How does your service stand out?

Question

Mr. Sérgio was awarded a prestigious Artist Diploma and a Master Degree in clarinet performance by the University of Southern California.

He has been teaching for more than 10 years and is a passionate and dedicated tutor. His primary responsibilities as a teacher are to guide students into the learning process boosting their curiosity, instructing them on the fundamentals of the instrument by exploring their strengths and weaknesses and holding them to a professional level of excellence.

His students achievements include winning first prizes in solo and concerto competitions national and internationally, performing in community and youth orchestras, chamber music groups, and achieving honors on a varied range of fields.

Mr. Sérgio can be found performing regularly all over the Los Angeles county and teaching in the Colburn School of Music, Young Musicians Foundation and Harmony Project.

Mr. Sérgio have been awarded prizes in many competitons such as:

1st Prize Winner, American Youth Symphony Concerto Competition;

1st Prize Winner, University of Southern California Concerto Competition (2015);

Finalist of the 2018 Hennings-Fischer Young Artists Competition (2018);

2nd Prize Winner, Pasadena Showcase House Instrumental Competition (2014);

1st Prize Winner, Inatel Prize (prize for the best student of Academia Superior de Orquestra da Metropolitana) (2013);

3rd Prize Winner, 8th Saverio Mercadante International Clarinet Competition (2012);

Answer 1

My service stands out through ingenuity. I have a bachelor's degree from NYU in music education, and have played music from Mozart to Janis Joplin. I am expressive and have great depth of knowledge on clarinet, including playing rock covers on clarinet, which is uniquely something I do that rarely anyone else does or has done.

I have been playing clarinet for 14 years with performance and education experiences under my belt. When I was in high school, I was my school's concertmaster, as well as a drum major in the marching band. On top of this, I taught lessons on clarinet both in person and online through the pandemic for kids and adults alike. I have arranged for clarinet ensembles, woodwind quintets, and small symphonic rock groups.

I have been singing for 10 years. I have performed in Weill Recital Hall in Carnegie Hall throughout high school in ensembles. I have arranged and conducted a small academic choir my junior year of college. I am currently teaching both adolescents and adults vocal lessons online, and have given specialized lessons in a New York City public school.

I have been playing saxophone for 8 years. I was a featured soloist when i was 18 in a Long Island restaurant with Mike Barnett's jazz ensemble. I have taught group lessons in a New York City middle school before the COVID-19 pandemic.

I am a unique and good teacher due to my experiences and my worldview. I am also a young teacher that can connect to young students as well as adult students. I am capable and want to let others see their own capabilities and grow from there.