Menu:





 

What is an MTNA Nationally Certified Teacher?


 

 

ill titleJanelle Penn Phinney, NCTM

ill_1 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
- Full Tuition Scholarship - Yale Divinity School 8/2001
- First Prize in Marjorie Conrad Peatee Art Song Competition 4/2000
- Music Talent Award - Bowling Green State University 8/1995
- Academic Scholarship - Bowling Green State University 8/1995

MUSIC EMPLOYMENT:

- Piano Teacher 1993 - present
- Mount Union College Adjunct Faculty 2004 - present
- Mount Union College Faculty Accompanist 2003 - present
- Summit Choral Society Accompanist 2006 - 2007
- Freelance Accompanist 1992 - present
- 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
- Summit Choral Society - 2005-2007, Akron, OH
- Yale Camerata / Yale Pro Musica 2001 - 2003, New Haven, CT
- Ameropa Festival Piano Quintet 7/1998, Prague, Czech Republic
- 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
- Pi Kappa Lambda (national music honors society)
- Ohio Music Educators Association

CLASSES TAUGHT / LECTURES GIVEN:

- Piano Instruction - Mount Union College 2006 - present
- Introduction to Music - Mount Union College Fall 2004, 2006
- Survey of World Music - Mount Union College Spring 2006, 2007
- Music History - Mount Union College 2005 - 2006
- "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