Robert Rucker Project Resume

      Mr. Robert Rucker 
189 Larch Ave Basement 
Teaneck, NJ 07666 
H: 646.319.2816 
W: 646.382.5870 
rrucker@swingsetgroup.org
http://swingsetgroupinc.wordpress.com

EDUCATION

May '97  Master of Arts, Jazz and Commercial Music 
Manhattan School Of Music, Manhattan, NY

May '95  Bachelor of Arts, Music Education 
University Of North Florida, Jacksonville, FL

Jun '93  Associate Degree, Music Education 
Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, FL
Member of the Florida A&M Marching "100"

EXPERIENCE

Sep '97 - Band Master, 9th-12th
Jun '98  New York Board Of Education, Brookyln, NY
Organize and instruct performing ensembles.
(Marching Band, Concert Band, Jazz Band)

Oct '98 - Music Director, K-12
Jun '03  The Child School / Legacy High School, Manhattan, NY
Organize and instruct performing ensembles and theatre productions.

Aug '99 - Adj. Professor
Jun '01  Essex County College, Newark, NJ
Instruct two classes of Western Music,Private Lessons.

April '04 - Band Master 9th-12th
Jun '05 Plainfield Board Of Education, Plainfield, NJ
Organize and instruct performing ensembles.

Sep '05 - Music Director 9th-12th
Dec '08 The Carrier Clinic, Inc, Belle Mead Nj
Organize and instruct general music to special needs population.


PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

Recording Artist/CD "BlueYork" SwingSet Quintet featuring Wynton Marsalis
Sony Productions "Black or White Soundtrack "Producer credit
Blue Note Records,Wynton Marsalis "House of Tribes" Recording artist 

REFERENCES

Wynton Marsalis Artistic Director Jazz at Lincoln Center. 646-573-5082

Wycliff Gordon, Musician/Professor. 917 293-0091

Alexander Mincek, Doctor of Musical Arts Columbia University. 646-457-9348







Updated:  December 19, 2009

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