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CURRICULUM VITAE

DR. FELIX OLSCHOFKA

Professor of Violin Interim Director of Graduate Studies Director, UNT Summer String Institute College of Music University of North Texas

Felix.Olschofka@unt.edu www.felixolschofka.com 619.402.6707 (cell)

EDUCATION

2004-2009 D.M.A. (violin/conducting) University of California San Diego 2002-2003 Doctoral studies Indiana University, Bloomington 1999-2002 Performance Certificate Indiana University, Bloomington 1997-1999 M.M. Academy of Music “Hanns Eisler”, Berlin 1994-1997 B.M. Academy of Music “Hanns Eisler”, Berlin 1988-1993 Pre-College Studies Robert Schumann School of Music, Düsseldorf

Leadership Development 2018 NASM Annual Conference: “New Music Administrators in Higher Education” 2018 The Art of Participatory Leadership™ 2016 Crucial Conversations™ 2015-2016 UNT Leadership Fellow

EMPLOYMENT

2018-present Professor University of North Texas 2010-2018 Associate Professor University of North Texas 2007-2010 Associate Professor San Diego State University 2003-2007 Assistant Professor San Diego State University 2000-2003 Associate Instructor of Violin Indiana University, Bloomington (Teaching assistant to Prof. Mauricio Fuks)

ACADEMIC LEADERSHIP 2018-present Interim Director of Graduate Studies (College of Music) 2018-present Chair, Graduate Council/Curriculum Committee (College of Music) 2017-2018 Chair, Graduate Performance Degree Committee (College of Music) 2016-present UNT Faculty Senator 2014-present Director, UNT Summer String Institute 2008-2010 Chair, Performance Area San Diego State University 2007-2010 String Area Coordinator San Diego State University

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FIELD RELATED 2017 Faculty-Artist Round Top Music Festival, TX 2017 Faculty-Artist Fresno Summer Orchestra Academy, CA 2016-2017 Guest Concertmaster Shreveport Symphony, LA 2015-present Faculty-Artist Summit Music Festival, NY 2014-2015 Guest Concertmaster Dallas Chamber Symphony 2013 Interim Artistic Director Chamber Music Society of Fort Worth 2012 Faculty-Artist Bay View Music Festival, MI 2011-2014 Concertmaster Ensemble du Monde, NYC, NY 2011 Concertmaster Saint-George Music Festival, France 2000-2003 Concertmaster Terre Haute Symphony, IN 1998-2000 Associate Concertmaster Brandenburg Philharmonic Potsdam, Germany

I. INSTRUCTIONAL ACTIVITIES (Higher Education) UNIVERSITY of NORTH TEXAS (2010-present)

• Applied studio (BM, MM, GAC, DMA) • String chamber ensembles • Studio class: weekly two-hour long studio meetings • Instrumental literature classes for doctoral students • Supervision of special problem classes • Advising of doctoral students (DMA proposals, DMA dissertations)

SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY (2003-2010)

• Applied studio (BM, MM) • String (and mixed) chamber ensembles • Interim Director of the Symphony Orchestra • Director of the Opera Orchestra • Elementary string methods class for music education majors • String forum performance class • Theory 1 (2003-2005)

INDIANA UNIVERSITY (2000-2003)

• Applied studio (BA, BM)

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II. SCHOLARSHIP CD-RECORDINGS

2018 TrioPolis I, seven world premieres written for TrioPolis (Fleur de Son Classics) 2015 Phoenix, a work for solo violin and electronics by Ben Sabey (Albany) 2015 Suite Noir with SWARMIUS & members of San Diego Symphony (Aleppo) 2015 Die Tischtuchtolle, a solo violin work by Joe Klein (innova 873) 2011 Chamber work by Joelle Wallach (Alibris) 2010 SWAMRIUS II (accepted by Albany Records, released by Aleppo Recordings) 2008 Jewish Friends and Neighbors (ACM) 2008 SWARMIUS Debut CD (accepted by Albany Records, released by Aleppo Records) 2006 Tango for One (released by GuitarSound) 2005 Silvergate Piano Trio (ACM)

INTERNATIONAL and NATIONAL RADIO/TV BROADCAST

2014 Ho Chi Minh Television (HTV), Channel 9. Live recording of a guest faculty chamber recital at the Ho Chi Minh Conservatory of Music, Vietnam

2012 Interlochen Public Radio, MI: Chamber music works performed at the Bay View Music Festival 2011 Megavision Cable for Bolivia, Brazil, and Chile: Mozart Sinfonia Concertante with Orquesta Sinfonia de Santa Cruz, Bolivia 2010 Megavision Cable for Bolivia, Brazil, and Chile: Beethoven Triple concerto with Orquesta Sinfonia de Santa Cruz, Bolivia 2009 Megavision Cable for Bolivia, Brazil, and Chile: Beethoven violin concerto

with Orquesta Sinfonia de Santa Cruz, Bolivia 2008 KPBS Public Broadcasting (NPR): Works by Joseph Waters 2006 Megavision Cable, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile: Mozart violin concerto (no.5) with the Orquesta Sinfonia de Santa Cruz, Bolivia 2005 Red Uno, Bolivian Cable TV: Caprice No. 24 op. 1 by Paganini 2003 KBS (Korean Broadcasting System): Beethoven Triple concerto with the Seoul Symphony 1999 KBS (Korean Broadcasting System): Mozart concerto (no. 4) with the Seoul Symphony 1997 KBS (Korean Broadcasting System): Pusan Ibach Chamber Music Festival 1993 NRPR (National Romanian Public Radio): Piano trios by Shostakovich, Smetana, and Mozart 1993 WDR (Westdeutscher Rundfunk, Germany): Beethoven piano trio, op 70, no. 2 1992 Deutsche Welle (Germany): Mendelssohn piano trio op. 49 1992 WDR (Westdeutscher Rundfunk, Germany): Schubert sonatina in g minor 1992 WDR (Westdeutscher Rundfunk, Germany): Beethoven piano trio op. 70, no.1 1991 WDR (Westdeutscher Rundfunk, Germany): Metamorphoses by Jürg Baur 1990 WDR (Westdeutscher Rundfunk, Germany): Beethoven violin sonata no. 1

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WORLD PREMIERES (2003-2016) 29 contemporary solo and chamber music works by internationally renowned composers Roger Reynolds, Joseph Waters, Will Swofford, Travor Gahl, Benjamin Sabey, Kristin Norderval, Michelle Nagai, Mark Dresser, Sarah Weaver, Peter Terry, David DeBoor Canfield, Costas Dafnis, Andrew May, Richard DeRosa, Sungji Hong, and Kirsten Broberg

INTERNATIONAL MASTER CLASSES and FESTIVALS

2018 Chile Universidad de Talca 2018 Chile Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago 2017 China Renmin University, Beijing 2017 Norway Residency at Norwegian Academy of Music, Oslo 2016 Korea Ewha Womans University, Seoul 2015 China China Conservatory, Beijing 2015 China Central Conservatory, Beijing 2015 China Renmin University, Beijing 2015 Vietnam Ho Chi Minh Conservatory of Music, Vietnam 2015 Vietnam National Academy of Music, Hanoi, Vietnam 2015 Colombia Fundacion Universitaria Juan N. Corpas, Bogota 2015 Brazil Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre 2014 Taiwan CICA Master Class Series, Taipei 2014 Vietnam Ho Chi Minh Conservatory of Music, Vietnam 2014 Vietnam National Academy of Music, Hanoi, Vietnam 2014 Brazil Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre 2013 Taiwan National Taiwan Normal University 2013 Taiwan Taipei Municipal University of Education 2013 Taiwan National Taiwan University of Education 2013 Korea Ewha Womans University 2013 Korea Chugye Womans University 2013 Korea Konkuk University 2013 Bahamas The Nassau Music Society International Festival 2012 Korea Ewha Womans University 2012 Korea Daejin University 2011 Croatia Summer Music Festival Kastela 2011 France International Music Festival “Saint-Georges” (Guadeloupe) 2011 Netherlands Royal Conservatory of The Hague 2010 Korea Konkuk University 2010 Korea Ewha Womans University 2010 Korea Hanyang University 2010 Netherlands Royal Conservatory of The Hague 2009 China Tianjing Music Conservatory 2008 Germany Rostock Musikhochschule (Music Conservatory) 2007 Sweden Society for Electro Acoustic Music (SEAMS), Stockholm 2007 Mexico Centro Mexicano para la Música y las Artes Sonoras (CMMAS) 2007 Bolivia Orchestra Academy (Orquesta Sinfonica de Santa Cruz)

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2006 Mexico Universidad National Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM), Mexico City 2006 Germany School of Music Bonn 2006 Bolivia Orchestra Academy (Orquesta Sinfonica de Santa Cruz) 2006 Brazil Universidad de Sao Paulo 2006 Chile Universidad de Chile, Santiago 2006 Mexico Orchestra Academy (Orquesta Sinfonica de Santa Cruz) 2005 Bolivia Music institutions in La Paz, Cochabamba, and Santa Cruz 2003 Mexico University of Ensenada 1997 Korea Ibach Chamber Music Festival, Pusan 1994 Austria International Brahms Festival, Klagenfurt 1993 Romania 30th International Festival Craiova Muzicala, Craiova 1993 Romania Black Sea Music Festival, Constanza, 1993 Germany European Music Academy Bonn 1992 Germany Schleswig-Holstein-Festival 1991 USA Interlochen Summer Arts Camp

NATIONAL MASTER CLASSES and FESTIVALS (USA)

2018, Oct 25 University of Central Oklahoma, OK 2018, Oct. 10 Texas Tech University, TX 2018, Sept. 28 Sam Houston State University, TX 2018, July 15-29 UNT Summer String Institute, TX 2018, April 27-29 NWEAMO Festival, San Diego, CA 2017, Aug. 2-12 Summit Music Festival, NY 2017, July 16-30 UNT Summer String Institute, TX 2017, June 12-25 Fresno Opera and Orchestra Summer Academy, CA 2017, June 4-11 Round Top Music Festival, TX 2017, March 20 Fresno State University, CA 2017, March 17 San Francisco State University, CA 2017, March 16 San Jose State University, CA 2017, March 2 Baylor University, TX 2016, Oct. 11 University of Oklahoma, OK 2016, June 17-July 2 UNT Summer String Institute, TX 2016, March 29-Apr. 1 KWU International String Festival, KS 2016, March 22 Oklahoma City University, OK 2016, Feb. 12 University of New Mexico, NM 2015, Oct 31 University of Northern Colorado, CO 2015, Oct. 30 University of Denver, CO 2015, Oct. 29 University of Colorado Boulder, CO 2015, July 28-Aug. 10 Summit Music Festival, NY 2015, June 19-July 3 UNT Summer String Institute, TX 2015, April 9 Kansas Wesleyan University, KS 2015, April 6 University of Kansas, KS 2015, March 23-27 Residency at Grand Valley State University, MI 2014, Oct. 29 Belmont University, TN 2014, Oct. 28 University of North Carolina Greensboro, NC

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2014, Oct. 27 University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, NC 2014, June 20-28 UNT Summer String Institute, TX 2014, April 22 Western Kentucky University, KY 2014, April 5 Chagrin Valley Chamber Music Festival, OH 2014, February 4 Western Illinois University, IL 2013, Oct. 18 University or Las Vegas, NV 2013, Oct. 10 University of Houston, TX 2013, Oct. 3 Louisiana State University, LA 2013, June 17-27 Saint Augustine Music Festival, FL 2012, Oct. 17 SUNY Hunter College, NY 2012, June-Aug. Bay View Music Festival (and Conservatory), MI 2012, April 18-21 Western Kentucky University, KY 2012, Mar. 15 Arizona State University, AZ 2011, April 3-5 Grand Valley State University, MI 2011, Mar. 2 Arizona State University, AZ 2009, Oct. 29 Portland State University, OR 2009, Mar. 11 California State University Fresno, CA 2009, Feb. 29 University of California Los Angeles, CA 2008, Oct. 16-17 Florida International University, Miami, FL 2007, Nov. 5 New York University, NY 2007, Nov. 2 Boyer College of Music and Dance, Temple University, PA 2007, Oct. 29 Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester, NY 2007, Feb. 16 Bluffton University, OH

DISTINCT INTERNATIONAL EVENTS

1993 30th anniversary of the French-German friendship treaty (1963-1993) Invitation by Dr. Helmut Kohl, Chancellor of Germany, and François Mitterrand, President of France. Appearance with Trio Vivo Bonn

1990 Invitation by Dr. Richard von Weizsäcker, President of Germany to perform at the Villa Hammerschmidt. Appearance with Trio Vivo Bonn

INTERNATIONAL and NATIONAL PERFORMANCES (Selected from over 800 concerts since 1990)

2018 USA Soloist with the UNT Concert Orchestra 2018 USA TrioPolis @ Oklahoma Central University 2018 USA TrioPolis @ Texas Tech University 2018 Chile Recital @ National Museum of Sculpture, Talca 2018 Chile Las Majadas de Pierque, Santiago 2018 USA Chamber Music Society Fort Worth 2018 USA Word Premiere of “Clouds of Sepia” @ NWEAMO Festival, San Diego 2018 USA UNT Faculty Concert @ Moody Performance Hall, Dallas 2017 Germany Chamber Music Series in Luftraum, Berlin 2017 Germany “Master Concerts” in Augustinum Hall, Bonn 2017 Germany Chamber Music Series at Carl-Maria-von Weber Museum, Dresden 2017 USA TrioPolis @ NWEAMO Festival, San Diego

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2017 USA TrioPolis @ Fresno State 2017 USA TrioPolis @ San Francisco State 2017 USA TrioPolis @ San Jose State 2017 USA TrioPolis @ Baylor University 2016 USA Soloist with the Kansas Wesleyan University Orchestra, KS 2016 USA Chamber Music International, Dallas, TX 2016 USA TrioPolis @ University of Oklahoma Concert Series, OK 2016 USA TrioPolis @ University of Houston Concert Series, TX 2015 Colombia Soloist with Fundacion Universitaria Juan N. Corpas Orchestra, Bogota 2015 Brazil Recital at Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre 2015 Vietnam Recital at National Academy of Music, Vietnam 2015 Vietnam Recital at Ho Chi Minh Music Conservatory, Vietnam 2015 USA Faculty recital at the Summit Music Festival, NY 2015 USA Soloist with the Kansas Wesleyan University Orchestra, KS 2015 USA Two appearances at Int’l Computer Music Conference, Denton, TX 2015 USA Soloist with the UNT Concert Orchestra, TX 2014 Vietnam Soloist with the Ho Chi Minh Symphony Orchestra 2014 Vietnam Erato Arts School Guest - Faculty Concert 2014 Vietnam Ho Chi Minh Music Conservatory - Guest Faculty Concert 2014 Vietnam National Academy of Music - Guest Faculty Concert 2014 USA Ensemble du Monde, New York City, NY 2014 USA Chagrin Valley Chamber Music Series, OH 2014 USA Western Illinois University - Guest Faculty Concert 2014 USA Chamber Music Society Fort Worth 2014 USA Chamber Music International, Dallas, TX 2013 USA Soloist with the UNT Concert Orchestra 2013 USA Chamber Music Series at Texas Christian University 2013 USA Fort Worth Chamber Music Society 2013 USA Saint Augustine Music Festival 2013 USA Chamber Music International, Dallas 2012 USA Soloist with UNT Percussion Ensemble on UNT campus 2012 USA SWARMIUS North West Coastal Tour 2012 Korea Seoul National University 2012 USA 10 chamber music recitals at the Bay View Music Festival, MI 2012 USA Soloist with the Ensemble du Monde at Merkin Hall, New York City 2012 USA Recital with Julie Landsman at the UNT Horn Symposium 2012 USA Concertmaster of UNT Horn Symposium Orchestra 2012 USA Soloist with the Western Kentucky University String Ensemble 2012 USA Concerts at NWEAMO Festival with SWARMIUS, San Diego, CA 2012 USA Recital at the biannual Northern Alliance Saxophone Association at ASU 2012 USA Recitals at Chamber Music Society of Fort Worth 2012 USA Chamber Recital with UNT faculty on UNT campus 2012 USA Soloist with the UNT Symphony Orchestra at TMEA, San Antonio 2012 USA Soloist with the UNT Symphony Orchestra, UNT campus (UNT solo debut) 2011 USA Guest Artist with Kelemen Quartet at Chamber Music International, Dallas

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2011 USA 10th Tribeca New Music Festival with SWARMIUS, New York City 2011 USA Recital at MoMA Fort Worth by Van Cliburn Concert Series 2011 Bolivia Soloist with the Orquestra Sinfonia de Santa Cruz (Mozart, Sinfonia Concertante) 2011 USA SWAMRIUS at the NWEAMO Festival, San Diego 2011 USA Brahms violin sonatas and piano trios at University of North Texas 2010 USA Complete Beethoven violin sonatas with Gustavo Romero at UNT 2010 USA Recital with Chamber Music Society of Fort Worth 2010 Korea Recital with Jinson Kim (piano) at Mozart Hall, Seoul 2010 Bolivia Soloist with the Orquestra Sinfonia de Santa Cruz (Beethoven Triple concerto) 2009 USA Soloist with California Chamber Orchestra 2009 Bolivia Soloist with the Orquestra Sinfonia de Santa Cruz (Beethoven concerto) 2009 USA Soloist with Grossmont Symphony (Stravinsky concerto) 2009 China Solo recital in Tianjing 2008 Germany Solo recitals in Rostock and Berlin 2008 Norway Recitals with Florian Wiek (piano) in Tomoso, Trondheim, Bergen 2008 Island Recital with Florian Wiek, Reykavik 2008 N-Ireland Recital at the International Conference for Computer Music, Belfast 2008 USA Recitals in New York City, Miami, Los Angelos 2007 Germany Concert tour with “Ebb und Flut Camerata Hamburg,” Hamburg, Berlin 2007 Sweden SWARMIUS at Fylkingen Center for SEAMS, Stockholm, Sweden 2007 Mexico SWARMIUS at Centro CMMAS, Morelia, Mexcio 2007 USA Recital at New York University 2007 USA Recital at Yale University 2007 USA Recital at Temple University 2007 USA Recital at Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester 2006 USA Solo recital at Steinway Hall, New York City 2006 USA Soloist with the Tifereth Symphony (Tchaikovsky concerto), San Diego 2006 Bolivia Soloist with the Orquesta Sinfonica de Santa Cruz (Mozart No.5) 2006 Italy SWARMIUS at the Teatro Villa Eger, Castelfranco 2006 Italy SWARMIUS at the Veneto Jazz Festival, Bassano Del Grappa 2006 Germany SWARMIUS at the School of Music, Bonn 2006 Slovenia SWARMIUS at the 14th World Saxophone Congress, Ljubljana 2006 Germany Recital with Florian Wiek at Beethovenhaus Bonn, Bonn 2006 Brazil Recital with Florian Wiek at the Sala de Concertos da Tulha, Sao Paulo 2006 Chile Recital with Florian Wiek at the Sala Isidora Zegers, Santiago 2006 Bolivia Recital with Florian Wiek at the German Embassy, La Paz 2006 Bolivia Recital with Florian Wiek at the Teatro de la Agencia Española, Santa Cruz 2005 Germany Recital with Florian Wiek at the Stuttgart Music Conservatory 2005 Germany Recital with Florian Wiek, at Beethovenhaus Bonn 2005 Denmark Solo recital at Vor Frelsers Copenhagen 2005 Germany Opening concert of the 2004-2005 season at Christianskirche, Hamburg 2005 Germany Chamber Concert at the Laeiszhalle, Hamburg 2005 Mexico “3 do. Festival Internacional Musica y Musicologia al Borde,” Ensenada 2005 Bolivia Concert tour, recitals in La Paz, Santa Cruz, Cochabamba and Sucre 2004 USA Soloist with the Grossmont Symphony (Brahms double concerto), San Diego 2003 Korea Soloist with the Seoul Symphony Orchestra (Beethoven Triple Concerto)

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2003 Germany Concert at Christianskirche, Hamburg 2003 Mexico “2 do. Festival Internacional Musica y Musicologia al Borde,” Ensenada 2003 USA Soloist with the San Diego State symphony (Bruch No.1) 2003 USA Soloist with the Terre Haute Symphony (Bruch “Scottish Fantasy”) 2003 - 1998 Multiple concerts in Europe and the United States as Assistant

Concertmaster of the Brandenburg Philharmonic and Concertmaster of the Terre Haute Symphony Orchestra

1998 Germany Soloist with Berlin Chamber Players, Friedrichshagen/Berlin 1998 Germany Soloist with Berlin Chamber Players, Koepenick/Berlin 1997 Germany Concertmaster of Berlin Chamber Orchestra at Berlin Philhamonic, Berlin 1997 Korea Chamber music recitals at Pusan Ibach Festival, Pusan 1997 Germany Soloist with the University Orchestra “Hanns Eilser” Berlin 1995 Korea Soloist with the Seoul Symphony Orchestra, Seoul 1994 Germany Chamber music recital at the Schumannhaus, Bonn 1994 Germany Chamber music concert at the Alexander Von Humboldt Foundation, Bonn 1993 Germany Solo recital at Steinway-Haus, Berlin 1993 Korea Soloist with the Seoul Symphony Orchestra, Seoul (international debut) 1993 Germany Chamber recital at Schloss Elmau (Castle Elmau), Elmau 1993 Korea Chamber recitals in Seoul, Gwanju and Janggok. 1992 Germany Soloist with the Youth Symphony Orchestra 1992 Germany Soloist with the Youth Symphony Orchestra Rheinbach, Rheinbach 1992 Germany Recital at 4th European Music Academy Bonn 1991 Germany Concert at Gernsbach City Hall, Gernsbach 1991 Germany Concert at the Palais Wittgenstein, Düsseldorf 1990 Germany Featured recital at ESTA conference

(European String Teacher Association), Bremen 1990 Germany Recital at Beethovenhalle Bonn, Bonn 1990 France Concert at “L’Ecole De Music”, Mirecourt 1990 Germany Concert within “Kulturspiegel 1989/90,” Düsseldorf

CONDUCTING ENGAGEMENTS

2008 Interim Director of the San Diego State Symphony Orchestra 2006 Full production of “The Marriage of Figaro” by Mozart 2005 Full production of “The Impresario” by Mozart 2003 Beethoven Symphonies No. 1 & 2 with the Concert Orchestra at IU, Bloomington

GRANTS and AWARDS (a selection) 2017 UNT Global Engagement Grant ($1200 for recruitment tour in China) 2016 UNT Scholarly and Creative Activity Award ($5000 for CD production) 2015 Selected as faculty artist for the “Pew Master Teacher Residency Grant” at Grand

Valley State University, along with Paul Biss, violin professor at New England Conservatory

2013 UNT College of Music start-up grant for the UNT Summer String Institute ($2000) 2008 Member of the Pi Kappa Lambda National Music Honor Society

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2006 Travel Grant from the Office of International Programs (SDSU) to visit Stockholm Royal Conservatory of Music

2005 Travel Grant from the Office of International Programs to visit Bolivia, Brazil, and Chile 1992 German Youth Music Competition: Solo Instrument Category: 1st prize 1992 International Chamber Music Competition “Charles Hennen,” the Netherlands: 2nd prize with Trio Vivo Bonn (no 1st prize was awarded) 1992 Oscar and Vera Ritter Foundation Award 1992 Deutsche Stiftung Musikleben Award 1991 Deutscher Musikrat and Lufthansa Scholarship Award 1989 German Youth Music Competition: Chamber Music Category: 1st prize with Trio Vivo Bonn

COLLABORATING ARTISTS and CHAMBER MUSIC GROUPS

2015-present Founding member of TrioPolis with Kimberly Cole Luevano (clarinet) and Anatolia Ioannides (piano)

2010-present Cho-Liang Lin, Alex Kerr, Emanuel Borok, Gary Levinson, Paul Neubauer, Atar Arad, Jon Nakamatsu, Alexander Shtarkman, Jon Kimura Parker, Joyce Yang, Nathaniel Rosen, Paul Rosenthal, Jun Iwasaki, Julie Landsman, Ko Iwasaki, Kelemen Quartet

Various chamber groups with UNT faculty (Susan Dubois, Daphne Gerling, Nikola Ruzevic, Eugene Osadchy, Pamela Paul, Gustavo Romero, Steven Harlos, Kim Cole Luevano)

2006-2013 Founding member of SWARMIUS with Todd Rewoldt (saxophone), Joel Bluestone (percussion), and Joseph Waters (electronics) 2003-2007 Silvergate Trio 1997-1999 Zeiher Quartet 1988-1995 Trio Vivo Bonn

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III. ADMINISTRATION and SERVICE COMMITTEE ASSIGNEMENTS at the UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS

2018-present Chair, Graduate Council and Curriculum Committee (College of Music) 2017-2018 Chair, Graduate Performance Degree Committee (College of Music) 2017-2018 Member of a search committee for a position in Jazz violin 2016-present Senator (University Senate) 2016 Evaluator of the university-wide Undergraduate Research Fellowship (URF) 2015-2016 Member of a search committee for a position in music entrepreneurship 2015-2016 Member of a search committee for a position in music education 2015-present Member of the Graduate Council (College of Music) 2014-present Member of the Faculty Development Leave Committee (University Senate) 2013-present Member of the Ensemble Audition Committee (College of Music) 2011-2017 Member of the Graduate Performance Degree Committee (College of Music) 2011-2015 Coordinator of String Departmentals (Instrumental Division) 2012-2013 Member of a search committee for a position in music education 2011-2012 Member of a search committee for a position in composition

ADDITIONAL SERVICE ITEMS at the UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS 2012-present Administrator of the string website Several sectionals for the UNT concert orchestra Entrance and orchestra auditions

String juries Recital Committees D.M.A qualifying exams M.M. comprehensive oral exams COMMITTEE ASSIGNEMENTS at SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY

2006-2010 Senator of the University Senate (University Level) 2005-2010 Member of the International Programs Council (University Level) 2008-2010 Member of the International Studies Minor Committee (College Level) 2008-2010 Chair of the Performance Area (Departmental Level) 2007-2010 Member of the Advisory Council to the Director (Departmental Level) 2007-2010 Coordinator of the String Department (Departmental Level) 2005-2006 Member of the Futures Planning Committee (Departmental Level)

ORGANIZED STRING EVENTS at SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSTIY

2009 Stringissimo 2009: Special ASTA event with Robert Gillespie and principals of the San Diego Symphony at SDSU

2003-08 Masterclasses hosted for: Cho-Liang Lin, Zuill Bailey, Susan Dubois, Miro String Quartet, St. Lawrence String Quartet

2005-10 Coordinator of the graduate string quartet residencies sponsored by Joseph Fisch/Joyce Axelrod in association with the La Jolla Music Society

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ADJUDICATIONS AT INERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL COMPETITONS

2018 Manhattan International Music Competition (Carnegie Hall) 2018 Ann & Charles Eisemann Young Artists Competition 2018 Dallas Asian American Youth Orchestra Concerto Competition 2017 Manhattan International Music Competition (Carnegie Hall) 2017 String Concerto Competition at Renmin University, School of Music, Beijing 2017 Dallas Asian American Youth Orchestra Concerto Competition 2016 Jackie McGehee Young Artists' Competition, Albuquerque, NM 2015 Musical Merit Foundation of Greater San Diego Competition, CA 2014 Lennox International Young Artists Competition for Strings, Lewisville, TX 2011 International Max Bruch Violin Competition, Cologne, Germany 2011 Concerto Competition for the Dallas Symphonic Festival sponsored by

Dallas Music Teacher's Association 2009 “2009 Concerto Competition” by the Music Teachers Association of California 2008 California International Young Artists Competition 2008 “2008 Concerto Competition” by the Music Teachers Association of California 2007 International Queen Sophie Charlotte Competition for Violin, Germany 2007 “2007 Concerto Competition” by the Music Teachers Association of California 2006 VIII Concurso Nacional de Violin “Hermilo Novelo”, President of the Jury,

Mexico CLINICS

2010-present DFW Metroplex: Booker T. Washington High School, Guyer High, Plano West High, Plano High 2003-2010 San Diego County: Canyon Crest Academy of the Arts, Chula Vista High, Mount Carmel High, Rancho Bernardo High, Westview High, Poway High, Eastlake High Mesa College, Grossmont College, Southwestern College, Palomar College, Pasadena City College Orange County: Irvine High, Las Flores High, Palos Verdes Estates High, and Ventura High

MEMBERSHIP in PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION

2013-present Member of TMEA 2009-present Member of ASTA 2009-2010 President of the San Diego ASTA Chapter 2006-2010 Member of Board of Directors “Musical Merit Foundation of Greater

San Diego“

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IV. STUDENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS (a selection) Sarah Nematellah o Member of the Cecilia Quartet, Artist-in-Residence at McGill University,

Montreal o Winner of the 2008 Osaka International Chamber Music Competition, Japan

Min Jeong Koh o Member of the Cecilia Quartet, Artist-in-Residence at McGill University,

Montreal o Winner of the 2008 Osaka International Chamber Music Competition, Japan Amanda Brin o Faculty at SUNY Adirondack and College of St. Rose o Member of the Hyperion String Quartet, Bronze Medal Winner of the 2006

Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition Rachel Englander o Contracts with LA Philharmonic and San Diego Symphony o Former member of the Hyperion String Quartet, Bronze Medal Winner of the

2006 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition Emily Herdeman o Full-time position with Houston Symphony

Mia Detwiler

o Adjunct professor of strings at Tarleton State University o Recital at the National Opera Hall in Tirana, Albania, sponsored by the

National Opera and the Arts Academy at the University of Tirana. Two world premieres by composers Dorian Cene and Alexander Peci.

o Recital at XL Foro Internacional de Musica Nueva at the National Museum, Mexico City

o Sounds Modern Concert Series at Fort Worth Museum of Modern Art

Cindy Hong-Park o Full-time adjunct violin professor (lessons, string methods) at Charleston

Southern University

Ai-Wei Chang o Tenured section position with the Tulsa Symphony Orchestra o Contracts with the Oklahoma City Philharmonic for the 2013-14, 2014-15

seasons

Amy Wang o 2018 Aspen Music Festival with a partial scholarship o 2017 Aspen Music Festival with a partial scholarship

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o Third Prize in the 2016 ENKOR International Violin Competition o Finalist in the San Antonio Young Artist Competition o 2016 Brevard Music Festival on a full scholarship where she served as

alternating Assistant Concertmaster and Principal II

Rhea Edelman o Director and Chair of Strings at Suzuki Music Institute of Dallas o Contract with Las Colinas Symphony Orchestra o Substitute contract with Abilene Philharmonic, Midland and Plano

Symphonies o Faculty member at Encore/Coda Festival since summer 2011

Karim Ayala Pool

o Full ride to participate in the Round Top Music Festival. Selected as concertmaster of the Festival Orchestra.

Diego Campos

o Fellowship to participate in the Miami Music Festival.

Salma Bachar o Former Concertmaster of the Texas Baroque Orchestra, San Antonio o Soloist with the San Diego Opera Orchestra

Ashton Fineout o Winner of the Boyer Music Competition at the Bay View Music Festival o Soloist with the Bay View Music Festival Orchestra o Accepted into Stony Brook University for a Master of Music o Full ride to pursue an Artist Diploma at Texas Christian University

Eunseo Park

o Accepted into the DMA program at UT Austin with a teaching assistantship and $8,000 annual stipend

Cheng-Wei Hsieh

o Accepted into the DMA program at University or Houston with a teaching assistantship and $10,000 annual stipend

Kristopher Apple o Adjunct faculty at San Diego State University Raul Mendoza o Full time position with the Orchestra de Baja California, Mexico

Christina Zankiz

o Contracts with Orquesta Sinfonia de Santa Cruz and Orquesta Nactional de Bolivia, La Paz, Bolivia

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o Fulbright recipient to pursue a MM in violin performance at SDSU

Alison Fletcher: o Performed as a Spotlight Artist-in-Residence at the Lucerne Festival with the

Oracle Hysterical. Kimberly Durflinger

o Accepted into the BM in Performance at Eastman School of Music and Boston New England Conservatory

Shan Jiang

o Accepted into the Performer Diploma at Jacobs School of Music, Indiana University, Bloomington, with a $10,000 annual scholarship