Melanie Jackson-Cracchiolo

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
Experienced educator with over 15 years of documented success and experience wor
king in Higher Education, Entertainment, and the Music Industry. Successfully p
rovided academic and career advising to over 200 college students, counseling st
udents in choosing a major and identifying internship opportunities.
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Teaching and Student Advising Experience
Whittier College, Whittier,CA:
Artist-in-Residence 2009 to Present
Counseled and advised 25 undergraduate students in music studies and career dev
elopment.
Taught the fundamentals of vocal instruction in different genres, improving stu
dents public speaking and platform skills.
Developed instructional curriculum for students, facilitating students knowledg
e of interpretation of materials.
Challenging students to exceed academic goals.
Santa Ana College,
Santa Ana,CA
AdjunctProfessor 2002 to Present
Created and developed a new Music Industry course as part of a Recording Arts d
egree, improving students knowledge about copywriting, publishing, promoting, di
stributing, manufacturing, demographics, music law, songwriting, performing and
touring. Taught Jazz History, American History and American Geography in a combi
ned course.
Conducted academic advising of students with personal and behavioral problems.
Counseled students about scoring, interpreting, evaluation, interests, proficie
ncy, and other course administrated tests to approximately 250 students.
Coordinated academic field trips, maintained student records, while monitoring
student progress and advising students as needed.
Ensured that all required documents had been submitted by approximately 250 stu
dents in an accurate and timely fashion in the Financial Aid Process as well as
enrollment process.
Work as a general information resource for providing basic guidance and referra
l of community resources as applied to the course.
Santiago Canyon College, Orange, CA AdjunctProfessor Spring 2004
Conducted weekly evening workshops on the Music Industry regarding copyright, p
ublication, management, agencies, legal ramifications, manufacturing, recording
budgets, art design, and radio promotion. Educating approximately 25 students h
ow to write biographies and liner notes.

Supplying students with contact information for books, websites, non-profit

organizations, radio promoters, and recording studios to help them in their sear
ch for internships or jobs within the Music Industry.
RELATED EXPERIENCE
Performance, Organizational, and Therapeutic Skills Within The Parameters of Mus
ic
Producer/Artist/Lyricist,
Los Angeles, CA 1995 to Present
Nominated for Latin Grammy for CD, Fly under the Latin Jazz category. Dealt wit
h copyright, licensing, budgeting, radio promotion, scheduling, booking talent,
hiring graphic artists, manufacturing CDs, and publishing.
 Sponsored for touring by the California Arts Council from 2005 to 2006 for coll
eges and museums by competing against other talent and developing a marketing pl
an to the general public through the State of California.
Published lyricist with BMI, ASCAP. Administered by BUGMUSIC.
Free-lance vocalist: World Tours
Jos Luis Rodriguez (CBS International), REO Speedwagon (Epic Records), Leonard
Cohen
Free-lance vocalist: Promos NBC-TV, CBS-TV, ABC-TV, FOX TV, E-Entertainment Ch
annel, Playboy Channel, Welk Entertainment, WB Network.
Performed for Pope John Paul II for 1999 Jubileo at Vatican City, and H.M. King
Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand in Bangkok, Thailand in 2006 and 2007.
Los Alamitos Hospital, CA
Music TherapistIntern 1996
In the Geropsychiatric Ward worked with the elderly population suffering from d
ementia, stroke, depression and various aging conditions. Used music as a psych
o-therapeutic tool for communicating, reinstating memories, creativity, pain con
trol, ambulatory dysfunctions and coordination.
EDUCATION
University of Southern California BA Broadcast Journalism and
BA Music
Chapman University Music Therapy Certification
University of California Los Angeles Writers Extension Program.
SKILLS
Computer Skills
Languages: Basic Spanish and basic French.
PROFESSIONAL AND CIVIC AFFILIATIONS
National Association for the Mentally Ill: NAMI
Organization For America: OFA
12-year-old Foster daughter in Uganda for 7 years: The Plan