Stephen Barnett
629 Paxson Ave,NJ
Summary
I have worked with students and musicians across seven different states and chaperoned trips to both LA and New York for groups ranging from twenty to fifty students.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Teaching Grades K-9 General Music
Middlesex County Stem Charter School
Perth Amboy NJ
09.2025 - Current
- Planned and coordinated both a winter and spring choral concert for semester based students in grades 1-5, bringing together over 200 general music students per semester within those grades.
- Collaborated with classroom teachers to enforce student rehearsal of concert repertoire for both the winter and spring concerts.
- Collaborated with Kindergarten teachers to orchestrate a group singing experience for all kindergarten classes during their annual “Winterfest” winter celebration.
- Worked with a group of roughly ten choir students in grades 6-9 to prepare for group performances in the winter and spring concerts.
- Constructed a varied and engaging curriculum for grades K-12, reflective of the resources available to the school in its first year of having a music program.
Teaching Grades 9-12 General Music
Academy for Urban Leadership Charter School
Perth Amboy, NJ
09.2024 - Current
- Planned and executed two winter concerts featuring group bucket drumming performances involving six different groups of general music students.
- Collaborated with the visual art department to bring both art and music students to the Teen Arts festival at Middlesex County Community College.
- Assisted with the rehearsal of a graduation choir comprised of both underclassman and seniors. The concert featured one duet, and two full group performances.
Teaching grades 9-12, Tenor and Bass Chorus, AP Music Theory, Entrepreneurship, And Assisting with Percussion in Concert Band
Longmeadow High School
Longmeadow, MA
08.2022 - 06.2023
- Assisted in planning and execution of over 5 separate ensemble music concerts throughout the school year, in collaboration with the band director, and primary choral director, including: the tall, winter, pops, major works, and spring concerts, in addition to a middle school tour, and student led chamber concert
- Directed a 12 student SATB chamber choir, which performed in our winter, pops, and spring concerts, as well as the chamber concert and the MICCA adjudication and awards festival.
- Arranged and conducted choral repertoire suited for varying skill levels and interests performed by students in a TTBB choir, as well as an SATB “Super Chorus” of over 75 students from all of the choirs in the program.
- Assisted students in the school’s TRI-M music chapter with planning events for the school including department wide fundraisers, instrument donations, and a school variety show.
- Helped students prepare for work in the school musicals, for both the senior class play, and the drama club productions.
- Participated in district wide meetings concerning the alignment of music education within the district as a whole.
- Assisted the school by filling a vacancy in the business department, teaching students about entrepreneurship and music marketing.
- Chaperoned a fifty student excursion to Los Angeles, for ensemble students. The trip included student performances, workshops, and music college tours, culminating in viewings of performances by the LA Philharmonic and Riverdance
- Was nominated for a Pioneer Valley Excellence in Teaching award during my time at the school
Student Teacher
Cinnaminson High School
Cinnaminson, NJ
10.2023 - 12.2023
- Planned and implemented engaging lessons for choir, music theory 1, AP music theory, music for movies and stage. Activities included but were not limited to: varied warmup and rehearsal techniques for choir, soundtrack design for the Movies and Stage class, and interactive scale building activities for music theory students.
- Rehearsed a varied repertoire of winter themed music, to the schools winter concert, working with approximately fifty students in total, and conducting one piece for the concert.
Student Teaching
Fanny Jackson Coppin School
Philadelphia, PA
10.2021 - 12.2021
- Worked alongside the classroom teacher to create engaging lessons for grades K-5, working with a variety of different instruments and equipment. Activities included student participation in singing, body movement, Orff instrument exploration, and steady beat practice through both body percussion and hand drums.
- Assisted with formative and summative assessments on guitar, bass, and piano for Grades 6-8.
- Worker with over 15 students in an extracurricular modern band. This work included writing new song charts for students, and providing input on performance aspects such as key, tempo, and instrumentation for both singers and instrumentalists.
- Rehearsed and conducted 3rd grade students in a performance of one song for their spring concert.
- Helped to troubleshoot, and fix issues with technology in the classroom, including- setup of instruments, guitar amp sound, mixer feedback, and placement of speaker mains within the room.
Long Term Substitute Floater Elementary Teacher
James F. Cooper Elementary School
Cherry Hill, NJ
03.2024 - 06.2024
- Worked with students in many different capacities ranging from self contained classrooms, to general elementary school classrooms
- Planned and implemented instruction for the general music classroom, in the event of teacher absence.
- Assisted with arrival, dismissal, and other day to day school procedures.
Long Term Substitute, General Music
Lakeside Middle School
Millville NJ
01.2024 - 03.2024
- Planned and implemented instruction for over eight different courses within the middle school general music classroom spanning from grades six to eight.
- Assisted with preparation for the middle school performance of Shrek the Musical.
- Played electric guitar in the pit orchestra for a high school production of Mama Mia in the district.
Non Teaching Music Experience
Freelance Musician
08.2015 - Current
- Personally assisted in engineering over twenty recording sessions at The Studio Nashville in 2019.
- Earned assisting engineer credits on the Wood Brothers 2020 album Kingdom in My Mind
- Gained over ten years of experience working with ten private lesson students collectively. Students levels have ranged from elementary all the way up to adult lessons, in guitar, piano drum set, and music theory from 2009 to 2025
- Recorded and produced music projects for over 10 different music artists, working with musicians from Boston, Nashville, Philadelphia, New York, and Central New Jersey, from 2013 to present.
- Worked as a Salesman for Nashville Used and New Music from 2016-2020, assisting with purchasing of pre-owned instruments, negotiating with sale price with costumers, and communicating directly with suppliers of new musical equipment. Over one thousand pieces sold and purchased for the store, including but not limited to: drumsets, keyboards, guitars, brass, woodwinds, bowed-string-instruments, microphones, and recording interfaces.
- Played Keyboards and sang background vocals for the Nashville Based Classic rock cover band “Soul Shiners,” from 2017-2021
- Served as a Chorus Member, of Central New Jersey’s “Glassbrook Vocal Ensemble,” under the direction of Princeton Girl Choir-assisting-director, Chaequan Anderson in 2021 and 2024
Education
Master of Arts - Teaching, with concentration in music
University of the Arts
Philadelphia PA01.2023
Bachelor of Music - Songwriting, Primary Instrument-Voice
Berklee College of Music
01.2015
Music Education - undefined
Westminster Choir College
01.2012
Skills
Proficient in: Piano/Keyboard, Vocals (Tenor II/Baritone), Guitar, Drums, Percussion, Mandolin, Electric Bass, Ukulele, Trumpet
Some Knowledge of: Strings, Low Brass, Woodwinds, and handbells
Arranging for rhythm section, horns, strings, and pop-vocals
Choral Composition and Arranging
Pro Tools, GarageBand, Sountrap and Bandlab (recording, editing, mixing, midi, and loops)
Finale, Note Flight, and Musescore Music Notation Software
Songwriting (popular song forms, folk song forms, rhyme schemes and general to specific songwriting principles)
Negotiation of buying, selling, and trading musical equipment
Certification
- Certified in Music K-12 in the states of Pennsylvania and New Jersey
- Certified as a substitute teacher in the state of New Jersey
Languages
French
Limited Working
Spanish
Limited Working
Korean
Elementary
Timeline
Teaching Grades K-9 General Music
Middlesex County Stem Charter School
09.2025 - Current
Teaching Grades 9-12 General Music
Academy for Urban Leadership Charter School
09.2024 - Current
Long Term Substitute Floater Elementary Teacher
James F. Cooper Elementary School
03.2024 - 06.2024
Long Term Substitute, General Music
Lakeside Middle School
01.2024 - 03.2024
Student Teacher
Cinnaminson High School
10.2023 - 12.2023
Teaching grades 9-12, Tenor and Bass Chorus, AP Music Theory, Entrepreneurship, And Assisting with Percussion in Concert Band
Longmeadow High School
08.2022 - 06.2023
Student Teaching
Fanny Jackson Coppin School
10.2021 - 12.2021
Non Teaching Music Experience
Freelance Musician
08.2015 - Current
Bachelor of Music - Songwriting, Primary Instrument-Voice
Berklee College of Music
Music Education - undefined
Westminster Choir College
Master of Arts - Teaching, with concentration in music
University of the Arts