R A C H E L P H A R N E Y

4408 BRANDON LANE ○ MIDDLETOWN, OH 45042 ○ 513.292.8016 ○ HARNEYRP@MUOHIO.EDU

OBJECTIVE
To obtain a teaching position where through the performance of music, I may enrich the lives of my students, help students
to foster a lifelong appreciation for music and the arts, and cultivate a classroom community dedicated to respect,
responsibility, and leadership.
E D U C AT I O N
Miami University
Oxford, OH 45056, December 2010
Bachelor of Music in Instrumental Music Education, Bachelor of Music in Performance (Flute)
Minor in Arts Management
Cumulative GPA 3.87 Major GPA 3.97
Provisional Ohio Teaching License, Music pre-K through grade 12
Presser Foundation Scholar 2009-2010: This scholarship, named after Theodore Presser, is established at a number
of universities. It is given to the most outstanding music major at the end of his or her junior year. Music faculty across the
country recognizes this as a most prestigious distinction.
TEACHING EXPERIENCES
Student Teaching, Band, Fairfield High School, Intermediate School, Fairfield, Ohio: Fall 2010
• Cooperating Teacher, Jill Wilhelm
High School Band Camp Flute and Field Commander Staff: 2006-2010
• Fairbanks High School, Milford Center; Fairfield High School, Faifield; Greenon High School, Enon; Middletown
High School, Middletown; Northwest High School, Cincinnati; Twin Valley South High School, West Alexandria
Private Flute Lessons, 2006-Present
SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS
Miami University Music Department
• Presser Foundation Scholarship 2009-2010, Alberta Lutz Ittel Scholarship 2008-2009, Dona Clare Sheley
Presidential Scholarship 2007-2009, Richard A. Steuk Music Award 2007-2009, Music Department Scholarship
2006-2009, Darrell and Wilma Grothen Music Scholarship 2007- 2008
• Pi Kappa Lambda, National Music Honor Society: Spring 2008
Miami University (Outside of the Music Department)
• Bernard Murstein Scholarship 2008-2009, Class of 1979 Scholarship 2008-2009, Ohio Leader Scholarship
2006-2009, Ohio Resident Scholarship 2006-2009, Oxford Scholars 2006-present
Middletown Community Foundation Scholarship
• Gardner Scholarship 2006-present
P R O F E S S I O N A L O R G A N I Z AT I O N S
Music Education National Association: Miami’s Collegiate Chapter, Member: 2006-2010
• President: 2009-2010, Historian/Public Relations Chair: 2008-2009
Kappa Kappa Psi, National Honorary Fraternity for College Bandmembers, Initiated: April 2007
• President: 2008-2009, Music Chair: 2007-2008
College Band Directors National Association, Student Member: 2009-2010
ENSEMBLES

Miami University Marching Band: 2006-2010

• Field Commander: 2008 - 2010, Arranged Kokomo for 2008 Band Day
Miami University Wind Ensemble: 2008-2010
• Student Conductor Spring 2010
Miami University Symphony Orchestra: 2007-2009
• Soloist with the string orchestra
Other Miami Ensembles: Chamber Orchestra, Opera Orchestra, Miami University, Symphony Band, Flute Choir
Miami University Libraries, Amos Music Library: 2006-Present
• Employed as a student aide.
Chamber Music Performer: Employed to play flute duets at various events such as weddings, auctions, and parties.
• Played for an Alumni Weekend Event at President Hodge’s house in 2007.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Ball State Conducting Workshop: 2010
Ohio Music Education Association Conference: 2007-2010
Midwest International Band and Orchestra Clinic: 2009
Kappa Kappa Psi Leadership Symposium: 2008