6905 Rabbit Run Drive, Hurlock, MD 21643  443-205-5621 qparsley@comcast.

net

Quinn Ian Parsley

Objective

My career goal is to find a job involving the performance of music, composing, or teaching, where I am
allowed to be creative in how I approach problem-solving, interacting with people, and planning. I look for
jobs that will truly better me as a person and benefit those around me.

Experience

2011 - Present Christ Church of Easton Easton, MD

Contemporary
Service Band Member
 Worked with a pianist, drummer, cello player, choir, bassist, and other guitarists to provide the music for the
contemporary service.
 Gained practical band experience in areas such as ear training, reading sheet music and chord charts, music
theory, arranging songs, sound engineering, guitar and piano technique, managing rehearsal time, and
improvisation.

2011 - Present Mike Elzey’s Guitar Studio Cambridge, MD

Guitar Instructor
 Taught students how to play the electric guitar, steel-string acoustic guitar, nylon-string guitar, bass guitar,
four-string tenor guitar, piano, and banjo.
 Instructed students of various ages and skill levels in areas such as scales, proper guitar technique, ear
training, arpeggios, chords, modes, intervals, guitar maintenance, learning songs, reading music notation,
interpretation, arranging, songwriting, rhythm playing, lead playing, and music history.
 Gained experience working with students of various ages and people with disabilities, such as blindness,
Lyme’s disease, and ADD.
 Acquired skills related to computer and recording software “Ableton Live 8,” “Power Tab,” “Guitar Pro 6,”
“Sony Vegas 10,” “PowerPoint,” “Excel,” “Word,” “Finale,” and general PC functions.
 Maintained and kept records of schedules and finances.
 Gained proficiency playing and teaching a multitude of different styles of music which include modern and
alternative rock, blues, country, bluegrass, folk, traditional, classical, slide blues, bebop, cool jazz, gypsy
jazz, thrash metal, progressive metal, metal-core, world music, pop, hip hop, funk, grunge, 80’s rock,
classic rock, fusion, Latin, reggae, indie, and punk.

Education

2011 - 2015 Chesapeake College Wye Mills, MD

A.A. Associate Arts Degree
4.0 GPA
Inducted into Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society

2015-current Salisbury University Salisbury, MD

Working on obtaining a Bachelor’s Degree in Music and Psychology
References

Jana Leslie (Music director of Christ Church of Easton) 202-213-3940

Mike Elzey (Guitar instructor, employer) 443-521-1106

Steve Bloodsworth (Principal at Open Bible Academy, where I taught a class) 443-521-5402

Taten Sheridan (Supervisor at Chesapeake College) tsheridan@chesapake.edu

William Thomas (Music Professor at Chesapeake College) wthomas@chesapeake.edu