EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY Featured as a Music Alumni Success story in 2011
GRADUATED 1999  BA. Music
WESLEY INSTITUTE
GRADUATED 2011   GRAD DIP ED (SECONDARY)
INDEPENDENT STUDIES
·           Summer Conducting School - Australian Band and Orchestra Directors Association (ABODA)  NSW– Professor Jerry Nowak 2000
·           Summer Conducting School ABODA NSW 2001
·           ABODA - NSW  Advanced Expressive Phrasing  Course 2003
·           Summer Conducting School ABODA NSW - Melbourne 2003
·           Symphony Australia – National Conductors Course 2004
·           Dr. David Bassun University of Illinois USA Conducting Course 2006
                                  

ACCREDITATION

FULL ACCREDITATION FROM THE MUSIC TEACHERS ASSOCIATION OF NSW 2001
NSW INSTITUTE OF TEACHERS 2011
NSW DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING 2011

Experience

 
Professional Musician and Music Business Operator -Featured in the Sydney Morning Herald in 2011
OXFORD FALLS GRAMMAR SCHOOL 2002-2011
Training Concert Band Years 3 – 6
Junior Concert Band Years 4, 5 & 6
Junior Stage Band Years 5 & 6
Senior Concert Band Years 7 – 12
Sibelius Film and Television Composition Years 4-12
 
·           HSC Students – 2 Unit Music Course 1/2 and Extension Music – Peripatetic Tutor
·           Implemented Australian Music Education Board Exams studio on site
·           Composition Teacher - ICT Sibelius Software
·           ICT Moodle Course creator and editor
·           Produce Performances utilising ICT and combined choirs, concert band, rock band, video screens and digital lighting at C3 Auditorium
·           Yearly Recital Nights featuring Live DVD recordings and synchronised lighting
·           Marking HSC Practical performances
·           Instrumental in growing the Performing Arts program from 90 to over 600 students in 10 years
                            
CARLINGFORD WEST PRIMARY SCHOOL 1997-2009
·           Conductor of 60 piece Orchestra, Senior Concert Band, Junior Concert Band
·           Started a String program and grew it into an Orchestra
 
GLADESVILLE PRIMARY SCHOOL   1999-2004
 
·           Started Concert Band program in 1999
·           Oversaw all instrument hires and book keeping
·           Conducted performances for Prime Minister John Howard’s Annual visits
 
TOONGABBIE PRIMARY SCHOOL 1996-2006
 
·           Tutor and conducted from 1996 - 2006
·           Built program from 30 students to 70 students
 
WINSTON HILLS PRIMARY SCHOOL 1996-2001
 
·           Conductor and Tutor of Junior Concert Band winning Gold at Yamaha Festival
 
LORIEN NAVALIS PRIMARY SCHOOL DURAL 1999-2004
 
·           Started Concert Band program in 1999
·           Oversaw all instrument hires and book keeping 1999 - 2004
 
NORTHMEAD PERFORMING ARTS HIGH – Conductor and Tutor
NORTHMEAD PRIMARY SCHOOL – Conductor and Tutor
BETHEL CHRISTIAN SCHOOL Yrs 3-10 – Conductor and Tutor
MUIRFIELD HIGH SCHOOL – Conductor and Tutor
MODEL FARMS HIGH SCHOOL – Conductor and Tutor
 

OTHER QUALIFICATIONS

·           CPR Training – 2009,2010,2011,2012
·           Child Protection Briefing – Assoc. Independent Schools - 2011
·           Diabetes Training - 2012
·           St Johns First Aid Course  – 2011
·           NSW Police and Commission for Young People - Working with Children Certificate for self employed people –          current to 2014

ACHIEVEMENTS

·               Company Director – The Smooth Groove.com.au  since 2005 providing entertainment for CBA, ING,          HMAS Parramatta, NSW & Queensland Gov.
·               Gold – Yamaha Band Festival NSW– Concert Band 1999, 2004, 2006
·               Gold – NSW Schools Band Festival – Concert Band 1999, 2000, 2005
·               Booking Agent and Founder – NSW Entertainment.com.au providing string quartets, solo artists and        entertainers for many Sydney venues
·               Combined Schools Orchestra (CSO) – established and conducted 90 piece Youth Woodwind Orchestra - 2001
·               Co Founder and Director –Value Music.com.au online musical instrument store managing accounts with all of Australia’s leading instrument importers
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Jaime’s Private Studio Students have gained Music Scholarships to – Hills Grammar School, Knox Grammar School and Abbotsleigh from 1998-2011


ARTISTS/RECORDINGS
·           Sydney Youth Orchestra - (toured as solo saxophonist 2001)
·           The Buddy Holly Show - Nationwide
·           C3 Higher Album and LIVE DVD
·           C3 LIFT Album and LIVE DVD  – (toured through Malaysia 2003)
·           Music Director – ‘Oklahoma’ for Berowra Musical Society Inc - 2000

BOOKINGS MANAGER
·           NSW Entertainment 1997 - present

EXAMINER
·           Australian Music Performance Examination (AMPE) 2011
 
MUSIC DIRECTOR
·           ‘The Smooth Groove’- 8 piece Corporate Party Band 2004 – present
·           Johnny O Keefe Show 2004
·           ‘Oklahoma’ Musical - Berowra Musical Society 2000
·           Christian City Church Balmain – all church services and events 2001-2003
CORPORATE CLIENTS INCLUDE
·           Toyota
·           Macquarie Bank
·           NSW Government
·           Cadbury Schweppes
·           HMAS Parramatta
·           ING