Educator, Administrator

SHERWOOD W. WISE

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SUMMARY

As a highly skilled performer, educator, and administrator, I have developed a broad skillset that is applicable in numerous environments. I carry entrepreneurial skills as a freelance musician for over 20 years, excellent communication skills through 13 years of experience as a teacher, and my interpersonal skills led my colleagues to select me as Music Department Chair for 3 years. My management philosophy is centered around coalescing the varied needs of all individual members of my immediate team and determining the best path forward to benefit the unit. By placing collaboration first, I make all colleagues feel understood as contributors to the objective of the unit.

Core Competencies

Instruction, Leadership and Supervision, Organizational Planning, Oversight, Assessment and Analysis, Mentorship and Advisement, Writing and Communications, Admissions and Recruitment

Microsoft Office, Banner, Canvas, Navigate, Blackboard

Key Accomplishments

Directed and reported on departmental contribution to enrollment, financial stability, and cultural climate

Established Task Force to address inequality and representation in departmental curriculum and environment

Led strategic response to COVID-19 including shift to remote and hybrid instruction

Instruction/Education Skills

Advise new, current and transfer students on curricular programs

Courses taught include Freshman level Music Theory, Freshman and Sophomore level Ear Training, Woodwind Methods for Music Education majors, Woodwind Repertoire, Introduction to Music

Oversee and coordinate weekly Convocation performance program

Coach Woodwind and Double Reed chamber ensembles

Coordinate student outreach performances

Teach applied oboe and bassoon lessons and recruit double reed students

Lead instrumental section rehearsals

Served on search committees for four full-time faculty positions

Serve on panels including admission auditions, end of semester juries, ensemble placement auditions

Coordinate the music department's instrument inventory

Consult with students and administration on disciplinary matters

Organizational Management Skills

Oversee department course and rehearsal and performance schedule

Coordinate full-time faculty position searches

Interview, hire and assign adjunct faculty and administrative staff positions

Set agendas and Chair department faculty meetings

Supervise staff and student aides in Department office

Schedule and supervise stage crew for large and small performances

Schedule and staff admission auditions for prospective students

Chair Probationary Faculty Evaluation Committee; observe and evaluate probationary faculty

Coordinate recruitment efforts with Admissions and Marketing departments; attend events on- and off campus

Update and distribute music department student handbook

Devised and implemented COVID-19 safety protocols for live instruction and performance in a large musical setting

Directed departmental self-study for accreditation renewal

EMPLOYMENT

The College of Saint Rose, Associate Professor of Music (tenured), 2017 – 2022

Music Department Chair, 2018-2021

Assistant Professor of Music, 2012 - 2017

Visiting Assistant Professor of Music, 2010 – 2012

Visiting Instructor of Music, 2009 – 2010

The College of Saint Rose Pre-College Experience, Music Program Director, 2018 – 2020

Wind and Brass Coordinator/Oboe and Bassoon Instructor, 2016 - 2020

Oboe and Bassoon Instructor, The College of Saint Rose Summer Youth Music, 2010 – 2013

OTHER EXPERIENCE

Office Coordinator, New England Conservatory Office of Public Relations and Marketing

Sales Associate, Music Espresso Music Store

Library Assistant, New England Conservatory Firestone Library

Library Assistant, Oberlin Conservatory Orchestra Library

EDUCATION

Doctor of Music, Oboe Performance; College Teaching Certificate, Florida State University, 2010

Master of Music Education, Florida State University, 2008

Master of Music Oboe Performance (with distinction), New England Conservatory, 2001

Bachelor of Music, Oboe Performance, Minor in Vocal Performance, Oberlin Conservatory, 1999

PERFORMANCE

Vermont Symphony Orchestra, Second Oboe (Tenured), 2001-present

Glens Falls Symphony Orchestra, Principal Oboe (Tenured), 2013-present

Acting Principal Oboe, 2012-2013

Sinfonia Gulf Coast, Principal Oboe, 2007 – 2009

Second Oboe/English horn, 2021-present

Columbus, GA Symphony Orchestra, Third Oboe, 2007 - 2009

Northwest Florida Symphony Orchestra, Third Oboe, 2007 - 2009

Hingham Symphony, English Horn, 2002 - 2005

New Bedford Symphony, Second Oboe/English Horn, 2004 - 2005,

English Horn, 2001 - 2004

References available upon request

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