Ashley
M. Miller
103 N. McKinley St. Cell: (608) 732-6761
Lancaster,
WI 53813 ashley.music.miller@gmail.com
OBJECTIVE
To be a
middle school band teacher
EDUCATION
University
of Wisconsin-Platteville, Platteville, WI
Bachelors
of Science, December 2008
Majors:
Instrumental/General Music Education
FIELD
EXPERIENCE
Band Director, Lancaster Middle School,
Lancaster WI, September 2011-Present
-Beginning
band lessons, 6th-8th grade bands, 6th-8th
grade lessons jazz
ensemble,
various small ensembles, and middle school marching band
-6th
grade general music, cross-curriculum
-Color
Guard Instructor
Armada Cadet Winterguard, Oregon WI, October 2009-Present
-Director
for competitive winterguard (4th-8th grade)
UW-Platteville
Pioneer Summer Music Camp Staff/Counselor, June
2004-Present
-Rehearsal
assistant for the middle school band
-Music
Theory 2 teacher
-Assistant
to woodwind sectionals, and clarinet master class
Child Development Inc/Little Chicks
Learning Academy, Madison WI, March
2010-August
2011
-Lead
teacher 2-3 year old room. Creative curriculum experience
-CPR,
Shaken Baby, SIDS trained
Long Term Substitute, Park View Middle School, Mukwonago WI January 2010-April 2010
-8th
Grade Band, beginning band, beginning band lessons
-7th
Grade “Life Music” class
Substitute Teaching Madison, Oregon, and Verona September 2009-March 2010
-Sub
for all grades and all subjects
Substitute Teaching in the Iowa City School District March 2009-June 2009
-Long
term substitute in the MDBD room at Mark Twain Elementary school.
Students
with various cognitive disabilities and behavioral problems.
Student Teaching in Wisconsin Dells, August 2008-January 2008
Wisconsin Dells High School and
Spring Hill Middle School Bands
-Teaching
and conducting full band rehearsals for various grades
-Assisted
with jazz band, small ensembles, and solos of various instruments
-Color
guard instructor for high school
Pre-student
Teacher in Platteville School District, February
2008 – May 2008
Platteville
High School and Platteville Middle School Bands
-Taught
band lessons, various ensembles, and full bands
-Assisted
in high school adaptive music class for children with special needs
-Wrote,
taught, and auditioned color guard
WORK
EXPERIENCE
Piggly
Wiggly, October 2002- August 2008, Platteville,
WI
-Check-out
Operator, Deli Clerk, Customer Service Clerk, Video Clerk, Bakery
Clerk,
Sign Maker, count tills
McDermott’s
Cafe, April 1998- October 2002, Platteville,
WI
-Waitress,
busser, hostess, customer service
LEADERSHIP
POSITIONS
-Wind
Ensemble President, September 2007 - May 2008
-Coro
d’Angeli President, September 2007 - May 2008, Social Chair, September
2004-May
2005
-Chamber
Choir, Social Chair September 2007 - May 2008
-University
Singers, Vice President September 2005 - December 2006, Social
Chair,
September 2004-May 2005
-Marching
Pioneers, Color Guard Captain, May 2007-December 2007
-Sigma
Alpha Iota, Music Director, December 2007-May 2008, Editor, May 2007-
December
2007, President, May 2006-May 2007,
Vice President Ritual, May
2005-May
2006, Sergeant at Arms, May 2004-May 2005.
Fall 2004-Spring
2008:
Homecoming Chair, Fundraising Chair, Community Service Chair, and
Fraternity
Education Chair
-Segregated
University Fee Allocation Commission- LAE Commissioner,
November
2006-May 2008
-Section
Leader: Wind Ensemble-bass clarinet, Orchestra-viola, Symphony Band-
bass
clarinet
COLLEGE
ACTIVITIES
-Relay
For Life, McDermott Family Team, April 2001-present
-University
of Wisconsin-Platteville Marching Pioneers Marching Band,
August
2003 –December 2007
-Symphonic
Wind Ensemble, September 2003 – May 2008
-Coro
d’Angeli Women’s Choir, September 2003 - May 2008
-Sigma
Alpha Iota, February 2004- May 2008
-Colligate
Music Educators National Conference, September 2004- May 2008
-Segregated
University Fee Allocation Commission, November 2006- May 2008
-Chamber
Choir, December 2007- May 2008
-University
Community Orchestra, August 2003-May 2005, February-May 2008
-University
Singers, August 2003-December 2007
HONORS
AND AWARDS
-University
Wisconsin Platteville Alumni Association Lifetime Achievement Award,
Graduation,
December 2008
-Sigma
Alpha Iota Katie Hartke Memorial Scholarship, January 2008
-John
Riddle Music Scholarship, May 2003-May 2007
-UW-Platteville
Chancellor’s List
-Wisconsin
National Band Association Collegiate All Star Band Member, January
2003
– January 2008
-College
Music Educators National Conference Colligate Honors Band Member,
February
2004
References
Marti Fults, Band
director Wisconsin Dells High School and Spring Hill Middle School
520 Race St. Cell: (608)
408-0306
Wisconsin Dells, WI 53965 mfults@sdwd.k12.wi.us
Nick Lane,
Director of bands Oregon High School, Shadow Armada Marching Band
345 Perry
Parkway Cell:
(608) 692-0525
Oregon, WI
53575 nel@oregonsd.net
Dr. Barry
Ellis, Director of bands and professor of Conducting
at UW-Platteville
161 Doudna
Hall School: (608) 342-1017
1 University
Plaza Cell: (608)
778-7950
Platteville,
WI 53818 ellisb@uwplatt.edu
Matthew Gregg,
Assistant Director of bands at
UW-Platteville, Director Marching Pioneers
162 Doudna
Hall School: (608) 342-1019
1 University
Plaza Cell: (608)
577-6475
Platteville,
WI 53818 greggm@uwplatt.edu
Jimmy Brooks, Former Director
Child Development Inc.
Stoughton, WI 53589 Cell: (608)
515-4057
futuregenerationsjames@yahoo.com
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