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Project Manager Design

Location:

Carrboro, NC

Posted:

November 23, 2012

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Alison Weiner

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Carrboro NC 27510

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abpwt1@r.postjobfree.com

www.mahaloArts.com

Twenty-seven years experience in music

Twenty-one years experience in architectural design and construction

Nine years experience with non-profit organizations

MUSIC

Employment

Owner and President, Mahalo Arts, Inc. in Carrboro NC Nov 2003 present

Teacher, Harmony Music S tudios in Chapel Hill NC Sep 2010 present

Graduate Assistant, Department of Music, Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton FL Jan 2008 May 2010

Original composition performances

Shorter Better

Steinway Piano Gallery in Boca Raton FL Dec 2009

Paul Green, clarinet; Anthony Casamassima, a lto sax; Alison Weiner, p iano;

Kyle Motl, bass; Seth Bailen, drums

FAU University Theater for the Bachelor of Music in Jazz Studies recital of Ms. Weiner Nov 2007

Alison Weiner, piano; Mike Brignola, bass clarinet; Rochelle Frederick, tenor sax;

Rob Rimmington, bass; Matt Crowning, d rums

Suite No. 1 for Clarinet and Piano

Steinway Piano Gallery in Boca Raton FL Dec 2008

Paul Green, clarinet; Jennifer Snyder, piano

FAU Music at Noon series Oct 2008

Sam Heine, clarinet; Anne Louise-Turgeon, piano

Suite No. 2: For Paul, a Master of Music commissioned by clarinetist Paul Green

Temple Beth Israel in Longboat Key FL (1st movement) Mar 2010

Paul Green, clarinet; Alison Weiner, piano

Steinway Piano Gallery in Boca Raton FL (1st and 3rd movements) Dec 2009

Paul Green, clarinet; Anthony Casamassima, a lto sax; Alison Weiner, p iano;

Kyle Motl, bass; Seth Bailen, drums

WXEL 90.7FM Radio: Classical Variations with Joanna Marie: the FAU Composers Forum Dec 2009

Paul Green, clarinet; Alison Weiner, piano

FAU Music at Noon series (1st movement) Sep 2009

as part of Mr. Green s presentation, The Development of Jewish Art Music

Paul Green, clarinet; Alison Weiner, piano

FIU Instrumental Hall for the Master of Music recital of Paul Green

Paul Green, clarinet; James Gasior, piano; Kai Sanchez, acoustic bass; Rodolfo Zuniga, drums Apr 2009

FAU Libraries Judaica Sound Archives (1st movement) Apr 2009

as part of Mr. Green s presentation, The Development of Jewish Art Music

Paul Green, clarinet; Alison Weiner, piano

Suite No. 3: L Chaim

FAU Composers Forum Reading Session Apr 2010

Paul Green, clarinet; Isabel Thompson, clarinet; Daniel Harvey, French horn;

Tim Walters, flugelhorn; Anne Louise-Turgeon, piano; Alejandro S nchez-Samper, bandone n;

Alfredo Oliva, violin; Philip Lakofsky, cello

Conversation #1

FAU Symphony Orchestra Reading Session Apr 2010

Paul Green, clarinet; Tim Walters, flugelhorn; Tom Wierzbicki, piano; Daniel Padua, conductor

Performances 1984 present

Pianist, keyboardist and vocalist (jazz, R&B, rock and reggae music) with all sorts of groups (including mahaloJazz, Mango Jam, Bo

Lozoff Band, Vic Lipscombe Group, Sawyer-Goldberg, Olga Salvatore Trio, Bob Hoose Orchestra) in all sorts of venues in and around

Chapel Hill NC, Kona HI, and Boca Raton FL. Recent performances include:

Ellen Hemphill s S tealing Home: the architecture of intimacy at Manbites Dog Theater, Durham NC April 2011

Kathryn Bridwell-Briner s Satan in High Heels lecture recital,

Feminist Theory and Music 10 conference at UNC-Greensboro May 2009

mahaloJazz4 house concert, CottonWood Farm, Saxapahaw NC Jun 2008, 2009, 2010

FAU Jazz Combo, VIP reception for the Republican Presidential Debate at FAU Jan 2008

Guest artist (duo), Swing and Jazz Preservation Society, Boca Raton FL Feb 2008 and 2009

Recordings

Nice Trip CD by Pierre Eristhenes, piano and keyboards 2007

O Born Cool b y Olga Salvatore, pianist and co-arranger 2004

Publications

Three Suites: A Celebration of Klezmer (thesis for MA degree) May 2010

presentation, discussion and analysis of Suite No. 1, Suite No. 2 and Suite No. 3

Presentations

Community Musicwomen, Parkway Middle School of the Performing Arts, Fort Lauderdale FL May 2010

with vocalists and fellow WIJSF members Joan Cartwright and Mzuri Moyo

Memberships

The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) www.ascap.org

Society Of Composers, Inc. (SCI) www.societyofcomposers.org

Women In Jazz South Florida (WIJSF) www.wijsf.org

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Training / Education

M.A., Music (Composition), Florida Atlantic University Jan 2008 May 2010

private lesson with Bruce Adolphe Mar 2010

private lesson with Dr. Libby Larsen Mar 2008 and Oct 2009

composition with Dr. Stuart Glazer, Professor, FAU Jan 2008 May 2010

jazz piano with Dave Hammer at FAU Jan 2005 Apr 2009

B.M., Jazz Studies, Florida Atlantic University Jan 2005 Dec 2007

Jamey Aebersold jazz one-week camp, University of Louisville (Jerry Coker combo) July 2002

jazz piano with Chip Crawford, UNC-Chapel Hill Spring 2001

Music 069 Jazz Composition and Arranging with Dan Fritz, UNC-Chapel Hill Spring 2001

jazz piano with Dr. Scott Warner, Professor, UNC-Chapel Hill Fall 2000

Music 035 Jazz Harmony with Scott Warner, UNC-Chapel Hill Fall 2000

voice with Linda Pristera, Chapel Hill NC 1985

jazz piano with Dave Frank, Port Washington NY 1980

jazz piano with Tony Aless, Great Neck NY 1972

jazz piano with Mike Garson, Great Neck NY 1970

Teaching / Service

Instructor, studioMahalo Jun 2005 present

Instructor, Harmony Music Studios Sep 2010 - present

Instructor, Jazz Improvisation II, Jazz/Pop Lit, Chamber Jazz Spring 2010

Instructor, Jazz Improvisation I, Chamber Jazz, music theory tutor Fall 2009

Instructor, Jazz/Pop Lit, Chamber Jazz, Applied Piano, Class Piano Spring 2009

Instructor, Jazz In American Society, Chamber Jazz, Applied Piano, Class Piano Fall 2008

Instructor, TOPS Piano Camp, Session 4 July 2008

Instructor, Class Piano, Applied Piano Jan 2008

President, FAU Composers Forum Aug 2009 May 2010

President, FAU Jazz Club Aug 2005 Aug 2009

Achievements / Awards

Participant, FAU Graduate Student Research Day April 2010

Recipient, FAU College of Arts and Letters / Department of Music awards

Esther Griswald Performing Arts Scholarship Award 2008

Swing and Jazz Preservation Society Award 2007-2008

Jazz Arts Music Society Scholarship 2006-07, 2007-08

Adela Bush Merbaum Memorial Award in Music 2006-2007

Evelyn Monberg Piano Scholarship 2006-2007

Fiona McCleary Scholarship 2005-2006

Mrs. Charles Binny Foster Scholarship 2005-2006

Dean s List Spring 2006

Dean s List Fall 2006/Spr 2007

President s List Fall 2006/Spr 2007

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NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION and VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE

Program Director Society for Kona s Education & Art (SKEA) Honaunau HI 4/2003 9 /2004

For this organization which served the rural, economically depressed, culturally diverse South Kona community, I developed arts

and cultural programming for youth, adults and families, managed the membership database, prepared the bi-monthly newsletter,

and assisted the executive director in grant writing.

Co-founder / Vice-President,

Board of Directors Big Island Sailing Foundation (BISF) Kailua-Kona HI 2/2003 9/2004

The mission of BISF is to raise and provide funding dedicated to youth sailing programs throughout Hawai i County.

Member, Board of Directors Habitat for Humanity Kona (HfHK) Kailua-Kona HI 2/2004 9 /2004

For this affiliate, established in 2002, I served as the Building Committee Chair and helped to create its first house in Sept 2004.

As a board director and chair for the several organizations (listed below) in Orange County, North Carolina, I participated in

preparing organizational documents and developing and implementing strategic plans. I also collaborated with staff and boards of

a variety of local agencies, as well as town and county government officials, and regularly wrote and publicly spoke on behalf of

these organizations.

Chair, Initial Board of Directors Orange Community Housing and Land Trust (OCHLT) 7/2001 6 /2002

Now known as the Community Home Trust, I helped to oversee the merger of OCHC and CLTOC into a single organization for

optimal development of affordable housing utilizing the CLT model. As of 2009 there are 137 homes in the land trust.

Attended the CLT Network National Policy Conference and Annual Meeting (4/2002 in Washington DC)

Chair Chapel Hill Land Trust Implementation Task Force 5/1998 12/1998

Chair, Initial Board of Directors Community Land Trust in Orange County (CLTOC) 1/1999 6 /2001

CLTOC was established to use the community land trust model to create permanently affordable housing in Orange County. It

has since changed its name to Community Home Trust.

Attended the Institute for Community Economics National CLT conferences in November 1997 (Durham NC),

April 1999 (St. Paul MN) and November 2000 (Albuquerque, NM)(workshop co-presenter)

Co-founder and Co-chair ABODE: Coalition for Housing Diversity in Orange County 6/1998 8 /2002

ABODE was a collaboration of county housing and human service agencies charged with educating the public about housing

issues, improving communication between agencies, and assisting local governments in program design, policymaking and

resource allocation.

Member, Board of Directors Orange Community Housing Corporation (OCHC) 9/1996 8 /1999

OCHC was a non-profit housing development corporation established in 1990; it merged with CLTOC in July 2001.

Member, Board of Directors Human Kindness Foundation 9/1995 6 /2002

The mission of HKF is to promote kindness in the world. Its primary project is the Prison-Ashram Project, which offers to prisoners

around the world written materials, talks and workshops centered on personal spiritual practice and committed social activism.

Member UNC-Chapel Hill Sustainability Coalition 5/1999 6 /2001

The Coalition is a group of staff, students, faculty and administrators committed to promoting sustainable policies and practices at UNC-CH.

Convened the Outreach Task Group; served on the Land and Buildings Task Group and Program Committee

Attended the Second Nature workshop Shaping a Sustainable Future: Best Practices in Higher Education (3/2000 in Atlanta GA)

Served on the NC Project Green Advisory Team (a multi-agency team chartered by Governor Hunt)

Served as a mentor to several students in a Fall 2000 course, A Sustainable University

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ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN EXPERIENCE

As an employee and business owner, I have had experience in all phases of architectural and small business practices. My

approach to creating solutions is to facilitate collaboration between all interested participants; the sustainable solution comes

when each person impacted by the solution has been engaged in the process.

Senior Designer Blunden Piesse Architects Carrboro NC 7/2001 11/2002

For this residential design firm, I worked directly with the two principal architects, providing assistance with conceptual design,

design development, construction documents and construction supervision services.

Const Renovation & Design Tech II UNC-Chapel Hill A&E Services Chapel Hill NC 3/1998 6 /2001

I prepared budget estimates (including schematic designs) and construction documents for University Facilities Repair and Renovation

projects less than $125,000. This work included working directly with customers, assessing existing site conditions, researching previous

work completed, developing the design and preparing working drawings and specifications. From 8/2000 through 12/2000, I assumed

supervisory duties assigned to the position of Facility Construction Engineer I while recruitment for this position was in process. My duties

included supervising the five designers of Academic Affairs Design Services and participating in departmental and interdepartmental

managers meetings. Once this position was filled, in January 2001 I became a project manager for larger projects until my departure.

Owner/Designer ABODE DESIGN Carrboro NC 3/1994 2 /1998

Abode Design focused on residential renovations, additions, and small houses. As the sole proprietor, I provided to my clients

design, drafting and construction supervision services, and managed all accounting and marketing tasks.

Designer SITZER:SPURIA, INC. Carrboro NC 1/1989 2 /1994

For this residential and corporate exhibit design firm, I was responsible for design development, construction documents and

construction supervision. I also set up the CADD system (MiniCad) for the office.

Designer/Drafter J.W. LINDSEY, INC. Carrboro NC 1/1988 12/1988

I prepared working drawings and specifications for the owner/designer of this residential and restaurant design firm.

Designer/Owner SPACE BUILDERS, INC. Carrboro NC 8/1983 12/1986

As a designer for residential renovations, I handled design/build projects from conception through completion, preparing cost

analyses and budgets, schematic designs, design development and construction documents, and providing on-site construction

supervision. As an owner, I also participated in the management of the firm.

AWARDS

2001 Chapel Hill-Carrboro Chamber of Commerce Community Betterment Award

OTHER EDUCATION ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Certificate in Nonprofit Management, Duke University, Durham NC, May 2002

B.S., Architectural Technology, magna cum laude, New York Institute of Technology, Old Westbury NY, June 1981

Gold Medal for Achievement in Architectural Technology, New York Institute of Technology, Old Westbury NY, June 1981

OTHER INTERESTS

Learning to play the melodica (NEW!); writing a good song; crafting a logo; playing tennis; reading a well-written book; writing; sailing;

walking the beach, breathing in the ocean and finding some exceptional rocks and shells

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REFERENCES

Dr. Stuart Glazer, Professor (composition) Dr. Tim Walters, Associate Professor and Director of Jazz Studies

Florida Atlantic University Florida Atlantic University

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