Resume of Nora J. Berlinger
Beaver Hill
100 West Avenue, #W309
Jenkinton, PA 19046
Phone: 215-460-3141
Education
M.A.Ed. – Beaver College – 1976 (currently Arcadia University)
B.Mus. Ed. – Westminster Choir College – 1970 (currently Westminster Choir College of the Performing Arts of Rider University)
Certifications: Orff Schulwerk; Kodaly; Kindermusik
Experience
1999 – 2010 Director of Music– Grace Presbyterian Church, 444 Old York Road, Jenkintown, Pa 19046
- Ran, organized, and directed seven choirs from Choral choirs to Handbell choirs – 4 years through adult.
- Performed two Cantatas per year with instrumentalists.
- Coordinated instrumental and vocal soloists for summer time worship
- Instituted a full concert program, and developed and raised my own budget for it
1996-1997 Substitute in Jenkintown School District for a teacher on sabbatical
- K – 6 General and Vocal Music
- Two concerts and one show
1995-1996 Part-time music teacher Gwynedd Mercy Elementary School
- Two days per week K-4
1992 – 1995 Owned and operated a Kindermusik School
- Target audience – children 18 months to 5- years old and their parents.
1977-1981 Middle School Music – Springside School for Girls, 8000 Cherokee Street, Philadelphia, Pa 19118
- Middle School General Music for grades 5 through 8 –Classroom music and Chorus for each grade level
- Two concert programs per year for the Middle School
- Musicals each year
- Wrote Middle School Curriculum for State evaluation
1970 – 1977 Elementary Music Teacher – Willow Dale Elementary School – Centennial School District, Warminster, Pa
- General Classroom Music
- Two Concerts per Year and One Show
1968 – present – Private piano and Voice studio
- Teach children and adults in my home
1970 – 1973 Organist – Choir Director Church of the Advent, Hatboro, Pa.
1969 – 1970 Organist – Choir Director at First Methodist Church – Green Lane , Roxborough, Pa
1981 – 2006 Office Manager – Berlinger & Small, 1494 Old York Road, Abington, Pa 19001
- Payroll and bill paying
- Equipment purchasing and maintenance
- Working with vendors
Worked with and learned from the following Conductors and Composers
- Leopold Stokowski Helen Kemp Robert Shaw
- Eugene Ormandy John Rutter James Jordan
- Leonard Bernstein Joseph Flummerfelt
State Teacher Certification
- Pennsylvania
- New Jersey
References Upon Request
