OBJECTIVE EDUCATION

DAVID C. SCHEIBER 9 State Street Apartment 1A Windsor, VT 05089 (518) 522-1997 mr.scheiber@gmail.com www.mrscheiber.com To earn a teaching position in choral music. Master of the Arts, Liberal Studies Graduated: 08/2011 State University of New York at Stony Brook, School of Professional Development Final GPA: 3.95 Project Seminar: Choral and General Music in Grades K-12 2011 Bachelor of Music, Music Education Graduated: 05/2007, Cum Laude Crane School of Music, State University of New York College at Potsdam Primary Instrument: Voice Final GPA: 3.37

CERTIFICATION

New York State Professional Certification in Music Education (K-12) Issue Date: 09/01/2012 Certificate number: 1154606 Vermont Level II Teaching License in Music (K-12) Issue Date: 12/31/2012

TEACHING Sept 2012-present

Windsor Southeast Supervisory Union Windsor, VT Windsor High School (Title I) and State Street School (Title I) Classes included: Songwriting and Music Theory, High School Chorus, Junior High School Chorus, Elementary Chorus, Grades 5-6 General Music Directed and conducted all choral ensembles Accompanied Elementary Chorus on piano and guitar Programmed pieces in French, Hebrew and Ewe (from Ghana) and taught diction using the International Phonetic Alphabet Utilized Gordon scale patterns in major and minor to teach functional harmony Prepared students for school and non-school related concerts and auditions. Prepared students for VT District VI music festivals (vocal and instrumental) and college auditions (instrumental) Developed and taught curricular strand plans in melody and harmony Developed and taught a songwriting and music theory course Began and developed a library of vocal solo literature including art songs, arias, opera selections and Broadway songs. Oct 2012-present Roth Center Religious School Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH Substitute teacher, grade 7 Bar/Bat Mitzvah Tutor o Correct pronunciation, overall meaning and chanting of services Shacharit, Minchah, Torah service, Musaf Oct 2011-June 2012 BYachad Hebrew School - Albany NY Classroom teacher, grades 3-4 o Basic Hebrew literacy skills o Jewish tradition o Bible study

Sept 2009-June 2011 Chateaugay Central School District (Title I) - Chateaugay, NY Classes included: High School Select Chorus, High School Chorus, High School General Music, Junior High School Chorus, 8th Grade General Music, Elementary Chorus, 1st-6th Grade General Music Directed and conducted all choral ensembles Prepared students for school and non-school related concerts, auditions, and NYSSMA Solo and Area All-State festivals Designed and taught an acoustic guitar course in a classroom setting Developed and implemented the production of music videos within 8th Grade General Music including filming, editing, and producing Facilitated the selection, purchase, and integration of new music textbooks for grades K-6 Making Music by Silver, Burdett and Ginn Designed units achieving curricular objectives in the following: functional harmony and composition, African drumming, and recorder Utilized Gordon scale patterns and Kodaly sol-mi singing in grades 1-6 Sept 2007-Aug 2009 Enlarged City School District of Troy - Troy, NY PS#18, PS#16, PS #2 (Title I) Classes included K-6 General Music and 4-6 Chorus Directed and conducted all choral ensembles Developed and implemented a variety of lessons meeting curricular objectives for the General Music classes Prepared students for all-county and all-city choruses, as well as for school concerts 2003-2007 Temple Beth-El Sunday School - Potsdam, NY Classroom teacher, pre-Bar Mitzvah class o Held class discussions about holidays and customs o Bar Mitzvah preparation RELATED EXPERIENCE 2013 Dartmouth Hillel Choir Guest conductor, winter term, 2013 2010 & 2011 Chateaugay Central School Moving Up Day Ceremony Event pianist and presenter of department awards Salmon River Central School Musical Little Shop of Horrors and Once Upon a Mattress - Guitar player Franklin All-County Music Festival Chair, Junior High Chorus (2011) Chorus preparation for Junior High Chorus and Elementary Chorus 2011 Chateaugay Central School Musical Beauty and the Beast Casting committee and chorus preparation 2010 Chateaugay Central School Musical The Sound of Music Co-music director, casting committee, and chorus preparation 2008 & 2009 Rensselaer All-County Music Festival Chorus Preparation for Elementary Chorus

MUSICAL PROFICIENCIES Composer/Arranger: Arranged and transcribed several pieces for specific choral groups at Chateaugay Central School. Several of these arrangements have also been performed at other schools in New York and Vermont. World Music: Studied African drumming and dance with master drummer Kwasi Dunyo of Ghana, West Africa, summer, 2009. Major instrument: Voice (Bass-Baritone) Other instruments: Guitar, Trombone, Piano, Recorder, Alto Saxophone OTHER PROFICIENCIES Sports Announcing: Provided in-house announcements during Windsor homecoming football game and home basketball games, 2012-present. Provided pregame announcements to Chateaugay home basketball games, 2009-2011. Technology: SmartBoard proficient, building and maintaining websites, online learning, sound board setup, Finale notation software, audio editing, video editing, certificate creation, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint. o Foreign Language: Spanish - Speaking, comprehending, reading and writing Hebrew Reading and writing with some comprehension Diction, pronunciation and International Phonetic Alphabet English, Spanish, Hebrew, Italian, French, German

REFERENCES: Mrs. Donna Andr High School Principal Chateaugay Central School P.O. Box 904 Chateaugay, NY 12920 (518) 497-6611 Ms. Cynthia A. Kilgallon Elementary School Principal School 18, Troy City School District 417 Hoosick Street Troy, NY 12180 (518) 328-5501 Ms. Lauri Nair Retired Music Teacher Greenfield Elementary School 3180 Route 9N Greenfield Center, NY 12833 (518) 788-0059 Mr. Michael Kell High School Principal Windsor High School 127 State Street Windsor, VT 05089 (802) 674-6344 Jeffrey and Brenda Vredenburg Student Teaching Supervisors Crane School of Music 44 Pierrepont Avenue Potsdam, NY 13676 (518) 584-5487 Karen B. Tyler Director of Administration NYS Division of the Budget Agency Bldg. 1 Albany, NY 12224 (518) 474-6324