ANDY
PEASE'S RESUME
ANDREW D. PEASE
misterpease at gmail.com
EXPERIENCE
Lakewood Elementary
School - Congers, NY
August 2004 – present
Music Teacher
- Teach
weekly general music sessions to grades K-5.
- Instruct grade 4 and 5
students in all woodwind, brass, and percussion instruments in group
lessons.
- Lead 5th
grade chorus and grade 4 and 5 band in 2 concerts each year.
- Lead
marching band in local Memorial Day parade.
- Won award for Best Marching Band in Congers Memorial Day
Parade in 2006 and 2007.
Columbia University Wind
Ensemble - New York, NY
August 2002 – present
Music Director and Conductor
- Choose
repertoire and lead rehearsals for 55-member student-run wind
ensemble.
- Perform 2 – 4 concerts each semester.
- Created and continue to coordinate student
guest conducting program.
- Write program notes.
- Have performed with other collegiate ensembles at Yale,
Dartmouth, and MIT.
- Maintain regular relationships with community organizations
Riverside Park Fund and InterSchool Orchestra Symphonic Band.
Columbia Summer Winds -
New York, NY
May 2003 – present
Music Director and Conductor
- Choose
repertoire, lead rehearsals, and recruit personnel for 80-member
community band.
- Perform free outdoor concerts in Manhattan each
summer.
- Maintain
regular relationships with community organizations Teachers College,
Friends of Morningside Park, Old First Reformed Church, Manhattan Wind
Ensemble.
- Oversee guest conductors.
- Assist in budgeting and planning.
Private Trumpet Lessons -
Congers and New City, NY
September 2005 – present
- Instruct single students how
better to play the trumpet.
Hanover Wind Symphony -
Whippany, NJ
June-August 2007
Guest Conductor
- Led rehearsals and performances of Second Suite in F
by Gustav Holst.
- Performed at 3 venues in New Jersey with 70-member adult
band.
The Little Orchestra
Society of New York - New York, NY
January 2000 – August 2002
Music Assistant
- Organized
sheet music for busy professional non-profit orchestra, including
rental, marking, and copying.
- Created new arrangements on demand.
- Managed music library.
- Maintained performance archives.
- Assembled
content and designed layout for concert programs.
- Corresponded daily
with musicians and publishers via phone, fax, and internet.
- Created
comprehensive performance history database.
- Screened resumes and
scheduled auditions.
- Assisted in musical, technical and administrative
aspects of concert production.
EDUCATION
Conducting Workshops
- Indiana University – Stephen Pratt and Richard Blatti,
clinicians – June 2006
- Hartt School of Music – Glen Adsit and Alan MacMurray,
clinicians – July 2005
Hofstra University -
Hempstead New York
August 2009
MA in Wind Conducting
- Conducting studies with Peter Boonshaft
- Education studies with Bruce Torff and Nathalie Robinson
Teachers College,
Columbia University - New York, NY
May 2004
MA in Music Education and New York State K-12 Teaching Certificate
- Conducting studies with Dino Anagnost
- Music Education studies with Harold Abeles, Leonore
Pogonowski, and Randall Allsup
- Student
Teaching: Large public high school and middle school band program in
Rye, New York, and elementary general music with beginning band at a
public school in Harlem, New York.
Dartmouth College -
Hanover, NH
June 2001
BA Cum Laude with High Honors in Music
- Awards:
The Senior Symphonic Award, The German Consulate Book Award, Dartmouth
Alumni Fund Scholarship, Richter Memorial Trust Honors Thesis Grant,
2001 Rufus Choate Scholar.
- Senior Thesis: Composed a suite for steel pans and brass
quintet. Conducted its premiere performance.
ACTIVITIES
Dartmouth College
Marching Band
Student Conductor
January - December 2000
- Chose repertoire for 60 member student marching band.
- Led music rehearsals.
- Conducted band in pre-game and halftime shows, as well as
in stands, at football games.
- Conducted band in stands at basketball and hockey games.
- Arranged new music for band.
Equipment Manager
January - December 1999
- Organized and oversaw the use of all band equipment.
Publicity Chair
January - December 1999
- Recruited new members to the band.
Dartmouth Steel
Music Director
October 1998-May 2001
- Arranged new music for small student-run steel drum
ensemble.
- Taught new members how to play the instruments.
- Led rehearsals of new music.
CERTIFICATION/
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP
- New York State Initial K-12 Music Teacher Certification
- CBDNA (College Band Directors National Association)
- MENC (The National Association for Music Education)
- NYSSMA (New York State School Music Association)
- RCMEA (Rockland County Music Educators Association)
- NBA (National Band Association)