Professional Independent Contractor

Joshua Mark Ponce

************@*****.***

Current Address: Permanent Address:

**** * ****** ** ***.47 5201 Southmost Rd

Riverside Ca. 92507 Brownsville Tx.78521 956-***-**** 956-***-****

Education:

The University of Texas at Arlington (Sept 2006- May 2011)

Bachelors of Music

Major: Jazz Studies

Objective:

I would like to obtain a position that utilizes and further develops each of my skills and will allow me to work my way up into to a position of more responsibility.

Experience:

(April 2010- Sept 2011) Frisco, Tx

The Frisco School of Music

• Private lesson teacher for Guitar, Trumpet.

• Provide a Positive, Energetic and organized leaning atmosphere and adapt to students specific needs.

• Come up with lessons that both interest and challenge the students to learn and advance in their field.

• Interpret, analyze and compose music in a way that will better help the students learn to do these tasks themselves.

(Sept 2009- Present) DFW/USA

Freelance Professional Musician Performer and Educator

• Coordinate rehearsals and lessons for ensembles and performances.

• Lectured private trumpet and guitar students in the DFW area.

• Booking, Advertising and Marketing for the ensembles.

(Sept 2008- Sept 2009) Arlington, Tx

Maverick Activities Building

Patron Assistant

• Assisted guests and patrons with checking equipment out and in.

• Oversaw safety of patrons and building event activities.

• Arranged and re-racked weights and itemized and inventoried building property at the end of each day.

(Dec 2005- Sept 2006) Brownsville, Tx

Gryphon Security

Security Guard

• Supervised warehouse security.

• Screened Visitors and Employees.

• Delegated in times of emergency.

Honors & Activities:

• Principal Trumpet for the Kalita Humphrey Theater production of Victor/ Victoria (Aug 2011)

• Music Manager for the Monica and Maggie’s House benefit concert featuring Disney’s Caitlyn Taylor Love (July 2011).

• Principal Trumpet for the University of Arlington theater production of Cabaret (2010)

• Bill Snodgrass Scholarship Recipient (Sept 2009- May 2010)

• Dan Burkholder Scholarship Recipient (Sept 2008- May 2009)

• Texas Music Educators Association Judge, Region Jazz Audition Fort Worth TX (Oct 2009)

• Mexico City Music Festival Performer (Nov 2008)

• Outstanding soloist awards in Big Band and Small Combo Divisions at the Wichita Jazz Festival (April 2009,2008,2007)

• Madison Scouts Drum and Bugle Corps world championship finalist summer tour Member (2006)

• Texas Music Educators Association All State Jazz Trumpet 1st chair (2006)

• Superior Ratings at the U.I.L all state solo and ensemble guitar competition (2003-2006)

• Texas Music Educators Association Honor Band member (2004)

• Odyssey of The Mind south Texas region champions and state participant in El Paso Tx (1996)

Skills:

• Computers: Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point, Reason, Peak, Pro Tools, Finale, Sibelius.

• Foreign Language: Fluent in Spanish

Applied Studies: Trumpet 13 years

Guitar 15 years

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