Wayne Dietetick
We teachers are ecstatic over having Wayne join our staff. With a careeer ranging over decades working with all ages and talents, he brings to the studio a vast amount of experience in the fields of piano teacdhing, organ, comp[osition, directing. Most of all, his calm, assuring manner (and wry sense of humor) is what we enjoy most. From the minute he walked into the studio, we knew he was going to be perfect here, in this new 'home' with us
QUALIFICATIONS & TRAINING IN MUSIC
- Bachelor of Music/ Music Educations, cum laude Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, PA 1974
- Private Organ Study Dr. Leonard Rave, The Julliard School 1976-1980
- Workshops / Study, Robert Shaw, Alice Parker, Robert Page, Helen Keep, Eric Routinely, Paul Manzi, David Diamond, Gerald Busboy
PROFESSIONAL OVERVIEW
- Private piano and organ teacher.
- Forty years experience as a professional church musician/organ performance, choral directing, and vocal training of children, teenagers, and adults.
- Director of instrumental ensembles for worship services, including works for chorus and orchestra, brass and woodwind ensembles, and hand bell and hand chime ensembles, at Emanuel Lutheran Church, New Brunswick, NJ (presently); Advent Lutheran Church, Warren, NJ; St. John’s Lutheran Church, Summit, NJ; Summit Chorale, Summit, NJ; Faith Lutheran Church, New Providence, NJ.
- Composer-in-residence and cofounder of Far Hills-based Caritas Chamber Chorale. Composer/arranger of over 170 sacred works primarily for choirs, organ and piano.
WAYNE’S ‘OTHER’ CAREER IN MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS
- Senior Marketing and Communications Coordinator UMDNJ-School of Public Health 2003-present
- Parish Administrator Advent Lutheran Church, Starling, NJ 2001-2003
- Customer Care / Quality Manager Corporate Internal Technical Training Customer Service Center Bleacher Telcordia Technologies, Inc. 1990-2000
- Assistant Branch Manager Hudson City Savings Bank, Rosalind, Union, NJ 1985-1990
You’ll have a chance to meet Wayne in the near future. He and I have spoken upon his availability for teaching during the summer, which will give you a chance to meet and enjoy him. After this Spring Packet gets in the mail to you, we’ll be getting together to make definite plans.
