Curriculum Vitae Thomas D. Svatos Leibnizstrasse 29 10625 Berlin; Germany U.S. Telephone: (+1) 630-985-6829 Czech Republic Mobile: (+42) 728 376 291 Germany Mobile: (+49) 017 63 17 811 61 E-mail: thomas.svatos@gmail.com Website: http://thomasdsvatos.com Degrees: 9/95-6/01: Ph.D. (Musicology). University of California, Santa Barbara. 9/93-12/95: Master of Music (Music History and Literature, Double Bass). Northern Illinois University, De Kalb, IL. 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 (Jazz Studies). 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: French, Russian Academic Affiliations: Publications: 11/10-present: Adjunct Faculty, School of Humanities, Anglo-American University, Prague, Czech Republic. 9/02-8/13: Assistant Professor,, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Eastern Mediterranean University, Famagusta, Cyprus. Martinů s Subliminal States: a Chronicle of his Creative Thought, forthcoming monograph. Essays on Martinů and the History of Czech Musical Culture, forthcoming monograph.
Sovietizing Czechoslovak Music: The Hatchet-Man Miroslav Barvík and his Speech The Composers Go with the People. Music and Politics Vol. IV/1 (2010): 1-35 [Available On-line]. Über die Probleme der Martinů-Rezeption in der anglo-amerikanischen Musikwissenschaft. Österreichische Musikzeitschrift 11-12 (2009): 22-26. Reasserting the Centrality of Musical Craft: Martinů and his American Diaries. The Musical Times Vol. 150, No. 1907 (Summer 2009): 55-70. A Clash over Julietta: the Martinů/Nejedlý Political Conflict and Twentieth-Century Czech Critical Culture. ex tempore Vol. XIV/2, Spring/Summer (2009): 1-41. Bohuslav Martinů and Hans Krasa Orel Foundation. http://orelfoundation.org/ (2009). Conference Papers (Sample): 1/14 Martinů s Subliminal States: the Key to his Creative Legacy. Seminar Series, University of Haifa, Israel. 3/12 Fashioning the Socialist Realist Sound: Erwin Schulhoff s Symphony No. 3. Reimagining Erwin Schulhoff, Viktor Ullmann, and the German-Jewish-Czech World. An Interdisciplinary Conference at Arizona State University. 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 2009. 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. 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, U.K. 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, Cyprus. 2/02: Dvořák in Prague. Lectures for the Manhattan String Quartet s Performance Workshop. Prague, Czech Republic.
Translations: The Soldier and the Dancer. A libretto translation of Martinů s opera with expression markings for the music and stage. Bohuslav Martinů Institute, 2008. Reviews: Janáček s Fate at the Prague National Theater. Dvořák Society Newsletter. October, 2002. Two Faces of Janáček. The Prague Post. September 22-28, 1999, Section B, pg. 4 [Available On-line]. Editing, Research, Translation, and Review: 6/01-present: Routledge Encyclopedia of Modernism, Editio Bärenreiter Prague, Oxford University Press, Musicologica Olomucensia, ex tempore, Supraphon Records. Earlier Professional Work: 11/98-5/99: Archival research for the monograph The New Worlds of Dvořák by Michael Beckerman. Museum of Antonín Dvořák, Prague, Czech Republic. 3/98-5/98: Program contributor, translator, and lecturer for the Festival of Czech Chamber Music. 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. 3/97-6/97: Research for the program Mozart in Prague. Lincoln Center, New York. 1/95-6/95: Double Bass lecture performances for grammar school students. Source Program, 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. 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.
Courses Taught: Survey of Western Art Music I and II; Music of the Baroque; Classic-Romantic Music; Form and Analysis; The Nineteenth-Century Lied; Neo-Romanticism in the Nineteenth Century; Twentieth-Century Techniques; Nationalist Music in Russia and the Czech Lands; Opera Literature; The Symphony; Music, Politics, and Revolution. Courses in Preparation: History of Sound Recording; Popular Music and Identity; Cultural Politics in the Twentieth Century; Schulhoff and the Teresienstadt School. Master s Thesis Jury Participation and Supervision: Guclucan, Alper. Passing: A Comparative Study of Larsen and Roth. Department of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences, Eastern Mediterranean University, 2010. Ogur, Volkan. Visions of a Culture: Towards an Ethnography of Musical Culture in Harput, Elazig. Dept. of Communications and Media Studies, EMU, 2004. Karimova, Gulnara. Color as Influence on Consumers in Advertising. Department of Communications and Media Studies, EMU, 2003. Grants and Awards: 2009: Peer-review publication awards (2x), Eastern Mediterranean University, Famagusta, Cyprus. 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. Professional Affiliations: College Music Society Czech Musicological Society Czech and Slovak Music Society International Bohuslav Martinů Society AMS Cold War and Music Study Group Compositions: 1992: Seven Episodes for Five Stringed Instruments. 1991: Four Songs on Texts by Jaroslav Seifert.
References: Professor Michael Beckerman 726 Broadway, 6th Floor New York University New York, NY 10003 E-mail: michael.beckerman@nyu.edu Office Tel.: +1 212 988 8312 Joy Calico Associate Professor of Musicology Blair School of Music Vanderbilt University 2400 Blakemore Ave Nashville, TN 37212-3499 E-mail: joy.calico@vanderbilt.edu School Tel.: +1 615 322 7651 Professor Geoffrey Chew Royal Holloway University of London E-mail: g.chew@rhul.ac.uk; geoffchew1@gmail.com Nicolas Deletaille Former EMU Colleague, Cellist E-mail: nicolasdeletaille@yahoo.com Mobile Tel. +32 (0) 498 83 65 19 URL: http://www.nicolasdeletaille.com/ Sabine Feisst Associate Professor of Musicology Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts Arizona State University P.O. Box 872102 Tempe, AZ 85287-2102 Tel.: + 1 480-965-3114 E-mail: sabine.feisst@asu.edu Professor Jan Smaczny School of Music The Queen s University of Belfast Belfast BT7 1NN Northern Ireland E-mail: j.smaczny@qub.ac.uk Office Tel. +44 (0) 28 9033 5201 Professor Lee Rothfarb UC, Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 93106 E-mail: rothfarb@music.ucsb.edu Office Tel.: +1 805 893 3261 Professor Jim Samson Royal Holloway University of London Egham Hill, Egham Surrey, TW20 0EX E-mail: Jim.Samson@rhul.ac.uk Department Tel.: +44 1784 44 35 34 Professor Jon Snyder Department of French and Italian 5206 Phelps Hall UC, Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 93106-4140 E-mail: jonrsnyder@gmail.com Office Tel. +1 805 893 7549 David Walters, Boulez Scholar Former Chair, EMU Music Department (2006-07) E-mail: davidjwalters@hotmail.com Mobile Tel.: +90 (0) 535 829 0324 Tony Ozuna, Associate Dean School of Humanities Anglo-American University Lázeňská 4 118 00 Praha 1 E-mail: Anthony.Ozuna@aauni.edu School Tel.: +42 (0) 257 286 632