Tod Fish 208 East Starr Avenue, #10 Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 (936) 234-0930 Cell (936) 468-1148 Office [email protected] Education: 2009 Doctor of Musical Arts in Choral Conducting The University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas Once in a While the Moon Turns Blue: The Collaborations of Benjamin Britten and W. H. Auden from 1935 to 1942 GPA: 3.99

2000 Master of Music in Choral Conducting Stephen F. Austin State University Nacogdoches, Texas GPA: 3.951

1995 Bachelor of Music with Certification Stephen F. Austin State University Nacogdoches, Texas GPA: 3.4

SFASU Teachings and Achievements: 2013 – Present Associate Director of Choral Activities Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX Assigned duties:  Appointed Visiting Assistant Professor of Choir (2013)  Appointed Associate Director of Choral Activities (2014)  Teach Choral Union and Women’s Chorus  Teach undergraduate choral conducting  Teach Italian Lyric Diction  Teach Choral Repertoire  Student teacher observer  Coordinator of the All-State Choir Camp Additional accomplishments:  2018 Partners in Education Preparation Outstanding Field Supervisor Award Nomination  Teach Opera Chorus  Serve on two theses committees  Chair Music Education Advisory Committee  Serve on Merit Committee  Teach independent study courses  Serve on search committee for open voice faculty positions  Serve on search committee for open music education faculty position  Musical Director for SFASU SummerStage Festival  Conductor of School for Theatre’s production of Bloody, Bloody Andrew Jackson Clinician and Adjudication Opportunities: Regional and National: 2018 Region 16 All-Region Mixed Choir (November) 2018 Texas State Solo and Ensemble Competition (May, adjudicator) 2018 Region 4 University Interscholastic League Solo and Ensemble Contest (adjudicator) 2017 Coronado High School 2017 Brownfield High School 2017 Region 4 All-Region Middle School Tenor-Bass Choir 2017 Texas State Solo and Ensemble Competition 2017 SFASU Music Prep All-Region Choir Preparation Camp 2016 Klein ISD Men’s Choir Concert 2016 Lubbock Coronado High School Choirs 2016 Gilmer High School Men 2016 Hudson Middle School Choir 2016 SFASU Music Prep All-Region Choir Preparation Camp 2015 Guest Conductor Lubbock Coronado High School 50th Anniversary Concert 2015 Region 13 All-Region Treble Choir 2015 Lima Senior High School Choirs (Ohio) 2015 SFASU Music Prep All-Region Choir Preparation Camp 2015 Western Slope Choral Festival (Colorado) Honor Women’s Choir 2014 TMEA Region 16 Middle School All-Region Treble Choir 2014 SFASU Music Prep All-Region Choir Preparation Camp 2013 SFASU Music Prep All-Region Choir Preparation Camp

Pre-UIL Contest Clinics: 2018 Livingston High School Hudson Middle School Hudson High School Clemens High School (Cibolo) Steele High School (Schertz) Hargrave High School (Huffman) Jacksonville High School Gilmer High School Marshall High School Morton Ranch High School (Katy) Mike Moses Middle School (Nacogdoches) Kountze High School Mayde Creek High School

2017 Katy High School Seven Lakes High School (Katy) Mayde Creek High School Klein Oak High School Hudson ISD Livingston High School Pineywoods Community Academy McMichael Middle School Lufkin High School Lakeview Centennial High School (Garland) Clemens High School (Schertz) Steel High School (Cibolo) C.E. King High School

2016 Sam Houston Middle School(Irving) Katy High School Brownsboro ISD Lake View Centennial High School (Garland) Steele High School (Cibolo) Clemens High School (Schertz) McMichael Middle School Mike Moses Middle School CE King High School Choirs (Houston) Nacogdoches High School Lufkin High School

2015 Bowie High School (Austin) West Brook High School (Beaumont) McNeil High School (Round Rock) Lufkin High School Livingston High School Seguin High School (Seguin) Perry Middle School (Carrollton) Nacogdoches High School C. E. King High School (Houston)

2014 Livingston High School West Brook High School Choirs (Beaumont) Westbrook High School Area Audition Clinic Pasadena High School Katy High School

2013 Texas Region 21 Middle School All–Region Preparation Camp

Research and Publication:

Fish, Tod; LaGraff, Scott. “Making the Right Decision.” Southwestern Musician. May, 2014: 38-39

Presentations: 2018 Texas Music Educators Association Convention “No Time to Think: Strategies for Efficient Rehearsals”

SFASU Elementary, Middle, and High School Teacher Workshop “No Time to Think: Strategies for Efficient Rehearsals”

SFASU Elementary, Middlem and High School Teacher Workshop “Great Music for Not-So-Great Choirs: Classical Repertoire for Novice Ensembles”

2017 SFASU Elementary, Middle, and High School Teacher Workshop “Choral Genetics: The DNA of a Strong Choral Program” (September)

2016 SFASU Elementary and Middle School Music Teacher Workshop “Shooting for the Stars: Finding Head Voice with Elementary School Singers”

“Tried and True Techniques for Middle School Choirs”

2015 Western State Colorado University Choral Methods Class “Programming Your Choirs”

Past Teaching Experience:

2012 – 2013 Director of Choral Activities Coronado High School, Lubbock, TX Assigned duties:  Taught Choir Grades 9-12  Four Sweepstakes awards for CHS choirs  Two Texas All-State Choir members  Enrollment increase from 195 to 280 Students for 2013-2014 School Year  Cooperating teacher for Texas Tech Music Education Practicum and Student Teaching  2013 TMEA All-State Mixed Choir section leader

2009 – 2012 Director of Choirs Round Rock High School, Round Rock, TX Assigned duties:  Taught choir grades 9-12  Eleven Sweepstakes awards for RRHS choirs  Twenty-three First-Division ratings total  Five Texas All-State Choir members  Enrollment Doubled to over 200 students  Introduced first Madrigal Dinner  Helped facilitate growth in the middle school programs  Conducted RRHS musicals Oklahoma! and The Music Man  Cooperating teacher for Southwestern University’s Student Teacher program

2006 - 2009 Graduate Teaching Assistant The University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS Assigned duties:  Director of Men’s Glee Club  Associate Director of Early Music Vocal Collegium  Maintain a choir of undergraduate choral students  Taught systematic choral techniques grounded in vocal pedagogy Additional accomplishments:  Men’s Glee Club selected for the featured concert at Kansas Music Educators Convention  Conducted reading session of new choral music for male chorus by graduate composition majors  World Premieres Conducted: o Chamber Opera The Bamboo Cutter and the Moon (Eidson) o Divine Image (Szpyrca) o Enosh (Helvering) o Tu qui consortem (Bondari)  Conducted performance of Randall Thompson’s Testament of Freedom

2000 - 2006 Director of Choral Activities Seguin High and Middle Schools, Seguin, TX Assigned duties:  Directed choirs grades 7-12  Coordinated all choral activities for Seguin Independent School District grades 6-12  Cooperating Teacher for Texas State University Student Teachers Additional accomplishments:  Earned 34 first division awards at University Interscholastic League Regional Choir Contests  Taught Texas All-State Choir members in 2002, 2003, 2005, and 2006 (first since 1989)  Taught numerous students who earned chairs in All-Region Choir  Seguin ISD grades 6-12 choir enrollment grew from 79 to 320  Coordinated and prepared choirs for 2001-2006 Seguin ISD Elementary Choral Festival  Coordinated 2000-2005 Seguin ISD Christmas Extravaganza for grades 6-12 choirs  2005 TMEA All-State Mixed Choir Section Leader  Conducted Seguin High School Musical: o Man of La Mancha (Leigh)  Conducted Extended Works: o Mass of the Children (Rutter) o Gloria (Vivaldi) o Beatus vir (Monteverdi) o Chichester Psalms (Bernstein) o Rejoice in the Lamb (Britten) o Mass in G (Schubert)

1998 - 2000 Graduate Teaching Assistant Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX Assigned duties:  Directed Women’s Chorus, Choral Union  Taught studio voice for non-majors  Taught Vocal/Choral Seminar for Instrumental Majors  Assisted with A Cappella Choir  Assisted with undergraduate conducting class  Assistant music director for The Elixir of Love  Music Department Facilities Manager Additional accomplishments  Voice teacher for Longview, Marshall, Nacogdoches High Schools

1997 - 1998 Choir Director for Grades 6-8 Forest Park Middle School, Longview, Tx. Assigned duties:  Directed seven choirs Additional accomplishments:  First Division Rating in Concert at UIL Contest  First director to take school to contest in 14 years  Voice teacher Longview and Marshall High Schools

1996 - 1997 Assistant Choir Director Amarillo and Tascosa High School, Amarillo, TX Assigned duties:  Directed freshmen mixed, men’s, and women’s choirs Church Experience:

2013 – Present Director of Chancel Choir Director of Hand Bell Choir First United Methodist Church, Nacogdoches, TX  Conducted Christmas Oratorio (Saint – Saens)  Conducted Seven Last Words of Christ (Dubois)  Conducted Evermore and Evermore (Nelson)  Conducted Service of Darkness (Wood)  Conducted Magnificat (Hayes)  Commissioned Amazing Grace by Douglas Helvering honoring the retirement of Carolyn Alhashami from the Chancel Choir

2010 – 2012 Assistant Music Director Director of PURE SOUND Youth Choir Director of Grace Notes Women’s Chorus Bethany United Methodist Church, Austin, Tx.

2007 - 2009 Choir Director Centenary United Methodist Church, Lawrence, KS

2000 - 2006 Choir Director First Presbyterian Church, Seguin, TX