Music Education and Performance Degrees. College Band Directing, Music Teaching, and Outcomes

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1 Jason S. Ladd, Ph.D. Alumni Memorial Union 121 Marquette University PO Box 1881 Milwaukee, WI (work) University Band Conducting and Music Teaching Qualifications Five years serving as a college band and orchestra director with continued improvement by each ensemble from performance to performance Five years public school teaching general music and band within urban and rural environments Specialized knowledge of repertoire for college band and orchestras, conducting, music education, tuba performance, brass pedagogy, music theory, and music appreciation Experience serving on national boards for CODA and NAfME Capable of translating national profile as lecturer and clinician into university recruiting efforts Music Education and Performance Degrees FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY Doctor of Philosophy in Music Education Awarded August 2009 Coursework including College Teaching, Music Administration, Psychology of Music, and Behavior Modification Classes Additional studies in Advanced Wind Literature and Conducting Classes Performed in Wind Orchestra and Symphony Orchestra Tuba and Composition Lessons SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY Master of Music in Music Education Awarded May 2003 Master of Music in Tuba Performance Awarded August 2001 Advanced Wind Literature, Behavior Modification, and Rehearsal Techniques Classes Tuba, Conducting, and Composition Lessons EASTMAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC ROCHESTER, NEW YORK Graduate Study in Tuba Performance September 1997 May 1998 Bachelor of Music in Music Education and Tuba Performance Awarded 1997 Member of Arts Leadership Program September Beginning, Intermediate, and Advanced Conducting Class Composition, Tuba, and Euphonium Lessons Orchestration Class College Band Directing, Music Teaching, and Outcomes MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY Assistant Director of Instrumental Music August 2009 Present Direct Orchestra and Symphonic Band, guest conduct Wind Ensemble, Co-direct the Marquette Pep Band Advanced orchestra s ability from struggling with Grade 3 to comfortably performing Grade 5 repertoire Teach Music Theory I & II; four-part harmony and analysis through writing 12-tone matrixes Teach Music Appreciation, reformatted the course to be available online Served on Committees for Performing Arts Community, OSD Assessment Team, and OSD Diversity/Inclusion Work Team Administer and recruit for High School Orchestra Festival; increased annual participation from 12 to 16 ensembles Cover Wind Ensemble and Conducting Classes as needed Jason S. Ladd Page 1 6/11/2014

2 College Band Directing and Music Teaching Experience cont d FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY Graduate Assistant August 2006 May 2009 Conduct Symphonic Band, Concert Band, Chamber Winds, Summer Band, and Wind Orchestra Teach Brass Methods Class, Introduction to Winds and Percussion Class, and Tuba/Euphonium Lessons Assist with Marching Chiefs and Seminole Sound Pep Band, including writing and teaching drill Teach Assistant for Marching Band Techniques and Conducting Classes, including teaching class in professor s absence as well as working with students one on one. SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY Adjunct Professor of Tuba and Euphonium August 2001-May 2006 Teach Primary and Secondary Tuba Lessons Teach Secondary Euphonium Lessons Listen to Prospective Student Auditions Serve on Brass Jury Committee Graduate Assistant August 2002 May 2003 August 1999 August 2001 Conduct Symphonic Band, Concert Band, Summer Festival Orchestra, and Wind Ensemble Rehearse Basketball Pep Band and Marching Band Wrote Marching Band Drill Assist with Rehearsal Techniques, Conducting, Advanced Wind Literature, and Marching Band Techniques Classes Oversee School of Music Computer Lab Public School Band and General Music Teaching Experience SYRACUSE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT Band Director September 2003 to June 2006 Direct Franklin Magnet School of the Arts Elementary Band Teach Small Group Instrumental Lessons Teach General Music for Kindergarten and First Grade Facilitator of 21 st Century Program September 2005 to June 2006 Manage $140,000 Budget for After School Program Lead 25 Teachers and Teaching Assistants Direct Performances at Syracuse University Serve on 4 th Grade Testing Committee OSWEGO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT OSWEGO, NEW YORK Band Director August 2001 to June 2002 Direct Symphonic Band Direct Jazz Ensemble A and Jazz Ensemble B Teach Small Group Instrumental Lessons ORLEANS/NIAGARA COUNTY B.O.C.E.S. MEDINA, NEW YORK General Music Teacher September 1998 to June 1999 Teach General Music to Special Education Students Jason S. Ladd Page 2 6/11/2014

3 Clinics, Guest Conducting, and Coaching UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY Guest Conductor and Lecturer Upcoming October 2014 Conduct Symphonic Band Lecture to Conducting Class PIONEER DRUM AND BUGLE CORPS Brass Technician July Rehearse the brass section, coach sectionals, and teach individual members MYSO YOUTH WIND ENSEMBLE Low Brass Coach September Work with trombone, euphonium, and tuba players in rehearsal and sectional KNIGHTWIND ENSEMBLE Cover Conductor March 2014 Rehearse Mussorgsky s Pictures at an Exhibition and Shostakovich Symphony No. 12 in conductor s absence WISCONSIN NBA COLLEGE ALL-STAR BAND WISCONSIN DELLS, WISCONSIN Guest Conductor January 2014 Conducted this ensemble comprised of nominated students from approximately 20 colleges DELAVAN/DARIEN HIGH SCHOOL DELAVAN, WISCONSIN Orchestra Clinic January 2014 WAUKESHA NORTH HIGH SCHOOL WAUKESHA, WISCONSIN Concert Band, Symphonic Winds, and Wind Ensemble Clinic December 2012 MEXICO MIDDLE SCHOOL MEXICO, NEW YORK Band Clinic May 2012 CEDAR GROVE-BELGIUM MIDDLE SCHOOL CEDAR GROVE, WISCONSIN Low Brass Clinic May 2010 FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY MUSIC CAMPS Low Brass Coach and Theory Teacher Summer 2009 TALLAHASSEE YOUTH ORCHESTRA Brass Coach Spring 2009 LEON HIGH SCHOOL Brass Clinic August 2008 LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL Low Brass Clinic February 2008 SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY MUSIC CAMP Brass Ensemble Guest Conductor July 2001 OXFORD SUMMER MUSIC CAMP OXFORD, NEW YORK Low Brass Teacher Jason S. Ladd Page 3 6/11/2014

4 Tuba Performance Experience Wisconsin College Faculty Brass and Percussion Ensemble 2011, 2013 Florida State University Wind Orchestra Florida State University Symphony Orchestra 2008 Syracuse Symphony Orchestra sub list Binghamton Philharmonic sub list Utica Symphony Orchestra sub list Chicago National Tour, Syracuse performances 2003 Syracuse University four solo recitals Eastman Wind Ensemble Eastman Philharmonia Eastman School of Music six solo recitals Composers and Musicians Worked/Performed with Kazuyoshi Akiyama, conductor Boston Brass Ron Bishop, tuba Vincent Cichowicz, trumpet Hwaen Ch uqi, piano Vincent DiMartino, trumpet Frederick Fennell, conductor Don Freund, composer Daniel S. Godfrey, composer John Hagstrom, trumpet Daniel Hege, conductor Syd Hodkinson, composer Howard Johnson, tuba David Liebman, saxophone Fabio Mechetti, conductor Bobby Shew, trumpet Dan Welcher, composer Roger Voison, trumpet Nancy Wilson, voice Publications CODA JOURNAL, VOLUME VI codaweb.org History of the College Orchestra in the United States 2013 This article looks at the beginnings of the college orchestra at Harvard University and Oberlin College all the way up until the present day MUSIC EDUCATORS JOURNAL RESTON, VIRGINA Mr. Tuba Book Review December 2013 This book is an autobiography of Harvey Phillips, from his childhood in Missouri up through his teaching at Indiana University Modern Music and After Review March 2012 This book looked at trends in Western Art Music since World War II Jason S. Ladd Page 4 6/11/2014

5 Conference and Concert Lectures NYSSMA CONFERENCE POSTER SESSION ROCHESTER, NEW YORK The Tuba: A Survey of College Tuba Teachers and HS Band Directors December 2013 MILWAUKEE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA PRE-CONCERT LECTURES Music of Brahms May 2013 Music of Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff June 2012 Music of Vaughan Williams, Bruch, and Walton May 2012 Music of Elgar and Holst November 2011 Music of Schubert, Tan Dun, and Brahms October 2011 The Music of Rachmaninoff Fall 2010 COLLEGE OF VIRGINIA AT WISE WISE, VIRGINIA Being the Best Musician You Can Be May 2012 NORTH CENTRAL CBDNA CONFERENCE MT. PLEASANT, MICHIGAN A History of College Band Programming: We Are What We Do February 2012 CODA NATIONAL CONVENTION EVANSTON, ILLINOIS The Tuba: A Survey of College Tuba Teachers and HS Band Directors January 2012 WMEA CONFERENCE POSTER SESSION MADISON, WISCONSIN A Comparison of the Repertoire of College Wind Bands and Professional Orchestras October 2010 SOCIETY OF COMPOSERS, FLORIDA STATE CHAPTER What is a Band and What to do With It? February 2008 Compositions and Arrangements The Marzan Forest for tuba and piano 2008 Premiered April 2008 at 40 th Anniversary of the Potsdam Brass Published by Holben Publishing Consequte 2008 Reading by FSU Symphonic Band (2008) String Quartet No Readings by Eppes Quartet (2008) and Cassatt Quartet (2003) Blue Depths 2003 Performance by the Syracuse University Contemporary Music Ensemble Brown Suede 2003 Performance by members of the Syracuse University Trombone Choir (2003) Reading by FSU Trombone Ensemble (2008) Published by Holben Publishing Upstart! 2002 Performances by Marquette University Symphonic Band (2012) and Syracuse University Wind Ensemble (2002) Concerto for Tuba and Chamber Orchestra 2001 Readings by Buffalo Philharmonic (2003) and Syracuse University Orchestra (2001) Superstition by Stevie Wonder 2001 Performances by Sour Sitrus Society (2001) Tuba Quartet No Performance by Eastman Tuba Plus (1995) Jason S. Ladd Page 5 6/11/2014

6 Professional Memberships National Association for Music Education (former member of MEJ Advisory Board), Wisconsin Music Educators Association, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, International Tuba-Euphonium Association, American Federation of Musicians, College Band Directors National Association, College Orchestra Directors Association (member of the Strategic Planning Committee), Conductors Guild, National Bandmaster s Association, and American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers Conducting Teachers Richard Clary Florida State University Alexander Jiménez Florida State University 2007 James Tapia Syracuse University Stephen Peterson Ithaca College (Northeast Wind Symposium) H. Robert Reynolds University of Southern California (Northeast Wind Symposium) 2005 Craig Kirchhoff University of Minnesota (Northeast Wind Symposium) 2004 Michael Haithcock University of Michigan (Northeast Wind Symposium) 2003 John Laverty Syracuse University David Effron Indiana University , Donald Hunsberger Eastman School of Music 1994 Tuba and Euphonium Teachers Don Harry Buffalo Philharmonic, Eastman School of Music , 2013 Paul Ebbers Florida State University Jeff Anderson San Francisco Symphony 2002 Ed Diefes Formerly Syracuse Symphony, Syracuse University David Fedderly Baltimore Symphony 1995, 1997 Mark Kellogg Eastman School of Music 1997 Dr. Cherry Beauregard Formerly Eastman School of Music, Rochester Philharmonic Toby Hanks Formerly Chautauqua Institute, Chautauqua Symphony Tuba Master Classes Phil Sinder Michigan State University November 1997 Velvet Brown Pennsylvania State University March 1997 Toby Hanks - Formerly Chautauqua Institute, Chautauqua Symphony March 1997 Roger Bobo Formerly Los Angeles Philharmonic January 1995 Composition and Orchestration Teachers Mark Wingate Florida State University Ellen Taafe Zwilich Florida State University Andrew Waggoner Syracuse University Nicholas Scherzinger Syracuse University Scott Adams Teaching Assistant, Eastman School of Music Robert Eidschun - Teaching Assistant, Eastman School of Music David Rogers - Teaching Assistant, Eastman School of Music 1994 Augusta Read Thomas Formerly Mead Composer-in-Residence with the Chicago Symphony 1994 Jason S. Ladd Page 6 6/11/2014

Jay L. Stoltzfus. Curriculum Vitae

Jay L. Stoltzfus. Curriculum Vitae Jay L. Stoltzfus Curriculum Vitae Education 2005 Eastman School of Music, Ph.D. University of Rochester, Rochester, NY Major: Music Education Dissertation: The Effects of Audiation-Based Composition Activities