Saxophone with Aimee S.

Aimee Smith Music

• Developed & implemented individualize applied music instruction: voice, oboe, clarinet, saxophone & piano • Hosted group masterclass with professional oboist & Grammy-award winner, Thom Moore (2015) • Quadrupled client base in first quarter after opening Sitka studio (2014), maxing studio availability • Composed new works & workshopped music with performers, with composed music performed in 3 states (Oregon, Alaska, New York) & on 3 continents (North America, Australia, Europe – Spain) • Provided services in music transcription/transposition, performance & event/administrative management Composition Commissions & Selections: • McNary High School Jazz I Ensemble – Keizer, OR (2018), Foggy Beach Blues for Jazz Ens. (Big Band) • TIMP.100 Recording Project – Brent Miller, Percussionist – Brisbane, Australia (2016), Awdigaan for solo prepared timpani, currently in preparation for recording • Family Request – Livie 60th Anniversary Celebration – Salem, OR (2016), arr. Wind Beneath My Wings for Oboe, Tenor Saxophone & Piano • Ensemble Finale, Sitka Broadway Night – Sitka, AK (2015), arr. Seasons of Love from Rent • Miniature Romances for Clarinet – Javier Perez Garrido, Clarinetist – Seville, Spain (2014), Romancing the Heart from Expressions for Clarinet Series • Sesquicentennial of the Civil War – West Point Woodwind Quintet – West Point, NY (2013), The Civility of War for woodwind quintet with doubling & body percussion Contracted & External Projects: • Administrative Support & Website Design – Anchorage Concert Chorus (10/18 – Present): provided administrative support with web media & marketing, updated website design & managed web content • Composers with Disabilities Working Group - Composer Diversity Project Advisory Council (07/18): Served on council in broadening the scope of known repertoire written by composers with disabilities & developing a tool for conductors, performers, presenters, educators & researchers to increase access to new repertoire from a diverse group of composers • Volunteer Assistant Music Teacher – Sitka Fine Arts Camp (Spring/Fall 2014): assisted in teaching music recording & rock band classes. Enhanced recording skills in new music medium. Students performed publicly at the end of each class & created a final recording. • Press Release Writer – Vox Novus (2012 – 2013): analyzed program notes & wrote press releases for performances in the 60x60, Composer’s Voice & 15 Minutes of Fame Concert Series

Hoonah City School District

• Designed, promoted & co-directed 5 music concerts, incorporating Lingít & multicultural music, jazz, choral & concert band music, theory & music analysis • Employed instruction on special education goals: impulse control, social skills, emotional control, body awareness. Incorporated motor skills into elementary courses & accommodations for student with physical paralysis, through consultation of Occupational Therapist • Collaboratively developed comprehensive PK-8 Music curriculum map, with National Core Arts Standards & Lingít traditional music • Developed integrative & culturally-inclusive syllabus proposal for 7-12 music class, incorporating instrumental & vocal music, improvisation & composing, listening, analysis & self-evaluation • Substituted for high school band & assisted with pep band during basketball season

George Fox University

Willamette University

States of Alaska & Oregon

Special Education & Early Childhood Special Education Elementary Education Middle School Education ML Basic Math, Science, Social Studies, Language Arts Music

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Limited Proficiency

Native Proficiency