MYRA ANN PATTERSON
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adrx07@r.postjobfree.com
OBJECTIVE
My objective is to spread love and light and uplift humanity.
EXPERIENCE
Private music lessons in violin, viola, and guitar 1999-present
My students have been selected to participate in Tennessee All-West and All-State Orchestras, Governor’s School, Memphis Youth Symphony Program, Germantown Youth Symphony, Chicago Youth Symphony, North Carolina All-State and Western Regional Orchestras.
Memphis String Quartet: Viola 2015-present
School of Rock, Memphis August 2014- July 2015
Old Town School of Folk Music, Chicago IL June 2006-2011
Violin and Fiddle lessons
Jazz fiddle class
Wiggleworms early childhood music program
High Country Press, Boone, NC: Contributing writer 2004-2005
A wide variety of guitar and fiddle gigs: from the mountains of Appalachia to Beale Street 1998-present
EDUCATION
University of Chicago: Master of Arts In the Humanties, 3.9 GPA, 2008
Studies included anthropology, ethnomusicology, history, and journalism
Masters Thesis: The Train Left the Station: Linear History and Cyclical Change In Chicago Blues
Appalachian State University: Bachelor of Music In Music Education, with honors, manga cum laude, 2003
As a lifelong student and voracious reader, my education continues daily. My greatest interests are history, literature, philosophy, religion, and the natural world.