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ADDRESS: 276 Westminster Road, Brooklyn, NY 11218
347-789-8523

email: jmusic800@optonline.net


MAIN ACTIVITIES:
Teacher, Composer, Conductor, Presenter
Founder/President/Director,CHIRON Performing Arts -- Teacher, Dr. Kaufman's Studio -- Composer - La Strada Productions -- Writer/Reviewer, New Music Connoisseur

EDUCATION:
D.M.A. in Music Composition - Cornell University, 1991
M.M.A. in Music Composition - Ithaca College, 1986
B.M.A. in Music Composition - Cleveland Institute of Music, 1983
High School - New Orleans Center for the Creative Arts
Secondary Teaching - Wells College


TEACHERS:

Composition:
Bert Braud, Donald Erb, Sydney Hodkinson, Karel Husa, Steven Stucky, Eugene O'brien,Yehudi Wyner.


TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
Present - Private studio -- students of all ages, groups in several areas: includes unique program for young people in performance,fundamentals, composition and improvisation, adult students, regular group-class performances.

2002-3 - The Rennaissance School - All Music.
August 2000 - May 2001
Port Jefferson Music Academy and The Laurel Hill School
teacher of composition,piano, voice, woodwinds, Beginner and Advanced Bands
brass, early program (ages 3-5). Chorus, general music.
Theory/ Composition/ History Workshop
Fall 1998 - 2000 Director/Teacher of Music
ACS (Alternatives Community School) - for gifted and other
Chamber Orch., Jazz Band, Chorus, General Music, Musical Productions
Fall 1994 Tutor 1992-2000 Home Tutor
Music Theory Ithaca Public Schools
Empire State College Students 'at risk'.
1987- Workshops in Comp., piano, theory - Teaching Artist Southern Tier Institute
Summ.1992 Rainey Institute - 1986-1989 Cornell University - Teaching Assisitant
Cleveland, OH Theory Survey -Advanced Fundamentals Teacher- theory/ Music Theater Elemen. Musicianship, self created/governed - Concert Band

FESTIVALS:
CHIRON Arts Festival - president, music director, organizer
(7/95), (7/96), (7/97), (7/98), (7/99), (11/00), (4/2001) Ithaca, NY, (11/03 NYC) THE PHOENIX
var. solo piano works, Chiron - for chamber orch., Brass Quintet,
Madrigal in Spring - for pno. trio, Shades of Sophocles - solo vln.
Nocturnal Phantasy (Voice of the Thunder), Various works for Dance and chamber ensembles. Mercury’s Shadow - vln.duo.
Internationales Musikinstitut in Darmstadt, Germany
(8/94) - organized CHIRON in Darmstadt concert.
- Gesturemusic, a little Jazzmusic, Suite for Cello
MacDowell Arts Colony
(1/5 - 2/20/90) -comp. Rieppelmusic and Solo Var. for Viola
June in Buffalo (NY) -- (6/93) - Vibrancy - fl./tba. // (6/91)- Gesturemusic-piano- by A. Feinburg
American Composers Orchestra Readings (6/93)
Ring of Fire - for orchestra - Denis Russel Davies, cond.
Ithaca Festival (6/91) (6/99 - 00) (NY)
Premier of Music for Young Musicians#1-composer conducting
ACS Chamber Orchestra concerts.
Northeastern Composers Conference (8/90)-Plymouth, NH
Premier of Solo Variations for Viola - George Rosenbaum
Festival Chamber Orch.(3/90)-Ith. NY
Prem. Rieppelmusic - pno./chamb. orch. //piano- Daniel Rieppel, composer conducting
Charles Ives Center for American Music (8/89)-Danbury, CT
Performance of Atmoshperes of Passion (vla, str., pno. and pc.)
Encore Summer Music - summers of ‘86 and ‘87-Wilkes-barre, PA
Premiers-('86) Rhythmic Fanfares and ('87) Symphonic Waves - Composer conducting

AFFILIATIONS: AMC, BMI, SCI, American Composers'Forum. American Composer’s Alliance (exec board), CHIRON Performing Arts (founder.director), New Music Connoisseur (writer/reviewer).
CHIEF REFERENCES: Karel Husa, Donald Erb, Sydney Hodkinson, Eugene O'Brien, David Lehman, Sera Jane Smolen, Susan Roebuck, Daniel Rieppel

 

News::

• pianist Daniel Rieppel is performing Kaufman's 'Momenta' in Vienna and Salzburg this summer.

• Organist/ Composer Carson P. Cooman recently led a performance of Dialogue of Structures - for organ and trumpet at Harvard University.

• The Schubert Trio will perform Madrigal in Spring next season.

• November (11/9/03) presented CHIRON Performing Arts Event featuring his THE PHOENIX for ensemble and dance: which is dedicated to the City of New York, his ...At the Gates... for 9 trombones and BRASS QUINTET - performed by Bombastiq Brass.

• Recently completed THE PHOENIX - for orchestra: dedicated to New York City. This work awaits premier.

• His Madrigal in Spring - for piano trio was performed at the American Composers' Alliance Festival June 2003.

• ISLAND ('eeslanhd') for orchestra and Narrator was recently commissioned and premiered by the Southwestern Minnesota Orchestra

• His Brass Quintet was recently performed by the Westwind Brass at the San Diego Museum of Art, May 2003 and Bombatiq Brass in June.

• Pianist Jon Liechty is performing his music in NYC and Maine.

• PRESENTLY reworking 'Eeslahnd' for full-orchestra (sans narrator) for performance abroad and composing two works for internationally known trombonist Haim Avitsur and MAMBO for orchestra. Kaufman is planning the next CHIRON Performing Arts season which will feature the music of Kaufman, John Eaton, Robert Dick, Eugene O'Brien - the pianting/sculpture of Argentinian master Raul Conti and much more.