Music Recording with Valerie O.

Song Camp

BKLYN Studios Song Camp introduces youth to the songwriting process where they have the opportunity to explore song concepts and learn music production in order to develop their ideas. They will learn song elements, such as differentiating intros, verses, choruses, and whether or not to write a bridge, etc and standard forms to arrange their own songs. By collaborating and writing with one another, students will learn collaboration, communication and listening skills within the context of online platforms which have become critical in this time of remote learning.

ASAP! (After School Arts Program)

The goal of ASAP!'s Empathy Project was to make empathy the fabric of communication throughout the high school community and beyond. The project was in an experiential integrative sharing connecting written and spoken word, music, movement, film, and sculpture. I taught beatmaking on Ableton Live and the Ableton Push to ~40 high school students.

Portland Public Schools

Based on the Beats By Girlz curriculum, I designed a curriculum and taught a 5-day (7 hours/day) course in music production in Ableton Live and songwriting for juniors and seniors at Casco Bay High School. Students collaborated in groups of 2-3 and ultimately created an album of fresh new songs, which they shared in a final performance.

League of Badass Women

I curated, produced and interviewed badass women, non-binary and transgendered people around the world about power, privilege and personal transformations to change the workplace and beyond. I produced the music for the podcast, recorded and edited the interviews in Ableton Live.

Beats By Girlz

Beats By Girlz is a non-traditional, creative and educational music technology curriculum, collective and community template designed by Associate Professor at The Berklee College of Music, Erin Barra-Jean.

SAY: The Stuttering Association for the Young

SAY is a national non-profit organization that empowers, educates, and supports young people who stutter and the world that surrounds them.

Lost Sox Productions

Private lessons for music production, songwriting, beatmaking, and voice for all ages.

Tufts University

New York Foundation for the Arts

Native Proficiency