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Objective
By applying my talent and training as a conductor,
I hope to communicate
to audiences the life changing effects of music.
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Professional
Experience |
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Orchestra
Conductor, University of California at Irvine – 2000–Present |
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Conductor, Arrowbear Music Camp, California, (summers) 1999 – Present |
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Adjudicator, Music Teachers' Association of California, Orange Coast Cities North – Concerto Competition – September 17, 2005 |
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Advanced Session Concert, Arrowbear Music Camp – August 13, 2005 |
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Haverford Singers Concert Tour, Jamaica, West Indies – July 13-26, 2005 |
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Conductor, Fields of Wonder recording, Darryl Taylor, tenor and players of the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Los Angeles Opera Orchestras – July 7, 2005 |
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Special Guest Conductor, No Bounderies Concert – Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, New York – April 3, 2005 |
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Guest Conductor, Haverford Singers – Handel's Messiah, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – March 26, 2005 |
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Guest Conductor, Stairway of the Stars, Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, California – March 9-10, 2005 |
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Principal Conductor, Atlantic Union College Symphony, 2003 – 2004 |
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Concerts:
• William Ness, organ, soloist – April 17, 2004
• Nerva Altino, piano soloist – April 17, 2004
• Agnes Kael-Nagy, cello, soloist – February 29, 2004
• Earl Reney, trumpet, soloist – November 8, 2003 |
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Pianist, Horn and Piano Recital, with Daniel Katzen (member of the Boston Symphony Orchestra) at Descanso Gardens, La Canada Flintridge, California – December 11, 2003 |
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Participant in Vachtang Jordania International Conducting Competition, Kharkov, Ukraine – September 7, 2003 |
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Guest Conductor, Opera Noir – Tribute to Luther Vandross, June 19, 2003 |
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Guest Conductor, Atlantic Union College Symphony Baccalaureate Ceremony – May 10, 2003 |
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Guest Conductor, An Evening Serenade with Atlantic union College's Chamber Choir and Orchestra – May 10, 2003 |
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Guest
Conductor, Haverford Singers, Philadelphia, 2001 |
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Conductor, Pacific Symphony, Premiere of An American
Requiem, Orange County Performing Arts Center, California,
November 2001 |
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Guest
Conductor, Pacific Symphony Youth Orchestra, November 2001 |
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Conductor,
Palm Springs Opera Gala, May 2001 |
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Conductor,
SCSBOA “All Southern Orchestra”, February
2001 |
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Conductor,
Long Beach “All City Honor Orchestra,” February 2001 |
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Music
Director/Conductor, Opera Workshop, UCI, Winter 2001 |
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Guest
Conductor, Los Angeles Master Chorale, 2000 |
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Conductor for David Lobel, Music Director of Memphis
Symphony, at the Long Beach Symphony, 2000 |
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Conductor, Atlantic Union Chamber Orchestra, Massachusetts, 1999 - 2000 |
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Conductor, UCLA Philharmonia Concert – December, 1999 |
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Recording Conductor, Hungarian National Philharmonic – 1999 |
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Conductor/Pianist, Duke Ellington Centenary Concert, UCLA, 1999 |
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Musical
Director, Musical Theater Workshop, UCLA, 1998 - 2000 |
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Assistant
Conductor, Opera UCLA, 1998 – 2000 |
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Conductor, UCLA Philharmonia Concert, 1998 |
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Choral Director and Organist, Kansas Avenue Adventist Church, 1998 |
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Music Director/Conductor, The Southern California Young Artists’ Symphony, 1996 – 2000 |
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Piano
Instructor, University of California, Riverside, 1994
- 1998 |
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Founder/Music Director, The Neumark Ensemble (Orchestra & Chorale), 1993 – 1998 |
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Recording
Conductor, Slovak Radio Symphony, Bratislava, Slovakia,
1992, 1994 |
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Conductor,
An Evening of French Choral Music, All Saints Episcopal
Church, Riverside, May 1992 |
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Visiting
Conductor, University of California, Riverside, Spring 1992 |
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Choral Director and Organist, All Saints Episcopal Church, Riverside, California 1989– 1999 |
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Guest
Conductor – Annual Combined Colleges (MIT, Harvard,
New England Conservatory of Music), Messiah 1987, 1988 |
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Director, Thayer Conservatory Orchestra Chorus, 1986 |
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Conductor,
Combined Colleges Annual Messiah, 1983 |
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Conductor,
Northern New England Music Clinics, Freeport, Maine,
1983 |
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Conductor/Organist, St. Paul’s Episcopal, Gardner,
Massachusetts, 1982 |
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Organist/Choirmaster, Berea Adventist Church, Boston,
Massachusetts, 1980 – 1984 |
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Conductor, Metropolitan Adventist Chorale, New York,
1978 – 1980 |
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| Education |
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DMA,
Conducting, in progress, UCLA |
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MM,
Conducting, UCLA, 2002 |
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Fellow,
Conductors’ Institute, Hartt School of Music,
Hartford, Connecticut, 1997 |
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Diploma,
Orchestral Conducting – Wiener Meisterkurse, Vienna
Conservatory, Vienna, Austria, 1992 |
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Participant,
International Institute of Symphonic Conducting under
Herbert Blomstedt and Dr. Jon Robertson, 1985 |
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BM,
Conducting, Atlantic Union College, Massachusetts, 1985 |
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Conducting
Studies, Brooklyn Conservatory of Music, Brooklyn, New
York, 1977 |
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Piano
and Conducting Studies, Jamaica School of Music, Jamaica,
West Indies, 1976 |
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| Compositions
and Arrangements |
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Orchestrations for No Boundaries Concert – Amazing Grace and Come Thou Fount (performed at Avery Fisher Hall, 2005) |
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After
the Late, Late Show, Fanfare for Wind Quintet |
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Prelude
for Flute and Piano |
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Transformations,
collection of orchestral fantasies based on hymn-tunes |
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Orchestration
and Arrangement of Veracini’s Prelude
(recorded, Slovak Radio Symphony) |
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| Works
Premiered |
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Masque, Song Cycle for Baritone and Orchestra, Alan Terriciano, IBT, February, 2006 |
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War to End Wars, Opera by Nathan Birmbaum, UCI, April 2004 |
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Local
Motion,
Wong,
UCI Symphony, Irvine Barclay Theatre, March 19-20, 2004 |
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’Dentity Crisis, Opera by Jason Barabba, UCI, May 2003 |
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Concerto
for Santoor and Orchestra, Bahram Osqueezadeh,
UCI Symphony 2001 |
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Legacy,
Ken Steen, West Coast Premiere, Neumark Ensemble at
Riverside County Courthouse, 1999 |
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Carcajada
di Schwma, Robert Denham, Recorded at Biola
University, Californina, 1999 |
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Dance
Overture, Irving Schlein, UCLA Philharmonia,
1998 |
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| CDs
and Recordings |
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Fields of Wonder, Robert Owens – Darryl Taylor, soloist, players from the LA Philharmonic and LA Opera orchestras, A to Z Recording Studios, La Verne, California (recording not yet released) – July 7, 2005 |
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Stairway of the Stars, DVD, Santa Monica Municipal Auditorium – 2005 |
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Atlantic Union College Alumni Concert, DVD, recorded and broadcast by 3ABN Cavle Network – April 2004 |
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What
Sweeter Music, Recording Supervisor, Paradigm
Vocal Ensemble, 2000 |
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Christmas
in the Aire, Co-Producer/Conductor/Arranger,
Hungarian Nat’l Philharmonic, Jaime Jorge, violinist,
1999 |
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The
Best of Paradigm, Recording Supervisor, Paradigm
Vocal Ensemble, Texas, 1998 |
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Hymns
and Spirituals, Conductor/Arranger/Producer,
The Polished Pipes, 1997 |
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Locked
In, Composer, Sundance Film entry, Lampe Productions,
1996 |
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Forever
Love, Orchestrator/Conductor/Producer/Arranger,
John Larkins, 1996 |
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A Song For You, Orchestrator/Conductor/Producer/Arranger,
Slovak Radio Symphony, Jaime Jorge, violinist, 1996 |
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I Am Not Worthy, Orchestrator/Conductor/Co-Producer,
Slovak Radio Symphony, Jaime Jorge, violinist, 1995 |
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At The Cross, Orchestrator/Conductor,
Slovak Radio Symphony, Jaime Jorge, 1993 |
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Make
Us One, Orchestrator/Conductor/Arranger, Jackson
Family, 1992 |
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Family, Orchestrator/Conductor, Jackson
Family, 1991 |
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You’ll
Never Walk Alone, Arranger, Title Solo, Jaime
Jorge, 1991 |
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| Teaching
Experience |
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Assistant
Professor, University of California at Irvine, 2002 – Present |
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Clinician,
Arrowbear Music Camp, 1999 – Present |
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Private Conducting Teacher – Frank Restezan, doctoral student at the University of Arizona – August 2005 |
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Private Conducting Teacher – Earl Raney, conductor of the Wheaton College Orchestra, Massachusetts - 2003-2004 |
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Teaching
Assistant, Musical Theater Workshop, UCLA, 1998 – 2000 |
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Conductor, Chapel singers, La Sierra University, 1998 |
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Lecturer in Piano, UCR, 1993 – 2000 |
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Visiting Conductor, Symphony Orchestra, UCR, 1992 |
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Band
and Choir Director, Greater Boston Academy, 1986 – 1987 |
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Courses Taught |
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Conducting |
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Orchestration |
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Graduate Analysis |
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Chamber Ensemble |
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Orchestral Literature |
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Orchestra Clinics Conducted At: |
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University High School, Irvine |
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Laguna Hills High School |
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El Toro High School |
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Corona Del Mar High School |
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Mission Viejo High School |
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Travuco Hills High School |
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Orange County High School of the Arts (with UCI String Orchestra and Daniel Katzen) |
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Santa Monica High School |
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Adams Middle School |
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Malibu High School |
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| Manuscript
Preparations |
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Quatre
Illuminations, Byron Adams, Commissioned, XTET, 1991 |
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Capriccio
Concertante, Byron Adams, Commissioned, Strawberry Festival
Creek Orchestra, 1990 |
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