DAVID WITTEN - Montclair



DAVID WITTEN

wittend@mail.montclair.edu

Education/Academic Degrees

• Boston University. Doctor of Musical Arts in Piano Performance, 1979. Student of Anthony diBonaventura. DMA Document, The Chopin Ballades: An Analytical Study. UMI No. 79-23960.

• State University of New York at Buffalo. Master of Fine Arts in Piano Performance, 1974. Student of Leo Smit.

• Johns Hopkins University. Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, 1971. Clarinetist in JHU Band. Student of Reynaldo Reyes and Walter Hautzig.

• Rubin Academy of Music in Jerusalem, 1966-67. Student of Benjamin Oren.

• Peabody Conservatory. Preparatory Graduate, 1966. Student of Tinka Knopf.

Professional Experience

• New England Conservatory. Summer Piano Seminars. Guest Faculty for Summer Seminars – lectures and piano masterclasses. 2007 to present.

• Montclair State University. Coordinator of Keyboard Studies, Associate Professor of Music. Studio Piano, Modern Music, Music History II, Keyboard Harmony, Keyboard Literature, Piano Pedagogy. Deputy Chair, 1999-2002. Faculty, 1997 to present.

• Curry College. Piano faculty, 1995-97.

• Universidade Federal, Porto Alegre, Brazil. Fulbright Scholar, 1990.

Seminars on 20th-century piano music, piano pedagogy, and chamber music.

• Northeastern University. Piano faculty, 1990-97.

Lecturer, 1988. Life and Works of Mozart.

• Boston Conservatory of Music. Faculty member, 1989-90. Fundamentals of Music, Accompanying Studio Piano.

• Wellesley College. Piano faculty, 1985, 1988-89. Studio piano, chamber music coach and accompanist for voice and string departments.

• Harvard University. Music Tutor, Dunster House, 1993.

Teaching Fellow, 1985, 1987-88. Piano Music of the 19th Century, Development of the String Quartet.

• Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Affiliate Artist, 1985-89. Keyboard theory and musicianship.

• All-Newton Music School, MA. Piano instructor, 1983-97.

• Boston Center for Adult Education. Class Piano teacher and coordinator, 1981-82, 1992. Emphasis on keyboard harmony and improvisation.

• South Shore Conservatory, MA. Music History Lecturer, 1980-82. Haydn & Stravinsky--the Birthday Boys, Drama and Melodrama in 20th-century Music.

• Sweet Briar College, VA. Artist-in-Residence, 1979-80. Classes in music theory, music history, piano pedagogy, studio piano, chamber music.

• New School of Music, Cambridge, MA. Piano instructor, 1978-97.

Teaching

Courses taught at MSU

• Music History II

• Music History III

• Keyboard Literature

• Keyboard Pedagogy

• Keyboard Harmony

• Chamber Music

• Studio Piano

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Thesis Committees

• Faryn Kates, MA in Mus Ed 2005

• Rebecca Wells, MA in Mus Ed 2006

• Michael Wall, MA in Mus Ed 2006

Comprehensive Examination Committees

• Designer of Graduate Comprehensive Exam in Music History (1999-2006)

Independent Studies/Research Practicum

• Joe Erb 2004

• Elaine Foltran 2007

Scholarship

Books, Monographs, and Edited Volumes

• Music Notes. Book review (Barbara Nissman, Bartók at the Piano), December, 2003.

• New York Concert Review. Music critic, 1997-2001.

• Contemporary Music Forum, 1998: “The Eclectic Piano Music of Manuel M. Ponce.”

• Nineteenth-Century Piano Music: Essays in Performance and Analysis, Garland Publishing: 1997.

• Piano Quarterly. Book reviewer, 1989-96. Published article “Ballads and Ballades,” 113/33-37, Spring 1981.

• College Music Society. Juried papers presented in San Diego (1992) and Buffalo (1980).

Recordings

• Ars Musica Chicago. Alexander & Ivan Tcherepnin: The Music of Father and Son, 2003.

• Naxos: Marco Polo Records. Piano Music of Manuel M. Ponce, 1995.

• Musical Heritage Society. Flute and Piano Music of Latin America, 1990.

• Titanic Records. Piano Music of Nicholas Van Slyck, 1986.

Scholarship and Creative Projects in Progress

• Recording of Solo Piano Music of Nikolai Tcherepnin (2009)

• Performance of Brahms Piano Quintet with Shanghai String Quartet (2008)

Master Classes and Guest Lectures since 2003

Masterclasses while on International Tours

Sep 2006 Kristiansand, Norway

Aug 2006 Bauru, Curitiba, Porto Alegre, Campinas, Brazil

Jun 2005 Moscow, Russia

Nov 2004 São Paulo, Brazil

Jul 2004 Berlin, Germany, and Prague, Czech Republic

Jun 2004 Budapest, Hungary

Apr 2004 Curitiba, Porto Alegre, São Paulo, Brazil

Mar 2004 Budapest and Debrecen, Hungary

May 2003 Budapest, Hungary, and Bratislava, Slovakia

Mar 2003 Moscow, Russia

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Masterclasses and Lectures in United States

4/4/09 Schubert Club of Fairfield County, CT: Lecture and Masterclass on Russian Piano Music.

7/12-13/08 New England Conservatory Piano Seminar: Guest Lecture: “The Coda Wagging the Dog: Tails and Wedges in the Chopin Ballades.”

5/15/08 MEA (Music Educator’s Association) Guest Lecture for Piano Music of Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco.

2/17/08 Mexican Music lecture, Friends of the Williamsburg Library, Williamsburg, MA.

7/20-22/07 Washington International Piano Arts Council (WIPAC) Masterclass for piano participants, Washington, D.C.

7/14/07 New England Conservatory Piano Seminar. Guest Lecture/Recital: Music of Schumann.

4/30/07 Pennsylvania Music Teachers Association, Carlo Cahn Memorial Master Class.

3/21/07 Pompton Valley Piano Teacher’s Association (PVPTA). Guest Lecturer.

10/21/06 New York State Teacher’s Annual State Convention. Guest Lecturer on Piano Music of Nikolai Nikolaievich Tcherepnin.

7/22-23/06 WIPAC Masterclass, Washington, D.C.

7/15/06 Stokes Forest Music Camp, Stokes, NJ: Lecture/Recital.

6/22/06 Guest Lecture/Recital at Dorothy Taubman Piano Seminars, Lincoln Center.

10/15/04 East Tennessee State University recital and masterclass.

9/29/04 Lecture/Recital at Umass Amherst on the “Lively Arts Series.”

4/22/04 South Orange Library: Lecture on Music of Fred Rzewski.

11/5/03 PVPTA: Lecture on Piano Music of Robert Schumann.

Performances since 2003

International Tours

Jun 2007 FRANCE. Solo and Collaborative Recitals at “Musicaire” Le Dorat and Paris.

May 2007 UKRAINE. Featured Piano Soloist in Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue with the Kiev State Symphonic Band in Kiev – opening weekend of Summer Evenings Music Festival.

Mar 2007 ITALY. Solo Recital in Parma.

Oct 2006 CANADA. Guest artist at Great Romantics Festival, Hamilton, Ontario.

Sep 2006 NORWAY. Concert and Masterclass at Agder College University, Kristiansand.

Aug 2006 BRAZIL. Concert Tour and Masterclasses in Brazil – Bauru, Curitiba, Porto Alegre, Campinas.

Jun 2005 RUSSIA. Moscow Conservatory. Evening of Piano Music for Two Hands and More. Masterclasses at Maimonides University and Moscow Conservatory, Moscow.

Nov 2004 BRAZIL. Member of International Jury at Conservatorio Souza Lima Piano Competition, São Paulo. Recital, masterclasses.

Jun 2004 HUNGARY. Solo Photography Exhibition in Budapest (Castle District).

Jun/Jul 2004 HUNGARY, GERMANY, CZECH REPUBLIC. European Concert Tour – Concerts and Masterclasses in Budapest, Berlin, and Prague.

Apr 2004 BRAZIL. Concert Tour in Brazil – Curitiba, Porto Alegre, São Paulo.

Mar 2004 HUNGARY. Global Education Center trip to Budapest and Debrecen.

May 2003 HUNGARY, SLOVAKIA. Masterclasses, juries and concerts in Budapest, Debrecen, and Bratislava.

Mar 2003 RUSSIA. Collaborative Concert with at Sviatoslav Richter Museum in Moscow. Meetings with officials at Moscow State Conservatory to create Semester-Abroad Program.

Performances in USA

4/25/08 Performance of Gerhswin’s Rhapsody in Blue with MSU Wind Symphony at Kasser Theater, MSU.

4/6/08 Performance of Brahms Piano Quintet with Shanghai String Quartet at Kasser Theater, MSU.

1/31/08 Solo Recital at Kasser Theater, MSU. Piano Music Inspired by Art

1/29/08 Solo Recital at Yamaha Artist Showroom Series. Piano Music Inspired by Art.

4/22/07 Collaboration with Filipino Pianist Reynald Reyes at Towson University in Bartók’s Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion.

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Performances in USA (cont’d.)

3/29-31/07 Pianist at American Liszt Society National Convention in San Francisco. Recital of Saint-Saëns piano music.

11/4/06 Coordinator and Performer of Kasser Theater Chamber Music Concert.

5/21/06 Annapolis, MD. Fundraiser Concert for Kol Ami. Synagogue.

4/22/06 Washington, D.C. Recital at Mexican Institute.

3/23/06 Pianist for Prof. Robert Aldridge’s University Day Elmer Gantry presentation.

3/21/06 Collaboration with Hungarian pianist Balázs Szokolay in Bartók’s Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion.

3/13/06 Guest Artist on Oberlin Conservatory Chamber Music Series.

2/2/06 Faculty Recital with baritone Steve Oosting. Leos Janáček’s Diary of One Who Vanished.

12/6/04 Soloist with MSU Symphony, Paul Hostetter, conductor. Rachmaninoff’s

Rapsodie on a Theme of Paganini.

2/13/04 MSU Faculty Fundraising Concert in Montclair.

12/9/03 Pianist in Bach’s Triple Concerto with MSU Symphony, David Wroe, conductor.

11/16/03 Guest Artist with Gibson Trio on Teaneck Library Concert Series.

10/22/03 Faculty Recital at McEachern Recital Hall, MSU.

10/18/03 “The Piano Room” Concert Series, Boston, MA. Piano music of Robert Schumann.

5/12/03 Noon Concert at Temple B’nai Abraham in Livingston, NJ

4/9/03 Performance of Quadriviums by MSU composer Fred Cohen, on New Music Series at Kean University.

2/27/03 Pianist in SoundMovesBlues, a trio by MSU composer Robert Aldridge, on Rutgers University Concert Series.

1/26/03 Pianist in SoundMovesBlues, a trio by MSU composer Robert Aldridge, on Manhattan School of Music Concert Series.

Grants & Research Support

• 2008 Global Ed Grant. “Meetings, Masterclasses, and Concerts in Milan and Parma, Italy” $2,050.

• 2007 Tcherepnin Society – Music Recording Grant of $5,290.

• 2007 Global Ed Grant. “Meetings and Concert in Parma and Milan, Italy” $2,000.

• 2006 Global Ed Grant. “Concerts, Lecture/Recitals, and Masterclasses in Brazil” $800.

• 2005 Global Ed Grant. “Concerts/Masterclasses in Moscow” $1,500.

• 2003 Global Ed Grant. “Developing Exchange Program in Music Academies in Hungary” $1,800.

• 2002 Global Education Grant. “Concerts in Moscow, Russia” $1,800.

• 2001 Global Education Grant. “Concerts in Ukraine and Russia” $2,000.

• 2001 Career Development Award. “Preparation of Concerti for Piano and Concert Band” $1000.

• 2000 Global Education Grant. “Concerts in Ukraine and Russia” $1,900.

• 2000 Student/Faculty Research Award. “An Evening with Chopin in Paris” $1,450.

Honors, Awards

• FIRST PRIZE 2007: BEST IN SHOW –– Studio Montclair National Art Exhibition.

• First Prize – Global Ed 2006 International Photography Competition.

• First Prize – Global Ed 2004 International Photography Competition.

• Fulbright Scholar Award. Taught and concertized for five months in Brazil, 1990.

• JOHN KNOWLES PAINE AWARD. Finalist, for performance of contemporary American music in New England, 1985.

• COLLEGE MUSIC SOCIETY. Treasurer, Northeast Chapter, 1981-85.

• AMERICAN LISZT SOCIETY. Director, Boston Chapter, 1978 to present. Program director for 1982 ALS Boston Festival.

• PI KAPPA LAMBDA. Member, Boston University Chapter, 1978 to present.

• UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION. Semi-finalist, 1973, 1975.

• AARON RICHMOND MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP COMPETITION. First Prize Winner ($1500) at Boston University, 1974.

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Service & Engagement Activity

Montclair State University

• Hillel Jewish Student Club – Faculty Advisor 2003-06.

• Global Education Center – Liaison building exchange programs with Moscow, Budapest, and Kristiansand. 2000-07.

College of the Arts

• Convocation Committee. 1999-2004.

Cali School of Music

• Six Faculty Search Committees. 1999-06.

• Personnel Advisory Committee. 2001-04, 2005-08.

• Programming Committee. 2001-04.

• Curriculum Committee. 2003-05.

• Scholarship Committee. 2005 -08.

Academic Field – Music Adjudicator

• 7/27-28/07 Sole Adjudicator of Piano Competition at Brevard Music Camp.

• 7/20-22/07 Adjudicator of WIPAC Competition (Washington International Piano Arts Council), Washington, D.C.

• 7/22-23/06 Adjudicator of WIPAC Competition, Washington, D.C.

• 3/5/06 Adjudicator. MEA Competition at Jersey City State University.

• 2/5/06 Adjudicator for New Jersey Symphony Concerto Competition.

Professional Memberships

• American Liszt Society – Vice-President of NY/NJ Chapter. 2004 to present. President of Boston Chapter, 1978-97.

• College Music Society – Member 1982 to present.

• Music Educators Association – Member 1997 to present.

• New Jersey Music Teachers Association – Board Member and Coordinator Collegiate Activities for New Jersey MTNA. 2001-05.

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