Manager Assistant

Brian J. Conklin

*** * ********** ***. ***** River N.Y 10965 845-***-**** adk2rw@r.postjobfree.com

EDUCATION

York College of Pennsylvania York, PA 12/2011

Bachelors of Science in Music Education Minor: Theatre Cumulative GPA 3.6 Dean’s List ‘07- ‘11

RELATIVE COLLEGIATE COURSES

Lighting Design Commedia/Clown Modern Drama

Directing Text Performance Intro to Film

Musical Theatre/Opera Shakespeare Acting/Advanced Acting

Music Theory Music History Ethnomusicology

MUSIC RELATED COLLEGIATE AFFILIATIONS

York College Players Theatre Group

HODGE Male Acapella Group

Rhapsody Co-ed Acapella Group

Dallastown High School Dallastown, PA 8/2011-12/2011

Student Teacher

Developed weekly lesson plans on keyboarding, musical theatre, and music theory to 20-25 students

Taught and conducted a pre-selected choral arrangement for 75 students enrolled in Choral Ensembles

Organized the lighting design cues for the school’s fall play, 12 Angry Men

GENERAL WORK EXPERIENCE

The Arc, Rockland Pearl River, NY 7/2019-Present

Team Leader

Create daily lesson/community outing schedules for five classrooms.

Supervise and observe classrooms and staff daily.

Attend monthly Life Plan meetings and create appropriate plans for about 50+ adults with mental and physical disabilities.

Complete classroom dailies, review staff timecards and read/audit staff monthly notes.

Answer and direct phone calls, Write and distribute emails and other memos.

Train staff on policies, procedures and updated individualized plans.

The Arc, Rockland Pearl River, NY 6/2014-7/2019

Community Specialist III / Music Therapy Assistant

Teachers Assistant

Teach daily general education lessons on Math, History, Science, and English to about 20 adults with mental and physical disabilities.

Trained in CPR, AMAP, SCIP and other professional training sessions.

Participate in community activities including volunteering at senior centers, visiting libraries, attending music therapy and other wellness activities.

Attend Life Plan Meetings, Semi-Annuals and Annual Meetings.

Responsible for daily and monthly notes, attendance, and transportation of individuals.

Created an additional music group to perform at various company events.

Reddi Alarm and Time Systems Tappan, NY 7/2006-5/2014

Electrical and Alarm Technician Aide

Assisted a licensed electrical technician with installing alarm devices, smoke and heat detectors, wires, and other low-voltage power circuits devices over summer breaks

Stage Door Manor Loch Sheldrake, NY 5/2013-9/2013

Stage Manager and Camp Counselor

Worked at a 9-week summer theater camp and stage managed in the production of: Arlene Hutton’s As It Is in Heaven, Thomas Meehan’s Annie and Daniel Keyes’s Flowers for Algernon (Middle/High School Students)

TECHNICAL THEATRE RELATED ACTIVITIES

Porch Light Productions Glen Rock, NJ 2/2013-3/2013

Production Stage Manager / Props Master

Supported head director in the production of Neil LaBute’s Fat Pig by maintaining daily cues, supplying the cast with props, and balancing the show budget

Aided with building and painting of the entire production set

Wake Up Marconi New York, NY 6/2011-8/2011

Assistant Stage Manager/Props Master/Lighting

Operated primarily backstage to assist with scene transitions, prop storage, and lighting design during the production of Hitgirls: An Ass-Kicking Musical Comedy in Heels

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS, HONORS AND CERTIFICATES

The Arc, Rockland- RBT Certification 11/2015-11/2016

Taste of Rockland: Outstanding DSP Recipient (The Arc, Rockland- 2016)

Music Appreciation/Therapy- Guitar and Percussion Teacher (The Arc, Rockland- Current)

The National Society of Leadership and Success (ΣΑΠ) (Inducted 2009)

National Association for Music Education

Musical Theatre/Television

(2014) The Leftovers (Townsperson, Dobbs Ferry, NY)

(2014) Elementary (Street Passerby/Park Passerby, South Sea Port, Manhattan, NYC)

(2014) Blue Bloods “Custody Battle” (Protestor- Extra, Centre Street, Manhattan, NYC)

(2014)Lights, Camera, Action: A Night in Hollywood (Chorus Member-EVUSA, Carnegie Hall, NYC)

(2014) Law and Order SVU “Wednesday’s Child” (Passenger-Extra, Pier 88, Manhattan, NYC)

(2014) Ragtime Commercial (Immigrant, Westchester Dinner Theatre, Elmsford, NY)

(2014) The King and I (Kralahome, Yorktown Stage, Yorktown Heights, NY)

(2014) Jack and the Beanstock (The Baron, Yorktown Stage, Yorktown Heights, NY)

(2013) Spamalot (Sir Bedivere, Yorktown Stage, Yorktown Heights, NY)

(2012) Tommy (Uncle Ernie, White Plains, Performing Arts Center, White Plains, NY)

(2012) The Music Man (Ewart Dunlop, Westchester Broadway, Elmsford, NY)

(2012) Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson (John Calhoun, Little Radicals Theatrics, Mamaroneck, NY)

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