Seth B.
Private tutor in Evanston, IL
Education
Sarah Lawrence College - Bachelor of the Arts, Class of 2020, focus in Music Theory & Composition, Jazz Trumpet Performance, and Creative Writing. GPA 3.97/4.0 ||| Evanston Township High School, Class of 2016. GPA 4.3/4.0
Experience
Music Teacher at City of Evanston Arts Camp (pre-K to 3rd grade). Sunday School Teacher for elementary and middle school, & "bridge to adulthood" class for 7th-8th grade. Tutored college peers and classmates in creative writing, poetry, essay writing; provided essay editing services. ||| Scored all 5 on 2015 AP tests: AP AB/BC Calculus; AP Language and Composition; AP Music Theory; AP United States History. 31 Composite ACT score in 2015. ETHS Honor Roll and High Honor Roll, Illinois State Scholar, AP Scholar with Honor, and National Honor Society member. Placed 2nd in the Illinois Music Educators Association Composition Competition for the Commercial and Popular Music category in 2016. ||| Studied widely and avidly in college, including courses in Buddhist philosophy and history, Jewish philosophy and history, 17th century British literature, all forms of creative writing, critical linguistic and literary theory, literary analysis, philosophy, fashion, game theory (mathematics of strategy), quantum mechanics, and especially music theory, performance, arrangement, and composition.
Subject Expertise
Middle SchoolGeometryGrammar and MechanicsGuitarHomeschoolIntroduction to FictionIntroduction to PoetryKindergarten - 8th GradeLinear AlgebraLiterary AnalysisLiteratureFiction WritingMusicMusic TheoryPianoPre-AlgebraPre-CalculusReadingReligious StudiesSummer TutoringTrigonometryVocabularyWritingAlgebra 111th Grade12th Grade1st Grade2nd Grade3rd Grade4th Grade5th Grade6th Grade7th Grade8th Grade9th Grade10th GradeAlgebra 2AP Music TheoryAP English Language and CompositionAP English Literature and CompositionAP United States HistoryCollege AlgebraCollege EssaysCreative WritingEnglishEssay EditingExpository Writing
Availability
Any day at any time
Can Meet
Up to 30 minutes away at my regular hourly rate
Hobbies
Playing jazz, folk, funk, & contemporary music; teaching myself new instruments; writing short stories & poems; cooking; board games; constructing fictional languages.
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