Dr. Keith M. Talley

 

 

EDUCATION:

 

DOCTOR OF MUSICAL ARTS in Saxophone Performance

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI – December 2006

 

MASTER OF MUSIC in Saxophone Performance

University of Missouri – Kansas City Conservatory of Music

Kansas City, MO – May 2003

            BACHELOR OF SCIENCE in Instrumental Music Education, summa cum laude

Missouri Southern State University

Joplin, MO – December 1999

 

PRESENT POSITION:

 

Tenured Professor, Department of Music

July, 2016 – Present

Chair, Department of Music

July 2016 – July 2020

Missouri Southern State University, Joplin, MO

 

Chair, Department of Music – Responsible for administrative matters within the Department of Music such as:

 

• Oversee twelve full-time faculty members and ten adjunct faculty members.
• Oversee more than 90 music majors and 25 music minors.
• Oversee six undergraduate degree programs and seven certificate programs with all current degree programs revamped under my direction.
• Responsible for the departmental budget including general operating budget,

student and faculty activity accounts, and Foundation accounts.

• Responsible for alumni relations, directing recruiting efforts, and fundraising.
• Oversee various departmental committees and activities.
• Evaluation of full-time and part-time faculty members.
• Communicating information from the upper administration to the faculty and staff of the Music Department.
• Chairing music faculty meetings and faculty searches.
• Resolving faculty-faculty disputes, faculty-student disputes, and student-student disputes.
• National Association of Schools of Music representative and lead in accreditation application.
• Host the Southwest District Solo and Ensemble Contest.
• Supervise departmental administrative assistant and student workers.
• Represent the department in university departmental assessments (including GE assessments).
• Author of MSSU’s National Association of Schools of Music (NASM) self-study for accreditation and liaison to NASM for accreditation compliance.
• Extensive use of the university reporting system (Banner) coupled with Excel and FileMaker Pro for data parsing and analysis.

Professor of Music – Responsible for teaching applied saxophone and music industry related courses.

 

·       Advising students on degree plans.

·       Holding a weekly studio class for saxophone students.

·       Recruiting students to the saxophone studio and MSSU in general.

·       Directing the Southern Jazz Orchestra

 

Teaching

 

·       Applied Saxophone to music majors, minors, and non-music majors

·       MUS 101 Jazz Styles and Appreciation

·       MUS 240 Recital Attendance

·       MUS 403 Introduction to Live and Recorded Sound

·       MUS 410 Music Industry and Copyright

·       MUS 412 Music Technology

·       MUS 450 Senior Recital

·       MUS 491 Internship in Music Industry

 

Committees

 

Campus Wide

 

·       Graduate Council

·       Department Chair Compensation

·       HLC Review Sub-Committee

·       Faculty Welfare

·       Black Studies Certificate Committee

 

Department of Music

 

·       PR/Alumni

·       Scholarship

·       Concert audio recording logistics

 

PREVIOUS ACADEMIC POSITIONS:

           

Ed and Winnie Ola Berrong Endowed Chair and Associate Professor of Saxophone

Faculty Member: August 2006 – June 2016

Chair: July 2012 – June 2016

Southwestern Oklahoma State University, Weatherford, OK – Dr. Peter Grant, Dean, College of Arts and Sciences (retired)

 

Applied Teaching:

• Saxophone (undergraduate and graduate)
• Jazz Improvisation (undergraduate and graduate)

 

Coursework:

• Intro to Music Technology
• Technology in Music Education
• Music Program Administration
• Jazz Improvisation Class
• Advanced Instrumental Pedagogy; Saxophone (graduate)
• Advanced Instrumental Literature; Saxophone (graduate)
• African and African American Music (graduate)

 

Ensembles:

• Jazz Ensemble ‘A’ & ‘B’ (2006-2012)
• Saxophone Quartets
• Woodwind Ensemble
• Woodwind Chamber Ensembles

 

Committees:

• Music Department Committees: Jazz Festival, Music Therapy Curriculum, Freshman Orientation, Instrumental Symposium, Recitals, and Percussion Proficiencies
• Campus-wide Committees: Academic Technology Committee, Strategic Goal Team 6 Campus Technology. Miss Southwestern Pageant Board Member (2006-2012), Academic Advisory Council, Academic Appeals, and Campus Environmental Committee,
• Hiring Committees: Clarinet/Music History, Piano/Music Therapy, Fine Arts Center Manager, Trumpet/Jazz, and Applied Voice Faculty

 

Chair Responsibilities

• Oversee fourteen full-time faculty members and seven adjunct faculty members
• Oversee 135 music majors
• Oversee four undergraduate degree programs (with eight different emphasizes) and two graduate degree programs (with four different emphasizes)
• NASM representative and responsible for compliance with NASM standards
• Responsible for the departmental budget including: General Operating Budget, Berrong

Endowment Fund, Summer Camp Accounts, Academic Enrichment Fee Accounts, Academic Service Fee Accounts, Student and Faculty Activity Accounts, Jazz Festival Accounts, and Foundation Accounts

• Responsible for alumni relations, directing recruiting efforts, and fundraising
• Maintaining a departmental database of prospective students, alumni, area directors, purchase orders, faculty travel, and special events

 

Other Responsibilities and Duties:

• SWOSU Music Camp Director, including:

Band Camp, Middle School Band, Marimba Camp, Choral Camp, and Guitar Camp (comprising over 900 public school students and over 150 faculty and staff)

• Interim Graduate Coordinator for the Department of Music
• Annual SWOSU Jazz Festival (2007-2012) (hiring and working with guest artists and running a festival for middle school, high school, and university bands)

• Undergraduate/Graduate Student Recruitment
• Student advisement
• SWOSU-owned woodwind instrument checkout and maintenance
• Faculty Advisor to Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, Tau Phi Chapter
• SWOSU All-OMEA Clinician
• Woodwind studio classes

 

Clinician/Officer Activities

• Oklahoma Administrators of Music Schools, President, 2016
• Oklahoma Administrators of Music Schools, Vice President, 2014-2016
• Bernhardt Excellence in Teaching Awards nominee, 2013, 2014, 2015
• National Association of Schools of Music, SWOSU Representative 2012-2016
• North American Saxophone Alliance Candidate for Secretary, 2012
• MTNA State Judge for Woodwind Solos and Ensembles, 2012
• President-Elect, Oklahoma Jazz Educators Association 2011-2012
• Host, Oklahoma Jazz Educators Fall Workshop, November 2011
• Oklahoma All-State Jazz Audition Judge, November 2010

• All-OMEA Saxophone Clinician for the Oklahoma All State Saxophones 2009
• All-OMEA Saxophone Clinician for the Oklahoma All State Saxophones 2008
• All-OMEA Saxophone Clinician at SWOSU 2006-2015

 

Visiting Instructor of Saxophone January – May 2012, January – May 2013

University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK – Dr. Larry Mallett, Chair, Department of Music

 

Saxophone Instructor August 2005 – July 2006

Hope College, Holland, MI – Dr. Margaret Kennedy-Dygas, Chair, Department of Music

 

Private Music Instructor

Joplin, MO                  September 2016 – Present

Weatherford, OK         September 2006 – June 2016

Holland, MI                 August 2005 – July 2006

Lansing, MI                 August 2003 – July 2006

Kansas City, MO         January 2002 – July 2003                 

Joplin, MO                  June 1996 – December 2001

 

Teaching:

Applied Saxophone (undergraduate, masters and doctoral students)

Saxophone Pedagogy

Assistant, African and African-American Music and World Music

 

Ensembles:

Director/Coach, UMKC Saxophone Quartets (undergraduate and graduate)

Director, Windermere Park Charter Academy Middle School Band

 

Other Responsibilities and Duties:

Overseeing senior seminar projects

Juror for final oral and jury examinations

Undergraduate and Graduate recital hearings

PERFORMING EXPERIENCE HIGHLIGHTS (July 2006-Present):

 

Solo Performances/Clinics/Judging

 

2020

·       All scheduled performances canceled due to COVID-19 outbreak

 

2019

·       Guest clinician at the Southwest Missouri Music Educators jazz ensemble rehearsal (January)

·       Invited performance North American Saxophone Alliance Region IV Conference, University of Arkansas (March)

·       Oklahoma Music Educators Association (OkMEA)external reviewer for community, high school, and collegiate jazz submissions for honor group proposals for the OkMEA annual conference (June)

·       Faculty performance, MSSU (September)

 

2018

·       Guest lecturer at Carthage High School (November)

·       Invited performance at the American Single Reed Summit, Truman State University (October)

·       Guest presenter at the American Single Reed Summit, Truman State University (October)

·       Guest musician at the Southwest Missouri Music Educators fall conference (October)

·       Reading Jazz Band, Southwest Missouri District Music Teacher’s meeting, Webb City, MO (August)

·       Performances with the Four States Saxophone Quartet, Joplin and Webb City, MO (July)

·       Performance with Chase Neely at the National Conference on Percussion Pedagogy at the University of Arkansas (May)

·       Invited performance at the North American Saxophone Alliance Biennial Conference, University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music (March)

·       Faculty Recital, MSSU (February)

·       Guest Artist and Master Class Presenter, OSU Saxophone Summit, Oklahoma State University (January)

 

2017

·       Performance on Cheryl Cotter’s Faculty Recital (November)

·       Guest soloist, Southern Jazz Collective (in a premier performance), MSSU (April)

·       Invited performance at the North American Saxophone Alliance Region IV Conference, Oklahoma State University (March)

·       Faculty Recital, MSSU (February)

 

2016

·       Performance with MSSU’s Jazz Unlimited vocal ensemble at the Seasonal Choral Flourish (December)

·       Performance at the 2016 SWOSU Marimba Camp (June)

·       Faculty Chamber Recital Performance – “The Music of Gregory Rose” (April)

·       46^th Annual SWOSU Jazz Festival Adjudicator (February)

·       Guest Artist Recital, Oklahoma State University (January)

·       Guest Clinician, OSU Saxophone Summit (January)

·       Guest Lecturer, OSU Saxophone Summit (January)

 

2015

·       All-OkMEA Round 2 Saxophone Clinic, SWOSU (December)

·       Guest Performance, University of Central Oklahoma Faculty Composition Recital (November)

·       Concerto soloist with the Dallas Area Asian-American Youth Orchestra (November)

·       Faculty Recital (November)

·       Faculty Chamber Recital Performance (October)

·       Guest Soloist at the Weatherford Middle School Choir Concert (October)

·       Performance on the SWOSU Faculty Recital (September)

·       Faculty member at the Weatherford Arts Academy (July)

·       All-OkMEA Saxophone Clinic, SWOSU Band Camp (July)

·       Performance at the 2015 SWOSU Marimba Camp (June)

·       Substitute performer with the Davis Road Saxophone Quartet (May)

·       Faculty performer on the Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Tau Phi Chapter’s “American Composers Faculty Recital” (March)

·       Recital at the North American Saxophone Alliance Region IV Conference, University of Oklahoma (February) – Performance of World Première of Gregory Rose’s Wesleyan Soliloquy 2.

·       Faculty Chamber Music Recital Performance (February)

·       45^th Annual SWOSU Jazz Festival Adjudicator (February)

·       Guest Lecturer, OSU Saxophone Summit (January)

·       Guest Clinician, OSU Saxophone Summit (January)

·       Guest Artist, OSU Saxophone Summit (January)

 

2014

·       All-OkMEA Saxophone Round 2 Clinic, SWOSU (December)

·       Performance with Suré Elloff, soprano, Guest Artist (October)

·       All-OkMEA Saxophone Clinic, SWOSU Band Camp (July)

·       Performance at the 2014 Band Camp (July)

·       Performance at the 2014 Marimba Camp (June)

·       Performance at the National Conference on Percussion Pedagogy, University of Oklahoma (May)

·       Première performance of Michal Timpson and Chihchun Chi-cun Lee’s In Memory at the Tau Beta Sigma “Women in Music” Recital (April)

·       Recital at the North American Saxophone Alliance Biennial Conference, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, IL (March)

·       Faculty Chamber Recital Performance (February)

·       44^th Annual SWOSU Jazz Festival Adjudicator (February)

·       Performance with Dr. Andy Wen, saxophone, Guest Artist (January)

 

2013

·       All-OkMEA Saxophone Round 2 Clinic, SWOSU (December)

·       Master Class Presenter, Oklahoma State University (November)

·       Guest Artist Recital, Oklahoma State University (November)

·       Faculty Recital, SWOSU (November)

·       Performance at the 2013 Band Camp Faculty Recital (July)

·       All-OkMEA Saxophone Clinic, SWOSU (July)

·       Performance at the 2013 Marimba Camp (June)

·       Performance at the University of Oklahoma Woodwind Workshop (June)

·       University of Oklahoma Woodwind Workshop, Presenter (June)

·       University of Oklahoma Woodwind Workshop, Panel Member (June)

·       Performance at the Sorosis Club of Weatherford Meeting (April)

·       Recital at the North American Saxophone Alliance Region IV Conference, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX (April)

·       43^rd Annual SWOSU Jazz Festival Adjudicator (February)

 

2012

·       All-OkMEA Saxophone Round 2 Clinic, SWOSU (December)

·       Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) state round judge for saxophone, bassoon, horn, and chamber ensembles held at Oklahoma State University (November)

·       Performance with the Oklahoma City Philharmonic Orchestra and the Canterbury Choral Society, Randi Von Ellefson, conductor (October)

·       Performance on the SWOSU Faculty Recital (September)

·       All-OkMEA Saxophone Clinic, SWOSU (July)

·       Performance at the 2012 Band Camp Faculty Recital (July)

·       Performance at the 2012 Marimba Camp (June)

·       Performance at the National Conference for Percussion Pedagogy, Texas Tech University,

Lubbock, TX (May)

·       Featured soloist with the Edmond Santa Fe Wind Ensemble, Mike Lowery, conductor (May)

·       Faculty Recital, Premiere Performance of William Funk’s Equi-Delta (April)

·       Faculty Recital, SWOSU (April)

·       Performance at the Sorosis Club of Weatherford Meeting (April)

·       Recital at the North American Saxophone Alliance Biennial Conference at Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ (March)

 

2011

·       All-OkMEA Saxophone Round 2 Clinic, SWOSU (December)

·       Performance at the Oklahoma Retired Educators Meeting (December)

·       Performance on Mu Phi Epsilon’s “Canned Food Recital” at SWOSU (October)

·       Performance on the SWOSU Faculty Chamber Recital, Weatherford PAC (October)

·       Performance on a Faculty Recital, SWOSU (September)

·       Performance with the Oklahoma City Philharmonic Orchestra, Joel Levine, conductor

(September)

·       All-OkMEA Saxophone Clinic, SWOSU (July)

·       Performance at the 2011 Band Camp Faculty Recital (July)

·       Performance at the 2011 Marimba Camp (July)

·       Performance on Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia’s “American Composers” Concert (April)

·       Première performance of Chance Alquest’s Etudes for Soprano Saxophone and Piano on a SWOSU recital (April)

·       Performance with the Oklahoma City Philharmonic Orchestra, Joel Levine, conductor (April)

·       Recital at the North American Saxophone Alliance Region IV Conference at Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX (March)

·       Faculty Recital, SWOSU (January)

 

2010

·       Clinic with the saxophone section of SWOSU’s Jazz Ensemble ‘A’ at the Oklahoma Jazz Educators Fall Conference, SWOSU (November)

·       Clinic with SWOSU’s Jazz Ensemble ‘A’ at the Oklahoma Jazz Educators Fall Conference, SWOSU (November)

·       Performance on Mu Phi Epsilon’s “Canned Food Recital” at SWOSU (October)

·       Performance on a Faculty Recital, SWOSU (September)

·       Performance at the 2010 SWOSU Band Camp Faculty Recital (July)

·       All-OMEA Saxophone Clinic (July)

·       Performance at the 2010 SWOSU Marimba Camp (July)

·       Recital at the National Conference on Percussion Pedagogy at the University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK with the Bessinger-Talley Duo (May)

·       Recital at the North American Saxophone Alliance Biennial Conference at the University of Georgia, Athens, GA Premiering Adriel Reynolds’ Kaitlyn’s Waltz (March)

·       Recital at the North American Saxophone Alliance Biennial Conference at the University of Georgia, Athens, GA as soprano saxophone chair of the Chisholm Saxophone Quartet Premiering Samuel Magrill’s A Saxy Tango (March)

·       Faculty Recital (with the Chisholm Saxophone Quartet and the Bessinger-Talley Marimba-Saxophone Duo), Southwestern Oklahoma State University (February)

·       Directed SWOSU Jazz Ensemble with the Byron Stripling Quartet (February)

·       All-OMEA Saxophone Sectional, OMEA Conference, Tulsa, OK (January)

 

 

2009

·       All-OMEA Saxophone Round 2 Clinic, Southwestern Oklahoma State University (December)

·       Faculty Performance, Southwestern Oklahoma State University (September)

·       Solo Performance with the Faculty Band at the 2009 SWOSU Band Camp, Dr. Steven Ward, Abilene Christian University, conductor (July)

·       Performance at the 2009 SWOSU Band Camp Faculty Recital (July)

·       All-OMEA Saxophone Clinic (July)

·       Recital at the National Conference on Percussion Pedagogy at the University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK with the Bessinger-Talley Duo (May)

·       Performance on a SWOSU colleague’s Doctoral Recital at the University of Oklahoma,

Norman, OK (April)

·       Recital at the North American Saxophone Alliance Region IV Conference at the University of Missouri, Columbia, MO Premiering Adriel Reynolds’ Rhapsody. (April)

·       Faculty Performance, Southwestern Oklahoma State University (April)

·       Faculty Recital, Southwestern Oklahoma State University (March)

·       Directed SWOSU Jazz Ensemble with Grammy Award winning jazz musician John Clayton and The Clayton Brothers Quintet (February)

·       All-OMEA Band Saxophone Sectional, OMEA Conference, Tulsa, OK (January)

 

2008

·       All-OMEA Saxophone Round 2 Clinic, Southwestern Oklahoma State University (December)

·       Performance with the Silver and Gold Saxophone Quartet, Southwestern Oklahoma State University (December)

·       Faculty Performance, Southwestern Oklahoma State University (September)

·       All-OMEA Saxophone Clinic (July)

·       Performance at the 2008 Band Camp Faculty Recital (July)

·       Performance at the Weatherford Fine Arts Academy, Southwestern Oklahoma State University

(July)

·       Recital at the North American Saxophone Alliance Biennial National Conference at the University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC (April)

·       Performance on a SWOSU colleague’s Doctoral Recital at the University of Oklahoma,

Norman, OK (April)

·       Faculty Performance, Southwestern Oklahoma State University (April)

·       Performed with the Silver and Gold Saxophone Quartet in a scholarship benefit concert,

Elk City, OK (April)

·       Directed SWOSU Jazz Ensemble with guest artist Bobby Watson and Live & Learn (February)

 

2007

·       Faculty Recital (November)

·       Performance with Weatherford Middle School Choir (October)

·       Faculty Performance, Southwestern Oklahoma State University (September)

·       Performed at the Oklahoma Bandmasters Association Conference in Tulsa, OK in the IAJE reading jazz band for band directors with Steve Wilkerson (July)

·       Co-directed SWOSU Band Camp Faculty Jazz Band (July)

·       Faculty Performance, Southwestern Oklahoma State University (July)

·       All-OMEA Saxophone Clinic, Southwestern Oklahoma State University (July)

·       Performed with the SWOSU Jazz Camp Faculty Jazz Band (June)

·       Performance at the Weatherford High School Choir Spring Concert (May)

·       Faculty Recital, Southwestern Oklahoma State University (April)

·       Recital at the North American Saxophone Alliance Regional Conference at Southern Methodist University – Dallas, TX (February)

·       Directed SWOSU Jazz Ensemble with guest artist Bill Watrous (February)

 

2006

·       Faculty Performance, Southwestern Oklahoma State University (September)

·       Performance with SWOSU Student Saxophone Quartet Recital (November)

·       All-OMEA Saxophone Clinic, Southwestern Oklahoma State University (November)

·       Faculty Recital, Southwestern Oklahoma State University (July)

 

 

Directing/Coaching Performances

 

Jazz Ensembles Performances

 

2015

·       Faculty Jazz Band at SWOSU Middle School Band Camp (June)

 

2014

·       Faculty Jazz Band at SWOSU Band Camp (July)

 

2013

·       Faculty Jazz Band at SWOSU Middle School Band Camp (June)

 

2012

·       Faculty Jazz Band at SWOSU Band Camp (July)

·       Faculty Jazz Band at SWOSU Middle School Band Camp (June)

·       Concert, SWOSU (April)

·       Concert, SWOSU (March)

·       42^nd Annual SWOSU Jazz Festival with the Paul McKee Quintet (February)

·       Performance at the Weatherford Kiwanis Club (January)

 

2011

·       Concert, SWOSU (November)

·       Miss Southwestern Pageant (October)

·       Recruitment Tour – Elk City, OK; Wheeler, TX; Canadian, TX; Anadarko, OK; and Central High, OK (November)

·       Concert, SWOSU (October)

·       Faculty Jazz Band at SWOSU Band Camp (July)

·       Faculty Jazz Band at SWOSU Middle School Band Camp (June)

·       Concert, SWOSU (April)

·       Concert, SWOSU (March)

·       41^st Annual SWOSU Jazz Festival with the Randy Brecker Quintet (February)

·       Performance at the Weatherford Kiwanis Club (January)

 

2010

·       Concert, SWOSU (November)

·       Concert at the Oklahoma Jazz Educators Fall Conference, SWOSU (November)

·       Concert, SWOSU (September)

·       Weatherford Arts Walk Performance, Weatherford, OK (September)

·       Faculty Jazz Band at SWOSU Band Camp (July)

·       Faculty Jazz Band at SWOSU Band Camp (June)

·       Concert, SWOSU (April)

·       Concert, SWOSU (March)

·       40^th Annual SWOSU Jazz Festival with the Byron Stripling Quartet (February)

·       Performance at the Weatherford Kiwanis Club (January)

 

2009

·       Concert, SWOSU (November)

·       SWOSU All-Senior Honor Band (November)

·       Recruitment Tour – Elk City, OK; Wheeler, TX; Altus, OK; Lawton, OK (November)

·       Concert, SWOSU (October)

·       Miss Southwestern Pageant (October)

·       Weatherford Arts Walk Performance, Weatherford, OK (October)

·       Faculty Jazz Band at SWOSU Band Camp (July)

·       Faculty Jazz Band at SWOSU Middle School Band Camp (June)

·       Concert, SWOSU (April)

·       Performance at the University of North Texas/Addison Jazz Festival (April)

·       Performance, SWOSU (March)

·       39^th Annual SWOSU Jazz Festival with the Clayton Brothers Quintet (February)

·       Performance at the Weatherford Kiwanis Club (February)

 

2008

·       Concert, SWOSU (December)

·       Concert, Northeastern Oklahoma State University, Tahlequah, OK at the Oklahoma Jazz Educators Conference (November)

·       SWOSU All-Senior Honor Band (November)

·       Concert, Miss SWOSU Pageant (November)

·       Recruitment Tour – Midwest City, OK; Okmulgee, OK (November)

·       Concert, SWOSU (October)

·       Faculty Jazz Band at SWOSU Band Camp (July)

·       Faculty Jazz Band at SWOSU Middle School Band Camp (June)

·       Performance in conjunction with SWOSU’s Music Therapy Student Association at Brookdale-Serling House Assisted Care Facility (April)

·       Concert, SWOSU (April)

·       Concert, SWOSU (March)

·       Performance at the University of Kansas Jazz Festival, Lawrence, KS (March)

·       Recruitment Tour – Guthrie, OK; Perry, OK (March)

·       38^th Annual SWOSU Jazz Festival with Bobby Watson and Live & Learn (February)

·       Performance at the Weatherford Kiwanis Club (January)

 

2007

·       SWOSU Concert (December)

·       Miss Southwestern Pageant (November)

·       SWOSU All-Senior Honor Band (November)

·       Recruitment Tour – Enid, OK; Kingfisher, OK; Mustang, OK; Anadarko, OK (November)

·       Concert, SWOSU (October)

·       Oklahoma State Fair, Oklahoma City (September)

·       Weatherford Arts Festival (September)

·       Faculty Jazz Band at SWOSU Band Camp (July)

·       “A Brief History of Jazz” SWOSU Concert (April)

·       Recruitment Tour – Hennessey, OK (April)

·       SWOSU Concert (March)

·       37^th Annual SWOSU Jazz Festival with the Bill Watrous Quartet (February)

·       Kiwanis Club Performance, Weatherford (January)

 

2006

·       SWOSU Music Department Holiday Concert (December)

·       SWOSU Concert (November)

·       Recruitment Tour – Canadian, TX; Stinnett, TX; Guymon, OK; Perryton, TX; Cheyenne, OK (November)

·       Miss Southwestern Pageant (November)

·       SWOSU Concert (October)

·       SWOSU All-Senior Honor Band (October)

·       Oklahoma State Fair, Oklahoma City (September)

·       Weatherford Arts Festival (September)

 

 

Woodwind Chamber Groups (Flute, Clarinet and Saxophone Ensembles, Woodwind Ensemble)

 

2019

·       Mission Hills Saxophone Quartet Performance, MSSU (November)

 

2018

·       MSSU Saxophone Quartet Performance, MSSU (April)

·       Mission Hills Saxophone Quartet Performance, MSSU (November)

 

2017

·       MSSU Saxophone Quartet Performance, MSSU (November)

·       MSSU Saxophone Quartet Performance, MSSU (April)

 

2016

·       MSSU Saxophone Quartet Performance, MSSU (November)

·       Davis Road Saxophone Quartet Performance, SWOSU (April)

 

2015

·       Davis Road Saxophone Quartet Performance, SWOSU (October)

·       Woodwind Chamber Ensembles Concert, SWOSU (April)

·       Woodwind Chamber Ensembles Concert, SWOSU (November)

 

2014

·       Woodwind Chamber Ensembles Concert, SWOSU (April)

·       Woodwind Chamber Ensembles Concert, SWOSU (November)

·       Davis Road Quartet Performance, East Elementary, Weatherford, OK (December)

 

2013

·       Woodwind Chamber Ensembles Concert, SWOSU (April)

·       Woodwind Chamber Ensembles Concert, SWOSU (November)

·       Juxtaposed Saxophone Quartet Performance, East Elementary, Weatherford, OK (December)

 

2012

·       Woodwind Chamber Ensembles Concert, SWOSU (November)

·       Juxtaposed and BFQ Saxophone Quartet Performances, SWOSU (October)

·       Penultimate Saxophone Quartet Performance, Elk City, OK (May)

·       Woodwind Chamber Ensembles Concert, SWOSU (April)

·       Penultimate Saxophone Quartet Performance, East Elementary, Weatherford, OK (April)

·       Penultimate Saxophone Quartet performance at the North American Saxophone Alliance Biennial Conference at Arizona State University, Tempe AZ in a master class with Dr. Eugene Rousseau (March)

 

2011

·       Woodwind Chamber Ensembles Concert, SWOSU (November)

·       Woodwind Chamber Ensembles Concert, SWOU (April)

 

2010

·       Woodwind Chamber Ensembles Concert, SWOSU (November)

·       Woodwind Chamber Ensembles Concert, SWOSU (April)

·       Woodwind Chamber Ensembles Concert, SWOSU (February)

 

2009

·       Woodwind Chamber Ensembles Concert, SWOSU (November)

·       Woodwind Chamber Ensembles Performances at the Weatherford Arts Walk (October)

·       Woodwind Chamber Ensembles Concert, SWOSU (April)

·       Silver and Gold Saxophone Quartet Recital at the North American Saxophone Alliance Region IV Conference, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO (April)

 

2008

·       Silver and Gold Saxophone Quartet Recital, SWOSU (December)

·       Woodwind Chamber Ensembles Concert, SWOSU (November)

·       Silver and Gold Saxophone Tour – Sapulpa, OK; Drumright, OK; Stroud, OK (November)

·       Silver and Gold Saxophone Quartet performance at Jazz Ensemble “B” Concert (October)

·       Silver and Gold Saxophone Quartet performance at the Oklahoma City State Fair (September)

·       Silver and Gold Saxophone Quartet performance at the 2008 SWOSU Band Camp (July)

·       Silver and Gold Saxophone Quartet performance at a scholarship benefit concert,

Elk City, OK (April)

·       Silver and Gold Saxophone Quartet Concert, SWOSU English Club (April)

·       SWOSU Woodwind Ensemble Concert (April)

·       Silver and Gold Saxophone Quartet Concert, The Cup (April)

·       Silver and Gold Saxophone Quartet Recital, SWOSU (April)

·       Silver and Gold Saxophone Quartet Concert at Weatherford East Elementary (February)

 

2007

·       Clarinet Quartet and Woodwind Ensemble Concert, SWOSU (December)

·       Silver and Gold Saxophone Quartet Recital, SWOSU (December)

·       SWOSU Woodwind Ensemble Concert (November)

·       SWOSU Woodwind Ensemble Concert (April)

 

2006

·       SWOSU Music Department Holiday Concert (December)

·       SWOSU Woodwind Ensemble Concert (November)

·       The Remnants Saxophone Quartet Recital, SWOSU (November)

·       Performances on Departmental Recitals throughout 2006-2012

 

HONORS AND GRANTS

 

·       MSSU Faculty Development Grant (2016-2017, 2017-2018, 2018-2019)

·       National Endowment for the Arts/Oklahoma Arts Council Grant for SWOSU’s Annual Jazz Festival – $5700 (2012)

·       National Endowment for the Arts/Oklahoma Arts Council Grant for SWOSU’s Annual Jazz Festival – $7200 (2011)

·       National Endowment for the Arts/Oklahoma Arts Council Grant for SWOSU’s Annual Jazz Festival – $5700 (2010)

·       National Endowment for the Arts/Oklahoma Arts Council Grant for SWOSU’s Annual Jazz Festival – $5700 (2009)

·       National Endowment for the Arts/Oklahoma Arts Council Grant for SWOSU’s Annual Jazz Festival – $5850 (2008)

·       National Endowment for the Arts/Oklahoma Arts Council Grant for SWOSU’s Annual Jazz Festival – $5000 (2007)

·       SWOSU Faculty Sponsored Program Grants for performances at conferences –  $500/each

(2006-2007, 2007-2008, 2008-2009, 2009-2010, 2010-2011, 2011-2012, 2012-2013, 2013-2014, 2014-2015)

 

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

 

·       Alpha Chi Honor Society

·       Epsilon Mu Sigma Honor Society

·       Kappa Kappa Psi (Honorary)

·       Lawton Philharmonic On-Call Saxophonist

·       Mu Phi Epsilon Gamma Gamma Chapter “Patron of Music”

·       National Association for Music Education

·       North American Saxophone Alliance

·       Oklahoma City Philharmonic On-Call Saxophonist

·       Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia (Honorary)

·       Tau Beta Sigma (Honorary)