Courtney Kuhn

ckuhn14@gmail.com
www.courtneykuhnsaxophone.wordpress.com
Phone: 214-475-6014
Education: Arizona State University, BM: Music Education
Graduated May 2015

GPA: 3.96

Teaching Experience
Student Teaching, 1/2015 5/2015
Grades 9-12: Corona del Sol High School Tempe, AZ; mentor: David DuPlessis
Responsibilities: conducted pieces at Regional and Area festivals, designed standards-based lesson
plans, assisted regional governor of AMEA with auditions, and taught woodwinds, brass, jazz band,
and full concert band classes at the high school level.
Grades 6-8: Gililland Middle School Tempe, AZ; mentor: Robert Pollock
Responsibilities: conducted full concert band, instructed beginning woodwind, brass, and percussion
players, assisted with classroom management, and worked with individuals and small groups of
students.
Internships
Grades 6-8: Gililland Middle School; mentor: Robert Pollock, 8/2013 12/2013
Grades 9-12: Carl Hayden High School; mentor: Rebecca Grace, 1/2014 5/2014
Grades K-6: Patterson Elementary School; mentor: Angela Mantie, 8/2014 12/2014
Other Teaching Experience
Grades 9-12: Phoenix Youth Symphony saxophone sectional coach; director: Nathan Johnston,
10/2014 Present
Grades 9-12: Private Saxophone Lessons with an emphasis on embouchure, scales, and music
literacy, 1/2015 3/2015
Performance Experience
Tenor Saxophone, Arizona State University Wind Orchestra, 8/2014 - 12/2014
Principal Alto Saxophone, Arizona State University Wind Ensemble, 8/2011 5/2014
Tenor Saxophone, Inferno Saxophone Quartet, Arizona State University 8/2013 5/2014
Tenor Saxophone, Paradigm Shift Saxophone Quartet, Arizona State University 8/2011 5/2012
Saxophones, Baylor University Wind Ensemble, 8/2010 5/2011
Other Work Experience
Billing Clerk, WLS Surgical Associates, PA 5/2014 1/2015
Ensemble Manager, Interlochen Center for the Arts 6/2012 8/2012

References available upon request