PERSONAL
Date of Birth: August 24, 1964
Address: 414 Kidwiler Road • Harpers Ferry, WV 25425
Telephone: 304-876-3647(home) • 240-285-8455 (cell)
E-mail: sbeard@shepherd.edu
Web: www.scottbeard.com
EDUCATION
1996 Doctor of Musical Arts • Piano Performance - University of Maryland, College Park, Dissertation Topic: The Solo Piano Works of Theodore Leschetizky. Major Teachers: Anne Koscielny, Evelyn Garvey (fortepiano, chamber music).
1990 Master of Music • Piano Performance - University of Maryland, College Park, Major Teachers: Anne Koscielny (piano), Evelyn Garvey (fortepiano, chamber music).
1986 Bachelor of Music • Piano Performance - Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University, Minor concentration in Voice. Major Teachers: Robert Weirich, Lillian Freundlich, and Tinka Knopf de Esteban.
*Additional studies in the authentic performance of French Piano Music at the France Piano Internationale Festival and Competition, Paris, France. Summer 1993, 1994,1995 Ècole Normale de Musique; Summer 1998, 2000 Schola Cantorum in Paris, France.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2008-Present: Associate Artistic Director, Opera Camerata of Washington, DC
Associate Artistic Director for an opera company that specializes in belcanto opera and opera rarities. Duties include: booking talent (vocalists and instrumentalists), developing concert programs, instrumental arrangements and rehearsal preparation. Singers are generally from the Domingo-Caffritz program, the Metropolitan Opera, and regional singers of professional stature.
1998-present: Coordinator of Keyboard Studies, Shepherd University. Associate Professor, 2004-present; Assistant Professor 1999-2004; Visiting Professor, 1998-1999.
Coordinator of Keyboard Studies for a music program of approximately130 music majors. Duties include: teaching applied piano, piano literature, piano pedagogy, class piano, piano ensemble, coordination of adjunct faculty, supervising non-major instruction, developing jury levels, overseeing maintenance of instruments, development of a piano loan program and administering the piano proficiency exam for music education majors. Other responsibilities include advising students, supervising all facets of accompanying (including collaborative efforts with other music faculty), fundraising, accreditation and assessment reports. To aid in the development of special events sponsored by the piano division, I have been awarded grants to fund concerts and workshops.
Fall 2006: Interim Chair, Music Department, Shepherd Univeristy.
Responsible for day-to-day operations of the music department during the regular chair’s sabbatical.
2000-2003: Artistic Director of “Music at the Festival,” part of The Contemporary American Theater Festival, Shepherd University
Worked with the managing and producing director of the Theater Festival to develop a three-year plan for including contemporary music at CATF. Duties included writing grants, research for the writing of program notes, design of publicity and program, presenting proposals to the board of directors, developing a long-range plan for concerts and commissioning, as well as engaging artists.
1998-2003: Artistic Director, Reynolds Hall Recital Series.
Artistic director for the free concert series at Shepherd University. Responsible for booking artists, publicity and facility management. Other duties included developing budgets and grant writing endeavors.
1995-1998 Adjunct Faculty, Shepherd College
Instructor of applied piano and organ at a Liberal Arts College in West Virginia. Teaching experience encompassed both music and non-music majors, as well as non- traditional students. Other areas of instruction included: piano ensemble, vocal literature class and piano repertoire performance class. Duties also included vocal coaching, performance and accompaniment for the concert choir and Masterworks Chorale, and conducting both of these choral groups in rehearsal and concert.
1997-1999: General Manager, Georgetown Symphony Orchestra
General Manager, Librarian and Personnel Director for a community orchestra with a $50,000 annual budget. Responsible for day-to-day operations, reporting to the board, developing and maintaining budgets and mailing lists, as well as grant writing. Experience also included publicity for each performance, which consisted of designing flyers, writing press releases and radio scripts, newspaper ads, program notes, and ticket giveaways. As personnel director, I was responsible for hiring musicians, setting up auditions, and recruitment of new members.
1990-1994: Music Director/Organist, Our Savior Lutheran Church
Head of music program for an 800-member church. Expanded the music program to include 4 vocal choirs, handbell choirs, brass ensemble, and chamber orchestra. Developed and initiated a successful community concert series. Duties included: worship planning, reporting to the senior pastor and several boards, playing for all services, composing, fundraising ($100,000 campaign), and conducting choirs with orchestral accompaniment in concert
1990-1998: Piano Instructor, St. Mark's Music Studio
Instructor for a community-based music school in Washington, DC. Students ranged in age from five to adult, and from beginners to early advanced. Performed extensive work with the board and director of the studio in developing business policies and publicity for the music program, as well as extensively recruiting more teachers and students for the school. Students participated in recitals and programs at the church and in the community. Administrative duties included writing the studio newsletter, coordinating recital programs, collecting tuition payments and overseeing maintenance of instruments.
INTERNSHIPS, GRANTS AND AWARDS
2007-Sabbatical leave awarded for the Fall 2007 semester by the Professional Development Committee at Shepherd University.
2006-West Virginia Music Teacher of the Year.
2004-Grant from the Dean of Student Learning ($1,000) to study the effect of increased contact hours in the class piano sequence.
2003-Professional Development release-time award ($2,000) for Fall of 2003, for continued work on forthcoming publications.
2002-Alumni Association Grant in the amount of $500 from the Professional Development Committee for the completion of a manuscript for publication.
2002-Music Technology Grant ($15,000) from the Patricia K. and Lyell B. Clay Foundation. Grant money used to purchase Yamaha Clavinova Piano lab for the music department of Shepherd University.
2001-Performance grant ($1,000) from the Arts & Humanities Alliance (AHA!) of Jefferson County for the Reynolds Hall Recital Series.
2000-Music Technology Grant ($113, 398) from the Patricia And Lyell Clay Foundation. Grant money was used to purchase Yamaha Disklavier pianos for the music department of Shepherd University.
2000-Jury prize for the Best Performance of a set of Baroque works at the
2000 France Piano Internationale Piano Festival and Competition.
2000-Grant in the amount of $2,500 from the Professional Development committee at Shepherd College for study at the France Internationale Piano Festival in Paris, France.
1998-Jury prize for the Best Performance of a work by a French Composer at the 1998 France Piano Internationale Piano Festival and Competition
1994-Roussel Foundation Award, FPI Festival Competition, Paris.
1993-1995-Assistant to the Artistic Director, French Piano Institute Kensington, MD
1988-Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society (Academic Achievement)
MEMBERSHIPS
College Music Society, (1998-present)
Leschetizky Association of America, Inc., (1995-present)
Music Teachers National Association, (1992-present; currently a Division officer)
West Virginia Music Teachers Association, (current president)
Maryland State Music Teachers Association, (1990-1994, 2003-present)
Washington, DC Music Teachers Association, (2003-present)
National Guild of Piano Teachers, (1998-present)
Friday Morning Music Club, (1993-present)
Eastern Panhandle Music Teachers Association, (founding member)
Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, (Chapter Advisor)
Sigma Alpha Iota (National Arts Associate; chapter advisor)
PUBLICATIONS, REVIEWS AND RECORDINGS
Pending Essential Duet Transcriptions: Alfred, Publishing, Manuscript has been submitted and accepted for publication.
2009: Essential Keyboard Trios: Music for Six hands at one piano, Published by Alfred, Publishing. Release date: SPRING 2009.
2005: Review of “Ghost Town Suite, by Heather Morris”, November 2005,
American Music Teacher.
2005: Review of A Practical Guide to Solo Piano Music by Barnard/Gutierrez, August 2005, American Music Teacher.
2005 “Incorporating Duos into Studio Lessons, Part II” co-authored with Dr. Lucy Mauro, published in Piano Rendezvous, a national quarterly newsletter
distributed by Alfred Publications.
2004: “Incorporating Duets into Studio Lessons, Part I” co-authored with Dr. Lucy Mauro, published in Piano Rendezvous, a national quarterly newsletter distributed by Alfred Publications.
2004 Essential Keyboard Duos: 20 Late-Intermediated to Early-Advanced Selections in Their Original Form, part of the Essential Ensemble series of Alfred Publications, co-edited with Lucy Mauro. International release, December 2004.
2004: A Classical Christmas: Chorales, Carols and Holiday Favorites, (CD recording, Consolidated Gibson, LP Label).
2003: Review of the Maryland Symphony Orchestra for the Hagerstown Herald.
2002: Review of the Maryland Symphony Orchestra for the Hagerstown Herald.
2002: “Karol Szymanowski’s Children’s Rhymes: Interpretation through Performance”. Journal: The Journal of Polish Music, (April 2002), pp 235-236. Cited as a source for information on the piano writing of Szymanowski in his vocal music.
2001: Review of the Maryland Symphony Orchestra for the Hagerstown Herald.
200l: "Helping Students Get More Out of Practicing." Reprint of American Music Teacher Web Article for www.pianolane.com.
2001: (with Dr. Lucy Mauro) "Helping Students Get More Out of Practicing." American Music Teacher, (April/May 2001 issue).
2001: Chopin: Poet of the Piano (CD recording, Consolidated Gibson, LP Label).
1999: "Our Musical Heritage: Keeping Leschetizky Relevant for Today's Students." Leschetizky Annual Bulletin, 1999. (Published in the United States).
1996 : "Les Deux Alouettes and Andante finale, Op. 13 for the Left Hand: Compositions by Theodor Leschetizky." Leschetizky Association Annual Bulletin
1996: Leschetizky Piano Treasures: Scott Beard, piano (CD recording, Consolidated Gibson, LP Label).
PAPER & WORKSHOP PRESENTATIONS, selected
September 2008: “Where East Meets West: Contemporary Chinese Piano Music,” (lecture-recital presentation), College Music Society National Conference, (Atlanta , GA).
September 2008: “Where East Meets West: Contemporary Chinese Piano Music,” (lecture-recital presentation), Faculty Research Forum (Shepherd University)
April 2008: “Where East Meets West: Contemporary Chinese Piano Music,” (lecture-recital presentation), College Music Society Regional (Conference, Gettysburg, PA)
February 2008: Manchester University, “The Leschetizky Legacy.” (lecture-recital presentation.
January 2008: Maryland State Music Teachers Association, “The Intermediate Student, 6-60.”
Fall 2007: (Morgan State University, Syracuse University, Virginia Tech and Nazareth College), “Practice Strategies for Developing Musicians.”
October 2006: World Piano Pedagogy Conference, “The Intermediate Student, 7-70.” Panel presentation.
November 2005: Pennsylvania Music Teachers Association, “Dynamic Duos: Teaching Musicianship Through Ensemble Playing.”
November 2004: West Virginia Music Teachers Association, “Beyond the Sunken Cathedral: Debussy Does Indonesian Impressionism”
October 2004: Conference Artist, Virginia Music Teachers Association, Various workshop, master class and recital presentations.
October 2003: American Musicological Association Regional Conference, “The Songs of Fryderyk Chopin: Expressions of the Slavic Soul.” (lecture recital)
March 2003: College Music Society Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference, “The Songs of Fryderyk Chopin: Expressions of the Slavic Soul.” (lecture recital)
March 2002: College Music Society Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference, “Karol Szymanowski’s Children’s Rhymes: Interpretation through Performance”. (Lecture recital)
COMMITTEE WORK & OTHER SERVICE
Shepherd University
Coordinator for North Central Accreditation Report, Shepherd University (2007- present)
Faculty Senate, (2004-2008; served as parliamentarian and secretary)
Graduate Committee, (2007-present)
University Strategic Planning Committee (undergraduate & graduate), (2007-present)
Chair & Member, University Merit Pay Committee (2005-2007)
Chair, University Curriculum & Instruction Committee, (2004-2008
Professional Development Committee, (2002-2004)
Scholarship & Awards Committee, (2001-2004)
Performing Arts Series at Shepherd, Program Committee, (1998-2004)
President’s Committee on Racism & Diversity (1999-2001)
Faculty Advisor to the Following Student Groups at Shepherd University
ALLIES (1999-present)
Sigma Alpha Iota (1999-present)
Phi Mu Alpha (2002-present)
Music Teachers National Association
2008-Present Chair, State President’s Advisory Council , MTNA ( National Office)
2008-Present Eastern Division Competitions Chair (13-state region) for MTNA
2004-2008 Eastern Division Collegiate Competitions Chair
2007-Present President, West Virginia Music Teachers Association
2005-2007 First Vice-President, West Virginia Music Teachers Association
2003-2005 Second Vice-President, West Virginia Music Teachers Association
CLASSES TAUGHT AT THE UNIVERSITY LEVEL (undergraduate)
MUSC 100 Freshman Seminar for Music Majors
MUSC 104, 106 Aural Skills I & II
MUSC 110 Fundamentals of Music
MUSC 138 Basic Keyboard Skills
MUSC 140 Class Piano I
MUSC 141 Class Piano II
MUSC 204,206 Aural Skills III & IV
MUSC 280 Performance Forum
MUSC 300 Workshop in Foreign Cultures
MUSC 314 Keyboard Literature
MUSC 321 Piano Pedagogy
MUSC 328 Advanced Diction (French)
MUEN 373 Piano Ensemble & Accompanying (This class has had
various emphases, ranging from duo & duet music, to French vocal literature to music theater literature for pianists and singers.)
MUAP 340 Piano
MUAP 341 Harpsichord/Organ
MUAP 397 Junior Recital Activity
MUSC 421 Apprenticeship in Pedagogy (field experience supervision)
MUSC 498 Senior Seminar (Capstone Course)
MUAP 497 Senior Recital Activity
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