PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE

2007-Present LOUISBURG PROPERTIES, Boston, MA
Real Estate agent Real Estate Sales/Rentals in Beacon Hill

2005-Present CAMBRIDGE CENTER FOR ADULT EDUCATION, Cambridge MA
Classroom Guitar Instructor Introduction to Jazz Guitar course (6 to14 students)

2004-2005 WALDORF HIGH SCHOOL, Belmont, MA
Classroom Guitar Instructor and Private lessons

2002-Present GUITAR INSTRUCTOR, Boston, MA
Private Lessons (all levels)

1996-2002 KURLAN MUSIC, Worcester, MA
Guitar Instructor

• Teaching private weekly 30-minute guitar lessons to 50 to 70 students from beginner to advanced levels.
• Assessing students level of skill and creating individual lesson plans.
• Teaching sight-reading, improvisation, technique, music theory, blues, rock, jazz, classical, acoustic, electric.
• Responsible for scheduling lessons, all bookkeeping, banking and collecting payments.
• Webmaster for kurlanmusic.com including being responsible for creating web pages, on-line marketing, graphic design, e-commerce, and setting up server.

Music Biography

• April 2004 on Liquid Note Records, J.A.M. Guitar Instrumental CD Project with European guitarists Alessandro Benvenuti and Milan Polak
• Released Joel Rivard CD January 2003 with mostly original songs
• Featured in jazz song book, "The Jazz Worcester Real Book" a spiral-bound book features biographies, profiles, vintage photographs and original musical compositions by 100 Worcester jazz artists from the 1930s to the present. (December 2003)
• The Joel Rivard Jazz Group, solo classical and jazz guitarist. (1998-Present)
• Along with well-known guitarists, Jon Finn and Greg Howe, featured on
  Legato Records' compilation instrumental guitar CD, "Guitar on the Edge" Vol. 5 (1996)
• Featured in Guitar Player Magazine's Spotlight Column:
• "Proficient at neo-classical sweep runs, chord-melody jazz, chicken-pickin' country, and modern blues lead, Joel Rivard is a technically awesome jack-of-all-licks . . . The Bostonian's playing is certainly impressive, maybe even virtuosic." (Guitar Player, March 1996)

EDUCATION

• QUINSIGAMOND COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Worcester, MA
  Graphic and Web Page Design Courses, 2000-2001
• BERKLEE COLLEGE OF MUSIC, Boston, MA
  Attended 1988

COMPUTER
SKILLS

• Knowledge of HTML, Applescript, Photoshop, Illustrator, Internet, MAC, Installation of Software, Email.
• Experience in creating web pages, on-line marketing, graphic design, e-commerce, and setting up server.
• Graphic Design . . . specifically designing CD covers and booklets.

REFERENCES Available upon request