Jeffrey J. Jones Instrumental Music Teacher

Teaching / Conducting Portfolio

Curriculum Vitae Page 2

References Page 6

Selected Conducting Repertoire Page 7

Recent Concert Programs Page 9

Sample Middle School Contest Program Page 13

Sample Middle School Spring Concert Program Page 14

Links to Performance/Conducting Videos Page 15

Also Available at jeffreyjonesteacher.weebly.com

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Jeffrey J. Jones 24825 Orchid – Harrison Township, Michigan 48045

(586) 930-2504 – jmahler67@gmail.com

EDUCATION Master of Music - Conducting Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 2014 Key Faculty – Douglas Bianchi, Conducting Bachelor of Music Education Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti Michigan 1990 Key Faculty – Carter Eggers, Trumpet; Russell Reed, Conducting; Max Plank, Music Education

TEACHING EXPERIENCE Capac Community Schools – Capac, Michigan Music Teacher 2016 – Present

• Teach and direct instrumental music – Grades 5-12 o Four Concert Ensembles o Marching Band o Pep Band o Pit Band – Spring Musical

• Teach elementary music – K-1

• Fine and Performing Arts Chairperson Trillium Academy – Taylor, Michigan Music Teacher 2015 – 2016

• Teach general music – K-6

• Teach middle school – vocal and music appreciation

• Teach high school – guitar and vocal classes

Lake Shore Public Schools via PESG – Saint Clair Shores, Michigan Music Teacher 2013 – 2015

• Teach guitar, introduction to music, and jazz ensemble classes

• Assist with concert and marching bands

• Teach sixth grade general music

• Teach special needs music class (HS) East Detroit Public Schools – Eastpointe, Michigan Substitute Teacher - 2010 - 2013 Lake Orion Schools, Lake Orion, Michigan Director of Bands 1991 – 2001

• Developed a fifth grade band program o Six elementary schools o Grew from 90 students to 225 students per year o Continued to teach at two elementary schools throughout tenure as high

school director

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• Taught and directed concert ensembles; Freshman Band, Concert Band, Symphonic Band – 275 students

• Directed Marching Band Program o Developed a competitive program, increasing marching numbers from 80 to

140 members – grade 10-12 in a two year period o Marching season from July – November; five home football games, traveled

to five weekend competitions, state finals competition, 3 parades, in addition to all football playoff games

o Hired and managed creative team of music arrangers, drum part writers, drill writer, and color guard staff

o Oversaw travel arrangements for away games and competitions, including overnight accommodations where necessary

• Other Ensembles Directed o Jazz band o Musical pit orchestra o Pep bands o Chamber winds

• Ensembles were continuously awarded high marks in all festivals; HS Symphonic Band received straight first division ratings for eight straight seasons at both district and state levels

• Promoted strong individual achievement by students in program; solo and ensemble participation, outside community ensembles – Metropolitan Youth Symphony and Detroit Civic Orchestra. Students also were frequently invited and participated in Michigan Youth Arts Festival, including soloists, chamber groups and large ensembles

• Developed budget and coordinated activities for band booster support group Novi Community Schools – Novi, Michigan Instrumental Music Teacher 1990

• Taught Fifth Grade Beginning Band – six classes

• Taught four sections of Sixth Grade Band

• Assistant HS Marching Band Director

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ADMINISTRATIVE AND BUSINESS EXPERIENCE Hilton Worldwide – Detroit, Michigan Director of Revenue Management 2008 – 2011 Riverside Hotel, Fort Lauderdale, FL Revenue Manager 2001 – 2008 Lake Orion Community Schools District Department Chair - Music K-12 1995 – 2001

• Responsible for creating, implementing, and overseeing yearly music budget for school district - $200k/year

o Capital expenses o Transportation o Teaching Supplies o Instrument repair and piano tuning o Miscellaneous – petty cash

• Conducted bi-annual meetings of entire district music staff; 12 full-time and 3 part-time teachers

• Coordinate yearly music performance schedule for high school, three middle schools, 8 elementary schools

• Act as liaison between teaching staff and administration

Eastern Michigan University Bands Band Staff 1986 – 1990

• Managed band office

• Provided equipment set-up and tear-down of rehearsals and performances

• Prepare music for distribution by directors

• Maintain university owned instrument inventory

OTHER MUSIC EXPERIENCES Birmingham Concert Band Music Director and Conductor 2013 – 2018

• Responsible for all musical aspects of ensemble

• Create and present to the board of directors, six yearly concert programs

• Arrange for soloists to perform with the band

• Approve all perspective players to be elevated to members

• Act as public relation liaison in public settings Stagecrafters Theatre Company – Royal Oak, Michigan Pit Orchestra Conductor

• Honk – youth theatre 2016

• Wizard of Oz 2014

• Sound of Music 2013

Wayne State University – Detroit, Michigan Student Conductor 2012 - 2014

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• Conducted in rehearsal, and performances the Concert Band, Chamber Winds, and Wind Symphony

• Conducted a world premier with the Wind Symphony for final project Pontiac – Oakland Symphony – Rochester Hills, Michigan Student/Guest Conductor 1994 - 1995

• Post bachelor studies in conducting with Dr. David Daniels

• Conducted orchestral, concerto, and pops material over a four concert series National Intercollegiate Concert Band – Ann Arbor, Michigan Trumpet Player 1987

• Performed under the direction of Dr. Harry Begian Eastern Michigan University Marching Band Field Assistant 1989

• Assist director with teaching of drill and music

• Conduct sectionals, marching basics and assist drum majors

CERTIFICATION AND MEMBERSHIPS

Professional Education Certificate – Music K-12 (JX) – State of Michigan – expires 6/2018

Pi Kappa Lambda – National Music Honor Society

Kappa Kappa Psi – National Honorary Band Fraternity

Michigan School Band and Orchestra Association (past)

Michigan Competing Bands Association (past)

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REFERENCES

Professor Douglas Bianchi Director of Bands Wayne State University 313-577-2615 dbianchi@wayne.edu Dr. Brandon Ulrich Director of Choral Activities Stoney Creek High School 248-726-5764 bulrich@rochester.k12.mi.us Dr. Christopher Ramaekers Director of Orchestras University of Wisconsin – Whitewater 248-935-6694 ramaekec@uww.edu Mr. Jeffrey West Director of Band Lake Shore High School 586-285-8960 jwest@lsps.org

Dr. Spencer Aston Assistant Professor of Music Bridgewater State University Boston, MA 617-435-6615 spencer.aston@bridgew.edu Mr. Eric Crimmins Band Director / District Department Chair Lake Orion Community Schools 248-930-1554

ecrimmins@lakeorion.k12.mi.us

Mr. Michael Edwards Band Director - Retired Lake Orion Community Schools 248-776-3060

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Selected Conducting Repertoire – Jeffrey J. Jones

Symphonic Wind Literature

Arnold Four Scottish Dances Barber Commando March Beethoven Egmont Overture Bernstein Overture to Candide Slava! Chance Variations on a Korean Folk Song Copland Fanfare for the Common Man

Lincoln Portrait De Meij Lord of the Rings Symphony No. 1 Grainger Irish Tune from County Derry Lincolnshire Posy Molly on the Shore Grieg Peer Gynt Suite Nos. 1 & 2 Grundman The Blue and Gray Fantasy on American Sailing Songs Hindemith Symphonic Metamorphosis Symphony in B flat Holsinger Liturgical Dances To Tame the Perilous Skies Holst First Suite in E flat Second Suite in F Jager Colonial Aires and Dances Kabalevsky Overture to Colas Breugnon Prokofiev March, Op. 99 R. Strauss Horn Concerto No. 1 Reed Armenian Dances – Part I Russian Christmas Music R.-Korsakov Procession of the Nobles Concerto for Trombone

Schuman Chester Shostakovich Festive Overture Galop Stravinsky Octet Sullivan Pineapple Poll Suite Van der Roost Amazonia Puszta Wagner Elsa’s Procession Weill A Little Three Penny Opera Whitacre Ghost Train October

Symphonic Pops

Anderson A Christmas Festival Bugler’s Holiday Sleigh Ride Syncopated Clock Trumpeter’s Lullaby The Typewriter Arban Carnival of Venice Bennett Clarinet Polka Kleinsinger Tubby the Tuba L.-Webber Evita Selections

Phantom of the Opera Sunset Boulevard Selections

Padilla El Relicario Pryor Blue Bells of Scotland Rodgers & Hammerstein Oklahoma Sound of Music

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Selected Conducting Repertoire – Jeffrey J. Jones

Symphonic Pops, cont’d Schonberg Selections from Les Misérables Williams Cowboys Harry Potter Selections Jurassic Park Selections Midway March Raiders of the Lost Ark Star Wars Ward America the Beautiful

Marches Fillmore Americans We The Circus Bee The Klaxon Lassus Trombone Rolling Thunder Ives Commando March Fucik Entry March of the Gladiators Florentiner King Invictus Trombone King Ganne Father of Victory Sousa Nobles of the Mystic Shrine Stars and Stripes Forever Washington Post Manhattan Beach High School Cadets Liberty Bell

Musical Theatre Productions –

42nd Street

Anything Goes

Bye Bye Birdie

Crazy for You

Fiddler on the Roof

Honk!

Into the Woods

Mary Poppins

Music Man

Oklahoma

Sound of Music

West Side Story

Wizard of Oz

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Sample Contest Program

Middle School Jeffrey J. Jones, Conductor

8th Grade Band

(Class A)

Band Together March . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Larry Daehn

To Dream in Brushstrokes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Michael Oare

Rhythms and Riffs* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brian Balmages

7th Grade Band

(Class C)

Forward March . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Steve Hodges

Huguenots* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ed Kiefer

Mystic Journey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Robert Sheldon

*denotes required selection

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Sample Spring Concert

Middle School Jeffrey J. Jones, Conductor

6th Grade Band

Mickey Mouse March . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . arr. Michael Sweeney

Lullaby for Winds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Timothy Loest

Let It Rock* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . arr. Roland Barrett

Mamma Mia* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . arr. Michael Story (* End of year selections w/ everyday band)

7th Grade Band

Brass Ring March . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eric Osterling

While I Watch the Yellow Wheat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Larry Daehn

The Magic of Harry Potter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . arr. Michael Story

8th Grade Band

Metrodance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Randall Standridge

Plaza de Toros . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark Williams

West Side Story . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Leonard Bernstein / arr. Sweeney

• Other possibilities – based on concert formats o Combined band o Choir/Band piece together o Jazz ensemble o Individual Section Selections (6th Grade)

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Recent conducting video can be viewed at:

https://youtu.be/8RdYY82xfmw Father of Victory March – Louis Ganne Performed by the Wayne State University Concert Bandj Jeffrey J. Jones, conductor https://youtu.be/Tu7d81bfWXg The Significance of It All – Royce Cole Performed by the Wayne State University Wind Symphony Commissioned and Conducted by Jeffrey Jones

Audio Recordings can be heard at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TEPdv4mSQE Liturgical Dances – David Holsinger Performed by the Lake Orion High School Symphonic Band Jeffrey J Jones, conductor https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vWk225p89I March from “Symphonic Metamorphosis” – Paul Hindemith Performed by the Lake Orion High School Symphonic Band Jeffrey J Jones, conductor