Alan Parshley Department of Music 88 Pitkin St, Apt 1 University of Vermont Burlington, VT 05401 Music Building A322 E-mail: aparshle@uvm.edu 392 South Prospect Street Telephone: (802) 656-2280 Burlington, VT 05405-0145 EDUCATION University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin M.M., Horn Performance, 1981 Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan Graduate Study, Horn Performance, 1978 Yale University Summer School of Music and Art, Norfolk, Connecticut Chamber Music Study, 1977 Olivet College, Olivet, Michigan B.A., cum laude, 1977 Double major in Horn Performance and Piano Performance TEACHING EXPERIENCE University of Vermont, Burlington, VT Lecturer, 1983-present (see Courses Taught below) Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT Assistant in Music, 1986-2003 Studio Horn Instruction, Orchestral Sectionals Pitten Music Festival, Pitten, Austria Artist Faculty, 1992-2010 Studio Horn Instruction, Chamber Music Coaching University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH Studio Horn Instruction (Sabbatical replacement), 1988 Private Studio Teaching, Burlington, VT Horn Instruction to all levels, beginner through adult, 1982-present Vermont Youth Orchestra Summer Camp, Poultney, VT Brass private instruction, sectionals, chamber music coach, August 1984
University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI Teaching Assistant, Music Theory & Music Literature, 1979-1981 Homer Public Schools, Homer, MI Music Program Assistant, K-12, 1977-1978 PARSHLEY, page 2 of 7 COURSES TAUGHT Music Theory Labs (first year sight singing, ear training, and keyboard harmony) Music Theory Fundamentals (for non-music majors) Group Piano (all levels) Introduction to Listening (music appreciation for non-majors) Music: The Living Museum (a newly-designed listening course organized around live performances) Brass Techniques Studio Horn Instruction University Brass Ensemble University Concert Band The Vermont Wind Ensemble ORCHESTRAL EXPERIENCE Vermont Symphony Orchestra, 1984-present Albany (New York) Symphony Orchestra, 1987-present Burlington Chamber Orchestra (Principal Horn), 2009-present Opera Company of Middlebury Orchestra, 2010-present Orchestra of Northern New York (Guest Principal Horn), 2010-11 Berkshire Symphony Orchestra (Principal Horn), 1992-2000
PARSHLEY, page 3 of 7 St. Cecilia Chamber Orchestra (NY), 1988-1996 Berkshire Opera Festival Orchestra (Principal Horn), 1988 Springfield (MA) Symphony Orchestra (substitute), 1989-present Portland (ME) Symphony Orchestra (substitute), 1988-present American Wind Symphony Orchestra, national tours, 1980 & 1983 Missouri Symphony Society Chamber Orchestra (Principal Horn), summer 1981 Kalamazoo (MI) Symphony Orchestra, 1976-1979 CHAMBER MUSIC EXPERIENCE Vermont Brass Quintet, 1984-present Quintette à vent, 1988-92 Fanfare, Vermont Symphony Orchestra Brass Trio, 1986-2010 Vermont Town Brass, 1990-2000 Central Vermont Brass Quintet, 1983-1987 University of Vermont, Faculty Chamber Music Performances, 1983-present Middlebury College, Faculty Chamber Music Performances, 1986-2003 CONCERTO APPEARANCES Pitten Classics International Music Festival, Austria; Mozart, Concerto No. 1, K. 412, 2008; Mozart, Concerto No. 3, K. 447, 2004; Cherubini, Sonata No. 2, 2000; Mozart, Concerto No. 4, K. 495, 1998 Champlain Philharmonic Orchestra, Saint-Saëns, Morceau de Concert, Vergennes Opera House, May 13 & 14, 2007 Vermont Philharmonic Orchestra, Mozart, Concerto No. 2, K. 417, Barre Opera House, October 6, 1996
Berkshire Symphony Orchestra; Mozart, Sinfonia concertante in E-flat major, Williamstown, Massachusetts, November 12, 1993, PARSHLEY, page 4 of 7 Burlington City Band; Mozart, Concerto No. 2, K. 417, Battery Park, Burlington, Vermont, July 14, 1991 Vermont Wind Ensemble; Richard Strauss, Concerto No. 1 in E-flat major, University of Vermont, November 20, 1988 University of Vermont Concert Band; Haddad, Adagio and Allegro, University of Vermont, November 22, 1996 University of Vermont Orchestra; Mozart, Concerto No. 2, K. 417, University of Vermont, November 9, 1986 University of Vermont Orchestra; Mozart, Sinfonia concertante in E-flat major, University of Vermont, October 28, 1984 Olivet College Collegium Musicum; Telemann, Concerto in D, European tour, 1977 SELECTED ENSEMBLE AND RECITAL APPEARANCES Faculty Recital, University of Vermont, February 11, 2015 Albany Symphony Orchestra, American Spirituals Revisted, Spring for Music Festival, Carnegie Hall, New York City, May 10, 2011 The Sweet Sounding Horn, music for Tenor, Horn, and Piano, Boston Conservatory, Boston, Massachusetts, October, 2009 Halloween Concert, Phish, Chicago, Illinois, October 31, 1995 Solo Recital, Troy Savings Bank Music Hall, Troy, New York, December 14, 1993 St. Cecilia Orchestra, Merkin Hall, New York City, November 26, 1991 Guest Artist Recital, University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire, December 1, 1989 Guest Artist Recital, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, February 14, 1989
PARSHLEY, page 5 of 7 Guest Artist Recital, University of Southern Maine, Gorham, Maine, September 12, 1986 GUEST TEACHING, PRESENTATIONS, AND ADJUDICATION Recital Soloist and Massed Horn Choir Conductor, Northeast Regional Horn Workshop, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York, March 2008 Host, Northeast Regional Horn Workshop, University of Vermont; featuring lectures, concerts, and presentations by North American guest artists, March 2006 Panel Discussion, Free-lance musicians, Northeast Regional Horn Workshop, Crane School of Music, Potsdam, New York, April 17, 1998 Master Class, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, February 14, 1989 Master Class, University of Southern Maine, Gorham, Maine, September 12, 1986 Adjudicator, Vermont All-State Scholarship Competitions, 1984-1986 Sectional Coach, Vermont Youth Orchestra Association, Colchester, Vermont, 1987- present HONORS & AWARDS Study Grant, Albany Symphony Orchestra, 1988 Touring Artist Register, Vermont Council on the Arts, 1985 Honors Graduate, Olivet College, 1977 ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS Burlington Chamber Orchestra Contractor, 2011-present. Personnel management duties: hiring players, maintaining contact information, working in consultation with the Music Director and principal players in the orchestra. Burlington Chamber Orchestra Musician Committee, 2011-12. A five-member committee responsible for governance of artistic matters for the ensemble during the current Music Director search.
PARSHLEY, page 6 of 7 Pitten Classics Music Festival, Associate Director (Operations), 1992-2008 Administration of an eighteen-day international music festival of fifty participants. The Vermont Symphony Orchestra, Ensemble Coordinator, 1990-2004 Management of the chamber music ensembles of the VSO, community and school performances throughout Vermont SERVICE TO PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS Vermont Youth Orchestra Association, Music Director Search Committee, 2010 Burlington Friends of Music for Youth, Executive Board, 1990-92 Vermont Symphony Orchestra, Long Range Planning Committee, 1985 Vermont Music Teachers Association, Executive Board, 1985-1990 Vermont Symphony Orchestra, Players Committee, 1984-86, 2001-03 RECORDINGS Orchestral (Albany Symphony Orchestra) John Corigliano Vocalise, Naxos Records, 2014 (Grammy award) Gould, Orchestral Works, Albany Records, 2010 George Tsontakis, Violin Concerto No. 1, Koch International Classics, 2008 Michael Torke Strawberry Fields, Ecstatic Records Vincent Persichetti, Orchestral Works, Albany Records Gould, Stuckey, Harbison, Orchestral Works, Albany Records, 2003 R. Harris, Symphony No. 2, M. Gould, Symphony No. 3, Albany Records, 2002 John Harbison, OrchestralWorks, Albany Records, 2000 Don Gillis, Orchestral Works, Albany Records, 2000
PARSHLEY, page 7 of 7 Brutal Reality, Orchestral Works of R. Adams, Bloom, Chambers, Rogers, Ince, Albany Records, 1999 The Great American Ninth, Roy Harris, Albany Records, 1999 Morton Gould, Orchestral Works, Albany Records, 1998 Kamran Ince, The Fall of Constantinople, Argo, 1997 Peter Mennin, Orchestral Works, Albany Records, 1997 Robert Starer, Hudson Valley Suite, Francis Thorne, Symphony No. 7, Albany Records, 1997 Sax Drive with John Harle, Decca Records, 1999 George Lloyd, Symphony No. 1, Symphony No. 12, Albany Records, 1990 George Lloyd, Symphony No. 4, Albany Records, 1988 Contemporary I Know They re There, Steven Leibman, 2011 Future Disguise, The Porters, 2010 Live Phish, Halloween 1995 performance, Chicago, IL Ensembles Somewhere East of Topeka. Music of David Gunn, The Vermont Contemporary Music Ensemble, Albany Records, 2003 The Modern Horn, Douglas Hill and the University of Wisconsin Horn Ensemble, Crystal Records, 1981 Film Score The Summer of Walter Hacks, Pasture Productions/Woodchuck Theater Company, incidental music recorded by members of the Vermont Symphony Orchestra, 2010