DAVID C. SCHEIBER
9 State Street Apartment 1A
Windsor, VT 05089
(518) 522-1997
mr.scheiber@gmail.com
www.mrscheiber.com
OBJECTIVE
To earn a teaching position in choral music.
EDUCATION
Master of the Arts, Liberal Studies
Graduated: 08/2011
State University of New York at Stony Brook, School of Professional Development
Final GPA: 3.95
Project Seminar: Choral and General Music in Grades K-12 © 2011
Bachelor of Music, Music Education
Graduated: 05/2007, Cum Laude
Crane School of Music, State University of New York College at Potsdam
Primary Instrument: Voice
Final GPA: 3.37
CERTIFICATION
New York State Professional Certification in Music Education (K-12)
Issue Date: 09/01/2012
Certificate number: 1154606
Vermont Level II Teaching License in Music (K-12)
Issue Date: 12/31/2012
TEACHING
Sept 2012-present
Windsor Southeast Supervisory Union – Windsor, VT
Windsor High School (Title I) and State Street School (Title I)
 Classes included: Songwriting and Music Theory, High School Chorus, Junior
High School Chorus, Elementary Chorus, Grades 5-6 General Music
 Directed and conducted all choral ensembles
 Accompanied Elementary Chorus on piano and guitar
 Programmed pieces in French, Hebrew and Ewe (from Ghana) and taught
diction using the International Phonetic Alphabet
 Utilized Gordon scale patterns in major and minor to teach functional
harmony
 Prepared students for school and non-school related concerts and auditions.
 Prepared students for VT District VI music festivals (vocal and instrumental)
and college auditions (instrumental)
 Developed and taught curricular “strand” plans in melody and harmony
 Developed and taught a songwriting and music theory course
 Began and developed a library of vocal solo literature including art songs,
arias, opera selections and Broadway songs.
Roth Center Religious School – Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
 Substitute teacher, grade 7
 Bar/Bat Mitzvah Tutor
o Correct pronunciation, overall meaning and chanting of services
 Shacharit, Minchah, Torah service, Musaf
Oct 2011-June 2012 B’Yachad Hebrew School - Albany NY
 Classroom teacher, grades 3-4
o Basic Hebrew literacy skills
o Jewish tradition
o Bible study
Oct 2012-present
Sept 2009-June 2011 Chateaugay Central School District (Title I) - Chateaugay, NY
 Classes included: High School Select Chorus, High School Chorus, High
School General Music, Junior High School Chorus, 8th Grade General
Music, Elementary Chorus, 1st-6th Grade General Music
 Directed and conducted all choral ensembles
 Prepared students for school and non-school related concerts, auditions,
and NYSSMA Solo and Area All-State festivals
 Designed and taught an acoustic guitar course in a classroom setting
 Developed and implemented the production of music videos within 8th
Grade General Music – including filming, editing, and producing
 Facilitated the selection, purchase, and integration of new music textbooks
for grades K-6 – Making Music by Silver, Burdett and Ginn
 Designed units achieving curricular objectives in the following: functional
harmony and composition, African drumming, and recorder
 Utilized Gordon scale patterns and Kodaly sol-mi singing in grades 1-6
Sept 2007-Aug 2009 Enlarged City School District of Troy - Troy, NY
PS#18, PS#16, PS #2 (Title I)
 Classes included K-6 General Music and 4-6 Chorus
 Directed and conducted all choral ensembles
 Developed and implemented a variety of lessons meeting curricular
objectives for the General Music classes
 Prepared students for all-county and all-city choruses, as well as for school
concerts
2003-2007
RELATED
EXPERIENCE
2013
2010 & 2011
2011
2010
2008 & 2009
Temple Beth-El Sunday School - Potsdam, NY
 Classroom teacher, pre-Bar Mitzvah class
o Held class discussions about holidays and customs
o Bar Mitzvah preparation
Dartmouth Hillel Choir
 Guest conductor, winter term, 2013
Chateaugay Central School Moving Up Day Ceremony
 Event pianist and presenter of department awards
Salmon River Central School Musical
 Little Shop of Horrors and Once Upon a Mattress - Guitar player
Franklin All-County Music Festival
 Chair, Junior High Chorus (2011)
 Chorus preparation for Junior High Chorus and Elementary Chorus
Chateaugay Central School Musical
 Beauty and the Beast – Casting committee and chorus preparation
Chateaugay Central School Musical
 The Sound of Music – Co-music director, casting committee, and chorus
preparation
Rensselaer All-County Music Festival
 Chorus Preparation for Elementary Chorus
MUSICAL
PROFICIENCIES
Composer/Arranger: Arranged and transcribed several pieces for specific choral
groups at Chateaugay Central School. Several of these arrangements have also been
performed at other schools in New York and Vermont.
World Music: Studied African drumming and dance with master drummer Kwasi
Dunyo of Ghana, West Africa, summer, 2009.
Major instrument: Voice (Bass-Baritone)
Other instruments: Guitar, Trombone, Piano, Recorder, Alto Saxophone
OTHER
PROFICIENCIES
Sports Announcing: Provided in-house announcements during Windsor
homecoming football game and home basketball games, 2012-present. Provided pregame announcements to Chateaugay home basketball games, 2009-2011.
Technology: SmartBoard proficient, building and maintaining websites, online
learning, sound board setup, Finale notation software, audio editing, video editing,
certificate creation, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint.
Foreign Language:
 Spanish - Speaking, comprehending, reading and writing
 Hebrew – Reading and writing with some comprehension
 Diction, pronunciation and International Phonetic Alphabet
o English, Spanish, Hebrew, Italian, French, German
REFERENCES:
Mrs. Donna André
High School Principal
Chateaugay Central School
P.O. Box 904
Chateaugay, NY 12920
(518) 497-6611
Mr. Michael Kell
High School Principal
Windsor High School
127 State Street
Windsor, VT 05089
(802) 674-6344
Ms. Cynthia A. Kilgallon
Elementary School Principal
School 18, Troy City School District
417 Hoosick Street
Troy, NY 12180
(518) 328-5501
Jeffrey and Brenda Vredenburg
Student Teaching Supervisors
Crane School of Music
44 Pierrepont Avenue
Potsdam, NY 13676
(518) 584-5487
Ms. Lauri Nair
Retired Music Teacher
Greenfield Elementary School
3180 Route 9N
Greenfield Center, NY 12833
(518) 788-0059
Karen B. Tyler
Director of Administration
NYS Division of the Budget
Agency Bldg. 1
Albany, NY 12224
(518) 474-6324