teacher – Village Academy of Maryland, MD
Taught General Music, Instrumental Music, Music Production, Applied Music, French 1 & 2, and Spanish 1 & 2. Used language pair English/Spanish, English/French technology, software, and websites to facilitate independent learning. Organized small music ensemble performance (recorder, keyboard, snare drum). Videographer, Photographer. School for Special Education.
2004-2010, 2013-2014
Vocal/Instrumental & World Languages Teacher – District of Columbia Public Schools –
Taught general music (classroom instruments, notations) recorder ensemble for grades 1st to 8th – Directed musicals such as “Teach the World To Sing” – “We Haz Jazz” – E- I – E – I – Ooops! A Kid’s Life. Introduced “Music Ace”. Music Video projects with Special Education Students. Taught beginners’ guitar to Grades 4-8. Taught Spanish Grades Head Start – grades using textbooks, language pair English/Spanish software, and websites to meet the needs of multiple intelligences.
2001-2004.
Music Teacher – Montgomery County Public Schools, Maryland.
Taught general music – Grades K-5. Implemented a recorder program for 3rd graders – Introduced “Music Ace” software to increase student enjoyment of learning the fundamentals of music. I played for various elementary school choir winter and spring concerts. I prepared and tested 5th graders for Honor’s chorus. I Taught and directed a 5th-grade choir performance of the musical “We Haz Jazz”.
2000-2001
Instructor, Fleet Business School, Washington, D.C.,
Taught Psychology, Business Mathematics, English and Business Communication to adults students.
1990
Music Teacher, Franklin Delano Roosevelt HS, Brooklyn, New York Taught General Music – Beginner’s piano classes – Music Theory classes for Grades 9-12 for music exams and school band.
1989
Music Teacher, McKinney JHS. Brooklyn New York
Taught General Music – Beginner’s piano classes Grades 6-8. Assisted with school band practices.
Experience
Choir Master – Church Organist, Pianist – Volunteering
Summer 2022- Present
Substitute Organist, pianist, and choir/ensemble director for various churches
1- Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Olney, Maryland
2- First Baptist Church of Silver Spring, Maryland
3- Trinity Episcopal/Anglican Church, Organist – Washington DC
4- Hope Lutheran Church, Clinton, Maryland
5- Gaithersburg Presbyterian Church, Gaithersburg, Maryland
6- St. Francis Episcopal Church of Potomac, Potomac Maryland
7- St. Christopher Episcopal/Anglican Church, Carrollton Maryland
8- St. Anne’s Episcopal Church, Damascus, Maryland
9- Trinity Episcopal/Anglican Church, Organist/Pianist – Washington DC 08/20/2023
10- Our Lady Queen of Peace Sanctuary Choir – Washington DC – 05/2024
2015-2023
Volunteer Pianist – Spencerville Seventh-Day Adventist Church. Spencerville. MD –
Play piano for the beginners II Sabbath School Class.
2013 – 2018
Church Organist, pianist – Emmanuel-Brinklow Seventh-Day Adventist Church. Ashton, MD –
Played for First Service, Videographer.
2006 – 2017
Church Organist/Pianist, Senior Choir Director- Contee AME Zion Church. Washington, DC.
Played for Church Functions, Videographer, Photographer, Facebook Editor. youtube.com/cesttresvrai
2015-2016
Rehearsed Bread of Life Bible Fellowship (BLBF) Choir, Silver Spring, MD.
Choir director [Ladies’ Choir], Pianist, Photographer, Videographer.
2012-2013
Church Organist, Choir Director, Pianist – Hyattsville SDA Church Hyattsville, MD.
Played for Church Services, Children, and Adult Choir Director. Videographer, Photographer.
2011-2012
Church Organist, Pianist – Gordon Heights Seventh Day Adventist, Gordon Heights, NY –
Played for church functions. youtube.com/cesttresvrai
2009-2011
Organiste, Pianiste, Chef d’Orchestre – Havre de Grace Des Adventistes Du 7eme Jour.
J’ai joué pour les services religieux et pour les occasions spéciales. Vidéographe et photographe.
2003-2011
Church Organist, Pianist, Choir Director. Glenridge SDA Church. Capitol Heights, MD –
Played for Church Services, Evangelistic Crusades, Directed Youth and Adult Choirs. Videographer, Photographer.
2007-2008
Entertainer, Performer – Sheladia Associates Inc. Rockville, MD – .
Piano performance, background music – Christmas Celebration Dinners. Videographer and Photographer.
2007
Directeur de la Chorale des Femmes. Eglise Baptiste du Calvaire, MD.
J’ai joué et dirigé la chorale des femmes durant les festivités religieuses de Pâques- Vidéographe et photographe.
2005-2006
Minister of Music, Organist/pianist/Choir Director Emory Grove UMC. Gaithersburg, MD.
Played for church functions. Taught and Directed 6 choirs.
2004-2005
Church Organist/Pianist/Youth Choir Director. Evangelical Lutheran Church of Our Redeemer. DC.
Played for Church functions. Conducted and played for youth and adult choirs. Accompanied the Jazz ensemble. Videographer & Photographer.
2002-2004.
Church Organist, Pianist, Youth Choir Director. Brooks UMC. Leonardtown, MD.
Directed the combined choirs. Taught piano to children and adults – Directed Cantatas for organ and choir.
Traveled with different choirs for outside church functions.
1998-2003
Youth Choir Director, Pianist, Music Teacher. Ephèse Seventh-Day Adventist French Speaking Church. Providence, Rhode Island.
Taught piano and voice. Played for church functions. Played with the church band. Practiced with children, youth and church choirs. Organized youth summer camp teaching 3-part harmony songs- Concert followed.
2001-2002
Gospel Choir and Handbells Choir Director, Organist, Providence Baptist Church, Washington D.C. Rehearsed and played for the Gospel Choir. Re-arranged, transcribed hymns, and short anthems, and conducted the church handbell choir.
1990-2000
Church Organist, Choir Director. Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, New York.
Played for church functions. Taught, directed, and played the Organ in various Easter Cantatas by John Willard Peterson. Invited “The Good News Herald Quartet Singers“, and a Brass Quintet to join the Good Shepherd Lutheran Church performance of “It Took a Miracle”, and “Hallelujah! What A Savior!”
1984-1990
Choir Director, Pianist. Goshen Temple Seventh-Day Adventist Church, New York.
Played for church functions. Taught and directed the Sanctuary Choir. On June 24-1990, I conducted the Easter Cantata “No Greater Love” written by John Willard Peterson, performed by the Goshen Temple SDA Church Mass Choir, Guest Singers: “The Good News Herald Quartet“, and a guest orchestra of my peers from Brooklyn College.
Commercial Driver License (CDL- B)
2017-2019
Summer Camp Driver [CDL-B] and Camp Counselor– Clinton Christian Assembly of God, Clinton, MD – Drove Camp attendees daily to various venues and activities {Pool, movies, library, museums etc..}.
Web Developer
2015- Present
Freelance Web Developer – Musicalway –
WordPress/Bootstrap to WordPress. HTML5 – CSS – Jquery – Python
My portfolio of sites – Music Literacy is Universal – musicalway.net – musiqueliteracy.com –
Freelance Interpreter/Translator: English/Haitian Creole, English/French.
2009 – Present
Freelance Translator, Editor, Interpreter, Conference Interpreting – Musicalway –
Language pairs: English/Haitian Creole, English/French.
2006 – 2016
Freelance Interpreter, Conference Interpreting, Translator, Editor – Avaga LLC.
Language pairs: English/Haitian Creole, English/French.
Music Therapist
2001-2001
Recreational Therapist – Daybreak Adult Day Care Center. Frederick, Maryland.
Organized therapeutic activities such as games, sing-along, rhythm band for adult daycare attendees in cooperation with other therapists.
1997-1999-
Recreational Therapist – Center For Nursing And Rehabilitation (CNR), New York.
Organized therapeutic activities, such as games, sing-along rhythm band for adult daycare attendees. Wrote IEP and Progress Notes.
1993-1997
Music Therapist – Brooklyn-Queens Nursing Home, New York.
Organized therapeutic programs for the elderly: sing-along, memory lane, rhythm band, entertainment to promote a positive attitude and high self-esteem. Provided music and sensory-based 1-1 tactile activities to increase fine motor skill functions. Wrote monthly progress notes, quarterly and annual IEP on each resident. Maintained high functioning residents’ involvement in the community: movies, shopping, etc.
1990-1993
Music Therapist – Palm Gardens Nursing Home, New York.
Provided Music therapy for the elderly: sing-along, memory lane, rhythm band, entertainment to promote a positive attitude and high self-esteem. Provided 1-1 music and sensory-based tactile activities to increase fine motor skills to elderly residents with Alzheimers’ Diseases and those recovering from strokes. Wrote monthly progress notes, quarterly and annual IEP.
INTERVIEW AND AWARD
Interviewed by THE HAITIAN TIMES in April 2001, regarding my work as a music therapist.
In December 2008, I taught and directed 2 musicals: “We Haz Jazz” Grades 4-8 and E-I-E-I-Ooooops Grades K-3,
and 1 instrumental ensemble program: guitars and classroom instruments, Grades 4-8, during the same week. I submitted the videos of those three performances to the DC Commission on The Arts and Humanities. Spring 2009 of the same school year, I was one of the finalists, and one of nominees for Outstanding Performing Arts Teacher in The District of Columbia.