Joe Smith

123 Number Street
City, PA 16801
samplecv@higheredjobs.com

 
 

EDUCATION

 

University of Kentucky

 

Doctor of Musical Arts in Viola Performance, 2004

 

*Dissertation Year Fellowship, 2001 - 2002

 

(Competitive University-Wide Fellowship)

 

*Presidential Graduate Year Fellowship(s), 1998 - 2001

 

(Competitive University-Wide Fellowship)

 

*Viola Studies with Dorotea Vismara Hoffman

 

*Chamber Music Instruction with Benjamin Karp and Daniel Mason

 

*Chamber Music Master Class with Jaime Laredo

 

*Principal Viola, University of Kentucky Symphony Orchestra

 

 

 

Manhattan School of Music

 

Master of Music in Viola Performance, 1991

 

*Tuition Scholarship, 1989 - 1991

 

*Viola Studies with Paul Neubauer

 

*Viola Master Class with Emmanuel Vardi

 

*Chamber Music Instruction with Kenneth Cooper and Marc Silverman

 

*Chamber Music Master Class with Michael Tree

 

*Assistant Principal Viola, Manhattan Philharmonia

 

 

 

Lawrence University Conservatory of Music

 

Bachelor of Music in Viola Performance summa cum laude, 1989

 

*Henry Merritt Wriston Scholarship Award, 1986 - 1989

 

(Competitive University-Wide Scholarship)

 

*Elizabeth Black Miller String Scholarship, 1988

 

*Paul V. Bacon Prize in Latin, 1988

 

*Pi Kappa Lambda, 1988

 

*Viola Studies with Matthew Michelic and Nancy Messuri

 

*Viola Master Classes with Thomas Riebl and Jeffrey Showell

 

*Chamber Music Instruction with John Cox and Martin Fischer

 

*Chamber Music Master Class with the Orion String Quartet

 

*Principal Viola, Lawrence University Symphony Orchestra

 
 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

 

Hardin-Simmons University

 

Visiting Instructor, 2006 - present

 

Operations Director, Abilene Summer Music Festival, 2007 - present

 

*Faculty Responsibilities Include Instruction in Viola, Violin, Chamber Music

 

and Teaching Freshman Music Theory

 

*Operations Director Responsibilities Include Budget Monitoring, Preparing

 

Grant Applications and Follow-up Reports, Faculty/Student Schedules and

 

Room Assignments/Setup During the Festival, and General Administration

 

 

University of Southern Mississippi

 

Visiting Assistant Professor of Viola, 2004 - 2005

 

*Responsibilities Included Instruction in Viola and Chamber Music, Teaching

 

Viola Pedagogy and Freshman and Sophomore Music Theory

 

 

University of Missouri - Columbia

 

Visiting Assistant Professor of Viola, 2003 - 2004

 

*Responsibilities Included Instruction in Viola and Chamber Music, Teaching

 

Viola Literature, and Directing the Missouri String Project

 

 

University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music

 

Lecturer, Preparatory Department, 2001 - 2002

 

*Responsibilities Included Instruction in Viola, Violin, and Chamber Music

 

for Violas and Violins With an Áccent Program

 

 

University of Kentucky

 

Teaching Assistant, 1997 - 2001

 

*Responsibilities Included Supplemental Viola Instruction and University of

 

Kentucky Symphony Orchestra Viola Sectional Rehearsals

 

 

Camp Encore/Coda

 

Ellen Donohue-Saltman and James Saltman, Directors

 

Sweden, Maine, June - July/August 1998, 2002 - 2008

 

*Faculty Responsibilities Include Instruction in Viola and Chamber Music,

 

Conducting Repertory Orchestra, Viola Sectional Rehearsals, and Advanced

 

Music Theory Instruction

 

 

Abilene Summer Music Festival

 

Tido Janssen (2001 - 2006)/Peter Isaacson (2007 - present), Artistic Director

 

Hardin-Simmons University, Abilene, Texas, June 2002 - 2007

 

*Faculty Responsibilities Include Viola Master Classes, Instruction in Chamber

 

Music, and Viola Sectional Rehearsals

 

 

Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp

 

Edwin Bingham, Program Director

 

Blue Lake, Michigan, June - July 1995 -1997

 

*Faculty Responsibilities Included Viola Master Classes, Viola Sectional

 

Rehearsals, and Chamber Music Instruction

 

 

Clinics/Master Classes

 

*Viola Master Class, University of Arkansas, February 2008

 

*Viola Master Class, Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing

 

and Visual Arts, Dallas, Texas, November 2007

 

*Viola Master Class, University of Utah, October 2006

 

*Viola Master Class, University of Arkansas, April 2006

 

*String Master Class, Presbyterian College Pre-College Department, Clinton,

 

South Carolina, January 2006

 

*Chamber Orchestra String Sectional Master Class, Milton Academy, Milton,

 

Massachusetts, October 2005

 

*Viola Sectional Coach, Mississippi All-State Orchestra, April 2005

 

*String Master Class, Rider High School, Wichita Falls, Texas, February 2005

 

*Viola Sectional Coach, Kentucky Music Educators Association All-State

 

Convention, February 2002

 

*Viola Master Class, Marshall University, September 2001

 

*Viola Sectional Coach, Central Kentucky Youth Orchestras, 1998 - 2002

 

 

Adjudication

 

*Texas Music Educators Association All-State Philharmonic Viola Seating

 

Auditions, San Antonio, Texas, February 2008

 

*Texas Music Educators Association Region 16 Orchestra Auditions, Abilene,

 

Texas, October 2007

 

*South Carolina MTNA Young Artist & Senior String/Young Artist

 

Chamber Music Competition, Spartanburg, South Carolina, November 2005

 

*Mississippi MTNA Pre-College Strings Auditions, Hattiesburg, Mississippi,

 

April 2005

 

*St. Louis Suburban Music Educators Association Middle Grades Solo and

 

Small Ensemble Festival, February 2004

 

*South Carolina Music Educators Association District 5 Solo and Ensemble

 

Festival, March 2003

 
 

FESTIVALS

 

Music98/Music99/Music2000/Music2001

 

Joel Hoffman, Artistic Director

 

University of Cincinnati, June 1998 - 2001

 

*Guest Artist on Festival for Contemporary Chamber Music

 

*World Premiere of Garth Hangartner Lost Poems for Viola and Piano

 

*Collaborations/Performances with Aaron Jay Kernis, Steve Reich, Augusta Read Thomas, Michael Torke, and Members of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and eighth blackbird

 

 

Ensembleakademie IMPULS

 

Graz, Austria, September 2000

 

*Thomastik-Infeld Tuition Scholarship

 

*Viola Studies with Michael Gieler

 

*Chamber Music Instruction with Ernst Kovacic and Andreas Lindenbaum

 

*Performance on Ensemble Concerts

 

 

Internationale Ferienkurse für Neue Musik

 

Darmstadt, Germany, July 2000

 

*Viola Studies with Barbara Maurer

 

*Chamber Music Instruction with Lucas Fels

 

*Performance in Studio Concert and Ensemble Concert

 

 

Estate Musicale a Portogruaro

 

Portogruaro, Italy, August - September 1999

 

*2nd Prize, Best New Chamber Music Ensemble (Grieg String Quartet)

 

*Viola Studies with Vladimir Mendelssohn and Piero Massa

 

*Chamber Music Instruction with Boris Baraz

 

*Orchestra Performance with Conductor Bruno Giuranna

 

 

Accademia Musicale Chigiana

 

Siena, Italy, July - August 1999

 

*Chamber Music Instruction with Alain Meunier and Bruno Boano

 

*Performance in Chamber Music Class Recitals, Palazzo Chigi Saracini, Siena,

 

Italy and Palazzo Communale, Todi, Italy, July 1999

 

 

National Repertory Orchestra

 

Carl Topilow, Music Director

 

Keystone, Colorado, June - August 1990 - 1991

 

*Concerts with Conductors Enrique Arturo Diemecke, Otto-Werner

 

Mueller, Roger Nierenberg, Bernard Rubinstein, Gunther Schuller, and

 

James Setapen

 

 

Colorado College Summer Conservatory

 

Colorado Springs, Colorado, June 1988 - 1989

 

*Viola Studies with Matthew Michelic

 

*Chamber Music Instruction with Panayis Lyras, Kim Scholes, and William

 

Wolfram

 

 

Oberlin College Baroque Performance Institute

 

Oberlin, Ohio, June - July 1987

 

*Viola Studies with Jane Starkman

 

*Chamber Music Instruction with Max von Egmond and Kenneth Slowik

 
 

CHAMBER MUSIC/SOLO PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE

 

Abilene Chamber Players

 

Abilene, Texas, 2006 - present

 

*Faculty Ensemble at Hardin-Simmons University, Abilene, Texas

 

*Appearance on the Chamber Music Series at the San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, Texas, January 2009

 

*Recitals at Woodward-Dellis Recital Hall, Hardin-Simmons University, February 2007/November 2007/November 2008

 

*Appearance on the Marvin Concert Series, Marvin United Methodist Church, Tyler, Texas, November 2006

 

 

Esterhazy Quartet

 

Columbia, Missouri, 2003 - 2004

 

*Ensemble-in-Residence at the University of Missouri - Columbia

 

*Recitals at Whitmore Recital Hall, University of Missouri - Columbia, December 2003/April 2004

 

*Residency at Berklee College of Music, April 2004

 

 

Yamaguchi-NAME Duo (viola and piano)

 

Lexington, Kentucky/Cincinnati, Ohio, 2000 - 2002

 

*Recitals Sponsored by Il Coretto at Auditorium Vallisa, Bari, Italy and at Tenuta Il Corno, San Casciano Val di Pesa, Italy, November 2001

 

*Recitals Sponsored by Student Artist Program, University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, April and October 2001

 

*Recital on Chamber Music 10 and More! Series, Smith Recital Hall, Marshall University, September 2001

 

*Recital on Niles Gallery Series, University of Kentucky, September 2001

 

*Appearance on UK Friends of Music Sunday Salon Series, September 2001

 

*Appearance on Garth Hangartner D.M.A. Composition Recital, Corbett Theater, University of Cincinnati, May 2001

 

 

Niles String Quartet

 

Lexington, Kentucky, 1997 - 2001

 

*Graduate Residency, University of Kentucky, 1997 - 2001

 

*Recitals at Recital Hall, Memorial Hall and Niles Gallery, University of Kentucky, December 1997/April, December 1998/April, December 1999/April, December 2000/April 2001

 

*Offered Chamber Music America Rural Residency, April 2000

 

*Appearance on Woodsongs Old Time Radio Hour and Live Radio Broadcast on WRVG-FM/Georgetown, Kentucky, November 1999

 

*Participation in Audubon Quartet Intensive String Quartet Seminar, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, May 1998/1999

 

*Semifinalist, Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition, May 1998

 

 

Ad Hoc String Quartet

 

Evanston, Illinois, 1995 - 1997

 

*Performance on University of Chicago Contemporary Chamber Players Series with Easley Blackwood and John Bruce Yeh, May 1997

 

*Concerts at the Rockefeller Chapel, University of Chicago, April 1997; Newberry Library, Chicago, Illinois, February 1997; and the Alice Millar Chapel, Northwestern University, October 1996 Under the Auspices of the Aaron Kritz Music Scholarship Fund

 

*Performance on Chicago 20th Century Music Series at Harold Washington Library Featuring the World Premiere Performance of Brian Fennelly Skyscapes for Saxophone and String Quartet, May 1996

 

*Concerts on First Congregational Church Concert Series, Glen Ellyn, Illinois, May 1996; First Presbyterian Church Concert Series, Arlington Heights, Illinois, April 1996; and Village Presbyterian Church Concert Series, Northbrook, Illinois, February 1996

 

*Live Radio Broadcast on WFMT-FM/Chicago, Illinois Featuring the American Premiere of Michael Torke July 19th, February 1997

 

*Recording with Claudia Hommel for Joëlle Productions

 

 

Heidenheim Quartet

 

Elgin, Illinois, 1992 - 1994

 

*Alumni Recital at Lawrence University, April 1994

 

*Guest Recital, Kerrytown Concert House, Ann Arbor, Michigan, July 1993

 

*Summer Residency at Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp Featuring the American Premiere of Michael Torke Chalk and Live Radio Broadcasts on WBLV-FM/Twin Lake, Michigan, June - July 1992 - 1993

 

 

Concerto Performances

 

*Joseph Schubert Concerto in C Major with the Presbyterian College Orchestra, Clinton, South Carolina, April 2009

 

*Carl Maria von Weber Andante e Rondo ungarese with the University of Utah Symphony Orchestra, Salt Lake City, Utah, November 2006

 

*W. A. Mozart Sinfonia Concertante with the Camp Encore/Coda Chamber Orchestra, Deertrees Theatre, Harrison, Maine, July 2006

 

*Paul Hindemith Trauermusik with the Abilene Summer Music Festival Philharmonic Orchestra, Abilene, Texas, June 2002

 

 

Solo Recitals/Recital Apperarances

 

*Faculty Recitals, Woodward-Dellis Recital Hall, Hardin-Simmons University, Abilene, Texas, April 2006/March 2007/November 2007/November 2008

 

*Guest Recital, Alma Thomas Theater, Southwestern University, Georgetown, Texas, November 2008

 

*Guest Recital, Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall, University of Arkansas, February 2008

 

*Faculty Recital Series, Edmunds Hall, Presbyterian College, Clinton, South Carolina, January 2006

 

*Guest Recital, First English Lutheran Church, Appleton, Wisconsin, December 2005

 

*Guest Recital, Akin Auditorium, Midwestern State University, Wichita Falls, Texas, February 2005

 

*Guest Recital, Woodward-Dellis Recital Hall, Hardin-Simmons University, Abilene, Texas, February 2005

 

*Faculty Recital, Marsh Auditorium, University of Southern Mississippi, January 2005

 

*Faculty Recital, Whitmore Recital Hall, University of Missouri - Columbia, April 2004

 

*Artist Recital Series, University of North Carolina - Wilmington, March 2003

 

*Joint Solo/Chamber Music Recital, Temple for Performing Arts, Des Moines, Iowa, February 2003

 

*D.M.A. Recitals, Recital Hall/Niles Gallery, University of Kentucky, November 1998/February 2000/April 2001/March 2003

 

*Faculty Chamber Music Series, Recital Salon, Virginia Tech, December 1999:

 

J. S. Bach Brandenburg Concertos with the Audubon Quartet

 

*Guest Recital, Federated Music Club, Lexington, Kentucky, January 1999

 
 

ORCHESTRA PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE

 

Abilene Philharmonic Orchestra

 

David Itkin, Music Director

 

Substitute (Principal) Viola, 2006 - present

 

 

Des Moines Symphony Orchestra

 

Joseph Giunta, Music Director

 

Substitute Viola, 2002 - 2003

 

 

Fox Valley Symphony Orchestra

 

Brian Groner, Music Director

 

Acting Principal Viola, 2002 - 2003

 

*Recording of Libby Larsen Dreaming Blue for Rhode-Kil Records

 

 

Owensboro Symphony Orchestra

 

Nicholas Palmer, Music Director

 

Substitute Viola, 1999 - 2002

 

 

Lexington Philharmonic Orchestra

 

George Zack, Music Director

 

Section Viola, 1997 - 2001

 

 

Ravinia Festival Orchestra

 

Section Viola, August 1996/July - August 1997

 

*Concerts with Conductors Christoph Eschenbach, Erich Kunzel, David Alan Miller, and Keri-Lynn Wilson

 

 

Grand Rapids Symphony Orchestra

 

Catherine Comet, Music Director

 

Substitute Viola, 1995 - 1997

 

 

Chicago Sinfonietta

 

Paul Freeman, Music Director

 

Section Viola, 1997

 

*Recording for Cedille Records

 

 

Chicago String Ensemble

 

Alan Heatherington and Allan Lewis, Music Directors

 

Section Viola, 1992 - 1997

 

*Recordings for Albany and Centaur Records

 

 

Northwest Indiana Symphony Orchestra

 

Robert Vodnoy, Music Director

 

Section Viola, 1992 - 1997; Librarian, 1994 - 1995/1996 - 1997

 

 

Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra

 

Carmon DeLeone, Music Director

 

Substitute Viola, 1992 - 1997; Personnel Manager, 1993 - 1997

 

 

Rockford Symphony Orchestra

 

Steven Larsen, Music Director

 

Section Viola, 1992 - 1996

 

 

Manhattan Chamber Orchestra

 

Richard Auldon Clark, Music Director

 

Section Viola, 1989 - 1992

 

*Concerts in Carnegie Hall, Avery Fisher Hall, Town Hall, and

 

Symphony Space

 

*Recordings for Newport Classic and Neil A. Kjos Music Company

 
 

GRANTS AND PUBLICATIONS

 

American Composers Forum

 

*Encore! Grant for Repeat Performances of Richard Johnson Listen to Ravens

 

(Commission), 2005 - 2006

 

 

Sonata Quasi Una Fantasia for Baritone Saxophone and Piano

 

*Ken Dorn Publishing, Needham, Massachusetts