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Singing Theatre / Drama Piano Performance

Community Initiatives Education Programs Youth Work

         Skilled at creating and performing original theatre, music, performance art, installations, multimedia projects, and concept-based performances.

         20 years experience singing in bands and playing piano/keyboard at a vast range of events.

         Adept at full range of dramatic structures from improvisational to scripted work.

         Polished teaching skills and ability to leverage variety of instructional strategies to accommodate diverse needs and learning styles.

         Consistently foster a safe, secure, and supportive learning environment to promote student growth and development; extensive experience in teaching and engaging youth affected by autism.

         Able to develop highly effective lesson plans and workshops tailored to students ability levels.

Self-employed, 1996 Present

Singer

• Sing rock, pop, dance, and jazz songs in multiple bands and for diverse venues encompassing festivals, parties, clubs, caf s, correctional facilities, and churches throughout UK.
• As worship band singer, sing and play piano at Riverside Church, Calvary Chapel Church, and Oasis Church in Birmingham.
• Play piano for Christmas concerts, school events, churches, and community centers.
• Sang and played synthesizer in festival band Flight Force Five throughout Birmingham, Kings Heath Festival, and Festival 8 in Leicester/Birmingham.

• Sang and performed in local political and art contingent , The Army of the Broken Hearted .
• Played piano and sang at fundraising events to raise money for local and worldwide crises.

• Sing and play piano at wedding services and receptions nationwide.

Baskerville Special School, 2006 Present

Teaching Assistant (2012 Present)

• Collaboratively teach autistic youth aged 16 to 19 with an emphasis on developing students independence through practical/life skills, social skills, and emotional development.
• Supervise Music Therapy and team with therapist to customize therapeutic strategies and techniques.
• Play piano, lead students in songs, and coordinate role play exercises to augment learning, maximize engagement, and enhance comprehension of wide-ranging topics.
• Directly support school choir, partner with music teacher to teach music and songs to children with autism, play piano for Christmas concerts, and help choir in rehearsals for community performances.
• Directed The Green Man film for Post 16 students and directed, filmed, and edited related DVD.

Librarian and Cover Teacher (2006 2012)

• Monitored and maintained inventory of reading materials, and equipped teachers with resources and books required for lesson plans, projects, and curriculum goals.
• Leveraged drama, role play, puppets, and story bags to effectively educate he students with autism.

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Professional Experience continued

Safehands, 2007 2009

Youth Worker

• Demonstrated patience, compassion, and resourcefulness in supporting broad-based needs of community youth affected by autism.

Calvary Chapel Birmingham, 2006 2008

Sunday School Teacher

• Leveraged creativity, presentation skills, energy, and enthusiasm to teach fun and engaging monthly bible lessons.

Laughing Lion Theatre Co. / Jars Of Clay Theatre Co. / Balsall Heath History Society, 2004 2006

Performer & Drama Facilitator

• Conducted extensive research to plan and facilitate authentic 'war day' at Balsall Heath History Society to demonstrate 1940 s era.

         Orchestrated interactive role play, Victorian School Teacher to educate school groups in an original Victorian classroom setting.

• Acted in 1950's play commissioned for retirement homes in Birmingham.
• Held lead female role in Sex, Drugs and Drum and Bass , a two-person performance commissioned by secondary school in Birmingham.
• Performed as T Bear in The Secret with Jars of Clay Theatre Company.

         Sang and played piano as Dickensian Woman in Carols at Christmas , Jars of Clay Theatre Company.

Additional Performances:

Group project and characters, Fragile , Issue Based Theatre, Riverside School of Performing Arts, 2003

A Fish , The Rainbow Fish , Story Telling Theatre, Riverside School of Performing Arts, 2003

Original for Solo Performance, On the Toilet , Monologue, UCLan, 2002

Original Interactive Performance Art, Blood on our Hands , UCLan, 2002

Julie (Harry s girlfriend), Harry , Musical Theatre, UCLan Drama Society, 2000

BA, Contemporary Performing Arts, UClan, Preston, 2002

         As an active member of UCLan Drama society, held lead roles in professional theatre productions at several venues including St Peter s Arts Centre.

Professional Development:

BTEC Teaching Assistant III, BTFTCS, 2008

         Successfully completed modules which included: Reflective Practitioner, Support Learner Development, Supporting Teaching and Learning, Supporting Literacy, and Supporting Numeracy.

Certificate of Completion, Community Theatre and Music Performance, Riverside School of Performing Arts, Birmingham, 2004

         Participated in story-telling theatre tours for primary schools across Birmingham as well as issue-based theatre for secondary schools and arts centers.

         Planned and delivered workshops at primary and secondary schools for story telling, beat boxing, musical theatre, and song writing.

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