ROBERT LEVY

January 2009
W6527 Cedar Lane, Greenville, Wis. 54942-9611
E mail: rl120c15@westpost.net
Phone: (920) 757-0852 Cell: 920-428-1943

EDUCATION:
Ithaca College (B. S. Music); North Texas State University (M.M.E.); Lawrence Un
iversity (Honorary Masters); doctorate course work completed University of Iowa;
summer study Oberlin College; Breckenridge Music Institute, Colorado; Fellow at
institute (with Gunther Schuller) - Festival at Sand Point, Idaho.
TEACHING:
Associate Professor and Director of Instrumental Music, St. Mary;s College of Ma
ryland (1971-1979)-responsible for developing a program from its beginning.
Professor of Music (trumpet) and Director of Bands, Lawrence University 1979-200
4;
Visiting Professor, School of Arts and Letters and Humanities, University of Wis
consin, 2004-2005;
Visiting Professor,Music Dept; Univ. of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
WORK EXPERIENCE:
While engaged in a near forty year career in education I have had parallel exper
iences in fund raising, program development and recruitment, program and website
design, writing documents, brochures, and publications, grant proposals, budget
, chairing committees, coordinating weekend workshops and seminars
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE:
Board of Directors Fox Valley Jazzfest (2003-2010)
Chair, Ensemble Directors, Lawrence University; Chair, Wind Department, Lawrence
University; Music Director/Founder, Tidewater Music Festival, Maryland; Chair,
Music Department, St. Mary's College of Maryland; Board of Directors, Internatio
nal Trumpet Guild; ( also Chairman, ITG Composition Contest); Additional committ
ee service: Lawrence University (twelve committees 1980-03) including Admissions
and Recruitment, Honorary Degrees, radio station, tenure); committee service (t
welve committees -1980-03); campus radio station
WRITINGS:
Wrote record liner notes/record reviews/articles, numerous news releases Getzen
Gazette, Appleton Post Crescent, Arabesque Records, Crest Records, High Perform
ance Review); experience in fund raising, student recruitment, budget,, grant pr
oposal writing, concert promotion, brochures publication design.
WEBSITE DESIGN:
http://www.robertlevymusic.com/ http://www.alecwildercentennial.com/
http://www.bigbandreunion.com/
LECTURES:
University of Melbourne, Australian National University (Canberra), Western Aust
ralia Academy of Performing Arts (Australia); Harvard University; Lawrence Univ
ersity; Tidewater Music Festival, (Maryland); University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
; University of Wisconsin-Madison; University of Iowa; Univ. of Wisconsin-Oshkos
h;
Northern Iowa University; Eastern Washington University, numerous others.
PUBLICATIONS:
Publishing series "Robert Levy, Music for Brass", Ensemble Music, Ithaca, New Yo
rk; Editor: "Friends of Alec Wilder" newsletter; articles in several journals,
concert reviews Appleton Post Crescent; article: Getzen Gazette; CD liner notes:
Arabesque Records, Crest Records.
CONSULTANT:
Ratmuse Music Publishers, Australia (2003); Mercer University (1999); Columbia C
ollege, Chicago (1998); Wisconsin Department of Education "Arts Propel Project"
(1998);
The Monumental Brass Quintet, Washington, D.C. (for residency, 1988); George Mas
on University (1981); Tidewater Music Festival (1980).
GRANTS:
Wisconsin "Arts Propel Project" in Education (Madison); Wisconsin Arts Board, Fo
x Valley Arts Alliance, National Endowment for the Arts, Maryland Arts Council,
Washington Redskins Foundation, Lawrence University Research Grants (several) in
cluding Culpepper Foundation grant, 1999.
GUEST ARTIST RESIDENCIES:
Canberra, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia (2003); Western Au
stralia Academy of Performing Arts (1991); China People's University, Beijing, C
hina National Minority University, Beijing, Xian Conservatory, China (2001); Mer
cer University, Georgia (1999); Univ. Of Maryland (2004)
SUMMER FESTIVALS/MUSIC CAMPS:
Faculty member, performer, and/or guest for more than eighteen programs in eleve
n states; National Music Camp, Interlochen, Michigan (1986-87); Tanglewood (1988
); Red Lodge, Montana (1972-2011); Wisconsin National Guard Rehearsal/Clinic Wor
kshop (1996-97); Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp (1998-99); Holy Trinity Music School,
Haiti (2000-03); Eastern Washington University (2002,04); Lawrence University (2
009)
AWARDS:
Lawrence University Honorary degree and Alumni Service award (2004); Wisconsin S
chool Music Educators citations; Virginia Center for the Creative Arts - Fellow
in Residence (1997); Wisconsin Arts Board - New Work Award (1991) and Artist-In-
Residence, Wisconsin (1997-99); Downbeat Magazine (1986); ASCAP and National Fed
eration of Music Clubs (1974, 1977, 1979); President's Award for Creative Teachi
ng (1973).
PROFESSIONAL:
As soloist and with the Iowa and Tidewater Brass Quintets, Lawrence Brass, The
Wilder Duo, National Symphony Orchestra, Watts Electric Group, N.Y., Harvard Uni
versity, featured at International Trumpet Guild Conference (twice), N.Y. Brass
Conference, Carnegie Recital Hall (five times), guest recitals and concerts thr
oughout the U. S. (more than 100 programs in forty states), Canada, Australia, P
ortugal, China, Jamaica, Haiti, at colleges, universities including Eastman, Ind
iana Univ., Kennedy Center, Wolftrap Center, The Japan House, Museum of Modern A
rt, The New School, Mannes, art museums, and festivals, etc.
CONDUCTING:
Guest appearances at All State, regional, district festivals, featured conductor
/clinician throughout the United States, Australia, China, Haiti; Lawrence Unive
rsity: conductor, Wind Ensemble, Symphonic Band, and Symphony Orchestra; Musical
Theater productions, Handel-"Messiah"
CLINICIAN:
From 1993-2004 Artist/Clinician for Getzen Brass Instruments Corporation; worksh
ops at Juilliard School of Music, Harvard University, Manhattan School of Music
(New York), Indiana University, Empire Brass Symposium (Tanglewood); with Americ
an Brass Quintet (New York), with the Canadian Brass (Wisconsin), University of
Iowa, numerous other colleges, universities, middle and high schools.
JAZZ:
Directed jazz ensembles numerous states more than twenty-five years; freelance p
rofessional playing; played recording sessions; appearances: Knitting Factory (
New York); Guimaraes Festival (Portugal); International Jazz Educators Conferenc
e (Chicago); New England Conservatory; Boston University, Eastman School of Musi
c.
RECORDINGS:
Thirty five professionally produced recordings including ten as conductor, five
as soloist, six with brass quintets for Albany, CRI, Capra, Trilogy, Serenus, Go
lden Crest Records, Accurate, Mark, Northeastern, Amazing, Stellar Sound Product
ions, others. List available upon request.
RADIO BROADCASTS:
National Public Radio; Wisconsin Public Radio; "Music from Interlochen" Series;
"Music from the Mountains" series, Montana; WQXR, N.Y.C.; Blue Lake Public Radio
, Michigan.
ORIGINAL COMPOSITIONS:
Dancing With Hurricanes (sop.voice,flute,violin, cello, percussion (2010)
Tangents ( for trombone Choir) 2010
Suite for Clarinet and Trumpet 2010
Suite for Tuba and Percussion (2010)
Clemente ( for narrator, chorus, and string orchestra) 2008; Tapestry (for conce
rt band and rock band) 2008
Kaleidoscope (for band) 2007; Hymn Song for the Earth (for orchestra 2005
Abide With Me-Fantasia and Dedication ( for wind ensemble (2004); Dialogues for
Saxophone Quartet (2003);Time Passages (for wind ensemble (2003); Thirty composi
tions (mostly chamber music), 1982-2009; Gestures (1990) premiered at ITG Conven
tion; Songs from A Lover's Eye (1995) broadcast Wisconsin Public Radio (1998); b
rass music published by Ensemble Music, Ithaca, New York. A complete list of wo
rks is available upon request.
RECENT COMMISSIONS:
New Glarus Middle School, Wisconsin (2010)
Clemente Middle School, Maryland (2008)
Windemere Middle School Band, Florida (2004)
Fox Valley Lutheran High School Band, Appleton, Wis. (2004); Kimberly, Wis. High
School Band (2003)
FIRST PERFORMANCES/COMMISSIONING PROJECTS:
More than one hundred forty works including Pulitzer Prize winners Leslie Basset
t and Karel Husa. Other major composers include Alec Wilder, Warren Benson, Eli
e Siegmeister, David Cope, Allan Blank, John Huggler, Paul Turok, Walter Hartley
, Dina Koston, Eric Ewazen.
MISCELLANEOUS:
Assisted internationally acclaimed composer/conductor Gunther Schuller with edit
ing of his autobiography (2003-2005); currently collecting materials and doing r
esearch, video taped interviews on American composer Alec Wilder ; have produced
a documentary pilot/sampler film (2007) on Wilder, and preparing book on his l
ife (since 2001); Interviews with approximately fifty American figures including
writers Studs Terkel and William Zinsser, singer Tony Bennett, NPR piano jazz h
ost Marian McPartland, musician/record producer Mitch Miller, composers Gunther
Schuller, Warren Benson, and David Diamond, song writer Hugh Martin and lyricist
s Arnold Sundgaard and William Engvick, and record producer/writer Orrin Keepnew
s among others. Jazz Corner Society, Secretary/Treasurer (1998-2006); Internatio
nal Trumpet Guild Board of Directors (1973-77);
REFERENCES: Available upon request.