Education
1998-2000
Masters of Music Performance -Woodwind Specialist, East Carolina
University
1994-1998
Bachelor of Art in Music, Kutztown University
1992-1993
Settlement Music School of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Teaching
Woodwinds Professor, Campbell University
AJ’s contribution to Campbell University includes teaching private lessons on all woodwind instruments, directing the Campbell University Woodwind Ensemble, instructing the Woodwind Methods class, and teaching a Music Appreciation class. Not only does she prepare students for the requirements of their major, but she provides them with a solid foundation which will lead them to flourishing careers.
Woodwinds
Instructor, Resurrection Music School
Currently instructing at Resurrection Music School, AJ maintains a successful studio of students of many ages and levels of development. She develops a program of study for each individual, catering to each student’s needs, personality and learning style.
Teaching philosophy
It is AJ’s conviction that the teacher’s role is to help students discover their own gifts and guide them in fulfilling their own potential, thereby showing students how to successfully create and meet goals and developing a reservoir of confidence from which students can later draw upon.
Related Employment
Program Assistant, Town of Cary Cultural Resources Division
AJ has also served as a Program Assistant for the Town of Cary Cultural Resources Division. An integral member of this team, AJ was responsible for marketing and advertising, coordinating concerts, and assisting in planning special events.
Performing Experience
Present
Member of the Seraphim Flute and Guitar Duo
Present
Substitute oboist, North Carolina Symphony
Present
Substitute oboist (principle), Durham Symphony Orchestra
Spring 2000
Principle oboist
ECU Wind Ensemble
March 2000
Guest Artist, Kutztown University
1998-1999
Principle oboist ECU Symphony
Orchestra, including a European tour in the fall of 1999
1997-1998
Woodwind Specialist, Muhlenburg College Theatre Program
1997-1998
English Hornist for the Schuylkill Symphony Orchestra
1996-1997
Oboist and English Hornist for the Allentown Wind Ensemble.
1994-1998
Principle oboist Kutztown University Symphony Orchestra and Wind Ensemble
1994-1998
Lead
tenor saxophonist of the Kutztown University Jazz Ensemble