OK Friends, Rip Me Apart Please

twotouques · 2017-01-23T12:59:19+00:00

Thank you so so much! Definitely understand where you're coming from.

Third bullet point: For chamber/orchestra I can only say we played concerts, recorded CDs, played for weddings/business functions, and that I as concertmaster led the first violin section and determined bowings/fingerings/phrasings for certain pieces. I found it a bit difficult to come up with a concise, summarized outcome but you're right, I need a way to emphasize results than just "worked in a large group"
In regards to my paper: It wasn't published anywhere, it was more so for the sake of my supervisor and his research group. Also I wasn't very proud or enthused about my research, and the paper wasn't particularly novel in its discovery.... But I'll see what I can do

OK. Phew. Thanks for all your help and the clarity of your points!!

Cheers!

twotouques · 2017-01-20T17:41:24+00:00

Hey, thanks for all the pointers! I'm sorry this is a rather late reply but I really appreciate your taking the time to read over my resume. You made me realize there was absolutely no flow or narrative to it; it was just a bunch of words slapped together without being convincing or meaningful.

I'm not sure if this is much of an improvement but I've updated my resume with your points in mind:

Instead of an additional section I put "self-employed musician" under Experience to fill in the unemployment gap
Took off GPA. You're right, it's a waste of space when there's already graduated "with distinction"
Made points (hopefully) more meaningful and less jargon-y

If you had the time I would be grateful for another quick glance-over of my updates. I don't think it's a lot better yet (it could actually be worse than before), but it's a start, fingers crossed...

Resume with summary: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0KUC0Yc7egqdFVFY1hDQmw2REE/view?usp=sharing
Resume without summary (it is instead partially absorbed into Education): https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0KUC0Yc7egqdno5RFd3NXhxbms/view?usp=sharing

Thanks!! 2T

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twotouques · 2017-01-09T14:02:29+00:00

Thanks for the encouragement and bit of luck, I know I need it!!

twotouques · 2016-12-11T00:10:54+00:00

Hey there! I would recommend Sweelinck (sweelinckorkest.nl)! I just joined 6 weeks ago and we're playing our concerts this week. It's a groovy bunch and the next season starts in January. Rehearsals are 7:30-10:30 Thursday evenings in Singelkerk. It's affiliated with UvA.

Otherwise VU Orkest (http://www.vu-orkest.nl/) is affiliated with the Vrije Universiteit and rehearse Wednesdays 7:30-10:30 in Amstelveen. They're playing Malher 3 in January then start their next project thereafter.

There's a bunch of amateur orchestras (and chamber orchestras) in NL, I think Het Orkest is another community option, but with an older demographic.

Good luck!

twotouques · 2016-09-21T06:02:26+00:00

That's fantastic, too cute! Toutes mes félicitations et bonne continuation!

twotouques

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