Skilled Teacher offering 13 years of experience as an educator, leader and performer. Strong attention to detail with creative and friendly style.
Hi, I’m
Andi Ridings
Seattle,Washington
Summary
Overview
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Mode Music Studios
Music Teacher
02.2023 - Current
Job overview
- Teach music lessons on weekday evenings to students of all ages!
- Teaching beginner, intermediate and and advanced violin lessons, as well as beginner level piano, guitar, voice, viola, cello, ukulele, and mandolin lessons.
Redside Partners LLC
Onsite Manager and Community Manager
02.2021 - 03.2023
Job overview
- Caretaker, leasing assistant, and main point of contact for all residents, maintenance, techs, vendors, and prospects at two different properties managed by Redside.
- Managed security, packages, applications, leases, cleaning crews, locksmiths - you name it!
- Sent out weekly leasing reports to the property owners.
- Maintained positive relations by addressing problems head-on and implementing successful corrective actions.
- Maintained professional demeanor by staying calm when addressing unhappy or angry clients.
Outer Space Seattle
Teacher
10.2020 - 03.2021
Job overview
- Instructed preschool-aged children in activities designed to promote intellectual and creative growth.
- Created and provided a fun and safe learning environment.
- Developed schedules and routines to ensure adequate physical activity, rest, and playtime.
- Established and maintained positive relationships with the children and their parents.
- Communicated daily with parents on their child's growth and progress.
- Maintained the health and safety of all students during Covid-19 Pandemic.
- Helped students navigate their remote learning coursework (if enrolled in remote elementary school), while creating a quiet and comfortable environment where they can focus.
HAGGARD CAMPUS CHILDCARE LLC
Assistant Preschool Teacher
01.2020 - 04.2020
Job overview
- Taught children with creative approaches, methods, and techniques.
- Maintained tidy and clean classroom consistent with safety and health standards.
- Worked with children ages 2-5 years old.
- Assisted Lead Teacher in PRE1 with classroom management, while planning and running the afternoon program and closing down the classroom at closing time.
Seattle Music Partners LLC
Resident Artist
09.2019 - 03.2020
Job overview
- Worked after-school hours with 3rd and 4th graders through the nonprofit Seattle Music Partners.
- Taught music theory fundamentals and beginner group bowed strings class (violin, viola, cello).
- Stationed at Leschi Elementary School in the Leschi neighborhood of Seattle.
Wedgwood Montessori Preschool
Preschool Music Teacher/Floater Teacher
09.2019 - 01.2020
Job overview
- Assisted and rotated between two different Montessori preschool classrooms throughout the day and taught group music classes twice a week to both classes.
- Led a daily music circle time for the children, familiarizing students with the basic concepts of music such as notes, tempo, symphony, beats, compositions, and chords.
- Mentored struggling students with individualized approach to enhance learning.
4/4 School Of Music
Resident Artist
01.2019 - 09.2019
Job overview
- Taught violin to 10-20 students weekly at both the Redmond and Bothell music school locations.
- Contributed to students' creative process through original ideas and inspiration.
Self-employeed
Freelance Musician and Music Teacher
09.2010 - 09.2019
Job overview
- Performed for hundreds of wedding ceremonies and receptions, engagements, banquets, restaurants, choirs, and chamber orchestras - often leading and organizing each performance and ensemble.
- Mentored students of different ages and backgrounds in music theory, composition and performance.
- Taught students violin in one-on-one lessons from my home studio, and occasionally taught group lessons to families (siblings, mother/daughter, father/son lessons).
- Arranged and composed music to fit customer's needs.
- Familiarized students with basic concepts of music such as notes, tempo, symphony, beats, compositions, and chords.
- Built networks with local musicians to provide session support for gigs and events.
- Students ranged from beginner to intermediate/advanced levels of playing, and 5-85 in ages.
River Radio
Radio Board Operator
09.2015 - 11.2016
Job overview
- Weekend remote board operator for seven different local radio stations.
- Ensured music and programs aired at correct times, adjusting them as necessary.
- Logged stations' data every 2 hours.
- Recorded weather for every shift, and updated the stations every hour during severe weather.
- Gained xperience using DAW (Audition).
- Occasionally routed college football games to specific stations.
- Ensured nothing goes off air, and followed the correct procedure to solve the issue as quickly as possible if it did.
- Monitored news and public sources for breaking news.
- Managed on-site broadcasts by setting up and running equipment in diverse conditions.
- Maintained studio equipment in good working order.
Southeast Missouri State University
Arts Resource Librarian
01.2012 - 01.2016
Job overview
- Librarian at the Arts Resource Center at the River Campus (art/music/dance/theatre) on SEMO's campus.
- Assisted library patrons with resolving computer problems.
- Managed reserve desk collection of reference materials.
- Greeted library guests at reference desk daily with upbeat and optimistic approach.
Paducah Symphony Orchestra
Substitute Section Violinist
09.2014 - 04.2015
Job overview
- Regularly performed during the symphony's 2014-15 season as a 1st or 2nd Violinist when a section violinist was out sick for a rehearsal or concert.
- One performance in particular gave me the opportunity to play 2nd Violin for the Barber Violin Concerto, where Glenn Dicterow (former New York Philharmonic Orchestra Concertmaster) was the soloist.
- Performed for two educational concerts titled 'Carnival of the Animals' (grades K-12) in Spring 2015.
- Played pieces with intense emotion using varying movements and facial expressions to move audience.
Education
Southeast Missouri State UniversityCape Girardeau, MO
Bachelor of Music from Music Performance
05.2016
University Overview
Washington High SchoolWashington, MO
High School Diploma from General
05.2010
University Overview
Skills
- Program Administration
- Creative Solutions
- Fine Arts Proficiency
- Classroom Management
- Student Inclusion
- Vocal Techniques
- Teaching Life Skills
- Live Orchestral Performance
- Teacher Support
- Interactive Learning
Timeline
Music Teacher
Mode Music Studios
02.2023 - Current
Onsite Manager and Community Manager
Redside Partners LLC
02.2021 - 03.2023
Teacher
Outer Space Seattle
10.2020 - 03.2021
Assistant Preschool Teacher
HAGGARD CAMPUS CHILDCARE LLC
01.2020 - 04.2020
Resident Artist
Seattle Music Partners LLC
09.2019 - 03.2020
Preschool Music Teacher/Floater Teacher
Wedgwood Montessori Preschool
09.2019 - 01.2020
Resident Artist
4/4 School Of Music
01.2019 - 09.2019
Radio Board Operator
River Radio
09.2015 - 11.2016
Substitute Section Violinist
Paducah Symphony Orchestra
09.2014 - 04.2015
Arts Resource Librarian
Southeast Missouri State University
01.2012 - 01.2016
Freelance Musician and Music Teacher
Self-employeed
09.2010 - 09.2019
Southeast Missouri State University
Bachelor of Music from Music Performance
Washington High School
High School Diploma from General
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