Jade Watts

3132 Dilton Mankin Road, Murfreesboro, TN 37127, (615) 278-8022, jadeewatts@gmail.com

Education:

Maryville College
Maryville, TN
December 2012
Degree: B.M.; GPA: 3.69; Major: Music Education
Awards: Choral Scholarship, New Providence Presbyterian Chancel Choir, Aug. 2010 - May 2012;
Barraclough Choral Award, Apr. 2012; Dorothy Barber Bushing Award, Apr. 2012
Thesis: Applying Improvisation as a Method of Teaching Music - A study of the uses of both vocal and
instrumental improvisation as an educational tool.

Certification:

Apprentice Teacher License

Vocal/General Music, Grades K-12

Experience:

Habitot Day Care

Mountain View, CA Sep. 2014 - present
Music Teacher
Designed and executed music lessons fostering fine motor, gross motor, and social skill development
for children under three.

Tennessee

September 2013

Natures Way Montessori School

Knoxville, TN
Aug. 2012 May 2014
Music Teacher
Developed and implemented general music curriculum to students ages two through eighth grade.
Organized and led class performances at school functions.
Managed departmental budget.
Maryville College
Maryville, TN
Aug. 2011 May 2014
Youth Chorales Assistant
Co-led rehearsals for elementary and middle school choirs with the choral director.
Taught and conducted songs for bi-annual concerts.
Managed attendance and bookkeeping for each choir.
Maryville College
Maryville, TN
Aug. 2012 Dec. 2013
Student Teacher
Created and delivered general music classes in a public elementary school setting.
Planned and led choral rehearsals in a public high school setting.
Conducted school performances at both the elementary and high school levels.
Maryville College
Maryville, TN
May 2009 June 2012
Concert Choir Choral Assistant
Led warm-ups, conducted pieces, and coordinated uniforms, music, and registration for a student
chorus of sixty.
Activities:

Member and Soloist, Unity of Palo Alto Choir

Provided music once a month as part of a fifteen voice choir

Jan. 2015 present

Member, World Harmony Chorus

Sep. 2014 present
Performed a repertoire of folk music from all over the world in a fifty voice community chorus
Guest Artist, Unity Spiritual Center of San Jose
Performed and led congregational hymns for weekly church service
Cantor Singer and Choir Member, Sacred Heart Cathedral
Led congregational singing during Mass.

Aug. 2014 present

Aug. 2012 May 2014

Member, Knoxville Choral Society

Aug. 2013 Dec. 2013
170 voice, auditioned choir which performs choral works throughout Knoxville.
Music Theory and Aural Skills Tutor, Maryville College
Tutored college students for music classes.

Aug. 2010 - May 2012