Dylan James

Clarinet

Clarinetist and Educator based in New York City

Studio Teaching Experience

Mannes Prep, New York, NY, June 2022 - present

  • Clarinet faculty

Chautauqua Community Music School, Chautauqua, NY, 2018

  • Clarinet faculty

Do Re Mi Music and Arts (now closed), Englewood, NJ, September 2017- June 2019

  • Clarinet faculty

Rowan Community Music School, Glassboro, NJ, May 2016 - June 2019

  • Clarinet faculty: private lessons, studio class, clarinet quartet

Private, March 2016-current

  • Clarinet instructor

  • Music theory tutor

  • K-8 school subjects tutor

  • High school admissions test tutor (SHSAT, Hunter High School Admissions Test)

  • College admissions test tutor (SAT, PSAT)

  • English language tutor for speakers of other languages

 

OTHER TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Mannes School of Music, New York, NY, 2018

  • Completed graduate coursework in Woodwind Pedagogy, involving a series of three curricular masterclasses, under the tutelage of Judith Mendenhall, Principal Flute of the American Ballet Theater (ABT) Orchestra and Co-Chair of Woodwinds at Mannes School of Music.

Rowan Band Camp, Glassboro, NJ, 2017

  • Day Counselor: Responsible for mentoring a group of 8 clarinet/bass clarinet students in a variety of ways including administering ensemble placement auditions, assigning parts, coaching sectionals, and rehearsing with them side-by-side in the Rowan Summer Camp Band.

Rowan University Tutoring Center, Glassboro, NJ, 2015-2017

  • Peer tutor in Music Theory (Aural Music Theory and Analysis) and Music History

Rowan Youth Orchestra, Glassboro, NJ, 2015-2019

  • Sectional Coach