Clara '96

Curriculum Vitae

David Kenneth Smith
Tenor

520 Madison Blvd. ~ Freedom, PA 15042 
email: dksmith@claraschumann.net
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Education | Performance | Opera | Recitals | Research | Teaching | Service | Instructors | References
EDUCATION and CURRENT POSITION
Doctor of Music, Voice, Indiana University School of Music, Bloomington, 1999
Minors: Choral Conducting and Music History and Literature
Master of Music, Voice, Indiana University School of Music, Bloomington, 1991
Cognate: Choral Conducting
Bachelor of Music, Voice, Wheaton Conservatory, Wheaton, Illinois, 1986
Professor of Music, Geneva College, Beaver Falls, Penn. 2001-present
Teaching Studio Voice, Diction for Singers, Vocal Pedagogy,
      Aural Skills, Music Literature

PERFORMANCE

Opera
Huntsville Opera Theater productions of:
Rossini - Cenerentola (Don Ramiro), 2002
Mozart - Don Giovanni (Don Ottavio), 2000
1995 Bloomington Early Music Festivalproduction with Bimbetta
Purcell - Dido and Aeneas (Aeneas), 1995
Indiana University Opera Theater productions of:
Strauss - Ariadne auf Naxos (Tanzmeister/Brighella), 1996
Britten - Peter Grimes (Boles), 1994
Massenet - Manon (Guillot de Morfontaine), 1994
Mozart - Die Entführung aus dem Serail (Pedrillo), 1993
Holst - Savitri (Satyavan), 1993
Purcell - Dido and Aeneas (Aeneas), 1993
Weill - Zar lässt sich photographieren (Falsche Gehilfe), 1993
Verdi - Falstaff (Bardolfo), 1992
Mozart - Nozze di Figaro (Don Curzio), 1992
Bizet - Carmen (Remendado), 1992
Mozart - Impresario (Mr. Cash) 1991-1992
Bizet - Le Docteur Miracle (Silvio), 1991
Major Song Cycle Repertoire
Ludwig van Beethoven: An die ferne Geliebte, Op. 98
Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel: Sechs Lieder für eine Stimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte, Op. 1
Louis Spohr: Deutsche Lieder, Op. 103 for Voice, Clarinet and Piano
Robert and Clara Schumann: Gedichte aus Friedrich Rückert's Liebesfrühling, Op. 12/37
Robert Schumann: Liederkreis, Op. 24
Robert Schumann: Dichterliebe, Op. 48
Johannes Brahms: Lieder und Gesänge für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte, Op.63
Alban Berg: Sieben frühe Lieder

Vincenzo Bellini: Sei Ariette
Antonin Dvorák: Biblische Lieder, Op.99
Arthur Honegger: Trois Psalmes

Gerald Finzi: Oh fair to see, Op. 13b
Ivor Gurney: Five Elizabethan Songs
Alan Hovhaness: Three Odes of Solomon
Ned Rorem: Flight for Heaven
Ralph Vaughn Williams: Four Hymns for Tenor, Viola and Piano

Solo Concerts and Recitals

1840: Wedding-Year Lieder of Robert and Clara Schumann, Including Dichterliebe
Faculty Recital, Geneva College, 2003
Christmas Concert, Park Presbyterian Church Advent Recital Series, Beaver, Penn., 2001
Bach, Handel, Redner, Schubert, Yon
Faculty Recital, Geneva College, Beaver Falls, Penn., 2001
Alban Berg Sieben frühe Lieder, Gerald Finzi Oh Fair to See, Paolo Tosti, G.F. Handel, Charles Gounod
Songs of Love and Loss - Concert for Friends of Geneva College, Beaver Falls, 2001
Songs by Gerald Finzi and Clara Schumann
1840: Wedding-Year Lieder of Robert and Clara Schumann, Including Dichterliebe
Guest Artist Recital, University of Victoria School of Music, British Columbia, 2001
1840: Wedding-Year Lieder of Robert and Clara Schumann, Including Dichterliebe
Faculty Recital, University of Alabama in Huntsville, 2000
The Joys & Tears of Love - Faculty Recital, University of Alabama in Huntsville, 1999
Bellini, Duparc, Gurney, Clara Schumann and others
Departed Spirits - Halloween Faculty Recital, University of Alabama in Huntsville, 1997
Clara Schumann, Felix & Fanny Mendelssohn, Mozart, Brahms, Webber
Songs, Romances, and Piano Trio of Clara Schumann - Centenary Concert, 1996
Sponsored by the College Music Society’s Institute on Women, Music & Gender
Complete Lieder of Clara Schumann - Centenary Concert, 1996
Doctor of Music recitals, Indiana University
The Joys & Tears of Love: A Song Recital
Bellini, Duparc, Gurney, Clara Schumann and others, 1999
Friends, Siblings, Spouses - Felix & Fanny Mendelssohn, Robert & Clara Schumann, 1994
Recital of Mozart, Spohr, Gurney, Honegger, 1993
Master of Music recitals, Indiana University
Recital of Handel, Brahms, Vaughan-Williams, 1991
Recital of Bach, DeLuca, Bizet, Schumann, Vaughan-Williams, 1990
Bachelor of Music recitals, Wheaton Conservatory
Recital of Rachmaninov, Beethoven, Rorem, 1986
Recital of Haydn, Wolf, Fauré, Dvorák, 1985

Solo appearances
A Musical Valentine, Benefit Concert for The Geneva Women, operetta, 2004
Geneva College Academic Convocation, solo, 2003
Three Songs: A Narrative Drama of Our National Songs
(Jannuzi)
in An Evening of Remembrance, Geneva College, Beaver Falls, Penn., Sept. 11, 2002
Geneva Old Fashioned Christmas Celebration, Geneva College, Beaver Falls, Penn., 2001
Handel - Messiah, Tenor Rôle, Southwood Presbyterian Church, Huntsville, 2000
Schumann - Dichterliebe, Lindberg Farm Concert Series, Madison County, 2000
Handel - Messiah, Tenor Rôle, Huntsville Community Chorus, 1999
Handel - Messiah, Tenor Rôle, Weatherly Heights Baptist Church, Huntsville, 1999
Handel - Messiah, University of Alabama in Huntsville Concert Choir, 1999
Masterclass and Concert, Oberlin Conservatory, 1999
City Lights & Stars Concert at the Burritt Museum, Huntsville, 1998
Music Appreciation Group Concerts, Huntsville, 1998-2001
Christmas Eve Concert, First Church of God, Dallas, 1997
Southwood Christmas Program, Southwood Presbyterian Church, Huntsville, 1997
Music for the Holidays - Huntsville Community Chorus, 1997
D. Royce Boyer Retirement Concert, University of Alabama in Huntsville, 1997
Handel - Messiah, Tenor Rôle, Christ Church Cathedral, Indianapolis, 1994
Bach - Cantata 131 Indiana University, 1991
Bach - Cantatas 80, 97, 130, 149 Columbus Pro Musica Orchestra, 1990
DIRECTING
Stage Director, A Scene from Don Giovanni, Opera workshop, Geneva College, 2004
Staging and Musical Preparation
Musical Co-Director, A Musical Valentine, Benefit Concert for Geneva Women, Geneva College, 2004
Musical Preparation, Staging, Programming, Personnel
Musical Co-Director, Henry Mancini & Friends, Founders Day Gala, Geneva College, 2004
Musical Preparation, Staging, Programming, Personnel
Musical Co-Director, Dinner On Broadway, Geneva College, 2002
Musical Preparation, Staging, Rehearsal Conductor, Programming, Personnel, Narration
CHORAL CONDUCTING
Genevans conducting at Geneva College Baccalaureate, 2004
Concert Choir, University of Alabama in Huntsville, 1998
Music on the Move - Fall Concert, 1998
Christmas Messiah:  Highlights and Stars - Christmas Concert, 1998
Music Department Christmas Concert, 1998

Education | Performance | Opera | Recitals | Research | Teaching | Service | Instructors | References
RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS
English translation of the German text by Friedrich Rückert set in Clara Schumann's song
Liebst du um Schönheit, Op. 12, No. 4, in The Musician's Guide to Theory
and Analysis: Anthology, published by W. W. Norton.
English translation of the German texts of Clara Schumann’s Op. 23 Sechs Lieder aus Jucunde,
published in the CD Liner Notes of Volume 6 of the Hyperion Records Ltd (London) recording
series The Complete Songs of Robert Schumann (including songs of Clara Schumann).
“Severn Meadows I: A Background of Influences,”Ivor Gurney Society Journal6 (2000): 93-105.
“Severn Meadows II: The Actual Catalysts,”Ivor Gurney Society Journal7 (2001): 81-90.
“Singing Gurney: A History of Recording and Mandate for the Future,”
Ivor Gurney Society Journal5 (1999): 53-60.
“Gurney Bibliography Update,”Principal contributor, Ivor Gurney Society Journal5 (1999): 61-72.
“An Interpretive Analysis of Three Early Songs of Ivor Gurney (1890-1937)”
Doctoral Dissertation, Indiana University, 1999 (325 pages).  Abstract.
“Ivor Gurney: Poet-Composer (1890-1937)” Website, Founder and Editor, 1999-present
URL: “Ivor.Gurney.net”  Designated in 2000 as the Official Website of the Ivor Gurney Society.
“Clara Schumann and the Clara’96 Campaign: Making a Great Man of a Woman,”
International Alliance for Women in Music Journal 2 (June 1996): 8-11. Full text.
Clara Schumann Website, Founder and Editor, 1995-present
URL: “ClaraSchumann.net
TEACHING
Associate Professor of Music, Geneva College, Beaver Falls, Penn., 2001-present
Courses Taught at Geneva:
Studio Voice (MUA121-MUA422)
Class Voice (MUA156)
Literature of Voice (MUS320)
Diction for Singers (MUS121)
Vocal Pedagogy (MUS420)
Introduction to Music Literature (MUS210)
Aural Skills I-IV (MUS128-9, MUS228-9)
Tools for Learning in Courses Taught by David Kenneth Smith
URL: “www.geneva.edu/~dksmith/clara/courses.html
Huntsville Opera Theater
French Language Coach, Bizet - Carmen production, 2001
Assistant Professor of Music, University of Alabama in Huntsville, 1997-2001
Courses Taught at UAH:
Studio Voice (MUA111-414)
Voice Class (Seminars on Diction, Opera & Art Song Literature, Vocal Pedagogy, Sightsinging)
Introduction to Music Literature (MU100)
Music Theory I and Musicianship I (MU201/MU203)
Introduction to Music Theory (MU101)
UAH Concert Choir (MUA190/390)
Lectures on the Nineteenth Century Female Musician, 1996-present
Private voice studio 1992-1997, Bloomington
Guest lecturer for Doctoral Song Literature classes, Indiana University
Guest conductor for Bloomington South High School Sounds of SouthMadrigal Camp

Education | Performance | Opera | Recitals | Research | Teaching | Service | Instructors | References
COLLEGE / UNIVERSITY SERVICE
Member, Panel on General Education, Geneva College, 2003-present
Chair, Faculty Policies and Development Committee, Geneva College, 2002-2004
Member, Fall Faculty Development Workshop Committee, Geneva College, 2004
Member, New Song Audition Committee, Geneva College, 2002-present
Member, Geneva Music Competition Committee, Geneva College, 2001-2002
Member, Patent and Copyright Committee, University of Alabama in Huntsville, 2000-2001
Representative of the College of Liberal Arts to The Arts Council, Huntsville, 2000-2001
Member, Search Committee for Music Faculty Position, 1998, 2001
Editor, Music Department Newsletter, 1997, 1999
Music Department Liaison to University Library, 1997-2001
ADJUDICATION
Adjudicator, New SongAuditions, Geneva College, 2002-present
Adjudicator, National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS)
Tri-State NATS Auditions (Penn., Ohio, W.Virg), 2001-present
Alabama State Auditions, 1998-2001
Southeast Regional Auditions, 1998
Adjudicator, Trumbauer Theater Competition (Alabama District One)
Male and Female Solo and Duet Auditions, 1997
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
College Music Society (CMS)
National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS)
Clara Schumann Society
Ivor Gurney Society

Education | Performance | Opera | Recitals | Research | Teaching | Service | Instructors | References
VOICE INSTRUCTORS
Indiana University School of Music:
Giorgio Tozzi, Professor Emeritus of Voice, 1992-1997
James King, Professor of Voice, 1991-1992
Dallas Draper, Professor Emeritus of Voice, Louisiana State University, 1991-1992
Jean Deis, Professor Emeritus of Voice, 1987-1991
Wheaton Conservatory:
Clayton Halvorsen, Professor of Voice, 1983-1986
CONDUCTING INSTRUCTORS
Indiana University School of Music:
Prof. Robert Porco, Professor of Conducting, 1993
Dr. Thomas Dunn, Professor of Conducting, 1991-1994
Dr. Jan Harrington, Professor of Conducting, 1990
Dr. Carmen Tellez, Associate Professor of Conducting, 1989
Wheaton Conservatory:
Dr. Paul Wiens, Professor of Conducting, 1983-1986
CONDUCTORS
Leonard Slatkin — Imre Pallo — Raffi Armenian — Bryan Balkwill — Thomas Baldner
Robert Porco — Jan Harrington — Paul Biss — Paul Wiens — Viliar Puu Weimann
STAGE DIRECTORS
Vincent Liotta — David Morelock — James Lucas — Giorgio Tozzi — Helen Bargetzi
VOCAL COACHES
Leonard Hokanson — Gary Arvin — Mark D. Phelps — Marie Libal-Smith
DEVELOPMENT
Summer Stipend for Faculty Development; for performance 2002, for research 2003
Richard Miller - Institute of Vocal Performance Pedagogy, Oberlin Conservatory, 1999
Annual Conferences of College Music Society & Association for Technology in Music Instruction,
        Cleveland, 1997
OTHER WORK EXPERIENCE
Approval Plans Supervisor, Monographic Processing Services, Indiana University Libraries, 1988-1997
REFERENCES
Giorgio Tozzi, Professor of Voice, Indiana University
Robert Porco, Director of Choruses, The Cleveland Orchestra
James King, Professor of Voice, Indiana University
Jean Deis, Professor Emeritus of Voice, Indiana University
Dallas Draper, Professor Emeritus of Voice, Louisiana State University
Dale Moore, Professor of Voice, Eastman School of Music
Gary Arvin, Associate Professor of Voice, Indiana University
James Feldman, Professor of Music Theory, Baldwin-Wallace Conservatory
Nina Alspaugh, Artistic Director, Huntsville Opera Theater

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Please contact David Kenneth Smith at:
dksmith@claraschumann.net

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