I provide private, customized piano lessons in your home.
◆Styles
Classical, Jazz, Pop, Rock, Blues, New Age, Musicals.
◆Supplements
Theory, Improvisation, Ear Training, Composition.
◆Performances
Recitals, Certificate of Merit.
RESUME
Michele Evans
3925 Mountjoy Trail
Raleigh, NC 27616
(818)800-4136
micheleevansmusic@gmail.com
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Education
◆Film Scoring Masters Studies – Berklee College of Music
◆ BA of Music Composition, Pedagogy and Piano Technology from MSU
◆ Advanced Film Scoring Studies at UCLA Extension School ◆ Music Composition at Muskegon Community College
◆ Real Estate Licensee in state of North Carolina
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Teaching
◆Private music tutoring in Piano since 1984
Private piano tutoring for children/adults, including those of prestigious entertainment industry professionals including:
Alan Silvestri (Composer for Forrest Gump, Back to the Future, What Lies Beneath)
Eric Close(Actor: Without a Trace, Nashville)
Marianne Jean-Baptiste(Actor: Without a Trace, Secrets and Lies, Shakespeare in the Park)
Robert Madden (COO, CBS Television distribution)
Nina Tassler(President CBS Television)
Gus Lucas(Executive VP Warner Bros.)
Douglas Hirsch(Founder of Yahoo.com)
David Hill(CEO Fox Sports)
Justin Stone(Star of Hollywood’s Rock Theater)
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Experience
◆Styles taught
Classical, Jazz, Pop, Rock, Blues, New Age, Musicals.
◆Supplements
Theory, Improvisation, Music History, Ear Training, Composition.
◆Screenwriter/Author
Completion of three feature film screenplays.
Author of Island of Zarada series.
◆Personal Assistant
PA and secretary for Gaye Jacobs, Vice President of Bravo Entertainment.
PA and secretary for Nenette Evans of the Bill Evans Organization.
◆Published Composer
Commissioned to compose an original piano music compilation for Hal Leonard International Publishing.
◆Film Credits
Original score composer for numerous films including:
“Fresh Strawberries”, “Crazy Flakes”, “Jane White is Sick and Twisted”, and “Tomorrow When I’m Skinny”.
◆Piano Technician
Concert piano tuner/technician for numerous acts including Tony Bennett, George Benson, Victor Borge, and Harry Connick Jr.
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Awards
◆ASCAP Workshop
Chosen out of over 500 applicants to participate in their prestigious Film Scoring Workshop
◆UCLA
Winner of the BMI/Jerry Goldsmith Film Scoring Scholarship Award
◆ Toastmaster International
First place winner in public speaking competitions
Real Estate
◆Holds Active North Carolina Real Estate License