Resume


Rebecca C. Friesen

Empowering students to succeed through music education.

Experience

Kirkwood School District, Kirkwood, Missouri 2005 – 2023

Director of Bands August, 2018 – 2024

  • Kirkwood High School Head Band Director
  • KHS Pioneer Pride Marching Head Band Director
  • KHS Symphonic Band Co-Director 
  • KHS Wind Ensemble Head Director
  • KHS Concert Band Head Director
  • KHS Woodwind Chamber Ensemble Founder/Director
  • North Kirkwood Middle School Assistant Band Director
  • Nipher Middle School Assistant Band Director
  • Beginning Clarinet Class Instructor

August, 2005 – 2018

  • North Kirkwood Middle School Head Band Director
  • Kirkwood High School Assistant Band Director
  • KHS Pioneer Pride Marching Band Assistant Director
  • KHS Symphonic Band Director 2005 – 2012
  • KHS Wind Ensemble Co-Director 2012 – Present
  • KHS Woodwind Chamber Ensemble Founder/Director
  • NKMS Play it Forward Coordinator
  • Beginning Clarinet Class Instructor

St. Louis Community College

Adjunct Music Faculty 2002 – 2005

  • Basic Music 103
  • Class Piano I
  • Enjoyment of Music 114
  • Woodwind Sectionals for Meramec Community Band

Fort Zumwalt School District, O’Fallon, Missouri – Band Director 1995 – 2001

  • FZS Wind Ensemble Co-Director
  • FZS Symphonic Band Co-Director
  • FZS Woodwind Ensemble Founder/Director
  • FZN Marching Band Assistant Director
  • FZN Symphonic Band Director
  • FZS Independent Music Theory Instructor
  • District Solo and Ensemble Teaching and Organization
  • FZS Musical “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying” Instrumental Rehearsal
  • FZN Guitar Class
  • Dubray and South Middle School 8th Grade Band Assistant Director
  • Dubray Middle School 8th Grade Band Assistant Director
  • Dubray Middle School Beginning Clarinet, Saxophone, Percussion and Flute Classes

Education

Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville – Master of Music in Education – September 1996 – August 1999

  • Conducting Emphasis
  • Masters Thesis:  Selecting Quality Literature for the High School Wind Ensemble
  • Summa Cum Laude

Missouri State University, Springfield— Bachelor of Science in Music Education

  • Instrumental Music
  • Cum Lade

Skills

Conducting

Woodwind Specialist

Beginning Clarinet Pedagogy

Organizational Skills

Marketing Band Program

Team Management Student and Staff

Student Leadership

Awards

2022 Missouri Music Educators Conference Performance Kirkwood High School Wind Ensemble – Director

2018 Missouri Music Educators Conference Performance –  Kirkwood High School Woodwind Chamber Ensemble – Director

2017 Carnegie Hall Performance Kirkwood High School Symphonic Orchestra – Woodwind Specialist

2016 Missouri Music Educators Conference Performance – Kirkwood High School Symphonic Orchestra – Woodwind Specialist

2010 Missouri Music Educators Conference Performance – Kirkwood High School Wind Ensemble – Assistant Director – woodwinds

Publishing/Commission

The Spark: Notes from the Podium by Gary Gackstatter and Ron Sikes Consultant on early drafts of the book

Vandoren – Wave – Article  Sharing Experience: The Most Effective Ways to Reach Your Students

Galop Marche – Gackstatter

Commissioning Director Resource Recording Performing Ensemble

Kirkwood Clancey Weeks Woodwind Choir – Archived in the Kirkwood, Missouri Historical Society

Loch Lomond – Ralph Vaughn Williams arr. Gary Gackstatter

SolidaCapo.com           Co-Owner Developer        Digital Signage for Band

Service

St. Louis Suburban Music Educators Association Band Vice President 2022 – 2024

Nottelmann Music Professional Development What I Wish I Had Known Panelist 2019

Guest Clinicians:

2022-2023 Dr. Courtney Snyder

2023 – 2024 Dr. Carolyn Barber

References

Available upon request.