Pamela Sharon Wood

Background

Wood, Pamela Sharon was born on March 29, 1944 in San Francisco, California, United States. Daughter of Clinton Barford and Pearl (Henderson) Wood.

Education

Bachelor in Music Education summa cum laude, Howard University, Washington, 1967. Master of Music in Vocal Performance, University Massachusetts, 1980.

Career

Music instructor and choral director Baccus and Hamilton Junior High Schools, Washington, District of Columbia, 1967—1969. Music instructor and choral director, elementary and junior high school music specialist public schools, Stoneham, Massachusetts, 1969—1970. Chairman department music theory and education Elma Lewis School of Fine Arts, National Center of Afro-American Artists, Inc., Boston, 1970—1976.

Music teacher Boston Public Schools and Kodaly Center of America, 1981—1982. Voice teacher Tufts University, Medford, 1982—1987. Music instructor Wheelock College, Boston, 1983—1987, Roxbury Community College, Boston, 1986—1987.

Lecturer music Massachusetts Institute of Technology School Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, Cambridge, 1987—1996, senior lecturer music, since 1996. Conductor Women's Inn at Pine St., Boston, 1995—2001, Sisters St. Joseph Community Chorus, Brighton, Massachusetts, 1996—2004, Pine Manor College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, 2004—2005, voice teacher, Massachusetts, 2002—2005. Faculty Kodály Music Institute, Boston, since 1999.

Development Solfege course Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2000. Presenter in field, since 1971.

Achievements

• Pamela Sharon Wood has been listed as a noteworthy music educator, soprano by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board overseers New England Conservatory of Music, Boston, 1996—2004. Board trustee Arts Learning, 2009. Associate board member Kodaly Center America, Wellesley, Massachusetts, since 1996.

Panelist Massachusetts Council Arts Humanities, 1982—1983. Board directors Boston Orchestra & Chorale, 1991—1994. Convener, chair advisory committee New England Conservatory Music, 1992—1995.

Adjudicator National Association Negro Business Professional Women's Clubs, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2002. Search committee Boston Children's Chorus, 2003, board member, 2006—2009. National conference program team Organization American Kodaly Educators, 2004—2005, Conservatory Lab Charter school Learning Through Music Think Tank, 2006, New England Spiritual Ensemble, 2007—2008.

Member of International Kodaly Society, Organization American Kodaly Educators (national conference team 2004-2005), National Association Study and Performance of African-American Music, Center Black Music Research, Boston Area Kodaly Educators, Pi Kappa Lambda.

Connections

Married Eric Scott Fraley, December 28, 1968 (divorced 1981). Children: Ayanna Fraley Moore, Amara Fraley. Married Stephen B. Ambush, July 25, 1982 (divorced 1996).

Father:

Clinton Barford Wood

Mother:

Pearl (Henderson) Wood

Spouse:

Stephen B. Ambush

Spouse:

Eric Scott Fraley

child:

Amara Fraley Wood

child:

Ayanna Fraley Moore Wood