High School State University

Dr. James R. Buckner

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

****-******* ********* ***** **********, Chair and Professor of Music

Arkadelphia, Arkansas

Administer all aspects of Music Department, including 15 full-time and 11 adjunct faculty.

Instruct half load of trumpet majors. Recruited 110 trumpet majors to date. Extensive

recruitment efforts for entire band program. Ellis College Fine Arts Faculty Excellence Award in

Teaching, 2001. Instruct students in brass methods. Conduct brass choir. Coach student brass

ensembles. Named to Presidential Who s Who, 2009, Who s Who Among Executives,

Professionals and Entrepeneurs, 2009,Who's Who Among American Teachers & Educators, 2007,

and Who's Who in Collegiate Faculty, 2006.

Director of Henderson State Band Camps, 2006 1,000 students in three weeks. Educational

Coordinator, Henderson State Band Camps, 1991-2005. Present concerts by guest artists. Present

clinics for high school students. Adjudicate high school solo contests. Develop University library

holdings of trumpet and horn texts. Student teacher observation. Academic advisor. Advisor to

Henderson State University Trumpet Guild.

Webmaster of the Henderson Trumpet Page (http://fac.hsu.edu/bucknej/). Wrote and compiled

Trumpet Handbook and Brass Class Handbook. Editor, Academic Forum.

Chair: Scholarship Committee, Faculty Research Committee, Ellis College Fine Arts Faculty

Excellence Awards Committee, Woodwind Specialist Search Committee (2 times), Low Brass

Search Committee, Director of Bands Search Committee.

Member: Faculty Senate, Credentials Committee, Student Assessment Committee, Ellis College

Dean Search Committee, Music Department Chair Search Committee, Woodwind Specialist

Search Committee, Nursing Department Search Committee, International Focus committee.

North American Brass Band Association, Contest Controller, 2007-present

1989-1990 ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY, Assistant Professor of Trumpet

Normal, Illinois

1984-1989 QUINCY UNIVERSITY, Assistant Professor of Music

Quincy, Illinois

1980-1984 WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY, Instructor of Music

Cullowhee, North Carolina

1977-1980 NORTHEAST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY, Instructor of Trumpet

Kirksville, Missouri

1976-1977 WEST HIGH SCHOOL, Assistant Director of Bands

Waterloo, Iowa

EDUCATION

1989 Doctor of Music in Trumpet Performance, Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois)

Dissertation: Substitution of Trumpets in Orchestral Music: Origins, Development,

and Contemporary Practices

1976 Master of Music in Trumpet Performance, University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan)

1975 Bachelor of Music in Music Education, Iowa State University (Ames, Iowa)

MAJOR TEACHERS

Arnold Jacobs, solo tuba, Chicago Symphony Orchestra (deceased)

Vincent Cichowicz, Northwestern University, former second trumpet, Chicago Symphony

Orchestra (deceased)

Luther Didrickson, Northwestern University, first call trumpet, Chicago Symphony Orchestra

(deceased)

Susan Slaughter, principal trumpet, St. Louis Symphony Orchestra

Clifford Lillya, University of Michigan (deceased)

Joseph Christensen, Iowa State University (deceased)

Arthur Swift, Iowa State University (retired)

PUBLICATIONS

Music Review, International Trumpet Guild Journal, May, 1998

"Hector Berlioz and the 'Vulgar' Cornet," Academic Forum, 1994

"The Cornet in Nineteenth-Century England and Its Role in the Transition from Slide to Valve

Trumpets," Academic Forum, 1995

GUEST CLINICS

"Wind Instrument Breathing," Bryant Senior High School Band, Bryant, Arkansas, 1998

"Trumpet or Cornet?," National Catholic Bandmasters Association, 1987

CONDUCTING EXPERIENCE

Henderson State University Recital Hall Brass, 2005-2009

Henderson State University Low Brass Choir, 2003-2004

Henderson State University Brass Choir, 1990-1991, 1997-1998

Henderson State University Senior Band Camp Brass Choir, 1991

Northeast Missouri State University Jazz Ensemble I, 1977-1779

West High School Concert Band, Jazz Band II, and Percussion Ensemble, 1977

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

International Trumpet Guild

Henderson State University Reddie Trumpet Guild

Arkansas School Band and Orchestra Association

Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia

Pi Kappa Lambda

PROFESSIONAL PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE

Highlights from over 2,800 performances

FEATURED SOLO APPEARANCES

Guest Recitals

Moscow International Trumpet Festival, 1995

Sunday Music Series (Quincy, IL), 1995, 1998

Arkansas State Music Teachers Association, 1994

1982 World's Fair (Knoxville, TN)

1980 Trumpet Conference (St. Louis, MO)

Solo Recitals

Henderson State University

Illinois State University

Quincy University

Western Carolina University

Northeast Missouri State University

Guest Soloist

The Dallas Brass, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1996, 2004

Solo Award

Outstanding Soloist, Championship Division, Fifth Annual North American Brass Band

Championships, Columbus, Ohio, 1987

Soloist with Orchestras

Neurda: Concerto

South Arkansas Symphony Orchestra, 2005

Purcell: Sonata I

South Arkansas Symphony Orchestra, 2001

Torelli: Concerto

Friends of Chamber Music Orchestra, 1996

Vivaldi: Concerto in C for Two Trumpets

Hot Springs-Arkadelphia Chamber Orchestra, 1996

South Arkansas Symphony Orchestra, 1996

Shostakovitch: Concerto for Piano, Trumpet, and Orchestra

Illinois Wesleyan University Chamber Orchestra, 1990

Arutunian: Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra

Quincy Symphony Orchestra, 1989

Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 2

Quincy Symphony Orchestra, 1985

Brevard Chamber Orchestra, 1982

Northeast Missouri State University Festival Orchestra, 1979

Persichetti: The Hollow Men

Iowa State University Symphony Orchestra, 1974

Soloist with Community Ensembles

Mass Brass & Percussion, 2007, 2010

Natural State Brass Band, 2006

Little Rock (AR) Wind Symphony, 1995, 1999, 2000

Hot Springs (AR) Community Concert Band, 1991

Mississippi River Brass Band (Quincy, IL), 1985, 1987-1989

Quincy (IL) Community Concert Band, 1984

Smoky Mountain British Brass Band (Waynesville, NC), 1981-1983

Charles City (IA) Community Band, 1975-1976, 2003

Soloist on University Band Tours

Henderson State University Symphonic Band, 1991, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2006 (twice)

Western Carolina University Wind Ensemble, 1981-1983

Western Carolina University Jazz Ensemble, 1981-1984

Northeast Missouri State University Wind Ensemble, 1978

Soloist with University Ensembles

Henderson State University Brass Choir, 2006 (Arkansas Music Educators Association)

Henderson State University Brass Band, 1997, 2000, 2001

Henderson State University Symphonic Band, 1991, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2006

Quincy University Wind Ensemble, 1985

North Carolina State University British Brass Band, 1983

Western Carolina University Wind Ensemble, 1981-1983

Western Carolina University Jazz Ensemble, 1981-1984

Soloist with High School Ensembles

Greenwood (AR) Senior High School Band, 1997

Mansfield (AR) Senior High School Band, 1994

Lake Hamilton (AR) Senior High School Band, 1992

Sheridan (AR) Senior High School Band, 1992

Benton (AR) Senior High School Band, 1991

Henderson State University Senior High School Band Camp, 1990

Sherrard (IL) Senior High School Band, 1990

Quincy (IL) Senior High School Band, 1985

Western Carolina University Honors Band, 1983

Brevard (NC) High School Jazz Ensemble, 1981

PROFESSIONAL ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCES

Orchestras

South Arkansas Symphony Orchestra, principal, 1990-present

Quincy (IL) Symphony Orchestra, principal, 1978-1980, 1984-1985; second/assistant principal,

1977-1978

Cullowhee (NC) Music Festival Orchestra, principal, 1984

Brevard (NC) Chamber Orchestra, principal, 1981-1984

Asheville (NC) Chamber Orchestra, principal/second, 1981-1984

Asheville (NC) Symphony Orchestra, second, 1981-1984

Western (North) Carolina Symphony Orchestra, principal, 1980-1981

Northeast Missouri State University Festival Orchestra, principal, 1979-1980

Waterloo-Cedar Falls (IA) Symphony Orchestra, third/assistant principal, 1976-1977

Extra Player with Orchestras

Pine Bluff (AR) Symphony Orchestra, extra player (including principal), 1992-present

Arkansas Symphony Orchestra, extra player (including principal), 1991-present

Grand Rapids (MI) Symphony Orchestra, extra player, 1975

Des Moines (IA) Symphony Orchestra, extra player, 1974-1975

Brass Quintets

Arkansas Brass, first, 1990-present (including performances for the 2000 Midwest Horn

Workshop, Arkansas Public Radio, the 1999 National State Teacher of the Year Awards, the

1996 Arkansas Bandmasters Association Convention, and the 1994 American School Band

Directors Association National Convention)

Just Brass, first, 1989-1990

Quincy Brass Ensemble, first, 1988-1989

Touch of Brass, first/second, 1984-1989

Smoky Mountain Chamber Brass, first, 1982-1984

Asheville Symphony Orchestra Brass Quintet, second, 1982-1984

Quincy Symphony Orchestra Brass Quintet, second, 1978

Faculty Brass Quintet, Northeast Missouri State University, first, 1977-1979

Brass Ensembles

Mass Brass & Percussion, principal trumpet, 2006-present

Trumpet Ensembles, Moscow International Trumpet Festival, 1995

Henderson State University Band Camp Faculty Brass Choir

Mississippi River Brass Band, E-flat soprano cornet, 1985-1989

Smoky Mountain British Brass Band, E-flat soprano cornet, 1981-1984

Faculty Brass Quartet, Western Carolina University, first, 1980-1981

Chamber Ensembles

Stravinsky: Octet, 1999

Poulenc: Le bal masqu, 1996

Stravinsky: L'histoire du soldat, 1994

Midwest Trumpet and Organ Consort, 1979-1980

Jazz Ensembles

Tom Tirrato Big Band, lead, 2003-2004, 2008-present

Charles Stewart Big Band, lead, 1991-1992

Jazmin Big Band, co-lead, 1986-1988

Jim DelaBar Big Band, lead/second, 1984-1989

Don Glasser Orchestra, second, 1979-1980

Dave Linsay Sextet, 1978-1979

Musicals

Anything Goes (Arkansas Repertory Theater with Arkansas Symphony Orchestra), 2001

Peter Pan (with Cathy Rigby), national touring production, Little Rock, 1999

Titanic, national touring production, Little Rock, 1999

The Music Man, Ames, Iowa

Mame, Iowa State University

West Side Story, Iowa State University

Fiddler on the Roof, Iowa State University

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