Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Presentations
Languages
Program Notes & Service
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Pamela Mason-Nguyen

Goleta

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience

Work History

Ticket Office Associate/Manager

Music Academy of the West
05.2023 - Current

Used ticketing software to sell tickets for musical events.

Facilitated a friendly, helpful atmosphere to welcome guests.

Implemented additional managerial duties such as scheduling, hiring, supervision, and training.

Aided in writing 2024 Summer Festival fellow biographies.

Teaching Assistant

University of California, Santa Barbara
09.2022 - Current

Assist with instruction for undergraduate music theory, music history, and World Music courses.

Weekly duties include grading student submissions, leading weekly class meetings, and holding office hours.

Collaborated with fellow teaching assistants to create a consistent and supportive learning environment for students.

Private Piano and Music Theory Instructor

Self-Employed
09.2022 - Current

Hold weekly individualized lessons in beginner and intermediate piano and music theory.

Prepare lessons that appropriately and engagingly address student capabilities, progress, and goals.

Archive Assistant

University of California, Santa Barbara
05.2023 - 06.2023

Catalogued instruments from the Henry Eichheim Collection by name, description, and image.

Assisted in relocating fragile traditional instruments to a new location.

Store Manager, Team Member

Tai Chi Bubble Tea
11.2016 - 07.2022

Followed food sanitation guidelines and cleaning processes. Provided peasant customer service.

Managed daily operations to ensure smooth functioning of the store, maintaining a clean, safe environment for customers and employees.

Managed inventory control, cash control, and store opening and closing procedures.

Scheduled, hired, trained, and logged payroll for employees.

Teaching Assistant

Bowling Green State University
08.2020 - 05.2022

Assisted with undergraduate music theory courses.

Weekly duties include grading student submissions, leading weekly class meetings, and holding office hours.

Partnered with teacher to plan and implement lessons following school's curriculum, goals, and objectives.

Music Theory, Music History, and World Music Tutor

Nazareth University (prev. Nazareth College)
01.2017 - 05.2019

Assisted students in comprehension of class concepts by providing academic tools and resources, revising assignments, and catering explanations to various learning styles.

Research Assistant

Nazareth University (prev. Nazareth College)
05.2018 - 08.2018

Assisted in research assignments pertaining to supervisor's (Zbigniew Granat) scholarly projects.

Investigated composers' allusions to styles and instruments by interviewing and observing local musicians.

Analyzed allusions and musical borrowing in Romantic-era and jazz music.

Education

Ph.D. - Music Theory

University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara
05-2028

Masters of Music - Music Theory

Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green
05-2022

Bachelor of Arts - Music

Nazareth University (prev. Nazareth College)
Rochester, NY
05-2019

Skills

    Proficient in Spektrix

    Music analysis

    Task delegation

    Fostering a positive work environment

    Teaching

    Proficient in Google Drive

    Proficient in Microsoft Office

Presentations

  • November 2024. Rossetti, Greg and Pamela Mason-Nguyen. "What's That Melody?: A Pedagogical Music Theory Card Game." Annual Meeting of the American Musicological Society, Chicago, IL.
  • May 2024. Mason-Nguyen, Pamela. "'Treasured Memories': The Re-Imagined Past in Video Game Music." Music and the Moving Image Conference, New York City, NY.
  • May 2024. Mason-Nguyen, Pamela. "'Treasured Memories': The Re-Imagined Past in Video Game Music." Spring Meeting of the Pacific Southwest Chapter of the American Musicological Society, Irvine, CA.
  • April 2024. Mason-Nguyen, Pamela. "'Treasured Memories': The Re-Imagined Past in Video Game Music." Annual Meeting of the Graduate Students in Music Conference, New York City, NY.
  • September 2023. Mason-Nguyen, Pamela. "'We Belong Together': Through the Looking Glass's Transnational and Trans-generational Community." Fall Meeting of the Pacific Southwest Chapter of the American Musicological Society, Los Angeles, CA.
  • May 2023. Mason-Nguyen, Pamela. "Crossing the Gap: Diegetic Transference in Le Renard Bleu." Music and the Moving Image
    Conference, New York City, NY.
  • March 2023. Mason-Nguyen, Pamela. "'Song of Memories': Schematic Borrowing in Final Fantasy IX." Annual Meeting of the South
    Central Society for Music Theory, Long Beach, MS.
  • May 2022. Mason-Nguyen, Pamela. "Takada in Fox's Clothing: Musical Possession in Le Renard Bleu." Eighth International Conference on
    Music and Minimalism, Bowling Green, OH.
  • April 2019. Mason-Nguyen, Pamela. "Debussy's Syrinx: A Story of Two Scales and Two Worlds." Nazareth College Creative Activity and
    Research Showcase, Rochester, NY.
  • April 2018. Mason-Nguyen, Pamela. "A Formal Analysis of Haydn's Last Piano Sonata." Nazareth College Creative Activity and Research Showcase, Rochester, NY.

Languages

English
Native or Bilingual
Korean
Limited Working
Mandarin Chinese
Limited Working
Japanese
Limited Working
French
Elementary

Program Notes & Service

  • May 2023. UCSB Wind Ensemble Concert Program Notes
  • November 2023. UCSB Wind Ensemble Concert Program Notes.
  • September 2023-March 2024. Conference Committee Member for the Joint Meeting of the South Central Society for Music Theory & Music Theory South East.
  • March 2024. UCSB Wind Ensemble Program Notes.
  • May 2024. UCSB Wind Ensemble Concert Program Notes.
  • July 2024. Music Academy of the West Summer Festival: Steven Isserlis & Connie Shih Program Notes.
  • November 2024. UCSB Ensemble Concert Program Notes.

Timeline

Ticket Office Associate/Manager

Music Academy of the West
05.2023 - Current

Archive Assistant

University of California, Santa Barbara
05.2023 - 06.2023

Teaching Assistant

University of California, Santa Barbara
09.2022 - Current

Private Piano and Music Theory Instructor

Self-Employed
09.2022 - Current

Teaching Assistant

Bowling Green State University
08.2020 - 05.2022

Research Assistant

Nazareth University (prev. Nazareth College)
05.2018 - 08.2018

Music Theory, Music History, and World Music Tutor

Nazareth University (prev. Nazareth College)
01.2017 - 05.2019

Store Manager, Team Member

Tai Chi Bubble Tea
11.2016 - 07.2022

Ph.D. - Music Theory

University of California, Santa Barbara

Masters of Music - Music Theory

Bowling Green State University

Bachelor of Arts - Music

Nazareth University (prev. Nazareth College)
Pamela Mason-Nguyen