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Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Affiliations
Timeline
Certification
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Amelia Camacho

Amelia Camacho

Charlottesville,VA

Summary

Skilled Music Professional offering 24 years of experience as a director, teacher, and performer. Excels in organization, problem-solving, creative thinking, and communication. Strong attention to detail and efficient with a direct and friendly style. Passionate about nurturing the gifts of individuals, fostering environments of respect and inclusion, and encouraging participation. Successful at facilitating change with a systematic and compassionate approach.

Overview

24
24
years of professional experience
1
1
Certificate

Work History

Private Voice Teacher

Home Studio
01.2004 - Current
  • Teach singing fundamentals such as proper posture, breath control and vocal technique.
  • Help students prepare for auditions, roles in musicals, singing at their churches.
  • Strengthen musicianship skills such as ear training, sight-singing, and music theory.
  • Mentor neurodiverse students with individualized approach to enhance learning.
  • Nurture general vocal health for improved resonance and projection of speaking voice.

Director of Music

St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church
12.2006 - 06.2023
  • Collaborated with parish staff and volunteers to plan liturgical and non-liturgical parish events.
  • Selected and rehearsed music for 3 Masses per weekend, over 400 weddings and funerals, as well as other special events.
  • Served as cantor, pianist, and flutist
  • Trained and scheduled cantors and pianists.
  • Created worship aids
  • Provided resources and opportunities for development of musicianship skills, spiritual formation, and fellowship.

Music Director

Wilson Memorial High School
09.2022 - 02.2023
  • Facilitated auditions with stage director and producer.
  • Scheduled rehearsals based on availability of 20 cast members.
  • Directed music rehearsals for spring musical
  • Collaborated with producer and band director in finalizing production details and communicating with parents and students.

Private Voice Teacher

Orange County High School
01.2013 - 06.2019
  • Taught fundamentals such as breath control and vocal technique.
  • Prepared students for All-State and college auditions and performances.
  • Collaborated with students' choir teacher in preparing vocal repertoire.

Music Together Teacher

Blue Ridge Music Together
01.2015 - 01.2016
  • Facilitated music classes with children (infant to age 5), and their caregivers.
  • Created lesson plans with diverse tonalities, rhythmic patterns, and musical styles to support well-rounded musical literacy.
  • Encouraged families to be active producers of music and not only consumers.
  • Nurtured musical participation as acts of play, collaboration, communication, and expression.

Worship & Music Director, Associate Campus Minister

St. Thomas Aquinas University Parish
08.1999 - 08.2004
  • Managed training and scheduling of all liturgical ministries: Mass coordinators, Lectors, Eucharistic Ministers, Acolytes, Musicians, Ushers.
  • Supervised other ministries that provided support and fellowship connected with parish liturgies: Art & Environment, Community Life, Hospital Visitation.
  • Mentored university students and collaborated with parish staff in planning liturgies, retreats, and other campus ministry events.
  • Planned and rehearsed music with choirs for 5 Masses per weekend, and served as cantor or pianist for parish celebrations.

Education

Master of Arts - Pastoral Ministries: Liturgical Music

Santa Clara University
Santa Clara, CA
06.1999

Bachelor of Arts - Interdisciplinary Studies: Music, Psychology

Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
Blacksburg, VA
12.1997

Skills

  • Project management
  • Digital skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Critical-thinking
  • Communication
  • Administrative
  • Collaboration
  • Marketing
  • Arranging music
  • Studio recording experience

Affiliations

  • National Association of Teachers of Singing, 2009-present
  • Music Teachers National Association, Virginia Music Teachers Association and Charlottesville Music Teachers Association, 2006-present
  • National Association for Pastoral Musicians, 1997-2004 and 2006-2012

Timeline

Music Director

Wilson Memorial High School
09.2022 - 02.2023

Music Together Teacher

Blue Ridge Music Together
01.2015 - 01.2016

Private Voice Teacher

Orange County High School
01.2013 - 06.2019

Director of Music

St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church
12.2006 - 06.2023

Private Voice Teacher

Home Studio
01.2004 - Current

Worship & Music Director, Associate Campus Minister

St. Thomas Aquinas University Parish
08.1999 - 08.2004

Master of Arts - Pastoral Ministries: Liturgical Music

Santa Clara University

Bachelor of Arts - Interdisciplinary Studies: Music, Psychology

Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University

Certification

  • Certified Level III Instructor in Somatic Voicework-The LoVetri Method, Contemporary Commercial Music Vocal Pedagogy Institute at Shenandoah University - July 2012
  • Music Together Teacher, Music Together Training, Richmond, VA - October 2012

Other Professional And Volunteer Activities

  • Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Virginia, Assistant Varsity Cycling Coach, 2017, 2018
  • Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Virginia Cycling Challenge, Planning Committee: Marketing, 2016, 2018
  • Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Virginia, Volunteer with JV and Varsity Teams, 2015, 2016
  • Fundraiser Concerts benefiting The Haven, Catholic Relief Services, and Philippine Nurses Association of Metropolitan D.C. Typhoon Haiyan and Bohol Earthquake Relief, Organizer & Performer, 2013, 2014

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