UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, Urbana-Champaign, IL Doctor of Musical Arts in Trombone Performance and Literature, Minor in Music Theory, 2001

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1 MICHAEL K. SMITH Office Luther College Department of Music 700 College Drive Decorah, IA Phone: Fax: Website: alto, tenor, bass s; euphonium Home 206 Valley View Drive Decorah, IA Phone: EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, Urbana-Champaign, IL Doctor of Musical Arts in Trombone Performance and Literature, Minor in Music Theory, 2001 McNEESE STATE UNIVERSITY, Lake Charles, LA Master of Music Education, 1996 STEPHEN F. AUSTIN STATE UNIVERSITY, Nacogdoches, TX Bachelor of Music in Trombone Performance, cum laude, 1994 KILGORE COLLEGE, Kilgore, TX Attended CURRENT POSITION LUTHER COLLEGE, Decorah, IA Associate Professor of Music, Low Brass, August 2001-Present Current Duties: Applied Instruction-Trombone, Euphonium, Tuba ED 260, Brass Methods Conductor/Coordinator, Large Brass Ensembles Trombone Choir Trombone Ensemble Coach, Small Brass Ensembles Instrumental Methods Coordinator Student Advisor Senior Paper/Project Advisor Faculty Sponsor, Pi Kappa Lambda Music Education Committee, 2001-present Technology Committee, -present

2 Additional Courses Taught at Luther Ear Training, General Instrumental Methods (for voice majors), 2002 Advanced Low Brass Pedagogy and Literature Additional Committee Participation Chair, General Recital Committee, Ear Training Committee, Departmental Review Committee, Admissions Committee, PREVIOUS POSITIONS KNOX COLLEGE, Galesburg, IL Adjunct Instructor of Trombone, Fall 2000 Applied Instruction, Trombone Coach, Trombone Ensemble MILLIKIN UNIVERSITY, Decatur, IL Adjunct Assistant Professor of Music, Sabbatical Replacement, Spring 1998 Applied Instruction, Trombone Coach, Trombone Ensemble UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN Head Teaching Assistant-Trombone Studio, Fall 1996-Spring 1999 McNEESE STATE UNIVERSITY, Lake Charles, LA Low Brass Graduate Assistant, ADDITIONAL TEACHING DORIAN SUMMER MUSIC CAMPS (LUTHER COLLEGE), Decorah, IA Faculty at Junior and Senior High Camps, ILLINOIS SUMMER YOUTH MUSIC TROMBONE CAMP (UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS), Urbana-Champaign, IL Faculty at Junior and Senior High Camps, UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS LABORATORY TROMBONE CHOIR Urbana-Champaign, IL, 2000 ILLINOIS SUMMER YOUTH MUSIC BAND CAMPS (UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS), Urbana-Champaign, IL Trombone Instructor, ILLINOIS HONORS TROMBONE CHOIR SYMPOSIUM (UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS), Urbana-Champaign, IL, Michael K. Smith, 2

3 PRIMARY TEACHERS PERFORMING Elliot Chasanov Nathaniel Brickens Jerry Hale William Rose J. Mark Thompson William Young ORCHESTRAS 2007-present 2003-present , Trombone Professor, University of Illinois, former soloist and principal, U. S. Air Force Band, D.C. Trombone Professor, University of Texas-Austin Professor, Kilgore College (TX) Professor of Trombone, McNeese State University Professor of Trombone, Northwestern State University (LA), bass, Shreveport Symphony Professor of Trombone, Stephen F. Austin State University (TX) Rochester (MN) Symphony Orchestra, bass Cedar Rapids (IA) Symphony Orchestra, substitute Cedar Falls-Waterloo (IA) Symphony, substitute principal Dubuque (IA) Symphony Orchestra, substitute principal Rochester (MN) Symphony, substitute, principal Dorian Opera Theatre Orchestra, principal Champaign-Urbana (IL) Symphony Orchestra, bass Sinfonia da Camera Symphony Orchestra (Urbana, IL), second and bass Decatur (IL) Symphony, substitute, principal Illinois Symphony Orchestra, substitute, second Danville (IL) Symphony Orchestra, substitute, second University of Illinois Symphony Orchestra, principal University of Illinois Summer Festival Orchestra, principal Rapides Symphony Orchestra (Alexandria, LA), substitute, second Lake Charles (LA) Symphony Orchestra, substitute second and assistant principal Longview (TX) Symphony Orchestra, substitute, principal SOLO RECITALS AND PERFORMANCES Dorian Summer Camps Faculty Recitals Music in the Shape of a Pear, Contemporary Music Festival at Luther, tenor and percussion, Febraury 4 Performance (bass ) on Luther Faculty Recital, Benjamin Yates, February 9 Faculty Recital at Luther College (tenor and bass s, euphonium), March 13 Soloist with L.C. Philharmonia, November 16 Performance on Matthew Walker Guest Recital at Luther College, February 7 Michael K. Smith, 3

4 CLINICS GIVEN GUEST ARTISTS AT LUTHER CONDUCTING PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES present -present present 2002-present 2001-present Faculty Trombone Recital at Luther College, September 11 Faculty Trombone Recital at Luther College, October 9 Faculty Trombone Recital at Luther College, March 7 Performed on a joint recital at the University of Illinois with Elliot Chasanov, Professor of Trombone at the University of Illinois; Jim Pugh, New York jazz legend; and Dennis Bubert, bass with the Fort Worth Symphony, January 28 Joint Recital at Luther College with guest artist Dr. Doug Farwell, Professor of Trombone, Valdosta State University, February 24 Faculty Trombone Recital at Luther College, October 5 Dorian Band Festival, Luther College, Masterclass/Sectional Celebration Iowa, Trombone Masterclass Georgia Low Brass Honors Choir, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA, Trombone Masterclass American Brass Quintet, masterclass/recital, September Megumi Kanda, principal of the Milwaukee Symphony, masterclass and recital, February Matthew Walker, former principal bass trombonist with the Sydney Opera and Ballet Company, February 7 Illinois Brass Quintet (Faculty Brass Quintet in Residence at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) October 25 Dr. Doug Farwell, Trombone Professor, Valdosta State University, February 24 Dr. Stephen Parsons, Trombone Professor, Illinois State University, September 25 Elliot Chasanov, Trombone Professor, University of Illinois, March 24 Conductor, Wisconsin Trombone Day, Westby, WI (100+ member ensemble), November 16. Featured Luther College Trombone Choir, Trombone Ensemble, and Trombone Quartet Substitute Conductor, Luther College Wind and Percussion Ensemble Luther College Trombone Ensemble Dorian Summer Music Camp at Luther College, Dorian Brass Choir Luther College Trombone Choir Luther College Tuba/Euphonium Ensemble Luther College Brass Choir Georgia Low Brass Honors Choir at Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA, conducted the top choir Participant, Iowa Trombone Day, July Attended International Trombone Festival in New Orleans, LA Attended the International Trombone Festival in Ithaca, NY Attended the International Trombone Festival in Denton, TX Michael K. Smith, 4

5 RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS PUBLICATIONS THE VICTOR BRASS QUARTET: ITS GENESIS, HISTORY, AND LITERATURE UMI , 229 pp. DMA Dissertation The Schubert Brass Quartet: Indianapolis Historic Brass Society, 26 th Annual Early Brass Festival, Northfield, MN. August 6-8, Kyrie, from Mass Opus 109 by Josef Rheinberger, arranged for 8 part choir, TAP music () Abendlied, Op. 69, No. 3 by Josef Rheinberger, arranged for 6 part ensemble, TAP music (2007) Benedictus, from Mass Op. 109 by Josef Rheinberger, arranged for 8 part ensemble, TAP music (2007) Toccata, Aurelio Bonelli, arranged for ensemble in 8 parts, TAP Music Echo Song by Orlando di Lasso, arranged for brass choir, TAP Music () Ach, arme Welt Op. 110 No. 2 by Johannes Brahms, arranged for four part ensemble () Blue Bells of Scotland by Arthur Pryor, arranged for octet + soloist TAP Music (). Premiered by Luke Sodergren 08 at Luther College, April 20, ORIGINAL WORKS War Requiem, Trombone Choir (9 parts) and Percussion, TAP Music (2009) ADDITIONAL ARRANGMENTS RECORDINGS HONORS/ AWARDS Bride of the Waves by Herbert L. Clarke, arranged for octet and soloist (), Premiered at Luther College by Mari Henderson 10 Sinfonia da Camera. Works by de Falla and Ravel, Michel Block, piano. Zephyr Productions Z (bass ) UNIVERISTY OF ILLINOIS Head Graduate Teaching Assistantship-Trombone Studio, Robert Gray Award (Trombone Performance Scholarship), Albert A. Harding Award (University of Illinois Wind Symphony), 1999 Mark H. Hindsley Award (University of Illinois Wind Symphony), 1999 Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, 2001 McNEESE STATE UNIVERSITY Low Brass Graduate Assistantship, STEPHEN F. AUSTIN STATE UNIVERSITY Alpha Chi National Honor Society, 1994 Pi Kappa Lambda National Music Honor Society, 1994 Graduated cum laude KILGORE COLLEGE President s Merit Scholarship, Michael K. Smith, 5