Chet Chwalik
El Dorado Hills
Summary
Accomplished Business Owner and Director of Music & Performing Arts at Unity of Sacramento, I excel in Finale Music Software and people management, demonstrating a knack for fostering high retention rates and cultivating key partnerships. My tenure includes pioneering online music resources and leading diverse performances, showcasing my adept project management and creative composition skills.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Director, Music & Performing Arts
Unity of Sacramento
01.2022 - Current
- Manage the Music Ministry, including the hiring of musicians and subs, and additional musicians for concerts and special events (horns, strings, etc.)
- Composed new pieces for choir and soloists
- Arranger, including original arrangements for choir; create horn and string parts for various performances
- Choir Director: manage rehearsals, provide vocal parts; manage the choir leadership; lead the choir and band (e.g., with any live deviations to arrangements, dynamic cues, endings, etc.)
- Secured key partnerships with local vocal groups and soloists.
- Perform at Sunday services; lead church band "Chakra".
- Cultivate a positive environment that fosters positive engagement and overall team morale, which helps maintain high retention rate of band members.
- Work with church youth to include them in various Sunday and concert performances.
- Manage all sheet music relevant to services, including new chart creation on frequent basis.
- Facilitate positive collaboration with other new thought church, Spiritual Life Center, including its leadership and choir for joint performances.
- Developed and maintain "CCM" (Chakra Catalog of Music), an online database application which allows access to our entire library of music, including performance dates, soloists, audio clips, charts, lyrics, song keys, composers, and more
- Developed and maintain online version of the Wings of Song hymnal, and African American Heritage Hymnal: website includes screen captures of the sheet music and .pdf version to print, lyrics, key signature, time signature, no. of pages, and .mp3 audio sample.
Owner/Instructor
The Tuning Note Music Studio
06.2006 - Current
- Established www.TheTuningNote.com: website for home-based music business (private instructor, professional freelance musician, chart creation/transcription, accompanist, conductor, piano tuning)
- Private Instructor of all ages (piano, trumpet, trombone, French horn, Baritone horn; jazz improvisation for all instruments). Each student receives their own "Online Music Portfolio" website (OMP) (includes Glossary page, Audio Samples/Video Links Page, Games and Learning Tools Page). Annual recitals, including annual End of Summer driveway concert with stage and hired professional musicians to accompany jazz students. Custom piano arrangements created for adult students (e.g. hard to find songs, easier arrangements than those published). As many as 70 students, current load ~35-40.
- Professional Freelance Musician.
- Audio Transcription: hired to create charts/lead sheets for a number of vocalists (and gigs as needed) (e.g., condense vocal/piano scores down to 1-3 pages)
- Developed and maintain “Instrument Studies” comprehensive website for several instrument home pages. Each instrument home page includes: Parts of the Instrument, Fingerings, Tips, History of the Instrument, Duets, Repertoire, Greatest Classical Players, Greatest Jazz Players, and more)
- Past accompanist for choirs at Folsom High School, Sutter Middle School, and Folsom Middle School (Ginger Ekroth, Director)
- Past accompanist for Cantare (adult choir based in Placerville, CA)
- Past Choir Director for Children’s Christmas Choir, St. John the Baptist, Folsom, CA
- Hosted long-standing weekly Jazz jam session at Clarion Hotel
- Performer with Folsom Lake Symphony Orchestra (Jan. 2007) (trumpet)
- Performer with Roanoke Symphony Orchestra (Dec. 2006) (trumpet)
- Piano Tuning (and light repair: replace strings, re-glue loose jack, pedal adjustment, etc.)
Director, Music & Performing Arts
Unity of Sacramento
01.2013 - 01.2014
Associate Music Director
Unity of Sacramento
01.2008 - 12.2012
Education
Bachelor of Music - Music Performance (4yrs Jazz Trpt, 1yr Jazz Piano)
College-Conservatory of Music (Univ.of Cincinnati)
Cincinnati, OH05-1988
Skills
- Proficient with Finale Music Software
- Composer, Arranger
- Conductor
- Choir Director
- Piano Tuning
- Verbal and written communication
- Decision-making
- People management
- Project management
Accomplishments
- MD for numerous concerts, requiring management of hired vocalists, hired instrumentalists, choir and band, as well as all related sheet music (horn parts, string parts, vocal parts, bass parts, lead sheets)
- MD for freelance groups, including the Valerie V Big Band, which had a run at Cache Creek Casino. Managed all arrangements and parts, and hiring of band personnel.
Affiliations
- Music Teachers Association of California (MTAC)
Certification
Computer Programming Professional Certificate (Univ. of Cincinnati).
Awards
- Distinguished Minister's Service Award
- Charles Cooper Jr. Spirit of Excellence Award
Timeline
Director, Music & Performing Arts
Unity of Sacramento
01.2022 - Current
Director, Music & Performing Arts
Unity of Sacramento
01.2013 - 01.2014
Associate Music Director
Unity of Sacramento
01.2008 - 12.2012
Owner/Instructor
The Tuning Note Music Studio
06.2006 - Current
Bachelor of Music - Music Performance (4yrs Jazz Trpt, 1yr Jazz Piano)
College-Conservatory of Music (Univ.of Cincinnati)
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