CURRICULUM VITA
Benjamín Dos Agilas
Teacher, music composer for educational videos, software, books, web sites
CURRICULUM VITA
Benjamin F. Smeall
1315 McCormick St.
920-819-2219
I. Education
-Ph.D. in Music Education, University of South Carolina, with dissertation, A Content Analysis of School Music in Bolivia, August 1997.
-Master of Music Education, University of South Carolina, with recital on violin including original compositions, and works by Hindemith, Schubert, and Kreisler, August 1989.
-Bachelor of Music, Berklee College of Music, August 1982.
-Teacher certification , Single Subject in California in Music and Spanish, through 4/2020.
-Seminar in legal interpreting, Spanish/English, Wisconsin Court Interpreter Program, July 2012.
-U.S. Army Basic and Advanced Individual Training in Combat Engineering and Bridge Building, 1984
-Certificate from the Suzuki Association of the Americas in violin pedagogy, 2002.
-Diploma in Adaptive Education, St. Norbert College, DePere, Wisconsin, 1996.
-Early Medieval History Major at the U. of Chicago, 1975-1978. Wrestling, 2 years of Spanish.
-5th and 7th grade at Colegio Nido de Aguilas, Santiago, Chile, 1969.
II. Professional Associations
-United Teachers Los Angeles
-Berklee College of Music Alumni Network; Los Angeles chapter
II. Work Experience
—Full time substitute teacher; The School District of Mischicot, Mishicot, Wisconsin, 9-2020 through the present.
—Itinerant Vocal/General music music teacher with the Los Angeles Unified School District, 11-2017 through 7-20.
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—substitute teacher at many schools in the Los Angeles area, including 2 weeks as Instrumental Music teacher at Pasadena High School, Pasadena, CA.
-Care Giver for my mother who had Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s, Fall of 2011 through August 2016.
-Lecturer, Strings Instruments Techniques, at the U. of Wisconsin/Oshkosh, Fall 2013.
-Bilingual and ELL K-4 Long Term Substitute Teacher, New London and Luxemburg-Casco school districts, northeastern WI, 2004-2013.
-K-8 Spanish and Resources Teacher, Holy Rosary School, Kewaunee, WI, September 2012 through February 2013.
-Adjunct On Line Instructor of “Intro to Music”, “Music Cultures of the World”, “Music, Movement, and Drama”, and “Liberal Arts Core Foundations” with Brandman University, Irvine, CA, April 2012 through the present.
--substitute teaching in Spanish at Resurrection and Our Lady of Lourdes Schools in the GRACE system of Green Bay, Wisconsin, spring 2012.
-substitute teaching with the Menominee Indian School District, of Keshena, WI, and area school districts, 1995-2012.
-Lecturer, Latin American and Hispanic musicology, St. Norbert College, De Pere, Wisconsin, 2011.
-Adjunct Instructor, Spanish, Globe University, Wausau, 2011.
-Translations and interpreting, English / Spanish, Allegro Translations Co., and Access On Time translation company, 2009 through the present.
-Private instructor in violin, viola, cello, string bass, guitar, voice, piano, drums, bass guitar, harp, guitarrón, charango, mandolin and harmonica in Green Bay, WI, 1993 -2016.
II. Work Experience, continued
-violin, guitar, guitarrón, requinto, bass, and vocals with mariachi groups Banda Los Golondrinos, Trio Alma Latino, and Mariachi Estrella, Northeastern Wisconsin, 2007 through the present.
-Tenor, Old St. Joseph’s Church Liturgical Music Ministry, 1995-2007
-String Orchestra and Suzuki music teacher at The Academy of the Fox River Valley, Appleton, Wisconsin, 2005-2012.
-Director, violin, viola, cello, string bass, guitars, bass guitar, mandolin, drums and vocals in SongCycleS world music ensemble, 1993 through 2009.
-Bridge Specialist and Combat Engineer, North Dakota and South Carolina Army National Guard, and U.S. Army Reserves, 1983-1997.
-Lecturer in String Methods and Applied Music; Strings at Silver Lake College in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, 1994-95.
-Music Director of the Spanish Mass in Wautoma, WI, Summer 1993.
-Catholic Choir Director, U. of Wisconsin Ecumenical Center, 1993-1994.
-Adjudicator in Manitowoc Youth Recital Strings Auditions, March 1994.
-Research Assistant in Computers and Music with the Young Artists’ Workshop in Adaptive Education at St. Norbert College, Summer 1993.
-Short course, “Music In The Americas”, St. Norbert College, De Pere, WI, Summer 1992.
-Spanish teacher at Elkhart Lake High School, Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, 1990-1.
-Assistant band and string orchestra director for Fairfield Co. Schools, South Carolina, grades 4-12, 1986-89.
-Teaching assistant with the University of South Carolina’s String Project program for elementary school age strings players, 1985-86.
-Student teaching in Lexington District One and Richland District One in South Carolina, 1986.
-Private violin, viola, and fiddle instructor with the University of North Dakota’s Music Lifelong Learning Program, 1983-84.
III. Publications
—YouTube Channels:
-mariachi, Latin, and original songs in Spanish:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwLa_fFxA1IWoE6mMgoZSXA
-original songs and wedding music demos:
https://www.youtube.com/user/BenjaminSmeall
--SongCycleS Music Method, a method book for beginners in music that teaches ear training and improvisation from the earliest levels, for violin, viola, cello, string bass, guitar, bass guitar, piano, harp, mandolin, drums, and voice, May 2008.
-Recording producer, and string bassist for Wisconsin banjo bluegrass godfather, Bill Jorgenson, in recording sessions with Chris Neumeyer, voice, guitar, mandolin, and fiddle, December 2006.
-Berklee Alumni Grant for the production of a concert by SongCycleS world jazz ensemble to benefit the Multicultural Center of Green Bay, Wisconsin, 2006.
-Article with The American String Teacher, “Nontraditional Strings Ensembles Have Arrived”, August 2001.
-Article for the Wisconsin Strings Teachers’ Association, newsletter, “The Similarities Between the Suzuki and Jazz Methods of Music Education”, Spring 1998.
-Article with The American String Teacher, “Assorted Recipes For Playing Jazz, Folk, and Blues Music On The Bowed, Stringed, Instruments”, Fall 1996.
--Grant from the Fairfield County Schools of Winnsboro, SC, to produce and air a TV commercial featuring student performers to publicize the school district’s String Orchestra program
IV. Performances
-violin with the Wisconsin Harmony Chamber Chorale, in performance of the Maryhill Canticles by Joseph Smeall, April 2011.
-Performance of original works as director of SongCycleS world jazz ensemble, August 6, 2009 at The Harmony Café of Green Bay, Wisconsin.
-Director of the SongCycleS String Octet for the Billy Dean concert at the SC Grand Dinner Theater, February 14, 2007.
--violin with Laura Fuentes, world music singer and songwriter, on tour, with performance on Chicago’s WFMT radio station, April and May 2003.
--performed original work: “Rosaura: A Fantasia for Jazz band and orchestra” as singer and guitarist with the Jazz and Media Music Orchestra of the U. of S. Carolina, conducted by John Serry, April 29, 1989.
---performance as director of world music ensemble, Los Charangos, at the Weidner Center of the U. of Wisconsin / Green Bay May 1993.
-Violin with the Green Bay Symphony Orchestra and Garrison Keillor, May 17, 1998.
-First Tenor, St. Norbert College Symphonic Choir, 1992-93.
-Lecture at the University of Wisconsin/ Green Bay, “Music Education in Bolivia”, for the Hispanic Cultural Series, March 5, 1992.
-Violin, Greater Grand Forks Symphony Orchestra, Grand Forks, North Dakota, 1983-84, including a performance with country great Roy Clark and his band--
-Violin with Phil Wilson’s International Dues Band, Berklee College of Music, 1987-88.
--recital at Berklee College of Music, “The Seagulls”, May 197
V. References
Dr. Gratzia Villarroel, Professor
St. Norbert College
De Pere WI 54301
920) 403-3887
Eva Hedger, Director, Virtual Learning, Brandman University
16355 Laguna Canyon Road
Irvine CA 92618
(949) 341-9875
Gabriela Griggs, Language Services Team Lead
AccessOnTime Language and Translation Services
3210 Lake Emma Rd., Ste. 3090
Lake Mary, FL 32746
1-888-748-7575 x 1504
Juan Reyes, Principal, Magnolia Ave. Elementary School
1626 S ORCHARD AVE
LOS ANGELES CA 90006
(213) 748-6281
Joseph Scaglione, 1st Grade Teacher, Itinerant Instruction Coordinator
El Oro Way Charter Academy for Enriched Studies
12230 EL ORO WAY
GRANADA HILLS CA 91344
818-360-2288