Formal
Education
D.M.A. Degree (Music Composition/Theory)
2001 University of Texas at Austin
M.M. Degree (Music Performance-Percussion) 1990 University of Texas
at Austin
B.A. Degree (Music Performance-Percussion) 1988 University of South
Florida
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Professional Performing
Experience
1997- 2001
Corpus Christi Symphony (Principal)
1997- present Corpus Christi Ballet
1995- 1997 Shreveport Symphony
1992-1995 Ruston Symphony
1989-1992 The Austin Symphony
1990-1992 Austin Ballet
1990-1992 Austin Lyric Opera
1989-1991 Austin Chamber Players
1990-1992 Austin Sinfonetta
1988-1990 ISIS New Music Ensemble
1988 Florida Southwest Symphony Orchestra
1985-1988 The Florida Orchestra
1987-1988 Southwest Florida Symphony
1987-1992 Roundtop Festival Orchestra
1986-1988 Tampa Oratorio Society |
Other Performing
Experience
Luciano
Pavoratti, The Joeffrey Ballet, Spy Kids II movie soundtrack, The Miami
Ballet Co., Honolulu Symphony, Robert Merrill, Joan Rivers, Herman’s
Hermits, The New York Ballet Co. The Diamonds, The Chordettes, Victoria
Bach Festival, The New Texas Festival. |
Teaching
Experience
Spring 2007 -
Present
Del Mar College - Associate Professor of Music Technology, Various Committees.-
departmental and college wide..
Fall 1997-2007
Del Mar College - Assistant Professor of Music
Duties include: Applied Percussion, Music Technology, Percussion Methods,
Percussion Ensemble, Music Appreciation, Faculty Council, Various Committees
- departmental and college wide..
1992 -1997
Louisiana Tech University - Instructor of Music
Duties included: Applied Percussion, Music Technology, Percussion Methods,
Percussion Ensemble, Freshman & Sophomore Theory, Marimba Band,
Marching Percussion, Music Appreciation, Jazz Combo, Recruitment Coordinator.
1990-1992
Percussion Coordinator for the Leander Independent School District.
Duties included beginning (6th grade) instruction in percussion, direction
of the marching percussion section (9th-12th grade), director of the
percussion ensemble, director of the experimental ensemble, sectional
rehearsal for concert bands as well as all private applied lessons.
Percussion Coordinator for the San Marcos Independent School District.
Applied percussion taught for grades 6-12. Various private and studio
teaching positions including collegiate and high school band camps.
1988-1990
Teaching Assistant (full time) of Percussion at the University of Texas
at Austin. Duties included 7-10 private students per semester, conducting
the percussion ensemble, percussion inventory.
1984-Present
Various private and studio teaching positions including collegiate and
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Musicals
and Theatre Productions
A
My Name is Alice, Alice in Wonderland, Annie, Anything Goes, Carnival,
Carousel, Evita, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, The
Boyfriend, George M! Hello Dolly, Into the Woods, Joseph and the Amazing
Technicolor Dreamcoat, The King and I, Little Shop of Horrors, La Cage
Aux Folles, Little Mary Sunshine, The Man of La Mancha, New York City
Overtures, Nunsence, Showboat, Something’s Afoot, Stop the World
I Want to Get Off, Teddy and Alice, Trouble in Tahiti, West Side Story.
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Recordings
(Engineer / Musician)
Tom Burritt - All Times Identical solo marimba
Spy Kids II - Movie Sound Track
Janis Potter- Variations in Blue solo marimba
Karl Korte - Extensions, A Retrospective of Electro/Acoustic
Music - Centaur Records
Eric Johnson - Ah Via Musicum Capitol Records
Kirt Kempter - Standing on this Bridge - Red
Dog Records
Kirt Kempter - Wrinkle in Time - Red Dog Records
James Lewis - You Must Remember This (with
the University of South Florida Wind Ensemble) - GM Recordings
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Publications
(Articles)
Using REX files
in Logic - Sound
on Sound August 2007
"The Camera Eye" transcription Drumhead magazine
July 2007
Compression with Percussion Percussive
Notes, February 2004
Spicing up a Shuffle Percussive Notes, April 2003
Sibelius 1.4 Percussive Notes, August 2001
The Art of Drumset Transcription Percussive Notes, Month 1998
Interview with Dave Weckl Percussive Notes, Month 1998
“Step It” Transcription (Dave Weckl - drums) Percussive Notes,
Month 1998
Tenor Madness - Crosses Percussive Notes Month 1997
Tenor Madness - Sweeps Percussive Notes Month 1997
Tenor Madness - Combinations Percussive Notes Month 1997
Linear Vibraphone Voicings The Louisiana Musician March 1996
Beginning Drumset Comping Techniques The Louisiana Musician May
1995
(this article was also selected and appeared in Nebraska’s NMEA
magazine)
Realistic Drumset Programming pt. I The Transoniq Hacker November
1994
Realistic Drumset Programming pt.II The Transoniq Hacker December
1994
The Whip Stroke Percussive Notes October 1993
Lutoslawski Concerto for Orchestra Percussive Notes Fall 1990
Publications (Books)
Tenor Madness
- Advice, Instruction and Exercises for Advanced Tenor Techniques
90 pp. Go Fish Music 1996
Grantham: The Technique of Orchestration Fifth Edition- Percussion
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Composition
Studied with Milton Babbitt
at the Festival at Sandpoint. Dan Welcher, Russell Pinkston, Don Grantham
at The University of Texas.
Original compositions performed
by: The Shreveport Symphony, Univ. of Texas Wind Ensemble (Jerry Junkin
cond.), Louisiana Tech Wind Ensemble, Univ. of New Mexico Wind Ensemble,
Univ. of Texas Percussion Ensemble, Univ. of South Florida Percussion
Ensemble, Louisiana Tech Percussin Ensemble, The Univ. of Texas New
Music Ensemble (Dan Welcher cond.), Percussive Arts Society International
Convention (PASIC),The Roundtop Festival Brass, The Spokane String Quartet.
Various other university and high school ensembles.
Clinics, Presentations
and Adjudication
Percussive Arts Society
Day of Percussion (LA), TMEA, SYLLABUS Conference, Louisiana All
State, Numerous all county, district, and region festivals in
Florida, Texas, Arkansas and Louisiana.
Member
of the Percussive Arts Society Technology Committee
Business
Owner of Go Fish Music
(www.gofishmusic.com), a music recording and publishing studio.
Go Fish Music has been involved in numerous projects for sequenced
productions in Texas and Louisiana. Recent projects included City
of Austin, Rudimental Percussion Publications, Hyde Park Theater,
Broadway Austin, Monroe Little Theater, Monroe Young Troupe, as
well as various individuals. Go Fish Music is well versed in Digital
Audio, MIDI sequencing, sound production, computer notation/engraving
and composition of music using Logic Audio Pro, Final Cut Pro,
Finale,Sibelius, Reason, Peak, etc.
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