Janelle Penn Phinney, NCTM
EDUCATION:
Bachelor of Music Degree 5/2000
- emphasis in Piano Pedagogy, Performance, Literature, Music History
- from Bowling Green State University
Master of Arts in Religion 5/2003
- emphasis in Religion and Literature
- from Yale University Divinity School
AWARDS / SCHOLARSHIPS:
- Master Class with noted accompanist, Elizabeth Bucchieri 6/2005
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Full Tuition Scholarship - Yale Divinity School 8/2001
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First Prize in Marjorie Conrad Peatee Art Song Competition 4/2000
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Music Talent Award - Bowling Green State University 8/1995
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Academic Scholarship - Bowling Green State University 8/1995
MUSIC EMPLOYMENT:
- Piano Teacher 1993 - present
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Mount Union College Adjunct Faculty 2004 - present
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Mount Union College Faculty Accompanist 2003 - present
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Summit Choral Society Accompanist 2006 - 2007
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Freelance Accompanist 1992 - present
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Choral Section Leader 2002 - 2003
NON-MUSIC EMPLOYMENT:
- Full-time Nanny / Governess
---Easton, CT 8/2000 - 8/2001
---Newton, NJ 8/2003 - 8/2004
ENSEMBLES / PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS:
- Music Teachers National Association
- Ohio Music Teachers Association
- Appassionata Piano Duo 1996 - present
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Summit Choral Society - 2005-2007, Akron, OH
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Yale Camerata / Yale Pro Musica 2001 - 2003, New Haven, CT
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Ameropa Festival Piano Quintet 7/1998, Prague, Czech Republic
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BGSU Ensembles: Women's Chorus, University Chorale, Men's Chorus - Accompanist, Early Music Ensemble, African Drum / Dance Ensemble, Indonesian Gamelan Orchestra 1995 - 2000
MEMBERSHIPS:
- Music Teachers National Association
- Ohio Music Teachers Association
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Pi Kappa Lambda (national music honors society)
- Ohio Music Educators Association
CLASSES TAUGHT / LECTURES GIVEN:
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Piano Instruction - Mount Union College 2006 - present
- Introduction to Music - Mount Union College Fall 2004, 2006
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Survey of World Music - Mount Union College Spring 2006, 2007
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Music History - Mount Union College 2005 - 2006
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"Dante's Paradiso" - lecture given at the Yale Institute of Sacred Music Wednesday Colloquium 4/2003
-"Vocal Technique" - seminars given at Christ Presbyterian Church, New Haven, CT Spring 2002, 2003