Joe Eckert
TCU School of
Music
TCU Box 297500
Fort
Worth, TX 76129
(817) 257-5576
j.eckert@tcu.edu
www.joeeckert.com
Education
1977-1981
University of North Texas Denton, TX
M. M., Saxophone Performance
(December, 1979)
Graduated with 4.0 average (also earned 27 hours towards D.M.A.)
1973-1977
Baldwin-Wallace College Conservatory of Music
Berea, OH
B. M., Saxophone Performance
Graduated Magna Cum Laude
Recipient of Outstanding Senior Award
Professional Certifications
1998 USAF
Senior Non-Commissioned Officer Academy
Distinguished Graduate – Flight Commander
Gunter Annex –
Maxwell AFB, AL
Current Rank/Appointment
Associate Professor – TCU School of Music
2007 – Appointed as Assistant Professor
2010 –
Promoted to Associate Professor
Previous Positions
2004-07
Shenandoah University
Winchester, VA
Associate Professor of Music/Director of Jazz Studies
Taught all applied classical/jazz saxophone
(undergraduate/graduate)
Directed University Jazz Program
Directed University Jazz Ensemble – Ensembles invited to participate in
Regional/national festivals
Directed/booked all tours, concerts, guest artists
Initiated annual recording project – coordinated CD production
Active recruiter, performer-representing University interests
Frequent soloist with student/faculty ensembles
1987-2004
Shenandoah University
Winchester, VA
Adjunct Assistant/Associate Professor of Music
Taught all applied classical/jazz saxophone
(undergraduate/graduate)
Directed chamber ensembles as needed
Active recruiter, performer-representing University interests
Frequent soloist with student/faculty ensembles
1981-1984
West Virginia University
Morgantown, WV
Assistant Professor of Music/Director of Jazz Studies
Taught all applied saxophone (undergraduate/graduate)
Directed University Jazz Program -developed first jazz improvisation curriculum
Ensembles awarded for excellence
Received Outstanding Teacher Award (University recognition) for 1982-1983
1980-1981 Southern Methodist University
Dallas, TX
Adjunct Instructor of Music
Taught all applied saxophone (10-12 hours
per week)
1977-1981
University of North Texas
Denton, TX
Graduate Teaching Fellow
10-15 hours of undergraduate saxophone
instruction per week (1977-1981)
Directed several jazz lab bands in the University jazz program (1978-1981)
Previous professional positions
1984-2004
USAF Band/Airmen of Note
Washington, DC
Lead Alto Saxophonist/Music Director
Senior jazz saxophonist/woodwind specialist/soloist
in USAF Band Career Field
Music Director for the “Airmen of Note” 1998-2004
Assistant Music Director 1993-1998 - Developed jazz education outreach series
Introduced “Sammy Nestico” award for jazz composition
Concert producer for Jazz Heritage Guest Artist Series
Producer for CD recording projects
Toured 48 states and over 20 foreign
countries as musical ambassador
Developed international reputation as performer/educator
Honors and Awards (selected)
2014 – TCU Jazz Ensemble
selected by audition to perform at 2015 Texas Music
Educators Conference – San Antonio, TX
2014
– Artist/Clinician for Legere Woodwind Products
2013 – TCU Jazz Ensemble selected by audition to perform at 2014 Jazz Education
Network Conference – Dallas,
TX
2013
– Mike Korson, 2013 TCU Concerto Competition Winner
2012 – Mike Korson, Chosen to perform by audition at the International
Saxophone
Symposium – Schwob School of
Music – Columbus State – Columbus, GA
2011 – Sax Quartet participates in Annual Coleman Chamber Music Competition
2011 –
Aaron Pritchett – Nordan Award (One of two full scholarships awarded annually)
2010 – Designated “Artist Clinician”
for the Rico Corporation of America.
2009 – Sax Quartet participates in Annual Fischoff Chamber Music Competition
2007 – Designated “Artist Clinician” for the Yamaha Corporation of America. Designation
comes with corporate support for educational clinics and workshops nationwide as well as publicity for individual and University
goals and initiatives.
Teaching
Courses
taught:
Applied Saxophone
MUSP 20440
Applied Jazz Saxophone
MUSP 20460
Applied Saxophone
MUSP 40440
Applied Jazz Saxophone
MUSP 40460
Applied Saxophone
MUSP 60440
Applied Jazz Saxophone
MUSP 60460
Recital I
MUSP 40981
Recital II
MUSP 40991
Doctoral Saxophone
MUSP 70440
Recital I
MUSP 70971
Recital II
MUSP 70981
DMA Recital I MUSP
80971
DMA Recital II
MUSP 80981
Woodwind Ensemble
MUSI 10090
Woodwind Ensemble MUSI
60090
Jazz Ensemble
MUSI 10190
Jazz Ensemble
MUSI 60190
Performance Pedagogy MUSI 40033
Special Problems
MUSI 50970
Special Problems
MUSI 70950
Jazz Improvisation
MUSI 10191 (pending enrollment)
Woodwind Technique I
MUSI 30151 (prior to appointment as Director of
Jazz Studies Fall 2011)
Courses developed at TCU:
Applied Jazz Saxophone
MUSP 20460
Applied Jazz Saxophone
MUSP 40460
Applied Jazz Saxophone MUSP
60460
Graduate theses, dissertations, and
projects (completed or in process)
Director/Chair
Ramiro Villarreal, M.M. in Saxophone Performance Completed Spring 2013
Mike Korson, M.M. in Saxophone Performance
Completed Spring 2014
Steven (Trent) Warner, MM. in Saxophone Performance in Progress
William Townsley,
D.M.A. in Saxophone Performance in Progress
Ramiro Villarreal, D.M.A. in Saxophone Performance in Progress
Academic Advising
Currently
advising an average of 20 students per semester; 15 undergraduates and 5 graduates (MM and DMA).
Research and Creative Activity
Refereed publications, invitational or juried exhibitions,
performances, commissioned or contracted work in design, choreography, and composition:
December 31, 2014
Lead Alto Saxophonist/soloist
“Swinging New Year’s Eve”
Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra
Bass Performance Hall – Fort Worth, TX
December 6, 2014
Saxophonist/soloist – James Davis Orchestra
Crystal Charity Ball
Lowe’s Anatole – Dallas, TX
October 29, 2014
Lead Alto Saxophonist/Bernadette Peters
“Frogs for the Cure” Benefit Concert
Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra
Bass Performance Hall – Fort Worth, TX
October 4, 2014
Lead Alto Saxophonist/clarinet soloist
Alan Glasscock Orchestra – Annual Hangar Dance
Meacham Field – Fort Worth, TX
August 2, 2014
Saxophone Soloist – “Bourbon & Bliss” CD Release event
Ulysses Folk House – New York, NY
July 27, 2014
Clinic/Demonstration – All-State Jazz Saxophone Etudes
Texas Bandmasters Association Convention
Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center
San Antonio, TX
July
1-20, 2014 Woodwind
Specialist (Alto/Soprano Saxophone,
(16 shows)
Clarinet, flute) “Thoroughly Modern Millie”
Prism Theatrics – Will Rogers Auditorium
Fort Worth, TX
May 16-18, 2014 Lead Alto
Saxophonist – “Pixar” in Concert
(3 performances)
Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra
Bass Performance Hall – Fort Worth, TX
April
26, 2014 TCU
Jazz Ensemble Performance at The University of
Northern Colorado Jazz Festival – Greeley, CO
April 4-6, 2014
Saxophone Soloist – “Radio Days”
(3 performances)
Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra
Bass Performance Hall – Fort Worth, TX
March
20, 2014 Clinic Presentation
– “The Saxophone from Bach to Bop”
North American Saxophone Alliance Biennial Conference
University of Illinois
Champaign, IL
February 2, 2014
Guest Soloist/Arranger/ “Bourbon & Bliss”
CD Project – “The Trouble We Crave”
Stamford Studios - Stamford, CT
January 22, 2014
Master Class with James Houlik – Duquesne University
PepsiCo Recital Hall – TCU
January
22, 2014 Guest Artist – Saxophonist
James Houlik
PepsiCo Recital Hall - TCU
January 10, 2014
TCU Jazz Ensemble Performance at Jazz Education
Network National Conference – Dallas, TX
December
31, 2013 Lead Alto Saxophonist – “Tribute
to Frank Sinatra”
Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra with Steve Lippia
Bass Performance Hall – Fort Worth, TX
December
11 - 22, 2013 Clarinet/Flute/Alto Saxophone – “Porgy and Bess”
(17 performances) National
Tour – Winspear Opera House – Dallas, TX
November
17, 2013 Saxophone Soloist – Official Texas Jazz
Orchestra
Sweetwater Grille – Denton, TX
November 9, 2013
Lead Alto Saxophonist – Tribute to the “Rat Pack”
Rivercrest Country Club – Fort Worth, TX
November 1-3, 2013 Alto
Saxophone soloist – “Ashley Brown”
(3 performances)
Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra
Bass Performance Hall – Fort Worth, TX
October 10-13, 2013 Lead
Alto Saxophonist – “Singin’ in the Rain”
(3 performances)
Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra
Bass Performance Hall – Fort Worth, TX
October 5, 2013
Lead Alto Saxophone/Clarinet Soloist
Alan Glasscock Orchestra – Annual Hangar Dance
Meacham Field – Fort Worth, TX
September 21, 2013 Lead
Alto Saxophonist – “Kraig Parker”
Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra
Bass Performance Hall – Fort Worth, TX
September 6-8, 2013 Lead Alto Saxophonist/Soloist
– “Gershwin”
(3 performances)
Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra
Bass Performance Hall – Fort Worth, TX
June 30, 2013
Alto Saxophone/Soloist – “Rick Stitzel Nonet”
Arlington, TX
June 13, 2013
Alto Saxophone/Clarinet/Eb Clarinet
“Rufus Wainwright”
Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra
Bass Performance Hall – Fort Worth, TX
June 9, 2013
Alto Saxophonist/Soloist – Tribute to the Big Bands
Concerts in the Garden
Botanical Gardens – Fort Worth, TX
April 25-27, 2013 Guest Soloist/Clinician
– Indiana University of Pennsylvania Jazz Festival - Indiana, PA
April 14, 2013
Master Class Presentation – Region 4 North American
Saxophone Alliance Conference – Texas Christian
University – Fort Worth, TX
April 13, 2013
Guest Soloist – TCU Jazz Ensemble – Region 4 North
American Saxophone Alliance Conference – Ed Landreth
Auditorium – TCU
April 12, 2013
World Premiere Performance – “Icon” for Alto Saxophone
And Wind Ensemble – TCU Wind Symphony – Region 4
North American Saxophone Alliance Conference – Ed
Landreth Auditorium – TCU
March 26 - 31, 2013 Tenor Saxophone/Clarinet/Bass Clarinet
(8 performances)
“Peter Pan” National
Tour
Bass Performance Hall – Fort Worth, TX
February 17-24, 2013 Alto Saxophone/Woodwind
Soloist – “Legally Blonde”
(7 performances)
Fort Worth Country Day School
Fort Worth, TX
January 15 - 20, 2013 Alto Saxophone/Clarinet/Flute/Piccolo/Bass
Clarinet
(8 performances) “West
Side Story” National Tour
Bass Performance Hall – Fort Worth, TX
January 5, 2013
Alto Saxophonist – “Bernadette Peters”
Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra
Bass Performance Hall – Fort Worth, TX
December 1, 2012
Saxophone Soloist – James Davis Orchestra
Crystal Charity Ball – Hilton Anatole – Dallas, TX
November 10, 2012
Lead Alto Saxophone – Alan Glasscock Orchestra
Burleson, TX
October 20, 2012 Lead
Alto Saxophone – Alan Glasscock Orchestra
Annual “Hangar” Dance – Meacham Field
Fort Worth, TX
October 5 - 7, 2012
Saxophone Soloist – “Pictures at an Exhibition”
(3 performances)
Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra
Bass Performance Hall – Fort Worth, TX
September 26, 2012 Saxophone
Soloist – “Bourbon and Bliss” CD
Release – “The Bitter End” – New York, NY
August 25, 2012
Saxophone Soloist – “Harlem”
Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra
Bass Performance Hall – Fort Worth, TX
May 8 – June 12,
Saxophone/Flute soloist – “Three Decembers”
2012 (9 performances) Fort
Worth Opera – Scott Theater – Fort Worth, TX
January 24, 2012
Lead Alto Saxophone – “The Rat Pack on Tour”
Cowan Center for the Performing Arts
UT Tyler – Tyler, TX
December 31,
2011 Lead Saxophonist/Soloist – “Swingin’
New Year’s”
Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra
Bass Performance Hall – Fort Worth, TX
December 3, 2011 Saxophonist/soloist
– The James Davis Orchestra
Crystal Charity Ball – Hilton Anatole Hotel – Dallas, TX
October
15, 2011 Lead Saxophonist/Soloist
– Alan Glasscock Jazz
Orchestra – Annual Hangar Dance – Meacham Field
Fort Worth, TX
August
16 - 28, 2011 Saxophone Soloist – American Music Tribute
(6 performances) Fort
Worth Symphony Orchestra
Bass Performance Hall – Fort Worth, TX
August 5, 2011
Saxophonist/soloist – Wayne Newton Show
Winstar World Casino – OK
July 26, 2011
Lecture – “The Saxophone From Bach to Bop”
Texas Bandmasters Annual Conference
Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center – San Antonio, TX
June 25, 2011
Lead Saxophonist/soloist – The Alan Glasscock
Orchestra – Fort Worth, TX
June 19 - 21, 2011 Saxophonist/woodwind
specialist
(5 performances)
“Chicago” – Broadway at the Bass
Bass Performance Hall – Fort Worth, TX
June 10, 2011
Saxophonist/soloist - Official Texas Jazz Orchestra
Community Concert – Frisco, TX
May 14 – June 2,
Saxophonist/flutist – “Hydrogen Jukebox”
2011 (14 performances) Fort Worth Opera – Scott Theater – Fort Worth, TX
April 28-29, 2011
Saxophonist/soloist – Official Texas Jazz Orchestra
Tribute to Leon Breeden w/Marvin Stamm, Lou Marini,
Tom “Bones” Malone - Denton Jazz Festival – Denton, TX
April
16, 2011 Saxophonist
– James Davis Orchestra
Ritz-Carleton Hotel – Dallas, TX
April 15, 2011
TCU Faculty Jazz Performance
Worthington Hotel – Fort Worth, TX
April 8, 2011
Lecture Recital – “The Saxophone From Bach to Bop”
North American Saxophone Alliance Region
4 Conference
Sam Houston State University – Huntsville, TX
April 5, 2011
Saxophonist – Annual Concert Gala featuring
Patti Lupone – Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra
Bass Performance Hall – Fort Worth, TX
March 27, 2011 Saxophonist/soloist
– Official Texas Jazz Orchestra
Community Concert – Flower Mound, TX
Feb 25-26. 2011 Saxophonist/soloist
– Abilene Symphony Orchestra
Tribute to Frank Sinatra w/ Vinnie Falcone
Abilene Civic Auditorium – Ablilene, TX
February 12, 2011
Guest Soloist – Texas Community College All-Star
Jazz Ensemble – Texas Music Educators Annual
Conference – Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center
San Antonio, TX
January 22, 2011
Saxophonist – Johnny Mathis Show
Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra
Bass Performance Hall – Fort Worth, TX
December 31, 2010
Saxophonist – Tribute to ”Ol Blue Eyes”
Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra
Bass Performance Hall – Fort Worth, TX
December 13, 2010 Lead Alto Saxophone/Soloist
“The Jazz Monsters”
Annual Christmas Concert – Rose Marine Ballroom
Fort Worth, TX
November 18-20, 2010
Guest Conductor – All Virginia Jazz Ensemble
(Virginia All-State Jazz Ensemble)
Norfolk, VA
October 23, 2010
Saxophonist/soloist – Tribute to Gershwin
Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra
Bass Performance Hall – Fort Worth, TX
September 25, 2010
Saxophonist – Glen Campbell Show
Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra
Bass Performance Hall – Fort Worth, TX
September 10 – 12 Saxophone
Soloist - “Romeo and Juliet”
2010 (3performances) Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra
Bass Performance Hall – Fort Worth, TX
September
3, 2010 Guest Soloist – The
USAF Airmen of Note
60thAnniversary- Lisner Auditorium
George Washington University
Washington, DC
July 18 – 23, 2010
Saxophone/combo faculty
UNT Jazz Combo Workshop – University of North Texas
Denton, TX
June 18 – July 25,
Woodwind I (Saxophone, Clarinet, Flute)
2010
(43 performances) “It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, It’s Superman”
Dallas Theater Center – Dallas, TX
May 7 – 9, 2010
Saxophone Soloist – “Pictures at an Exhibition”
(3 performances)
Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra
Bass Performance Hall – Fort Worth, TX
February 11-12, 2010
Guest Soloist/Clinician – Annual Clark Terry Jazz Festival
University of Southeast Missouri – Cape Girardeau, MO
February 13, 2010
Soloist/clinician – single reed workshop
University of Southeast Missouri – Cape Girardeau, MO
January
23, 2010 Saxophonist –
“Kraig Parker”
Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra
Bass Performance Hall – Fort Worth, TX
January 15, 2010
Lecture recital – US Navy Band International Saxophone
Symposium – George Mason University – Fairfax, VA
December 5, 2009
Saxophonist/soloist - The James Davis Orchestra
Crystal Charity Ball – Lowe’s Anatole – Dallas, TX
December 4, 2009
Alto/soprano saxophone soloist – “Strata” Big Band
Christmas Concert – Plano, TX
October 16-17, 2009
Lead Alto Saxophone/Woodwinds – Grand Opening
Broadway Celebration featuring Patty Lupone
Winspear Opera House – Dallas, TX
September 1-6, 2009 Saxophone Soloist – National
tour – “Grease”
(8 performances)
“Casa Manana at the Bass” – Bass Performance Hall
Fort Worth, TX
June 21, 2009
Saxophonist/soloist – “Concerts in the Garden
Sponsored by the Fort Worth Symphony
Botanical Gardens – Fort Worth, TX
May
13-17, 2009 Saxophone Soloist
– Bernstein’s “Symphonic Dances”
(3
performances) Fort
Worth Symphony Orchestra
Bass Performance Hall – Fort Worth, TX
February
25 – March 1, Saxophone Soloist – “L’arlessiene Suites”
2009 (3 performances) Fort
Worth Symphony Orchestra
Bass Performance Hall – Fort Worth, TX
February
14, 2009 Saxophone Soloist – “Tribute
to the Movies”
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Meyerson Concert Hall, Dallas TX
December 22-28, 2008 Woodwind
Specialist “Annie” Casa Manana at the Bass
(8 performances)
(Clarinet, flute, piccolo) – Bass Performance Hall
Fort Worth, TX
December
6, 2008 Lead Saxophonist
The James Davis Orchestra
Crystal Charity Ball – Lowe’s
Anatole – Dallas, TX
November 7, 2008
Lead Saxophonist
Natalie Cole Show
Winstar World Casino – OK
October 8-12, 2008
Saxophonist
(3 performances) Fort
Worth Symphony Orchestra
Tribute to Peruvian composers
Bass Performance Hall – Fort Worth, TX
October 4, 2008 Lead
Saxophonist
The Alan Glasscock Orchestra
Meacham Field – Fort Worth, TX
September 19, 2008 Lead Saxophonist
The Hunter Sullivan Orchestra
Nasher Sculpture Ctr. – Dallas, TX
September 13, 2008 Lead Saxophonist
The Alan Glasscock Orchestra
Soho Hall, Fort Worth, TX
August 16-17, 2008
Principal Woodwind
(3 shows)
“Damn Yankees”
Casa Manana – Fort Worth, TX
June 1, 2008
Saxophonist/soloist
Concerts in the Garden – Sponsored
By the Fort Worth Symphony
April 26, 2008
Lead Saxophonist
The “Temptations”
Worthington Hotel – Fort Worth, TX
April 11-12, 2008
Sax/Woodwinds
“The Bernadette
Peters Show”
East Texas Symphony – Tyler,
TX
February 23, 2008 Saxophonist
The “Temptations”
St. Mark’s School – Dallas, TX
Non-refereed publications (include publications arising from presentations,
i.e., proceedings), exhibits, performances, textbooks, etc.
December 1, 2014
Solo Faculty Saxophone Recital
PepsiCo Recital Hall – TCU
November 14, 2014 Fall
Jazz Ensembles Concert
Special Guest Artist Saxophonist Jim Snidero
Ed Landreth Auditorium – TCU
November 11, 2014 Student
Saxophone Chamber Music Recital
PepsiCo Recital Hall – TCU
October 21, 2014
Student Jazz Combo Concert
PepsiCo Recital Hall – TCU
September 14, 2014 Dan
Haerle Jazz Trio
Guest Artist Performance Series
PepsiCo Recital Hall – TCU
September 12, 2014 Jazz
Ensemble Performance
Annual Family Weekend Celebration
Brown-Lupton University Union – TCU
September 9, 2014
Student Jazz Combo Performance
Fall Convocation – TCU
September 7, 2014
Student Saxophone Recital – Aaron Pritchett – BME
PepsiCo Recital Hall – TCU
September 6, 2014
Student Saxophone Recital – Peter Trigg – BME
PepsiCo Recital Hall – TCU
July 23-27, 2014
Saxophone Instructor – TCU Band Camp
TCU
June 16-17, 2014 Camp director/saxophone
faculty
TCU Saxophone Workshop – TCU School of Music
Fort Worth, TX
April 30, 2014
TCU Jazz Ensemble Concert
Brown Lupton University Union – TCU
April 15, 2014
Student Saxophone Recital – Will Townsley – DMA
PepsiCo Recital Hall – TCU
April 15, 2014
Student Saxophone Recital – Ramiro Villarreal – DMA
PepsiCo Recital Hall
April 13, 2014
Student Saxophone Recital – Mike Korson – MM
PepsiCo Recital Hall – TCU
April 12, 2014
Student Saxophone Recital – Trent Warner – MM
Ed Landreth Auditorium – TCU
April 9, 2014
TCU School of Music Pi Kappa Lambda Honors Recital
Saxophone Quartet – First Place Winners
PepsiCo Recital Hall
April 1,
2014
Saxophone/Woodwind Chamber Music Recital
PepsiCo Recital Hall – TCU
March 29, 2014
Conductor/Coordinator – TCU Jazz Ensembles Concert
W/Guest Artist Peter Erskine (drums)
TCU Jazz Festival – Ed Landreth Auditorium
March 28, 2014
Soloist/Coordinator of Faculty Jazz Combo for guest artist
Peter Erskine (drums)
Ed Landreth Auditorium – TCU
November 22, 2013 TCU
Saxophone Ensembles Chamber Music Concert
PepsiCo Recital Hall – TCU
November 19, 2013 Conductor/Coordinator
– TCU Jazz Ensembles Concert
Ed Landreth Auditorium – TCU
November 11, 2013 Guest
Soloist – Amy Stewart/Julie Dean Faculty Recital
PepsiCo Recital Hall – TCU
October 6, 2013
Student Saxophone Recital – Kara Kazyaka – BME
PepsiCo Recital Hall – TCU
September 27, 2013 Conductor/Coordinator
– TCU Jazz Ensemble Concert
TCU Family Weekend – Brown Lupton University Union
September 26, 2013
Conductor/Coordinator – TCU Jazz Ensemble Concert
TCU Language and Culture Festival
Brown Lupton University Union
September 21, 2013 Student Saxophone Recital
– Kevin Armes – BME
PepsiCo Recital Hall – TCU
September 21, 2013 Student
Saxophone Recital – Payton Stevens – BME
PepsiCo Recital Hall – TCU
September 10, 2013 Student
Jazz Combo Performance
Annual Fall Convocation – TCU
September 9, 2013
Solo Faculty Saxophone Recital
PepsiCo Recital Hall – TCU
May 1, 2013
TCU Jazz Ensemble Concert
Brown Lupton University Union
TCU
April 30, 2013
Student Saxophone Recital – Ramiro Villarreal – MM
PepsiCo Recital Hall – TCU
April 29, 2013
Student Jazz Combos Concert
PepsiCo Recital Hall – TCU
April 12-14, 2013 Various
Performances – TCU Student Saxophone
Ensembles – Region 4 North American Saxophone
Alliance Conference – TCU
April 13, 2013
TCU Jazz Ensemble with Guest Artists
Region 4 North American Saxophone Alliance
Conference – Ed Landreth Auditorium – TCU
April 5, 2013
Student Saxophone Recital – Mike Korson – MM
PepsiCo Recital Hall – TCU
April 5, 2013
Student Saxophone Recital – Shane Ritchey – BM
PepsiCo Recital Hall – TCU
March 24, 2013
Student Saxophone Recital – Will Townsley – DMA
Ed Landreth Auditorium – TCU
March 23, 2013
Conductor/Coordinator – TCU Jazz Ensembles Concert
W/Guest Artist Randy Brecker (trumpet)
TCU Jazz Festival – Ed Landreth Auditorium
March 22, 2013
Soloist/Coordinator of Faculty Jazz Combo for guest artist
Randy Brecker (trumpet) and Johnny Case (piano)
Ed Landreth Auditorium – TCU
January 25, 2013
TCU Jazz Ensemble Performance
Fort Worth Academy – Fort Worth, TX
November 28, 2012 Conductor/Coordinator
– TCU Jazz Ensembles Concert
Ed Landreth Auditorium – TCU
November 17, 2012 Student
Saxophone Recital – Caitlin Koch – BME
PepsiCo Recital Hall – TCU
November 12/13, 2012 Guest Conductor/Clinician
– TMEA Region 7 Jazz
Ensemble – Aledo High School – Aledo, TX
November 12, 2012
Guest performer – TCU Faculty and Friends Series
“Bloodlines” by Martin Blessinger – PepsiCo Recital Hall
November 9,2012
Guest soloist – “Purple, White and Blues” Vocal Jazz
Ensemble with special guest Rosanna Eckert
PepsiCo Recital Hall – TCU
October 21, 2012 Soloist/Coordinator
of Faculty Jazz Combo for guest artist
Jim White (percussion) – PepsiCo Recital Hall – TCU
October 21, 2012
Conductor/Coordinator – TCU Jazz Ensembles Concert
W/Guest Artist Jim White (drums) – PepsiCo Recital Hall
September 21, 2012
Conductor/Coordinator – TCU Jazz Ensemble Concert
TCU Family Weekend – Brown Lupton University Union
September 10, 2012
Solo Saxophone Recital – PepsiCo Recital Hall – TCU
May 7, 2012
Student Saxophone Recital – Will Townsley – AD
PepsiCo Recital Hall - TCU
May 2, 2012
Student Saxophone Recital – Ramiro Villarreal – MM
PepsiCo Recital Hall - TCU
May 2, 2012
Conductor/Coordinator – TCU Jazz Ensemble End-of-Year
Concert – Brown Lupton University Union
April 20, 2012
Conductor/Coordinator – TCU Jazz Ensembles Concert
W/Guest Sim Flora (trombone) – PepsiCo Recital Hall
April 10, 2012
Coordinator – TCU Jazz Combos Concert
PepsiCo Recital Hall
March 31, 2012
Conductor/Coordinator – TCU Jazz Ensembles Concert
W/Guest Artist Chris Vadala (saxophone)
TCU Jazz Festival – Ed Landreth Auditorium
March 30, 2012
Soloist/Coordinator of Faculty Jazz Combo for guest artist
Chris Vadala (saxophone) – PepsiCo Recital Hall – TCU
March 1, 2012
Guest Saxophone Soloist – US Army Blues Jazz Combo
PepsiCo Recital Hall – TCU – Fort Worth, TX
February 24, 2012
Conductor/Coordinator – TCU Jazz Ensembles Concert
Lake Highlands High School – Dallas, TX
November 29, 2011 Conductor/Coordinator
– TCU Jazz Ensembles Concert
Ed Landreth Auditorium – TCU
November 18-19,
Guest Conductor/Clinician – ATSSB Region 2
2011
Jazz Festival – Argyle High School - Argyle, TX
November 15-17,
Guest Conductor/Clinician – TMEA Region 24
2011
Jazz Festival – Newman Smith High School
Carrollton, TX
November 17, 2011 Conductor/Coordinator –
TCU Jazz Ensemble Guest
Performance – TMEA Region 24 Jazz Festival
Newman Smith High School – Carrollton, TX
October 24, 2011 Solo Faculty
Recital – TCU PepsiCo Recital Hall
October 5, 2011 Guest
Soloist – TCU Chamber Orchestra - Latin
American Music Festival – TCU PepsiCo Recital Hall
September
30, 2011 Guest Conductor – TCU Brass/Percussion Ensemble
Latin American Music Festival – Ed Landreth Auditorium
September
23, 2011 Conductor/Coordinator – TCU Jazz Ensemble
Concert
Family Weekend – Brown-Lupton University Union
September
11, 2011 Guest Recitalist – Till MacIvor Meyn Faculty
Composition
Recital – TCU PepsiCo Recital Hall
April 27, 2011
Guest Soloist – TCU Jazz Ensemble
Brown-Lupton University Union
March 25, 2011 Guest
Performer/Soloist – TCU Faculty Jazz Combo
With Guest Alex Isles – TCU PepsiCo Recital Hall
January
22, 2011 Soloist- Recital Honoring
Year of Collaborative Piano
TCU PepsiCo Recital Hall
Materials or activities accepted or scheduled but not yet printed, released, or presented
February 2016
Guest Conductor/Clinician
Texas All-State Community College Jazz Ensemble
Texas Music Educators Conference
Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center
San Antonio, TX
July 2015
Participation/Solo Performance
World Saxophone Congress – Strasbourg, France
February 2015
Clinic Presentation – Jazz Ensemble Rehearsal
Techniques – Texas Music Educators Conference
Henry B. Gonzales Convention Center
San Antonio, TX
February
2015
Invited Performance – TCU Jazz Ensemble
Texas Music Educators Conference
Henry B. Gonzales Convention Center
San Antonio, TX
Papers presented, participation on panels, etc.
March 20, 2014 Clinic
Presentation – “The Saxophone from Bach to Bop”
North American Saxophone Alliance Biennial Conference
University of Illinois
Champaign, IL
June 28-29, 2013
Camp director/saxophone faculty
TCU Saxophone Workshop – TCU School of Music
Fort Worth, TX
April 14, 2013
Master Class Presentation – Region 4 North American
Saxophone Alliance Conference – Texas Christian
University – Fort Worth, TX
April 13, 2013
Guest Soloist – TCU Jazz Ensemble – Region 4 North
American Saxophone Alliance Conference – Ed Landreth
Auditorium – TCU
April 12, 2013
World Premiere Performance – “Icon” for Alto Saxophone
And Wind Ensemble – TCU Wind Symphony – Region 4
North American Saxophone Alliance Conference – Ed
Landreth Auditorium – TCU
June 27-28, 2012
Camp director/saxophone faculty
TCU Saxophone Workshop – TCU School of Music
Fort Worth, TX
June 29-30, 2011 Camp
director/saxophone faculty
TCU Saxophone Workshop – TCU School of Music
Fort Worth, TX
June 11, 2011
Jazz Improvisation Clinic – Jazz Educators Network
University of Texas at Arlington – Arlington, TX
June 30- July 1, 2010 Camp director/saxophone
faculty
TCU Saxophone Workshop – TCU School of Music
Fort Worth, TX
February 11-12, 2010 Guest Soloist/Clinician – Annual Clark
Terry Jazz Festival
University of Southeast Missouri – Cape Girardeau, MO
February 13, 2010
Soloist/clinician – single reed workshop
University of Southeast Missouri – Cape Girardeau, MO
January 15, 2010
Lecture recital – US Navy Band International Saxophone
Symposium – George Mason University
Fairfax, VA
Editorships, consulting, adjudications
November 6-8, 2014
Conductor/Clinician
TMEA Region 8 Jazz Ensemble
Temple College – Temple, TX
November 5, 2014 All
Region Saxophone Clinician
Cockrill Middle School
McKinney, TX
October 27, 2014 All
Region Saxophone Clinician
Clements High School
Sugarland, TX
October 27, 2014 All
Region Saxophone Clinician
Cy-Fair High School
Houston, TX
October 26, 2014 Saxophone
Clinician
Blinn College
Brenham, TX
September 10, 2014 Yamaha Artist/Clinician
Prototype Instrument testing
Fort Worth, TX
May
22, 2014
Guest Saxophone Soloist/Clinician
Plano West High School Jazz Ensemble
Plano, TX
April 25, 2014
Jazz Ensemble Adjudicator
UNC/Greeley Jazz Festival
Greeley, CO
February 21, 2014
Jazz Ensemble Rehearsal/Clinic
Rowlett HS – Rowlett, TX
December
19, 2013 Guest Speaker –
Life as a Military Musician
Fort Worth Kiwanis Club – Fort Worth, TX
November
20, 2013 All-region Saxophone
Master Class
Plano West Senior High School
Plano, TX
April 25-27, 2013
Guest Clinician – Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Jazz Festival - Indiana, PA
January 26, 2013
Dallas Symphonic Winds Solo Contest Adjudicator
Dallas, TX
November 12-13, 2012 Guest Conductor/Clinician –
TMEA Region 7
Jazz Ensemble – Aledo High School – Aledo, TX
September 19, 2012
All Region Saxophone Master Class
Aledo High School – Aledo, TX
November 18-19,
Guest Conductor/Clinician – ATSSB Region 2
2011
Jazz Festival – Argyle High School - Argyle, TX
November 15-17,
Guest Conductor/Clinician – TMEA Region 24
2011
Jazz Festival – Newman Smith High School
Carrollton, TX
March 26, 2011
Clinician/Adjudicator – TCU Jazz Festival
PepsiCo Recital Hall – Fort Worth, TX
March 4, 2011
Adjudicator – University of Texas at Arlington
Jazz Festival – Arlington, TX
March 27, 2010
Clinician/Adjudicator – TCU Jazz Festival
PepsiCo Recital Hall – Fort Worth, TX
February 11-12, 2010 Guest
Soloist/Clinician – Annual Clark Terry Jazz Festival
University of Southeast Missouri – Cape Girardeau, MO
February 13, 2010 Soloist/clinician
– single reed workshop
University of Southeast Missouri – Cape Girardeau, MO
January
15, 2010 Lecture recital –
US Navy Band International Saxophone
Symposium – George Mason University – Fairfax, VA
November 19/21, 2009 Guest conductor – TMEA/UIL Region 3 Jazz Ensemble
Sacshe High School – Sacshe, TX
November 16/17, 2009 Guest conductor – TMEA/UIL Region 7 Jazz Ensemble
Aledo High School – Aledo, TX
July 13-17, 2009 Saxophone/Combo
Faculty
University of North Texas Jazz Combo Camp
Denton, TX
March 25, 2009
Rehearsal Technician
Aledo High School Jazz Ensemble
Aledo, TX
December 11-12, 2008 Rehearsal Technician
Texas Music Educators Jazz Ensemble
Region 20 All-Star Band
Waxahachie, TX
November 18, 2008 Rehearsal Technician
Waxahachie High School Jazz Ensemble
Waxahachie, TX
May 27, 2008
Saxophone Master Class
Waxahachie High School
Waxahachie, TX
May 9, 2008
Rehearsal Technician
Pascal High School Jazz Ensemble
Fort Worth, TX
November 13, 2008 Saxophone
Master Class
Aledo High School - Aledo, TX
October 26,
2008 Saxophone Master Class
Mark Dooly Saxophone Studio - Grapevine, TX
July 14-18, 2008
Guest Jazz Faculty
University of North Texas
Annual Jazz Combo Camp
Denton, TX
December 10, 2007 Saxophone Master
Class
Plano East High School
Plano, TX
October 5, 2007
Saxophone Master Class
North Crowley High School
Fort Worth, TX
September 19, 2007 Saxophone Master
Class
Creekview High School
Carrollton, TX
September 10, 2007 Saxophone Master
Class
Rowlett High School
Rowlett, TX
July 16-20, 2007
Guest Jazz Faculty
University of North Texas Annual Jazz Combo Camp
Denton, TX
May 2007
Jazz Festival Co-chair
Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival Jazz Fest
Winchester, VA
May 2007
Jazz Ensemble Clinician
James Wood Middle
School
Winchester, VA
March 29-31, 2007 Guest Adjudicator
North Texas Jazz Festival
Addison, TX
February 3, 2007 Guest
Conductor
All-County Jazz Ensemble
Washington County, MD
January 26-27, 2007 Guest Conductor
All-State Jazz Ensemble
Dover, DE
April 22, 2006
Guest Adjudicator
Blue Ridge Jazz Festival
Smithsburg, MD
February 15, 2006 Guest
Conductor
Arkansas All-State Jazz Ensemble
Hot Springs, AR
February 15, 2006 Jazz
Improvisation Clinic
Arkansas Music Conference
Hot Springs, AR
May 4, 2005
Guest Adjudicator
Shenandoah Apple Blossom
Jazz Festival – VA
April 16, 2005
“Life as a Military Musician”
Southwest Regional IAJE Conference
Lecture Presentation
Baylor University – Waco, TX
Service
Departmental service:
Secured the services
of Internationally Acclaimed Woodwind Artist Paquito D’Rivera
for the 38th Annual TCU Jazz
Festival – March 2015
Successful nomination of Peter Erskine as a School of Music “Green Chair Scholar”
at the
37th Annual TCU Jazz Festival –
also conducted Master Classes – March 2014
Invited New York jazz artists John Raymond and Tim Green for special
recital presentation
during
Black History Month – performance and master class
Hosted master class and
recital by renowned classical saxophonist James Houlik -
January 2014
Theory/Composition Search Committee
2013 (TCU School of Music)
Featured Internationally Acclaimed Trumpet Artist Randy Brecker at the 36th Annual
TCU Jazz Festival
– March 2013
TCU School of Music Faculty Advisory Committee (2013 -)
Collaborated with TCU Percussion Department hosting jazz drummer/educator
Jim
White
– Faculty Jazz Combo and Student Jazz Ensemble Performance - October 2012
Applied Flute Search Committee 2012 (TCU School
of Music)
Produced TCU Jazz Ensemble Compact Disc “Midnight Voyage” July 2012
Hosted classical saxophonist/recitalist
Christopher Creviston from Arizona State
University – March 2012
TCU Band Administrative Assistant Search Committee 2012 (TCU School
of Music)
Regular member of performance faculty during annual TCU Band Camp
Executive Building Committee – TCU School of Music (2011- )
School of Music
Promotion and Tenure Committee (2010 -)
Hosted Jim Snidero – New York Jazz Artist – Master Class/Performance –
March 2010
Hosted Jackie Lamar – Professor of Saxophone at the University of Central Arkansas
Master Class and recital – February
2010
Applied
Trombone Search Committee 2008-09 (TCU School of Music)
Expanded TCU School of Music Jazz Faculty participation in Annual TCU Jazz Festival
in 2012.
The festival now offers rehearsal clinic for participating High School bands immediately
following festival performance, providing
hands-on interaction with TCU School of Music faculty.
This addition has received widespread enthusiasm from
participating
directors and resulted in a waiting list being established for bands wishing
to take part in the festival. The event continues
to be one of the most popular jazz
festivals in the Southwestern United States, with 30 bands participating annually.
My annual
Saxophone Workshop, established in 2008, has grown to a 2-day event and draws
aspiring saxophonists from around the region.
Participation in the workshop has steadily
grown and proven to be an effective recruiting tool, attracting many aspiring saxophonists
to
the TCU Campus from around the region.
College/University service:
Coordination of student jazz combos performing annually for Commencement
activities, Founder’s Day Events, Fall Convocation beginning in 2011.
October 16, 2014
Jazz Ensemble Director/Orchestra Soloist for
Celebration honoring John Giordano’s 40+ years
At TCU
October
23-25, 2012 Coordinator/Conductor for Jazz Ensemble Participation
In Fine Arts Gala at Amon G. Carter Stadium “Champions
Club” – Included rehearsal/coordination with colleagues
From Theater and Dance and performance as woodwind
Soloist in theater related aspects of production.
September 12, 2012
Faculty Jazz Combo performance – Amon G. Carter
Stadium “Champions Club” – “Leap Frog” event
September 6, 2012
Faculty Jazz Combo performance – Brown-Lupton
University Union – TCU Alumni Event
September 5, 2012
Faculty Jazz Combo performance – Amon G. Carter
Stadium “Champions Club” – stadium donor event
February 25, 2012
Faculty Jazz Combo performance – Clark Society
Brown-Lupton University Union – TCU
– Fort Worth, TX
Community activities directly related to professional skills:
2013-
Volunteer musician – soloist
St. Andrew’s Catholic Church
Fort Worth, TX
Professional service/memberships
American Federation of Musicians
College Music Society
Texas Music Educators Association
Jazz Education Network
Texas Jazz Educators Association
International Association For Jazz Education
(Virginia
President-elect, 2006-2007)
North American Saxophone
Alliance
(Region 4 Conference Host 2013)
Texas Bandmasters Association
Theater Musicians
Association (National)
