Dr. Lumpkin
received his Bachelors and Masters degrees from the
University of North Texas in music education, and
received a Doctor of Musical Arts. in trombone
performance from the University of Oklahoma. He taught
at the University of North Texas for 28 years before
coming to UNC Charlotte to chair the Department of
Music. While at the University of North Texas he served
as Assistant Dean of the College of Music from 1991 to
1993. He has extensive experience teaching both
undergraduate and doctoral students in applied trombone
and trombone literature. He is a past-president of the
International Trombone Association and is a clinician
and educational consultant for Conn-Selmer, Inc.,
Elkhart, Indiana. Dr. Lumpkin has a national and
international reputation as a trombonist and conductor.
He has performed and recorded regularly with the Dallas
Symphony Orchestra and the Dallas Opera Orchestra in
addition to the New Hampshire Music Festival Orchestra,
the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra, the Charlotte
Symphony and others.
John
Allemeier received his Ph.D. in Composition from the
University of Iowa, his Master of Music in Composition
from Northwestern University and his Bachelor of Music
in Performance from Augustana College. He has
studied composition in Europe at the 41st and
42nd
Internationalen Ferienkurse fr Neue Musik in Darmstadt,
Germany and the 6th International Composition
Course in Cesky Krumlov, Czech Republic. Dr.
Allemeier's music has been programmed on such
international venues as Russia-America: Music of the XXI
Century - Moscow Conservatory, the Seoul International
Computer Music Festival and the 7th Brazilian Symposium
on Computer Music, on national conferences of the
Society of Composers and the Society for Electro
Acoustic Music in the United States, and at regional
conferences of the College Music Society and the Society
of Composers. His music has been recognized by the
Ibla Foundation European International Competition for
Composers and the American Society of Composers, Authors
and Publishers with honorable mention in the ASCAP
Foundation/Rudolf Nissim Composers Competition and ASCAP
Standard Awards. Dr. Allemeier has received
supporting grants from Marshall University and the
University of Iowa Fine Arts Council. His music is
published by Carl Fischer Music Publishers, C. Alan
Publications, M. Baker Publications and European
American Music.
Fred Boyd is a
graduate of the Eastman School of Music, where he earned the
Bachelor of Music, the Music Performers Certificate in Trombone
and the Master of Music degree in Performance and Literature.
Mr. Boyd was bass trombonist of the Syracuse (NY) Symphony for
32 years. Active as a free-lance and orchestral musician,
he is also an accomplished euphonium and tuba player.
Previous teaching experience includes summers at the Chautauqua
Institution School of Music, sabbatical positions at the Eastman
School of Music and Ithaca College, and Colgate University.
Mr. Boyd has also performed with the Helsingborg Symphony
Orchestra (Sweden), the Century Orchestra of Osaka (Japan) and
the Symphonies of Boston, Rochester, Buffalo, Grand Tetons,
Charlotte, Charleston, Hilton Head, Raleigh and others.
WILL CAMPBELL
(Jazz Ensembles, Jazz Improvisation, Applied
Saxophone) |
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Originally from North Carolina,
Will Campbell is the Director of Jazz Studies and
Saxophone Instructor at UNC Charlotte. He holds the
Doctor of Musical Arts in Saxophone Performance and
Literature degree from University of Illinois
Urbana-Champaign and the of Bachelor of Music (Jazz
Studies) and Master of Music (Saxophone Performance)
from the University of North Texas. While attending
UNT, he was a member of the One O'clock Lab Band and
directed the Three O'Clock Lab Band. From 1990 to
1994, he toured internationally as a member of the
Harry Connick, Jr. Orchestra. Recording credits
include Blue Light, Red Light, When My
Heart Finds Christmas, and The New York Big
Band Concert (Video). Dr. Campbell has
performed with artists such as Marvin Stamm, Randy
Brecker, Bobby Shew, Pete Christlieb, Frank Sinatra,
Jr., Doc Severinsen, Louie Bellson, and ensembles
such as The Glenn Miller Orchestra, The Tulsa
Philharmonic Orchestra, The Charlotte Philharmonic
Orchestra, and The Charlotte Symphony Orchestra.
In 1995, he was awarded a National Endowment for the
Arts Jazz Fellowship Grant, which allowed him to
study privately with renowned saxophonist Dick Oatts
in New York City. Since 1999, he has been a member
of the University of North Texas Summer Jazz
Workshop Faculty. Dr. Campbell has performed at
conferences for the North American Saxophone
Alliance, International Association for Jazz
Education, and the World Saxophone Congress and has
published two articles in the Jazz Education
Journal. His arrangement of "Pure Imagination"
for jazz ensemble is now available through UNC Jazz
Press (University of Northern Colorado). Dr.
Campbell is an Artist/Clinician for the Conn-Selmer
Company and plays Selmer saxophones exclusively.
John Cloer received his
Masters degree from Indiana University, his Bachelors degree
from the State University of New York at Buffalo (cum laude),
and is currently finishing his doctorate degree in cello and
conducting from Columbia University. His formal education
includes cello study with such renowned artists as Janos
Starker, Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi, and Mihaly Virizlay; and chamber
music study in the internationally acclaimed master classes of
Rostislav Dubinsky (Borodin String Quartet), Gyorgy Sebok, Josef
Gingold, and Menahem Pressler. His performing career includes
duo recitals throughout the United States, a tour of Switzerland
under the auspices of the Trogen Musikdorf Festival, solo
appearances with orchestras in South Korea, live performances
through both radio and television as well as numerous solo and
premier performances of avant-garde works of which he is an avid
champion. He is also a frequent performer on several concert
series in New York City.
Mr. Cloer has taught at the State University of New York at
Buffalo, Antioch College in Ohio, Hardin-Simmons University in
Texas, Yonsei University and the Seoul High School of Music and
Art in Seoul, Korea. He has performed with such orchestras as
the St. Catherine's Symphony in Canada, the Pro Musica Chamber
Orchestra of Ohio, the South Carolina Chamber Orchestra, the
Charleston Symphony and the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra and is
a frequent guest clinician for cello and chamber music master
classes in both North and South Carolina. As well, he has taught
cello and chamber music at the North Carolina School of the Arts
acclaimed summer program, Musica Piccola.
JENNIFER
COSTA
(Class Piano) |
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Jennifer Costa
graduated from Loyola University New Orleans with a
Master of Music and with a Bachelor of Music in
Piano Pedagogy (summa cum laude). While attending
Loyola University, she was the recipient of several
Music Theory awards, as well as the Ignatian Award
for Outstanding Graduate Student. Mrs. Costa has
been teaching piano and accompanying church and
school choirs and soloists for the past ten years.
She is currently affiliated with the Charlotte Piano
Teachers' Forum, the National Federation of Music
Clubs, and the Suzuki Association of the Americas.
In addition to teaching music, Mrs. Costa is the
pianist at Eastern Hills Baptist Church.
Mrs. Dillard
received her Bachelor of Science and Master of Arts
degrees from East Carolina University, with postgraduate
study at the Music Hochschle in Munich, Germany with
Hans Hotter, and in New York with Thomas Martin and
Harold Luckstone of New York University. While Assistant
Professor at the University of South Florida, she also
coached with Thanos Mellos and the famous Greek mezzo
soprano, Elena Nickolaidi. She concertized and sang with
orchestras in Europe and in the eastern and southern
United States. She performed as mezzo soprano soloist
with the Charlotte Symphony and the Oratorio Singers of
Charlotte as well as presented many recitals at UNC
Charlotte. Mrs. Dillard has performed leading roles with
the Lake George Opera, Brevard Music Festival, St.
Petersburg Opera, and Opera Carolina. Her voice students
have won honors in competitions sponsored by the
National Association of Teachers of Singing, The
Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, and the
Music Teachers National Association, the Leontyne Price
National Vocal Competition, and the National Federations
of Music Clubs. They have won scholarships presented by
the Opera Guild of Charlotte, have appeared with Opera
Carolina, the Brevard Music Festival, the Charlotte
Choral Society, and have received scholarships to
nationally recognized schools of music. Mrs. Dillard has
been a Master for the NATS Intern Program, and the
International Voice Foundation. She frequently serves as
a judge for the Metropolitan Opera National Council
Auditions and other prestigious vocal competitions
throughout the United States. She is the immediate
Past-President of the National Association of Teachers
of Singing.
Jennifer Dior, a native of Long
Island, NY has been teaching at UNC-Charlotte since
2003. She received a degree in music performance from
Manhattan School of Music where she studied with Harold
Bennett, Andrew Lolya and Carol Wincenc. She has played
in many orchestras including: Charlotte Symphony
Orchestra, Charleston (SC) Symphony Orchestra, North
Carolina Symphony, Asheville Symphony, Greensboro
Symphony, Greenville (SC) Symphony, and the South
Carolina Philharmonic, where she served as principal
flute. She has played in many chamber music groups,
including: Chamber music at St. Peters, Providence
United Methodist Recital series and Ethos Chamber
Orchestra. She has performed flute and piccolo solos
with the South Carolina Philharmonic, the Charlotte
Symphony and the Charlotte Civic Orchestra. She
previously has taught at Wingate University. She
maintains an active teaching studio in her home as well
as teaching flute choir for the Community School of the
Arts.
RICK
DIOR
(Applied Percussion, Percussion Ensembles,
Percussion Methods,. Recording Techniques) |
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Mr. Dior is a graduate of the Manhattan School of Music
where he studied with renowned timpanist Fred Hinger and
Jazz Composer Bob Mintzer. He has also studied
extensively with famed jazz drummer Joe Morello.
Rick has performed live with some of the biggest names
in the music industry, including James Taylor, Aretha
Franklin, Ray Charles, Bobby McFerrin, Lionel Hampton,
Clark Terry, Bill Watrous and Marvin Hamlish among many
others. Many of these performances have taken
place with the
Charlotte Symphony
Orchestra, with which he has performed since
1990 as a section percussionist, principal percussionist
and timpanist. He is also currently the principal
percussionist with the Charlotte Philharmonic. Rick has
operated a private teaching studio for over fifteen
years. His students have gone on to attend many
prestigious institutions such as The Julliard School of
Music, The Manhattan School of Music, The Eastman School
of Music, and The New England Conservatory. He is the
author of the acclaimed book
Advanced Coordination for Drum Set and Hand
Percussion. Mr. Dior is also the owner of one of
Charlottes top recording studios, Acoustic Barn Studios
(www.acousticbarn.com),
where he records and produces many outstanding artists.
CORY DOVER
(basketball band)
Mr. Dover holds the Bachelor's
degree in Music from Winthrop University. He is a string specialist with
the Charlotte-Mecklenburg public schools and is a working bassist
throughout North and South Carolina. Mr. Dover has served as Director of
the UNC Charlotte Basketball Band, which performs at all men's and
women's home basketball games and at selected away tournament events,
since 1999.
Chris is currently active in the Charlotte, NC area
as an orchestral and chamber musician. He is also
currently a member of the Charleston Symphony Orchestra
in Charleston, SC. In recent years, Chris has held the
post of Associate Principal Trumpet with both the
Philadelphia Orchestra as well as with the Dallas
Symphony Orchestra. Prior to these engagements, he was a
member of the Virginia Symphony, based in Norfolk, VA,
performing as Assistant Principal/Third Trumpet for
nearly five years. Playing with the Charlotte Symphony
most recently brought him to the Charlotte area.
Chris has recorded and toured extensively with many
ensembles, including the renowned Eastman Wind Ensemble
as well as the Montreal Chamber Players. He has been
fortunate also in his travels to have been able to study
with some of the worlds finest musicians including
members of the Vienna Philharmonic as well as the London
Symphony. He has also taken part in the Fellowship
programs of both the Pacific Music Festival in Sapporo,
Japan as well as the Tanglewood Music Festival in
Massachusetts. In touring, he has enjoyed many
performances in the worlds finest concert halls,
including New Yorks Carnegie Hall, Washington D.C.s
Kennedy Center as well as Tokyos Suntory Concert Hall.
Prior to his orchestral engagements, Chris earned his
Bachelors degree at McGill University in Montreal in
1993, studying with James Thompson as well as Charles
Daval, both former Principal Trumpet players of the
Montreal Symphony. He then earned his Masters degree and
a Performers Certificate at the Eastman School of Music
in Rochester, NY in 1995. When not playing the trumpet,
Chris enjoys playing golf, going scuba diving and
spending time with his wife, Tara.
Ms. Ferenz holds an M.F.A. in Bassoon
Performance from the California Institute of the Arts, and a
B.M. from the North Carolina School of the Arts. She studied
with Julie Feves, Mark Popkin, George Goslee, and Steven
Dibner. Amber is an advocate of new music, and performs
regularly with inauthentica, a Los Angeles chamber music
collective. She is an active North Carolina freelancer,
playing bassoon and contrabassoon with The North Carolina
Symphony, as well as the symphonies of Charlotte,
Winston-Salem and Greensboro. Amber is a member of the Open
Dream Ensemble, where she performs not only as a bassoonist,
but also as an actress, singer, and dancer, presenting
performances of children's theatre productions to students
all over North Carolina. She maintains a private studio in
Winston-Salem, and previously taught bassoon at California
Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, California.
Her compositions for bassoon ensemble are published by T.D.
Ellis editions.
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NOEL FREIDLINE
(Vocal Jazz Ensemble, History of Rock, Evolution of Jazz,
Jazz Combos, Music Business) |
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Noel Freidline is a graduate of the University of North
Florida, receiving a Bachelor of Arts in Music (magna cum
laude). A
pianist and vocalist, Noel has been the leader of his own
quintet since 1991. The Noel Freidline Quintet will release
their seventh CD Live at the Jazz Corner, in September of
2007. A
previous release by the NFQ, Four Nights at the Slammer,
went to #31 on the national jazz radio charts.
With the NFQ Noel has performed at numerous jazz
festivals, including the Montreux Jazz Festival, the
Northsea Jazz Festival, as well as six appearances at the
Jacksonville Jazz Festival.
Other performance credits include a three year house
band position at The Bellagio in Las Vegas, as well as
performing at actress Julia Roberts surprise 35th
birthday party.
Noel Freidline was a member of the Nevada Jazz Orchestra,
and performs regularly with the Charlotte Philharmonic.
In 2006 Noel was named Best Jazz Musician by
Charlotte Magazine.
As a composer and arranger, Noel
has written and recorded music for ESPN, ABC and the
Walt Disney Company.
Additional info on Noel Freidline
can be found at his website:
www.noelfreidline.com
Dr. Frisch received the Bachelor of Arts degree in music
and mathematics from Saint Olaf College, the Master of Music degree in Cello Performance from
the Cleveland Institute of Music, and the Doctor of
Musical Arts degree in Cello Performance from the
University
of Minnesota.
Her primary teachers include Tanya Remenikova, Richard
Aaron, Irene Sharp, and Colin Hampton. She previously
taught chamber music and cello at
Truman
State
University
in Missouri and at the
summer Festival Musicale della Toscana in
Italy.
Dr. Frisch has performed as a recitalist and chamber
musician throughout the United States and in Bermuda,
Italy, and France. With violinist Anna
Cromwell, she recently performed at the National Gallery
of Bermuda and at the University of
Minnesota's Bravo!
Festival. She was a member of the Quad Cities (Iowa)
Symphony Orchestra for two years and can be heard as a
guest artist on the Compact Disc There Lies the Home,
produced by CANTUS (a professional vocal ensemble based
in Minneapolis,
Minnesota). In
Charlotte, Dr. Frisch has performed with the
Charlotte Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra and will be
featured as a soloist in the Philharmonic's 2007-2008
season.
Dr. Gable-Wilson received her Bachelors of Arts in Vocal
Performance from the University of W. Georgia where she
studied with Inge Manski. She received a Master of
Music in Voice Performance and Doctoral of Music in
Voice and Musicology from the University of Florida.
Dr. Gable-Wilson is a coloratura soprano, has won
various awards in both performance and teaching
including Regional Metropolitan Opera Auditions,
National Association of Teachers of Singing, and
Graduate Teaching Awards and has performed numerous
opera and musical theater roles. Dr. Gable-Wilson
teaches private voice and piano, holds national master
classes and workshops on Healthy Singing, and is music
director for various musical theater productions in
the southeast. Before coming to Charlotte she taught at
University of Florida, Mississippi State University, and
Lake City Community College. Dr. Gable-Wilson has an
e-book entitled "Let Freedom Sing" and her research and
national lectures specialize in 19th century
African-American concert singers.
Ms. Giles began violin studies as a Suzuki kid at the age of
five. Her love of music led to summers at Brevard Music
Center with Mary Daniels, and High School and College
degrees under Elaine Richey at the North Carolina School of
the Arts. Following a desire for adventure and chamber
music, she then pursued a Masters Degree in Chamber Music at
the San Francisco Conservatory. During her years in San
Francisco she was privileged to work and perform with many
wonderful musicians including Mark Sokol, Ian Swensen, and
Robert Mann.
A meeting and performance with Minnesota Concertmaster Jorja
Fleezanis lured her away from California to the frozen
Midwest, where she spent several years studying with Mrs.
Fleezanis, as well as performing with the Minnesota Opera,
and freelancing with the Minnesota Orchestra and Saint Paul
Chamber Orchestra.
Ms Giles joined the
Charlotte Symphony as assistant Concertmaster in the
2006-2007 season. In her free time, she enjoys cooking and
baking, spoiling her cats, and horseback riding.
JAMES GRYMES
(Coordinator of Undergraduate Studies in
Music; Arts and Society: Music, Freshman Music
Seminar, and Music History) |
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James A. Grymes received his Ph.D. in
Historical Musicology from The Florida State University,
where he also earned Masters degrees in Historical
Musicology and Bassoon Performance, as well as a
Certificate in Early Music. While at Florida
State, Dr. Grymes was a member of the Tallahassee and
Albany (GA) Symphony Orchestras. Dr. Grymes
received his baccalaureate degree in Music Education
from Virginia Commonwealth University.
Dr. Grymes is a leading authority on
the life and works of the famous Hungarian-born musician
Ernst von Dohnányi and the author of
Ernst von Dohnányi: A
Bio-Bibliography (Greenwood Press, 2001), as well
as the editor of Ernst von
Dohnányi: A Song of Life (Indiana
University Press, 2002) and
Perspectives on Ernst von Dohnányi
(Scarecrow Press, 2005). In addition to presenting
academic papers at national and international
conferences hosted by organizations such as the American
Musicological Society, the College Music Society, and
the Institute for Musicology of the Hungarian Academy of
Sciences, Dr. Grymes has contributed articles to
journals such as
Music Library Association Notes, Studia
Musicologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, and
The Hungarian Quarterly, and his research has
been published in German and Hungarian.
Dr. Grymes is also an engaging
lecturer who has addressed audiences at venues such as
Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall and Merkin Concert
Hall in New
York City, and he has presented
his cutting-edge teaching techniques at a number of
national conferences on pedagogical innovations.
His ground-breaking classes have been featured in news
stories by regional affiliates of CBS, Fox, NBC, and NPR
- some of which were rebroadcast nationwide - and he has
been interviewed by national print and broadcast media
including The New York Times, ABC News, and CNN
about his classes. Dr. Grymes is currently
Coordinator of Undergraduate Studies in Music and
Associate Professor of Musicology at the
University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
A
native of Wisconsin, Randy Haldeman has taught Choral
and General Music at all levels of academia Pre-K
through collegiate - in Wisconsin, Idaho, Illinois,
Florida, Vermont, and Italy. Haldeman earned the
Bachelor of Music degree in Vocal Performance from the
University of Wisconsin at Whitewater, the Master of
Music degree in Voice and Opera Performance from
Northwestern University, and the Doctor of Philosophy
degree in Music Education (Choral Conducting emphasis)
from Florida State University. Haldemans choral
arrangements are published in the
Rodney Eichenberger
Choral Series, and have been performed by
groups under the direction of Andr Thomas, Rodney
Eichenberger, and other collegiate directors throughout
the country. Active as a performer as well as an
educator, Haldeman has garnered critical praise on the
operatic, musical theatre, and concert stages.
Appearances of national importance include Mr. Snow in
the 50th Anniversary Production of
Carousel,
and Uncle Billy in the Chicago premier of Sheldon
Harniks A Wonderful
Life. As a conductor, his choral groups have
received enthusiastic responses from audiences and
critics alike in 11 states and Europe, including several
state and regional festivals and contests. He currently
directs UNC-Charlotte's choral music program, is
Coordinator of Choral Music Education, and teaches
conducting and music education courses.
A native of Toronto, Canada, Anne Harley holds the
Bachelor of Arts degree from Yale University
(Comparative Literature, French and Russian), the Master
of Music degree from Boston University (Voice
Performance), attended the Boston University Opera
Institute and received her Doctorate in Music from
Boston University (Historical Performance with a
concentration in voice) in 2006. She has taught at Longy
Conservatory and Boston University. Several years ago,
she founded The Voice Institute, an interdisciplinary
institute for voice training, which hosts workshops
combining bel canto voice training, extended voice
performance training and theatrical voice work
(including
Fitzmaurice Voicework) for performers of all
kinds. In 2006, she was invited to join an international
voicework exchange for teachers of voice at the Moscow
Art Theatre in Russia and at San Diego State University.
She is a specialist in contemporary and early music, and
has appeared across North America and Europe with
Opera Boston, Boston Modern Orchestra Project,
Opera Unlimited, The American Repertory
Theatre, The Handel & Haydn Society,
Boston Baroque, and Boston Camerata. She has
spent several seasons performing new works at the Banff
Centre for the Arts (Alberta, Canada) and at the
Tanglewood Festival. She debuted in Europe at Amsterdams
Conzertgebouw as the lead in Handels
Acis and Galatea, and has since toured in Europe
several times. In conjunction with the Centre de
Musique Baroque de Versailles and Oberlin College,
she performed the leading roles in the modern-day
premier of Royers Le Pouvoir de lAmour. In 2000,
she cofounded the ground-breaking early Russian music
ensemble, TALISMAN in 2000 with Dr. Oleg
Timofeyev, and their first recording project was awarded
the Noah Greenberg award by the American
Musicological Society and lauded by Gramophone.
Since then, then group has recorded several more CDs of
early Russian music and was recently featured at the
Boston Early Music Festival 2005. They have
presented programs and residencies at Harvard
University, Yale University, Wellesley College, Oberlin
College, Colby College, University of Iowa and Grinnell
College, among others. She joined the music faculty of
University of North Carolina at Charlotte as Assistant
Professor in Fall 2006.
Mr. Manceaux holds
a Master Degree in Woodwind Performance (sax, clarinet,
flute, oboe) from Winthrop University. He obtained his
Bachelor of Music degree from Louisiana State University
and UNC-Charlotte studying both saxophone with Dr.
Griffin Campbell (LSU), Tim Gordon (Winthrop), and
clarinet with Dr. Phil Thompson (Winthrop),
Dr. Douglas Bish, and Gene Kavadlo
(UNC-Charlotte). Mr. Manceaux has also studied woodwinds
with Mark Thomas, Dr. Robert Spring, and James Houlik.
He is principal clarinetist with the
Charlotte Civic Orchestra
and performs extensively throughout the region with such organizations as the
Blumenthal Broadway Lights Series, Charlotte Symphony Orchestra, Greenville (SC)
Symphony Orchestra, Piedmont Players (Salisbury), CPCC Summer Theatre, and CPCC
Opera Company.
LAURENCE MARKS
(Director of Bands, Instrumental Conducting,
Charlotte Youth Wind Ensemble) |
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A native of California, Dr. Larry Marks, Associate
Professor and Director of Bands, joined the music
faculty of UNC-Charlotte in 1999. He also instructs
courses in conducting and music education. During his
tenure, the band program has grown to include two
concert bands: the Symphonic Wind Ensemble and Concert
Band, and a Chamber Winds organization. The Symphonic
Wind Ensemble has appeared in behalf of the North
Carolina Music Educators Association (2002); and was the
first UNCC ensemble ever invited to play at a national
event, performing at the College Band Directors National
Associations 2006 convention at Nashville, TN. Dr, Marks
has received praise from several notable composers,
including Walter Hartley, Samuel Hazo and David
Gillingham, for interpretive renderings of their works.
He frequently serves as a clinician, adjudicator and
guest conductor, having appeared in twenty-three states
and Canada. Dr. Marks holds degrees in clarinet
performance and music education from San Jose State
University; a masters in music education from the
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; and the
doctorate in music education/wind conducting from the
University of Southern California. Prior to undertaking
doctoral studies, Dr. Marks produced nationally
prominent high school bands in California. He came to
UNC-Charlotte from the University of Missouri-Columbia
where he served as Associate Director of Bands. Other
prior appointments included positions at the University
of Oklahoma and the University of Louisville.. Dr. Marks
also conducts the Charlotte Youth Wind Ensemble, a
regional honors band the draws talented high school
students from .North and South Carolina.
Mr. Mosley
received his degrees from Hardin-Simmons University and
Indiana University, where he studied music theory and
bass. He is co-principal bassist with the Charlotte
Symphony. An
accomplished musician, he is co-principal bassist with
the Charlotte Symphony and performs with the North
Carolina Dance Theatre and Opera Carolina. He also
performs regularly with the
Viva Klezmer
ensemble and in many area churches. Mr. Mosley
coordinates the music theory area for the Department of
Music and regularly receives excellent reviews of his
teaching from students in the Department. As a
guitarist, he has studied and attended master classes
with Christopher Parkening, Alexander Lagoya, Jose
Tomas, Manuel Barrueco and others. Professor
Mosley is professionally affiliated with the Guitar
Foundation of America and the International Society of
Bassists.
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LYNDA PICKNEY (horn, woodwind chamber music, orchestra, music education) |
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Dr. Pickney is
an orchestral musician who has performed professionally since the age of 18. She
has been performing in professional orchestras for over thirty years and has
been a contracted member of such orchestras as the Florida Philharmonic, Greater
Miami Opera Orchestra, Fort Lauderdale Symphony, West Palm Beach Symphony,
Illinois Philharmonic, and toured Europe with the Chicago-based American Chamber
Symphony.
Her skill as a musician also extends to the podium, where she has served as
Music Director and Conductor of the Alliance Symphony Orchestra, the Paradise
Valley Chamber Orchestra and has served as cover conductor for the Phoenix
Symphony Orchestra and developed educational outreach programs in which she
conducted the Phoenix Symphony in public school programs and clinics. She has
also served as clinician, in both the orchestral and band realm, in Illinois,
Ohio, New York, Arizona and North Carolina, including a presentation at the
Music Educators National Conference. During the Summer months she taught at the
internationally acclaimed, Interlochen Arts Camp, located in Northern Michigan,
where she had been on the conducting faculty for 19 consecutive years.
Currently she holds the position of Orchestra Director for the
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, Founder and Music Director/Conductor of the UNCC
Youth Orchestra, plays frequently as an extra with the Charlotte Symphony, and
performs as a free-lance musician throughout the greater Charlotte area.
Dr. Pickney
also maintains a private studio of high school horn students who consistently
win auditions to participate in All-State Band and Orchestra, Western Regional
All-State Orchestra and Honors Festivals. Her horn teachers include Elizabeth
Bobo and Jerry Peel of the Florida Philharmonic; Dale Clevenger, Richard
Oldberg, and Arnold Jacobs of the Chicago Symphony; and Verne Reynolds of the
Eastman School of Music and the Eastman Brass Quintet. Her conducting teachers
include Dr. Timothy Russell of the Eastman School of Music and Arizona State
University, Dr. William Reber of Arizona State University, and Ms. Elizabeth A.
H. Green, Professor Emeritus of the University of Michigan.
Dr. Pickney holds the following degrees: Bachelor of Music in Horn Performance
from the University of Miami, Master of Music in Horn Performance and Master of
Music in Music Education from Northwestern University, and Doctor of Philosophy
in Music Education from the Eastman School of Music at the University of
Rochester.
Her most recent accomplishments include the acquisition of
National Board Teacher Certification, selection for Who's Who Among American
Teachers in 2004 and recipient of the title of Professional Development
Master Teacher in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Public School System.
Dr. Price holds
bachelors and masters degrees in music from UNC
Greensboro and a Doctor of Music degree from Florida
State University. He has also done post-doctoral study
at Yale University with New York City Opera's principal
tenor, Jerrold Siena. Dr. Price, a lyric tenor, has been
an Artist Fellow at The Bach Aria Festival and Institute
in Stony Brook (New York), a regional winner of the
Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, and has
performed throughout the eastern United States and in
China in solo recitals, opera, oratorio, and with
symphony orchestras. Dr. Price has a number of
recordings to his credit, the most recent being a
compact disc of the songs of Vittorio Giannini that has
national distribution. He is also the author of two
books, including a collection of the previously
unpublished songs of Giannini. Dr. Price has taught at
UNC Greensboro and at Appalachian State University.
Before coming to UNC Charlotte, he was Associate
Professor of Music at Marshall University.
JOHN SADAK
(clarinet)
A native of upstate New York, Mr.
Sadak earned his MM in Clarinet Performance from the
Manhattan School of Music. After graduation he served as
Principal Clarinet for Miami City Ballet. Two years
later he was appointed to the Clarinet/Bass Clarinet
chair of the Florida Philharmonic Orchestra and Florida
Grand Opera. He has collaborated with musicians ranging
from Itzhak Perlman, John Williams and Cecilia Bartoli
to Collective Soul. Mr. Sadak has been active as a
session musician both in New York and Miami recording
for various commercial artists. He has recorded for the
Smithsonian Institute for a film on the future of music
and can be heard on the Naxos label.
Since coming to Charlotte he has performed with the
Charlotte Symphony Orchestra and the Charleston Symphony
Orchestra as well as being an active freelance musician.
Mr. Sadak has been instructing clarinetists since 1988.
Before coming to UNCC Mr. Sadak has been on the music
faculties at Concordia College and the New York Music
Institute in New York as well as Florida International
University and the New World School of the Arts in
Miami. He has teaches Master Classes in Clarinet and
Chamber Music throughout the area and maintains an
active private studio.
DYLAN SAVAGE
(Associate Professor of Piano:
Applied Piano, Accompanying) |
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Dylan Savage
holds Doctoral and Master's
degrees in music from the
Indiana University School of
Music and a Bachelor of Music
from the Oberlin Conservatory of
Music. His teachers include
Michel Block and Sedmara
Rutstein.