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I am currently in Shanghai
I am currently in Shanghai
I am a professional and dedicated teacher who can help students achieve their best through humour and hard work. I have extensive teaching experience, having taught at primary and secondary schools, as well as in several Melbourne universities up to Masters level.
As I hope to be in China for several years, I am looking for a role that is challenging and not just 'filling in time'. I have 4 children (9-18 years), so I prefer Monday to Friday, although some weekend work is OK.
I am currently studying for a Master of Arts in teaching English as a second language via distance from the University of Technology, Sydney.
I have included my CV here as it was too long for the upload below. I apologise for the layout. In pasting my CV here, the layout has been affected.
I hope to hear from you soon.
Kind regards
Sue Barker
SUSAN BARKER
C2/755 West Changjiang Road
Shanghai 200431
Mobile: 18717844304
Email: suebarker13@gmail.com
PROFESSIONAL CAPABILITIES
• Over 25 years’ experience teaching flute to tertiary, secondary and private students
• Three years’ experience teaching music in New South Wales secondary schools as a classroom teacher
• Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to captivate and motivate students to realize their full potential
• Performed as Principal Flute for 14 years for Opera Australia and the Australian Ballet at the Victorian Arts Centre
• Extensive experience organising successful formal and informal concerts and master classes
• Demonstrated capacity to build effective professional networks
• High level of technical competence in student examination and audition preparation
SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENTS
• Numerous students have achieved outstanding results and are performing in ABC Orchestras and Defence Force Bands and teaching at tertiary and secondary levels
• Tutored students who have successfully completed music studies at the masters level
• Performed with internationally renowned artists including Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Placido Domingo, Andrea Bocelli and Pinchas Zukerman
QUALIFICATIONS AND EDUCATION
• Currently enrolled in a Masters of Arts (TESOL) The University of Technology, Sydney
• Diploma in Education
University of New England, 2007
• Bachelor of Music (Performance)
Queensland Conservatorium of Music, 1980 to 1983
• Certificate IV in Business (Small Business Management), 2003
• A Mus A (Honours) – Flute, 1981
• L Mus A, 1983
COMPUTER SKILLS
• Microsoft Office including Word, Excel and PowerPoint
• Music Software – Finale and Sibelius
• Email and Internet
• Touch typist
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Self-employed Music Teacher 1982 to 2010
Newcastle NSW and Melbourne Victoria
• Taught the flute to 30 students each week in my home studio from primary school children to adults
• Taught one student from Melbourne undertaking a Masters in Flute Performance at the University of Melbourne
• Organised numerous concerts for my students throughout 2008, including a concerto concert and a master class
NSW Department of Education 2007 to 2010
and Private School Music Teacher
(Contract and Casual)
Rutherford Technology High School (May 2010 to November 2010)
• Casual teacher working in English, History, Geography, Art, Music, Physical Education and Special Needs.
Maitland Grossmann High School (July 2008 to April 2010)
Rutherford Technology High School (Jan 2008 to June 2008)
Hunter Valley Grammar School (2007)
Adamstown Public School (2007)
Macquarie College (2007)
• Taught flute and music to Y 3 to 12
• Taught music to Y 7-8 and special needs students
• Taught Music I and II to Y 11 and 12
• Rehearsed several choirs for the upcoming musicals
• Conducted the orchestra, ensembles and concert band
• Accompanied the choir on piano at performances
Avondale College, Cooranbong 2004 to 2007
Lecturer – Flute (Contract)
• Taught flute performance to Bachelor of Education students
The University of Newcastle 2005 to 2006
Conservatorium of Music
Lecturer – Flute (Contract)
• Taught flute to principal study performance students and music education students
• Liaised with the Head of Wind concerning curriculum requirements, performance progress and public recitals
• Conducted wind tutorials and workshops
• Tutored chamber music ensembles
The Victorian College of the Arts (1992 to 2001) 1992 to 2002
Monash University, Melbourne (2002)
The University of Melbourne (1999 to 2002)
Lecturer – Flute (Contract)
• Taught principal study flute students (up to ten hours a week)
• Liaised with the Head of Wind concerning performance requirements, progress and student welfare
• Designed and conducted orchestral material classes (VCA)
• Examined flute students up to Masters level at The University of Melbourne (also at the University of Adelaide)
• Auditioned prospective students (VCA and The University of Melbourne)
• Conducted wind tutorials for orchestral concerts including ‘The Rite of Spring’ Stravinsky, Symphony No. 4 Brahms
• Conducted wind workshops for flute, oboe, clarinet and bassoon to groups ranging from 20 to 100 students
• Taught selected secondary students at the VCA School
• Attended staff meetings
• Tutored chamber music ensembles
Western Australia Education Department, Perth 1984 to 1986
Peripatetic Flute Teacher (Full time)
• Taught flute primary and secondary students in groups of up to five from beginner to Grade 8 AMEB
• Performed in a wind quintet weekly to primary school children in Perth
• Toured the south west region of Western Australia
• Made several recordings for ABC radio
PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE
Orchestra Victoria 1986 to 2002
Principal Flute (1988 to 2002)
Associate Principal Flute (1986-1987)
(Orchestra Victoria is a full time orchestra performing with Opera Australia and The Australian Ballet)
• Performed symphonic concerts, school concerts, chamber music, concerts in the Sidney Myer Music Bowl, similcasts, tours throughout regional Victoria and Australia (performing with Andrea Bocelli and Placido Domingo), video/DVD recordings of Australian Ballet performances and recordings for radio and television
• Operas I have performed in:
Idomeneo, Die Entfuhrung aus dem Seragil, Le Nozze di Figaro, Don Giovanni, Cosi Fan Tutte, La Clemenza di Tito, Die Zauberflote - Mozart
Fidelio – Beethoven
Tristan and Isolde, Tannhauser, Lohengrin – Wagner
Die Fledermaus – Johann Strauss
Hansel und Gretel – Humperdinck
The Barber of Seville, La Cenerentola – Rossini
The Elixir of Love, Lucia di Lammermoor, La Fille du Regiment, Don Pasquale – Donizetti
La Sonnambula, Norma, I Puritani – Bellini
Nabucco, Rigoletto, It Trovatore, La Traviata, Simon Boccanegra, Un Ballo in Maschera, La Forza del Destino, Don Carlos, Otello, Falstaff, Aida – Verdi
Pagliacci – Leoncavallo
Cavalleria Rusticana – Mascagni
Faust – Gounod
The Tales of Hoffman – Offenbach
Samson et Dalila – Saint-Saens
Lakme – Delibes
The Pearl Fishers, Carmen – Bizet
Manon – Massenet
Eugene Onegin – Tchaikovsky
Salome, Elektra, Der Rosenkavalier, Ariadne auf Naxos, Capriccio – Strauss
Wozzeck, Lulu – Berg
Manon Lescaut, La Boheme, Tosca, Madama Butterfly, Suor Angelica, Gianni Schicchi, Turandot – Puccini
Peter Grimes, Albert Herring, The Turn of the Screw – Britten
The Makropulos Affair – Janacek
Porgy and Bess – Gershwin
The Telephone – Menotti
The Lighthouse – Peter Maxwell Davies
• Ballets I have performed include:
Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake, Nutcracker – Tchaikovsky
The Rite of Spring, The Firebird, Agon – Stravinsky
Coppelia – Delibes
La Bayadere, Giselle– Minkus
The Three Musketeers - Verdi
Madam Butterfly – arranged by Jack Lanchberry
La Fille mal Gardee – arranged by Jack Lanchberry
• Recordings I have performed in include:
Similcasts of opera and ballet for ABC television (which later became DVDs available in ABC shops)
Educational programs for the ABC, a Strauss songs CD with Steven Davislim and Simone Young
Several ballet music CDs with Jack Lanchberry conducting and live performances with Windpower (a wind group formed within the orchestra) for ABC radio
• Artists I have worked with include:
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa
Placido Domingo
Andrea Bocelli
Lisa Gasteen
John Wegner, Joan Cardin, David Hobson, Cheryl Barker, Jonathon Coleman-Wright, Geoffrey Black, Amelia Farrugia, Bruce Martin, Michael Lewis, Emma Matthews, Jane Rutter, David Helfgott, Piers Lane.
Gelmetti (Chief Conductor, Sydney Symphony Orchestra)
Eartha Kitt
Pinchas Zukerman
Barry Wordsworth (Covent Garden)
Sir Jack Lanchberry (Covent Garden)
Vladamir Verbitsky
Simone Young (Artistic Director and Chief Conductor for Opera Australia)
Richard Hickcox
David Stanhope
Stuart Challender
Carlo Felice Cillario (La Scala, Milan)
Richard Mills
John Fiore (Covent Garden)
Patrick Summers
The Cuban Ballet
The American Dance Theatre
New York City Ballet
ORCHESTRAL AND ADJUDICATION EXPERIENCE
Adjudicator 1986-2006
• Shoalhaven Eisteddfod, Muswellbrook Eisteddfod, Newcastle Flute Competition, Victorian Flute Competition
Mozart Orchestra, Melbourne 2004 to 2006
Principal Flute
(Mozart Orchestra is a chamber orchestra which presents concerts several times a year)
• Toured to Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Perth with the Lipizzaner Horses
Suzuki Talent Education, Melbourne 1997 to 1998
• Conducted workshops
Australian National Music Camp, Geelong 1996
Flute Tutor
• Tutored students chosen by audition from throughout Australia on orchestral repertoire and chamber music
• Performed regularly in the evening concerts
Private Study 1990
• Undertook private study with Trevor Wye (Senior lecturer in flute - Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester UK)
• Had private lessons and was a participant in master classes
Susan Milan 1990
Principal Flute London Symphony Orchestra
• Attended and participated in the Susan Milan in the summer school and the Oxford Flute School
The Australian Pops Orchestra 1991 to 2003
Principal Flute (Casual)
Queensland Symphony Orchestra Jan to June 1991
Principal Flute
Queensland Symphony Orchestra and 1983
Queensland Theatre Orchestra
Flute and Piccolo Performer (Casual)
WA Symphony Orchestra 1984 to 1986
Casual Performer
Western Australian Arts Orchestra, Perth 1984 to 1986 Principal Flute
• Performed with the WA Ballet and the WA Opera
Australian Youth Orchestra 1983 to 1986
• Performed in the Adelaide and Perth seasons
• Gained a place in the 1984 European Tour orchestra
Queensland Youth Orchestra 1980 to 1983
• Toured to New Zealand, Japan, China and Hong Kong
• Performed as a soloist playing the Mozart Flute Concerto No 1 throughout China and Japan
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
• NSW Institute of Teachers
COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES
• Organise concerts for music students at venues across the Hunter Valley, NSW
• Performed chamber music with members and former members of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Queensland Symphony Orchestra and The Australian Chamber Orchestra throughout the Hunter Valley
• Performed as a soloist at the University of Newcastle Conservatorium
As I hope to be in China for several years, I am looking for a role that is challenging and not just 'filling in time'. I have 4 children (9-18 years), so I prefer Monday to Friday, although some weekend work is OK.
I am currently studying for a Master of Arts in teaching English as a second language via distance from the University of Technology, Sydney.
I have included my CV here as it was too long for the upload below. I apologise for the layout. In pasting my CV here, the layout has been affected.
I hope to hear from you soon.
Kind regards
Sue Barker
SUSAN BARKER
C2/755 West Changjiang Road
Shanghai 200431
Mobile: 18717844304
Email: suebarker13@gmail.com
PROFESSIONAL CAPABILITIES
• Over 25 years’ experience teaching flute to tertiary, secondary and private students
• Three years’ experience teaching music in New South Wales secondary schools as a classroom teacher
• Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to captivate and motivate students to realize their full potential
• Performed as Principal Flute for 14 years for Opera Australia and the Australian Ballet at the Victorian Arts Centre
• Extensive experience organising successful formal and informal concerts and master classes
• Demonstrated capacity to build effective professional networks
• High level of technical competence in student examination and audition preparation
SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENTS
• Numerous students have achieved outstanding results and are performing in ABC Orchestras and Defence Force Bands and teaching at tertiary and secondary levels
• Tutored students who have successfully completed music studies at the masters level
• Performed with internationally renowned artists including Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Placido Domingo, Andrea Bocelli and Pinchas Zukerman
QUALIFICATIONS AND EDUCATION
• Currently enrolled in a Masters of Arts (TESOL) The University of Technology, Sydney
• Diploma in Education
University of New England, 2007
• Bachelor of Music (Performance)
Queensland Conservatorium of Music, 1980 to 1983
• Certificate IV in Business (Small Business Management), 2003
• A Mus A (Honours) – Flute, 1981
• L Mus A, 1983
COMPUTER SKILLS
• Microsoft Office including Word, Excel and PowerPoint
• Music Software – Finale and Sibelius
• Email and Internet
• Touch typist
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Self-employed Music Teacher 1982 to 2010
Newcastle NSW and Melbourne Victoria
• Taught the flute to 30 students each week in my home studio from primary school children to adults
• Taught one student from Melbourne undertaking a Masters in Flute Performance at the University of Melbourne
• Organised numerous concerts for my students throughout 2008, including a concerto concert and a master class
NSW Department of Education 2007 to 2010
and Private School Music Teacher
(Contract and Casual)
Rutherford Technology High School (May 2010 to November 2010)
• Casual teacher working in English, History, Geography, Art, Music, Physical Education and Special Needs.
Maitland Grossmann High School (July 2008 to April 2010)
Rutherford Technology High School (Jan 2008 to June 2008)
Hunter Valley Grammar School (2007)
Adamstown Public School (2007)
Macquarie College (2007)
• Taught flute and music to Y 3 to 12
• Taught music to Y 7-8 and special needs students
• Taught Music I and II to Y 11 and 12
• Rehearsed several choirs for the upcoming musicals
• Conducted the orchestra, ensembles and concert band
• Accompanied the choir on piano at performances
Avondale College, Cooranbong 2004 to 2007
Lecturer – Flute (Contract)
• Taught flute performance to Bachelor of Education students
The University of Newcastle 2005 to 2006
Conservatorium of Music
Lecturer – Flute (Contract)
• Taught flute to principal study performance students and music education students
• Liaised with the Head of Wind concerning curriculum requirements, performance progress and public recitals
• Conducted wind tutorials and workshops
• Tutored chamber music ensembles
The Victorian College of the Arts (1992 to 2001) 1992 to 2002
Monash University, Melbourne (2002)
The University of Melbourne (1999 to 2002)
Lecturer – Flute (Contract)
• Taught principal study flute students (up to ten hours a week)
• Liaised with the Head of Wind concerning performance requirements, progress and student welfare
• Designed and conducted orchestral material classes (VCA)
• Examined flute students up to Masters level at The University of Melbourne (also at the University of Adelaide)
• Auditioned prospective students (VCA and The University of Melbourne)
• Conducted wind tutorials for orchestral concerts including ‘The Rite of Spring’ Stravinsky, Symphony No. 4 Brahms
• Conducted wind workshops for flute, oboe, clarinet and bassoon to groups ranging from 20 to 100 students
• Taught selected secondary students at the VCA School
• Attended staff meetings
• Tutored chamber music ensembles
Western Australia Education Department, Perth 1984 to 1986
Peripatetic Flute Teacher (Full time)
• Taught flute primary and secondary students in groups of up to five from beginner to Grade 8 AMEB
• Performed in a wind quintet weekly to primary school children in Perth
• Toured the south west region of Western Australia
• Made several recordings for ABC radio
PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE
Orchestra Victoria 1986 to 2002
Principal Flute (1988 to 2002)
Associate Principal Flute (1986-1987)
(Orchestra Victoria is a full time orchestra performing with Opera Australia and The Australian Ballet)
• Performed symphonic concerts, school concerts, chamber music, concerts in the Sidney Myer Music Bowl, similcasts, tours throughout regional Victoria and Australia (performing with Andrea Bocelli and Placido Domingo), video/DVD recordings of Australian Ballet performances and recordings for radio and television
• Operas I have performed in:
Idomeneo, Die Entfuhrung aus dem Seragil, Le Nozze di Figaro, Don Giovanni, Cosi Fan Tutte, La Clemenza di Tito, Die Zauberflote - Mozart
Fidelio – Beethoven
Tristan and Isolde, Tannhauser, Lohengrin – Wagner
Die Fledermaus – Johann Strauss
Hansel und Gretel – Humperdinck
The Barber of Seville, La Cenerentola – Rossini
The Elixir of Love, Lucia di Lammermoor, La Fille du Regiment, Don Pasquale – Donizetti
La Sonnambula, Norma, I Puritani – Bellini
Nabucco, Rigoletto, It Trovatore, La Traviata, Simon Boccanegra, Un Ballo in Maschera, La Forza del Destino, Don Carlos, Otello, Falstaff, Aida – Verdi
Pagliacci – Leoncavallo
Cavalleria Rusticana – Mascagni
Faust – Gounod
The Tales of Hoffman – Offenbach
Samson et Dalila – Saint-Saens
Lakme – Delibes
The Pearl Fishers, Carmen – Bizet
Manon – Massenet
Eugene Onegin – Tchaikovsky
Salome, Elektra, Der Rosenkavalier, Ariadne auf Naxos, Capriccio – Strauss
Wozzeck, Lulu – Berg
Manon Lescaut, La Boheme, Tosca, Madama Butterfly, Suor Angelica, Gianni Schicchi, Turandot – Puccini
Peter Grimes, Albert Herring, The Turn of the Screw – Britten
The Makropulos Affair – Janacek
Porgy and Bess – Gershwin
The Telephone – Menotti
The Lighthouse – Peter Maxwell Davies
• Ballets I have performed include:
Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake, Nutcracker – Tchaikovsky
The Rite of Spring, The Firebird, Agon – Stravinsky
Coppelia – Delibes
La Bayadere, Giselle– Minkus
The Three Musketeers - Verdi
Madam Butterfly – arranged by Jack Lanchberry
La Fille mal Gardee – arranged by Jack Lanchberry
• Recordings I have performed in include:
Similcasts of opera and ballet for ABC television (which later became DVDs available in ABC shops)
Educational programs for the ABC, a Strauss songs CD with Steven Davislim and Simone Young
Several ballet music CDs with Jack Lanchberry conducting and live performances with Windpower (a wind group formed within the orchestra) for ABC radio
• Artists I have worked with include:
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa
Placido Domingo
Andrea Bocelli
Lisa Gasteen
John Wegner, Joan Cardin, David Hobson, Cheryl Barker, Jonathon Coleman-Wright, Geoffrey Black, Amelia Farrugia, Bruce Martin, Michael Lewis, Emma Matthews, Jane Rutter, David Helfgott, Piers Lane.
Gelmetti (Chief Conductor, Sydney Symphony Orchestra)
Eartha Kitt
Pinchas Zukerman
Barry Wordsworth (Covent Garden)
Sir Jack Lanchberry (Covent Garden)
Vladamir Verbitsky
Simone Young (Artistic Director and Chief Conductor for Opera Australia)
Richard Hickcox
David Stanhope
Stuart Challender
Carlo Felice Cillario (La Scala, Milan)
Richard Mills
John Fiore (Covent Garden)
Patrick Summers
The Cuban Ballet
The American Dance Theatre
New York City Ballet
ORCHESTRAL AND ADJUDICATION EXPERIENCE
Adjudicator 1986-2006
• Shoalhaven Eisteddfod, Muswellbrook Eisteddfod, Newcastle Flute Competition, Victorian Flute Competition
Mozart Orchestra, Melbourne 2004 to 2006
Principal Flute
(Mozart Orchestra is a chamber orchestra which presents concerts several times a year)
• Toured to Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Perth with the Lipizzaner Horses
Suzuki Talent Education, Melbourne 1997 to 1998
• Conducted workshops
Australian National Music Camp, Geelong 1996
Flute Tutor
• Tutored students chosen by audition from throughout Australia on orchestral repertoire and chamber music
• Performed regularly in the evening concerts
Private Study 1990
• Undertook private study with Trevor Wye (Senior lecturer in flute - Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester UK)
• Had private lessons and was a participant in master classes
Susan Milan 1990
Principal Flute London Symphony Orchestra
• Attended and participated in the Susan Milan in the summer school and the Oxford Flute School
The Australian Pops Orchestra 1991 to 2003
Principal Flute (Casual)
Queensland Symphony Orchestra Jan to June 1991
Principal Flute
Queensland Symphony Orchestra and 1983
Queensland Theatre Orchestra
Flute and Piccolo Performer (Casual)
WA Symphony Orchestra 1984 to 1986
Casual Performer
Western Australian Arts Orchestra, Perth 1984 to 1986 Principal Flute
• Performed with the WA Ballet and the WA Opera
Australian Youth Orchestra 1983 to 1986
• Performed in the Adelaide and Perth seasons
• Gained a place in the 1984 European Tour orchestra
Queensland Youth Orchestra 1980 to 1983
• Toured to New Zealand, Japan, China and Hong Kong
• Performed as a soloist playing the Mozart Flute Concerto No 1 throughout China and Japan
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
• NSW Institute of Teachers
COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES
• Organise concerts for music students at venues across the Hunter Valley, NSW
• Performed chamber music with members and former members of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Queensland Symphony Orchestra and The Australian Chamber Orchestra throughout the Hunter Valley
• Performed as a soloist at the University of Newcastle Conservatorium
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