Teaching Accomplishments & Honors:
. Wang Family Excellence Award, 2007 (One of 4 faculty members chosen from 23 campuses of the Calif. State Univ. system. Only member of Cal Poly to ever receive this award).
. CSU Trustees’ Outstanding Professor Award, 1994-95 (Two faculty chosen out of 23 campuses).
. Outstanding Professor Award, 1994-95 for Cal Poly.
. President Arts Award, 1996.
. Distinguished Teaching Award at Cal Poly (one of three from across campus), 1986-87.
. Outstanding Achievement in Teaching: the Engineering Student Council (1998, 2000).
Guest Lectures or Invited Keynote Speaker:
Institutions where I’ve recently delivered a paper or been hired for a course or lecture include: Panamá (2010, 2009); VII Festival “Misiones de Chiquitos” in Santa Cruz, Bolivia (2008); UC Riverside (2009), Santa Clara Univ. (2008), Universitat de les Illes Balears in Palma de Mallorca (2007), CUNY (2007), Univ. of Arizona (2007), UCLA (2006), Camerata de Caracas, Venezuela (2006), Instituto Superior de Música del Estado de Veracruz, Xalapa, México (2006, 2004), Mozartwoche in Salzburg, Austria (2006), Yale (2005, 2003), Univ. of New Mexico (2005), Univ. de Baja California, Ensenada (2004, 2002), Univ. de Granada (2003, 1993), Pomona (2003), SMU (2003), Univ. of Barcelona (2001, 1999), Univ. of North Carolina-Chapel Hill (2001), Univ. of Paris-Sorbonne (2000), Univ. del Mayab, Mérida, México (1999), Univ. of Kansas (1997), Dartmouth (1996), Aston Magna (1995), Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México-UNAM (1998), Escuela Nacional de Música in México (1998), “I Curso Internacional de Interpretación Musical ‘Juan de Herrera'”, Aravaca, Madrid (1993), Peabody (1997), etc.
Musical Composition and Prof. Performances:
. Disney Hall, all-Russell program with SLO Symphony, 8 June, 2008.
. Sydney Opera House & tour of Australia, with SLO Symphony 23 June-3 July, 2007, featuring my “Rhapsody for Horn” and “Gate City”.
. Disney Hall. Concert of works from Colonial Mexico I prepared for the L.A. Master Chorale. 30 April, 2006. I played baroque guitar & was favorably reviewed in the “L.A. Times”.
. Carnegie Hall Concert, all-Russell program with SLO Symphony 25 April, 2001.
. Lisner Auditorium in Washington, D.C. with SLO Symphony on 27 April, 2001.
. Kennedy Center Concert. Millennium Stage, 17 October 2000, Washington, D.C. premiering my string quartet “¡Al Zócalo! – to the Plaza!”.
. Gramophone Award Nomination for “Mexican Baroque” (1994), in conjunction with Chanticleer in the Baroque category.
. Grammie Award Nomination for “Our American Journey” (2003), in conjunction with Chanticleer, in “Classical-Crossover” category.
. Performances of my guitar concerto in Poland, Spain, USA, Oregon Bach Festival.
. Performances with Ramo de Flores (an early music ensemble I founded) at Pomona (2003), Yale (2003), Morelia, Mexico (2002), Miami (2001), San Miguel, California (2001).
. Important recent works include: “Ecos armónicos” for violin and string orchestra, “Concerto for Horn and Orchestra” (based on Mozart’s sketch in E-major), “Seasonal Dances” for Women’s Chorus, “Rhapsody for Horn & Orchestra”, “Middle Earth”, “Concerto for Bass and Orchestra”, “Four American Scenes”, “Car Songs”, “Fanfare for the Dream Fullfilled”.
Grants & Commissions
National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship (1988-89), NEH subventions for my edition of “Santiago de Murcia’s ‘Códice Saldívar nº 4′” (1995), Program for Cultural Cooperation Between Spain’s Ministry of Culture and United States’ Universities (1995), U.S.-Mexico Fund for Culture (1998), Nakamichi Foundation Grant (1998), Commissions from San Luis Obispo Symphony to compose works (2002, 2000, 1997, 1996), California Council for the Humanities (1992), NEH (1983), Fulbright-Hays Grant and Spanish Government Grant (1979-80).
Recording & Films:
. “Mission Road” with Chanticleer. Warner Records (August, 2008).
. “Mexican Roses” with my group “Ramo de flores” (forthcoming) (2011).
. “Nacho Libre”, Paramount Pictures with Jack Black. 3 musical numbers (2006).
. “Rhapsody for Horn & Orchestra & Middle Earth”, SLO Symphony. Naxos (2003).
. “Our American Journey”, with Chanticleer. Teldec/Warner (2003).
. “Matins for the Virgin of Guadalupe” with Chanticleer. Teldec/Warner (1997).
. “Mexican Baroque” with Chanticleer. Teldec/Warner (1995).
. “Concierto Romántico for Guitar & Orchestra”, SLO Symphony. Soso Sol (1993).
Publications:
. “From Serra to Sancho: Music and Pageantry in the California Missions”. Currents in Latin American and Iberian Music. New York: Oxford University Press, 2009. Winner of the Edna Kimbro Award (2010), awarded by the California Missions Studies Association for the year’s most distinguished publication in mission studies.
. “Santiago de Murcia’s ‘Códice Saldívar nº 4’: A Treasury of Secular Guitar Music From Baroque Mexico”. 2 vols. Urbana, Illinois: University of Illinois Press, 1995. Subventions from NEH & the Program for Cultural Cooperation Between Spain’s Ministry of Culture and U.S. Universities.
. “F. J. Bautista Sancho: Pioneer Composer of California”. Coauthored with William J. Summers, Antoni Pizà, and Antoni Gili. Trilingual edition (English, Castilian, Catalan). Palma de Mallorca: Universitat de les Illes Balears, April 2007. Winner of the Norman Neuerburg Award given by the Historical Society of Southern California (HSSC) for outstanding writing in early California history (2007).
. Coeditor and organizer with Prof. Paul Laird of “Res musicae: Essanys in Honor of Jame Pruett”, New York: Harmonie Park Press, 2001.
. Twenty-six articles for “The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians”. London: Macmillan, 2001.
. Over thirty articles for the “Diccionario de la Música Española e Hispanoamericana”. Madrid: Sociedad General de Autores Españoles, 2000. (I wrote these in Spanish).
. Five articles for the “Encyclopedia of Mexico: History, Society & Culture”. Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, 1998.
. Discovery, reconstruction, and editing of the “Matins for the Virgin of Guadalupe” (1764) by Ignacio de Jerusalem, which was recorded at George Lucas’s Skywalker Ranch for Teldec Classics by Chanticleer & Chanticleer Sinfonia in July, 1997. Published by Russell Editions, 1997.
. Fifty published articles or book chapters between 1982-2009, published by Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, Macmillan, Prentice Hall, Harmonie Park Press, CONACULTA (Mexico), Spain’s Ministerio de Cultura, etc.
. Between 110-120 formally presented papers at national conventions, for nationally recognized festivals, or upon invitation of a university (1982-2009). These include papers for the AMS, CMS, Sonneck Society (now the Society for American Music), etc., and major international conferences in Spain, France, Austria, Venezuela, Bolivia, Mexico, Panama & the United States.
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