Mark Andrew Cook, Ph.D.

 

https://markandrewcook.wixsite.com/drmarkandrewcook

 

markandrewcook@gmail.com     markandrewcook.com

 

240.899.7000

Credentials

 

Music Educator, Performer, Composer, Theorist, Conductor, Clinician, Adjudicator

 

Education

 

PhD in Music Theory, The Catholic University of America

Dissertation: An Analytical Study of Paul Hindemith’s Symphony, Die Harmonie der Welt, investigating set theoretical aspects, tonal aspects, and proportional design (GS) in this particular work, a predicate symphony to the eponymously titled opera, and his compositional apotheosis and musical testament.

MA Musicology (Music Theory), The Catholic University of America

Thesis: Digitally Controlled Acoustic Media: The Music of The Aesthetic Research Ensemble. Study and analysis of composers Alec Bernstein and Daniel Carney and their compositions using computer controlled semi-automated devices, and an early programming language invented by them, and attached to acoustic instruments (piano, mallet percussion, and percussion).

BMed. The Peabody Institute of The Johns Hopkins University, a Trumpet student in the studio of Baltimore Symphony Principal Emeritus Donald R. Tison.

 

Other Education

 

Private study in Jazz and Music Theory under Bill Potts and Dr. James Vincent Badolato.

Jazz Ensemble/Jazz Studies under Bill Potts, Montgomery College and Pianist for Dr. Badolato’s elite Jazz Saxophone and Vocalists Ensemble.

Courses in Recording Studio Engineering and Electrical Engineering, Wor-Wic Technical and Community College.

Radio Engineering and DJ, WSSC Alternative Radio, Salisbury State College ( now   Salisbury University). FCC 3rdclass Engineer’s License.

Brass Ensemble and Coaching under Dr. Wayne C. Cameron.

Research guidance and Theory courses under Dr. Steven Gerhardt Strunk.

Conducting and Theory under Dr. Robert Wayne Ricks.

Theory courses under Dr. Paul Garvin Taylor.

Composition under Dr. Gerald Frank Muller.

Theory Pedagogy and 20th-century music courses under Dr. George Thaddeus Jones.

History courses under Dr. (and Sr.) Cyrilla Barr and Dr. Ruth Steiner.

 

Service

 

Shepherd University

 

Director for Music Theory and Composition and Jazz Studies Faculty, 2008-2021.

Director, Shepherd Recording Project, (studio and electronic music lab) 2008-2018.

Director for Jazz Studies and Theory Faculty, Shepherd University, 2005-2009.

Director, Shepherd University Summer Jazz Camp, 2006-2016.

Jazz Faculty and Applied Jazz Piano, 2005-2021.

 

 

The Barbara Ingram School for the Arts

 

Guest Lecturer in Music Theory and Composition, The Barbara Ingram School for the Arts 2010-2015.

Jazz Ensemble Director, The Barbara Ingram School for the Arts, 2010-2015.

Contemporary Music Ensemble (“Rock Band 101”), 2010-2015.

 

The Catholic University of America

 

Jazz Ensemble Director, The Catholic University of America, 2002-2005.

Theory Faculty (Adjunct), The Catholic University of America, 2000-2005.

 

Towson University

 

Music Theory Faculty (Adjunct), Towson University, 2000-2003.

 

Montgomery County Public Schools

 

Theory Instructor, Montgomery County Public Schools Continuing Education and Distance Learning, 2001-2003.

 

Montgomery College

 

Professor of Music, Montgomery College, 1990-2001.

Interim Chair and Summer Chair of Music Department, Montgomery College, 1992-1997.

Adjunct Instructor and Lecturer in Music, Montgomery College, 1984-1990.

Coordinator, Theater Arts Group, Montgomery College (responsible for budget, academic mainstage productions, and Summer Dinner Theater), 1999-2001.

Music Director and/or Conductor for academic mainstage Music Theater productions, Montgomery College, 1989-1994.

Host/Facilitator for Jamey Aebersold Jazz Clinics at Montgomery College, 1991-1999.

 

Other Areas of Service

 

Director, International Association of Jazz Educators (Maryland Unit) Summer Jazz Consortium, 1991-2018.

Jazz Clinician, MD Summer Jazz Consortium, 1984-2018.

Director of Music and Music Liturgy, St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church, Laytonsville, MD, 2002-2006.

Clinician/Instructor for DeMatha Catholic High School Summer Jazz, 1993-2000.

Clinician/Instructor for Patapsco High School for the Arts Summer Jazz, 1995-2003.

Clinician for Summer Instrumental Music Educators’ Conference, Villa Nova

University, 2004.

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Clinician/Instructor for University of Maryland College Park Summer Arts, 2005

Assistant Music Director and Conductor, Montgomery College Summer Dinner Theater, 1987-1992.

Music Director and Conductor, Montgomery College Symphony Orchestra, 1996-2000.

Music Director/Conductor, Montgomery College Symphonic Wind Ensemble, 1988-1996.

Music Director, Montgomery College Large and Small Jazz Ensembles, 1986-1996.

Instructor in Trumpet and Jazz Piano, Montgomery College Applied Music, 1992-2001.

Instructor in Jazz Piano, Trumpet, and Music Theory, Academy of Music, 1999-2001.

 

Teaching Areas and Assignments

 

Applied Music

Composition, Orchestration, Jazz Piano and Jazz Improvisation, Trumpet, Conducting, Jazz Vocal Coach/Accompanist.

 

Music Theory, Music History, and Aural Skills

Core curriculum theory and aural skills courses (MT I-IV, AS I-IV), Introduction to Music Theory (CUA theory and aural skills preparatory course), Introduction to Music Theory (MC Gen-Ed appreciation course).

Form and Analytical Techniques (including Post-Tonal theory and Schenkerian analysis)

Music History, History of Jazz, History (Survey) of American Popular Music.

Research Director/Advisor for Honors projects, Shepherd University.

Graduate courses: Music Theory Pedagogy; Jazz History and Pedagogy, Analytical Techniques.

 

Jazz Studies

Jazz Class Keyboard studies (utilizing Dicta Jazz, my book)

Jazz Improvisation, Jazz Theory, Jazz History

Jazz Performance Lab (Combo and small group performance practice)

Jazz Ensemble Director (MC, CUA, and SU)

Jazz Vocal Coach (MC and CUA)

 

Music Theater

Music Director/Conductor and Vocal Coach.

Montgomery College Academic Mainstage Productions and Summer Dinner Theater.

Music Director, Chess (first US performance off-Broadway; I re-wrote Broadway book    to include and/or reflect original London Concept album).

42nd Street, Carousel, West Side Story, Fiddler on the Roof, Once Upon a Mattress, Kiss              Me Kate, The Boys from Syracuse, Camelot, others.

 

Professional Experience

 

Jazz Piano performances with (selected list only)

 

Bill Potts, Chris Vadala and Friends, Mike Kamuf Little Big Band (Trumpet/Arranger for Woody Herman and others), David Detwiler’s The White House Band and Prelude, Tim Hagans, Jamey Aebersold, The Vaughn Nark Group, Tim Eyermann’s East Coast Offering, Keith Kilgo (Drummer for The Blackbyrds), Mike Crotty and Deater O’Neill, The Grainger Brothers, David W. Marsh III and Ronnie Shaw (Bassist and Drummer for The Three Mo’ Tenors), MGSGT Glenn Dewey (ret. USMC President’s Own), Tom Williams, Frank Russo, the legendary Steve Novosel, the equally legendary Keter Betts, Paul Henry, Rick Whitehead (USAF Airmen of Note), Frank Papajohn (USAF), Harold Mann (House Drummer, Howard Theater), Scott Ambush (Bassist for Spyro Gyra), Jon Previti and Barry Hart (Bassist and Drummer for Danny Gatton), Leigh Pilzer (Saxophonist for Diva and Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks), Darryl Dima Brenzel (Lead Alto, US Army Jazz Ambassadors), Coco Roussel (Drummer from Happy the Man), Steve “Freelance” Larrance, Wade Matthews, Dr. Paul Scimonelli, Glenn Scimonelli, Earl Jackson Quartet, Grady Tate, J.R. Monterose, Bob James, Rufus Reid, Charlie Daniels (with The Washington Orchestra), Vocalists Dr. and CCMSGT Juanita Williams (USAF Airmen of Note), Dr. Darden Purcell, MSGT Mercy Diaz (US Army Blues and USO), Nishah Dimeo, and Pearlie Homicile, The Coasters, The Drifters, The Spinners, The Temptations, Montgomery College Faculty Jazz, Catholic University Faculty Jazz, Shepherd University Faculty Jazz, Marywood University Jazz Ambassadors (Clinician and Guest Artist), Martinsburg Jazz Orchestra (Pianist and Music Director), Sopranos Carmen Balthrop and Rachelle Fleming…

…and exactly four choruses of the Blues with the legendary Al Cohn!

 

Recordings

 

~Mark Andrew Cook and Set Theory, featuring Chris Vadala (Lost Recordings, live at The Catholic University of America). Re-mastered by Corey Justin Horn:

 

www.Coreyjustinhorn.com

 

~Mark Andrew Cook Jazz Group Live at St. Johns (Pianist and writing credits)

~The Chris Vadala Group, Out of the Shadows (Piano, keyboards, and writing credits)

~The Frank Condon Orchestra: Sophisticated Lady and You’d Be So Nice to Come Home To

~Chris Vadala Play-along, Curnow Publishing.

~Vaughn Nark (arranging credits)

~The Players

~Set Theory (as Co-leader): Prime Form

~The Mike Kamuf Little Big Band, Live at The Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival (CD/DVD)

~Montgomery College Faculty Jazz

~CUA Faculty Jazz and Guests

~Shepherd University Faculty Jazz

~Waking, Song Cycle for Soprano and Piano (Lawren Diana Hill Palmer, Soprano and Dr.           Robert Scott Beard, Piano)

~Piano Sonata No. 1, The Changeling (Dr. Jason Solounias, Piano)

~Sonata for Trumpet and Piano, Alba (Italy) Music Festival, Nicholas Corasaniti (Trumpet) and Maestro Simone Sarno (Piano)

~Meditations Upon Saints for Organ, (Mark King, Organist)

~Epithalium for Organ, (Mark King)

~ Mike Crotty and Deater O’Neill, Jazz Trio, and The Montgomery College Symphony    Orchestra Gershwin Centennial Concert

~Numerous studio dates and freelance recording sessions

~Archival recordings of academic, guest artist, and ensemble performances

 

Performance venues (Piano) (selected list only)

 

Shepherd University (Two Rivers Chamber Orchestra, Faculty Jazz Concerts, Friends of Music events, Shipley Recital Hall Dedication, Pianist and Jazz Ensemble Director for FoM Tuxedo Junction fundraisers, numerous other events), Winston Spencer Churchill Conference, Washington DC, Manhattan School of Music, The Catholic University of America, George Mason University, Marywood University, Montgomery College, University of Maryland College Park, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Frostburg State College, Salisbury State University, Mary Washington College, Washington College, Chesapeake College, Prince George’s Community College, Harford Community College, Howard Community College, Anne Arundel Community College, The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (we established the concert series that evolved into the Millennium Stage), The Terrace Theater of the Kennedy Center, The Armand Hammer Auditorium of the Corcoran Gallery of Art, The Phillips Collection, The National Gallery of Art Baird Auditorium, The Hirschorn Museum, The National Air and Space Museum, The DC War Memorial Stage, The Walters Art Gallery, The Baltimore Museum of Art, Strathmore Center for the Arts, Washington County Museum of Fine Arts, Montpelier Arts Center, The Hylton Center for the Performing Arts, King Farm Concert Series, The Torpedo Factory Museum and Art Colony (Alexandria), The Smithsonian Institute, The United States Capitol, The Maryland Governor’s Mansion, The Mansion of the Governor for the Commonwealth of Virginia, Vail (CO) Arts Council Gala, The Cloisters (NYC), The Cloisters (Baltimore), The Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festivals, The Shore Jazz Festivals, The Berks Jazz Festival, The Herndon Jazz Festival, The Cape May Jazz Festival, The Alexandria Waterfront Jazz Festival, The Chestertown Jazz Festival (opening for Joey DeFrancesco), The Reston Town Concert Series, Blues Alley Jazz and Supper Club, The Maryland Inn (King of France Tavern), One-Step Down, The Islander Jazz Club, Madam’s Organ, Adams Morgan Day Festivals, Twins Jazz I and II, The Wharf, The 219 (Basin Street Lounge), Landini’s Alexandria, The Music Café, The Balcony Jazz Club (Pittsburgh), The Hotel Penn, The 9:30 Club (opening for The Clash and opening for members of Lynyrd Skynyrd), The Worcester Theater (opening for The Monkees), The State Theater (concert and digital simulcast), Bennies of Baltimore, The Haven Lounge, HR 57 Jazz Club, Ethel’s Supper Club (Ethel Ennis), The Engineer’s Club (Baltimore), The Inner Harbor Concert Series, Pier 5 Baltimore, Artscape Baltimore (and Art EScape), Pearl’s Jazz Club, The Back of the Rack, The Roseland Ballroom NYC, the World Trade Centers in NYC and Baltimore, Ladew Topiary Gardens, The Saloon, Bentz Street Raw Bar, Prince Georges Philharmonic Orchestra, The New Bohemian Caverns, Zanzibar Smooth Jazz Fest (opening for Pieces of Dreams), The Willard Intercontinental Hotel (Staff Pianist), The Mandarin Oriental Hotel (Staff Pianist), The Four Seasons Hotel, The Mayflower Hotel, The Washington Hilton, The Greenbriar Hotel and Resort, Salamander Resort, British Embassy, French Embassy, German Embassy, Inaugural Balls in 1994, 1998, 2002, 2008, and innumerable concert and club dates.

 

Trumpet Performances (selected list only)

 

Principal Trumpet, Montgomery Philharmonic Orchestra; Die Vereinigte Kirche (The German Church), Washington DC; Principal Trumpet, Montgomery College Symphony Orchestra; Principal Trumpet, Eastern Shore Symphony; The Corcoran Gallery, The Phillips Collection, The National Gallery of Art, Annapolis Symphony; Prelude Brass, Annapolis Opera; Camerata Brass Quintet; Eastern Shore Brass Quintet; St. Matthew’s Cathedral Chamber Orchestra; The National Cathedral Church of Sts. Peter and Paul (Guest Artist: brass ensemble and chorister); The Mt. Vernon Memorial Methodist Church Orchestra; The National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception; The National Memorial Methodist Church; Good Shepherd Lutheran Church Chamber Orchestra and Chorus; St. John’s Episcopal Church, The Kennedy Center; Catholic University Brass Ensemble; Solo Cornet (and Flugelhorn), Montgomery College British Brass Band (performances at Carnegie Mellon and Duquesne University, and National Brass Band Festival); Lead (and section) Trumpet, Montgomery College Jazz Ensemble (under Bill Potts); Clyde Hunt Jazz Orchestra; Salisbury State University (with The Aesthetic Research Ensemble, digitally controlled acoustic media and trumpet); solo, chamber, and pit orchestra performances.

 

Appearances as a Clinician and/or Adjudicator (selected list only)

 

Instrumental Music Adjudicator Jazz Clinician and Adjudicator University of Maryland College Park, Marywood University, George Mason University, Shepherd University, Frostburg State College, Mid-Atlantic Regional IAJE Conference at York College (also Planning Board), Gettysburg College Jazz Festival, Catonsville Community College Solo Competition, Villa Nova University, Facilitator and Host for Jamey Aebersold Jazz and Improvisation Clinic at Montgomery College, 1992-1999, Maryland All-State Jazz, Washington County All-County Honors Jazz, Anne Arundel Community College, Blue Ridge HS, Scranton, PA Berkeley County and Jefferson County (WV) Public Schools, Montgomery County Public Schools (Jazz-, Wind Ensemble-, and Solo and Ensemble Festivals; All-County Honors Jazz), Carroll County Public Schools, St. Mary’s County Public Schools, Frederick County Public Schools, Howard County Public Schools, Baltimore County Public Schools, Prince Georges County Public Schools, Anne Arundel County Public Schools (Arundel Jazz Festival), Jefferson, Clarke, and Fauquier (VA) County Public Schools, IAJE-MD Jazz Festival (served as Director/Coordinator from 1991-1997), The Landon School (Jazz and Instrumental Music), The DeMatha Catholic High School for Boys, St. Catherine Labouré School for Girls, Artist in Residence for the Silver Spring International School, 2006-2008, Artist in Residence for Ridgeview Middle School, The Catholic University of America.

 

As a Conductor

 

~Montgomery College Wind Ensemble and Jazz Ensemble academic calendar concerts, 1986-1996, performing standard literature from both repertoires.

~Montgomery College English Brass Band Interim Conductor, 1992-1993

~Shepherd University Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Lab Band, 2005-2012

-Performances in London at St. Paul’s Covent Garden (“The Actor’s Church”), Southwark Cathedral, and in Bath, the Parade Bandstand

~Academic Mainstage and Summer Dinner Theater Productions, Montgomery College: 42nd Street, Once Upon A Mattress, The Boys From Syracuse, Fiddler on the Roof, The Pajama Game, Evita, U.S. premiere of Chess(London Concept Album version)

 

Montgomery College Symphony Orchestra (and Chorus) (selected list)

 

Beethoven, Symphony No. 4

Ravel, Pavane pour une enfant défunte and Bolero

J.S. Bach, Brandenburg Concertos No. 2 and No. 4

Brahms, Symphony No. 3 in F

Verdi, Overture from La forza del destino

Frank Bridge, The Sea: Symphonic Tone Poem in Four Movements

Fauré, Requiem,                                                                                                                            

Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3 (Vivianne Baskins, soloist)

Gershwin, Rhapsody in Blue, Vivianne Baskins, Soloist

Haydn, Lord Nelson Mass, Missa in tempore belli

Mozart, Overtures from Don Giovanni, Die Zauberflötte, Le nozze di Figaro

Wagner, Vorspiel und Liebestodt from Tristan und Isolde

As a Family Concert: Prokofieff, Peter and the Wolf, narrated by Paul Hume.

Guest Composer Series: featured compositions from DC area composers.

The Music of George Gershwin, Pops Concert for Vocalist, Saxes/Trumpet, Jazz Trio and Orchestra, featuring Mike Crotty (Arranger, Woodwinds/Trumpet), Deater O’Neill (Vocalist)

Pops Concert featuring Saxophonist Chris Vadala and MC Faculty Jazz, orchestral works by Chuck Mangione and Allen Vizutti

 

As a Theorist

 

~Foundations of Music Theory: Fundamental Concepts in the Language of Music

          BVT Publishing, Music Theory textbook.

~Dicta Musica: An Aural Skills Manual

                        BVT Publishing, a procedural Aural Skills manual.

~Dicta Jazz: A Jazz Piano Manual and Keyboard Exercises, South Mountain Music.

 

Master Classes

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~Jazz Influence and Interpretation in Orchestral Works: an examination and analysis of orchestral literature employing aspects of Jazz

~Jazz Pedagogy for Piano Instructors: Jazz pedagogical techniques from a theoretical approach

~Proportional Design in 20th-Century Music

~ Theory as a Premise for Jazz Improvisation

~Composer Master Class, The Alba International Music Festival

~Establishing a Jazz Program within a traditional University Music Curriculum.

             (Presented to Music Faculty and Administrators, The American University)

 

Music Theory consultant, Phillips International for auto-tutorial CD-ROM project, 1990-92

 

As a Composer

 

Art song

Waking, a song cycle for Soprano and Piano on poems of Ron Rash (Multiple awards)

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Four Songs on Poems of Katie Blake, for Soprano and Piano

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The Widow’s Watch for Soprano and Piano

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Through the Straight Pass of Suff’ring, for Mezzo-soprano and Piano

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I Lived with Visions for My Company, No. XXVI from Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s Sonnets from the Portuguese, for Soprano and Piano

 

Music for the Anglican Service

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Meditations Upon Saints for Organ:

  ~Meditation Upon St. Andrew

  ~Meditation on St. Anne

  ~Meditation on St. John

  ~Meditation on St. Luke

  ~Meditation on St. Mary

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Epithalamium for Organ (Processional and Recessional)

Anthem for SATB Chorus and Organ: Psalm 20 Exaudiat te Domine

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Anthem for SATB Chorus and Organ/Piano: Down Ampney

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Festival Intrada, settings and descants for Down Ampney for Brass and Timpani

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Festival Intrada for Pentecost (Salve feste dies) for Brass and Timpani

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Nettleton, “Come thou fount of ev’ry blessing” SATB and settings for Organ/Piano

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Ninefold Kyrie Eleison, Sanctus, Agnus Dei, Gloria in Excelsis Deo

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Anglican Chant (Canticle) settings

 

Piano

Piano Sonata No. 1 “The Changeling”

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Piano Sonata No. 2 “Apotropaic Periapt”

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Essays for Piano

Chorale; Invention; Fourths; Double Fugue

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Lichfield Recollections

The Three Ladies of the Vale

The West Front: The Ancient Saints and Kings

The Sleeping Children

The Old Pilgrim Road at Alrewas

The Shrine of Saint Chad/The Chad Gospels

 

Other Works

The Elusinian Mysteries, Variables for ‘Cello

Pas de deux for Flute and Trumpet

Sonata for Trumpet and Piano (world premiere, Alba Music Festival, Alba, Italy)

Brass Quintet, Linear Progressions

Seven short simple fanfares for a New Theater for two trumpets

Phantasy for Violin, ‘Cello, and Piano

Trio for Flute, Oboe, and Bassoon

Symphony for Wind Ensemble (Dawn at Fox Gap) (Premiered April 2018, Shepherd University Wind Ensemble)

Sundogs, A Concert Overture for Orchestra

Symphony No. 1 (Sine Nomine)

Knoxville, Summer 2015 for Soprano and Chamber Orchestra (in progress)

 

Numerous compositions and arrangements in the Jazz and Great American Songbook Styles

 

Selected Performances of works

 

Symphony for Wind Ensemble (Dawn at Fox Gap), premiered April 2018, Shepherd University Wind Ensemble under the direction of Dr. Scott Allen Hippensteel

Waking premiered in W. Horton Shipley Hall, Shepherd University for October 2012 WVMTA Conference in fulfillment of 2012 WVMTA Commissioned Composer of the Year.  (Partially performed for Shepherd University Appalachian Heritage Festival, Shepherd University, September 2012.)

Waking, Manhattan School of Music, NYC, May 2013

Meditation upon St. Andrew, Meditation upon St. Anne, May 2015; Meditations upon St. Luke, St. Mary and St. John, May 2016.

Sonata for Trumpet and Piano premiered at the Alba Music Festival, Alba Italy, May 23, 2012. (First Movement performed in Chiesa della madalena, Alba, April 2012.)

Epithalamium for Organ, Mark King Recital, St. John’s Church, February 2012

Piano Sonata No. 1 “The Changeling,” selected for presentation and performance, Mid-Atlantic Chapter, CMS 40thAnnual Conference, March 2010.  Also selected (from 400 submissions) for performance, Society of Composers National Convention, 2011.

Brass Quintet “Linear Progressions,” Shepherd University, November 2010

Trio for Flute, Oboe and Bassoon, Shepherd University, October 2008. Also performed in recital, The Train Station, Shepherdstown, WV, May 2009

 

Organizations, Awards, Committees and Memberships

 

~ASCAP Member, 2009-present

~The American Prize in Composition, Finalist Status in Wind Ensemble Division

~Faculty Advisor, Society of Composers Student Chapter, Shepherd University, 2016

~Sabbatical for Professional Development, Composing and Research, 2016

~Faculty Grant for Jazz Recording, 2016

~World Oceans New Music Ensemble Award and Performance, 2015/16

~Boston Metro Opera, Director’s Choice Award, 2014

~Finalist in Master Composer category (from 210 worldwide submissions) from International ~Music Prizes in Composition, December 2010

~WVMTA Commissioned Composer of the Year, 2012 

~Shepherd University Curriculum and Instruction Committee 2012-2021

~Shepherd University Arts and Humanities Area Curriculum Committee (Chair), 2010-2021

~Shepherd University Professional Development Committee, 2009-present

~Shepherd University Music Department Faculty Search Committee (Co-Chair), 2008-2009

~Shepherd University Music Department Interim Faculty Search Committees, 2009-2010

~Shepherd University HLC Self-Study Steering Committee, 2010

~Honorary fully inducted member of Xi Epsilon Chapter, Phi Mu Alpha, 2010

~Faculty Advisor, Xi Epsilon Chapter, Phi Mu Alpha, 2015

~Honorary member of Eta Tau Chapter, Sigma Alpha Iota, Women’s Music Sorority, 2010

~Faculty Advisor, Eta Tau Chapter, Sigma Alpha Iota

~Faculty Advisor, Society of Composers Shepherd University Student Chapter, 2015

~Reader, National AP Music Theory, 2005-2015

~Cambridge University (UK) “2000 Outstanding Intellectuals,” 2005

~Who’s Who of American Teachers, 1998 (second nomination in 2005)

~National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development Excellence Award, 1997

~Presidential Recognition for Service from President George H. W. Bush, 1999

~CAI Lab Coordinator, Catholic University, 2001-2003

~Coördinator (and member), Theater Arts Group, Montgomery College, 1987-2000

~Music Grants Award Committee, Montgomery County Arts Council, 1997-1998

~College Music Society, 2005-present

~Society of Composers, 2005-present

~Society of Music Theory, 2005-present

~Chair, Jazz Curriculum Development Committee, Montgomery College, 1994-1999

~Montgomery College, Area Coordinator, Music Theory, Aural Skills, and Keyboard Skills, responsible for curriculum development and uniform implementation, 1992-2001

~Montgomery College 50th Anniversary Arts Committee, 1995-1996

~Montgomery College Faculty Search Committees, 1996, 1998

~Montgomery College, Music Building Renovation Oversight Committee, 1995-1999

~Montgomery College Representative, Council for Higher Education in Music, 1990-2000

~Catholic University Representative to CHEM, 2000-2005

~Presenter, Seminar for American University Music Faculty: Implementing a Jazz Major in a            Traditional University Curriculum, 1999

~Member, International Association of Jazz Educators (IAJE), 1987-2015

~Treasurer, IAJE Maryland Unit, 1989-1995

~Executive Board Member, MD Unit IAJE, 1996-2005

~Executive Board Member, MD Jazz Educators, 2005-2020

~Mid-Atlantic Region IAJE Conference Committee, 1997-2001

~Music Educator’s National Conference, 1990-1996

~Maryland Music Educators Association, 1990-1996

~North American Brass Band Association, 1988-1993

~American Federation of Musicians, Local 161-710, 1981-2004

~Music Reviewer, Gaithersburg Gazette, 1998-2000

~Contributing arts writer, ShoreKids Magazine 2005-2009

~Guild of Episcopal Church Musicians, 1999-2015

~Radio Engineer’s License (Class C), FCC (in support of work as Disk Jockey, WSSC Alternative Radio, Salisbury University, 1973-78)

 

Personal Interests, Eleemosynary Service, and Other Information

 

~Bill Potts Memorial Jazz Scholarship Award, Montgomery College, 1992-2001

~Vestry, St. John’s Episcopal Parish, Hagerstown, MD

~Stewardship Commission, St. John’s Episcopal Parish

~Choir member (Tenor or Bass/Baritone) St. John’s Episcopal Parish

~Solo Trumpet and Piano Accompanist, St. John’s Episcopal Parish

~Memorial Music Fund for St. John’s Episcopal Church~

      (in memoriam Helen Austin Rapp and Janice Austin Cook)

~Coördinator PMA, SAI, SUDOM Food drives supporting St John’s Episcopal Parish            Foodbank, St. Mark’s Lutheran Foodbank, Foodbank of Western Maryland, HARC, and      Bester Elementary School Food Pantry

~Coördinator for SU official collection point, USMC Toys for Tots Campaign

~Principal Donor, St. John’s Episcopal Church Concert Series

~Friends of Holy Trinity Cathedral Music School, Haiti

~Member of The Nature Conservancy

~The National Trust for Historic Preservation

~The National Cathedral Association

~Friends of Truro (Cornwall, UK) Cathedral

~The National Symphony Orchestra Association (including donated performances)

~Mark Andrew Cook and Helen Chu Cook Scholarship Award for Composition

~Mark Andrew Cook and Helen Chu Cook ScholarshipAward for Jazz Studies

 

~Other charitable and support organizations throughout the years.