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Meet John Kuzmich, Jr.

Offering:

• Versatile, innvovative music educator/computer technology teacher with interest in multimedia, videoconferencing, web development, computer music technology and business education.
• Expertise includes wide experience as a music education in jazz education, music adminstrator, wind ensemble and marching band along with technology in alpha/numeric keyboard instruction, desktop publishing, advertising, marketing, hardware/software consulting, and software testing and development.

• Standard Full-time Colorado State Secondary and Post Secondary/Adult Vocational Credential in Clerical-Secretarial, Accounting and Computer Operations.

• Extensive web development expertise in national workshops and published articles with expertise in HTML programming and Dreamweaver 8.0 applications.
• Multimedia expertise. For on-line audio and video streaming examples, please go to http://www.kuzmich.com/clinics.html, http://www.kuzmich.com/BYUrecording_2001.html and http://www.kuzmich.com/European_Video_Demo.html
  
• Videoconferencing specialist at prestigious educator technology national conferences including NECC (National Educating Computers Consortium), ISTE (International Society for Technology in Education), Classroom Connect, T.I.E. (Technology in Education) and others.
• Originated and maintains four ongoing technology columns in the following music educator journals.


1. Jazz Educators Journal: "Survey of New Teaching Materials" and the "Watch Out" columns since 1976 and 1993, respectively.
2. School Band & Orchestra magazine: "Technology" and "Creating A Web Presence" columns since 1998 and 2001, respectively.


• Computer music technologist since the mid-1980's with many articles and national conference workshops presented including nearly every prestigious national music educator conference: Music Educators National Conference, Mid-West Band & Orchestra Clinic, National Teachers National Association, Australian Society for Music Educators, International Association of Jazz Educators, Texas Music Educators Conference, National Association of Music Merchants, and 200+ high school/college and university appearances as well. Most recently was approved both as a certified instructor and as an Institutional member for TI:ME (The Technology Institute for Music Educators) at TI:ME. For 30+ on-line clinic handouts, please go to: http://www.kuzmich.com/handouts/handouts.html
  
• Jazz studies specialist since the 1970's with emphasis in combo improvisation, electrified strings with "wire" choir (on-line at: http://www.kuzmich.com/zeta_bio.html and many pedagogical articles/textbooks on-line at: http://www.kuzmich.com/articles.html
  

• Sixteen years of successful computer education teaching experience with keyboarding, word processing, database management, spreadsheets, Internet search engines, PowerPoint, web designing, painting and drawing and computer game construction with animation and sound effects.
• Free-lance computer instructor for Jefferson County Public Schools Adult & Continuing Education in Golden, Colorado, Red Rocks Community College in Lakewood, Colorado, and Computer Skill Training Center in Denver, Colorado.
• Senior editor of three prestigious music journals and organizations. Planned and recruited editorial content and the direction of magazines. Dealt nationally and internationally with regular contributorss, free-lance authors and photographers. Wrote feature articles and editorial columns. Supervised all stages of magazine production and improved advertising by over 50 percent.


1. Jazz Educators Journal or the International Association of Jazz Educators for nearly 15 years, Manhattan, Kansas.
2. The Instrumentalist, Winnetka, Illinois.
3. The American Suzuki Journal for the American Suzuki Association, Boulder, Colorado.


• Free-lance author with 400+ articles (including down beat, Music Educators Journal, Selmer Bandwagon, Jazz Educators Journal, The Instrumentalist, School Musician, American Suzuki Journal and many other national music educator journals) and four textbooks. For 50+ articles on-line, go to: http://www.kuzmich.com/articles.html and http://www.sbomagazine.com/technology.aspx
  
• Eight years of successfully music administrator experience as a coordinator of music for a staff of twelve music teachers.
• 40+ years as a public school educator including winning the Missouri Concert Band Champoionship and three Gold medals at the World Music Contest in Kerkrade, Netherlands and half-time show appearances at Yankee Stadium for the New York Giants National Football League.

• Ph.D. degree, music education, Brigham Young University.
• MM.. degree, music education, Michigan State University.
• B.M. degree, music education, Michigan State University
• Additional coursework at: Syracuse University, University of Illinois, Indiana University, Vandercook College, and others.

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