Theodore
Zalkind is an elementary school instrumental music teacher for the
Granite
School District where he works with band and orchestra students in the
fifth
and sixth grades. Mr. Zalkind has been a public school music teacher
for over
twenty three years, teaching and conducting a wide variety of orchestra
and
band ensembles in Utah and California, including assignments teaching
at the
high school level. He also has extensive experience organizing honor
groups,
music festivals, and is an adjudicator for the Utah Music Education
Association.
Mr. Zalkind is a member of the Salt Lake Symphonic Winds and has
performed with
a wide variety of ensembles on the trumpet, including participation in
the
Rafael Mendez Brass Institute. Mr. Zalkind has guest conducted the Alan
Hancock
College Concert Band and served as the trumpet section leader for this
ensemble.
Mr.
Zalkind and his wife, Susan, along with Jamie Whatcott run the Zalkind
Family
Trumpet Studio, offering private trumpet lessons to students at all
grade levels.
They have also organized the Granite School District “Summer Music Jam”
Camp
for elementary age students on string, wind and percussion instruments.
Mr.
Zalkind holds a Bachelor of Music degree from California State
University,
Northridge, and a Master of Music Education degree from the University
of Utah.
He has begun work on a PhD in Music Education at the University of
Utah. Mr.
Zalkind is a member of the Music Educators National Conference, the
Utah Music
Education Association, the International Trumpet Guild, and the
American
Federation of String Teachers Association.