Pierre-Alain Chevalier www.PierreAlainChevalier.com [email protected]

CURRENT POSITIONS Visiting Lecturer/Director of Orchestral Activities, Stephen F. Austin State University 2018 – Present Music Director, Baytown Symphony Orchestra at Lee College, Baytown, 2017 – Present

WINNER International Conductors Workshop and Competition Atlanta, Georgia, 2016

EDUCATION : Orchestral Moores School of Music, University of , 2014 : Orchestral Conducting The Hartt School, University of Hartford, 2010 : Willamette University, Salem, Oregon, 2006 CONDUCTING Baytown Symphony Orchestra Music Director January 2017 – Present Coeur D’Alene Symphony Guest Conductor 2018 Rainier Symphony Guest Conductor 2016 Bayou City Symphony Artistic Director 2014 – 2018 Moores School Orchestra Assistant Conductor 2010 – 2013 Moores School Concerto Orchestra Music Director 2011 Hartt Symphony Orchestra Assistant Conductor 2008 – 2010 Hartt Musical Theatre production Music Director 2009 Hartt School Vocal Division Assistant Conductor 2009 Hartt Musical Theatre Division Assistant Conductor 2008 – 2009 Willamette Dramatic Vocal Arts Conductor 2007 – 2008 Liedertafel Harmonie, German-American Soc. Music Director 2007 – 2008 VIDEO Current performance video can be accessed at www.PierreAlainChevalier.com Details for the video can be found within the comments section below the video at Youtube.com. To open the video on Youtube.com, simply click the Youtube.com icon on the video player. TEACHING Stephen F. Austin State University Visiting Director of Orchestral Activities 2018 – Present Lee College Adjunct Instructor of Music January 2017 – Present Lone Star College System, North Harris Adjunct Instructor of Music 2016 – 2018 San Jacinto College District, North Adjunct Instructor of Music 2016 – 2018 AFA, Houston Music Conservatory Teacher 2015 – 2018 Orchestra Clinician Goose Creek Memorial High School 2018 – Present Ross Sterling High School 2018 – Present Lee High School 2018 – Present Bay Area Youth Symphony 2017 – Present Klein Forest High School 2012 – Present Willamette University Chamber Orchestra 2016 Cypress Ranch High School 2014 – 2015 Cypress Woods High School 2014 – 2015 Bellaire High School 2014 – 2015 Cinco Ranch High School 2014 – 2015 Pierre-Alain Chevalier

Seven Lakes High School 2014 Klein Oak High School 2014 Memorial High School 2012 – 2013 Stratford High School 2013 San Jacinto Summer Piano Camp Teacher 2017 Houston Community College, Southwest Choir Music Director 2015 – 2016 Sam Houston MSTC High School Choir Director and Teacher 2015 – 2016 Memorial Elementary School, Houston, TX Music Teacher (part-time) 2014 – 2015 Teacher (afterschool program) Fowler Middle School, Tigard, OR Jazz Band Director (part-time) 2007 – 2008 Piano Lessons, Portland, OR Piano Instructor 2007 – 2008 Horizon Christian Schools, Tualatin, OR Music Teacher 2006 – 2007 ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE Baytown Symphony Orchestra Music Director 2017 – Present Bayou City Symphony 501(c)3 Nonprofit Corp. Founder and Executive Director 2014 – 2018 Moores School Orchestras General Manager 2010 – 2013 Hartt Symphony Orchestra Manager 2008 – 2010 ADDITIONAL EDUCATION Professional Conducting Workshops International Conductors Workshop and Competition Atlanta, Georgia 2015, 2016 Conductors Guild Training Workshop, Richmond Symphony/Chorus Richmond, Virginia 2014 International Conducting Institute Round Rock, Texas 2011, 2012 Conductors Retreat at Medomak Washington, Maine 2011 Rose City International Conductors Workshop Portland, Oregon 2007, 2008 Conducting Coaches Peter Bay, Erin Freeman, Adrian Gnam, Richard Gutter, David Hoose, Kenneth Kiesler, Gregory Pritchard, Steven Smith, Kenneth Woods, and Victor Yampolsky. Private Instructors Franz Anton Krager Orchestral, Moores School of Music 2010 – 2014 Christopher Zimmerman Orchestral, The Hartt School 2008 – 2010 Wallace Long, Jr. Choral, Willamette University 2002 – 2006 Paul Klemme Choral, Willamette University 2002 – 2006 Timothy Robblee Band, Willamette University 2004 – 2006 Undergraduate Conducting at Willamette University Chamber Choir Senior Conducting Internship 2006 Male Ensemble Willamette Senior Conducting Internship 2006 Male Ensemble Willamette Junior Conducting Internship 2005 Wind Ensemble Junior Conducting Internship 2005 Volunteer Vocal Ensemble New Music Reading 2004 PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS The College Music Society Conductors Guild League of American Orchestras Texas Music Educators Association

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AWARDS AND HONORS Moores School of Music Richard and Nancy Schissler Foundation Fellowship in Orchestral Conducting 2010 – 2013 Music Directors Scholarship 2010 – 2013 Winifred and Maurice Hirsch Memorial Scholarship 2010 – 2013 The Hartt School Dr. Karl Bohm Endowed Scholarship 2008 – 2010 Hartt Master of Music Talent Scholarship 2008 – 2010 Willamette University Magna Cum Laude 2006 College Academic Honors 2002 – 2006 Outstanding Student in Academics and Musicianship 2005 – 2006 Joyce Horn and Elda Branson Music Scholarship for Outstanding Achievement 2005 Outstanding Student in Service 2004 – 2005 VOCALIST & PIANIST Chorister Portland Opera production of Carmen 2007 Soloist Salem Chamber Orchestra quintet from Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte 2006 Senior Recital solo and collaborative works 2006 Shostakovich Extravaganza Songs from Jewish Folk Poetry, op. 79 2006 Dramatic Vocal Arts excerpts from Mozart’s Così fan Tutte, Die Zauberflöte 2006 Dramatic Vocal Arts excerpts from Bernstein’s Candide and West Side Story 2005 Westminster Presb. Church J.S. Bach, Uns ist ein Kind geboren, BWV 142 2005 Member Willamette Chamber Choir 2002 – 2006 Male Ensemble Willamette 2002 – 2006 Millstream, barbershop quartet 2005 – 2006 Willamette Master Chorus 2004 – 2005 Willamette Singers 2003 – 2004 Fourth Quarter, barbershop quartet 2002 Salem Senate-Aires, barbershop chorus 1998 – 2004 Master Class Jenny Cook, Salem, Oregon 2006 Private Instructors Jean-David Coen Piano, Willamette University 2002 – 2006 Allison Swenson-Mitchell Vocal, Willamette University 2005 – 2006 John Boelling Vocal, Willamette University 2005 – 2006 Wade Baker Vocal, Willamette University 2002 – 2005 OTHER Music Technology Multifaceted knowledge and experience with notation software, music production, and video editing. • Premiere Pro, Power Director, Audacity, Sibelius, Finale, Pro Tools, Peak, and Logic Pro. • Production sample video: https://youtu.be/8xzXkluw8G4 REFERENCES (see reference list) 3 Pierre-Alain Chevalier

DISSERTATION ABSTRACT Sonata Deformations in Mendelssohn’s Concert Overtures: A Narrative Analysis Andrew Davis, advisor; Jeffrey Sposato, Robert Mayes and Franz Krager, committee members

My study examines four of Felix Mendelssohn’s concert overtures utilizing structuralist and non-structuralist analytical approaches with the aim of identifying each work’s unique musical narrative. The structuralist methodology is drawn from James Hepokoski and Warren Darcy’s Elements of Sonata Theory, which is grounded in the subdiscipline of genre theory. The non- structuralist or semiotic methodology is drawn chiefly from Robert Hatten’s work. As well, each of the overtures is influenced by programmatic sources; these influences are considered with regard to their significance in each work, but will not function as the fundamental basis for the narrative interpretation. Ultimately, I seek to account for Mendelssohn’s highly rich structural and semiotic language, through which he conveys meaning in his music. The analyses themselves suggest a particular proclivity on Mendelssohn’s part for S-space deformations as a means of communicating narrative meaning in the sonata form. The opening chapter explains my methodological approach and addresses current trends in the literature. The chapters that follow are devoted to four overtures, respectively: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, op. 21; Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage, op. 27; The Hebrides, op. 26; and The Fair Melusine, op. 32. Chapter 6 addresses, in brief, the possibility for future application of this bipartite approach in other Mendelssohn works and briefly discusses relevant correlations found in the two posthumously published overtures: the Trumpet Overture, op. 101 and the Ruy Blas Overture, op. 95.

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