Welcome!!

Mrs. Amanda Svetich 
 
Hello and welcome to Woodrow Wilson’s Instrumental Music Program! This is my 5th year at Wilson, and I could not be happier to be teaching what I love. Please check out our webpage regularly for updates on the instrumental music program as well as our Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/WoodrowWilsonInstrumentalMusic) for concert footage and pictures. Students of the instrumental music department learn the intricacies of playing an instrument as well as how to be a member of an ensemble. Students learn the importance of music literacy and are able to read, write and notate music along with a high level of performance. They work as a team to create mastery of their performance pieces and gain great friendships along the way. 
​From concerts to festival competitions to fun at Disneyland, being in the instrumental music department is a middle school experience not to be missed!
If you ever have questions or concerns about your child or anything else music related please feel free to contact me via e-mail at asvetich@gusd.net. 

A little more information about me: 

• Wilson Middle School's Teacher of the Year 2015-2016.
• Graduated in 2010 from the University of Southern California with a master’s degree in music education. 
• Graduated in 2007 from Central Washington University with a bachelor’s degree in violin performance,  summa cum laude. 
• Before coming to Wilson I taught band, orchestra, and choir for Paramount Unified School district (2010-2012).
• While working on obtaining my bachelor’s, I was concertmaster for the Central Washington University Symphony Orchestra, a member of the Yakima Symphony Orchestra, and conductor for the Debut Orchestra of Central Washington’s Preparatory Strings Program.
• From 2008-2010 I was a member of the American Youth Symphony conducted by maestro Alexander Treger of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. 
• In 2004, I auditioned and was accepted into the National Festival Orchestra in New York and performed at Carnegie Hall.