ADMINISTRATIVE SKILLS

Managing school music budgets totaling over $90,000 annually

Fundraising: successful grant writing, benefit concerts, and patron/donor programs

Purchasing instruments and equipment: collecting multiple bids and negotiating price

Managing a piano fleet valued at $250,000 including a Fazioli F278 and Yamaha C7: regular maintenance and long-term planning for acquisition, divestment, and tonal refurbishment

Managing the maintenance and tonal refurbishment of a Létourneau pipe organ valued at $2,000,000+

Managing school district approved program for rental and divestment of school musical assets

Negotiating, securing, and satisfying royalty contracts/licenses for musical theatre productions

Participating on school committees including leadership positions

Participating on hiring committees including writing job descriptions and serving on interview committees

Designing and hosting district music staff professional development experiences

Building and maintaining program websites and social media accounts

Consulting on the design of new arts education facility: instructional spaces, offices, storage, and a black box theatre

Hiring musicians and other teaching partners: contract negotiations, music union compliance, payroll procedures, and the initiation of background checks

Negotiating international (European) and national travel arrangements for professional music teaching partners

Acquiring and maintaining a student computer lab outfitted with voice spectrogram software and equipment

Maintaining, organizing, and building school and district music libraries

Completing and distributing school instrument and equipment inventories

Engaging actively with music program publicity, advocacy, and recruitment 

Planning international and domestic concert tours 

Hosting state-wide music workshops