Tonya Hylton, M.M. Email & Phone Number

Los Angeles, California

Burbank, California, United States

Burbank, California

- Assist with the management of school partnerships, including relationship and communications with school leadership and overall development of music programs at partner schools.- Onsite visits to music teacher mentees (average 3 days/week).- Provide actionable feedback to music teachers and document their progress.- Design an achievable professional development plan to strengthen music teachers’ skills, leverage theindividual teacher’s current skill set and capitalize on their strengths.- Assist, guide, and train music teachers in developing musical activities, lesson plans, curriculum, assessmentstrategies, and producing performances based on ETM-LA benchmarks and training materials.- Facilitate professional development workshops for academic teachers and parent engagement workshops.- Contribute to ETM-LA’s professional development knowledge base, resources, and overall training capabilities.

Torrance, California

1. Coordinates all music activities with the Senior Pastor and Worship Committee. 2. Promotes participation, and recruits volunteers for the choir. 3. Selects anthems and special music in consultation with Sr. Minister for a 10:30 traditional worship service. 4. Prepares and leads weekly rehearsals for the Chancel Choir. 5. Distributes anthems to the choir at least four weeks in advance and 8 weeks for Christmas and Easter services. 6. Leads the choir during Sunday worship service and special holiday services (Ash Wednesday, Maundy Thursday, Hanging of the Greens, Christmas Eve, etc.) 7. Purchase music and choir supplies, while consulting with the Worship Committee. 8. Procures musicians when needed for various choir presentations according to budget resources. 9. Coordinates special music for summer services when choir is on hiatus. 10. Develops additional choirs for special music (Bell Choir). 11. A participating member of the Worship Committee.

Woodland Hills, California

-Teach K-8 general music classes.-Music classes are grounded in the Orff-Schulwerk method of music education. -Developed and implemented an integrated K-8 music curriculum -Developed and directs various ensembles including (but not limited to): Boys Choir (grades 5-8), Girls Choir (grades 5-8), Advanced Choir (Junior High), Hand Chimes Ensemble (Junior High)-Develops and prepares performances for the school and parish community in the form of an Annual Christmas Concert and Spring Concert. - Taught Junior High Visual Art classes, as outlined by the "Meet the Master's" Curriculum

Culver City, Ca

-Reinvigorated a music program, grounded in the Orff-Schulwerk model of active, creative music making by all children. -Wrote and developed a Pre-Kindergarten-6th Grade grade curriculum that is aligned with the National Core Arts Standards for music. It's aim was to: 1. Build musicianship through: -Singing -Playing Instruments -Speech -Movement-Created opportunities for critical thinking, problem solving, collaboration, and leadership skills. -Incorporated techniques into classroom lessons and interactions that benefit the deaf and hard-of-hearing students within the school population. -Played an essential role in the integration of the arts with curriculum at every grade level. -Using social studies, language arts or the sciences, collaboratively developed integrated units of study that included all four arts disciplines (music, dance, theatre, visual arts). -Participated in culminating performances that demonstrated high-level thinking, creative problem solving, and profound understanding of the skills, concepts and generalizations of the visual and performing arts as well as selected curriculum connections. -Taught music from various cultures such as Indonesia, Ghana, China, India and Ancient Greece. -Taught genres such as jazz, classical, pop, minimalism, and techno. -Taught and directed music associated with the annual Winter Music Program. -Completed training in Responsive Classroom Level I.-Completed the course of study and was awarded Orff Level I Certification, from California State University, Los Angeles in Los Angeles, CA. -Attended the American Orff-Schulwerk Association National Conference-Active participant in the Los Angeles Chapter of AOSA.

El Segundo, California

-Vocal music instructor for children ages 4-14, groups ranging in size from 25-50 children-Worked in conjuction with the director and choreographer to stage and direct bi-weekly productions through the summer months (4 shows in total)-Summer 2014 shows included: 1. "The Little Mermaid" 2. "Witches of Oz" 3. "The Lion King" 4. "The Snow Queen"Summer 2015 shows include:1. "Into the Woods"

Master Of Music, Choral Conducting

Thesis: The Performance Practice of the Negro Spiritual.

Master Of Arts In Teaching, (K-12) Choral And General Music

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Music Education

Activities and Societies: Hampton University Choir, Hampton University Concert Choir, Hampton University Madrigal Singers, Hampton.