EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE
Western Michigan University
August 2017 - June 2021Bachelor of Music: Major in Music Composition, Minor in Multimedia Arts Technologies
Deans List: Fall: 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 Spring: 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
Music Composition:
Vice President & Secretary of the Western Student Composers Alliance
Studied Music Composition with Dr. Lisa Coons, Dr. Christopher Biggs, & Dr. Richard Adams
Studied Music Theory with Dr. Lisa Coons & Graeme Shields
Studied Orchestration & Counterpoint with Dr. Richard Adams
Multimedia Arts Technologies:
Recorded & Produced at Western Sound Studios
Studied with John Campos, Dr. Christopher Biggs, Dr. Carter Rice, & Dr. David Loberg Code
Studied Logic Pro, Protools, Ableton Live, Max/MSP, Reaper & MiniAudicle
Studied microphone placement, signal flow, live to 2-track & live to multitrack recording
Music Performance:
Concert Band directed by Dr. Mary Land
Symphonic Band directed by Dr. David W. Montgomery
Timpani Principal, Percussion Principal
Former member of KLOrk: Kalamazoo Laptop Orchestra
Music Education:
Elementary to High School Level:
Percussion, Keyboards, Vocal Techniques, Guitar, Trombone, & Tuba
Studied Conducting with John Leonard
COMPLETE Weddings + Events
Grand Rapids, MIApril 2021 - PresentOwner & Manager: Justin Loser
Disc Jockey:
Communicating with clients
Organizing and planning out events
Communicating with vendors and venue
Public speaking in front of large crowds
Setting up and operating sound
Testimonials
"John our DJ was amazing! He interacted with our crowd so well and was very organized and creative. He had great ideas for fun dances and helped create so many special memories!"
- Lauren + Zac (7/17/21)
"At the event John was our DJ and I can honestly say we couldn't have asked for better. He was absolutely excellent from start to finish. Our guests and other vendors praised him up and down. Simply put we had a lot of things that factored into our perfect day and having John as our DJ was one of those factors. I could not recommend him and Complete more."
- Amber + Jonathan (5/29/2021)
Broughton Music & Arts Center
Kalamazoo, MIApril 2019 - PresentOwner: Laurie A. Jarski
Manager: Lynn Bielecki
Music Retail:
Ordering & organizing inventory
Labeling instruments & accessories
Selling & renting musical merchandise
Music Lesson Management:
Organizing lesson schedules with teachers and students
Billing lesson payments
Calling students and teachers for makeups and cancelations
Instrument Maintenance:
Instrument Tuning
Guitar restringing, fret cleaning, bridge placement, adjusting action, part replacement
General polishing and cleaning of instruments
Music Teacher:
Percussion: fundamental to expert students (K-12+)
Drum Set: fundamental to advanced students (K-12)
Piano: fundamental to intermediate students (K-8)
Music Theory: fundamental to advanced students (K-12)
School of Music Scholarship
Awarded in recognition of his accomplishments and potential as a musician and student at Western Michigan University
Best in MAT Semifinalist
Awarded Western Michigan University best in MAT semifinalist in for the production of his song, Free and Beautiful
The Road Song Challenge
Winner of the 2018 Road Song Challenge for his arrangement of The Road by Casely and the Jank
Achievement in Composition
3rd Place, High school- Avant Garde/ Electronic in Illinois Music Education Association 2016-2017 Student Composition Contest for the composition, Reverie on Jan. 28th, 2017
Illinois Drafting Education Association
Awarded 2nd in Regionals for Intro Computer Aided Design in 2015, then Awarded 2nd in State for Intro Computer Aided Design in 2015
White Buffalo Music Festival
performer and technical stagehand at a local Illinois music festival