Curriculum Vitae Leroy E. Bynum, Jr., DMA EDUCATION Degree Institution Major DMA 1992 University of Georgia Music/Vocal Performance MM 1980 University of South Florida Music/Vocal Performance BM 1977 University of North Carolina Music/Vocal Performance at Chapel Hill II. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE A. Administrative 2014 Present Dean, School of Arts and Humanities, College of Saint Rose, Albany, NY The School of Arts and Humanities of The College of Saint Rose is comprised of 7 academic departments offering 22 undergraduate and 7 graduate degree programs in the traditional humanities, fine and commercial arts, and education. The School also offers over 50% of the Liberal Education course requirements of the College. The departments within the School of Arts and Humanities include (1) the Center for Art & Design, (2) the Department of Communications, (3) the Department of English, (4) the Department of History and Political Science, (5) the Department of Music, (6) the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, and (7) the Department of World Languages and Cultures.
Bynum: Curriculum Vita 2 As Dean of the School of Arts and Humanities, I serve as the chief academic, fiscal, administrative officer of the School and report to the Provost/Vice President for Academic Affairs. I have the responsibility for all aspects of curriculum planning and development, faculty and staff evaluation and development, budget and facilities. Additionally, I am responsible for setting priorities, policies and budgets for the School, working closely with faculty, staff, administrators, and students; sustaining an environment of academic excellence; providing encouragement and support for academic research; building and maintaining close relationships with alumni and the community; and generating external funding. 2006 2014 Dean, College of Arts and Humanities, Albany State University, Albany, Georgia ASU s College of Arts and Humanities consisted of six departments: (1) Behavioral Sciences; (2) English, Modern Languages, and Mass Communication; (3) Fine Arts; (4) History and Political Science; (5) Social Work; and (6) Public Administration. Through these six departments, the College offered 12 baccalaureate degrees and four Masters degrees. The College also offered and still offers the majority of the Core courses belonging to the University s General Education curriculum. Similarly to my current position, as Dean of ASU s College of Arts and Humanities, I served as the chief academic, fiscal, administrative officer of the College reporting to the Provost/Vice President for Academic Affairs. Additionally, however, as a full professor and performing musician, I led by example by continuing to remain active as teacher, researcher, in service, and as a practicing artist 1998-2006 Chair, Department of Fine Arts, Albany State University, Albany GA 1996-1998 Interim Chair, Department of Fine Arts, Albany State University, Albany, GA 1984-1987 Creative Director, Arts Experiment Station, Abraham Baldwin College, Tifton, GA
Bynum: Curriculum Vita 3 B. Academic Throughout my career in higher education I have continued to teach applied voice and direct the opera workshop. And until assuming my current position I maintained a small, very select private voice studio and I directed one production of opera workshop annually. Also as the department s song literature specialist, especially of German Art Song (Lieder), I occasionally taught the upper class song literature course. 2003 2014 Professor of Music, Department of Fine Arts, Albany State University, Albany, GA Subjects taught: applied voice, opera workshop, opera literature, French and German song literature 1996-2003 Associate Professor of Music, Department of Fine Arts, Albany State University, Albany, GA Subjects taught: applied voice, opera workshop, opera literature, chorus, French and German song literature, German diction 1992-1996 Assistant Professor of Music, Department of Fine Arts, Albany State University, Albany, GA Subjects taught: applied voice, chorus, Music History I (Medieval to 1750) and Music History II (1750 1900) 1991-1992 Teaching Assistant, School of Music, University of Georgia, Athens, GA Subjects taught: applied voice, opera workshop, class voice 1984-1987 Instructor of Music, Abraham Baldwin College, Tifton, GA Subjects taught: applied voice, chorus, show choir, chamber singers, opera workshop, music theory 1980-1984 Instructor of Music, Lake-Sumter Community College, Leesburg, FL Subjects taught: applied voice, chorus, chamber singers, opera workshop, music theory C. Other 1980 - Present Maintain an independent studio for private voice instruction
Bynum: Curriculum Vita 4 III. PROFESSIONAL AND ACADEMIC ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIP Eastern New York Chapter of National Association of Teachers of Singing Georgia Chapter of National Association of Teachers of Singing (Served as Georgia Chapter Treasurer 2008-14; elected President in 2014) National Association for Music Educators (NAfME) Georgia Music Educators Association (GMEA) Council of Colleges of Arts and Sciences (CCAS) International Council of Fine Arts Deans (ICFAD) IV. INSTITUTIONAL SERVICES PERFORMED A. College of Saint Rose Interim-Chair of the Department of Music Liberal Education Curriculum Committee Academic and Student Affairs Committee School of Education Dean Search Committee Strategic Enrollment Planning Task Force Strategic Planning and Priorities Committee Commencement Committee B. Albany State University ASU Fine Arts Building Design Committee Chair Lyceum Committee Chair University-wide Post Tenure Review Coordinator Faculty/Staff Development Conference Committee Co-Chair SACS Steering Committee Core Curriculum Development Committee Chair Core Curriculum Assessment Committee Chair Strategic Plan Steering Committee Regents Academic Advisory Committee International Trade Center and Study Abroad Advisory Committee Curriculum and New Programs Committee Commencement Committee Founders Day Committee V. PROFESSION-RELATED COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES A. New York 2015 Board of Directors, Empire State Youth Orchestra
Bynum: Curriculum Vita 5 B. Georgia 2007 2014 Executive Board, Albany Area Arts Council 2004 2014 Board of Directors, Albany Area Arts Council 2002 2006 State Board, Georgia Council for the Arts 2000 2005 Executive Board, Georgia Citizens for the Arts 2003 2006 President, Board of Directors, Albany Museum of Art 2002 2014 Board of Directors, Albany Museum of Art 2002 2004 Board of Directors, Albany Symphony Orchestra 2000 2014 Adjudicator for District and Regional Literary Meet Competitions VI. PUBLICATIONS Books Monograph: Anthology: First Berlin Lieder School: Eighteenth-Century Foundation to the Nineteenth-Century Aesthetic Projected publication date: April 2017 Lieder from the First Berlin Lieder Schools: An Annotated Anthology Projected publication date: 2018 Book Chapters William Stanley Braithwaite (Biography) in African American Men of Note edited by Jessie Carnie Smith, 1998 Eubie Blake (Biography) in African American Men of Note, edited by Jessie Carney Smith, 1998 Nathanial Dett (Biography) in African American Men of Note, edited by Jessie Carney Smith, 1998 Journal Articles Published Louise Reichardt, Pioneer of Romantic German Lieder Women in Music 1996 Dissertation (Unpublished) Lieder Produced by the Composers of the First Berlin Leader School: The Development of German Song, 1992
Bynum: Curriculum Vita 6 VI. PAPERS PRESENTED Feb. 2011 April 2009 March 2005 Nov. 2003 April 2001 Feb. 1999 Nov. 1998 April 1997 Robert Schumann s Dichterliebe: Mood, Music, Madness German Studies Symposium, University of Georgia, Athens, GA My Soul is a Witness: Spirit and Spirituality in the Music of America s Slaves, Albany State University Civil Rights Studies Symposium, Albany, GA Modest Mussorgsky s Songs and Dances of Death University System of Georgia Faculty Development Seminar- Russia s Cultural Heritage Clayton College and State University, Morrow, GA Franz Schubert s Die Schöne Müllerin, German Studies Symposium, University of Georgia, Athens, GA C.P.E. Bach s Gellert s Lieder, and his break with Berlin Lieder tradition National Association of Teachers of Singing Symposium German Art-song Perspective and Interpretation University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa Oh Freedom: The Negro Spiritual in American Classical Music, Arts in Black Fine Arts Festival, Tifton, GA The vogue of empfindsame Weise traced to the Berlin Lieder Schools of the 1750 s and 60 s. German Studies Seminar The Rise of German Romanticism University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Louise Reichardt and her songs representative of the Voice of Women of the Early 19 th Century, Women in Music Seminar, Furman University, Furman, South Carolina
Bynum: Curriculum Vita 7 VII. FUNDS RAISED OR GENERATED State Funds 2013 $28,800,000.00 Led the University s effort to secure State funding for the Board of Regents approved Fine Arts Building. State Legislative approval of funding granted in April of 2015 2009 $1,800,000.00 Funds received from the Board of Regents and approved by the State for the design of the proposed ASU Fine Arts Building Federal Funds 2012 $250,000.00 Title III Grant for Establishment of the ASU Foreign Languages Institute - Summer Language Program 2012 $10,000.00 NEA Challenge America Fast-track Grant to present internationally renowned pianist, Awadagin Pratt in concert in February of 2013 2011 $10,000.00 NEA Challenge America Fast-track Grant to present the internationally acclaimed wind ensemble, Imani Winds in January of 2012 2010 $10,000.00 NEA Challenge America Fast-track Grant to present the internationally renowned dance ensemble, the Dance Theater of Harlem Ensemble in performance in March of 2011 2005 $250,000.00 Title III Curriculum Enhancement Grant 2004 $100,000.00 Regent s Model Classroom Technology Enhancement Grant Private Funds 2015 $1,500,000.00 At the College of Saint Rose, finalized a 1.5 million dollar gift from J. Spencer and Patricia Standish to establish the Spencer and Patricia Standish Endowed Chair in English
Bynum: Curriculum Vita 8 2012 $302,000.00 Developed and chaired fund raising initiative to raise $500,000.00 to permanently endow the ASU Lyceum and Fine Arts Performance Series. This five-year initiative fundraising is on track for meeting its goal by 2016. 2005 2012 $525,000.00 Private dollars raised for sponsorship of ASU s Opera productions and other Fine Arts and Lyceum series events between 2005 and 2012. 2004 Present $400,000.00 Established the James M. Barnett Foundation Scholarship Fund, named after its sponsor, which provides up to 10 (ten) $2000.00 scholarships annually to outstanding music majors. VIII. OTHER SCHOLARLY ACTIVITIES Administrative 2014 Council of Colleges of Arts and Sciences Annual Conference San Antonio, Texas 2013 South Arts: Performing Arts Exchange Nashville, TN 2012 American Association of Colleges and Universities: General Education Assessment: New Contexts, New Cultures New Orleans, LA AACU: Institute on General Education and Assessment Ellicott, MD 2011 South Arts: Performing Arts Exchange Baton Rouge, LA 2010 Council of Colleges of Arts and Sciences Annual Conference New Orleans, LA 2008 Council of Colleges of Arts and Sciences Annual Conference Portland, OR 2007 Council of Colleges of Arts and Sciences Seminar: The New Dean: Tips and Strategies for Success. July, Kansas City, Missouri 2006 Council of Colleges of Arts and Science Annual Conference Boston, Mass
Bynum: Curriculum Vita 9 Educational 1998-2014 National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) Conference February of each year at various institutions across the State of Georgia 2003 2014 National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) Fall Masterclass November of each year at various institutions across the State of Georgia 2000-2014 Georgia Music Educators Association (GMEA) State Conference Annually, Wednesday through Saturday of the last week of January, Savannah, GA 2002 Petersburg and Moscow, Russia: University System of Georgia Faculty Development Seminar. Awarded Chancellor s Award 1996 Seminar: Teaching the Male Voice, Cincinnati, Conservatory, Cincinnati, Ohio 1995 Frei Universität, Berlin, Germany: Summer Research and Study Residency. Researched, studied and performed eighteenth-century German song literature under the guidance of eminent German musicologist, Dr. Jorgen Maeder. 1994 Humbolt Universität, Berlin, Germany: Summer research seminar involving the interpretation of eighteenth-century German Lieder texts according to philosophical, cultural, social, and political precepts of the era. The seminar was entitled Deutsche Lieder und die Erklärungszeit (German Art-Song and the Enlightenment) 1994 National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship for study and research of German Lieder in Berlin, Germany 1990 91 Fulbright Fellowship, Berlin Germany Studied eighteenth and nineteenth century German Lieder: performance, interpretation, and literature Professors included Dr. Aribert Reimann, Dr. Joergen Maehder, and Dr. Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau 1981 International Music Workshop in Graz, Austria Received a scholarship for vocal study concentrated in performance and literature
Bynum: Curriculum Vita 10 1978 Aspen Choral Festival. Received a scholarship as a performer for the summer workshop 1977 Hochschule Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria Studied voice and opera literature 1977 89 *Attended other choral and vocal workshops and seminars, Including Montreat, the Robert Shaw Workshops in Atlanta, and the Godovsky Opera Workshops at Curtis **Extensive study of German in both the U.S., Austria, and Germany Performance Activities (Major performances over the last 7 years) 2015 Featured guest artist, performing the role of the Duke of Mantua in the College of Saint Rose Opera Workshop s performance of scenes from Rigoletto by Verdi 2014 Duo Recital with Andrew Zohn, guitar (January): Music for Tenor and Guitar, Albany Museum of Art, Albany, Georgia Guest Duo Recital with Andrew Zohn, guitar (February): Music for Tenor and Guitar, Georgia Southwestern State University, Americus, Georgia 2013 Faculty Recital: Die Schöne Müllerin by Franz Schubert Albany Museum of Art, Albany GA 2012 Guest soloist with Vientos del Pueblo (Argentinian Folk Band) and the ASU Concert Chorale performing Misa Criolla by Ariel Ramirez, for tenor, chorus, and instrumental ensemble Albany, GA 2011 Christ on the Mount of Olives (Jesus), Ludwig van Beethoven Albany Symphony and Chorus, Albany, GA 2011 Faculty Recital: A Bit Baroque, a Bit Bel-canto, featuring works by Bach, Rameau, Bellini, Donizetti, and Rossini Albany Museum of Art, Albany, GA
Bynum: Curriculum Vita 11 2010 Guest Artist Recital (January): A Poet s Love, featuring Dichterliebe by Robert Schumann plus other musical settings of love poems by composers Henri Duparc, Mark Fax, Noel da Costa, Robert Owens, Charles Brown, and Undine Moore University of Georgia, Hodgson Performance Hall, Athens, GA Guest Artist Recital (October): A Poet s Love Georgia College and State University, Noah Recital Hall, Milledgeville, GA Guest Artist Recital (October): A Poet s Love Emmanuel College, Taylor Chapel, Franklin Springs, GA 2010 Featured Soloist for Celebration Concert X, the tenth annual concert by the Albany Symphony Orchestra which features music of and by African Americans. The theme for Celebration X was My Soul is a Witness and consisted entirely of arrangements of spirituals for tenor and orchestra, or for tenor, chorus and orchestra. 2009 Faculty Recital: A Poet s Love, featuring Dichterliebe by Robert Schumann plus other musical settings of love poems by composers Henri Duparc, Mark Fax, Noel da Costa, Robert Owens, Charles Brown, and Undine Moore Albany, GA 2009 Featured soloist for Puccini and Pasta: Albany Symphony Fundraiser Performed arias from La bohéme, Madama Butterfly, Tosca, and Turandot 2008 Guest soloist with the Meridian Symphony Orchestra and Chorus Featured works: I will lift up mine eyes by Adophus Hailstork and Symphony No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 52, Hymn of Praise by Felix Mendelssohn - Meridian, MS 2008 Solomon (Zadock), George Frederick Handel, Albany Symphony and Chorus Albany and Americus, GA 2008 Faculty Lecture/Recital: My Soul is a Witness: Spirit and Spirituality in the Songs of America s Slaves Albany, GA 2007 Faculty Recital: Dichterliebe by Robert Schumann Albany State University 2007 Guest Recital: Artsongs by African-American Composers Teatro Villa Lobos, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Bynum: Curriculum Vita 12 2007 Carmen (Don Jose) by George Bizet Meridian Symphony Orchestra, Meridian, Mississippi 2007 Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings, by Benjamin Britten Albany Symphony Orchestra, Albany, GA 2006 Concert Vocal Literature by African-American Composers, Lecture Recital, Federale Institucion di Bahia, Salvadore, Brazil O Freedom: The African-American Spiritual, Lecture Recital, Teatro Villa Lobos, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil Opera Directing Activities 2000-2014 Director of the ASU Opera Theater Workshop This by audition ensemble prepares and performs operatic literature appropriate for the voice types and abilities of the students, and mounts one major production annually, either of a complete opera or operatic scenes. These productions are normally fully staged, with costumes, sets, and orchestral accompaniment. The ensemble also performs annually for area 5 th graders through the ASU Opera to the Schools Program. Each year, fifth graders from surrounding counties are brought onto campus for morning showing of that year s operatic production. Past productions include: 2013 Die Fledermaus by Johann Strauss 2012 Carmen by George Bizet 2011 Trial, By Jury by Gilbert and Sullivan 2010 Drama of Operatic Proportion!: Scenes from Opera s Most Beloved Tragedies 2009 Bastien e Bastienne by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Dido and Aeneas by Henry Purcell 2008 So this is Opera!: Scenes from Operas You Didn t Know You Knew
Bynum: Curriculum Vita 13 2007 The Medium by Gian Carlo Menotti 2006 A Hand of Bridge by Samuel Barber and The Impressario by Mozart Choral Conducting Activities 1992 2005 Director of the Albany State University Concert Chorale, an international award winning choral ensemble that has performed extensively throughout the United States and Europe: 2004 European Concert Tour to Scotland, Wales, England 2001 European Concert Tour to Spain and Portugal 2000 Concert Tour to Montreal and Ottawa, Canada 1999 Concert Tour to Hungary, Austria and France 1997 Concert Tour to the Czech Republic and Germany 1984 87 Conductor of the Abraham Baldwin College Singers, a select group of 16 that performed a variety of chamber choir literature from Medieval to Modern 1984 87 Directed the Abraham Baldwin College Show Choir, "Sound Sensations" 1985 87 Conductor of the Tift-Area Community Chorus. This group of 100 plus singers performed extended works from all periods of music history 1981 84 New Life Presbyterian Church, Leesburg, Florida Director of Music. Duties included conducting the Chancel, Youth Choir, and Handbell Choirs 1980 84 Conductor of the Lake-Sumter College Singers, a select ensemble of 16 singers. This award winning group performed a wide variety of choral literature and enjoyed vast popularity throughout the state and region. The College Singers received international praise on their European Concert Tour, May 1984 1980 84 Directed the Lake-Sumter Community Chorus, a group of 100 plus singers that performed a variety of choral literature from show tunes to extended classical works
Bynum: Curriculum Vita 14 IX. HONORS AND AWARDS 2015 Honored by the University of Georgia Graduate School as the recipient of the University of Georgia Graduate Alumni of Distinction Award for 2015 2003 President s Award for Exceptional Performance, presented by Albany State University President, Dr. Portia Holmes Shields 2002 President s Award for Exceptional Performance, presented by Albany State University s President, Dr. Portia Holmes Shields 1992 Distinguished by the collective faculty and administration of the University of Georgia as Outstanding Graduate Student of the Year 1992 Inducted into Phi Kappa Phi, National Honor Society 1992 Inducted into the Blue Key National Honor Society, UGA s most prestigious and exclusive honor society 1991 Inducted into the Beta Tau chapter of Pi Kappa Lambda, the national music honor society 1990 91 Awarded a Fulbright Graduate Fellowship for study of German Lieder (performance, interpretation, and pedagogy) 1987 90 For three years awarded the Faculty Development Fellowship for Doctoral Study at the University of Georgia 1987 90 For three years awarded the University-wide Assistantship at the University of Georgia 1988 Winner of the Atlanta Music Club's Young Artist's Concerto Concert Auditions 1988 Winner of the Georgia National Association of Teachers of Singing Auditions - Graduate Division 1980 Finalist in the Metropolitan Opera Auditions in Sarasota, Florida 1979 Winner of the Florida and Regional NATS Auditions - Graduate Division 1977 Winner of the North Carolina and Regional NATS Auditions in the Senior Male Division
Bynum: Curriculum Vita 15 1977 Finalist in the Metropolitan Opera Auditions in Greensboro, North Carolina