Dr. Keith M. Talley
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)
·
46th 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)
·
45th 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)
·
44th 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)
·
43rd 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)
· 42nd
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)
· 41st
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)
· 40th
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)
· 39th
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)
· 38th
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)
· 37th
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)
·
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)