EDUCATION
Ph.D., York University, U.K. (Performance and Analysis), 2006
Thesis: “Performance and Analysis in Practice: A Study of Maurice Ravel's Valses nobles et sentimentales, Miroirs, and Gaspard de la nuit;” project supervised by Tim Howell (York); private course of lessons with Roy Howat (London)
M.M., Indiana University (Piano Performance and Literature; cognate minor: Musicology), 1995; private studies with Edward Auer
B.M., Brigham Young University (Piano Performance and Pedagogy), magna cum laude,
1991; private studies with Douglas Humpherys
RESEARCH/CREATIVE WORK
Compact disc recording of solo piano suite Scenes from an Australian Childhood by Wendy Hiscocks. Wollongong, N.S.W.: Wirripang Pty Ltd, 2015. (Collection reviewed in the May/June 2016 issue of International Piano.)
“Introduction” (with Lesley A. Wright); “Florent Schmitt and Maurice Ravel: measured time from the turn of the century (single authored)” both in Perspectives on the Performance of French Piano Music, edited by Scott McCarrey and Lesley A. Wright, 1–8, 152–70.
Aldershot: Ashgate, 2014. Reviewed in Musical Times (2014), Music and Letters (February 2015), Fontes Artis Musicae (2017) and Revue de musicologie (2017). Certificate of Merit awarded for Excellence in Historical Recorded Sound Research in Classical Music from the Association for Recorded Sound Collections (2015). Developed accompanying webpage frenchpianomusic.com with Don Colton (2013).
Co-organized “French Music: Performance and Analysis” international conference with
Lesley A. Wright (University of Hawai‘i (at Mānoa)) and Roy Howat (Royal Academy of Music), BYUH, November 15–19, 2007. Keynote speakers included Richard Langham Smith (Royal Academy of Music), Peter Hill (Sheffield University), and Roy Howat. Conference themes included the derivation of narrative from analytical understanding; new approaches to analysis from the study of performance; editorial practices which consider performance, analysis, and recordings together; interactions between composers and performers; the influence of Pacific and Asian music(s) on French composers.
ADMINISTRATIVE/TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Brigham Young University–Hawaii
Professor, 2014–present; Associate Professor, 2007–14; Assistant Professor, 1996–2007
Founder and coordinator of piano program; development and implementation of curriculum; Artistic Director of Evening of Concertos concerts with members of the (Honolulu) Hawai‘i Symphony, 1997–present; Youth Conservatory established in 2006 to provide teaching opportunities for piano majors.
Associate Dean: College of Language, Culture, and Arts (CLCA), 2008–16
Member of university curriculum council: responsible for representing curricular interests of CLCA faculty to the university; periodic observation of non-tenured faculty; co-organization of yearly undergraduate research conference.
Chair, Fine Arts Department, 2002–08
Managed complex budget, coordinated yearly outcomes assessment initiatives, supervised faculty across three areas (Music, Art, and Theater); provided oversight for the auditorium manager, professional office staff, student workers, and adjunct instructors. Curricular discussions in the music area resulted in the implementation of new degree emphases.
Chair, Music Department, 1999–2001
Set agendas for departmental meetings, scheduled courses, chaired faculty search committees, and facilitated outside review of the department.
Courses Taught
Music 101, Introduction to Music Literature
General education survey of western art music
Music 105R, Group Piano
Introductory course for students with little or no piano background
Music 111L and 112L, Elementary Musicianship I and II
Foundational instruction in ear training and sight singing
Music 159R, Private Instruction, Piano
Private lessons for non-major pianists taking elective credit
Music 160R, 260R, 360R, and 460R: Private Instruction, Piano
Private lessons for piano majors
Music 161, Introduction to Piano Technique
Advanced pianists learn to play with relaxed muscular control
Music 385, Music History II
Survey of music covering the eighteenth- and nineteenth-centuries
Music 191 and 291, Keyboard Harmony
Rudiments of melodic harmonization, playing by ear, reading of parts from score, and realization of simple figured-bass patterns
Music 212, Music Theory IV (for colleague on sabbatical)
Introduction of twentieth-century theory
Music 333, Piano Pedagogy
Introduction of methods and materials required for teaching beginning-level piano students
Music 333L, Supervised Teaching
Supervision of student teachers offering private instruction
Music 390R, Special Topics
Course on composer Maurice Ravel
Music 464 and 465, Keyboard Literature I and II
Two-semester survey of piano repertoire from Bach to Debussy
Committee Service
Member, Promotion and Review Committee: 2017–21
Chair, Devotional Music, 1997–98, 2011–12, 2018–19
Coordinated musical selections for weekly university devotionals (2011, 2018, organized annual “Christmas Devotional”)
Member, University Curriculum Council, 2008–16
Member, College of Arts & Sciences (CAS) Chairs Council, 2002–08
Rated requests for program improvements
Member, Professional Development Task Force, CAS, 2002–03
Reviewed faculty development proposals
Member, ad hoc committee to select Dean of CAS, 2002
Member, Faculty Advisory Committee (FAC), 2000–01
Worked to implement tenure model which expanded time in academic rank from three to six years with pre-tenure review in the middle; member, sub-committee with Academic Planning Council (APC) to consider the restructuring of university-wide colleges and departments
Chair, International Tour Committee (BYUH Concert Choir), 1999–2000
Assisted in development of tour masterplan; helped director secure performance venues in Taiwan and Singapore; chaperone while on tour
Utah State University
Associate Director of Development, Youth Conservatory
Helped colleague conceive and implement strategic marketing plan that increased enrollments, summer 1995
Director, Wassermann Piano Festival
Secured a funding grant from the Utah Arts Council, winter 1996
Part-Time Piano Instructor
Taught forty to fifty students each term (majors and non-majors), 1995–96
Indiana University
Associate Instructor, 1993–95
Offered group and private instruction to music students preparing for a proficiency examination; gave lessons to non-majors taking piano for elective credit.
PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE
Solo Piano Recitals
Korea, Japan: Seven-city tour sponsored by the Asia-North Area Authority of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints under the direction of Public Affairs, July 19–31, 2011. Cities/venues: Seoul: Young Deung Po Ward; Daejeon: Sunhwa Ward; Daegu: Susung Ward; Fukuoka: Fukuoka Stake Center; Osaka: Osaka Stake Center, Okamichi Chapel; Tokyo: Okamichi Chapel; Sendai: Kamisugi Chapel; also interviewed and auditioned seventy-two prospective students for the department while on tour.
Selwyn College Music Society, Cambridge University, Cambridge, England, May 17, 2009
Fitzwilliam Museum Promenade Concerts, Cambridge, England, May 10, 2009. U.K. premiere of selections from Scenes from an Australian Childhood
Evening concert, “French Music: Performance and Analysis” International Conference, McKay Auditorium, BYUH, November 15, 2007. Premiere of commissioned selections from Scenes from an Australian Childhood
Recitals, Temple Square, Assembly Hall, Salt Lake City, Utah: “Temple Square
Performances,” June 24, 2006; “Gina Bachauer International Piano Festival,” June 10, 2003—members of the jury for the Bachauer International Amateur Competition performed evening concerts in the week leading up to the competition (US premiere of “Tarantella” by Wendy Hiscocks); “Temple Square Concert Series,” August, 1995—program was rebroadcast on KBYU-FM, Provo, Utah, February 20, and March 2, 1996
PhD degree recital, York University, Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall, York, England, December 15, 2005
York Music Society, York University, York, England, February 2002
Faculty recitals, BYUH, La‘ie, Hawai‘i, December 1, 2005; September 10, 1999; March 12, 1997
Pakuan University, Auditorium, Bogor, Indonesia, March 5, 1999. Program benefited humanitarian efforts in the outlying Bogor area
MM degree recital, Indiana University, April 1, 1995
Gina Bachauer Foundation In the Town Concert Series, Marriott Hotel, Salt Lake
City, Utah, June, 1991
BM degree recitals (sophomore and senior levels), Brigham Young University,
1989, 1991
Soloist Within a Larger Program (Selected)
“Fine Arts Extravaganza” in celebration of the BYUH Golden Jubilee Anniversary, October 22, 2005. Multiple international broadcasts on BYU-TV under the title Jubilee! A Gala Concert (2007).
“Musical Showcase Concert,” York University Concert Series, Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall, York, England, June 2002. Selected by York music faculty to perform in gala concert honoring the outgoing Vice Chancellor.
“Marathon Recital,” French Piano Institute Festival, Schola Cantorum, Salle César Franck, La Schola Cantorum, Paris, France, July 17, 1999. Selected by international audition to perform French repertoire at the historic Schola Cantorum.
Masterclasses
French Piano Institute Festival, Salle César Franck, La Schola Cantorum, Paris, France, July, 1999. Performed Ravel, Fauré, Debussy, Liszt, and Chabrier in the masterclasses of Abdel Rahman El Bacha, Pascal Devoyon, Roy Howat, Dominique Merlet, and Alexandre Tharaud, 1999.
Utah State University, Wassermann Piano Festival, 1997
Artist: Panayis Lyras
Brigham Young University, 1991
Artist: Alvin Chow
Salt Lake City, Utah
Gina Bachauer Piano Festival, 1990–91
Artists: Ada Kopetz-Korf and Yin Cheng Zong
Utah Music Teachers Association State Convention, 1989
Artist: Faina Lushtak
Collaborative Performances (Selected)
Háry János Suite by Zoltán Kodály, ensemble pianist with Hawai‘i Symphonic Band, Ernest Taniguchi, conductor, BYUH, March 30, 2024 (movements 1, 2, and 6)
Warsaw Concerto soloist with Hawai‘i Symphonic Band, Ernest Taniguchi, conductor, BYUH, April 15, 2023
Prelude, Chorale, and a few other things, Don Freund, composer, Indiana University, McCarrey Piano Duo, BYUH, February 8, 2020
Featured performer and chaperone with Stacy McCarrey on BYUH Concert
Choir tours: New Zealand and Tahiti, May 28–June 15, 2019; Japan, June 14–30, 2016; New Zealand and Australia, summer 2013; Taiwan and Hong Kong, summer 2010; Taiwan and Singapore, summer 2000; additional performance in Honolulu, Hawai‘i, Blaisdell Concert Hall, spring 2000.
Duo-piano recital with Stacy McCarrey, BYUH, September 28, 2018
Evening with the Fine Arts performances with duet-partner Stacy McCarrey, BYUH, 2009–14
Shared recital with Stacy McCarrey and Cenek Vrba (Concertmaster, Calgary Philharmonic), Lyceum Series, BYUH, La‘ie, Hawai‘i, October 31, 1996
Indiana University
Accompanist, Mark Watkins, DMA candidate in saxophone, winter 1994
Rehearsal accompanist, Pro Arte Singers, winter semester, 1993
Music Teachers National Association Trombone Competition with Bret Cook,
1991: Miami Florida, national level; University of Nevada Las Vegas, regional level; Utah State University, state level
Brigham Young University
Piano trio recitals, 1990–91; Accompanist, Men's Chorus, 1989–90 (Mack Wilberg, conductor); Concerto soloist with BYU Philharmonic Orchestra (Clyn Barrus, conductor)
ADJUDICATION EXPERIENCE
Adjudicator, Hawai‘i Music Teachers Association piano competitions, UH–Mānoa, Orvis
Auditorium, Honolulu, Hawai‘i, 1998, 2002–2004, 2006, 2009–10, 2012, 2016
Jurist, Gina Bachauer International Amateur Competition, June 2003, Assembly Hall,
Salt Lake City, Utah, June 2003
Idaho Falls Music Teachers Association, composer competition (Chopin), winter 1996
Twin Falls Music Teachers Association, evaluation of students, Twin Falls, Idaho, 1995
Utah State University, Concerto Competition, piano preliminaries, 1995; Youth
Conservatory, Junior High Concerto Competition, winter 1996
Utah Music Teachers Association, Keyboard Gymnastics Achievement Competition, Logan, Utah, 1995; Piano Competition, Sandy, Salt Lake City Chapter, 1995
INVITED PRESENTATIONS
BYUH faculty convocation, solo or duo performances of Prokofiev, Brahms, and Debussy: 1997, 2011, 2018
BYUH devotional speaker, “Patterns of Eternal Progression,” August 30, 2016
Masterclass, Gina Bachauer International Piano Festival, Daynes Music, Midvale, Utah,
June 11, 2003
Featured performer and lecturer, Best Center English Course and Music School, Papandayan Ballroom, Bogor, Indonesia, March 7, 1999
FUNDING AWARDS (Selected)
BYUH, Professional Development Grants
Development of French music conference, 2007
Commissioned works for solo piano by Australian Composer, Wendy Hiscocks,
2004
Leave of absence and supplemental funding for PhD study at York University: combined funding from BYUH President's Council, Fine Arts Department, College of Arts & Sciences, 2000–05
French Piano Institute Festival masterclasses, College of Arts & Sciences, 1999–
2000
Wassermann Piano Festival, 1997
ACADEMIC AWARDS
Academic scholarship from the Indiana University School of Music, 1993–95
Recipient, Leonard Pennario piano performance scholarship; academic scholarship, BYU in Provo, 1988–91
CV Last Revised June 7, 2024
