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Dr. James J. Ogburn Asst. Prof. of Composition and Theory, Schwob School of Music Columbus State University 1705 Slade Drive Columbus, GA 31901 [email protected] (+1)509.415.8880 www.jamesogburn.com EDUCATION 2006-9 Ph.D., Composition and Theory, University of Pittsburgh Dissertation: “Conflicting Lines, Cohesive Structures: Multiple-Directed Linearity in Witold Lutoslawski’s Third Symphony” & Proximate Spaces for Piano and Chamber Orchestra, Dr. Mathew Rosenblum, Advisor 2004-6 M.A., Composition and Theory, University of Pittsburgh Thesis: Fear of Entropy for Orchestra, Dr. Amy Williams, Advisor 2001-4 B.M., Composition and Theory, Central Washington University Dr. Mark Polishook, Advisor 1992-5 B.A., Foreign Languages, Lewis and Clark College ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS 2015— Asst. Prof. of Composition and Theory, Schwob School of Music of Columbus State University (full-time) Graduate Courses: Graduate Theory Seminar Undergraduate Courses: Theory 1, 3, & 4, Instrumentation & Transcription, Form and Analysis, Applied Composition, Composition Seminar 2009—15 Lecturer/ Chair, Dept. of Composition and Theory, Mahidol University College of Music (full-time) Graduate Courses: Electro-Acoustic Composition, Analytical Music Theory, Composition Seminar, Analysis of 20th-Century Music, Set Theory Analysis, Counterpoint, Advanced Orchestration, Topics in Music Theory History, Doctoral Dissertation Advisor, Masters Advisor. Undergraduate Courses: Theory 1-4, Instrumentation/ Orchestration, Advanced Orchestration, Form and Analysis, Species Counterpoint, Private Composition, Composition Studio, Contemporary Ensemble, History of Twentieth-Century Music 2 Ogburn 2009 Composition Studio Instructor, Carnegie Mellon University Pre-College Program (part-time) Applied lesson instructor for Pre-College composition students. 2005-8 Teaching Fellow/ Assistant, University of Pittsburgh (part-time) Undergraduate Courses: Fundamentals of Western Music, Class Piano, Special Seminar – Composition 2 “Major Trends of the TwentiethCentury,” Musicianship/ Ear Training; Courses Assisted: Music Theory 1-4 (Recitations), Electronic Music, University of Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra (Asst. Cond.) OTHER EXPERIENCE 2013-14 Composer-in-Residence, Thailand Philharmonic Orchestra (TPO) Season 9 Commission of five works (Gudni Emilsson [2], Jeffery Meyer, and Claude Villaret, conds.) 2011— Principal Researcher, TPO Research and composition of regular season program notes (30 per season) 2004 McNair Teaching Assistant, Central Washington University (part-time) Undergraduate Course: Counterpoint 1 1995-01 Recreation Therapist, Rebekah Children’s Services, Gilroy, CA Responsibilities: Daily organization and implementation of physical, therapeutic, creative, and intellectual activities for severely emotionally disturbed children between the ages of six and seventeen; public relations and community outreach. AREAS OF INTEREST Composition – Chamber and Orchestral Music Music Theory – Specializing in music of the post-tonal period Conducting – Specializing in Contemporary Music MEMBERSHIP 2006-9 Society Of Composers Incorporated (SCI) Founding Member – University of Pittsburgh Student Chapter 2002-4 Society Of Composers Incorporated (SCI) 3 Ogburn Founding Member/ Student Chapter President – CWU SERVICE TO COMMUNITY 2017 Adjudicator, Newly Published Music Competition, National Flute Association Competition for newly published works; served on a committee of three to select a winner. 2017 Project Director, Dave Eggar Residency Featuring a cello masterclass, composition reading session, & concert, in collaboration with Schwob performance faculty. 2016 Creator/ Designer - B.A., Composition Concentration Created a new program within the B.A. degree of the Schwob School of Music, with composition as the primary focus.. 2016 Creator/ Designer – Composition Certificate Created a certificate program available to all majors of the Schwob School of Music, with composition as the primary focus.. 2016 Project Director, Ingrid Stölzel Residency Featuring a masterclass, individual composition lessons, & concert, in collaboration with Schwob performance faculty. 2016 Guest Conductor, Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon Residency Conducted Rocio del Canto, in collaboration with Schwob performance faculty and students. 2016 Project Director, Composers Competition, IDRS Annual Conference 2016 As part of the International Double Reed Society Conference 2016, the Composers Competition invited composers to submit chamber concerto works featuring double reeds. Three finalists were selected to join the festival. Finalist works received a performance by a featured performer guest of IDRS 2016, accompanied by the resident ensemble of professional musicians, which I conducted. 2016 Host, Guest Artist, Girolamo Deraco, Composer Featuring a masterclass & individual composition lessons. 2016 Host, Guest Artist, Rodrigo Vila, Saxophone Featuring a masterclass & concert. 2016 Project Director, Composition Workshop & Concert, Featuring ALIA Musica Pittsburgh Invited AMP to present a Composition masterclass, guest lecture, “reading session” workshop for student composers and performers, masterclasses for the performance studios, and a public concert featuring AMP’s repertoire and a newly commissioned work by myself. 4 Ogburn 2009-15 Founder, Artistic Director, Conductor: Enclave Ensemble Biannual concerts which have featured regional (& world*) premiere performances of works by Joan Tower, Chen Yi, Zhou Long, Nancy Galbraith*, Eric Moe, Roger W. Petersen*, Oscar Escudero*, Miyhun Woo, Ioannis Angelakis, Tetsuya Yamamoto, Matthew Heap*, Federico Garcia de Castro, Ivan Jimenez, Kerrith Livengood, Mark Fromm, and many more. 2007-9 Founding Member, Assistant Conductor: ALIA MUSICA Pittsburgh Establishment of a contemporary music ensemble to feature works of local composers alongside standards of the repertoire, also included concert performances, community outreach, and rehearsal assistance AWARDS, FELLOWSHIPS, AND OTHER HONORS 2016 Faculty Development Grant, Columbus State University, Columbus, GA, USA 2015 Third Prize Winner, The American Prize, Danbury, CT, USA Orchestral Composition/ Professional Division: Concerto for Accordion and Orchestra 2014 Finalist, The American Prize, Celebrating Excellence in the Arts, Danbury, CT, USA Orchestral Composition/ Professional Division: Concerto for Cello and Orchestra, “Singularity” 2013 Finalist, ALIA Musica Pittsburgh/ Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble Commission Competition, Pittsburgh, PA, USA Centric for ensemble 2009-10 Faculty Research Grant, MUCM: “Linear strands and large-scale form in the piano music of Gyorgy Ligeti” 2009 Finalist, Pittsburgh Chamber Music Society/ Commission Project, Pittsburgh, PA, USA 2008-9 Andrew Mellon Pre-Doctoral Fellowship, University of Pittsburgh 2004-5 K. Leroy Irvis Fellowship, University of Pittsburgh 2003 Intl. Presentation Scholarship, Dean of Arts & Humanities of Central Washington University 2002-3 Mcnair Scholarship, Central Washington University Orion String Quartet MAJOR COMMITTEES 2017– Member, Marketing, Recruitment and Audition Committee, Schwob 5 Ogburn School of Music, Columbus State University Plan marketing, recruitment, and auditions for SSOM. 2016– Member, ELI Committee, Schwob School of Music, Columbus State University Plan changes to ELI intensive courseplan for international students; discuss remedies for the loss of funding for this additional year through the scholarship resources. 2016– Chair, COA Grants Committee, Columbus State University Discuss and recommend applications for University Grant within the College of the Arts of Columbus State University 2016– Member, Music Technology Committee, Schwob School of Music, Columbus State University Discuss and direct policy on technology needs and curriculum for music technology at the Schwob School of Music 2016– Member, Intellectual Property Committee, Columbus State University Discuss and direct policy on intellectual property and copyright for employees of Columbus State University 2016– Member, Sustainability Committee, Columbus State University Discuss and direct issues concerning environmental sustainability at Columbus State University 2015– Member Curriculum Committee, Schwob School of Music, Columbus State University Discuss and adapt issues of curriculum for undergraduate and graduate students of the Schwob School of Music 2010-15 Chair, Composition Audition Committee, Mahidol University College of Music Oversight/ implementation of departmental entrance exams and auditions 2010-15 Member, Academic Committee, Mahidol University College of Music Department curriculum. 2011 Chair committee for oversight and development of Designer, Thailand International Music Examination Committee Creation of standardized exam for audition to music programs in Thailand. 2009-11 Chair, Theory Entrance Examination, Mahidol University College of Music Design and implementation of standardized entrance exams for music 6 Ogburn theory. 2009-12 Member, M.M. and D.M. Curriculum Committees Mahidol University College of Music Design of curriculum, which was later approved by the Ministry of Education of the Royal Thai Government. PROFESSIONAL GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT 2016 USF New Music Festival 2016, Tampa, FL, USA Selection for performance/ participation – Allusions to Past Mistakes for solo bass clarinet 2014 Residency, Conservatori Superior de les Illes Balears, Mallorca, ES Masterclass and Performance – Transgression/ Regression for orchestra 2014 Yogyakarta Contemporary Music Festival, Yogyakarta, Java, ID Selection for performance/ participation – Complements and Collisions for oboe and piano 2014 4th Jean-Marie Londeix International Saxophone Competition, Bangkok Jury (three rounds) during two weeks of competition, featuring fifty competitors from around the world, with five other jury members. 2014 10th Thailand International Composition Festival Competition, Bangkok Jury, first round: Selection of competition finalists (6), with five other jury members. 2013 3rd Biennial Goethe Institute: Young Composers of Southeast Asia Competition and Workshop, Bangkok Jury (two rounds), master lecture, & workshop 2013 8th Siam Cement Group, Young Thai Artist Award (Music), Bangkok Final Round: Selection of winner with two other jury members. 2012-15 Project Director, Siam Cement Group, Young Thai Artist Award (SCGYTA), Music Category, Bangkok Coordination of guidelines for submission, facilities, selection of jury members, & adjudication guidelines for a nationwide composition competition. 2012-15 Founder/ Artistic Director, Mahidol University Composition Prize and Workshop 7 Ogburn Creation and oversight of an annual, internal competition and workshop (featuring a guest resident composer) for current students of the MUCM Composition Studio. 2011-15 Program Manager, Eighth, Ninth, Tenth, & Eleventh International Composition Festivals (TICF), Bangkok Thailand Chief organizer, in collaboration with the Artistic Director, Narong Prangcharoen, for all aspects of an international festival. Featured composers and performers during my tenure have included: Augusta Read Thomas, Bernard Rands, Federico Garcia de Castro, Ken Ueno, Zhou Long, Xiaogang Ye, Eric Moe, Chen Yi, Bright Sheng, Kee Yong Chong, Norbert Palej, Antonio Celso Ribeiro, Amy Williams, Zygmunt Krauze, Paul Patterson, Chinary Ung, Strike! Ensemble, New York New Music Ensemble, Tetris Quartet, Duo Amrein/ Henneberger, Luisa Sello, Alvin Wong, Delta David Gier, & Jeffery Meyer. 2011 6th Siam Cement Group, Young Thai Artist Award (Music), Bangkok, TH Final Round: Selection of winner with two other jury members. 2010 12th Thailand International Wind Ensemble Competition, Bangkok, TH Small Ensembles Competition: Selection of competition finalists (ten) & winners (three), with three other jury members. 2010 5th Siam Cement Group, Young Thai Artist Award (Music), Bangkok, TH Chair and jury, first round: Oversight and selection of competition finalists (6), with five other jury members. 2009 American Composers Orchestra/Penn Presents New Music Reading & Lab, Cliff Colnot, Cond., U. of PA, Philadelphia, PA USA Selection for performance/ participation – Proximate Spaces for piano and chamber orchestra 2007 June in Buffalo, red fish blue fish percussion ensemble, Buffalo, NY, USA Selection for performance/ participation – Lamarck was a Mutant for percussion duo 2007 U3 Festival – Student Reading Session, Daniel Meyer, cond., Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Pittsburgh, PA, USA Selection for public reading – Fear of Entropy for Orchestra 2004 National Student Conference, Society of Composers Inc., University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA Selection for performance – Quod Tantos Iuvat for two violins 8 Ogburn PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES - PUBLICATIONS 2014 “Composer’s Corner V: The Composer in Exile” Music Journal, 20:5 (November 2014) 2014 “Composer’s Corner IV: Work in progress – Concerto for Accordion and Orchestra” Music Journal, 19:11 (May 2014) 2014 “Composer’s Corner III: Horse or artist?” Music Journal, 19:8 (March 2014) 2014 “Composer’s Corner II: Crafting one’s voice” Music Journal, 19:6 (February 2014) 2013 “Composer’s Corner I: The composer’s identity within the historical narrative” Music Journal, 19:4 (December 2013) 2013 “CD Review: Hard Fairy, Wisuwat Pruksavanich” Music Journal, 18:2 (August 2013) 2012 Thailand Philharmonic Orchestra, Faces of Love (Recording – MUCM Studios) Featuring A Picture in Einstein’s Hand for orchestra, Wschodni Wiatr for orchestra, and Complements and Collisions for oboe and orchestra 2012 Mahidol Wind Symphony, Winds of Salaya (Recording – 407 Studios) Featuring Elegy for wind ensemble 2012 “Event Review: Thailand International Composition Festival 2012” Music Journal, 17:3 (September 2012) 2008 ALIA MUSICA Pittsburgh, Premiere (Recording – Woolslayer Traveling Studios) Featuring Centric for chamber ensemble PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES - PAPERS 2016 University of Pittsburgh, Department of Music, Pittsburgh, PA Guest Artist Lecture: “Against the Anti-Kitsch, or: How I learned to stop worrying and love the audience” 2016 USF New Music Festival 2016, Tampa, FL, USA Mini-Lecture: “Instinct & Control” 9 Ogburn 2015 Hochschule für Musik, Lübeck, DE Master Lecture: “Instinct & Control,” Masterclass 2014 Composers’ Studio, Central Washingon University, Ellensburg, WA, USA Master Lecture: “Instinct & Control,” Masterclass 2012 Composers’ Forum – Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA Master Lecture: “Interval Pairing” 2012 Eighth Annual TICF – Mahidol University College of Music, Bangkok, TH Panel M.C. – “Extended Techniques in Performance” 2009 Music Theory Society of the Mid-Atlantic, Seventh Annual Meeting, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA Paper presentation – “Conflicting Lines, Cohesive Structures” 2009 Grad Expo, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA Paper presentation – “Conflicting Lines, Cohesive Structures” 2008 Grad Expo, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA Panel Pres. – “Words and Voices: Cycle” PROFESSIONAL PERFORMANCES 2013 Collaborative Composition of a Song ACTIVITIES Guest Conductor, Ninth Annual “Celebrations,” 13 July 2013 – TICF, CONDUCTING Final Concert, TPO: Conduct Arabesque by Zygmunt Krauze, Zygmunt Krauze, pno. 2013 Guest Conductor, Ninth Annual TICF, 13 July 2013 Conduct Finalist works of TICF 2013 Composition Competition 2011 Guest Conductor, Thailand Brass and Percussion Festival, Old Pros Trombone Choir, 18 June 2011 Works by Eric Ewazen, Roger Petersen, and James Ogburn 2011 Guest Conductor, TubaMania Festival, E-Tan Quartet, feat. Steve Rosse and Matthew Van Emerick, 24 March 2011 Works by Houston Dunleavy and Eric Ewazen 2006-7 Assistant Conductor: University of Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra 10 Ogburn Concert performances and rehearsal assistance for an undergraduate student orchestra 2007 Guest Conductor, University of Pittsburgh Graduate Composers’ Recital, IonSound Project, 23 April 2007 Works by Benjamin Harris, Erika Kudisch, and James Ogburn 2005 Guest Conductor, University Of Pittsburgh, Chamber Orchestra, 4 April 2005 Works by Stravinsky, Roger Zahab, and James Ogburn 2004 Guest Conductor, Central Washington University Orchestra, Season Finale, 8 May Work by James Ogburn 2004 Guest Conductor, Central Washington University Chorale, 15 May 2004 Work by John Durham PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES PERFORMANCES, LARGE ENSEMBLE 2016 – COMPOSITION Complements and Collisions (b) for soprano saxophone & orchestra (2016) Columbus State Philharmonic, 4 December 2016, Joe Girard, sax, Paul Hostetter, cond. 2015 Escaping for orchestra (2015) Commissioned and premiered by Gudni Emilsson and TPO, 17&18 July 2015, Gudni Emilsson cond., as part of the TPO Tenth Season 2014 Transgression/ Regression for orchestra (2014) Commissioned and premiered by Claude Villaret and TPO, 5&6 September 2014, Claude Villaret, cond., as part of the TPO Ninth Season, Performed by the Orquesta del Conservatorio Superior de las Islas Baleares (ES) 24 October 2014, Alfredo Oyaguez Montero, cond. 2014 Three Pictures of Europe for orchestra (2014) Commissioned and premiered by Gudni Emilsson and TPO, 8&9August 2014, Gudni Emilsson, cond., as part of the TPO Ninth Season 2014 Epiphoneme for orchestra (2014) 11 Ogburn Commissioned and premiered by Gudni Emilsson and TPO, 4&5 July 2014, Gudni Emilsson, cond., as part of the TPO Ninth Season 2014 Concerto for Accordion and Orchestra (2014) Premiered by TPO, 6 & 7 June 2014, Heidi Luosujärvi, accd., Claude Villaret, cond. 2013 Centric for orchestra (2013) Premiered by TPO, 17&18 January 2014, Dr. Jeffery Meyer, cond. 2013 Concerto for Cello and Orchestra “Singularity” (2013) Commissioned by Dave Eggar, premiered by TPO, 13 July 2013, Dr. Bright Sheng, cond., Alvin Wong, Vc. 2012 A Picture in Einstein’s Hand for orchestra (2012) Commissioned and premiered by Gudni Emilsson and TPO, 4&5 May 2012, as part of the TPO Eighth Season, available on the commercial CD “Faces of Love,” Performed by the Karoly Vary Symphony Orchestra (CZ) 12 March 2013, Gudni Emilsson, cond. 2011 Wschodni Wiatr for orchestra (2004-11) Premiered by the Central Washington University Orchestra 8 May, 2004, Premiere of the revision by TPO 10&11 June 2011, available on the commercial CD “Faces of Love” 2011 Complements and Collisions for oboe and orchestra (2011) Commissioned and premiered by Amy Galbraith Ogburn and TPO, 18 August 2011, as part of the Inaugural Asian Double Reed Association Conference, available on the commercial CD “Faces of Love” 2010 Elegy for wind symphony (2010) Commissioned by Chris Hughes and the Mahidol University Wind Symphony and premiered 23 December, 2010, available on the commercial CD “Winds of Salaya” 2008 Proximate Spaces for piano and chamber orchestra (2007-8) Commissioned by Matthew Gillespie and ALIA MUSICA Pittsburgh, premiered by that ensemble 1 April, 2008, James Ogburn, cond., Matthew Gillespie, piano 2006 Fear of Entropy for orchestra (2005-6) Public Reading by the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Myer, cond., 23 April, 2006 as part of the U3 Festival 2005 Solomon Conflicted for SSAATTBB choir (2004) 12 Ogburn String orchestra version premiered by the University of Pittsburgh Chamber Orchestra in April, 2005 PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES – PERFORMANCES, CHAMBER ENSEMBLE 2016 COMPOSITION 3 Bills for soprano and ensemble (2016) Commissioned by ALIA Musica Pittsburgh, Federico Garcia De-Castro, cond. and premiered 19 February 2016, with Michelle Murphy DeBruyn, coprano. 2013 Transgression/ Regression for ensemble (2013) Commissioned by Ensemble Mosaik, Enno Poppe, cond. and premiered 15 December 2013, as part of the Young Composers of SE Asia Competition and Workshop 2013 Dispers(i)on for saxophone quartet & Khan Baet (2012) Commissioned by Siam Saxophone Quartet and premiered 23 May 2013, as part of Beijing Modern Music Festival 2012 Gliese 581g for saxophone quintet (2012) Commissioned by Siam Saxophone Quartet and Shyen Lee and premiered 13 July 2012, as part of World Saxophone Congress XVI 2012 Pairings for string quartet (2007-12) Premiered by Tetris Quartet 13 July 2012, as part of the Eighth Annual Thailand International Composition Festival 2008 Inflections for clarinet, violin, and cello (2008) Commissioned by Julieta Ugartemendia and premiered by herself and IonSound Project, 4 April, 2008 2007 Centric for chamber ensemble (2007) Commissioned and premiered by ALIA MUSICA Pittsburgh, 15 March, 2007 2007 Five Miniatures on Musical Time for ensemble (2005) Premiered by IonSound Project 23 April, 2007 2005-6 Three Pictures of Europe for ensemble (2004-5) Premiered by IonSound Project in February 2005; Public Reading by Boston Modern Orchestra Project, 12 February, 2006 13 Ogburn 2004 Shapeshifter for percussion quartet (2004) Premiered by members of the Central Washington University Percussion Ensemble in June, 2004 2003 Adolescence for woodwind quintet (2003) Premiered by students of Central Washington University in May, 2003 2003 The Life Cycle of a Democracy for string quartet/ string quartet with electronics (2003) Premiered by students of Central Washington University in May, 2003; Performed by the Krakow Academy Quartet in December, 2003 PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES PERFORMANCES, SOLO & DUO 2014 – COMPOSITION Tone Loss for percussion solo (2012) Commissioned and premiered by Wannapha Yannavut, Percussion Recital, University of Iowa, 4 January 2014 2013 Doctoral Allusions to Past Mistakes for bass clarinet solo (2013) Commissioned and premiered by Grzegorz Grzeszczyk, Guest Recital, Gdansk Academy of Music (PL), 25 October 2013 2013 Backward, then Forward for viola solo (2012) Commissioned and premiered, 1 March 2013, by Danny Keasler 2012 Back for flute solo (2012) Commissioned and premiered by Luisa Sello, 5 November, 2012 2009 Complements and Collisions for oboe and piano (2009) Commissioned and premiered by Amy Galbraith, 7 August, 2009 2008 Trust for violin and cello (2008) Commissioned/ premiered by ALIA Musica Pittsburgh, August, 2008 2007 Lamarck was a Mutant for percussion duo (2005) Premiered by red fish blue fish percussion ensemble at June in Buffalo 2007 2006 Dancing around Preparation for piano solo (2006) Public reading session by Amy Williams in April, 2006 2005 “, returning” & “…leaving” for violin and piano (2001-2004) 14 Ogburn Premiered by Roger Zahab and Rob Frankenberry in April 2005 2004 Pure for flute solo (2004) Commissioned and premiered by Clifford Dunn in June, 2004 2003-4 Quod Tantos Iuvat for two sopranos, two string instruments, or a combination (2003) Commissioned and premiered in May 2003 by Maria Aispuro, soprano and James Henry, contratenor; Performed by students of the university of Iowa at the National Student Conference of SCI in April, 2004 PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES – PERFORMANCES, ELECTRO-ACOUSTIC 2007 COMPOSITION Polish Pronunciations of Arabesque Mutations for violin and computer (2007) Commissioned and premiered by Roger Zahab in April, 2007 2007 Color Schemes for computer solo (2007) Premiered in February 2007 2006 Genetically Remastered Pigs in an Antipathetic Blanket for multi-media (2006) Premiered in April 2006 2005 Ta-ka-ta-ka-ta for computer solo (2005) Premiered in December 2005 2004 Purring for computer solo (2004) Premiered in August 2004