<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" > <channel> <title>instructors – GMAT</title> <atom:link href="https://www.manhattanprep.com/gmat/blog/tag/instructors/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /> <link>https://www.manhattanprep.com/gmat</link> <description>GMAT Prep Course, Best GMAT Class & Study Books | Manhattan Prep GMAT</description> <lastBuildDate>Thu, 05 Sep 2019 16:25:13 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en-US</language> <sy:updatePeriod> hourly </sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency> 1 </sy:updateFrequency> <generator>https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.2</generator> <item> <title>Behind the Whiteboard: Dave Malloy</title> <link>https://www.manhattanprep.com/gmat/blog/behind-the-whiteboard-dave-malloy/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[cclay]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 18:43:26 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[How to Study]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Teaching]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Behind the Whiteboard]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Dave Malloy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[GMAT instructor]]></category> <category><![CDATA[GMAT Instructor Bio]]></category> <category><![CDATA[instructors]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.manhattangmat.com/blog/?p=683</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>Here at Manhattan GMAT, we care deeply about the quality of our instructors. We only hire people who have both prior teaching experience and a 99th percentile GMAT score. We also pay them the highest salary in the industry “ $100 per hour “ so that they are motivated to do the best job possible. […]</p> <p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.manhattanprep.com/gmat/blog/behind-the-whiteboard-dave-malloy/">Behind the Whiteboard: Dave Malloy</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.manhattanprep.com/gmat">GMAT</a>.</p> ]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Here at Manhattan GMAT, we care deeply about </em><a title="The Manhattan GMAT Advantage: Our Instructors" href="//www.manhattanprep.com/gmat/gmat-preparation-gmat-tutor.cfm" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>the quality of our instructors</em></a><em>. We only hire people who have both prior teaching experience and a 99th </em><em> percentile GMAT score. We also pay them the highest salary in the industry “ $100 per hour “ so that they are motivated to do the best job possible.</em></p> <p><em>One great thing about the way we treat our instructors is that it allows many of them to pursue their other passions, whether it’s </em><a title="Instructor Profile: Hemanth Venkataraman" href="//www.manhattanprep.com/gmat/gmat-tutor-venkataraman.cfm" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>teaching underprivileged children in urban areas</em></a><em>, or </em><a title="Instructor Profile: Kim Cabot" href="//www.manhattanprep.com/gmat/gmat-tutor-cabot.cfm"><em>creating new and exciting companies.</em></a><em> We hire so many intriguing people that we wanted to showcase some of their many talents and interests. And so begins our new series: </em><strong><em>Behind the Whiteboard</em></strong><em>, where we tell you about the non-GMAT related talents of some of our instructors.</em></p> <p><em>Our first instructor to be featured on Behind the Whiteboard is </em><em><a title="Instructor Profile: Dave Malloy" href="//www.manhattanprep.com/gmat/gmat-tutor-malloy.cfm">Dave Malloy</a>, who recently won an <a title="Wikipedia: Obie Award" href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obie_Award">Obie</a>!</em></p> <p><span id="more-683"></span></p> <p><img decoding="async" style="float: left; padding: 3px; margin: 5px 10px;" src="////cdn.manhattanprep.com/images/gmat/dave_malloy_laugh.png" alt="" />Dave began learning piano when he was 6 years old, and hated it.</p> <p>He quit a year later, the moment his parents let him. It was only as a slightly wiser third-grader that he discovered his love for music while playing tunes from his sister’s Billy Joel song book. Thus was launched an (almost) lifelong passion that would ultimately lead Dave to win the prestigious <a title="Life: photo of Obie Winners - The Three Pianos" href="//www.life.com/image/99855178" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Obie Award</a>.</p> <p>Dave studied composition at Ohio University and moved to San Francisco upon graduation to become a musician and composer. After answering random posts to join bands on craigslist, he finally kick started his career by playing keyboard in a coworker’s play, <a href="//www.sffringe.org/media/rodd2.html">Get Me Rodd Keith!</a></p> <p>Having nabbed that role, Dave began developing a network of musicians and actors, eventually moving to New York to follow his musical ambitions.</p> <p>I had wanted to be in New York for a long time, said Dave, but I didn’t feel my financial position was secure enough to move there.</p> <p>Landing his teaching job at Manhattan GMAT was the stroke of luck that made the move possible. I owe it all to Manhattan GMAT, actually, he acknowledged.</p> <p>Since moving to New York, Dave’s musical and acting career has blossomed to the point where, as he put it, I can almost live on it. (But don’t worry: he won’t give up teaching the GMAT any time soon!)</p> <p>As with teaching, where Dave takes difficult concepts and breaks them down into easily digestible chunks for his students, Dave is passionate about making theater accessible for everyone. One of his musicals, <a title="Banana Bag and Bodice: Beowulf" href="//www.bananabagandbodice.org/PRODUCTIONS/Beowulf/Beowulf.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Beowulf</a>, begins as an academic panel discussing the story. Slowly, the panelists turn into the monsters of the legend, and the spirit of a fun-filled mead-hall song is returned to the story.</p> <p>The same idea permeates Dave’s performance in <a title="website: Three Pianos" href="//www.threepianos.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Three Pianos</a>, in which Schubert’s Winterreise is performed while bottles of wine flow freely through the audience. Schubert used to have these parties called Schubertiads that were really raucous affairs, explained Dave, and that was where he first performed Winterreise. To recreate this feeling, the performers try to make the experience feel like a party for the audience.</p> <p>Dave’s musical talents and performances have paid off: Three Pianos was such a big success that on May 17 Dave and the rest of the cast received an <a href="//www.playbill.com/news/article/139593-Circle-Mirror-Transformation-Aliens-Metcalf-and-More-Win-OBIE-Awards" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Obie</a>.</p> <p>We got the invitation to the dinner, Dave said, and we thought, ˜this is probably a really good thing.’ But we were told that it didn’t necessarily mean we would win. Sure enough, they heard their names called, and then we got it!</p> <p>I’m glad I dressed up! he confessed.</p> <p>After winning the Obie, Three Pianos will be returning to the stage at the <a title="The New York Theater Workshop" href="//www.nytw.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New York Theater Workshop</a> this winter.</p> <p>With this success, Dave can begin to dream big. Asked if he sees himself on Broadway one day, Dave conceded that he would love to, if the opportunity came up.</p> <p>I have little glimmers of hope, he admitted.</p> <p>***</p> <p>You can catch <a title="website: DaveMalloy.com" href="//davemalloy.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dave Malloy</a> in these and upcoming shows:</p> <p><a href="//www.clubbedthumb.org/"><em>The Small</em></a><br /> by Anne Washburn<br /> Dir. Les Waters<br /> w/Clubbed Thumb<br /> June 20 – 26 @ The Ohio Theater</p> <p><a href="//www.bananabagandbodice.org/PRODUCTIONS/Beowulf/Beowulf.html"><em>Beowulf</em> Summer Tour</a><br /> coming to the <a href="//www.nycgovparks.org/events/2010/08/25/beowulfndash-a-thousand-years-of-baggage-performed-by-banana-bag-bodice">East River Bandshell</a>, Joe’s Pub, A.R.T., Ireland, Montreal and more.</p> <p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.manhattanprep.com/gmat/blog/behind-the-whiteboard-dave-malloy/">Behind the Whiteboard: Dave Malloy</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.manhattanprep.com/gmat">GMAT</a>.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> </channel> </rss>