Pittelcuriculum Vitae 2010 -1011 UT School Year
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PittelHarveyCBSOM092010.PDF Harvey Pittel Professor of Saxophone The University of Texas Butler School of Music Selected Concert Artist Solo Performance Soloist with Orchestra The New York Philharmonic Orchestra with Zubin Mehta The Boston Symphony Orchestra with Seiji Ozawa and Michael Tilson Thomas The Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra with Zubin Mehta The Denver Symphony Orchestra with Gaetano Delogu The Seattle Symphony Orchestra with Richard Buckley The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra The Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra with Neville Mariner The Louisville Symphony Orchestra with Akira Endo The Chautauqua Symphony with Varujan Kojian Orchestre de la Suisse Romande Bergen Filharmoniske Orkester with Dmitri Kitajenko Major New York Recitals Carnegie Recital Hall, winner Young Performers Series Carnegie Recital Hall Encore Recital Mannes College of Music Recital Mannes Concert Hall The Y Sunday Concert Series of Washington Heights and Inwood Alice Tully Hall Debut Recital presented by Columbia Artist Mgt, Linclon Center The Today Show with Gene Shallit Harvey Pittel with the Jupiter Symphony, Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center Harvey Pittel at the Y, Kaufman Concert Hall, 92nd St. YM-YWHA Harvey Pittel Trio, Abraham Goodman House, Merkin Concert Hall Harvey Pittel with the New York Woodwind Quintet, Abraham Goodman House, Merkin Concert Hall Harvey Pittel and the Harvey Pittel Saxophone Quartet 50th Anniversary of Performing Arts, 92nd St. YM-YWHA Harvey Pittel with the University of Texas Wind Ensemble, Carnegie Hall Harvey Pittel with the Jupiter Symphony, all Bach Concert On Call Orchestral Performance The Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra The New York Philharmonic Orchestra The Boston Symphony Orchestra The San Antonio Symphony Orchestra The Austin Symphony Orchestra Chamber Music Performance Over 2000 concerts with The Harvey Pittel Trio and The Harvey Pittel Saxophone Quartet throughout the world from 1979 to the present. Discography Crystal S105 Harvey Pittel Plays Music for Alto and Soprano Saxophones Loeillet, Rodriquez, Stevens, Maurice Crystal S155 Harvey Pittel Saxophone Quartet Bach, Glazunov, Joplin, Rivier, Desenclos, Bozza Crystal S157 Harvey Pittel Trio (saxophone, piano and cello) New Classics Suite, Creston, Villa-Lobos, Ellington Medley Crystal S353 Sextuor: Harvey Pittel with Westwood Wind Quintet Milhaud, Heiden, Dubois Crystal S500 John Rodby – Concerto for Saxophone, Harvey Pittel with London Sinfonietta, Elgar Howarth, conductor Harojama 9743 Don’t You Remember The Time – Harvey Pittel Saxophone Quartet American Music: Gershwin, Miller, Joplin Louisville Symphony LS781 Harvey Pittel-saxophone, Akira Endo-conductor; Chihara Concerto for Saxophone, Amram “Ode to Lord Buckley” Harvey Pittel Saxophone Quartet @1987 Nonesuch 9 79131-1 F Stratas Sings Weill-Teresa Stratas/Y Chamber Symphony-Gerard Schwarz, conductor; Harvey Pittel-featured saxophone soloist Warner Brothers BSK 3197 Jazz – Ry Cooder; featured saxophonist CBS MK 35165 Pictures at an Exhibition – New York Philharmonic Orchestra; Zubin Mehta, conductor; Harvey Pittel – soloist “The Old Castle” Bach and Noodles Crystal 654 Moving Along Crystal 655 Harvey Pittel Saxophone Quartet Live In Chicago Mark Records 2106 Music of Paul Chihara New World Records 815 The University of Texas Wind Ensemble at Carnegie Hall Mark Records 2697 Harvey Pittel with The University of Texas Wind Ensemble Mark Records 3932 La Linge – La Sonorité, A Tribute to Marcel Mule Mark Records 5050 It Might As Well Be Spring The Harvey Pittel Saxophone Quartet, I HPSQ 0400 Tex Sax The University of Texas at Austin Saxophone Ensemble Mark Records 2280 Tex Sax Next Generation, The University of Texas Saxophone Ensemble Mark Records 711 Over The Rainbow and Bach Again, The University of Texas Butler School of Music Saxophone Ensemble – Longhorn Music/Naxos Shape Shifter Sea Breeze Classical Records, RCC Wind Ensemble Live 2007-2009 Harvey Pittel with Jens Nygaard and The Jupiter Symphony Live in New York, Crystal Records (In Preparation) Contrasts, Harvey Pittel, saxophones, Craig Williams and Michelle Schumann, piano- CRS Artists CD 0686 University Applied Saxophone Positions 1969 - 1978 University of Southern California Adjunct Professor California State College at Fullerton Adjunct and Ass. Professor California State College at Long Beach Adjunct Professor California State College at San Diego Adjunct Professor East Los Angeles Junior College Adjunct Professor 1978-1980 Boston University Adjunct Professor The Mannes College of Music (NYC) Adjunct Professor Tanglewood Institute Director, Saxophone Symposium 1991-1996 Boston University Adjunct Professor Tanglewood Institute Director, Saxophone Symposium 1999-2002 Montclair State University Adjunct Professor Selected Student Placements James Rötter Professor of Saxophone, University of Southern California, Saxophonist, Los Angeles Philharmonic. Alto Saxophonist with the Harvey Pittel Saxophone Quartet for 12 years Doug Masek Professor of Saxophone, University of California Los Angeles. On call saxophonist Los Angeles Philharmonic Dr. Jeffrey Benedict Professor of Saxophone, Los Angeles State College. Administrator, Undergraduate Admissions Selected Student Placements (continued) Allen Won Professor of Saxophone, The New School Mannes College of Music, New York, NY. First call woodwind doubler for Broadway Shows, commercial engagements, recordings, New York City. Currently, saxophonist for the show Hair Dr. Dan Goble Chair, Department of Music, Western Connecticut State University, Danbury, CT... Saxophonist, New York Philharmonic Orchestra. Baritone Saxophonist, Harvey Pittel Saxophone Quartet Mark Watters Seven time Emmy award winning movie composer. Conductor for Star Wars in Concert and many Hollywood productions. Baritone Saxophonist, Los Angeles Philharmonic Charles Richard Chair, Department of Music and Professor of Jazz and Saxophone, Riverside Community College, Riverside, CA. On call saxophonist, Los Angeles Philharmonic and commercial doubler, Southern California Dr. Jeremy Justeson Professor of Saxophone and Wind Ensemble Director, University of Pennsylvania, Kutztown Roger Greenberg Professor of Saxophone, University of Northern Colorado for 24 years. Currently President, Monteverde Music importing the P. Mauriat Saxophone to North America. Clinician and soloist, Thailand, Taiwan, South America, North America Vincent Gnojek Professor of Saxophone, Kansas State University, Lawrence, Kansas. Alto saxophonist with the Harvey Pittel Saxophone Quartet for 18 years. Soloist and clinician world wide Selected Student Placements (continued) Todd Yukumoto Professor of Saxophone University of Hawaii, Saxophonist – Royal Hawaiian Band Dr. Paul Haar Professor of Saxophone and Head, Jazz Department, University of Nebraska Lincoln Dr. Erik Steighner Professor of Saxophone, Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, WA Dr. Todd Oxford Professor of Saxophone, Texas State University. Founder, Elision Saxophone Quartet. Tours as soloist world wide. Imports the Todd Oxford Saxophone. James Hairston Concert Artist with P. Mauriat Paris Saxophones, Teipei, Taiwan. Head, Quality Control. Originated new markets in six countries. Dr. James Butler Lead Saxophonist, Air Force Band, Tokyo, Japan Carolyn Beatty Associate Director of Bands, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX Brian Stone Professor, University of Delaware, Director, University Symphony Orchestra Branford Marsalis Prominent jazz and classical saxophonist throughout the world Michael Hertel Baritone Saxophone Chair with the Monster Big Band Sunil Gadgil Alto Saxophonists with the Elision Saxophone Quartet Honors and Awards Fulbright Scholar Award for Study Abroad Two Martha Baird Rockefeller Fund Grants National Endowment for the Arts Solo Recitalist Grant University of Texas Summer Research Grant University of Texas Graduate School Travel Grant Butler School of Music Most Valuable Applied Teacher Award Selected Music Education Performance/Master Class – Clinics World Saxophone Congress, France, Thailand, Canada, Japan Music Educators National Conference Mid West Band and Orchestra Convention Texas Music Educators Association Texas Bandmasters Association California Music Educators Association Encuentro Universatario Internacional De Saxophon, Escuela Nacional De Música UNAM, Mexico City, Mexico Film Harvey Pittel Saxophone Quartet documentary film celebrating 30 years of touring. In editing stage. Research and Creative Activities 2009-2010 Over The Rainbow and Bach Again, the University of Texas Butler School of Music Saxophone Ensemble – Longhorn Music/Naxos LHM 2010002 Concerto for Two Violins, Vivaldi/El-Farrah; Vocalise, Rachmaninoff/El-Farrah; Brandenburg Concerto #1, J S Bach/Sparks; Over the Rainbow, Arlen/Thompson; The Carnival of Venice, Demersseman/Hemke;Celluloid, Snyder; Symphonie #5, Movement 3, Mahler/Evans; Over the Rainbow, Arlen/Taylor (Pittel-Soloist), O Nata Lux from Lux Æterna, Lauridsen/Watters; The Lone Arranger Goes Sax Mad, Buttall/Wood Research and Creative Activities 2009-2010 (continued) Sextuor, Harvey Pittel with the Westwood Woodwind Quintet and Sunil Gadgil, Crystal Records CD353 Scaramouche, Milhaud; Intrada, Heiden; Sinfonia da Camera, Dubois; Duo, Hindemith; selected woodwind quintet encore pieces. Harvey Pittel with Jens Nygaard and the Jupiter Symphony Live in New York, Crystal Records (In Preparation) Fantasia, Villa Lobos; Concerto, Glazunov; Concerto, CPE Bach; Brandenburg Concerto #2; Night Club 1960 for Histoire du Tango, Piazzolla; Flight of