Curriculum Vitae. Thomas D. Svatos Department of Music Faculty of Arts and Sciences Eastern Mediterranean University Gazi magusa via Mersin 10 Turkey

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1 Curriculum Vitae Thomas D. Svatos Faculty of Arts and Sciences Eastern Mediterranean University Gazi magusa via Mersin 10 Turkey Office Tel.: (+90) Home Tel.: (+90) North Cyprus Mobile: (+90) Republic of Cyprus Mobile: (+357) Czech Republic Mobile: (+42) Degrees: 9/95-6/01: Ph.D. (Musicology). UC, Santa Barbara. Dissertation: Martinů on Music and Culture: a View from his Parisian Criticism and 1940s Notes. 9/93-12/95: Master of Music (Music History and Literature, Double Bass Performance). Northern Illinois University, De Kalb, IL. Thesis: Towards the Social Themes in Janáček's Works. 1/90-12/92: Bachelor of Music (Composition, Double Bass, German Language and Literature). Northern Illinois University, De Kalb, IL. 9/87-6/90: Associate of Arts (Music). Triton College, River Grove, IL. Other Education: 7/99: Certificate of Proficiency in the Czech language. Ministry of Education, Czech Republic. 8/98: Summer School in Slavonic Studies. Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic. Language Proficiencies: Primary: Czech, German Secondary: Russian, French

2 Important Recent Publications: "Sovietizing Czechoslovak Music: The 'Hatchet-Man' Miroslav Barvík and his Speech The Composers Go with the People." Music and Politics 1 (2010): 1-35 [Available On-line]. "Über die Probleme der Martinů-Rezeption in der angloamerikanischen Musikwissenschaft." Österreichische Musikzeitschrift (2009): "Reasserting the Centrality of Musical Craft: Martinů and his American Diaries." The Musical Times 2 (2009): "A Clash over Julietta: the Martinů/Nejedlý Political Conflict and Twentieth-Century Czech Critical Culture." ex tempore (2009). "Bohuslav Martinů" and "Hans Krasa" Orel Foundation. (2009). Conference Papers: 12/09 "Bohuslav Martinů's essay on Beethoven's 'Pastoral' Symphony." Interpretive Choices in Beethoven. Norwegian Academy of Music. Oslo, Norway. 6/09 "Defining Martinů's Place in Twentieth-Century Music Historiography." Continuity of Change. Bohuslav Martinů in the Music of the 20th Century. Prague, Czech Republic; repeated at Martinů Festival Vienna, Austria. 8/08: "The 'Young Guard' and their Role in the Sovietization of Czechoslovak Music." Lecture Series of the Summer School in Slavonic Studies. Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic. 5/08: "On the Sovietization of Czechoslovak Music." Cyprus Musicology Forum. University of Nicosia, Cyprus. 2/07: "On Bohuslav Martinů's Aesthetics." Concert and Lecture Series of the, Eastern Mediterranean University. Famagusta, North Cyprus. 8/05: "The Two Ideologies of Miroslav Barvík and Bohuslav Martinů's legacy under Czechoslovak Communism." Fourth Biennial International Conference on Twentieth-Century Music. University of Sussex, UK.

3 6/04: "A Programmatic Work without a Program: Bohuslav Martinů's Fantaisies Symphoniques." Inscriptions in the Sands '04: an Arts and Culture Conference and Festival. Eastern Mediterranean University, Famagusta, North Cyprus. 2/02: "Dvořák in Prague." Lectures for the Manhattan String Quartet's Performance Workshop in Prague. Prague, Czech Republic. 10/01: "Surrealism vs. Realism: Bohuslav Martinů's Julietta as a Reactionary Work to the Historical Lines in Czech Musical Thought." Socialist Realism and Music: Anti-Modernisms and Avant-gardes. Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic. Published in Socialist Realism and Music. Ed. Mikuláš Bek, Geoffrey Chew, and Petr Macek (Prague: Koniasch Latin Press, 2004), /01: "Martinů's American Diaries: Perspectives on Publication." Editing the Works of Bohuslav Martinů. Bohuslav Martinů Institute, Prague, Czech Republic. 10/99: "On Bohuslav Martinů's Aesthetics: a View in Relation to Janáček's Aesthetics." Janáček: A Tale of Three Cities. University of London, UK. Translations: Reviews: The Soldier and the Dancer. A libretto translation of Martinů's opera with expression markings for the music and stage. Bohuslav Martinů Institute, "Janáček's 'Fate' at the Prague National Theater." Dvořák Society Newsletter. October, "Two Faces of Janáček." The Prague Post. September 22-28, 1999, Section B, pg. 4. Primary Academic Affiliations: 9/02-present: Assistant Professor,, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Eastern Mediterranean University, Famagusta, North Cyprus.

4 Professional Work: 9/08-3/09: Writer/Translator, Editio Bärenreiter, Prague, Czech Republic. 1/04-present: Associate Editor, ex tempore. 2/02-9/02: Writer/Translator, Supraphon Records, Prague, Czech Republic. 3/98-5/98: Program Contributor, Translator, and Lecturer for the Festival of Czech Chamber Music. The Villa Bertramka, Prague, Czech Republic. 1/98-3/98: Consulting editor for Iša Popelka's Catalogue of Autographs, Manuscripts, Facsimiles, and Editions of Compositions by Bohuslav Martinů at the Bohuslav Martinů Museum, Polička, Czech Republic. 1/95-6/95: Source Program: Double Bass lecture performances for grammar school students. Rockford, IL. 9/90-6/95: Rockford Symphony Orchestra, Double Bass. 5/94-8/94: Du Page County Opera Company, Double Bass. Assistantships: 9/95-12/97; 9/99-6/00: Teaching Assistant,, UC, Santa Barbara. 11/98-5/99: Archival Research Assistant for the monograph The New Worlds of Dvořák by Michael Beckerman. Museum of Antonín Dvořák, Prague, Czech Republic. 3/97-6/97: Research Assistant for the Program "Mozart in Prague" by Michael Beckerman. Lincoln Center, New York. 1/95-6/95: Teaching Assistant, School of Music, Northern Illinois University. 1/89-12/89: Music Theory Tutor, Department of Visual and Performing Arts, Triton College, River Grove, IL.

5 Courses Taught: Eastern Mediterranean University: Survey of Western Art Music I; Survey of Western Art Music II; Music of the Baroque; Classic- Romantic Music; The Nineteenth-Century Lied; Neo-Romanticism and the Twentieth Century; Topics in Music History I: Music in Russia and the Czech Lands; Topics in Music History I: Opera Literature; Topics in Music History II: The Symphony; General Education Module "Music, Politics, and Revolution." UC, Santa Barbara: Music Appreciation. NIU: Introduction to Concert Music. Master's Thesis Supervision: Ogur, Volkan. Visions of a Culture: Towards an Ethnography of Musical Culture in Harput, Elazig, Department of Communications and Media Studies, EMU, Karimova, Gulnara. Color as Influence on Consumers in Advertising. Department of Communications and Media Studies, EMU, Grants and Awards: 6/01: Erna Fischer Dissertation Prize. 5/00: Graduate Division Dissertation Fellowship Award, UC, Santa Barbara. 5/98: Humanities and Social Sciences Research Assistantship Award, UC, Santa Barbara. 1/98: Fee Fellowship Award, UC, Santa Barbara. 1/98: Research Stipend, Bohuslav Martinů Foundation, Prague, Czech Republic. 5/88: Academic Merit Award for Students of Music at Triton College, Women's Club of Elmwood Park, IL.

6 Professional Affiliations: College Music Society Czech Musicological Society Czech and Slovak Music Society International Bohuslav Martinů Society Compositions: References: 1992: Seven Episodes for Five Stringed Instruments. 1991: Four Songs on Texts by Jaroslav Seifert. Professor Michael Beckerman, Chair 726 Broadway, 6 th Floor New York University New York, NY michael.beckerman@nyu.edu Tel.: (212) office Professor Lee Rothfarb UC, Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA rothfarb@music.ucsb.edu Tel.: (805) Nicolas Deletaille, Cellist Faculty of Arts and Sciences Eastern Mediterranean University Gazi magusa via Mersin 10 Turkey nicolasdeletaille@yahoo.com; nicolas.deletaille@emu.edu.tr David Walters, Boulez Scholar, former EMU Music Department Chair ( ) davidjwalters@hotmail.com

7 John MacKay, Editor Ex tempore Jon Snyder, Professor Department of French and Italian 5206 Phelps Hall UC, Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA Tel. (805) office Tel. (805) department office Jan Smaczny, Professor School of Music The Queen's University of Belfast Belfast BT7 1NN Northern Ireland j.smaczny@qub.ac.uk tel. +44 (0) office Jean-Michel Boulay, Former EMU Music Department Colleague: jeanmichel_boulay1@aliceposta.it Geoffrey Chew, Professor Royal Holloway University of London g.chew@rhul.ac.uk