Emily Gibbons

emilymgibbons.weebly.com

EDUCATION:
Westminster College, New Wilmington, PA
Bachelor of Music: Music Education, Clarinet May 2015
GPA: 3.802
Certification Tests: PAPA (Reading – 231, Math – 238, Writing – 236), Praxis Fundamentals - 168, Praxis
Music (5113/0113) - 184
Clearances: FBI, Fingerprinting, Child Abuse, TB test

University of Phoenix
Continuing Education for Educators: Classroom Discipline January 2016-March 2016

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

Roanoke City Public Schools, Roanoke, VA November 2017-Present

Middle School Band Director

Montgomery County Public Schools, Christiansburg, VA August 2017-November 2017

K-5 Part Time General Music Teacher

Pittsburgh Public Schools, Pittsburgh, PA

K-8 Instrumental and General Music Teacher September 2016-Present

North Allegheny School District, Pittsburgh, PA March 2016-June 2016

Long Term Elementary Strings Substitute Teacher

Baldwin High School, Pittsburgh, PA June 2013- November 2016

Wind Coordinator and Marching Band Assistant

Greater Pittsburgh Area

Private Lessons Teacher January 2011-July 2017

Fox Chapel, Brentwood, Baldwin, Pine Richland, Shaler, South Butler

Mars, Hampton, North Allegheny, Northgate September 2015-March 2016
Substitute Teacher

Struthers City Schools, Struthers, OH Spring 2015

Student Teacher: Elementary General Music Grades 1-4 and 5th Grade Band

Sharpsville Area School District, Sharpsville, PA Spring 2015

Student Teacher: High School Band, Middle School Bands, Music Theory, 5th Grade Lessons

COLLEGIATE LEADERSHIP/ACTIVITIES:
Mu Phi Epsilon, Professional Music Fraternity, Treasurer and Steward Fall 2012-Spring 2015
Pennsylvania Collegiate Music Educators Association, Chapter President and Region I Coordinator
• Organized Professional Development Workshop at Westminster College, March 1, 2014

HONORS/AWARDS:
Westminster College Dean’s List Fall 2011-Fall 2014
Westminster College, Most Outstanding Junior Music Major Fall 2013-Spring 2014
Young Conductors Competition, Wind Ensemble Fall 2014

MUSICAL ENSEMBLES
 Westminster College
Wind Ensemble (Clarinet) Fall 2011-Fall 2014
Marching/Symphonic Band (Clarinet and Trombone) Fall 2011-Spring 2015
Symphonic Orchestra (Clarinet and Viola) Spring 2012-Fall 2014
Women’s Choir Fall 2011-Spring 2013
Concert Choir Fall 2012
Chamber Orchestra (Clarinet) Fall 2013-Spring 2013
Student Wind Ensemble (Clarinet) Spring 2015

JOB EXPERIENCE
California Area School District May 2016
Clarinet in Musical Pit for Mary Poppins

Greenville Symphony, Greenville, PA May 2014

Bass Clarinet Substitute

Wildwood Golf Club, Allison Park, PA May 2013-May 2014

Server

Hallmark, Pittsburgh, PA August 2009-December 2012

Sales Associate

VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE
The Center: Hunger Ministry, Baltimore, MD Summer 2016
Local Church, Vacation Bible School, music and performance Summer 2014
American String Teacher’s Association Pluck and Play String Camp October 2013
Team Effort, Gatlinburg, TN Summer 2013
Team Effort, Cherokee, NC Summer 2011
Broad Street Ministries, Volunteered at Philadelphia Homeless Shelters Summer 2010
Habitat for Humanity, Santa Fe, NM Summer 2009

HIGH SCHOOL EXPERIENCE

Musical Pit Apprentice: South Pacific, Bye Bye Birdie, The Wizard of Oz
French Club
Volleyball
Marching band, Senior Drum Major

REFERENCES

Marcia Settle, Principal at Auburn Elementary, Montgomery County Public Schools

msettle@mcps.org

Tracey Anderson, Principal at James Breckinridge Middle School, Roanoke City Public Schools
tanderson@rcps.info

Laura Dadey, Principal at Sunnyside PreK-8, Pittsburgh Public Schools

ldadey1@pghboe.net

Aubrey Ploesch, Music Teacher on Special Assignment, Pittsburgh Public Schools

aploesch1@pghboe.net

Emily Gibbons
emgibbonsmusic@gmail.com