115CO - String Basics: Steps to Success for String Orchestra Cello Book 1
Terry Shade is an active string educator at Issaquah Middle School in Issaquah, Washington. Nationally recognized as a string specialist and project facilitator at the middle school/junior high level, Ms. Shade has presented workshops and clinics around the United States on the subject of establishing successful beginning string orchestras. She has also conducted all-state and honor orchestras throughout the country. Her teaching experiences prior to Issaquah have included positions in Atlanta, Georgia (Gwinnett County), and Las Vegas, Nevada. Her leadership as mentor and project facilitator there prompted the state of Nevada to honor her with the prestigious Steve Maytan Contribution to Education Award.Jeremy Woolstenhulme received his Bachelor of Music Education degree from Brigham Young University in 2000, and a Master of Arts degree in cello Performance from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in 2005.Mr. Woolstenhulme currently serves as the orchestra director at Hyde Park Middle School in the Clark County School District of Las Vegas, Nevada, where he teaches 400 students daily. He has traveled with his orchestras to London, Washington, D.C., Boston, San Diego, and New York. His orchestra was selected to play at the 2008 Midwest Clinic and in 2010 and 2011 at the National ASTA Conference. Woolstenhulme is a member of the Las Vegas Philharmonic, cellist for the Seasons String Quartet, and he performs as a freelance musician at many entertainment venues in Las Vegas.Jeremy Woolstenhulme is a commissioned and published composer with a number of original works for string orchestra to his credit, many of which have been performed across the United States and abroad. He and his wife Taryn live in Las Vegas with their three children, Cadence Belle, Coda Blake, and Canon Thomas.