Adele Bosse-Morgan
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------(H) 780-437-9734,
Objective
Seeking teaching contract which will utilize my music and education background, as well as my experience in working with children, chamber music, piano accompaniment, and group classes.
Work Experience
Music Teacher (09/05/1988 – Present)
Teach cello, piano, and theory to students, both individually and in group sessions.
Last Employer: Self-employed
Responsibilities: 1. Work with students age 3 to adult, providing technical expertise, musical development, and repertoire. 2. Teach group classes incorporating solo performance, ensemble playing, and ear-training. 3. Preparing students for festival and exam situations, and keeping current with current requirements for these pursuits. 4. Researching music, ordering music, lesson contracts, invoicing student fee schedules, booking recitals.
Music Teacher (10/09/1989 – Present)
1. Provide Suzuki cello instruction for students. 2. Teach cello group sessions, from pre-Twinkle to the most advanced students. 3. Coach chamber music, both string trios and quartets, as well as piano trios and quartets. 4. Accompany both solo and group recitals, either with cello accompaniment or piano accompaniment as required.
Last Employer: Society for Talent Education
Contact Person: Cherie Larsen, (780)469-7382
Examiner (05/01/1997 – 11/30/2007)
Contracted on a bi-annual basis to examine strings and junior piano in Western Canada.
Last Employer: Western Board of Music/Conservatory Canada
Responsibilities: Listen to and provide written evaluations of string and piano students according to the current syllabus.
Education
Establishment: University of Alberta
Degree: Bachelor of Music
Education Period: 09/05/1994 - 04/30/1997
Speciality: 'cello performance
Details: Studied cello technique, repertoire, and performance, as well as as chamber music, orchestra, music history, theory, ear-training and keyboard harmony.
Skills
Performance, sight-reading, ensemble-playing, lesson planning, coaching.
Computer Skills: Basic word-processing skills and accounting skills; familiar with email and internet research.
Foreign Language Skills: French background - studied at Faculte Saint Jean for 3 years in education.
Additional Information
1. Completed Western Board of Music exam system in both cello and piano. 2. Have played keyboards with the same ensemble for Sunday services for 20 years. 3. Have played, and continue to play, in a string quartet. 4. Accompany string, wind, and voice students for concerts and festivals.
Professional Membership: member of Alberta Registered Music Teachers Association in cello, piano, and theory since 1997
Interests
I play the winter/spring production in the pit orchestra every year for the Sherard Musical Theatre Company - this is a volunteer undertaking simply for the love of musicals.