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CURRICULUM VITAE
Paul S. Meers, D.Mus. Director of University Choirs and Lecturer in Music American University of Beirut Spring, 2009
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PRESENT POSITION American University of
Beirut,
2000-present. EDUCATION Doctor of Music in Choral Conducting and Literature. Minors in Music Area Studies, and Voice and Vocal Literature. Indiana University School of Music, May, 1998. Master of Music in
Choral Conducting, with a Minor in Voice. Bachelor of Science in
Music Education with Highest Honor. Studies in Jazz and
Percussion. WORK EXPERIENCE Academic Positions Previously Held Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne. Instructor and Director of Choral Activities, 1995-1997. Conductor of University Singers, Chamber Singers, and University Orchestra for combined works. Indiana University, Bloomington, 1991-93, 1994-95. Associate Instructor of Music Theory. All levels of sight-singing and aural skills, and graduate theory review. Dardanelle High School, Dardanelle, Arkansas, 1989-1991. Choral conductor and music teacher in grades 6-12. Cocoa High School, Cocoa, Florida, 1986-88. Choral conductor and music teacher in grades 9-12. The Florida State University, Tallahassee, 1985-86. Graduate Assistant for Choral Music. Conductor and assistant to conductors of FSU choral ensembles. Arkansas Tech University, Russellville, Arkansas, 1983-84. Assistant Conductor and Senior Fellow. Rehearsal assistant and manager of the ATU choral library.
CREATIVE ACTIVITY Performance as a Conductor. Full-length concert programs conducted are marked by asterisks. 2008 - 2009 *Lobgesang Symphonie Kantate, opus 52 by Felix Mendessohn. Concert performance with Lebanese Orchestra, projected May 11, 2009. *Early England. William Byrd's Mass for Four Voice with madrigals by Dowland and Morley. Music Direction and coaching of Ensemble Polyphonica. *Christmas 2008.
Bach motets, Schuetz' Deutsches Magnificat, works by Ernani Aguiar,
Ralph Vaughan-Williams, Salvator Arnita, works from Early America and English
Carols. Projected December 15 and 16 2008. Guest Lecturer, Association of American Voices in Kurdistan, Iraq, June 2008. Conducting, choral and musicianship skills workshops in Erbil and Suleimania. 2007 – 2008 *Gabriel Fauré, Master Musician. Conductor of AUB Choir, Choral Society, and Ensemble Polyphonica in program of music by Fauré, with members of the National Orchestra, including the Requiem, Pavane, and smaller works. Projected May 12, 2008. *Women of Note. Vocal scores by Women Composers, including music by Hildegard of Bingen, Meredith Monk, Joelle Khoury, and Nelly LiPuma. Ensemble Polyphonica and Friends, April 14, 2008, projected. *Christmas Concert 2007. Conductor of AUB Choir, Choral Society and Ensemble Polyphonica in a new work by Frank B. Brown on a Muslim text, Mary With Jesus, Debussy’s Trois chansons de Charles d’Orléans, cantatas by Buxtehude on his 350th anniversary from the cycle Membra Jesu nostri, new works by Lebanese composers Joëlle Khoury and Roy Barbara, and seasonal music. December 10 and 11, 2007. Ayadina Benefit Concert, December 7. *Al Bustan Festival Christmas Concert, Al Bustan Hotel, Beit Meri. December 15. Conductor of AUB Choir at various university ceremonies and events. 2006 – 2007 Schütz, Buxthude, and Zaki Nassif. Guest conductor in Cambridge, Oxford, and Ely, UK, of the choirs of St. Catharine’s College Cambridge, AUB, and The University of Balamand, June 23 – July 1, 2007. *Early Music of Italy, featuring settings of the Magnificat canticle by Antonio Vivaldi and Isabella Leonarda, motets by Palestrina and madrigals by Monteverdi, with members of Les Folies Françoises and the National Chamber Orchestra of Lebanon. May 7, 2007. *Comfort and Joy: Christmas Concert 2006, featuring Gregorian chant, and scores by H. L. Hassler, Rodolfo Halffter, Igor Stravinsky, and songs in Arabic by Zaki Nassif. December 17 and 18, 2006. Ayadina Benefit Concert, with the choirs of AUB and International College. Seasonal music to benefit the Ayadina Fine and Performing Arts Center. December 9, 2006. *Medieval and
Renaissance Music of France. Coaching of Ensemble Polyphonica, a
nationally-auditioned vocal ensemble, featuring works of Machaut, Lassus,
Janequin, et al. The Sarteano Chamber Choral Concert. Performance conductor in workshop led by Simon Carrington. Sarteano, Italy, August 12, 2006. Conductor and coordinator of various performances by the AUB Choir and Choral Society at university ceremonies and functions throughout the year, including Opening Ceremony and Founders’ Day. 2005 – 2006 *Two Musical Masters, celebrating the anniversaries of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 – 1791) and Robert Schumann (1810 – 1856), with a concert of Schumann’s partsongs and Mozart’s Vesperae solennes de confessore K. 339, with the National Orchestra of Lebanon and soloists from Vienna, in collaboration with the Austrian Embassy, May 8, 2006. The Fourth Annual Choral Classic High School Workshop. Conductor and coordinator for weekend choral performance workshop for high school students and teachers from Lebanon and Cyprus, with the AUB Choir, April 1, 2006. *The Music of Mozart. Conductor in Nicosia, Cyprus of a workshop choir of music teachers and students from Cyprus and Greece, The English School, February 18, 2006. *Christmas Concert, featuring Daniel Pinkham’s Christmas Cantata, motets and anthems of Thomas Tallis (b. 1505), works by Hindemith and Debussy, and arrangements of songs in Arabic. December 2005. Conductor and coordinator of various performances by the AUB Choir and Choral Society at university ceremonies and functions throughout the year, including the Fleihan Memorial, Opening Ceremony, and Founders’ Day. 2004 – 2005 *Haydn and His American Contemporaries. Concert May 5 by the AUB Choir and Choral Society with Naji Hakim, organ soloist, and members of the National Orchestra of Lebanon. Program included Early American Psalmody and part-songs, and Haydn’s part-songs and the Great Organ Mass, H. XXII 4 in Eb. *A Holiday Concert with the AUB Choir and Choral Society, December 16 and 17, 2004. Conductor of the AUB Choir and Choral Society and coordinator of concert with works of Dufay, Tallis, Pachelbel, Glinka, Bortnianski, Mendelssohn, and Poulenc.
*An Improvisation of Madrigals.
Director and performer in a short concert in
August, 2005, by the AUB Summer Vocal Ensemble, including ensemble improvisation
and early Italian music, in consultation with Wade Matthews,
internationally-recognized improvising musician. The University of Vienna Choir and European Voices Istanbul. Conductor for part of a concert with these ensembles in Assembly Hall, with the AUB Choir and Choral Society, March 22, 2005. The Third Annual Choral Classic High School Workshop. Conductor and coordinator for weekend choral performance workshop for high school students in Lebanon, with the AUB Choir and Choral Society, March 12, 2005. Conductor and coordinator of various performances by the AUB Choir and Choral Society at university ceremonies and functions throughout the year. 2003 - 2004 *A Meeting of Cultures: A Celebration of Marc-Antoine Charpentier and Living Composers of Lebanon, with Les Folies Françoises, Patrick Cohën-Akenine, Leader (first violin and solo), and members of the National Orchestra of Lebanon, May 18 2004. Conductor and coordinator of AUB Choir and Choral Society’s spring concert, presented in collaboration with The Charpentier Society, The Baroque Music Center at Versailles, Les Folies Françoises in France, and The Cultural Mission of France in Lebanon. World premieres were performed by Paul Meers (4 works, one in Arabic) and Joëlle Khoury. May 18, 2004, Assembly Hall. Notices of this concert were published by La Société Charpentier in France, and on the World Wide Web. Reviews were published in the local newspapers L’Orient le jour and Al Mustaqbal. *Holiday Concert, December, 2003. Works by Sweelinck, Praetorius, M. A. Charpentier, and excerpts from Johannes Brahms’ Deutsche Volkslieder and Opus 104. Summer Vocal Ensemble Concert, September 29, 2004. Director and performer in a brief program of Burgundian, early baroque, and 20th-century vocal ensemble repertoire, including improvisation on a ground. The Second Annual Choral Classic Workshop for High School Students. With the AUB Choir and Choral Society, and singers from 12 Lebanese High Schools and the English School, Nicosia, Cyprus, in a performance of F. J. Haydn’s Missa brevis sancti Joannis de Deo, Hob. XXII 7. March 19-20, 2004. AIDS Benefit Concert, December, 2003. Performance by AUB Choir and Choral Society to benefit HIV/AIDS patients in the American University Hospital. Performance by AUB Choir for 2004 Commencement Ceremony, June 2004. Performance by AUB Choir at National Arab-American Medical Association Meeting, Beirut, June 2004. Performance by AUB Choir for Hostler Center Groundbreaking Ceremony, AUB. April, 2004. Performance by AUB Choir for AUB President’s Club, Marquand House, Oct. 15, 2003. Performance by AUB Choir
for the Malcolm Kerr Memorial Service, AUB. Performance by AUB Choir for the Founders’ Day, AUB. December, 2003. Performance by AUB Choir for the Opening Ceremony, AUB. October, 2003. 2002 – 2003 *Music by George Frideric Handel, May 2003. Conductor of AUB Choir and Choral Society, Antje Traub, guest organist, and orchestra from the Lebanese National Symphony in Handel’s Organ Concerto Opus 4, no. 4, “Let the Bright Seraphim” from Samson, Coronation Anthems The King Shall Rejoice and Zadok the Priest, and renaissance and romantic madrigals, anthems, and partsongs. In collaboration with the Embassy of Switzerland, and Pro Helvetia Kulturstiftung. *Music for Christmas and the New Year, December 2002. Conductor of AUB Choir and Choral Society in a holiday program featuring Holst’s Christmas Day. The First Annual Choral Classic Workshop, March 2003. Performance by AUB Choir for the Founders’ Day, AUB. December, 2002. Performance by AUB Choir for the Opening Ceremony, AUB. October, 2002. 2001 - 2002 *Hidden Musical Treasures, May 2002. Conductor of AUB Choir and Choral Society in an concert of choral works from England and America, including Britten’s Te Deum in C. *Chantons Noël! December, 2001. Conductor of AUB Choir and Orchestra in Saint-Saëns’ Oratorio de Noël for choir, soloists and orchestra, and French-language choral works in celebration of the francophone year in Lebanon. Performance by AUB Choir for the Founders’ Day, AUB. December, 2001. Performance by AUB Choir for the Opening Ceremony, AUB. October, 2001. 2000 - 2001 *Viennese Classic and
A Cappella
Music, May, 2001. Conductor of AUB Choir and Orchestra in performance of
Joseph Haydn’sTe Deum for the Empress Maria-Theresa, excerpts from Mozart
operas, and a cappella choir works. Performance by AUB Choir for the Founders’ Day, AUB. December, 2000. Performance by AUB Choir for the Opening Ceremony, AUB. October, 2000. Performance at
Indiana-Purdue University Fort Wayne
*Spring and Tour Concerts 1997. Schubert, Brahms, Mendelssohn a cappella. *Dido and Aeneas. Conductor of fully-staged production of Purcell’s opera, April 1997. *Music for Autumn and All Hallows’ Eve. Concert of seasonal music, including Berlioz and Brahms, and the premiere of Reber Clark’s Dark Feasts, for mixed choir, percussion ensemble, and narrator, October 31, 1997. *Crosscurrents: A Multi-Cultural Choral Concert. Choral arrangements from Venezuela, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Native American poetry, and Brahms’ Liebeslieder Walzer, February, 1996. *Seven Centuries of Sacred Music. Sacred choral works by Hassler, Stravinsky, and Mathias’ Missa aedis Christ, May 1996. *The English Countenance. Music from England by Byrd, Britten, and Purcell’s ode Come Ye Sons of Art, Away for choir, soloists and orchestra, November 1995. Other Conducting Performance Jefferson Performing Arts Society, New Orleans, Louisiana. Interim conductor and administrator of four choral ensembles in a civic performing art organization, 1999. University-Community
Orchestra, Indiana-Purdue University Fort Wayne.
Opus 18,
Fort Wayne, Indiana. Music
Director and Conductor of regionally selected vocal ensemble, 1996-97. Indiana University Chorale, Bloomington, Indiana Conductor. Concert of *French music, including American premiere of Durey’s Eloges, 1995. Vaghezze Musicali,
Strasbourg, France.
Indiana University Doctoral Conductor's Chorus and Orchestra, Sinfonia DeLuxe, Russellville, Arkansas
Arkansas Tech University
Theatre,
Russellville, Arkansas. The Florida State
University,
Tallahassee,
Florida. Conductor of University Singers, Madrigal Singers, and Choral Union in
Masters' Recital, 1984. Inspiration Point Fine
Arts Colony,
Eureka Springs, Arkansas. Brevard Episcopal
Deanery All Saint's Evensongs,
Cocoa, Florida. Research, Writing, and Presentations 2007 – 2008 University-published program notes for three concerts 2006 – 2007 University-published program notes for three concerts 2005-2006 Two Musical Masters
and
Ein Liederabend,
May 8 and 10, 2006. University-published Arabic-Language Choral
Music.
Leader
and conductor of invited workshop for Pacific Northwest choral conductors and
singers, sponsored by Seattle Pro Musica. Seattle, January 21, 2006. Christmas Concert 2005. University-published program notes, December, 2005. 2004-2005 Vernacular Latin: Implications for the Singer and for the Music. Invited presentation at the conference “The Phenomenon of Singing” International Symposium V, St. Johns, Newfoundland, Canada, July 2, 2005. To be published in conference proceedings. Haydn and His American Contemporaries. Program notes and pre-concert talk, University-published May 5, 2005. Holiday Concert, 2004. University-published program notes, December, 2004
2003 - 2004 A Meeting of Cultures: The Music of Marc-Antoine Charpentier and Living Composers of Lebanon. Pre-concert talk and University-published program notes, May 18, 2004. French Façades and Italian Interiors: The Music of Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643 – 1704) May 13, 2004: CVSP Brown Bag Lecture
1998 – 2003
“Khachaturian’s Contribution to World Music.” Keynote address at the Aram Khachturian Centenary Celebration, Haigazian University, June 3, 2003. “Assembly Hall Organ Renovated” author of article for AUBulletin Today, November 2002. The Evolution of a Humanist Composer: A Critical Edition of Choral Works by Louis Durey. Proposal submitted to the National Endowment for the Humanities, 1998. Pierpont Morgan Library Reader, New York: score research projects, 1998 - 2000. "The Choral Music of
Louis Durey (1888-1979): Background and Analysis of Selected Works,"
Dissertation, Indiana University School of Music, 1998. “CTS professor's music brings together Christians and Muslims in Beirut” in Disciples World magazine, 1/8/08.“AUB Choir ‘brings a moment of joy to a country in limbo’” The Associated Press in The Daily Star, Dec. 12, 2007. “Sixth Annual Choral Classic Workshop Held,” in AUBulletin Today, December 2007. “Renaissance France comes to Assembly Hall,” in Oulook, October 7, 2006. “Mozart and Schumann make appearance at Assembly Hall,” in Outlook, May 17, 2006. Review by Ariana Markowitz. “’AUB prepares for
celebration of Mozart and Schuman [sic] legacies,” in Outlook, “AUB choir hosts third [sic] classic choral workshop,” in Outlook, April 19, 2006. “La Musique
sacrée dans toute sa beauté,” unsolicited review in L’Orient le
jour, “In Memoriam of Martyrs Hariri and Fleihan: Haydn Concert in Assembly Hall,” unsolicited review (in Arabic), Al Balad, May 6, 2005. “Choral Concert Workshop and Guitar Festival Held at the Assembly Hall” in AUBulletin Today, April 2005. “Organ Virtuoso and AUB
Choir Present Spirited Concert” in AUBulletin Today, “Hostler Center
Groundbreaking Ceremony” in AUBulletin Today, June 2004. “A Quiet Moment for
Malcolm Kerr” in AUBulletin Today, March, 2004. “AUB Choir Celebrates the
Holiday Season in Song” in MainGate, Winter 2004. “AUB Choir and Choral
Society Holiday Concert, 2003” in AUBulletin Today, “The Arts Step Out: The
Flourishing Cultural Life of AUB” in MainGate, “Best Turnout Ever for Spring Concert” in AUB Web News Highlights, June 20, 2003. “Choral workshop brings a
nation of voices together” feature article in The Daily Star,
March 29, 2003. “West Hall Redicated” in AUBulletin Today, March-April, 2003.
“Christmas with Paul Meers and the AUB Choir and Choral Society” in
PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT AND FUNDING $1575 Faculty
Development Grant as presenter on Arabic choral music at the University of
Utah's Summer Choral Institutes, Salt Lake City, July 2008. $800 Faculty Development Grant for travel as guest conductor of St. Catharine’s College Choir, Cambridge, UK, in Oxford, Ely and Cambridge, June 2007 $2648 USFC student travel support, for performances in UK, June 2007. $600 from France Cultures in support of visiting organist Freddy Eichelberger, April 2007. $2000 fromThe AUB President’s Club to support the AUB Choir’s spring choral/orchestral concert, April, 2007. $1500 Faculty Development
Grant for Sarteano Conducting Workshop, Italy, 2006.
$2000 Performance Grant:
The AUB President’s Club, 2006. $1500 Performance
Grant: La Mission culturelle française, 2005. PROGRAM and PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT 2005 - present Continuing for each concert: Mozart and Schumann concert, May 8. Editing and preparation of performance materials, including marking scores and orchestral parts with articulations, bowings, and instructions in accordance with principals of historical performance practice, and in accordance with Latin pronunciation of Mozart’s time. Editing of manuscript choral scores in Arabic, including supervision and proofreading of student assistants’ electronic engraving work. Development and creation of new, professionally-produced concert programs, in collaboration with Offices of Information and Public Relations and designer Marcella Kulchitsky. Promotion of musical performances in coordination with internal ensemble committees and the Offices of Information and Public Relations, and the Office of Publications. Inauguration of deposit system for Choral Society members, to guarantee return of choral score materials. 2004 – 2005 Haydn and His American Contemporaries concert, May 5. Editing and preparation of performance materials, including marking scores and orchestral parts with articulations, bowings, and instructions in accordance with principals of historical performance practice, and in accordance with Latin pronunciation of Haydn’s time. Coordination with The Cultural Mission of France, and the Cultural Fund of the US Embassy in planning of spring concert, Haydn and His American Contemporaries, with Naji Hakim, organ solo. Promotion of musical performances in coordination with internal ensemble committees and the Offices of Information and Public Relations, and the Office of Publications.
- Consultation with
Handlo music company, Bath, UK, and the library of the University of Pittsburgh,
USA for 2005 Haydn concert. American Choral Directors’ Association. Attendance at biennial national convention, Los Angeles, USA. February, 2005. 2003-2004 Marc-Antoine Charpentier concert, May 17. Editing and preparation of performance materials with the publisher, marking scores and orchestral parts with articulations, bowings, and instructions in accordance with principals of French baroque historical performance practice, and in accordance with Latin pronunciation of Charpentier’s time and place. Participant in University-Wide Teaching and Learning Seminar – Seven weeks in March and April. Coordination with Les Folies Françoises in France on Charpentier commemoration performances, Spring, 2004. Promotion of musical performances in coordination with internal ensemble committees and the Offices of Information and Public Relations, and the Office of Publications. Preparation of performance materials:
1. Consultation with Handlo music company,
Bath, UK, and Centre de musique baroque de Versailles, on scores and
orchestral parts preparation Planning meetings in France with Jean-Jacques Allain, president of the Charpentier Society, with staff at the Centre de musique baroque de Versailles, and with Patrick Cohën-Akenine, baroque violinist and director of Les Folies Françoises, and with La Mission culturelle française in Beirut, and the Embassy of France in Lebanon, Irène Bourse, cultural attaché. Meetings with AUB President’s Club and Development Office to procure funding for Spring Charpentier Project. Programming, Planning and Promotion of Holiday Concert, December 2003. 2002-2003 G. F. Handel concert, May 24. Editing and preparation of performance materials, including marking scores and orchestral parts with articulations, bowings, and instructions in accordance with principals of baroque performance practice. Coordination with the Swiss Embassy in Lebanon and Pro Helvetia Kulturstiftung of Switzerland to provide funding for guest organist Antje Traub to play a solo recital in Assembly Hall, and to play an organ concerto on the spring choir concert. Coordination with guest organist in Switzerland on musical preparation for organ recital and choir/organ/orchestra concert. Promotion of musical performances in coordination with internal ensemble committees and the Offices of Information and Public Relations, and Publications. Proposals prepared and submitted to the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, AUB President’s Club, University Faculty Student Committee, the Civilization Sequence Program, and several regional businesses to secure funding for the spring 2003 choir and orchestra concert, as well as future choir/orchestra concerts. Establishment of “The Assembly Hall Concert Series” initiative and account in the AUB Development Office. Coordination with the Office of Student Activities and the Provost’s Office to secure improved rehearsal facilities in West Hall, included the acquisition of seated risers, music storage facilities, and renovation of AUB’s significant Pleyel grand piano. Coordination with Lebanese National Symphony Orchestra and the National Conservatory for spring choir/orchestra concert. Coordination with the Office of Information and Public Relations and the Provost’s Office to procure new choral risers for Assembly Hall. Coordination with the Facilities Planning and Design Unit to procure live recording equipment for Assembly Hall. Coordination and consultation with planners and designers of the West Hall renovation. Expansion and maintenance of AUB Choral Library: procurement of new scores, cataloging, distribution and accountability for materials. Coordination with CVSP and Jafet Library in expanding the library’s music collection. Coordination with overseas donors and Jafet library to procure donations of books on music. Ongoing planning
activities: ORIGINAL COMPOSITIONS and ARRANGEMENTS* Mmonk Suite (revised, 2004) 1. Zu Kurt
Weill gewidmet: Solfège “I am rose” on the poem of Gertrude Stein, SATB Choir, 2004 “Wad Diyaa,” SATB,
soprano solo, keyboard, Arabic and English languages. Commissioned for the
rededication of West Hall on the AUB Campus. “Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day?” SATB Choir, 2002 “Ye Spotted Snakes,” SA, piano, 2002 “Patapan” SA choir, flute, piano, percussion, 2001* Mmonk Suite: Mixed Vocal Ensemble, 1999 1. To Kurt Weill “Voyelles” Mixed Voices, 1999 "Psalm 122" SATB Choir and percussion. 1990 "Christ is Made the Sure Foundation" SATB Choir, brass, and organ, 1990 "A Prayer of Saint Francis" SATB Choir and organ, 1988 "Hey Nonny No!" SATB Choir, 1989 "Two Dylan Thomas Songs" Solo voice, wind trio, and percussion, 1983 "anyone lived in a pretty how town" Solo voice and percussion, 1983 "Magnificat anima mea" SATB Choir, organ, and trumpet, 1982
SOLO and PROFESSIONAL VOCAL ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE Concert for Medical Center Patients. Tenor soloist, Beirut, June 2004. IPFW Early Music Ensemble. Tenor soloist: Cantigas de Santa Maria & airs de cour, 1997. IPFW Opera Ensemble. Tenor soloist in scenes from Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro, 1996. La Pellegrina, Strasbourg, France. Tenor soloist, 1994 Winterreise recital, Russellville, Arkansas. Tenor soloist, 1991 Temple Israel, Merritt Island, Florida. Associate Cantor, 1988-1989 Brevard Symphony Orchestra, Melbourne, Florida. Tenor soloist, 1987 and 1988 Arkansas
Tech University
Solo recitals, 1983-84 Anton Webern-Chor, Freiburg, Germany Tenor chorister, 1994 Ensemble Vocal Résonances, Strasbourg, France Soloist and chorister, 1993-1994 St. John's Episcopal Church, Tallahassee, Florida, Tenor chorister, 1985-1986 Schola Cantorum of
Florida,
Melbourne, Florida Tenor chorister, 1987-1988 International Music
Company,
New
York. Associate Editor in charge of preparing all newly issued solo vocal,
instrumental, and chamber music scores; The Magic of
Cinderella,
New
York and Philadelphia. St. David's Episcopal Church, Bean Blossom, Indiana. Organist and Choirmaster, 1992-1993. First Baptist
Church-United Church of Christ,
Bloomington, Indiana. All Saints' Episcopal
Church,
Russellville, Arkansas. St. Luke's Episcopal
Church, Merritt
Island, Florida. First Cumberland
Presbyterian Church,
Russellville, Arkansas Dardanelle Middle
School,
Dardanelle, Arkansas. Phi Mu Alpha Invitational
Choral Festival, Arkansas Tech University. Indiana, Arkansas and
Central Florida.
Free-lance Percussionist, 1980-97. TEACHING Courses taught (see separate Teaching Portfolio for details) American University of
Beirut Indiana Purdue Fort Wayne: IPFW University Singers; Chamber Singers; Studio Voice Instruction; Choral Conducting I; Choral Conducting and Literature II; French Diction. Indiana University Bloomington: Graduate Theory Review; Freshman and Sophomore Aural Music Theory and Skills, all levels. SERVICE 2007 – 2008 Ayadina Foundation Benefit Concert, December 7, 2007. Al-Bustan Festival Concert, Al Bustan Hotel, December 15, 2007. Preparation of Brahms Requiem for the Al Bustan Festival, Winter, 2008. Coordination with organbuilders Marcussen, Hauser, and Oberlinger for organ renovation and tuning, Winter 2008. Jin Ah Yoo Organ Recital facilitation, January 13 – 16. Jin Ah Yoo Organ Recital instrument preparation Sixth annual Choral Classic Workshop for High School Students, November 15 – 16, 2007 2006 - 2007 Planning and coordination with the Centre culturel français Beirut in presentation of organist Freddy Eichelberger, projected May 4, 2007. Planning and coordination with Edward Wickham, St. Catharine’s College Cambridge UK, on visit and performances by AUB singers, visit projected May 23 – 30. Facilitation of benefit concert in coordination with International College and the Ayadina Foundation, May 9, 2007. Planning and coordination of fifth annual Choral Classic High School Workshop, March 23-24. Conducting of AUB Choir at university ceremonies throughout the year, including the Hostler Student Center dedication ceremony, projected May 3.. 2005 – 2006 Ein Liederabend. Coach and coordinator of a song recital with visiting and local singers of Lieder by Mozart and Schumann, May 10, 2006. Performance of Arabic choral music by the AUB Choir at President’s Club dinner, June 3. Waleed Howrani, piano masterclass. Facilitation and coordination, April 2006. Conducting of AUB Choir at university ceremonies throughout the year. The Zaki Nassif Music Program. Program committee member, performances of newly-edited Nassif works, with responsibilities in researching computer workstation installations. 2004 – 2005 Naji Hakim Organ Recital. Coordination with funding agencies to present internationally-recognized organist, May 2005. Wade Mathews, Improvisational Artist. Coordination with National Conservatory and Mathews to present a lecture/performance in Assembly Hall, April 18, 2005. AUB Chamber Music Concert. Coordinator and coach, March 9, 2005. University of Vienna Choir guest performance with the AUB Choir in Assembly Hall. Coordination of the choir’s visit to Beirut, including programming, visas, and housing. January - March, 2005. Al-Bustan International Music Festival, organ recital by Ekaterina Melnikova, Feb. 27, 2005: Performance and tuning assistance. Byblos Music Festival, organ recital by Paul-César Sfeir, Dec. 20, 2004: Coordination, organ tuning, and recording. 2003 - 2004 Les Folies Françoises recital May 15 2004, Assembly Hall. Coordination with La Mission culturelle française and administration of Les Folies Françoises on duo recital by Patrick Cohën-Akenine, baroque violin and Freddy Eichelberger, organ.
Third Annual Chamber Music Concert, featuring solo and ensemble performances by university students and alumni. Coordination and coaching, April 30, Assembly Hall.
Hostler Student Center Groundbreaking Ceremony, April 5. Conductor and Coordinator of AUB Choir Performance.
The Second Annual Choral Classic Workshop for High School Students with the AUB Choir and Choral Society, from 12 Lebanese High School and the English School, Nicosia, Cyprus, in a performance of F. J. Haydn’s Missa brevis sancti Joannis de Deo, Hob. XXII 7. March 19-20, 2004.
Dialogue, chamber music featuring Kinan Azmeh, clarinet and composer. Coordination with musicians and the Syrian Cultural Club January 12, 2004, Assembly Hall.
Chamber Music Recital. Coordination with Die Deutsche Kulturzentrum, Jounieh, November 7 2003. Observatoire de la vie culturelle: Member of Choral Music Committee devoted to organizing and promoting choral music activities in Lebanon. September, 2003, and ongoing. Lecture Recital, Thomas Rosencranz, piano and Joel Harrison, lecturer. Coordination with US Embassy Cultural Service officials, October 31, 2003. 2000 - 2003 Coordination with the Embassy of Switzerland and Pro Helvetia Kulturstiftung in presentation of solo organ recital by Antje Traub. American Choral Directors’ Association: National Convention Committee Member for Reading Sessions, 2002-2003. All-Lebanon Choral Workshop: March, 2003. Founder, organizer, and conductor of a two-day, combined university-high school choral workshop. AUB Student Chamber Music: Establishment and coaching, 2002-03. Baalbek International Music Festival, Baalbek, Lebanon. Classical music advisor to the festival board. AUB Music Club Faculty Advisor, 2000-2001. Pre - 2000 IPFW Fall Choral Classic. Founder and conductor of combined university and high school choral clinic, Fort Wayne, Indiana, 1995 and 1996. All-State Choir rehearsal and other workshops with Indiana high school choirs, 1995-97. Adjudicator for Indiana School Music Festivals, 1995-97. American Choral
Directors' Association. Faculty sponsor of IPFW student chapter, IPFW Diversity Week, 1997. Participation by choral ensembles in world music event. TO THE UNIVERSITY and GREATER COMMUNITY 2007 – 2008 The Zaki Nassif Music Program. Program committee member, performances of newly-edited Nassif works, work on ZNMP Mission Statement. 2006 – 2007 Ayadina Center Benefit Concert planning and on-site coordination. December 9, 2006. Zaki Nassif Program Concert planning. December 8, 2006. 2005 – 2006 International Red Cross Benefit for the Victims of the South Asia Earthquakes. Facilitator of AUB Red Cross and community volunteers in fund-raising effort, in which over $2000 were raised to benefit earthquake victims. The Admissions Committee of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Member. 2004 – 2005 Daniel Bliss Society Compact Disc Production. Responsible for audio production of AUB Choir CD, destined as gifts for major donors to the university. Summer, 2005. Wade Mathews’ lecture, April 18. Coordination with Mathews’ organization, the French Cultural Mission, and the National Conservatory to present an internationally-known improvising music in Assembly Hall. Recording of new recording of AUB Alma Mater and Lebanese National Anthem for use in university ceremonies. Whittlesley Visiting Professorship Search Committee Member, 2005. Admissions Committee Member, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, 2004-2005. The Zaki Nassif Music Program. Committee member and coordinator Continued oversight and
coordination of Assembly Hall piano renovation, Continued maintenance of AUB Music Webpages: http://staff.aub.edu.lb/~pm05/
Continued tuning and maintenance oversight of Assembly Hall organ, including on-campus tuning-team initiative. Oversight of new piano purchase, in coordination with Purchasing Department and vendor, Fall 2004. New Faculty Mentor for Professor Patrick McGreevy, September 2004. New Faculty Mentor for Professor Riad Abdel-Gawad, September 2004. Faculty of Arts and Sciences Admissions Committee Member, 2004 – 2005. Assembly Hall: acquisition of music stands and planning of storage space for them. Assembly Hall: planning of new lighting, and stage extension issues. 2003 - 2004 Yo-Yo Ma Masterclass. Coordination and program preparation, with US Embassy Cultural Affairs and CultureConnect, June 2004. Faculty and Student Concert for Patients at the University Medical Center. Coordination and program preparation with AUH Leadership, June 2004. Hostler Student Center Groundbreaking Committee Member, Spring 2004. Coordination with US Embassy in presentation of piano recital by Thomas Rosencranz, October 2003. Coordination and oversight of digital recording equipment installation in Assembly Hall, Fall 2003. 2002 - 2003 Coordination of organ renovation by technicians of the Marcussen firm from Denmark, August and September 2002. Master of Ceremonies, “Beirut Suite Concert” in Assembly Hall, May 7, 2002. Facilitation activities for Whittlesley Visiting Musicology Professor, Takahiro Aoyagi. Fall 2002. Foundation and ongoing maintenance of the AUB Choral Library, consisting of scores for the use of the AUB Choir, Choral Society, and for research Development of music rehearsal spaces in West Hall and Nicely Hall, 2000-present: · Consultation on surface finishing in West Hall 204 and Bathish Auditiorium. · Outfitting of West Hall room 204 as a choral rehearsal and lecture space. · Outfitting of Nicely Hall room 202 as a music classroom and rehearsal space. Development of Assembly Hall performance space, 2000-present. Supervision and / or consultation on · hall renovation · acquisition of new lighting · acquisition of new choral risers · acquisition and installation of new recording equipment. AUB Fine and Performing Arts Foundation Committee Member, responsible for music issues, 2002. West Hall Renovation Committee Member, 2002-2003. AUB Accreditation Initiative: Member of Planning and Resource Allocation Task-Team, 2002- 2004. 2000 – 2002 Whittlesley Visiting Professorship Search Committee Member, 2002. Recording of AUB Alma Mater and Lebanese National Anthem for use in university ceremonies, 2002. Coordination of AUB Fine and Performing Arts Brochure, 2001. AUB Latino Dance Club Faculty Advisor, 2000-2002. Pre - 2000 Student Affairs Committee member, IPFW Music Department, 1996-97.Faculty Affairs Comm. member, IPFW School of Fine and Performing Arts, 1997-98.Plogsterth Fine and Performing Arts Series Committee member, IPFW, 1997-98. HONORS Fulbright Grant to France: Strasbourg and Paris, 1993-1994. Research with scholars and family of Louis Durey for doctoral document, $17,000. Nominee, 1998: Julius
Herford Dissertation Prize, for "The Choral Music of Louis Durey
(1888-1979): Background and Analysis of Selected Works." Paul Revere Awards, 1997 and 1998. Given by the American Music Publishers' Association for graphic excellence. Pi Kappa Lambda
Honorary Music
Fraternity. Amoco Award for Excellence in Musical Direction for The Robber Bridegroom. American College Theatre Festival, South Central Region, 1983. Who's Who in American
Colleges and Universities. Alpha Chi Honorary Academic Fraternity. Arkansas Tech University, 1982. Performance Scholarship. The Florida State University, 1985. Performance Scholarships. Arkansas Tech University, 1981-84 AFFILIATIONS, past and present Comité des
chorales du mécénat culturel du Liban, organized by LObservatoire de la vie
culturelle, L’Agenda culturel and the Ministry of Culture.
LANGUAGES Italian: Elementary speaking, reading and writing ability. German: Fundamental communication skills with reading knowledge Arabic: Fundamental communication skills (Levantine); Early fundamental reading and writing skills (Standard Written)
TEACHERS Conducting:
Thomas Dunn, Robert Porco, Jan Harrington (IU), Simon Carrington (Sarteano), Singing:
Dale Moore, Paul Elliott (IU),
Richard Miller (Master Classes in France) Harpsichord: Elisabeth Wright (IU), Agnes Candau (France), Karyl Louwenaar (FSU) Organ: Michael Corzine (FSU), Vicky Kiehl (ATU)
Conducting Repertoire
I. Works
with orchestra or instrumental ensemble Byrd:
Mass for Four Voices Ernani Aguiar:
Ave Maria, Salmo 150 J. S. Bach:
Motet Der Geist hilft unsrer Schwachheit auf John Dowland:
Can She Excuse My Wrongs: Whoever Thinks or Hopes of Love; Fine Knacks for
Ladies Jeremiah Ingalls:
Northfield (How Long Dear Saviour) Daniel Read:
While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks William Walker: Star
in the East, The Babe of Bethlehem
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