PROFESSIONAL TEACHING EXPERIENCE

The Florida State University: Tallahassee, FL
Graduate Teaching Assistant (8/2004 - present)

Developed syllabi for and taught Music Instrument Digital
Interface (MIDI) and Jazz/Contemporary Guitar.

FSU Jazz Combo Director (2004)
Music Director for the FSU Gospel Choir (2004)
The FSU College of Music “RAA Middle School Morning Music Program” (Jazz Band) Rodney Jordan, Ensemble Director, Dr. Judy Bowers, Program Director

South Carolina State University: Orangeburg, SC
Director of Music Industry & Technology Studies, Professor of Music (8/1998 – on leave for study)

Designed and implemented the curriculum for the Bachelor of Arts degree with an Emphasis in Commercial Music which became accredited by NASM in 2000

Music Industry
Music Merchandising Practices I & II,  Music Technology,                                         
Intro to M.I.D.I. & Commercial Song Writing,
Artist Management, Booking  & Tour Management,
Intro to Hard Disk Recording,
Musical Arts Administration & Funding

Music Theory
Theory & Counterpoint (16TH century techniques),
Jazz Harmony & Improvisation

Music History
History of Commercial Music in the U.S.,
History of Afro-American Music,
Music Appreciation,
History of Jazz Music

Applied Instruments:
All levels for applied acoustic, electric and MIDI guitar and bass

Title III Activity Director:
Develop, present and manage an annual budget. 
Supervised budgets totaling over $500,000.00 from 1998 to 2004
                                               
Supervisor for the Music Technology Laboratory Coordinator,
supervise the operation and inventory of music technology, develop and implement accredited programs that facilitate high-level music instruction with the use of technology

South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities
Outreach Faculty (1998 - 2000)

Norfolk State University, Norfolk, VA.
Assistant Instructor of Music (1/1993 - 8/1998)

Music Theory
            Music Fundamentals, Melody and Improvisation,
            Progressive Harmony

Music History:
            Jazz Literature and Criticism, Music Literature, Afro-American Music, Music Appreciation

Music Media:
            Legal Protection of Music and Musician, Performance Workshop

Applied Instruments:
            All levels for applied acoustics, electric and MIDI guitar and bass

Computerized Music Laboratory & Library:
            Supervise the operation and inventory of the computer laboratory & Library

Humanities:
            History of Western Culture and History of World Societies

Ensembles:
            Director of the Norfolk State University Jazz Combo
            Assistant to the Norfolk State University Jazz Ensemble
            Assistant to the Norfolk State University Pep Band

Graduate Assistant (8/1992 - 5/1993)
            Courses taught:  Melody and Improvisation, Progressive
            Harmony, Performance Workshop
            Ensembles:  Assistant to the Norfolk State Jazz Ensemble

Hampton University, Hampton, VA
Adjunct Instructor (1/1998 - 5/1998)
Humanities: History of Western Culture and History of World Societies

Guest Lecturer:

St. Johns International School, Brussels, Belgium, June 2004
                        “History of Jazz Music: Dixieland, Ragtime, Blues, Swing & Bebop”

Benedict College, Columbia, SC, 2003
                        “Music Technology in Higher Education/Career Opportunities“

Voorhees College, Denmark, SC, 1999
                        “The Musical Traditions of West Africa before European Slave Trade”

Claflin University,Orangeburg, SC, 1999
                        “The Technological Diaspora of the Music of African Americans“

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