Sarah Archer

· Support worship team band with keyboard accompaniment

· Sight read musical parts during initial rehearsals

· Interpret, modify, and transpose accompaniments as needed for performance

· Practice piano/keyboard to maintain technical proficiency

· Collaborate with worship leaders to discuss performance

• Provided valuable feedback during rehearsals with fellow band members, leading to improved group dynamics and a more polished final product onstage
• Demonstrated excellent time management skills by balancing performance commitments with personal practice, teaching sessions, and other professional obligations
• Managed equipment setup and maintenance efficiently, ensuring optimal sound quality for live performances
• Practiced selected music to accompany the contemporary worship service
• Used ForScore to be able to view digital scores and manage page turns

• Founded a successful music academy that serves over 120 students
• Hired seven additional music instructors to provide piano, violin, guitar, and voice lessons
• Manage the studio budget using Quickbooks
• Manage studio schedule and establish communication between students and teachers through MyMusicStaff studio management software
• Communicate effectively with teachers, students, and parents
• Plan recitals and performance opportunities for students
• Coordinating lesson schedules
• Acquiring appropriate teaching materials and resources for students
• Achieved financial growth with strategic planning, cost control measures, and targeted marketing efforts
• Hired trained, and managed a high-performing team of employees dedicated to achieving studio goals

· Coordinate audition schedules for over 200 participants

· Establish rapport with judges and teachers

· Coordinate monitor schedule for over 20 teachers to ensure students are able to check in at each audition room

·Effectively communicate with over 20 teachers to provide festival location, audition times, monitor schedules, and ensure teachers abide by repertoire requirements for each festival

• Fostered sense of discipline in students through consistent reinforcement of practice routines and goal-setting strategies.
• Collaborated with other music instructors to create interdisciplinary learning opportunities, enriching overall educational experience of students.
• Expanded students'' understanding of music theory by incorporating relevant coursework into individual lessons.
• Established clear expectations for practice time outside of lessons, resulting in accelerated progress and stronger technical skills among students.
• Prepared over 20 private piano students for showcase performances

· Planning and preparing lesson plans according to individual students' needs

· Effectively communicating with students and parents

· Assessing students’ abilities and providing feedback

· Planning recitals and performance opportunities for students

· Coordinating lesson schedules

· Acquiring appropriate teaching materials and resources for students