EDUCATION JOSEPH KNEER, violin 830 West 33 rd St. Erie, PA 16508 (715) 309-8159 joe.kneer@gmail.com josephkneer.com Doctor of Musical Arts in Violin Performance Peabody Institute 2013 Thesis: The Development of Late Nineteenth-Century Violin Vibrato Masters of Music in Theory Pedagogy Peabody Institute 2011 Masters of Music in Violin Performance Peabody Institute 2009 Bachelor of Music in Violin Performance Oberlin Conservatory 2007 ACADEMIC TEACHING EXPERIENCE Assistant Professor of Violin, Viola, Theory, and Aural Skills (D Angelo Department of Music, Mercyhurst University, Erie, PA) Classroom MUS 101-01 (Theory I) MUS 101-02 (Aural Skills I) MUS 201-01 (Theory II) MUS 201-02 (Aural Skills II) -Developed new two-year music theory and aural skills curriculum -Re-designed music theory and aural skills audition placement exam MUS 335-01 (Instrumental Pedagogy- Upper String Techniques) -Developed new curriculum -Oversaw lower string techniques course MUS 145-445 (String Ensemble) -Conducted regular weekly ensemble rehearsals -Coached chamber music groups -Regular semester concerts -Collaborative performances with members of the Erie Philharmonic and Erie Chamber Orchestra MUS 140-440 (Symphony Orchestra) -String sectionals and coachings -Guest concertmaster and string mentor Individual Instruction and Mentoring MUS 170-01 (Violin: BA, BM-Perf, BM-Ed, Minor, and Secondary Students) MUS 170-04 (High School Dual Enrollment) -Weekly private lessons -Regular studio classes -Coordinator of semester string juries -Preparation for student performance forum MUS 342-02 (Instrumental Pedagogy- currently no students enrolled) Academic Advising Part-Time Faculty, Peabody Preparatory, Baltimore, MD 2010-2012 Musicianship Faculty -Designed curriculum for elementary grade course Chamber Music Coach -Weekly quartet coachings
PRIVATE INSTRUCTION Private Studio- Violin, Viola, Erie, PA Recent Private Student Awards/Scholarships/Performances Sadie Anderson 1 st Prize, Tuesday Morning Music Club, Erie, PA New York State Performance Scholarship Soloist- Vivaldi s Spring, Mvt. 1 and 2, Western New York Chamber Orchestra Abby Hakel Accepted to Oberlin Conservatory (2015) All-East Orchestra Participant 1 st Prize, Tuesday Morning Music Club, Erie, PA Masterclass with David Kim, concertmaster Philadelphia Orchestra Interlochen Summer Violin Camp Matthew Su Josie Alex 1 st Prize, Tuesday Morning Music Club Masterclass with David Kim, concertmaster, Philadelphia Orchestra Solo Recital, Thursday Noon Together Concert Series, First United Methodist Church, Erie, PA 1 st Prize, National Scottish Fiddling Competition Private Music Theory and Aural Skills Tutoring Violin and Viola Instructor- Woodbridge Music, Baltimore, MD 2011-2012 Violin Faculty, Janna Friedman Music School, Owings Mills, MD 2008-2011 PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS American String Teachers Association (ASTA) American Federation of Musicians (AMF) Erie Music Teachers Association (EMTA) College Music Society (CMS) Music Theory Society of the Mid-Atlantic (MTSMA) National Honor Society Music Honor Society 2014-present 2014-present 2011-present 2009-present 2009-present SCHOLARSHIPS/GRANTS Faculty Research Contract Project, Mercyhurst University 2014-2015 Recital tour with pianist Shirley Yoo The Brahms Sonatas Graduate Teaching Fellowship, Theory Pedagogy, Peabody Institute 2010, 2011 Chamber Music Prize, Aurora Trio, Peabody Institute 2009 Full-Tuition Fellowship, Ear Training, Peabody Institute 2007-2011 E. Jerome Carlson Performance Scholarship, MacPhail Center for the Arts 2002 ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE Co-Founder, Mercyhurst Summer Music Academy, Mercyhurst University Promotional Materials/Marketing Coordinating housing/dining for participants Website Planning/Faculty Selection Coordinator of Music Theory and Aural Skills, Mercyhurst University Curriculum Design Placement Tests Director, Mercyhurst String Ensemble Violin/Viola Studio Recitals, Mercyhurst University
OTHER COMMUNITY PERFORMANCES Guest Soloist, Penn State-Behrend Concert Choir First United Methodist Church, Erie, 2014 Guest Performer, Erie Renaissance Singers (1 st Violinist) Cathedral of St. Paul, Erie, PA, November 24) RECRUITING Mercyhurst Summer Music Academy Mercyhurst University, Mercyhurst String Ensemble Mercyhurst University, Trial Lessons/Coachings with Prospective Students Recruiting Trips OH, PA, and NY Regions, Guest Performance/Q & A McDowell Intermediate High School, 2013 Department Recruiting Database Compilation Mercyhurst University, All-State, Regional, and District Orchestra Data Prospective Student/Local Teacher Networking SERVICE Chair, Faculty Affairs Committee Volunteer, Relay-for-Life ( Pie Your Professor ) Mercyhurst University, 2014 Mercyhurst Makes Music Coordinator Erie, PA, 2014-present Scheduling/Planning Volunteer Student Performances in the Community Contacting/Coordinating Local Venues Department Adjunct Coordinator Email List Updates Fall Adjunct Party Faculty Affairs Committee Sexual Harassment Committee (as needed) Judicial Board (as needed) Faculty Performance, Mercyhurst Gala D Angelo Performing Arts Center, Mercyhurst University, 2012 Moonlight on the Bay- Crime Victims Center String Quartet Performance Presque Isle State Park, Erie, 2014 SOLO PERFORMANCES Soloist: Bach Cantata Festival Series Luther Memorial Concert Series, Erie, PA 2015 Bach Violin Concerto in E Major Guest Artist Recital Thursday Noon Together Series, First United Methodist Church, Erie, PA Guest Artist Recital Johns Hopkins University; 2015 Guest Artist Recital SUNY Potsdam; 2015 Guest Artist Recital SUNY Fredonia; 2015 Guest Recital and Masterclass MacPhail Center for the Arts; Minneapolis, 2015 The 4 B s: Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Bartók Luther Memorial Concert Series; Erie, PA, 2014 Live Radio Broadcast, Lobby Performance WQLN 91.3; Erie, PA, 2014 Guest Soloist Young Artist Debut Orchestra; Erie, PA, 2013 Svendsen: Romance; Vivaldi: Concerto for Four Violins in B Minor How Sweet the Sound, Voice and Violin Recital Abiding Hope Concert Series; Erie, PA, 2013 Faculty Solo and Collaborative Recitals Mercyhurst University, 2012-2015 the enormity of small things, Voice and Violin Recital Federal Hill Parlor Series; Baltimore, MD, 2012 Guest Artist, Summer Sounds Series University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, 2011
Solo Recital: Violin Sonata ( Beautiful Savior ) Peabody Institute, 2011 *East Coast Premiere Collaborative Recital with Organist Dr. John Walker Peabody Institute, 2011 Heyde Center for the Performing Arts Chippewa Falls, WI, 2007 Mabel Tainter Memorial Theater Menomonie, WI, 2004 & 2005, 2008 ORCHESTRA/CHAMBER MUSIC/FESTIVALS Guest Soloist, Mercyhurst Symphony Orchestra Mercyhurst University, 2015 Mozart: Serenade No. 5 in D Major Guest Artist/Concertmaster Luther Memorial Church, Erie, PA, 2014-15 Bach Cantata Festival Series Erie Philharmonic First Violin Substitute, Erie Chamber Orchestra First Violin Section Member, 2014-present First Violin Substitute, 2013-2014 Guest Concertmaster/Violin Section Coach Mercyhurst Symphony Orchestra, Jola Piano Quartet Peabody Institute, 2011 Peabody Chamber Music Festival La Loingtaine, France, 2008 Aurora Piano Trio Peabody Institute, 2007-2009 Maryland Public Television Taping Peabody Institute, 2008 Piano Trio Recital: Northern Lights, Roger Zare San Jose, CA, 2009 *World Premiere Principal Second Violin Peabody Symphony Orchestra, 2008 Summer Masterclass Course with Prof. Milan Vitek Litomysl, Czech Republic, 2006 Associate Concertmaster Oberlin Orchestra, 2005-2007 OTHER CAREER EXPERIENCE Guest Clinician, Summer Suzuki Workshop Suzuki at Lutheran, Jamestown, NY, 2015 Guest Masterclass MacPhail Center for the Arts, 2015 Music Theory Pedagogy Institute Eastman School of Music, Rochester, 2014 Guest Masterclass Jamestown Suzuki Program, 2013 Interim Chancel Choir Conductor and Music Director Brown Memorial Presbyterian, Music Director Brownhelm United Church of Christ, 2004-2007 Oberlin Chamber Orchestra Manager Oberlin Conservatory, 2004 TEACHERS Violaine Melançon Herbert Greenberg Milan Vitek Mary West MASTERCLASSES Pamela Frank Paul Kantor Brian Lewis Jorja Fleezanis Michael Sutton COACHES Peter Slowik Kirsten Doctor Thomas Rosenberg Andrew Jennings Sanford Margolis Vartan Manoogian Maria Lambros Michael Kannen Evelina Chao Jeffrey Sharkey Allison Wells Seth Knopp
REPERTOIRE Solo Orchestral Works Studied and/or Performed Bach: Concerto in A minor Bach: Concerto in E major Bach: Concerto in D Minor for Two Violins Barber: Concerto Beethoven: Romance No. 2 in F Major Brahms: Concerto in D major Bruch: Concerto No. 1 in G minor Dvorak: Concerto in A minor Glazunov: Concerto in A minor Haydn: Concerto in G major Kabalevsky: Concerto Mendelssohn: Concerto in E minor Mozart: Concerto No. 1 in Bb Mozart: Concerto No. 3 in G Mozart: Concerto No. 4 in D Mozart: Concerto No. 5 in A Prokofiev: Concerto No. 2 in G minor Ravel: Tzigane Sibelius: Concert in D minor Tchaikovsky: Concerto in D major Vivaldi: Concerto in A minor Vivaldi: Concerto in G minor Vivaldi: Four Seasons (Spring and Winter) Wieniawski: Concerto No. 2 in D minor Sarasate: Ziguenerweisen Unaccompanied Works and Works with Piano Bach: Sonata No. 1 in G minor for Solo Violin Bach: Partita No. 1 in B minor for Solo Violin Bach: Sonata No. 2 in A minor for Solo Violin Bach: Partita No. 2 in D minor for Solo Violin Bach: Sonata No. 3 in C major for Solo Violin Bach: Partita No. 3 in E major for Solo Violin Bach: Sonata No. 3 in E major for Violin and Harpsichord Beethoven: Sonata No. 1 in D major Beethoven: Sonata No. 5 in F major Beethoven: Sonata No. 6 in A major Beethoven: Sonata No. 8 in G major Brahms: Sonata No. 1 in G major Brahms: Sonata No. 3 in D minor Debussy: Sonata Franck: Sonata in A major Handel: Sonta in A Major Handel: Sonata in D major Handel: Sonata in F major Kreisler: Schoen Rosmarin Kreisler: Liebesleid Kreisler: Melodie (Gluck, arr. Kreisler) Kreisler: Sicilienne and Rigaudon Kreisler: Praeludium and Allegro Kreisler: Tambourin Chinois
Massenet: Meditation from Thais Mozart: Violin Sonata, K301 Mozart: Violin Sonata, K304 Mozart: Violin Sonata, K454 Paganini: Caprice No. 6 Paganini: Caprice No. 9 Paganini: Caprice No. 13 Paganini: Caprice No. 14 Paganini: Caprice No. 16 Paganini: Caprice No. 17 Paganini: Caprice No. 23 Paganini: Variations on I Palpiti Schnittke: Sonata No. 1 Sarasate: Romanza Andaluza Sarasate: Zigeunerweisen Schubert: Sonatina in A minor Schubert: Sonatina in D major Wieniawski: Scherzo Tarantella Ysaÿe: Sonata No. 2 in A minor Zare: Violin Sonata ( Beautiful Savior ) Chamber Works: Bartok: Contrasts Bartok: Quartet No. 2 Bartok: Quartet No. 5 Beethoven: String Quartet, Opus 18, No. 4 Beethoven: String Quartet, Opus 18, No. 5 Beethoven: String Quartet, Opus 59, No. 1 Beethoven: String Quartet, Opus 74 Beethoven: Trio, Opus 70, no. 1 ("Ghost") Brahms: Trio No. 1 in B major Brahms: Piano Quartet in G minor Brahms: Piano Quartet in C Minor Brahms: String Quartet in C Minor Chausson: Chanson Perpetuelle Debussy: Quartet Dvorak: String Quartet Opus 96, No. 12 ( American ) Haydn: String Quartets (Various) Holst: Four Sacred Songs for Soprano and Violin Fanny Mendelssohn: String Quartet in G Minor Felix Mendelssohn: String Quartet, Opus 13 in A minor Mozart: Clarinet Quintet Mozart: Flute Quartet in D Major? Mozart: Piano Quartet in Eb? Mozart: String Quartets (Various) Palmer: Piano Quartet Prokofiev: String Quartet No. 1 Ravel: Piano Trio Schubert: String Quartet, Death and the Maiden Schubert: Cello Quintet Schumann: Trio in D minor Shostakovich: Trio in E minor Vaughan-Williams: Along the Field for Soprano and Violin Zare: Piano Trio ( Northern Lights )
REFERENCES Dr. Shirley Yoo shirley.yoo@gmail.com Cell: 410-961-5523 Colleague and Assistant Professor of Piano at Mercyhurst University Violaine Melançon violaine62@comcast.net Cell: 410-913-9687 Violin Teacher, Doctoral Studies at Peabody Institute Dr. John Walker jw4700@gmail.com Home: 410-224-8424 Professor of Organ at Peabody Institute; Former Music Director, Brown Memorial Presbyterian Church (Supervisor and Mentor) Dr. Namji Kim Associate Professor of Piano University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Phone: 715-836-2182 Email: KIMNC@uwec.edu Dr. Kip Wile Professor of Music Theory Peabody Institute Phone: 410-234-4524 Email: wile@peabody.jhu.edu Clinton Adams Professor of Ear Training Peabody Institute Phone: 443-562-0200 Email: kkgbclint@verizon.net