Grace DeMember

Phone: (301) 525-8290

Email: grace.demember@gmail.com
Electronic Portfolio: www.gracedemember.weebly.com

Certification
Pennsylvania Instructional I, Music PreK-12 (application pending)

Education
Grove City College – Grove City, PA
Bachelor of Music in PreK-12 Music Education, Vocal Concentration – May 2018
QPA: 3.92; Major QPA: 3.96
Honors: Dean’s List with High Distinction; Membership in Omicron Delta Kappa (ODK); Membership in Kappa Delta Pi (KDP);
Membership in Mortar Board; C. S. MacKenzie Scholarship; Adah Montgomery Sticht Memorial Scholarship; Winner of the ODK
Paper of the Year Contest for the Humanities Division – Music History (Spring 2017)

Teaching Experience
Student Teaching (Spring 2018)
 Elementary (general music): Mercer Elementary School; Mercer, PA; Mercer Area School District
o Created and taught lessons for all elementary grade levels: Kindergarten – melodic direction, quarter-note & eighth-note
rhythms; 1st grade – macro- and micro-beat in 6/8 time signature; 2nd grade – world music, call & response form;
3rd grade – downbeat, musical alphabet, harmonic function; 4th grade – American folk music & folk dances;
5th grade – African slave music, jazz (Ragtime), improvisation; 6th grade – bucket drumming ensemble
o Facilitated listening assessments for Kindergarten, 1st, and 3rd grade; assessed progress based on SLO criteria
o Instructed various grade levels how to properly play Orff instruments and unpitched percussion instruments
o Modeled and facilitated group and partner folk dances for 1st, 2nd, and 4th grade
 Secondary (choral): Hickory High School; Hermitage, PA; Hermitage Area School District
o Led warm-ups and directed rehearsals for multiple auditioned and non-auditioned 6th-12th grade choral ensembles;
aurally assessed pitch and rhythmic accuracy, blend, balance, intonation, vowel unification, and breath support
o Facilitated sight-reading practice activities and assessments
o Taught aural and written advanced music theory students
Field Experience (2015-2017)
 Elementary (general music): Damascus Elementary School (Damascus, MD); Kemptown Elementary School (Monrovia, MD)
 Secondary (choral, instrumental, guitar class, piano class, AP music theory): Springbrook High School (Silver Spring, MD); Walt
Whitman High School (Bethesda, MD)
Substitute Teaching – taught in various elementary, middle, and high school classrooms in Frederick County, MD (January 2018)
Private Lessons – taught voice and piano lessons to beginning students (Spring 2015-Present)
Adjudication Judge – musical theater performances, Piano Federation Festival (March 2016, 2017, 2018)

Music Experience
Piano Proficiency Exam Passed (December 2017)
Student Vocal Director for Grove City College’s production of The Music Man (Fall 2017)
Secretary of the Grove City College Chapter of the Pennsylvania Collegiate Music Educators Association (PCMEA) [2017-Present]
Vice President of Grove City College Harbison Chapel Choir (2016-2017)
Participant in Orff, Dalcroze, and World Drumming Workshops for Music Educators (2017-2018)
College Ensembles – Chapel Choir (soprano), Symphonic Orchestra (cello), Marching Band (cymbals), Concert Band (percussion)
Student Recitals and Senior Recital – performed classical repertoire for peers and professors
Musical Theater and Opera Workshops – performed various musical theater and opera scenes with staging and costumes (2017)
Concerto/Aria Competition – performed an opera aria to compete with other GCC music students (October 2017)
Featured soloist at a National Federation of Music Clubs regional leadership meeting (October 2017)
Chapel Worship – led team of musicians, arranged music, coordinated rehearsals for weekly chapel service (2015-2017)

Related Experience
WyldLife (branch of the Young Life outreach ministry geared specifically towards middle school-aged students) – led team of college
volunteers who mentored 30+ middle school students weekly; directly mentored students (Spring 2015-Present)
Volunteer math and language arts tutor for students in grades 4-7; Delahunty Middle School in Hermitage, PA (2016-2017)
Youth and Children’s Ministries Summer Intern; Damascus Road Community Church; Mt. Airy, MD (Summer 2016)
Waterfront Summer Intern; Young Life’s Lake Champion; Glen Spey, NY (Summer 2017) – trained and led a team of 15 college-age
lifeguards; interacted daily with and ensured safety of campers while in watersports; drove camp motorboat for tubing
Working knowledge of conversational Spanish – basic translating in Honduras for church missions groups (2012-2014)