Ryan P. Oldham

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Summary

Seeking an Faculty or Assistant Faculty position in Music Composition. Dedicated, disciplined teacher accustomed to working extended hours to achieve goals.

Professional Profile

• Three years of college teaching experience.
• Successful experience teaching music composition that led high school and middle school students to create 15-20 minute operas.
• Assisted students during the Kentucky Opera’s Visions Program in composing a 25-30 minute opera and was later employed to arrange and compose the piano/vocal score.
• Over 12 performances of compositions in the last five years.
• Active career as a professional arranger.
• Awarded the UMKC Composition Teaching Assistantship for the 2005-2006 academic year.
• Awarded the Moritz Von Bomhard Fellowship in Music Composition (2000).
• Successful experiences in the C.I.T.S. program lead to promotion of coordinator position.

Experience

Graduate Teaching Assistant - Conservatory of Music and Dance
2006 - Present
University of Missouri - Kansas City, MO

Adjunct Faculty - Humanities and Fine Arts
2005 - Present
Kansas City Kansas Community College, Kansas City, KS

Composition Instructor/Coordinator - Composers In The Schools (C.I.T.S.)
2004 - 2007
University of Missouri, Kansas City, MO

I visited many local schools in the Kansas City area to teach music composition individually or in combination with other graduate composers. I also managed the schedules of the CITS teachers and participating schools.

Music Consultant - Music, Words, Opera
2002 - 2003
Kentucky Opera, Louisville, KY

As the featured composer, I assisted students with little to no experience in composing music for participating public high schools and middle schools.

• Introduced students to basic principles and terminology of music theory and composition, as well as giving them a better understanding of the composition process.
• Developed students’ ability to understand music within large structures.

Substitute Teacher
2002 - 2003
Jefferson County Public Schools, Louisville, KY

I taught daily lessons left by permanent teachers or prepared emergency lessons for middle and high school students.

• Improved classroom management abilities.
• Learned valuable communication skills for a diverse student population.
• Successfully taught many lessons despite normally adverse conditions.

Other experience includes private tutoring in music theory, music composition, and applied trumpet. Additional experience in marching band instruction, including college classes specific to marching technique.

Education

Doctor of Musical Arts/ Music Composition
2004 - Present
University of Missouri, Kansas City
Kansas City, MO

• Studied Composition with composers James Mobberley, Chen Yi, and Paul Rudy
• Received Composition Teaching Assistantship
• Awarded C.I.T.S. Coordinator Position

Master of Music/ Music Composition and Theory
2000 - 2002
University of Louisville
Louisville, KY

• Studied Composition under the guidance of Steve Rouse
• Received Moritz Von Bomhard Fellowship

Bachelor of Arts/ Music Composition and Theory
1995 - 1999
The Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Indiana, PA

• Studied Composition under the guidance of Daniel Perlongo
• Graduated Cum Laude

Additional Skills

Computer: MAX/MSP, Finale, Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, Powerpoint, and Internet research; typing/keyboard 55/wpm; general experience with sound editing software.

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