Education:
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October 1994 to present: |
Music Theory and Composition, Orchestral Conducting Music Conservatory of Vienna, Austria expected date of graduation: June 2000 |
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Oct. 1993 - June 1994 |
Certificate , Ensemble Conducting SeminarMusic Conservatory of Vienna, Austria |
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Feb. 1993 - June 1993 |
Auditor, Orchestral Conducting Music Conservatory of Vienna, Austria |
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Oct. 1992 - June 1993 |
Music Studies, German Language |
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University of Vienna |
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Sept. 1983 - June 1989 |
Bachelor of Music Education awarded with high honors, University of Montana, U.S.A. |
Professional Experience:
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June 1999 - Present |
Co-Director and Baritone Soloist, "The LonGuat Octet",Vienna, Austria |
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Jan. 1998 - Present |
Choral Baritone, "The Arnold Schoenberg Choir,"Vienna, Austria (repertoire and performance list) |
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Oct. 1995 - June 1999 |
Founder,Conductor and Baritone Soloist, "Heart, Voice and Soul," (the former "Spiritual Project Choir") Vienna, Austria |
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July 1997 |
Conductor and Baritone Soloist , Spiritual Studio, Cantata Kaltenberg, Kaltenberg, Austria |
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Oct. 1995 - present |
Private Voice Teacher, Vienna, Austria |
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March & April 1997 |
Baritone Soloist, Schottenkirche, Vienna, Austria |
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Aug. 1995 , 1996 and 1997 |
Conductor and Baritone Soloist , Spiritual Workshop, International Choir Week, Zell am See, Austria |
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Jan. 1994 - May 1995 |
Conductor , "Jedweder Küchenchor," Vienna, Austria |
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Aug. 1989 - May 1992 |
Music Specialist , Kalskag Schools, Kuskokwim School District, Alaska, USA |
Conducting Abilities and Achievements in Various Genre:
(The following representative works, excepting orchestral pieces,
were performed in concert)
Spirituals - prinicipally a cappella works - over 35 works
° Witness - arr. Jack Halloran
° Sometimes I Feel Like a Moanin' Dove - arr. Robert Shaw/Alice Parker
Jazz - a cappella and choir with combo
° My Funny Valentine - arr. Kirby Shaw (a cappella)
° How High The Moon - arr. Zegree
Modern Classical Styles - a cappella works
° Five Childhood Lyrics - John Rutter
° The Doe and Winter - Paul Hindemith
° Der Grimmig Tod - Cesar Bresgen
° Mary Hines - Samuel Barber
Romantic and Late Romantic Periods
° Locus Iste - Bruckner
° Dieu! Qu'il la fait bon regarder! - Claude Debussy
° Violin Concerto in G - Bruch (orchestral rehearsal)
Classical Period
° Sextet from Don Giovanni - W.A. Mozart (with soloists and orchestra)
° Ave Verum - W.A. Mozart
Renaissance
° Lasciate mi morire - Monteverdi
° Que dis-tu, Que fais-tu - Orlando di Lasso
Related performance experience:
° As Baritone for "The Arnold Schoenberg Choir", extensive travel and recording, and major performances in, for example, The Salzburger Festspiele '98 and The BBC Proms, London. (complete repertoire and performance list)
° As Conductor of "Heart, Voice and Soul," organization and preparation of more than thirty successful benefit concerts in Austrian churches. (Complete history available at http://fly.to/hvs)
° Baritone Soloist (Kirke Mechem's Dan-u-el) and member of University of Montana Chamber Chorale in Residence in Vienna, 1989
° Trombone soloist (including the Hindemith Trombone Sonata), principal chair trombone in the University of Montana Bands and member of the University of Montana Jazz Workshop during degree work, 1983-89
° Numerous opportunities as singer and instrumentalist to observe European-trained conductors in productions of works including the Brahms Requiem, Orff's Carmina Burana, Stravinsky's Symphony of Psalms, and Mussorgsky's Boris Gudunov as well as a CD recording of the late-romantic Theodore Gouvy Requiem