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Andrew Melton (ASIJ 1994) - Educator
Andrew Melton (ASIJ 1994)
Educator
I am from Arkansas. I grew up overseas in Riyadh and Tokyo.
My parents became international school teachers in the 1980’s which gave me the bug to do it. I attended ASIJ from 1991 to 1994. At Berklee College of Music I studied film scoring, and my instrument was the vibraphone. After college I went to Los Angeles. I had a wonderful time there juggling film scoring, band composing and arranging, and playing piano in improv comedy theaters.
I then focused on international teaching, at the American School of Marrakech, Morocco, the American School of Lima, Peru, and then Shanghai American School. Now Canadian Ac. in Kobe. At all of these I taught some combination of band, choir, strings, and general music. It’s so great to be back in Japan, still trying to learn the darn language! Towards the end of my time in Lima, I married Jen Van Ness whom I met at an ASIJ 20 year reunion in Washington DC. She attended ASIJ just for one year as a 9th grader in 1991.
TIMESTAMP
1:20 - Introduction
3:08 - Growing up as an international school student in Saudi Arabia and Japan
5:59 - Becoming a teacher 7:32 - How to become an international school teacher
10:35 - Morocco
12:48 - the transient nature of international school teaching
14:08 - coming back to Japan 14:58 - Canadian Academy v ASIJ
17:12 - How international education led towards Andrews current career
18:55 - ASIJ shout outs
20:48 - What is to come in the next few years
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Andrew Melton (ASIJ 1994)
Educator
I am from Arkansas. I grew up overseas in Riyadh and Tokyo.
My parents became international school teachers in the 1980’s which gave me the bug to do it. I attended ASIJ from 1991 to 1994. At Berklee College of Music I studied film scoring, and my instrument was the vibraphone. After college I went to Los Angeles. I had a wonderful time there juggling film scoring, band composing and arranging, and playing piano in improv comedy theaters.
I then focused on international teaching, at the American School of Marrakech, Morocco, the American School of Lima, Peru, and then Shanghai American School. Now Canadian Ac. in Kobe. At all of these I taught some combination of band, choir, strings, and general music. It’s so great to be back in Japan, still trying to learn the darn language! Towards the end of my time in Lima, I married Jen Van Ness whom I met at an ASIJ 20 year reunion in Washington DC. She attended ASIJ just for one year as a 9th grader in 1991.
TIMESTAMP
1:20 - Introduction
3:08 - Growing up as an international school student in Saudi Arabia and Japan
5:59 - Becoming a teacher 7:32 - How to become an international school teacher
10:35 - Morocco
12:48 - the transient nature of international school teaching
14:08 - coming back to Japan 14:58 - Canadian Academy v ASIJ
17:12 - How international education led towards Andrews current career
18:55 - ASIJ shout outs
20:48 - What is to come in the next few years