EDUCATIONAL
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EXPERTISE
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Classical Composition
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Jazz Composition
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Classical Music Theory
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Jazz Theory
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Harmony
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Orchestration
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Arrangement
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Brazilian Music Styles
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Music Analysis
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Conducting
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Ensemble Performance
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Recording fundamentals for musicians
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Mixing and Mastering fundamentals for musicians (pro tools)
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Video editing basics (final cut)
EXPERIENCE
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2020-present – Online courses.
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2008-present – Private lessons.
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2011-2016 – Teaching assistant at Frost School of Music, University of Miami. During this period I assisted classes in jazz composition, arranging, and recording technology, conducted classes on Latin Big Band music, Recording Ensemble, and prepared special seminars about Brazilian music.
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2014-2015 – Advised middle and high school teachers on how to prepare their students for the Fairchild music composition competition. Fairchild Botanical Gardens, Miami.
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2013-2014 – CCI Award coaching for mid and high-school winners, Miami.
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2008 – Brazilian Jazz Ensemble teaching assistant.
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2006–2007 – Saxophone teaching assistant at UNICAMP (Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil).
AWARDS AS AN EDUCATOR
I led 4 ensembles to win Graduate Downbeat Awards as a teaching assistant at Frost School of Music, University of Miami:
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Latin Ensemble (2013)
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Classical Ensemble (2013)
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Latin Ensemble (2015)
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Latin Ensemble (2016)
IN-PERSON
I occasionally teach classes, workshops, masterclasses as a guest professor. Recent activities include an arrangement masterclass at SESC (São Paulo), a big band workshop at UNICAMP (Campinas State Univesity), and a jazz ensemble workshop at Gene Harris Jazz Festival (Boise, Idaho).
I teach private lessons at my apartment in Jersey City, NJ.
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ONLINE
I teach online private lessons via zoom/skype.
I have online courses available here on my website. (click here to learn more)
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