“Curriculum Vitae” – a resume for those of us in the academic world.
If you are reading this on paper, the links are active on the online version at https://wp.me/P2NdZX-c
2013-present: part of Tech Team at Mount de Sales Academy
- Network Support / iPad Guy
- named Director of IT in 2015
- Responsible for everything from networks, servers, printers, AV, processes, budgets, educational technology planning and implementation, and other things too numerous to mention.
2003-present: Freelance educator / musician / accompanist / keyboardist / sound designer / computer consultant / web designer / church musician billed as the MaconMacGuy and the MacMusicGuy.
- Adjunct Faculty, Macon State College Music Department:
- taught applied piano, music appreciation
- accompany the Chamber Singers
- Have done consulting & training re: classroom Pro Tools recording systems
- Produce practice tracks for the choir that are posted online
- Had one student compete in the Macon Symphony’s Concerto competition twice.
- Adjunct Faculty, Mercer University Computer Science Department:
- Taught CSC125: Beginning Computers 2003-2011
- using a variety of in-class and online techniques.
- Emphasis on getting beyond the buttons to the “why”, and using the computer as a tool to get work done.
- Microsoft Office, Alice, Online Office tools, Search processes, etc.
- Educator:
- teach private piano, music technology, music theory to students and adults at Young America Music School.
- Musician:
- Keyboardist/sound designer &/or arranger for
- the Joey Stuckey Band,
- the Mosely Dixon Project, and
- GA Cabaret with Dr. Martha Malone. Wide variety of styles, from pop/country/jazz to 20th Century art songs.
- Perform over 2 dozen times a year IN ADDITION TO the Northway Church performances with a variety of musicians, situations, and styles
- Have credits on over a dozen commercially produced albums as producer or keyboardist &/or arranger
- Last three albums received international airplay
- ASCAP catalog with several hundred songs listed
- Have music placed in several libraries
- Have original music available online in several locations
- Run and operate a small project recording studio
- Accompanist
- 2 voice recitals by Rebecca Lanning (performed at Macon State, Georgia Southwestern, Litte Carnegie of the South) – 2008, 2009
- 14 concerts given by the Macon State Chamber Singers.
- Material included
- Brahms Liebeslieder Waltzes
- J.S. Bach Cantata #140
- Leavitt Missa Festiva
- Ramirez Missa Criolla
- Rutter Gloria
- Haydn Lord Nelson Mass
- Rutter A Sprig of Thyme
- Vivaldi Gloria
- Whitacre Five Hebrew Love Songs
- …plus many other works
- Staff accompanist for 8 Mercer University voice students at the Spring 2011 NATS competition
- Computer Consultant
- web design, tech support, network troubleshooting, online services & marketing for several clients
- web hosting through MidGaHosting
- Webmaster for several sites
- Church Musician
- Staff pianist/keyboardist for First Presbyterian Church, Macon, GA
- 1994-2012 Staff keyboardist at Northway Church & its predecessors.
- Performed over 100 times a year on a multi-keyboard stack.
- Started the contemporary band in 1994
- Arranged dozens of hymns for contemporary band
- Designed the keyboard stack
- Have done tons of keyboard programming
- Produced/arranged 2 albums with the band tom&co
- Have at times done everything from produce graphics for the service CDs, programming the LED sign out by the street, & wrangling the PA system into submission.
- Involved with purchasing, configuring, and operating an Allen & Heath iLive digital mixing board
- Adjudicator
- Judged the Literary Meet Piano contestants for Mount de Sales Academy in 2009, 2010, 2011
- Judged the Piano competition for GISA Literary meet 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
- Judge for the Macon Morning Music Club Joseph Maerz Music Scholarship competition 2008, 2010
1997-2003: Co-technology Coordinator, Mount de Sales Academy
(Catholic Middle/High School in Macon, GA)
- Taught Technology related classes
- Web Design
- Computer Applications
- Keyboarding for both middle and high school
- Developed own curriculum for all classes taught
- Tech support
- for faculty computers
- 4 servers – MacOS and Linux
- 2 computer labs – Windows
- 2 laptop wireless labs – MAC OS
- Network had well over 150 nodes. 100BaseT in-building, fiber between buildings.
- Published series of articles on TechRepublic.com September 2001 – Covered day-today IT operations at a private high school
- Provided faculty training classes, tech skills development on as-needed basis.
- Shot and edited sports video for wrestling team
- Played keyboards for Mass
- Accompanied the Choirs at performances
1990-1997: Macon State College, Coordinator of the Music Department
- applied piano
- music theory
- music appreciation
- sightsinging
- music technology courses, including multitrack digital recording – developed the curriculum for all music tech courses
- Music directed & performed in all Spring semester musicals 1991-1997.
- Founded and developed the James T. Bass Jr. Center for Music Technology
- 12 station audio AND data networked Mac music lab
- Each station had software for notation, music theory drill and skill development, sightsinging drill and skill development, sequencing, digital sampling, digital synthesis
- Lab also had multitrack digital audio and stereo analog recording capabilities
- Assisted in the Grant process – received over $80,000 over 4 years to purchase equipment, furniture, and software.
- Published article in the Macon State Faculty Journal about the Bass Center.
- Also responsible for
- Dept. marketing
- adjuncts management
- special events
- and various other duties
1988-1990: Chattanooga State Technical Community College Music Faculty
(2 year school, Chattanooga, TN)
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- Classes taught:
- Music Theory
- Sightsinging/Ear Training
- Applied piano
- Jazz band – wrote and/or arranged many of the pieces performed
- Concert Choir
- Show Choir
- Music Appreciation
- >Music director, keyboardist for 2 musicals
- Also involved in
- departmental marketing
- wrote, recorded, and produced marketing cassette sent to area high school music departments
- providing computer tech support, computer training for the Humanities Division
- facilities management for the departmental spaces and auditorium
- Classes taught:
Education
M.M. Music [Piano Performance] University of South Carolina, magna cum laude
Primary Teachers: Dr. Raymond Dudley, Dr. John Williams
Graduate Assistant – Band leader, arranger, Carolina Alive! Directed by Dr. Richard Conant.
30-50 performances per year
Also includewd extra classes in Media Production
B.M.Music [Piano Performance] University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, magna cum laude
Primary Teacher: Dr. Earl Miller
Won the MTNA Collegiate Division Piano Statewide Competition in 1981
Also included classes in Computer Science
Additional credit courses taken at:
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- Neumann College
- Radford University
- Georgia State
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in educational development and music technology.
Additional non-credit courses taken in web design, programming languages, graphic design, and others.
Web Locations
General Info
Class-related sites
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- http://MaconState.blogspot.com – Macon State Music Appreciation class blog
- http://CSC125.blogspot.com – blog used with the Mercer computer science class
- http://Choir.MaconMacGuy.com – practice tracks for use by the Chamber Singers
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Original Music Available – charts, sheet music, mp3s, CDs, and choir practice tracks
Music Libraries
Performing groups
Publications
TechRepublic article series
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- Day 1 – http://www.techrepublic.com/article/journal-of-an-it-manager-juggling-tasks-is-part-of-the-high-school-curriculum/1038904
- Day 2 – http://www.techrepublic.com/article/journal-of-an-it-manager-backup-plans-and-patience-help-pass-the-test/5047667
- Day 3 – http://www.techrepublic.com/article/journal-of-an-it-manager-problems-with-scripts/1059987
- Day 4 – http://www.techrepublic.com/article/journal-of-an-it-manager-strategy-for-installing-new-equipment/5033985
- Day 5 – http://www.techrepublic.com/article/journal-of-an-it-manager-budget-spending-and-broken-scripts-all-in-a-days-work/1059975
References
Available – contact me for them, though. I am not going to post those names and phone numbers live on the web!