Michael (Mike) Loretto Email & Phone Number

Wexford, Pennsylvania, United States

Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania, United States

Freelance music and audio professional. Editing/mixing/mastering audio (music, podcasts, meditations, audiobooks, etc.), writing/arranging/recording original music for your project, producing your song or album, adding my vocals and/or guitar/mandolin to your project, arranging existing music for your desired instrumentation, notating/transcribing music into clean, professional charts/lead sheets.

I provide online spiritual life coaching for people from any (or no!) spiritual background who are wanting to deepen and apply their spirituality to their "real lives." I am especially focused on those who are undergoing transition in terms of faith/belief/spirituality. I am a Certified Life Coach (CLC) and Certified Spiritual Coach (CSC) through the Life Purpose Institute.

Oversaw all worship and music activities for 900-member church, including directing choir, leading contemporary worship team, overseeing two full-time and five part-time employees, composing/arranging, planning and leadership of services and concerts, strategic planning and leadership as part of Executive Staff leadership team, and relational care for members of the congregation.

I worked with children who are autistic or have other behavioral issues, teaching them social, behavioral, and life skills in school- or home-based settings.

Created, recruited, trained, and led teams of volunteers (grew the numbers of those involved over 2 ½ years and saw noticeable improvement in the quality of their output), managed two contract employees and volunteer leaders, created and implemented strategic plans for department, contributed to the strategic planning process for the entire organization, managed departmental budget, led planning process for Sunday programs and other events, coordinated production of weekly programs (including multimedia, artistic, and technical elements), provided weekly “up-front” leadership to those programs, and taught (preached) periodically in Sunday programs. Required confident leadership, strong charisma and communication skills, creative and strategic planning, collaboration, and excellent organization.

Organized and trained team of musicians for weekly programs, participated in planning and producing programs (including multimedia, artistic, and technical elements), provided weekly “up-front” leadership for programs. Required strong organizational, leadership, and collaborative skills, and strong verbal and written communication skills.

Taught a variety of classes (including English, Microsoft Office Suite, Math, Keyboarding, and life skills) to economically and ethnically diverse adult learners, created and implemented lesson plans, achieved successful communication of essential concepts as measured by students’ performance on final exams and their eventual job placement, coordinated online program for campus, created the online curriculum for a Communication class, and edited other online course material. Required excellent verbal and written communication skills, confidence and creativity in presenting material, strong organizational and leadership skills, and love for people.

Organized team of musicians for services weekly, charted songs and prepared music for musicians, participated in planning services, led music vocally and instrumentally (guitar, sometimes keyboard) for services; required strong organizational, leadership, and collaborative skills, excellent musicianship, and strong verbal and written communication skills

Ba, English, Music

Activities and Societies: Co-founder of Selah (a student-run religious organization that is currently the largest Christian organization.

Certified Life Coach & Certified Spiritual Coach, Life Coaching

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