John Hargis Resume

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OBJECTIVE

Private Drum Instructor seeking association with quality learning programs.

SUMMARY

• 30 years as a professional drummer, composer, musician and teacher
• Specialist in Electronic Music Production from Berklee College of Music
• Teaches all styles and ages
• Emphasis on The Three T’s of Drumming:  Time, Taste and Technique
• Web Exercises, student handouts and audio examples available at mitsound.com

TEACHING/HOMESCHOOL EXPERIENCE

Families for Homeschooling Excellence • fheacademy.com
September, 2008 - December, 2008.  A homeschool Coop in Tacoma founded in 2003 by Rebecca Loertscher and Amy Beckstead-Leonard.  Served as Choir Director’s Assistant, preparing kids for Veterens Day and Christmas performances.  Also assisted in the preschool room as volunteer, music-maker and storyteller.
 
ABC Children’s Center, University Place, WA • abcchildrenscenter.com • (253) 565-7551
“Mr. Music”, July, 2008 to Present.  Providing music and drumming joy for toddlers 3 through 5 years of age.  Activities include sing-alongs, call and response, dancing  and marching silliness.

Federal Way School of Music, Federal Way, WA • fwschoolofmusic.com • (253) 874-1004
Private  Drum Instructor - January 2006 to Present.  Teaching all styles and ages, full drumset and snare drum curriculum.  School was founded in 2006 and is located at 33737 9th Ave. South.  Current roster as of December, 2008 has 16 students, ages 4-44.

McLain Music, Gig Harbor, WA • mclainmusic.com • (253) 858-1448
Private  Drum Instructor - May 2004 to Present.  Teaching all styles and ages, full drumset and snare drum curriculum.  McLain Music is a retail store in the Olympic Village Shopping Center.  Current roster as of December, 2008 has 9 students ages 10 - 45.

Petaluma Community Access, Petaluma, CA • pca.tv • (707) 773-3190
Video Production Instructor/Production Coordinator, September, 1996 through November, 1999
Managed day-to-day operations of the public-access television station in Petaluma, CA.  Prepared curriculum and taught group production classes for the general public for three years.  Supervised and trained interns, staff and volunteers.  Responsible for equipment inventory, check out and repairs.  Produced and directed live and prerecorded public interest local programming for cablecast to residents of Petaluma.

Santa Rosa High School, Santa Rosa, CA  • artquestonline.org • (707) 528-7070
High-School Co-Instructor, ArtQuest Academy, February 1996 - May, 1996.
Full-time (non-certified) teacher and technical assistant during inaugural year of arts-based program for multimedia students. Provided hands-on instruction for video and multimedia arts.  Produced, edited and emceed a 90-minute compilation of student works for exhibition.

OTHER EXPERIENCE

Tacoma Public Utilities Information Technology • mytpu.org • (253) 591-5400
Application Development Systems Analyst for Business Systems Improvement Project, July, 2002 through December, 2003

City of Tacoma Franchise Administration • cityoftacoma.org • (253) 591-5400
Master Control Technician - December, 1999 through July, 2002

 

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