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Music composer, digital audio and video editing: Cubase, Finale, Sibelius, Logic, and Pro Tools. Sound engineer (Mixing and mastering). English, Italian and Persian-Farsi languages.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
ONLINE INSTRUCTOR, SELF EMPLOYED, 2018-PRESENT
PRIVATE MUSIC INSTRUCTION, LUCCA, ITALY, 1989-PRESENT
Instructed youth through adult students in piano, harmony, music theory and composition.
MUSIC TEACHER, MANTUA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, FAIRFAX, VA,
2015Teaching duties included whole group and small group instruction based on student musical experience. Developed and implemented lessons that integrated kinesthetic activities within music instruction addressing solfeggio, theory, and harmony. Created an audio/visual presentation to introduce students to the theory and history of music. Integrated concepts to highlight key time periods in the history of music for students. Lessons focusing on specific musical concepts were integrated within the work.
MUSIC ARRANGEMENT AND EDITOR, ACCADEMIA ITALIANA DEL CANTO – LUCCA/ITALY, 2008 – 2013Music editor at the Accademia Italiana di Canto of Herbert Handt. Revision, correction and musical arrangement of orchestral score.
MUSIC TEACHER, SINFONIA MUSIC SCHOOL, LUCCA, ITALY, 2007Instructed whole class and small groups of students in harmony. Assisted students in analyzing music composition, cords, intervals, and musical phrases.
EDUCATION
1992-2001 MASTER DEGRE, DIPLOM, Music Composition, Luigi Boccherini Music Conservatory of Lucca, Italy
1992-1993 Music theory and solfeggio; Voice and coral study,
LUIGI BOCCHERINI MUSIC CONSERVATORY OF LUCCA, ITALY
Piano 1992-2001
DIPLOMA, LUIGI BOCCHERINI MUSIC CONSERVATORY OF LUCCA, ITALY
Orchestra score reading1995-1996
DIPLOMA, LUIGI BOCCHERINI MUSIC CONSERVATORY OF LUCCA, ITALY
Complementary Church Organ; Poetic-dramatic literature1996-1998
DIPLOMA, LUIGI BOCCHERINI MUSIC CONSERVATORY OF LUCCA, ITALY
History of Music 2002
DIPLOMA, LUIGI BOCCHERINI MUSIC CONSERVATORY OF LUCCA, ITALY
2003, ROME ITALY Modern orchestration with Luciano Berio
2004, FLORANCE ITALY Orchestral conducting with Bruno Rigacci
2005 - 2008 MASTER CLASS, LUIGI BOCCHERINI MUSIC CONSERVATORY OF LUCCA, ITALY, LUCCA, ITALY