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AASU Music FacultyDR. CAROL BENTON (2008) Assistant Professor of MusicDegrees: Departmental Teaching Responsibilities: music education, music appreciation, piano pedagogy. Professional Affiliations: Achievements, Accomplishments, and/or interests Contact: DR. KEVIN HAMPTON (1996), Professor of MusicDegrees: * D.M.A., University of Maryland Departmental Teaching Responsibilities: instructs piano studio, advises piano majors, teaches music theory classes. Professional Affiliations: Georgia Music Teachers Association, Georgia Music Educators Association Achievements, Accomplishments, and/or interests: Kevin Hampton holds the bachelor's of science degree from William Jewell College, the master's of music degree from Drake University, and the doctor of musical arts degree from the University of Maryland at College Park. He was also a scholar of the Rotary Foundation International, and studied piano and harpsichord at the Conservatoire National in Toulouse, France. His major teachers have included CaroleJo Riley, Veronica Tapsony, Calvin Permenter, George Katz, Therese Dussaut, and Thomas Schumacher. While in Toulouse, Hampton performed at the Palais /V/'e/and the Musee des Augustins, as well as the Salle des Synods in the city of Narbonne. A frequent recitalist and chamber music collaborator, he has performed at the Kennedy Center (the first annual celebration of the birthday of John F. Kennedy), the Washington Arts Club, the Martin Luther KingJr. Library, and the Charles Sumner School and Museum, all in Washington, D.C, the Montpelier Arts Center, Laurel, Maryland; the Fairfax County Library, Fairfax, Virginia; and the Des Moines Arts Center, Des Moines, Iowa. Hampton recently conducted a lecture-recital for the Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah, Georgia. Additional recent appearances include lecture-demonstrations for the state conventions of the Mississippi Music Teachers Association, the Georgia Music Teachers Association, the Iowa Choral Directors Association, and a lecture-recital for the Georgia Music Educators Association. Recent solo appearances have included the Blue Ridge Concert Series at Blue Ridge Community College, as well as recitals in Hendersonville, North Carolina; Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas; Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond Louisiana; and performances of the original big band version of Gershwin's Rhapsody in 5/uewith the Savannah Winds Ensemble in Savannah, Georgia and Stone Mountain, Georgia. Hampton is a founding member of Trio Savannah, a piano trio that has received several grant sponsorships through the City of Savannah with appropriations from the Georgia Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts. He is also a member of the Forsyth Ensemble in Savannah. Hampton is active as a clinician and adjudicator, and served on the screening jury for the Hilton Head Island International Piano Competition, 1998 - 2001. He has also adjudicated for the state conventions of the Texas, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Colorado Music Teachers National Association organizations and the state auditions of the Georgia Music Educators Association. He recently completed a two-year term as piano division chair for the Georgia Music Educators Association, and has recently assumed the position of vice president of programs for the Georgia Music Teachers Association. His article, "Joint Laxity: A Challenge For Piano Teachers," appeared online in the Piano Pedagogy Forum through the University of South Carolina at Columbia, in January 2004. He also has written program notes for the Premier Series of the American Pianists Association/Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra, February of 2004. Hampton has done extensive research on the stylistic evolution of George Walker, the 1996 Pulitzer Prize winner in composition, as seen in selected works for solo piano. His dissertation research developed the first comprehensive biography of Walker, based on interviews with the composer. Hampton has taught at Frederick Community College, Frederick, Maryland; Sweet Briar College, Sweet Briar, Virginia; and the University of Maryland at College Park. He serves as a professor of music on the faculty of Armstrong Atlantic State University in Savannah, Georgia. Contact: kevin.hampton@armstrong.edu DR. ROBERT HARRIS(1981), Professor of MusicDegrees: * D.M.A., University of Washington Departmental Teaching Responsibilities: music history and music appreciation courses. Director of Choral Activities and directs the University Chorale and University Singers and teaches in the area of choral music education. Professional Affiliations: founder and music director of I Cantori, Savannah's lone professional a cappella choir, specializing in early music. Founding music director of the Savannah Barbershoppers, Savannah-based barbershop style choral group. Achievements, Accomplishments, and/or interests: A native Californian, he received his bachelors and masters degrees in vocal performance from the Conservatory of the University of the Pacific. Opera performances included the lead baritone roles in Un Ballo in Maschera, La Traviata, II Trovatore, Les Contes d'Hoffman, Faust, Die Zauberflote, Le Nozze di Figaro and I'lncoronazione di Popea. Oratorio appearances included Walton's, "Belshazzar's Feast," Orff's "Carmina Burana," the "1610 Vespers" by Monteverdi as well as numerous Bach cantatas. He earned his doctorate in conducting from the University of Washington, studying under Rodney Eichenberger and Abraham Kaplan, former chorus master of the New York Philharmonic. Conducting credits included Haydn's "Creation," "The Bartered Bride" by Smetana, Purcell's "Dido and Aeneas," and "Die Fledermaus" byJohann Strauss Jr. Harris joined the AASU faculty in 1981 as director of choral activities. Under his leadership the Armstrong choirs appeared on numerous occasions with the Savannah Symphony Orchestra, and presented several modern premiers of Baroque choral works he edited for those performances. The Armstrong Vocal Chamber Ensemble made three European tours, the third being the subject of an Emmy winning documentary by Georgia Public Television. In 1991 Harris founded / Cantori, a 24 voice, community based, chamber choir. They have commissioned new compositions by such noted composers as Daniel Pinkham, Peter Schickele, Vijay Singh, James Mulholland, Robert Young, Williametta Spencer and the eminent Czech composer Zdenek Lukas. Harris edits the "I Cantori Series" with National Music Publishers which features contemporary works as well as newly edited works by leading composers, including W. A. Mozart, Nicola Porpora, Francesco Durante, Alessandro Scarlatti, and Antonin Dvorak. He has conducted on-site research at the British Library in London, Trinity College, in Dublin, as well as the Library of Congress, Houghton and Loeb Libraries on the Harvard campus, the Newberry in Chicago and the New York and Boston Public Libraries. He has also presented several lectures both on and off campus dealing with the music and art from Theresienstadt, the Nazi concentration camp in Czechoslovakia. In addition to music, recordings and art work he has an extensive collection of artifacts and video which he has filmed on site. Contact: robert.harris@armstrong.edu MR. MARK JOHNSON(1997), Assistant Professor of MusicDegrees: * M.M., Louisiana State University Departmental Teaching Responsibilities: Mark B. Johnson is the director of wind ensembles and wind studies at Armstrong Atlantic State University in Savannah, Georgia. He is also conductor of the AASU Wind Ensemble, Chamber Winds, and the Savannah Winds Community Band. Courses taught by Professor Johnson include: Advanced Instrumental Conducting, Band Methods, Band Repertoire, Brass Methods, Marching Band Techniques, Performance Techniques and Supervisor of Music Student Teaching. Professional Affiliations: College Band Directors National Association, Phi Beta Mu International Bandmasters Fraternity, National Band Association, Georgia Music Educators Association, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, and Pi Kappa Lambda National Music Honor Society. Achievements, Accomplishments, and/or interests: MarkJohnson has completed course work for the doctorate of musical arts-band and orchestral conducting at the University of Kansas. He received his master of music in conducting and brass pedagogy from Louisiana State University and his bachelor of music education from Murray State University. He is the former assistant director of bands at the University of Nebraska-Omaha, show designer of the University of Kansas Marching JayHawks, and former director of bands at Terry Sanford High School in Fayetteville, North Carolina where under his direction the bands of Terry Sanford received consistent superior ratings in performance and numerous invitations to perform for national, state, and local events. Johnson is in constant demand as conductor, clinician, and adjudicator throughout the United States. He lives in Savannah, Georgia with wife Peggy and daughter Madeline where he also enjoys golf and restoring vintage Volkswagens. Contact: mark.johnson@armstrong.edu DR. STEPHEN PRIMATIC (1997), Associate Professor of MusicDegrees: * D.M.A., University of Georgia Departmental Teaching Responsibilities: directs percussion ensemble, jazz combo, and indoor drum line. Instructs percussion major studio, teaches music theory courses. He also assists the AASU Jazz Ensemble and the AASU Wind Ensemble. Professional Affiliations: American Federation of Musicians, Percussive Arts Society. Achievements, Accomplishments, and/or interests: To be posted Contact: stephen.primatic@armstrong.edu DR. RANDALL REESE (1994), Associate Professor of MusicDegrees: * D.M.A., University of South Carolina Departmental Teaching Responsibilities: directs the AASU Jazz Ensemble and teaches courses in orchestration and arranging, counterpoint, woodwind methods and saxophone. Professional Affiliations: Coastal Jazz Association, Savannah Jazz Orchestra Achievements, Accomplishments, and/or interests: Reese is co-leader and co-founder of the Savannah Jazz Orchestra, which has performed with Diane Schuur, Clark Terry, Cab Calloway, Jimmy Heath, Benny Golson, Claudio Roditi, Nick Brignola and many more. Reese has written arrangements for the Cincinnati and Savannah Symphony Orchestras and the Hilton Head Orchestra. In 1992 the Savannah Symphony Orchestra premiered his Nautical Songs with the late saxophonist Bob Berg as guest soloist. In recent years he has written a number of choral compositions and arrangements that have been performed at national and regional conventions of the American Choral Directors Association and Music Educators National Conference and on National Public Radio's Performance Today. Reese studied saxophone with LarryTeal, Galan Krai, and Sigurd Rascher and studied composition with Dick Goodwin. Contact: randall.reese@armstrong.edu DR. LUCINDA SCHULTZ (1986), Professor of MusicDegrees: * D.M.A., University of Colorado Departmental Teaching Responsibilities: teaches applied voice, class voice, language diction and vocal pedagogy. Professional Affiliations: Pi Kappa Lambda Honor Music Society, the College Music Society, Mu Phi Epsilon, and the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) for which she has recently completed her second term as Governor of the Georgia Chapter. Achievements, Accomplishments, and/or interests: Schultz, a native of North Dakota, is widely recognized as a vocal pedagogy clinician and is in demand as a master teacher and clinician at both the high school and collegiate levels. An active performer, she appears frequently as a recitalist and in chamber music and oratorio performances. She has performed as soloist with the Savannah Symphony Chamber Orchestra as well as the Orchestra Players of Savannah and was a featured soloist on the 2004 Savannah Music Festival Organ Stops Concert Series. In July 2003, she was featured in a solo recital on The Wednesday Prom Concert Series in Truro, Cornwall in the United Kingdom. Schultz's students regularly are winners at both the state and regional National Association of Teachers of Singing auditions (a total of 32 winners as of 2005) and have also been quarter and semi-finalists in the Savannah Music Festival American Traditions Competition. Previous faculty positions include Ouachita Baptist University in Arkansas and the University of Colorado at Boulder where she was the recipient of the prestigious University of Colorado Teaching Excellence Award. Contact: lucinda.schultz@armstrong.edu DR. JAMES ANDERSON (1985), Special Assistant to the Vice President for International Education, Professor of MusicDegrees: * Ph.D., University of Texas-Austin Departmental Teaching Responsibilities: is the immediate former head of the Art, Music & Theatre Department. Anderson now serves AASU outside of the AMT department as the Special Assistant to the Vice President of International Studies. His teaching responsibilities were in the areas of music education, music appreciation, and instrumental music. Professional Affiliations: Past co-director of the AASU based Savannah Institute for Education in the Arts (SIEA) which sponsored discipline-based arts education institutes for high school students and classroom and music teachers. Achievements, Accomplishments, and/or interests: To be posted Contact: james.anderson@armstrong.edu Adjunct FacultyScott Bozeman |
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