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I am Jenny Cogswell, a dedicated educator, musician, and audio engineer who blends instruction with hands-on production. I lead a large afterschool music program and coordinate in-school private music education, focusing on creativity, collaboration, and community-building. I embrace blended learning, using tools like Google Classroom, Meets, FlipGrid, YouTube, iMovie, and Logic to connect with students and audiences. My work spans local stages and global collaborations, including virtual and in-person concerts with partners worldwide.…I am Jenny Cogswell, a dedicated educator, musician, and audio engineer who blends instruction with hands-on production. I lead a large afterschool music program and coordinate in-school private music education, focusing on creativity, collaboration, and community-building. I embrace blended learning, using tools like Google Classroom, Meets, FlipGrid, YouTube, iMovie, and Logic to connect with students and audiences. My work spans local stages and global collaborations, including virtual and in-person concerts with partners worldwide.

Jenny Cogswell

Musician, Audio Engineer, Sound Designer, +6

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I am Jenny Cogswell, a dedicated educator, musician, and audio engineer who blends instruction with hands-on production. I lead a large afterschool music program and coordinate in-school private music education, focusing on creativity, collaboration, and community-building. I embrace blended learning, using tools like Google Classroom, Meets, FlipGrid, YouTube, iMovie, and Logic to connect with students and audiences. My work spans local stages and global collaborations, including virtual and in-person concerts with partners worldwide.…I am Jenny Cogswell, a dedicated educator, musician, and audio engineer who blends instruction with hands-on production. I lead a large afterschool music program and coordinate in-school private music education, focusing on creativity, collaboration, and community-building. I embrace blended learning, using tools like Google Classroom, Meets, FlipGrid, YouTube, iMovie, and Logic to connect with students and audiences. My work spans local stages and global collaborations, including virtual and in-person concerts with partners worldwide.

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I am Jenny Cogswell, a dedicated educator, musician, and audio engineer who blends instruction with hands-on production. I lead a large afterschool music program and coordinate in-school private music education, focusing on creativity, collaboration, and community-building.

I embrace blended learning, using tools like Google Classroom, Meets, FlipGrid, YouTube, iMovie, and Logic to connect with students and audiences. My work spans local stages and global collaborations, including virtual and in-person concerts with partners worldwide.

Skills

Experience Level

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Intermediate

Intermediate

Intermediate

Language

English

Fluent

Italian

Advanced

Spanish; Castilian

Intermediate

Work Experience

Music Director / Teacher at Non-profit afterschool music program

January 1, 2017 - Present

Directing and designing a music program, curriculum & materials development, teaching & training for a non-profit afterschool music program of 110+ students & in-school private music program of 150+ students in violin, cello, ukulele, guitar, voice, percussion, piano, recorder, & general music education. Levels adjusted such that courses ranged from beginning to advanced as well as opportunities to perform solo and ensemble pieces. Blending face-to-face and online instruction in a variety of programs to include Google Classroom, Google Meets, FlipGrid, YouTube, iMovie, Adobe, & Logic. Developed and executed virtual and in-person concerts and musical collaborations with multiple community partners in Salinas and world-wide to as many as 10,000+ audience members.

Audio Engineer / Sound Designer at Freelance / Freelance for Sunset Center, The Western Stage, Glastonbury, Inc.

January 1, 2021 - Present

Mixing live sound for the Sunset Center in Carmel, Hartnell Music Department, The Western Stage, and corporate events with Glastonbury, Inc. Directing and designing musicals and programs with a cast of 140+ students at a private school for K-8 bi-annually at venues such as Compass Church. Sound designing and working with the artistic directing team for the plays The Mountaintop (2024), 4,000 Miles (2023) hosted at The Western Stage. Audio engineer for shows including Imaginary (2023), Floyd Collins (2022), Noises Off! (2022) at The Western Stage at Hartnell College.

Musician at Self-employed / Freelance

January 1, 2017 - Present

Multi-instrumentalist musician with ensembles to include local rock-genre bands and St. Ansgar’s, Compass, and Valley Baptist Church. Singing with the Hartnell College Choir Ensemble with community partners like the Monterey Bay Aquarium and Monterey Pops Orchestra. Served for two years as the musician and educator on the Kinder Rocket Educational Show with a sing-along and read-along on a world-wide platform on Facebook live and YouTube through the pandemic.

Educational Program Specialist & Adjunct Instructor/Educator at Hartnell College, Central Coast CA

January 1, 2008 - January 1, 2018

Developed and administered the grant-funded National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration for a school program of (600+ students) for the goal of teaching content for ocean stewardship in tandem with community partnerships. Developed and administered the English language lab at Hartnell College coordinating scheduling and training of adjunct ESL instructors and tutors from the matriculation of students to the assessment of student learning outcomes for 110+ students in the English Language programs at Hartnell. Taught courses ranging from beginning speaking, listening, grammar, writing to advanced college-level composition for international audiences.