Mackenzie Sato

1693 Broadway St. Apt. 101 Ann Arbor, MI 48105 Phone: (916) 215-1130 E-mail:
mackenzie.m.sato@gmail.com

Certification
Michigan Provisional Certificate

June 2016

K-12 Music Education

Education
University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance

May 2016
Ann Arbor, Michigan

Bachelor of Music (BMus), GPA: 3.8/4.0

Major: Music Education, Concentration: Percussion

Granite Bay High School

May 2011

Granite Bay, California

Teaching Experience
Graduate Student Instructor, Michigan Marching Band

August 2015 April 2016

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Taught marching and music to various sections; conducted entire ensemble during rehearsals and
football games; assisted organize travel and performance logistics

Student Teaching, Adlai E. Stevenson High School

Livonia, Michigan

January 2016 May 2016

Created curriculum for multi-level ensembles (both band and orchestra) with adaptations for learning
differences; held conferences with parents; organized field trips; created paperwork; created various
forms of assessment in both theory and performance, with and without technology (i.e. SmartMusic,
Sibelius)

Fieldwork Teaching; High School Band, Dexter High School

January 2015 April 2015

Dexter, Michigan

Created lessons for the Dexter High School Symphony Band (sixty high school students); conducted and
rehearsed entire pieces; observed experienced music teachers teach a variety of grade levels

Fieldwork Teaching; Middle School Orchestra, Clague Middle School

December 2015
Ann Arbor, Michigan

September 2014

Taught warm-ups to fifty seventh grade students; led sectionals and conducted and rehearsed entire
pieces with the whole ensemble; observed experienced music teachers teach a variety of grade levels

Related Experience
Guest Clinician

March 2015, February 2016

Western Middle School, Parma, Michigan; Adlai E. Stevenson High School, Livonia, Michigan

Worked with individuals, chamber ensembles, and whole bands to improve festival contest music

Liaison, SphinxCon
Detroit, Michigan

February 2015, 2016

Organized microphones and staging for various speakers to present on topics such as diversity in
leadership in the arts, arts influence on various social landscapes, and enhancing and broadening the
collaboration between arts organizations and their partners

Drumline/Front Ensemble Instructor

July 2012 August 2015

Dexter High School, Dexter, Michigan; Adlai E. Stevenson High School, Livonia, MI

Worked with high school students to help prepare their halftime show music; created warm-ups for
every group based on the needs of the ensemble; wrote individual parts for students to provide an
appropriate challenge for each student

Drumset Teacher

Girls Rock! Detroit; Detroit, Michigan

July 2015

Provided free 1-on-1 and group instruction to young girls in Detroit who do not have access to
instrumental music education in their schools; assisted in production of the final concert

Math Tutor & Squash Instructor

Racquet Up Detroit; Detroit, Michigan

June 2015 July 2015

Guided both middle and high school students in math courses in a study hall to provide individual help;
helped to organize field trips and community outreach projects; assisted in organization of the
students year-end tournament

Mentor; Elementary General Music, Beginning Band, Orchestra

September 2012
July 2015
Ypsilanti Youth Orchestra, Ypsilanti, Michigan

Volunteered to mentor low socio-economic status students; wrote ensemble-specific pieces to help
scaffold learning; organized a final concert that involved over three hundred students in various groups

Transcriber, Ethnomusicology Department

March 2015 July 2015

University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California

Transcribed twelve multi-instrumental tunes for publication and study for the UCLA Ethnomusicology
Department

Front Ensemble Instructor

September 2011 May 2012

Granite Bay High School, Granite Bay, California

Helped high school students prepare their show music in the Western Bands Association Class A circuit;
wrote individual parts for students to provide an appropriate challenge for each student

Professional Associations/Development

National Association for Music Education, U-M Collegiate Board

September 2013
Present
Publicity & Community Outreach (2013-14), President (2014-15), Member
at Large (2015-16); University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Created the annual Spring Session Lecture Series, featuring locally and nationally renowned speakers to
present content that does not get covered in the college curriculum, such as special education and
extending the music education practice to private lessons; doubled the organizations income by
creating new fundraisers

National Association for Music Education

September 2012 Present

Member

Michigan Music Education Association

September 2012 Present

Member

Attended conferences on a wide range of topics, including high school band, orchestra, general music,
choir, and assessment; presided over conference sessions