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If you have insomnia, here is my resume to help:
Mark Hamilton
74 Peabody Road
Shirley, MA 01464
fax: 978.425.4422
tunes@hamiltunes.com
Experience
Instrumental Music Director 1985 1998
Applewild School, An independent day school, preK-9, Fitchburg,
MA
* Created and developed instrumental curriculum, grades 4
9
* Taught wind and percussion instruments, grades 4 9
* Conducted two concert bands and Applewild Jazz Ensemble
* Awarded Gold Medal, International Association of Jazz Educators
Junior Festival, 1995, 1997
Chairperson 1984 1996
Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp, A Michigan non-profit Summer School
of the Arts, Twin Lake, MI
Director of Faculty, Brass Faculty, Jazz Faculty, International
Tour Counselor
* Led Department of Winds, Strings, Percussion and Jazz
* Conducted high school jazz ensembles, taught jazz improvisation,
taught jazz history
* Organized schedules and facilitated faculty of five concert
bands, two orchestras, five jazz ensembles
* Taught private trombone lessons, taught trumpet and low brass
sectionals
* Supervised ninety high school students during four week tour
of Scandinavia
Trombonist 1985 present
Klezmer Conservatory Band, Yiddish Instrumental and Vocal Music
Ensemble
Freelance performer in Boston, MA
* Performed in the PBS special In the Fiddler's House and on
The Late Show with David Letterman with renowned violinist Itzhak
Perlman
* Tour extensively throughout North America, Europe, and Australia
* Record nine CD's on major and small record labels
* Filmed a children's video for Rabbit Ears Productions entitled
The Fool and the Flying Ship with narration by Robin Williams
* Featured in Joel Grey's Yiddish music revue Borschtcapades
'94
* Appeared on stage and in the pit orchestra with the American
Repertory Theatre's production of Shlemiel The First receiving
rave reviews in the New York Times, the Village Voice, the New
Yorker and Newsweek
* Heard on Minnesota Public Radio's A Prairie Home Companion
with Garrison Keillor and numerous other national and public
television and radio broadcasts
* Initiated Boston area ensembles Brass Planet and ¡Klezperanto!
* Performs regularly with the Mark Greel Band
Music Publisher 1998 present
HamilTunes, Innovative Instrumental Music, Shirley, MA
* Created and launched this small business venture
* Market and distribute compositions and arrangements to bands
around the country· Compose and arrange new music for
concert bands
* Maintain web site, www.hamiltunes.com as a place where band
directors can share ideas
Education
Master
of Music in Jazz Studies 1984
New England Conservatory of Music, Boston, MA
* G.P.A. 3.78
* Awarded "Distinction in Performance"
* Teaching Assistant, "Aural Training and Improvisation"
Bachelor
of Music in Applied Trombone 1982
University of Delaware, Newark, DE 1979 82
* G.P.A. 3.32
* Graduated First in Major
* Conducted Student Jazz Band
Studies in Jazz Education
University of North Texas, Denton, TX 1977 78
Professional
Development
Advanced Sequencing 1998
Central Connecticut State College, New Britain, CT
* graduate credit, G.P.A. 4.0
Teaching Instrumental Music Learning Theory using "Jump
Right In" 1990
University of Hartford, Hartford, CT
* graduate credit, G.P.A. 4.0
Conferences
Attended 1986 98
Massachusetts Music Educators Conference
International Association of Jazz Educators Conference
International Brass Conference
International Trombone Association Conference
Professional Affiliations
International Assiociation of Jazz Educators
Broadcast Music, Inc.
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sensitivity to individual learning
styles;