Jane Sylvester Email & Phone Number

Kansas City, Mo, Us

Kansas City, Missouri, United States

I have worked with academic institutions, opera companies, and publishers to contribute articles and blog posts for music performance and musicological projects. I've linked below my recent work with Michigan Opera Theatre on their concert production of Pietro Mascagni's "Cavalleria rusticana."

I freelanced teach young and adult saxophonists and clarinetists. In summers, I often offer a 6-week private workshop for students to hone in on their technical skills, help prepare them for fall ensemble commitments, and/or practice audition preparation with them. [I hope to resume this work as things improve with the COVID-19 pandemic!]

Rochester, New York

In Fall 2019, I designed and taught a second iteration of an undergraduate course on classical and romantic music, entitled "Musical Bodies from Pergolesi to Puccini." As a prior teaching assistant, I assessed student papers, exams, and short assignments and lead two hours of discussion per week. In these sessions, I reviewed coursework material presented in the week's lectures and foster discussions which often involve listening, practice exercises, and collaborative group work. I answer any questions they have about the material, and we foster discussions about the music literature at hand. Thus far, my work as an instructor of recording and teaching assistant consists of the following:MHS 122 - Musical Bodies from Pergolesi to Puccini (Spring and Fall 2019)MHS 122 - Music and the Literary Imagination, 1750-1880 (Spring 2018, supervised by Melina Esse)MHS 122 - Music and Nature from Mozart to Mahler (Fall 2017, supervised by Holly Watkins)MHS 121 - Music and Society, 800-1750 (Spring 2017, supervised by Michael Anderson)MHS 425 - Music in the Nineteenth Century (Fall 2016, supervised by Jürgen Thym)

Berlin, Ct

At Musical Expressions, I taught private saxophone, clarinet, and flute lessons for students in grades 3-12.

Berlin, Ct

My responsibilities included teaching and evaluating students grades K-12 in the Berlin public school system.

Msu Community Music School, East Lansing, Mi

At MSU's Community Music School, I taught toddlers and infants from ages birth-5 through Music Learning Theory pedagogy, which involved immersive and playful music learning. We sang, moved, tapped, and explored with various tonalities, timbres, meters, and styles of music.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Musicology

Activities and Societies: Instructor of Record and Teaching Assistant for undergraduate history survey courses; President and Vice.

Bachelor’S Degree, Music Education; Music Performance (Classical Saxophone)

Activities and Societies: - Independent research presented at Michigan State University's 2014 University Undergraduate Research Forum.