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Westminster Choir College SBN:#150, 101 Walnut Ln. Princeton, NJ 08540

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Miranda M. Rowland

1102 Fox Run Drive Plainsboro, NJ 08536

_________________________________________________________________________________________________ EDUCATION Rider University, Lawrenceville, NJ Master of Arts in Teaching, May 2013 Westminster Choir College of Rider University, Princeton, NJ Bachelor of Music in Music Education, May 2013 Major in Music Education Parkland College, Champaign, IL Associate Degree in Fine & Applied Arts, May 2008 Major in Music Education Overall GPA: 3.826 Paxton-Buckley-Loda High School, Paxton, IL High School Diploma, June 2002 TEACHING EXPERIENCE Student Teaching, Professor Tom Shelton, 2012 Student teacher for students in grades 6-8 at Quibbletown Middle School, Piscataway, NJ with cooperating teacher, Tom Mullaney. Experience teaching, rehearsing, and conducing choral rehearsals and small group activities. Experience using O Passo in general music classes as well as playing the following instruments: agogo, tamborim, repique, caxia, surdo. Secondary Praxis, Dr. Janet Cape, 2011 Praxis teacher for grades 6-8 at Pond Road Middle School, Robbinsvile, NJ with cooperating teacher, Grant Mech. Experience leading choral rehearsals, 8th Grade theory lessons and conducting choral performances. Experience performing as a special guest at their Broadway comes to Robbinsville concert as well as conducting the 8th Grade choir.

Elementary Praxis, Dr. Sharon Morrow, 2010 Praxis teacher for grades K-5 at Littlebrook Elementary School, Princeton, NJ with cooperating teacher John Paul Velez. Private Voice Instructor, 2008 2010 Providing beginning vocal lessons for students age 12 and up. ACW Prison Choir, Rev. Dawn Adamy, 2009 Present Choir director for the inmates of Albert C. Wagner Youth Correctional Facility, Bordentown, NJ with Rev. Dawn Adamy. Experience in leading choral rehearsals using rote to note practices due to lack of materials. Experience leading small group activities such as, creative writing, songwriting, body percussion, composition and improvisation. Hunterdon Academy of the Arts, Flemington, NJ 2010 Present Substitute teacher at HAA, providing beginning voice lessons on an as needed basis to students age 11 and up.

WORK EXPERIENCE Rider University/Westminster Choir College, Princeton, NJ, 2011 Present Performance Collection, Graduate Assistant. Processing new octavos to be used in extra-curricular choirs on the Westminster Campus. Experience in circulation and repairs. Hunterdon Academy of the Arts, Flemington, NJ, 2010 Present Substitute voice teacher First Presbyterian Church of Plainsboro, Plainsboro, NJ, 2009-2010 Elementary Worship Leader Creating fun and exciting ways to learn the stories of the Bible with children ages 4 12. First Presbyterian Church of Champaign, Champaign, IL, 2008-2009 Soprano II Section Leader Substitute Choral Conductor Parkland College, Champaign, IL, 2006-2008 Department of Humanities, student worker. Experience making copies, creating spreadsheets, sorting mail, and answering phones

COURSE WORK IN EDUCATION Assessing Music Learning, Dr. Al Holcomb, 2012 Music in Special Education, Prof. James Maher, 2012 Curriculum Development & Evaluation, Dr. Patrick Schmidt, 2012 Instructional Linguistics, Dr. Maria Villalobos-Buehner, 2012 Research in Music Education, Dr. Janet Cape, 2012 Techniques of Conducting, Dr. Amanda Quist, 2011 Choral Music: Grades 5-12, Dr. Al Holcomb, 2011 History and Philosophy of Music Education, Dr. Patrick Schmidt, 2011 Fundamentals of Conducting, Dr. Andrew Megill, 2010 Choir Training for Young Singers, Dr. Sharon Morrow, 2010 Guitar & Recorder, Dr. Sharon Morrow, 2010 Critical Pedagogy II, Dr. Frank Abrahams, 2010 Winds & Percussion, Prof. John Lindner, 2009 Critical Pedagogy I, Dr. Patrick Schmidt, 2009 CHORAL EXPERIENCE Westminster Kantorei, Dr. Andrew Megill, 2009 - 2012 Westminster Symphonic Choir, Dr. Joe Miller, 2009 - 2013 Parkland Chamber Singers, Professor Barb Zachow, 2006 - 2008 Parkland Community Choir Professor Dan King-Crede, 2007 - 2008 Amasong: Champaign-Urbanas Premier Lesbian/Feminist Chorus, Margot Rejskind, Esther Gille, Meagan Smith, 2002-2005 MENC All-State Choir, Illinois, Dr. Laura Lane, Knox College, 2001 CONDUCTING EXPERIENCE Pond Road Middle School, Robbinsville, NJ, 2011-2012 Amasong: Champaign-Urbanas Premier Lesbian/Feminist Chorus, Champaign, IL, 2002-2005 Paxton-Buckley-Loda Junior High School, Paxton, IL, 2001-2002 HONORS, AWARDS, & PUBLICATIONS Music Educators Journal P.R.O.F. Scholar
June 2012 Publication

Paxton-Buckley-Loda, Unit 10 Schools, Paxton, IL, 2001-2002 Assistant to girls chorus director, Ruth Davis Choreographer to mixed show choir under director, Sherrie Morrison

This award helps to fund my tuition as well as offers me a job teaching at Parkland Community College. This scholarship was based on superior GPA and a successful interview process. The 2008 season is culminated by an awards ceremony. My peers voted it unanimously, that I win Outstanding Actress in a Lead Role for my role as the Narrator in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.

C.U.T.C. Ginny Award

MEMBERSHIPS National Association for Music Education, 2010 Present International Society of Music Education, 2010 Present References Available Upon Request