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Molly Jordan Minichiello

Employment:
October 2012- Present Edison Board of Education Edison, NJ
String Instructor/General Music Teacher
Teaching general music to students ages 6-8
Teaching Elementary strings ages 8-11
Arranging, directing and creating concerts, programs and elementary productions
Parent-teacher conferences
Experience
7/1, 2001- 8/1, 2010 Audubon Arts Summer Program New Haven, CT
String Coordinator
Teaching young string musicians (ages 5-16) how to play in a chamber ensemble.
Provided a varied repertoire to be played in a group setting
Arranged programs for concerts

Dec. 2010-July2011 Watchung Elementary Magnet School Montclair, NJ
Violin Instructor
Taught beginner violin class to a mixture of 3
rd
, 4
th
and 5
th
grade students.
Prepared students for a concert at the end of the year.


Sept, 2008-Dec. 2010 Montclair State University Montclair, NJ
Adjunct Professor for String Methods Course
Instructed music education students on how to teach violin and viola in a public school setting.
Teaching college students the basic skills and technique needed to play the violin and viola.


August, 2011-present Olive Tree Music Academy Verona, NJ
Violin/Viola Instructor
Teaching private violin and viola to all ages and levels
Preparing students for the mid year and end of the year solo recitals.

Education
2003-2007 University of Connecticut Storrs, CT
Bachelors in Music Performance
Given the Annie & Wilma Elias Scholarship and the Sonnenberg Music Scholarship given by the
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School of Fine Arts (2003)


2007-2009
Artist Diploma
Given the Bergen Music Scholarship on behalf of the Montclair State University Foundation
Awarded the Shanghai Quartet Endowment Scholarship
Awarded the Shepard Scholarship on behalf of the Montclair State University Foundation.



2009- May, 2012

Masters of Arts in Teaching with Initial Certification

Praxis Test: Passed

Other Experience
2009-present: Hired concert mistress for the William Paterson University symphony and chamber
orchestra under the instruction of Dr. Sandra Dackow and Prof. Ann Roggen.
Hired as an orchestral assistant at the Hartwick Summer Music Festival and Institute (Summer 2006)
Sept 2009-July 2010: Performed frequently for patients at the Carol G. Simon Cancer Center in
Morristown, NJ.
Full time member of American String Teachers Association.
Volunteers as a recruiter for the John J. Cali School of Music open houses.
Performs with a pop country band all over the NJ and NY areas.


References:
1. Ann Tubis: Supervisor at Audubon Arts Summer Program
atubis@neighborhoodmusicschool.org,
phone is 203-624-5189, ex 26.
2. Paul Hostetter: Orchestra Conductor at Montclair State University
hostetter_paul@columbusstate.edu
706-649-7238 Office 917-612-9226 Cell

Montclair State University
Montclair, NJ
Montclair State University Montclair, NJ
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Molly Minichiello