PROFESSOR JAMES L. MARTIN CURRICULUM VITA EDUCATION 1983 Doctor of Music, Northwestern University. 1975 Master of Music, University of Illinois 1973 Bachelor of Music, Butler University 1966-69 American Conservatory of Music EMPLOYMENT 1981-present, Professor of Music, Cornell College. 1979-81, Assistant Professor of Music, Austin Peay State University. SELECTED AWARDS AND HONORS AND POSITIONS 2017 Fulbright Scholar Specialist at Freie Universität Berlin (4.10-5.21, 2017) 2015 named L. L. Hamlin Professor in the Liberal Arts, an Endowed Professorship/Chair 2013-14 and 2014-15 Named Richard and Norma Small Distinguished Professor 2012-2016 NEH (National Endowment for the Humanities) Enduring Questions Grant. ( What is the Relationship between Tradition and Innovation ) $25,000 Grant. 2001 and 2009 Cornell Summer Grants to attend Wagner Festival in Bayreuth 2009 summer NEH Faculty Fellow Stanford University 2007 Guest lecture within St John s College visiting lecture series 2002 summer NEH Faculty Fellow Princeton University 2001 Oct. Two guest lectures for Chicago Symphony Orchestra: Wagner s Tristan und Isolde and Wagner and Modernism, Daniel Barenboim, the musical director was celebrating a season of Wagner in 2001. 1999 Guest lecture for The Wagner Society of America 1999-2000 Fellow and Director of ACM Newberry Library Program in the Humanities (11-month period) 1996-97 Guest Professor for Chicago Arts Program (fall semester) 1994 summer NEH Faculty Fellow Columbia University SELECTED PUBLICATIONS review: Herbert Lindenberger's Situating Opera: Period, Genre, Reception (Cambridge Univ. Press, 2010), for the interdisciplinary, literary, cross-cultural journal The Comparatist, 2012 Wagner s Character Beckmesser from Die Meistersinger von Nuremberg (The Mastersingers of Nuremberg) as Prototype of the Jewish Exile in Germany. Wagner News, 2011
"Opera Meets Video: The Tristan Project." Wagner News, Summer/Fall 2007 "Wagner's Tristan und Isolde: Its Place in Artistic and Analytical History." Wagner News, January 2006. "Wagner's Anti-Semitic Orientation: Historical Context, Influences, and Peculiarities." Wagner News, December 2004. "The Question of Misogyny in Parsifal." Wagner News, December 2003. "Wagner's Leads as Leaders." Wagner News, June, 2003. "Wolfram and Wagner meet in Chicago in 2002: Commentary and Brief Analysis of the 2002 Lyric Opera Production of Richard Wagner's Parsifal." Wagner News, July 2002. "Reflections on Bayreuth 2001: W./R. Wagner Redeemed." Wagner News, September 2001. "Richard Wagner's Influences on James Joyce." Wagner News, June 2000. "The Structure of the Diabelli Variations of Beethoven." The Beethoven Journal, Spring 1997. "The Importance of Beginnings in Beethoven s Fourth Fortepiano Concerto." The Beethoven Journal, Spring 1996. "Schumann, Hoffman, and Kreisleriana." Clavier, July/August, 1991. "Beethoven and the Importance of Difficulty." Piano Quarterly, Summer 1991. TEACHING MUS 353 Wagner and Wagnerism, a research seminar taught at the Newberry Library in Chicago 1998, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, MUS 352 Wagner s Ring Cycle, Cornell College 1992, 2002, 2005, 2007, 2011, 2014 MUS 217 Opera, Cornell College 1999, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2013 MUS 322 History of Western Music II: Baroque and Classical, Cornell College 2001-2015, once per year MUS 323 History of Western Music III: Romantic to the Present, Cornell College College 2001-2015, once per year MUS 219 History of the Avant-Garde, Cornell College 1985, 1987, 1990, 1996, 2010 MUS 218 Rock Music, Cornell College 1982, 1984, 1985, 1989, 1993, 2008 MUS 109 First-Year-Students Seminar Explorations of Love as seen through the Tristan Legend, Cornell College 2010, 2011 MUS 109 First-Year-Students Seminar Opera and Cinema, Cornell College 2012, 2013, 2015, 2015 MUS 761, 762, 763 Piano, Cornell College, every year from 1981 to present except fall 1999 through spring 2000 MUS 304 Piano Literature, Cornell College 1987 MUS 307 Piano Pedagogy, Cornell College 1985 MUS 212 Music Listening and Understanding, Cornell College 2003, 2006 MUS 110 Music Theory I, Cornell College every year from 1981 through 2000, except for 1999 MUS 210 Music Theory II, Cornell College every year from 1981 through 2000, except for 1999
MUS 310 Music Theory III, Cornell College every year from 1981 through 2000, except for 2000 Piano, Austin Peay State University 1979-1981: continually Part of a Team-taught Honors Course, Austin Peay State University, 1980-81 Music Appreciation, Austin Peay State University, 1980 1991 summer Faculty Mentor, ACM Minority Summer Research Program Fall 1999 semester Taught Associated Colleges of the Midwest Research Seminar in the Humanities at the Newberry Library, Chicago February and March 2000 Taught Seminar for the Newberry Library s Center for Public Programs entitled Aspects of Wagner. I have directed 20 Student Symposium Research Presentations at Cornell College. I did collaborative research/teaching in summer of 2015 within the Cornell Summer Research Institute (CSRI), a newly created Institute (in 2015) funded by the Mellon Foundation wherein a professor and a student (or team) collaborate on a research project for ten weeks that results in public presentation/publication/etc. Our project title was Opera, Feminist Theory, and the Female Character: from the Theoretical to Parsifal s Kundry. In summer 2016 I again did collaborative teaching/research within the CSRI with a student on Hans Jurgen Syberberg s Response to Germany s Cultural and Political History. 2017 Taught an undergraduate course and was one-half of a team teaching duo for a graduate course at Freie Universität Berlin PRESENTATIONS/LECTURES/PAPERS PRESENTED Early Atonality lecture, Austin Peay State University Festival of Twentieth-Century Music, May 1, 1980 Kurt Weill's Die Dreigroschenoper (The Threepenny Opera), invited lecture for Center for Holocaust Studies, Feb. 1984, Cornell College John Cage: Music and Ideas (lecture/performance) Convocation Presentation at Cornell College in 1983 (prepared piano performances) John Cage: Music and Ideas (lecture/performance) for local Music Teachers National Organization, Sept. 17, 1984 The Fine Arts within the Liberal Arts, invited lecture for Associated Colleges of the Midwest annual conference, Oct. 1987 Mozart and the Dramatic, Convocation Presentation at Cornell College, Jan. 1988 Beethoven and the French Revolution, Convocation Presentation at Cornell College, Jan, 1990 Rock Music and Racism, Convocation Presentation at Cornell College, Oct. 4, 1990 Rock Music and Sexism, Convocation Presentation at Cornell College, Jan. 14, 1993
July 1994 Presented paper "Wagnerian Influences on James Joyce" at NEH Fellows Seminar at Columbia University Beginnings in Wagner's Ring Cycle, Convocation Presentation at Cornell College, Sept. 14, 1995 Wagner and Joyce: A Study of Influence, Humanities, Arts Interest Group Lecture, Cornell College, Dec. 11, 1997 Chopin's Nocturne in B Major, Op. 62, No. 1 (lecture/performance using autograph of work), at Newberry Library, Nov. 10, 1999 The Place of Wagner's Tristan und Isolde in History, lecture for Wagner Society of America, Nov. 16, 1999. "Wagner's Tristan und Isolde: Why the Obsession?" Humanities Arts Interest Group, Cornell College, April 29, 1999 Guest presentation on Wagner s Tristan und Isolde for the Associated Colleges of the Midwest s Chicago Arts Program, Feb, 24 Religion and Art: Wolfram, Wagner, and the Grail (with Peggy McCracken, Prof. of French, Univ. of Michigan) at Newberry Library, May 17, 2000 Invited guest lecture on Wagner s Ring for Coe College, spring 2000 Orality and Hunger: Metaphors of Kwakiutl Culture and Cosmology, Convocation, Cornell College, Nov. 2, 2000 Wagner and Modernism, invited lecture for Chicago Symphony, Oct., 2001 Wagner s Tristan und Isolde, invited lecture for Chicago Symphony, Oct., 2001 Wagner and Anti-Semitism, Humanities Arts Interest Group Lecture, Cornell College, Nov. 14, 2002 Religious Dimensions of Wagner's Parsifal, Seminar Paper as Faculty Fellow at Princeton University, 06/2002 Verdi's Otello, pre-performance lecture for Cedar Rapids Opera Theatre, June 13, 2003 Parsifal and Misogyny, invited lecture for University of Iowa Musicology and Music Theory Studies Group, Oct. 10, 2003 The Opera Diva as Locus of Gendered Contention, Humanities, Arts Interest Group Lecture, Cornell College, April, 2003 Guest Lecture for the Opera Studies Group at the University of Iowa on Wagner, Oct. 2004 Wagner s Gottdammerung, Humanities Arts Interest Group Lecture, Oct. 20, 2005 Opera Meets Video: The Tristan Project, Humanities Arts Interest Group Lecture, Cornell College, Oct., 2006 Rock Music and Racism from the beginning to MTV, at Cornell s Intercultural Conference, Nov., 2006 Brahms Symphony No. 4: Brahms the Intellectual, pre-performance for Orchestra Iowa, Jan 27, 2007 Dishonorable Honor: Seeing Wagner's Tristan und Isolde Through Honor and Custom, invited lecture for St. John s College guest lecture series, spring 2007 Verdi s Aida, pre-performance lecture for Cedar Rapids Opera Theatre, June 2008 Wagner s Das Rheingold, invited pre-performance lecture for University of Iowa Opera Studies Group, preparation for Metropolitan Opera HD video broadcast, Sept. 2008 Thomas Mann s Doktor Faustus, Seminar lecture/paper as Faculty Fellow at Stanford University 07/2009
Confronting One s Nazi Past: Wagner s Die Meistersinger von Nuremberg at Bayreuth 2009, Cornell College Humanities Arts Interest Group, Dec. 10, 2009 Wagner s Character Beckmesser from Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (The Mastersingers of Nuremberg) as Prototype of the Jewish Exile in Germany, International Conference on Exile Studies, University of Kansas, Oct. 1, 2010 "Disappearance in Late-Beethoven: the Sonata in C minor Op. 111 and the Thirty-three Variations on a Waltz by Diabelli Op. 120" at an Interdisciplinary Conference given by the Graduate Center of City University of New York. The conference was titled "Disappearance: Spatial and Temporal Horizons, an Interdisciplinary Conference, Nov. 7 & 8, 2013. The Problem of Werktreue, Humanities Arts Interest Group Lecture, Cornell College, Sept. 10, 2015 Religious Controversy in America over Wagner s Parsifal. 2017 MUSICAL PERFORMANCES I have given over 200 public performances as a concert pianist, including solo recitals, lecture recitals, chamber music, and concerto soloist appearances with orchestra. In 1998 one CD for Solo Piano was released: Beethoven: Sonata in C minor Op. 111; Ravel: Gaspard de la Nuit; Chopin: Scherzo in E Major, three Etudes, two Mazurkas. Fifteen other CDs are also available in Cornell College Library. Selected performances as a professor. All performances at Cornell College unless otherwise noted. September 29, 1981 Music faculty recital: Faure, Ives, Berg, Chopin February 28, 1982 Chamber music concert: Chopin, Scriabin, Brahms, Schubert May 3, 1982 Solo lecture recital - early atonal piano music: Schoenberg, Debussy, Scriabin June 1, 1982 Lecture recital - early atonal piano music: Schoenberg, Berg, Debussy, Scriabin - Northwestern University June 16, 17, 18, 1982 Solo recital, master class, lecture at Highland College, Freeport, Illinois November 11, 1982 Accompanist in recital at Cedar Rapids Art Museum February 3, 1993 John Cage: Readings and Sonatas for Prepared Piano March 20, 1983 Recital with Karen Houkom, voice: Berg, Mahler, Schumann April 12, 1983 Solo recital: Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin; Butler University April 24, 1983 Solo recital: Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin May 12, 1983 Solo recital: Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin; Northwestern University September 18, 1983 Duo-piano recital with Kay Northcutt: Mozart, Brahms October 16, 1983 Performances in Brahmsfest February 19, 1984 Music faculty recital: Purcell, Cage, Brahms, Denison April 20, 1984 Lecture/performance for music interest group: Beethoven's Sonata in C minor, op. 31, no. 2
May 1, 1984 Duo recital with Frank Testa, violin: Mozart, Beethoven, Cage, Brahms, Debussy October 7, 1984 Music faculty recital: Schubert, Rachmaninoff, Milhaud December 4, 1984 Lecture/performance for Cornell Music Interest Group December 9, 1984 Solo performance with Cornell Chamber Orchestra: Mozart Concerto in C minor February 25, 1985 Solo recital: all Beethoven April 12, 1985 Duo recital with John Klaus, voice: Schumann, Beethoven April 1985 Performance at President s Inauguration May 3, 1985 Solo performance of Mozart Concerto with Cedar Rapids Symphony, Spring Music Festival October 6, 1985 Music faculty recital: my own composition plus J. S. Bach October 13, 1985 Duo recital with Marcella Lee, voice: Handel, Schumann, Barber November 20, 1985 Solo lecture recital: Schumann January 14, 1986 Chamber music recital on Concert Artists Series, Austin Peay State University Center for the Creative Arts May 17, 1986 Cornell Colege Faculty Trio at Preucil School of Music, Iowa City: Mozart and Brahms June 6, 1986 Solo recital, Alumni Weekend Cornell: Beethoven and Schumann October 5, 1986 Music faculty recital: Ives, Brahms, Sibelius October 2, 1987 Music faculty recital: Brahms October 31, 1987 Performance at ACM Conference on Fine Arts within the Liberal Arts: Mozart November 14, 1987 Beethoven Trio Concert at Preucil School of Music in Iowa City January 22, 1988 Beethoven Trio Concert at Cornell May 12, 1988 Lecture Recital, Keyboard music of the Seventeenth Century at The Newberry Library, Chicago March 22, 1989 Piano Solo Recital: Bach and Beethoven September 7, 1989 Convocation Duo Piano Performance with Prof Scott Klein: Brahms October 8, 1989 Faculty Recital: Chopin and Schubert December 1, 1989 Lecture Recital, Beethoven: The Anatomy of a Sonata December 9, 1989 harpsichord performance as part of Cornell Chamber Orchestra Concert (Bach Brandenberg Concerto No. 4) January 21, 1990 Solo recital to dedicate a new piano: Mozart, Haydn, Debussy, Chopin, Beethoven April 17, 1990 Duo Recital with violinist, Jane Sande: all Beethoven September 23, 1990 Faculty Recital: Schumann and French art songs December 1, 1990 Concerto Performance with Cornell Chamber Orchestra: Mozart Concerto in G Major K. 453 March 22, 1991 Solo Recital: Mozart May 7, 1991 Solo Recital: Works of Mozart at Newberry Library, Chicago March 31, 1992 Solo Recital: Works of Scarlatti, Brahms, Liszt, and Rachmaninoff September 9, 1992 Solo Recital, harpsichord and piano: Works of Purcell, Gibbon, Frescobaldi, Froberger, Haydn, Schubert, and Copland Two guest Chatauqua performances (for other professors courses) in the 80s and one on 11/2/92.
February 3, 1993 John Cage: Readings and Sonatas for Prepared Piano June 6, 1993 Performance in dedicatory recital for new Steinway piano (Iowa City): Schubert and Chopin December 10, 1993 Duo piano performance with Amy Nadel at University of Iowa: Brahms October 15, 1993 Faculty Recital: Schubert, Faure February 1, 1994 all Brahms recital February 18. 1994 Faculty Recital: Brahms and Handel May 13, 1994 Concerto Soloist May Music Festival: Mozart Piano Concerto in C minor K. 491 September 22, 1995 Recital as harpsichordist and pianist with vocalist Cinda Thomas October 20, 1995 Faculty Recital: Handel and Chopin Februrary 9, 1996 Faculty Recital: Chopin March 10, 1996 Chopin Recital at President's House March 15, 1996 Chopin Lecture Recital for Cedar Rapids Area Music Teachers March 20, 1996 Chopin Lecture Recital October 16, 1997 Solo Recital at Czech Museum Cedar Rapids February 19 1999 Bach and Mozart at President s social event for faculty and newly elected Mortar Board students Novmber 10, 1999 Chopin lecture/performance at Newberry Library Performances from 1979-1981, all at Austin Peay State University unless otherwise noted November 29, 1979 Duo recital with Ace Martin, trumpet January 24, 1980 Solo piano recital: Schoenberg, Beethoven, Schumann; Tennessee State University January 28, 1980 Solo piano recital: Schoenberg, Beethoven, Schumann May 1, 1980 Lecture recital on early atonality: performed works by Schoenberg, Debussy, Berg, Scriabin May 1, 1980 Performance on contemporary music concert: Schoenberg November 7, 1980 Solo piano recital: Beethoven's Diabelli Variations December 6, 1980 Solo piano recital: Beethoven's Diabelli Variations, Northwestern University February 1, 1981 All Schumann program GRANTS Cornell s records here only go back as far as 1988-89, so this is where the grant list begins. The grants in this particular list are all from Cornell College. 1988-89 $1,500 Richard and Norma Small Stipend and Research Grant 1994-95 $1,500 Richard and Norma Small Stipend and Research Grant 1999-2000 $1,200 [Richard and Norma] Small Stipend and Research Grant $2000 Mellon Technology Grant 2001-2002 $7,500 Campbell McConnell Sabbatical 2003-2004 $500 [Richard and Norma] Small Stipend and Research Grant
2004-2005 $500 [Richard and Norma] Small Stipend and Research Grant 2005-2006 $500 [Richard and Norma] Small Stipend and Research Grant 2006-2007 $2,500 McConnell Travel Funds 2008-2009 $7,500 Campbell McConnell Sabbatical 2010-2011 $1,000 Hewlitt Fund for Course Development $1,451 McConnell Travel Funds 2011-2012 $1,000 Hewlitt Fund for Course Develop 2012-2013 $1,743 McConnell Travel Funds 2013-2014 see below 2014-2015 see below 2015-2016 $5,858 Cornell Summer Research Institute 2016-2017 $4,500 McConnell Travel Funds 2013-14 and 2014-15 Named Richard and Norma Small Distinguished Professor. This included a $20,000 research grant, divided evenly between the two years. NON-CORNELL GRANT 2012-2016 NEH (National Endowment for the Humanities) Enduring Questions Grant. ( What is the Relationship between Tradition and Innovation ) $25,000 Grant.