Objective:

To provide, promote and develop excellent, comprehensive music and education programs as a teacher, professor and/or administrator.

My goal as an educator is to help my students to develop as thinking and literate musicians, with an emphasis upon analytical and creative skill development. I am always an advocate for music education and the arts.

Professional Experience

Currently:

*Music Therapist, Seminole County Schools

*Adjunct Professor of Music, Valencia College

*Founder/Director: Rock and Roll camp Orlando

*Director: Rock program, Interlochen Summer Arts Camp

Previously: University of Central Florida Music Department: Full Time Faculty Instructor, Music Theory, Ear-training, Class Piano/Keyboarding, Irish Music Study abroad, Graduate Music Theory and History.

Adjunct instructor: Seminole Community College, Valencia College. Theory, Eartraining.

Director of Summer Music Programs, UCF Music Department.

Dr Cardarelli founded this series of successful and innovative summer music camps for the community in 1998, including such offerings as: Music Drama camp, Beginning Music camps, Vocal camp, Flute camp, Saxophone camp, Orchestra camp, Band camp, Rock and Roll camp, and a study abroad program in Ireland, with a curricular focus in Irish Music and Culture.

Director, Designer and Co-founder of award winning outreach string program in Orange County, A Gift for Music. This program started in 1998 with 2 schools as a part-time project of Dr Cardarelli's, and began 2003 in 12 schools with 800 students. This program has consistently attracted the attention of the media and has won numerous awards for Dr Cardarelli's concept, design and work. These awards include:  Most Innovative Program  (United Arts of Florida), Community Service awards (Walt Disney World), Children must Count (2004) and Dr Cardarelli herself was given the Arts Educator of the Year 2002, K-12  award (United Arts of Florida). A research study concluded in 2003 by Dr Cardarelli showed significant gains in FCAT scores for  low income participants in the program.

 Orchestra Director, Millennium Middle School Fine Arts Magnet, Seminole County

 Assistant Conductor, Florida Young Artists Orchestras, Orlando, also served on Steering committee

 Instructor of Music Theory, Eartraining and keyboard harmony at Seminole Community College

Choral director at Walker Middle School, Orange County

Conducting internship, West Orange High School.

Elementary Music and chorus teacher, St Margaret  Mary’s School, Winter Park

Musicianship Instructor, University College Cork Ireland

Private Studio for flute, piano, guitar, voice, composition

 Education

 2003 * Doctor of Education (Ed. D), honors

University of Central Florida, Orlando.  Major: Curriculum and Instruction. Research Area: Music instrumental  training and FCAT scores in reading and math

1992 * Master of Arts (M.A.), honors, Music Education,

University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida.  Major, Choral  conducting.

1987-1989 * Graduate Fellowship: Composition and Analysis (scholarship), University College Cork, Ireland, under Kevin Volans, Composer in Residence,  Queens College, Belfast

1986 * Bachelor of Music, (B.Mus) honors,

University College Cork, Ireland.  Musicology. Piano, Flute Voice.

1985 * Grade 8:  Flute, Piano, Music Theory,

Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music, Municipal school of Music Limerick

Premiered Compositions

2006: " Montuno", Texas Orchestra Directors State conference

2005: "Dun do bheal", Maitland middle school mixed chorus

2003: A Gift for Music Orchestras (at Howard Middle School)

"Atsia for strings", "Round for strings"

"Montuno" : Premiered for Arnold Schwarzennegger, Inner City Games annual meeting, Orlando Florida (Spring, 2003)

"First Finger Fantasies" collection

2002: A Gift for Music Orchestras (at Howard Middle School)

"Echoland"," Blues for Strings"," Hip Hop Happy", "March for Music"

"A Gift for Music"(Song for chorus)

2001: "Fugue for full Orchestra", Florida Young Artist Orchestras at Hard Rock Live (conducted by composer)

1997: "Little Fugue for String Orchestra", Florida Symphony Youth Orchestra, (conducted by composer)

1998: "Arepo Talk Show", Music drama, Orlando Opera Institute, resident composer

1999: "MAX", Music Drama, University of Central Florida

Awards 

2002,  Arts Educator of the Year (K-12),  United Arts of Florida A+ awards

2005, 2001 Kids must count, Most innovative program, Community Service awards  (for A Gift for Music)

1989-1992, Nelson McGeogh Scholarship, University of Central Florida

1989-1992, Graduate Fellowship for Composition and Analysis,

         University College Cork, Ireland

1984-1986, College Achievement Scholarships,

            University College Cork, Ireland

1983-1986, Full Academic Scholarship, Arts Council of Ireland

 1980-1983, Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music, Merit achievement scholarships

Publications

"The effects of Music Instrumental Training on performance on the reading and mathematics portions of the Florida Comprehensive Achievement Test for third grade students". UMI number 3110046. January 2004

"Montuno", for String Orchestra . Northfield Press, New  York., May 2005

Past and Present Professional Memberships:

Central Florida Music Teacher's Association (Board member)

Society for Music Theory,   Society for Musicology in Ireland,   Florida Music Educators Association,   Music Educators National Conference,   Pi Lambda Theta

Florida Young Artists Orchestras, (Board member)  Florida Young Artists Orchestras,  Vice president, Steering Committee