KIRA WOODFIELD LEEPER


ARTS CAREER CONSULTING

BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY · UTAH (SPRING 2020)

GUEST LECTURER

Presentation to undergraduate Oboe Studio titled "Designing your Career in the Arts"


FREELANCE

Author of blog series "Designing your Career in the Arts" 

Mentor to several dozen music students, sharing strategies on career development and resume help

Freelance artist website assistance


ARTS ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE

ARTS CAPACITY · REMOTE · 2019

Program Manager: October 2019- Present

Assisting with marketing, development & strategy


ANN ARBOR SYMPHONY · ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN · 2014 – 2019

Community Engagement & Education Director:  July 2019 – October 2019

Education & Community Engagement Manager: January 2018 – June 2019
 -Managed, organized, and developed 13 education and community engagement programs with budgets totaling $127,000, ensuring a smooth completion of project tasks.

-Cultivated relationships with community partners, teachers, and unionized professional musicians to increase program engagement and foster program growth

  • Redefined and clarified program goals for longstanding stagnant programs in cost-effective, sustainable, and mission-driven ways

  • Streamlined program processes, mission, marketing methods, and strategies for all 13 department programs

  • Meticulously managed the details of 3 Youth Concert program logistics servicing 70 local elementary and middle schools and 5,500 students total. Overseeing the coordination of 120 volunteers, staff, and musicians on the day of the concerts.

  • Steered a board of directors sub-committee of 10

  • Supervised department staff of five part-time employees and two interns

  • Produced reports for presentation to the board of directors, subcommittees, sponsors, grant proposals, teachers, and community leaders for project support and status.

  • Assisted with the content of grant proposals and sponsorship requests.

  • Maintained patron management system and mail lists

  • Created and wrote a supplementary curriculum for elementary and middle school level programs
     

EDUCATION & VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR: MAY 2017 – JAN. 2018

  • Served as liaison between the symphony and all volunteer activities

  • Supervised and coordinated a volunteer force of 250 volunteers

  • Developed a volunteer database and communication systems and implemented a workflow system for soliciting new volunteers, logging volunteers’ hours, and identifying community partners.

  • Ensured positive volunteer culture by the implementation of new volunteer appreciation programs and events.

  • Oversaw all department program scheduling, set staff schedules and was the primary liaison between community partners, school teachers, administrators, and program staff.

  • Created and wrote a supplementary curriculum for elementary and middle school level programs


PRODUCTION COORDINATOR: NOV. 2015- MAY 2017

  • Meticulously managed all production logistics of summer events, mainstage, youth, and family concerts with an average attendance of 2,500 patrons per event.

  • Managed union contracts and served as the liaison between stagehand union, professional musicians union, rented venue staff, and symphony staff at all events.

  • Coordinated all audio, visual, lighting, and staging rentals or purchases and their delivery schedule for each event

  • Mediated conflicts between union, venue, and musicians at rehearsals and concerts

  • Directed a production team of 8-10 stagehands


EDUCATION INTERN: NOV. 2015- MAY 2017

Assisted Education staff in all programmatic tasks, including curriculum writing, budget analysis, event staffing, and program development research.


LIVONIA CITY ARTS COMMISSION: FEB. 2015- AUG 2016

Mayor appointed city commissioner 


MICHIGAN COUNCIL FOR ARTS & CULTURAL AFFAIRS: MAY 2015- OCT 2019

Grant Reviewer


TEACHING EXPERIENCE

LEEPER MUSIC STUDIO · UTAH, MICHIGAN, TEXAS · 2010 – PRESENT

PRIVATE LESSON TEACHER

  • Taught music lessons to students ages 5-21

  • Hosted reed making workshops

  • Implemented studio policy and maintained financial and tax records

  • Organized recitals for student performances


LEEPER OBOE STUDIO ACCOMPLISHMENTS & HONORS


PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION SERVICES GROUP · MI · NOV. 2015-JUNE 2016

SUBSTITUTE TEACHER

  • Substitute taught for local elementary music classes for the 2014-2015 school year

  • Filled a long-term elementary music substitute position in a Title 1 school in Wayne-Westland from late April 2015 through the end of the 2014-2015 school year.


TUTOR TIME CHILDCARE · FARMINGTON HILLS, MI · Aug. 2015 – Jan. 2016

EARLY CHILDHOOD TEACHING ASSISTANT

  • Supported child learning and social development through consistent daily routines

  • Participated in behavior management training and CPR training

  • Supervised classes of children ages 2 and 3.

  • Organized and executed activities for classes of 2 and 3-year-olds


EDUCATION

BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY

BM, Music Performance

2010-2014

Provo, Utah


EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY

Completed 30 hours towards Michigan Music Education teacher certification.

2015-2016

Ypsilanti, Michigan


HEBRON HIGH SCHOOL

Carrollton, TX

2006-2010

Studied Oboe with Sally Bohls


PERFORMING EXPERIENCE

UTAH VALLEY SYMPHONY

Principal Oboe


UTAH VALLEY MILLENNIAL CHOIRS & ORCHESTRA

Second Oboe/English Horn


DETROIT MEDICAL ORCHESTRA

Substitute second oboe


YPSILANTI ORCHESTRA

Substitute principal oboe


PITT ORCHESTRA MUSICIAN  (various universities & community organizations)

  • Cosi Fan Tutte

  • Phantom of the Opera

  • Fiddler on the Roof

  • Thoroughly Modern Mille

  • Peter Pan


AUDIO

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