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Work History
Education
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Angie Chan Ramirez

Kansas City,MO

Summary

Piano Instructor with experience teaching over 80 students.

Music Composer with works premiered by award winning ensembles.

Nationally Certified Medical Interpreter working in all different hospital settings.

Leadership role in charge of redesigning Children's Mercy Hospital's, Language Services Department's internal webpage. In charge of graphic design, functionality and flow.

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Music Composer

Self Employed
05.2016 - Current

Original compositions:

  • Reminiscence, duo for piano and violin (2015).
  • I Want to Know What Goes On In Your Head, fixed media electronic music (2016).
  • El Sueño, fixed media, winner of honorable mention at La Metafora de Los Sonidos Composition Competition.
  • Monet's Water Triptych, piano trio premiered in 2022 by award winning ensemble New Ear Chamber Music Ensemble.
  • The Conversation Suite, commissioned by percussion duo ArxDuo.

Portfolio can be accessed at angiechanmusic.com

Private Piano Instructor

Self Employed Services
08.2012 - Current
  • Prepared over 80 students for recitals twice as year, including preparation for festivals and competitions. This furthered their understanding of stage presence, memorization, technique and expression.
  • Developed students' technical skills through healthy habits and continuous hand and body posture analysis.
  • Worked with students to develop sight reading, memorization, finger analysis, theory concepts, improvisational techniques piano accompaniment, and piano duets and trios.
  • Helped students with composition projects through chord, melodies and lyric analysis.
  • Designed lesson plans and curricula tailored to individual students' to support diverse learning. High focus on building resilience through positive reinforcement, and confidence through small achievable goals.

Medical Interpreter

Children’s Mercy Hospitals
06.2022 - Current
  • Supported healthcare professionals in delivering accurate diagnoses by effectively interpreting detailed medical histories from non-English speaking patients.
  • Adapted quickly to various settings within the hospital environment – from emergency rooms to outpatient clinics.
  • Leadership role in graphic design and overseeing the redesign of The Language Services department's internal webpage for Children's Mercy Hospitals in Kansas City Missouri, 2023-2024.

Piano Instructor

Ball State University
08.2014 - 05.2016
  • Taught functional piano skills in the required Group Piano courses levels 1-4, to non piano majors in college.

Recording Assistant

Kent State University
10.2009 - 05.2014
  • Recorded student and faculty recitals and concerts at Sursa Hall for three years. Worked with artists specifications, controlled audio levels and track mixing.

Internship Student

The Cleveland Orchestra
04.2013 - 05.2013
  • Gained practical experience in various aspects of the orchestra management world, applying academic knowledge to real-world situations.
  • Gained exposure to various facets of the industry through job rotation opportunities that provided well-rounded experience within the internship program.

Education

Master of Music - Music Composition

Ball State University
Muncie, IN
12.2016

Bachelor of Music - Piano Performance

Kent State University
Kent, OH
05.2014

Certificate in Healthcare Interpreting - Medical Interpreter

Johnson County Community College
Kansas City, MO
05.2021

National Certification - Medical Interpreter

Certification Commission For Healthcare Interprete
Washington
06.2022

Skills

  • Audio Production, Logic, FL Loops, Garage Band, Kontakt, Audacity, Sibelius
  • Audio Recording on stage and in studio
  • Music Composition: electronic, chamber, and piano music Music theory, harmony and counterpoint knowledge
  • Piano performance
  • Curricula design and lesson planning
  • Graphic Design and Drawing
  • Fully bilingual in Spanish/English, Cultural insight LATAM
  • Medical Interpretation, simultaneous and consecutive interpretation, medical terminology, strong memory retention, sight translation
  • Creativity
  • Emotional Intelligence
  • Leadership/Collaboration/Teamwork

Accomplishments

  • El Sueño, ocarinas and fixed media (Kontakt). Honorable Mention Recipient for 2016 International Composition Competition La Metafora de los Sonidos, Costa Rica.
  • Monet's Piano Triptych, piano trio premiered by the award winning group New Ear Music Ensemble in Kansas City in 2022.
  • Winner of the KeyBank Internship for the Cleveland Orchestra 2013
  • Host of Local Feature Program KCUR+NPR Arts: "Members of the Piano Faculty at the UMKC Conservatory"

Affiliations

  • CCHI, National Accreditation for Medical Interpreters
  • ASCAP, American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers

Certification

CCHI Certification Commission for Healthcare Interpreters

Timeline

Medical Interpreter

Children’s Mercy Hospitals
06.2022 - Current

Music Composer

Self Employed
05.2016 - Current

Piano Instructor

Ball State University
08.2014 - 05.2016

Internship Student

The Cleveland Orchestra
04.2013 - 05.2013

Private Piano Instructor

Self Employed Services
08.2012 - Current

Recording Assistant

Kent State University
10.2009 - 05.2014

Master of Music - Music Composition

Ball State University

Bachelor of Music - Piano Performance

Kent State University

Certificate in Healthcare Interpreting - Medical Interpreter

Johnson County Community College

National Certification - Medical Interpreter

Certification Commission For Healthcare Interprete

CCHI Certification Commission for Healthcare Interpreters

Angie Chan Ramirez