Music Director, Music Educator, Music Teacher

--** Vaughn’s Gap, E-** -- Nashville, TN ***** -- 615-***-****-- --*****@****************.***

James Westerfield

Experience

July 2010 - Present Cloyd’s Cumberland Presbyterian Church Mt. Juliet, TN

Director of Music Ministries

Responsible for music direction of the choir, praise band and the hiring of outside musicians and instrumentalists.

Selects hymns, orders of worship, and special services for the church.

Serves on the Worship Committee and the Ministry Leadership Committee.

Expanded choir from eight to twenty-two (10% of active congregation) members in nine months.

Founded Praise Band.

Leads the congregation in musical worship.

June 2007 – September 2011 East Nashville School of Music Nashville, TN

Faculty – Violin, Viola, ‘Cello, Classical Voice

Responsible for individual one-on-one pedagogically-sound instruction for students of bowed string instruments and classical voice performance. Emphasis placed on technique building and developing musicality.

Students featured in local newspapers and awards ceremonies.

Students of violin, 'cello and voice have placed in respective Mid-State and All-State performance groups (orchestras and choir).

Students have gone on to music-related careers, universities (as music majors, with music performance scholarships) and been featured in local and regional productions.

Students include Grammy Award-Winning Artists and Music Conservatory Scholars.

Students have been awarded over $300,000 in scholarships (combined).

Sept. 2005-June 2007 Community School of the Arts at Austin Peay State University Clarksville, TN

Faculty – Violin and Viola, Director of Youth Orchestras

Responsible for recruitment, auditions, programs, musical direction and public speaking for the APSU's Clarksville Youth Orchestra program.

Responsible for individual one-on-one pedagogically-sound instruction for students of violin and viola.

Emphasis placed on technique building and developing musicality.

Students featured in local and regional newspapers, award ceremonies and events.

Program grew from nine strings-only students, to a full orchestra of more than forty students.

Sept. 2001-May 2005 Murfreesboro City Schools Murfreesboro, TN

Director of Orchestras/Enrichment Instructor for Economically Disadvantaged Students

Taught, in a classroom setting, 20+ students, per class, foundations of music (basic note-reading, musicianship, and applied theory) involving bowed string instruments.

Prepared detailed lesson plans and set group goals for each group level (beginner through advanced).

Expanded curriculum from violin-only instruction to full strings ensemble (violin, viola, ‘cello, bass).

Expanded program from one school to three schools.

Students featured in local newspapers and Public Educational Access channels for music education community outreach programs.

Responsible for cultural enrichment through music to economically-disadvantaged students under NCLB program.

Education

2000-2001

2001-2003

2005-2007

2002-2009

Tennessee Technological University

Middle Tennessee State University

Austin Peay State University

Oberlin College-Conservatory

Cookeville, TN

Murfreesboro, TN

Clarksville, TN

Oberlin, OH

Awards and Ensembles

Concertmaster – MTSU Symphony Orchestra, TTU Symphony Orchestra

Principal Second Violin – APSU Symphony Orchestra

Principal Viola – APSU Symphony Orchestra

Alto Soloist – MTSU Schola Cantorum

MTSU Opera Theatre Program

APSU Opera Theatre Program

Music Performance Scholarship – TTU

Music Performance Scholarship – MTSU

Music Performance Scholarship – APSU

Perkins-Freeman Scholarship – APSU

Trevecca Symphony Orchestra – Viola

Nashville Philharmonic Orchestra – Viola

Early Music Certificate – Oberlin Conservatory

Collegium Vocale – Vanderbilt University

BPI Early Music Consort and Choir – Oberlin Conservatory

Concert Chorale – TTU

Madrigal Ensemble – TTU

Concert Choir – MTSU

Schola Cantorum – MTSU

Concert Chorale – APSU

Chamber Singers – APSU

Alto soloist – Trevecca Symphony Orchestra

More detailed performance resume available upon request.

References

Sara Johnson – Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools 615-***-****

Danny-Ray Martin – East Nashville School of Music 615-***-****

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