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Van Baum19972 Caraway Ln · Riverside, CA 92508

(951) 345-2609 · Van.Baum@hotmail.com 

EDUCATION Westminster Choir College of Rider University, Princeton, NJBachelor of Music in Music Education May, 2015 (anticipated)

Cumulative Grade Point Average: 3.33 Music Education with Al Holcomb, Frank Abrahams, Sharon Morrow, Janet Cape, NicholasMcBride, and Donna Gallo; Vocal Studies with Carolann Page; Piano with Miriam Eley, Laura Amoriello, and Agnes Poltorak; Woodwind and Brass Instruments with Janet Cape; StringInstruments with Robert Loughrant; Choral Conducting with Tom Shelton; Music History andTheory with J. A. Kawarsky, Doug Helvering, Christian Carey, and Joel Phillips. 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Marlboro Memorial Middle School, Morganville, NJ Fall, 2014Taught choir, bells, and general music in a supervised student teaching. Lessons emphasizedKodály, Gordon, O Passo and Orff strategies that developed creativity, music literacy, and criticalthinking. Created listening lessons that engaged students in active and critical listening. Createdrhythm lessons that engaged the body and decoding rhythm passages. Created piano lessons thattaught technique and music reading. Created solfège lesson that taught music literacy. Lessoncontent was correlated to meet the benchmark of the National Standards for Music Education.Differentiated instruction to meet individual student learning styles and special education studentsmainstreamed into the classroom. Assisted with eight grade concert and seventh grade concerts.

Community Middle School, Plainsboro Township, NJ Fall, 2014Taught general music in a supervised practicum. Lessons emphasized Kodály, and Orff strategiesthat developed creativity, music literacy, and critical thinking. Created listening lessons thatengaged students in active and critical listening. Created rhythm lessons that taught decodingrhythm passages. Created piano lessons that taught technique and music reading.Created musichistory lessons that taught content from each music time period.

Millstone Elementary School, Millstone, NJ Summer, 2014

Littlebrook Elementary School, Princeton, NJ

Dutch Neck Elementary School, West Windsor Township, NJ

Quarry Hill Elementary School, Yardley, PATaught general music in a supervised practicum. Lessons emphasized Kodály, and Orff strategiesthat developed creativity, music literacy, and critical thinking. Created lesson that taught movementthrough partner and individual games. Created rhythm lessons that taught decoding rhythmpassages. Created piano lessons that taught technique and music reading. 

Westminster Middle School Vocal Camp Summer,2013

Westminster Choir College of Rider University, Princeton, NJServed as teaching assistant for full choir and men’s ensemble. Lead warm-up, taught technique,music literacy, and music reading. Lead team building and trust exercises. Lead off campus tripsand facilitated duties during final concert.

Westminster Vocal Institute Summer 2012, 2013, 2014

Westminster Choir College of Rider University, Princeton, NJ

Served as camp counselor counselor. Duties included leading evening activities, team buildingactivities, group rehearsal, community building exercises,and problem exercises.

Martin Luther King High School, Riverside, CA September 2008- June 2011 Taught dance and lead rehearsals for the Show Choir. Taught choreography and lead rehearsalsfor Spring Musical

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Special Seminars with Amanda Quist (Conducting), Sharon Morrow (Vocal

Health), Tom Shelton (Changing Male Voice), Kathy Setash (Elementary Music

Games), Ryan Guth (Music Entrepreneurship), George Shirley (Vocal Production),

Taione Martinez (Multi-Cultural Music and Conducting)

RELATED

EXPERIENCE

Student Government Association 2011-2015

Westminster Choir College of Rider University, Princeton, NJVice President (2014-2015)-Acting as president when needed, planning fundraisers, delegatingfundraiser duties, planning senior banquetSecretary (2011--2014)-Kept minutes of meetings, archiving, emailing constituents, and acting asVice President when needed

Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, Rho Kappa Chapter 2012-2014Historian-Cataloging documents, recording events via photo and video, event planning

PERFORMING

EXPERIENCE

Westminster Symphonic Choir-Joe Miller, Director 2013-2015Performances with New York Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, Vienna Chamber Orchestra

Westminster Players-Ryan Wilson, Director 2012-2015

Westminster Choir College of Rider University, Princeton, NJ

Roles Include: Sweeney Todd (Ensemble)HAIR (Principal Dancer)Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson (Black Fox)

Westminster CoOPERAtive Program-Antony Manoli, Director 2014

Westminster Choir College of Rider University, Princeton, NJRoles Include: Les Fille Du Regiment (Soldier)

SPECIAL

INTERESTS

Musical Theater

Choreography

Ukulele

MEMBERSHIP  American Choral Directors Association

New Jersey Music Educators Association

Phi Mu Alpha SInfonia-Professional Music Fraternity

CERTIFICATIONS New Jersey

REFERENCES Ryan Guth – Choral Director

Marlboro Memorial Middle School

71 Nolan Road · Morganville, New Jersey 07751

(732) 972-7115 ext. 7507 · rguth@marlboro.k12.nj.us

Tom Shelton – Assistant Professor of Sacred Music

Westminster Choir College

101 Walnut Lane · Princeton, New Jerseyj 08540

(609) 921-7100 ext. 8274 · tshelton@rider.edu

Jordan Saul – Associate Director of Choral Studies

Baldwin Wallace University

275 Eastland Road · Berea, Ohio 44017

(850) 544-6053 · jsaul@bw.edu

 Additional references and confidential career dossier available upon request from:Career Services · Westminster Choir College of Rider University101 Walnut Lane · Princeton, New Jersey 08540609-921-7100 ext. 8217