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National

Executive Director and leader of 20 artist trainers for this transformational learning system and signature TK-12 education model initiated by Maestro Leonard Bernstein. Manage a network of schools in Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, and Oregon employing the arts integration framework through customized professional development, ultimately engaging nearly 10,000 students every day. Tripled the number of school accounts by negotiating and signing $3.4 million in contracts for educational services. Develop and execute ongoing programs of the Artful Learning Collection: Levels I-III, Expanded Services, ReFresh, Revival, Spark, Summer Sessions and Sustain & Train for emergent to legacy schools. Forge community and academic partnerships for arts integration in classrooms.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Specializing in immersive and experiential projects for students, adults and community audiences. Momentum ProjectLab propels the client’s creative vision.Solutions for:Cultural Arts PlanningProject DesignEducation DesignExperiential LearningProject-Based LearningCurriculum & Program Content DesignFacilitating the Vision, Design & Activation of Strategic Plans Strategic/Master Plan Design & AuthoringProfessional Learning | Design & Training

Napa, Ca

Festival Napa Valley commissioned Momentum ProjectLab to author the $25 million Napa Valley Arts Education Master Plan. Adopted Fall 2016, serving 18,000 students with expansion throughout Napa County, the five-year master plan will ensure access and equity in the visual and performing arts. Orchestrated the six-month visioning process to create a public-private fusion model with the school district, Napa Valley institutions, commerce and private funders. The comprehensive master plan infrastructure design, budget and timeline will guide the implementation.

Greater Milwaukee Area

Co-authored and served as consultant for the Leonard Bernstein Young People’s Classics™, a series of educational publications for the music classroom. The purpose of the series is to feature essential recordings conducted by Leonard Bernstein with education units of study built around them, and to present the Artful Learning™ methodology in a general format that is practical for direct use in any music setting.The first release in this series, Aaron Copland, The Music of an Uncommon Man: Lesson and Activities Based on the Works of Aaron Copland, serves as a general music resource for all ages, but especially for middle school grades 5 through 9. Part I contains lessons and activities for some of Aaron Copland’s more popular works, including Fanfare for the Common Man, and his ballets Billy the Kid, Appalachian Spring and Rodeo. The material is presented through reading activities, listening maps and singing. Part II presents an in-depth study of Copland’s ballet Rodeo, specifically “Hoe-down,” based on the Artful Learning educational model. Working together in learning centers, students engage in cross-curricular activities that are incorporated into the music lessons such as Language Arts, Reading, History, Fine Arts and more.Components available include a Teacher Book/Enhanced CD, full color Student Book 5-Pak and the Bernstein Century Copland CD (featuring Leonard Bernstein conducting the New York Philharmonic). The Enhanced CD, which is included in the Teacher Book, contains supporting materials, audio folksong recordings and student handouts for duplication or projection. Published by Hal Leonard Corporation and The Leonard Bernstein Office, this resource is available through numerous music retailers. Visit www.halleonard.com for more information.

Greater Nashville Area, Tn

Sustainable and thriving in the sixth year of implementation, Momentum ProjectLab secured the bid commissioned by the Nashville Music Council to design a four-year music education master plan serving 74,000 students at 123 schools. Visioned with the Office of the Mayor, 225 Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools music educators, 54 public/private organizations and over 600 community participants - incorporating all insights to improve music education. The master plan articulates how to support the current music education system (Legacy Curriculum) while adding new pathways for music creation and expression (Contemporary Curriculum). Aligns the Nashville creative community of Network Partners through a collective impact structure providing unique music experiences for students while providing relevant and sustainable professional development. Infrastructure, systems and evaluations were developed to track internal and external metrics measuring effectiveness of the impact.

Visioned, developed and executed the flagship education programs for the GRAMMY Foundation serving high school, collegiate, pre-professional and adult artists. Mobilized and directed a massive education team with renowned industry professionals to create all program content, curriculum design and operations. Over a thousand students have and continue to expand their creative growth by learning at GRAMMY Camp (Los Angeles/global learner population), the national GRAMMY Pro Sessions: Video Game Music & Sound Design (Electronic Arts Los Angeles, San Francisco & Orlando), GRAMMY Pro Sessions: DJ•Remixing (Bronx, Brooklyn & Manhattan) and the GRAMMY Master Class series (Los Angeles Guitar Quartet & Joe Bonamassa). Negotiated and secured 23 corporate partnerships and delivered public/private sponsorships in excess of $700,000 to fund all programs. Created all branding, logos and associated collateral. Managed the build, launch and content updates of the interactive website.

Lecture subjects: The Broadway Musical: Reflection of American Diversity, Issues & Experiences and Music Technology

Created arts strategies and assessments for inner-city youth and educators to prepare for concert performances.

Credentialed music educator instructed and mentored over 2,500 students, kindergarten through high school at Morongo Unified School District, Beverly Hills Unified School District and Palm Springs Unified School District. Award-winning instrumental music programs rated Superior and Unanimously Superior by the Southern California School Band and Orchestra Association and the International Association of Jazz Educators 15 times.

Conducting & Commercial Music Graduate Studies

Digital Music For The Arts

Bachelor Of Music, Music Education | Minor In Visual Arts

Film Scoring Certificate, Film Scoring | Orchestration | Conducting

Master Of Music - Music Education | Graduate Studies