Aaron Bray
Creative Professional
- Role
- Instructor and Show Director at School of Rock
- Location
- Tampa, FL, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Aaron Bray
In my decades on this earth, I\'m proud to have already accomplished a great deal. I started my professional career as a Chinese linguist in the U.S. Army, worked as a classroom teacher for many years in multiple states during a \"wanderlust\" phase, and also spent several years in Hollywood performing various jobs in the film industry. Family brought me back to Florida where I ultimately reunited with my first love: music-a field I\'ve been passionate about since childhood and in which I also hold a Bachelor\'s from one of the top music schools in the nation (UW-Eau Claire). I\'m currently enrolled in the nationally-renowned Music Industry Recording Arts (MIRA) Program at St. Pete College, where I plan to hone my skills as a producer and engineer while continuing to pursue screen scoring. While in Hollywood, I studied screenwriting extensively, both at UCLA and the Writer\'s Guild Foundation, but have found the adjacent field of composing to be much more me. The upshot of that prior experience is, however, the storytelling skills I acquired in that time directly translate to my composing and songwriting. Telling a story with notes is not so different from telling a story with words. I am actively interested in music producing, songwriting/composing, and especially screen scoring given both my music and film background. Would be excited to connect with people in these same fields and share ideas.
Experience
Instructor and Show Director
Jun 2022 — Present · Orlando, FL, US
Private drum instructor and show director of the Rock 101 and Performance Group ensembles.
Education
Concordia University-Wisconsin
Master of Business Administration - MBA, International Business
2006 — 2007
Defense Language Institute
Associate of Arts - AA, Mandarin
2000 — 2002
The Writer's Guild Foundation (WGF)
Veterans Writing Project, Screenwriting Fellow
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
Bachelor of Arts - BA, Music/Creative Writing
1993 — 2000
St. Petersburg College
Certification, Music Industry Recording Arts (MIRA)
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Post-Baccalaurete Teacher Certification, Chinese Language Pedagogy
2008 — 2010
University of Toronto
Certificate (*completed 2 of 4 courses before program was discontinued by the University), Translation: Chinese into English
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Master of Science (MS), Curriculum and Instruction
2010 — 2013
Northeast Normal University
Graduate Certificate, Advanced Chinese Language Study
2010 — 2010
Full Sail University
Master of Fine Arts (MFA), Film Production
2015 — 2016
Beijing Institute of Economic Management
Certificate, Intermediate/Advanced Mandarin
2004 — 2004
千葉大学 Chiba University
Study Abroad, Japanese, Taiko Drumming
1997 — 1998
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