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Featured SAH Alumni
Ray Burkhart, Ph.D. in Musicology, 2010
EducationClaremont Graduate University, PhD in Musicology, 2010 (dissertation: “Brass Chamber Music in Lyceum and Chautauqua,” 486 pages) University of Southern California, MM in Trumpet Performance, 1985 Occidental College, BA, with Honors in Music, 1983 Current Faculty Positions
Awards and Honors
Papers Given and Published“Cornet and Trumpet Quartets in the United States, 1872-1939,” presented at the inaugural BRaSS Trumpet Forum at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow, Scotland, 2009 “Fanfare’s Fanfares: Heralding a New Era,” presented at the 2009 Historic Brass Society/Galpin Society Joint Conference in London, England and Edinburgh, Scotland “The Paris Factor: French Influence on Brass Chamber Music, 1840-1930,” presented at the 2007 Historic Brass Society Conference in Paris, France “Brass Chamber Music in Circuit Chautauqua, 1904 to c.1930,” presented at the joint conference of the Historic Brass Society and the Internationale Gesellschaft zur Erforschung und Förderung der Blasmusik, Northfield, MN, 2006 Scholarly PublicationsBrass Chamber Music in Lyceum and Chautauqua: A Dissertation. Los Angeles: Premiere Press, 2010 “The Paris Factor: French Influence on Brass Chamber Music, 1840-1930,” revised version published online at Citedelamusique.fr, March 2010 “Brass Chamber Music in Circuit Chautauqua, 1904 to c.1930,” Alta Musica, vol. 26 (2008) Selected CommissionsMishap [brass sextet], commissioned by Goranka Bjedov and Jay Perry, 2009 Celebration Fanfare [ten-part brass ensemble], commissioned by Pomona College, 2007 Sophie’s Waltz, commissioned by the Newton Knights Middle School Advanced Band, Richard Tyree, Director, 2004 The Little Child [SATB, brass, percussion, organ, narrator], a Christmas cantata commissioned by Claremont Presbyterian Church and Glendale Presbyterian Church, 2001 Oration [brass quintet], commissioned by Brassininity, 1997 Double Concerto for Flutist, Trumpeter, and Orchestra, commissioned by Malcolm McNab, 1990 Caltech Medley, commissioned by the Caltech Concert Band, William Bing, Director, 1980 Fanfare Processional for the Choir of St. George's, Windsor [three trumpets and organ], commissioned by First Congregational Church of Los Angeles, 1984 Selected Compact Discs“Fiat Lux (Let There Be Light),” McGinty Music, 2009 (Christmas music for eight and ten brass); arranger and performer “Raymond David Burkhart: Watercolor Menagerie.” Premiere Brass Quintet, 2004; composer, performer, and producer “TECHnically Sound,” Caltech Concert Band, 1996; arranger of Caltech Medley “Parthien 10-14,” by David Moritz Michael, Pacific Classical Winds, 1998; performer, natural trumpet “The Water Journey,” (and Parthia 1) by David Moritz Michael, Pacific Classical Winds, 1996; performer, natural trumpet Former Conductor/DirectorBurbank Symphony, Foothill Youth Summer Theatre, Glendale Community College Jazz Band, Occidental College Collegium Musicum, Occidental College Jazz Ensemble, Pasadena City College Chamber Opera, Pasadena City College Swing Band, Pasadena Pops Orchestra, Pomona College Band, Pomona College Orchestra, San Marino “Dads” Band, Tehachapi Community Orchestra, Ventura British Brass Selected Major ArtistsAulos Ensemble, Harry Bicket, Dave Brubeck, Peabo Bryson, Christopher Cross, Jose Feliciano, Peter Frampton, Art Garfunkel, Crystal Gayle, Jerry Goldsmith, Gary Graffman, Joel Grey, Lionel Hampton, Steve Lawrence & Edie Gorme, Mannheim Steamroller, John Mauceri, Jessye Norman, Marie Osmond, Leonard Slatkin, Jubilant Sykes, Yuri Temirkanov, Edo de Waart, John Williams, Yanni |
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