Tony Babecka

Email: tonybabecka@gmail.com
Website:  www.tonybabecka.com

Phone: 702-540-6031


Summary of Qualifications


Hold a BM in Music Education and MM in Performance.  Diverse performer with extensive experience. Experience teaching elementary, middle, high school, and college undergraduates.  Created numerous band resource guides and technology tutorials. 


Education


Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI  Graduation: April 2007
    Master of Music in Music Performance, Emphasis: Saxophone Performance,     GPA: 3.88

Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, TN  Graduation: December 2004     Bachelor of Music in Music Education, Emphasis: Instrumental Certification,     GPA: 3.69


Performance Experience 


Fall 2009-Present

Kellie Wright and Her All-Star Swing Band

Saxophonist for group headlined by performer Kellie Wright.

Fall 2007-Present

Nobody Famous and the Infamous Horns Show Band

 

 

Baritone saxophonist and clarinetist for Nobody Famous, a professional Las Vegas show band, which performs the greatest dance hits of the past Fifty years.

Fall 2007-Present

Red Rock Saxophone Quartet

 

 

Soprano and alto saxophonist for a saxophone quartet in Las Vegas which performs a variety of styles for performances at various venues.

Summer 2007

Guest Artist: Youth Symphony Orchestra of El Salvador

 

 

Jazz performances with the Youth Symphony Orchestra of El Salvador.  Event was sponsored by US Embassy and Delta and included seven other musicians from around the United States.

Fall 2005-Summer 2007

Woodwind Player: Kalamazoo Musical Theatres

 

 

Woodwind performer for Kalamazoo Theatres.  Some performances include: CATS, 42nd Street, My Favorite Year.

Feb 2004

Saxophone soloist with the Bryan Symphony Orchestra

 

 

Performed Ballade for Saxophone and Orchestra by Henri Tomasi by winning the Derryberry Concerto Competition.


Teaching Experience 


Fall 2007-Present

Music Educator

 

 

Instrumental Music Educator for West Prep in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Jan 2008-Present

Drumline Instructor

 

 

Teach drumline at Morris Sunset Alternative High School in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Fall 2000-Present

Private Lessons Instructor

 

 

Private instrument instructor for woodwind players of different ability levels. 

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