Director University

Dr. James Charles Woodward

Assistant Professor of Music Theory and Composition, Jacksonville State University

Composer in Residence, Etowah Youth Orchestra

*** ****** **. ** #* Jacksonville, AL 36265

Cell: 562-***-**** Email: *********@***.*** Website: www.jameswoodwardmusic.com

RECENT AWARDS / ACHIEVEMENTS / PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Gaudete for Brass Quintet Soli Fan Tutti Composition Prize Finalist, May 2011.

Meet the Composer MetLife Creative Connections Grant, April 2010.

When Rebecca Woogie Came to Town Independent Publisher s Book Awards Bronze Medal,

Children s Interactive Book Bronze Medal, 2010.

Guest Piano Soloist, Classics Philharmonic performing When Rebecca Woogie Came to Town,

San Diego, CA, November 2009.

2007 Kappa Kappa Psi, Alpha Beta Chapter, Commissioning Competition.

Turner Classic Movies Young Film Composer Competition, Semifinalist 2007 & 2004.

Residency, Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts, Nebraska City, NE, February 2007.

2007 Raymond and Beverly Sackler Music Composition Prize, Semifinalist.

A Little Southern Hospitality 2007 Texas Orchestra Directors Association Composition Competition,

Honorable Mention.

Guest Piano Soloist, Cobb Symphony Orchestra performing Woodward s Piano Concerto - Downey s

Groove and When Rebecca Woogie Came to Town, Marietta, GA, January 2006.

Virginia Arts Festival John Duffy Composers Institute Fellowship, Norfolk, VA, May 2007.

2006 BMI Pete Carpenter Film Scoring Fellowship, Burbank, CA, Fall 2006.

RECORDINGS

Chicago Moves Gaudete recorded by The Gaudete Brass Quintet. Cedille Records

Coast to Coast: the Debut Solo CD of Alan Baer, Principal Tubist of the New York Philharmonic

Tuba Concerto recorded by Alan Baer, Tuba, with Brad Haag, Piano. Baer Tracks Music

Bozza Concertino: Yukihiro Ikeda in Recital Tuba Concerto recorded by Yukihiro Ikeda. Meister

Music Company

American Music for Tuba: Something Old, Something New Tuba Concerto recorded by David Zerkel,

Tuba, and the University of Georgia Wind Ensemble. Mark Records

The Smell of Wet Dogs in a Summertime Rain Bass Trombone Concerto recorded by Aaron

Misenheimer, Bass Trombone. Gold Branch Records

Classics for Wind Ensemble & Symphony Band, Volume Four You Were There recorded by the

University of Wisconsin Milwaukee Wind Ensemble conducted by Thomas Dvorak. Mark Records

UW-Milwaukee Youth Wind Ensemble European Tour Tuba Concerto recorded by Alan Baer, Tuba,

and the UWM Youth Wind Ensemble. Tonstudio Amos Ag (Switzerland)

EDUCATION

Doctorate of Music Composition Arizona State University 2009

Master of Music Composition Southern California University 2003

Bachelor of Fine Arts University of Wisconsin Milwaukee 2000

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Jacksonville State Composition Lessons (Undergraduate & Graduate) 2010 2013

University Music Theory 101-****-****

Music Theory 102-****-****

Aural Skills 111-****-****

Aural Skills 112-****-****

Arranging and Orchestration 2011 & 2013

Advanced Music Technology 2013

String Bass Lessons 2012 2013

18th Century Music (Aural Skills Section)

Arizona State University 2009

Basic Music Theory 125 (Aural Skills Section) 2008

20th Century Music (Aural Skills Section) 2006 & 2008

19th Century Music (Aural Skills Section) 2005 & 2007

Southwest Conservatory Music Theory for Young Pianists 2004 & 2005

CONDUCTING / DIRECTING EXPERIENCE

Conductor and Director - Jacksonville State University Q Ensemble (Contemporary), 2010 2013.

Conductor US Airways Chorus, 2007 2010.

Director of Contemporary Music First United Methodist Church of Phoenix, 2009 2010.

Director of Music St. Mark s Episcopal Church of Downey, 2004 2005.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Member American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers

Member American Composers Forum

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LIST OF WORKS, BOOKS, AND OTHER MEDIA

Ave Maria for SATB Choir (2003)

Concerto for Piano and Wind Ensemble (2007) - Commissioned by the Alpha Beta Chapter of Kappa Kappa Psi

Concerto for Violin, Cello, and Orchestra (2012) - Commissioned by the Etowah Youth Orchestra

The Emperor and the Nightingale, Children s Musical (2012)

Book and Lyrics by April-Dawn Gladu / Commissioned by the Georgia Shakespeare Company

Euphonium Concerto (2007) - Published by Cimarron Music Press

Funk for Tuba Quartet (2008) - Commissioned and Published by Cimarron Music Press

Gaudete for Brass Quintet (2007) - Commissioned by the Gaudete Brass Quintet

Published by Cimarron Music Press

Hopes and Dreams for String Orchestra (1998)

If You But Trust for SATB Choir (2004) - Published by GIA Publications

A Little Southern Hospitality for Orchestra (2006) - Commissioned by the Georgia Youth Symphony

Piano Concerto, Downey s Groove (2003) & (2005)

Static (Short film, 2006) Film Composer.

A Tradition of Leadership for Concert Band (2011)

Commissioned by the Southeast District of Kappa Kappa Psi

Three Reflections for Tuba and Piano (2009) - Published by Cimarron Music Press

Trombone Concerto (2002) - Published by Cimarron Music Press

Tuba Concerto (2000) - Published by Cimarron Music Press

Tuba Concerto No. 2 (2012)

Unwelcome (Short film, 2004) Film Composer.

Variations on Adeste Fidelis for Brass Quintet (2005) Published by Cimarron Music Press

Variations on The New World Symphony for Solo Euphonium and Tuba Euphonium Ensemble (1998)

Published by Cimarron Music Press

When Rebecca Woogie Came to Town for Piano, Narrator, and Orchestra (2003)

Commissioned by the Classics Philharmonic

When Rebecca Woogie Came to Town Children s Book and Musical CD (2009)

You Were There for Concert Band (2001)

Published by Daehn Publications

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