Teaching Experience

Music Teacher
The Music Studio of Cliff Self  1997 – present
Teach private and group lessons on violin, viola, fiddle, mandolin, dulcimer, and guitar.

Fiddle Instructor
Peninsula College, Port Townsend, WA 2000 – 2006
Taught adult interest classes in beginning and intermediate fiddle

Instructor
Out of the Box Arts Camp
Jefferson Community School, Port Townsend, WA 2009 – 2010
Taught songwriting and the music of The Beatles to middle and high school students

Fiddle Instructor
Community YMCA Port Townsend, WA 2006 –2008
Taught beginning fiddle classes to adults

Music Teacher
The Calvert School, Port Townsend, WA 2001 – 2005
Taught violin and music classes in a private school.

Music Teacher
Jefferson Community School, Port Townsend, WA 2006 – 2007
Taught music classes in an alternative high school.

OTHER EXPERIENCE

Vocational Counselor
Peoples Oakland
Pittsburgh, PA 1992 – 1997
Provided vocational counseling, job development, and job coaching to people with serious mental illness in a community mental health setting

Park Ranger
Cape Hatteras National Seashore 1979
Presented music programs featuring local songs and folklore; directed numerous children’s activities; lectured on the nature and history of the Outer Banks

Assistant Instructor
School of Chung Moo Doe Pittsburgh, PA 1994 – 1997
Black belt in martial arts