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Ms. Malito

I am thrilled to be in my third year of teaching at Conrady! 

Prior to teaching, Ilived in New York City, where I worked as a legal recruiter for a global law firm and performed in cabarets and musical theatre productions in Manhattan.  I also worked as a general management intern for a Broadway theatre owner, where I assistant house managed six Broadway productions, including Fela!, A Little Night Music, Jersey Boys, American Idiot, Finian's Rainbow, and Hair.

I attended Illinois State University for musical theatre and Saint Xavier University for choral music education, where I graduated summa cum laude.  I previously have directed choirs, musicals, and coached drama at Whitney M. Young Magnet, Marist, Plainfield South, Carl Sandburg High Schools, Lewis University, and Bicentennial Park in Joliet.  In addition to my duties at Conrady, I also coach speech team and vocal direct the spring musical at Carl Sandburg.

​I remain active in the Chicago theatre community, and am represented for on-camera, theatrical, print, and voiceover work by Lily's Talent Agency.
 
 
MS. MALITO'S PHILOSOPHY OF PERFORMING ARTS EDUCATION:
Music is Intellectual:
  • Students enhance critically thinking skills through active listening, phonating, and writing.
  • Students acquire knowledge and logic and reasoning abilities by becoming musically literate.
  • Students gain insight as to how language arts, math, science, history, world cultures, and the humanities intersect through music and drama..
 
Music is Physical:
  • Students develop motor skills through playing an instrument and movement exercises.
  • Students learn to properly use their bodies through kinesthetic exploration.
 
Music is Social:
  • Students make friends with like-minded people, build social skills, and share a common goal.  They gain a sense of belonging.
  • Students build and gain trust and respect through collaboration and teamwork.
 
Music is Personal:
  • Students increase self-awareness by expressing themselves emotionally through creating, performing, connecting, and responding to music and drama.
  • Students build self-esteem, confidence, and persistence when learning becomes difficult.
  • Students become more empathetic, as emotions in music and drama relate to emotional intelligence.