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TEACHING POSITIONS

TOWSON UNIVERSITY 7/00-present

• Chair, Department of Music (2000-present
• Professor (Bassoon, Chamber Music, and Music Theory)

• Bassoon and Chamber Music instructor

WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY 8/89-6/00

• Chair, Division of Music (1995-2000)
• Associate Professor (Bassoon, Chamber Music, and Music Theory)

PACIFIC LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY 9/86-5/89

• Lecturer and Artist in Residence (Bassoon)

UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON 9/86-5/89

• Teaching Assistant in Music Theory for both music majors and non-majors

MARROWSTONE MUSIC FESTIVAL 8/85, 8/87, 8/88

• Faculty (Bassoon, Chamber Music, Music Theory)

CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG 9/83-7/86

• Lecturer (Bassoon)

HONG KONG CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC 9/80-7/83

• Lecturer (Bassoon, Chamber Music)

PERFORMANCE POSITIONS

ORCHESTRA

• MID-ATLANTIC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, Principal Bassoon (2010-present)
• THE ORCHESTRA OF ST. JOHN'S, Principal Bassoon (2009-present)
• BACH CONCERT SERIES ORCHESTRA, Principal Bassoon (2002-present)
• BALTIMORE HANDEL CHOIR ORCHESTRA, substitute bassoon (2001-2003)
• WHEELING SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, Principal Bassoon (1992-1996)
• WEST VIRGINIA SYMPHONY, Acting Principal Bassoon (1994-1995)
• WEST VIRGINIA SYMPHONY, substitute Contrabassoon (1990-1999)
• PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, substitute for Co-Principal Bassoon in community concert (1993)
• HONG KONG PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA, Principal Bassoon (1979-1986)

CHAMBER MUSIC

• TOWSON UNIVERSITY QUINTIGRE WIND QUINTET (2002-present)
• AIOLOS COLLECTIVE (Double Reed Dutch-American Ensemble). Performances given at the Congress of the International Double Reed Society in 1997 (Northwestern University), 1999 (University of Wisconsin, Madison), and 2001 (West Virginia University, Morgantown).
• LAUREATE WIND QUINTET (9/89-6/00) Resident quintet of West Virginia University. Recent performances given at the Eastern Regional Music Teachers National Association (1992), and at Rutgers University (1991).
• CONGRESS OF THE INTERNATIONAL DOUBLE REED SOCIETY; Bloomington, Indiana (8/94). Chamber music with Liviu Varcol (Germany), Doris DeLoach (Baylor University), and Jennifer Speck (Baylor University).
• CONGRESS OF THE INTERNATIONAL DOUBLE REED SOCIETY; Frankfurt, Germany (8/92) Duets with Dr. Doris DeLoach, Baylor University
• CONGRESS OF THE INTERNATIONAL DOUBLE REED SOCIETY, Baltimore, MD. (8/91) Duets with Arthur Grossman, University of Washington

EDUCATION

• UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON Doctor of Philosophy (1994) in Music Theory. Studied with Jonathan Bernard and John Rahn. Ph.D. Dissertation: "Nikolai Andreevich Roslavets: At the Vanguard of Russian Modernism."
• UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON Master of Arts (1988) in Music Theory .
• UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON Bachelor of Music (1979) Magna cum laude. Studied bassoon with Arthur Grossman, chamber music with Christopher Leuba.

AWARDS

• LOUIS MCMAHON INTERNATIONAL MUSIC COMPETITION semifinalist (1990)
• FERNAND GILLET PERFORMANCE COMPETITION first prize (1981) Adjudicators were Sol Schoenbach, Richard Kilmer, and Ryohei Nakagawa.

GRANTS AND DONATIONS

• PRESSER FOUNDATION (2006) grant for $40,000 for the purchases of musical instruments. Co-author Geannine Callaughan.
• MARYLAND STATE ARTS COUNCIL (2004) award for $1,000 to help fund "Musica et Schola" a chamber music and lecture series at Towson University.
• INTERNATIONAL DOUBLE REED SOCIETY HISTORIC CD PROJECT (2004) $4,000.
• RANDOLPH ROTHSCHILD ENDOWMENT scholarship (2003) $10,000.
• BEN O'BRIEN MEMORIAL ENDOWMENT scholarship (2003) $10,000.
• MARYLAND STATE ARTS COUNCIL (July 2003) award for $1,000 to help fund "Musica et Schola" a chamber music and lecture series at Towson University.
• NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS (July 2003) award for $9,500 to upgrade the IDRS web server. This award was funded under the Challenge America - Access to the Arts category.
• MARYLAND STATE ARTS COUNCIL (July 2003) award for $1,500 to help fund "Musica et Schola" a chamber music and lecture series at Towson University.
• MD STATE MATCHING GRANT (2003) $7,500 for the Department of Music.
• PRIVATE DONATIONS (2003) $41,500 for the Department of Music.
• INTERNATIONAL DOUBLE REED SOCIETY HISTORIC CD PROJECT (2002) $4,800.
• PERFORMANCE KEYBOARD INSTRUMENTS ENDOWMENT (2002) for Department of Music $10,000.
• INTERNATIONAL DOUBLE REED SOCIETY HISTORIC CD PROJECT (2002) $3,600.
  
• DONATION TO THE INTERNATIONAL DOUBLE REED SOCIETY (2001) $10,000 for a composition.

• SUMMER RESEARCH GRANT (2003) Towson University for a bassoon reed measurement project and articles.
• VARIOUS TRAVEL AND DEVELOPMENT GRANTS (2001 to present) from Towson University to fund conference performances and presentations.
• SPECIAL PROJECT GRANT FROM THE INTERNATIONAL DOUBLE REED SOCIETY (Jan. 1995) to complete World Wide Web access to The Bassoon Family Fingering Companion.
• SUMMER RESEARCH GRANT (1992) West Virginia University to study unpublished writings of Ludwig Wittgenstein
• VARIOUS TRAVEL AND DEVELOPMENT GRANTS (1990 to 2000) from West Virginia University to fund conference performances and presentations.

RECORDINGS

MORGAN STATE CHOIR

• Maryland Public Television, television broadcast, DVD, and CD recording (2011). The Morgan Choir: Lift Every Heart, Eric Conway--conductor.

BALTIMORE CHAMBER ORCHESTRA

• NAXOS 8.559398 (2007). Jonthan Leshnoff, Violin Concerto. Second Bassoon with the Baltimore Chamber Orchestra.

CHAMBER MUSIC

• CAMBRIA RECORDS (CD #1104) "On Chestnut Ridge," a recording of John Beall's chamber compositions.
• MUSICAL HERITAGE SOCIETY (MHS 512492F) Ozi bassoon duets with Arthur Grossman.
• MUSICAL HERITAGE SOCIETY (MS 4919A) Bassoon trios and duets with Arthur Grossman and Bruce Grainger.

HONG KONG PHILHARMONIC

• Brahms, Johannes. Hungarian Dances. Hong Kong Records. Kenneth Jean, conductor.
• ChineseTV Themes. Varujan Kojian, conductor.
• Colorful Clouds: The Hong Kong Philharmonic Plays Popular Chinese Classics. Hong Kong Records (6.240090). 19-20 Jan. 1982. Kenneth Jean, conductor.
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• Hoch, Beverly--coloratura. Pickwich Records (London) (MCA-25966). Kenneth Schermerhorn, conductor.
• Kwan, Michael. Michael Kwan Live in Concert. Philips (6642 048). 1982.
• Mayazumi, Toshiro. Sansara, Phonologie Symphonique, Bacchanale. Hong Kong Records (6.220297). Yoshikazu Fukumura, conductor.
• Under the Silver Moon: The Hong Kong Philharmonic Plays Popular Chinese Classics, Vol. 2. Hong Kong Records (6.240279). 7-10 May 1984. Kenneth Jean, conductor.
• Villa-Lobos, Heitor. Choros Nos. 8 and 9. Hong Kong Records (6.220322). 1985. Kenneth Schermerhorn, conductor.
• Wagner, Richard. American Centennial March, Polonia, Rule Britannia, Imperial March. Hong Kong Records (6.220114). 20-21 Jan. 1983. Varujan, Kojian, conductor

SONI VENTORUM (ADDED MUSICIAN)

• Mozart, W. A. Serenade in E-Flat Major, K 375. Seattle: University of Washington. Creative Commons. May 1979.
• Reineke, Carl. Octet, Opus 216. Seattle: University of Washington. Creative Commons. 19 May 1978.

PUBLICATIONS

• “Two are Better than One: New Ideas for Duets in the Bassoon Studio,” Double Reed News 97 (Winter 2011): 20-23.
• "Musical Musings: A Little Venting Please," The Double Reed 34/2 (2011): 8.
• “Music of Bernard H. Garfield,” Journal of the Society for American Music 5/1 (February 2011): 134-136.
• "The First International Music Festival at Sias University, China," The Double Reed 33/3 (2010): 43-45.
• “Bassoon Reed Ligatures,” The Double Reed 33/2 (2010): 29-34. Reprinted in Double Reed News 93 (Winter 2010): 34-37.
• Editor and contributor to Celebrating Double Reeds: A Festschrift for William Waterhouse and Philip Bate (Baltimore: International Double Reed Society, 2009)
• Coauthored with Luis Engelke, “Assessing Online Trumpet Lessons,” ITG Journal (June 2009): 74-76, 78.
• Coauthored with Luis Engelke, “Online Lessons with Skype: Ready for Everyday Teaching?,” The Double Reed 32/1 (2009): 107-110.
• “In Search of the Borrowed Triplet Upbeat,” The Double Reed 31/3 (2008): 95-102.
• “Wittgenstein on Music," Review of Contemporary Philosophy 6 (2007): 244-254.
• Review of “Haydn, Franz Joseph. Concerto in E-flat” ITG Journal (June 2007): 89.
• Review of The Oboe 1903-1953, The Double Reed 29/1 (Winter 2006): 144-145.
• “Talent and Envy,” Transpositions 4 (Winter 2005): 8-10.
• “Product Review of Tuneup: Intonation Training Systems (2003) by Stephen Colley,” The Double Reed 28/3 (2005): 150-153.
• "John Miller's Master Class on the Mozart Bassoon Concerto," The Double Reed 28/1 (Winter 2005): 63-68.
• Book review "Angela Myles Beeching: Beyond Talent, " The Double Reed 28/1 (Winter 2005): 125-126.
• “An Interview with Yoshiyuki Ishikawa, Webmaster of WWW.IDRS.ORG,” The Double Reed 27/3 (Fall 2004): 93-94.
• “Circular Breathing,” Double Reed News, Magazine of the British Double Reed Society, 68 (Autumn 2004): 15.  This is a republication of an issue of “Musical Musings” in The Double Reed.
• Review of “Ross, Walter. Shortened Suite for Trumpet and Bassoon…” ITG Journal (January 2004): 65.
• "Proportional Tempos in the Performance of Vivaldi's Oboe Concertos, The Double Reed 26/2 (2003): 55-59.
• “An Interview with Terry Ewell, President of the IDRS,” Scrapes International (December 2003): 22-25.
• “IDRS 2003 Conference; A Family Affair” Scrapes (December 2003) in Dutch.
• "Musical Musings: Practice with the Metronome, Part I," The Double Reed 26/2 (2003): 36.
• "Musical Musings: Circular Breathing," The Double Reed 26/2 (2003): 68.
• "Musical Musings: Tonguing Techniques," The Double Reed 26/2 (2003): 107.
• "Recollections by Laila Storch and Arthur Grossman, Members of the Soni Ventorum Wind Quintet," The Double Reed 25/4 (2002): 17-22.
• "The John Miller Bassoon Reed Collection," Scrapes (November 2002): 15-21. Co-authored with Karen Williams.
• "Measurements of North American Bassoon Reeds" The Double Reed 25/3 (2002): 97-104. Co-authored with Karen Williams.
• "Banff 2002: Master Classes, Lectures, and Voices from Little Notes" The Double Reed 25/3 (2002): 29-32.
• "Het fagotconcert van W. A. Mozart" (John Miller's Master Class on the Mozart Bassoon Concerto K191), Scrapes (August 2002): 12-18.
• "Set Operations in the Music of Nikolai Roslavets," Bridges Conference Proceedings 2002: 17-24.
• "What is Christian in Music?" EthnoDoxology 1/1 (2002): 11-16.
• "Proportional Tempos in the Concertos of Antonio Vivaldi, "The Double Reed 24/2 (2001): 113-121.
• "Reed Measurements Part:2 Bassoon and Contrabassoon Reeds," Scrapes 8/1 (April 2001): 65-77. Co-authored with Todd Goranson. Republished in the Dutch edition of Scrapes 8/2 (May 2001): 51-63.
• "IDRS 2000 Congress in Buenos Aires," Scrapes 7/2 (November 2000): 15. Reprinted in The Double Reed 24/1 (2001): 13.
• “A Pedagogy for Finishing Reeds for the German-System (Heckel-System) Bassoon,” The Double Reed 23/3 (2000): 99-108. (See Revised Paper)
• “Double Reed Days at West Virginia University,” The Double Reed 23/3 (2000): 73-74.
• "Innovative Solutions in a Climate of Budget Constraints," Proceedings of the National Association of Schools of Music (1999): 109-114.
• "Teaching the Beginning Bassoonist," The Double Reed 23/2 (2000): 35-43.
• De 28e jaarlijkse IDRS conferentie [The 28th annual IDRS Conference], Scrapes 6/2 (October 1999): 13-15.
• Cynthia Koledo De Almeida en Nancy Goeres, an interview in Scrapes 6/2 (October 1999): 28-30.
• "Keyboard Technology in the Double Reed Studio," The Double Reed, Journal Issue 22/2 (1999): 57-61.
• "Interview with Arthur Grossman," The Double Reed, Journal Issue 22/2 (1999): 31-34. Reprinted in Dutch in Scrapes 3 (Dec. 1998): 20-," The Double Reed, Journal Issue 22/2 (1999): 57-61.
• *Pianissimo-vingerzettingen op de Heckel-systeem fagot [A Guide to Pianissimo Fingerings on the Heckel-System Bassoon] Scrapes 2 (September 1998): 30-35. Table
• "Basic Bassoon Articulations," The Instrumentalist 53/8 (March 1999): 28-30.
• "What is Christian in Music?" (1998) published on the WWW at the Leadership U. An earlier version of the paper was delivered at the Christian Scholarship Conference at the University of Colorado at Boulder, Oct. 10, 1997.
• Letter to the Editor The Double Reed 21/1 (1998): 105. This is a reply to Steve Hanna's letter concerning my publication "Playing those 'Missing' Notes in Baroque and Classical Concerti."
• "Bassoon Lessons with Arnold Schwarzenegger, or What I Did on My Summer Vacation," The Journal of the International Double Reed Society 26 (1998): 99-104. Please see the MP3 of the J. H. Hummel, Grand Concerto for Bassoon, which is discussed in the article.
• "Royal Water Music Suite" (Lawrence, Kansas: Bocal Music, 1998). Arrangement of music by Handel for double reed trio.
• "Four Easy Pieces" (Lawrence, Kansas: Bocal Music, 1997). Arrangements of music by Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Mozart, and Handel for double reed trio.
• Articulatie de Fagot [Articulation on Bassoon], Scrapes 4/3 (1997): 8-11
• Het spelen van die "ontbrekende noten" in Barok en Klassieke concerti [Playing those "Missing Notes in Baroque and Classical Concerti], Scrapes 4/3 (1997):15-20
• 1997 IDRS Conferentie in Northwest University [The 1997 IDRS conference at Northwestern Univeristy]Scrapes 4/3 (1997)
• "Playing those 'Missing' Notes in Baroque and Classical Concerti," The Double Reed 20/1 (1997): 85-90.
• "On Low Brass Musicians Performing Bassoon Music: A Bassoonist's Perspective," T.U.B.A. Journal 23/4 (Summer 1996): 66-69.
• "A Reply to Schweitzer: On the Singular Western Musical Culture and Other Misconceptions," The Journal of the International Double Reed Society 24 (1996): 93-94.
• " Another Make It Yourself Bassoon Guard," The Double Reed 18/3 (Winter 1995): 83-84.
• "Count Those Rests," Teaching Music (August 1995): 28-29.
• "The Bassoon-Family Fingering Companion: An Annotated Index of Fingerings for Instruments in the Bassoon Family Contained in English Wind Periodicals and Other Select Publications, with Further Contributions." Published in electronic form in 14 files in the archive of the DOUBLEREED-List (Washington University, Missouri) 1993-1996. Replaced by the present Companion.
• "Articulation on the Bassoon: Should the Jaw Move? " The Double Reed 17/3 (Winter 1994): 83-85.
• "On Klaus Thunemann and Becoming an `Artist,'" The Double Reed 15/3 (Winter 1992): 67-68. Reprinted in The Double Reed 16/3 (Winter 1993): 58-60.
• "A Bassoonist's Expansions upon Marcel Tabuteau's 'Drive,'" The Journal of the International Double Reed Society 20 (July 1992): 27-30.
• "Using the Bassoon Bocal as a Diagnostic and Pedagogical Tool" Journal of the National Association of College Wind and Percussion Instructors 60/3 (Spring 1992): 4-7.
• "Willson Osborne's Rhapsody for Bassoon," The Double Reed 13/2 (Fall 1990): 58-60.
• "Use of the Fibonacci Series in the Bassoon Solo in Bartok's Dance Suite," The Journal of the International Double Reed Society 17 (July 1989): 4-6.

• "Faculty Professional Development: Create Instant (and Slightly Edited) Online Instructional Videos," workshop for CIAT at Towson University, 17 Aug 2011.
• “Technology and the Applied Studio: Maximizing Practice with Technology,” joint presentation with Luis Engelke and Michael Anderson at the International Trumpet Guild 34th Annual Conference in Harrisburg, PA, May 2009.
• "Two are better than One--Duets in Lessons," masterclass and presentation at the International Double Reed Society Conference in Ithaca, NY, 16 June 2007.
• “Set Operations in the Music of Nikolai Roslavets,” presentation at the Bridges Conference, Towson University, June 2002.  
• "Creating and Using MIDI Files to Enhance Musical Performance," presentation at the International Double Reed Society Conference in Morgantown, WV, 11 Aug. 2001.
• "Innovative Solutions in a Climate of Budget Constraints," presentation at the NASM National Conference in Chicago, Region 1, Nov. 22, 1999.
• "What is Christian in Music?" paper delivered at the Christian Scholarship Conference at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Oct. 10, 1997.
• "Playing those 'Missing' Notes in Baroque and Classical Concertos," lecture delivered at the International Double Reed Conference in Tallahassee, Florida. June 4, 1996
• "Lecture-Performance of `Wolves' Cemetery (1913) by Nikolai Roslavets, an Early Atonal Russian Composer," paper delivered at the Mid-Atlantic Chapter Annual Meeting of the College Music Society in Morgantown, West Virginia. March 27, 1993.
• "The Harmonic Language of Nikolai Roslavets, an Early Atonal Russian Composer," paper delivered at the national conference of the Society for Music Theory in Kansas City, Missouri. October 16, 1992.
• "The Piano Accompaniment of High School Wind Players," joint lecture/demonstration with the Laureate Wind Quintet at the Music Teachers National Association Eastern Division Conference in Morgantown, West Virginia. January 19, 1992.
• "Tabuteau Instruction on a Bassoon Bocal," lecture/demonstration delivered at the International Double Reed Society Convention at Towson State University, Maryland. August 14, 1991.
• "A Case for Starting Bassoon Students at a Younger Age," clinic given at the West Virginia Music Educators Association 44th Annual Conference. March 22, 1990.
• "Wittgenstein on Music," paper read at the American Musicological Society and the Society for Music Theory joint convention in Austin, Texas. October 17, 1989.

 
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