Alyssa Morris CV September 2020
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Alyssa Morris 801-400-6192 Oboe, English Horn, Composer 820 Juniper Drive [email protected] Manhattan, KS 66502 alyssamorrismusic.com Education BM Music Performance with Woodwind Emphasis, Brigham Young University • Graduation: August 2007 • Studied with Dr. Geralyn Giovannetti • Full tuition talent scholarships from BYU School of Music • Dean’s award from the BYU School of Music: 2007 MM Music Performance with Woodwind Emphasis, Brigham Young University • Graduation: April 2015 • Studied with Dr. Geralyn Giovannetti • Scholarships from the BYU School of Music • Laycock Collaborative Music Endowment Award Recipient, 2014 DMA Oboe Performance, with Cognate in Music Composition, University of Cincinnati College- Conservatory of Music • Graduation: August 2017 • Studied with Dr. Mark Ostoich, Dwight Parry, and Lon Bussell • Full Tuition talent scholarships from CCM • Graduate Teaching Assistant: 2016-2017 • PEO Scholar Recipient, 2016 ($15,000 external award/ competition scholarship awarded to 90 women in the United States and Canada pursuing doctoral degrees in 2016) • Idagrace Guy PEO Endowed Scholar (awarded to the top 11 PEO recipients of 2016.) FACULTY POSITION: Assistant Professor of Oboe and Music Theory, Kansas State University • Appointed in March 2017. • Teach oboe lessons, studio classes, reed classes, the oboe techniques portion of woodwind methods, music theory, songwriting, music business, aural skills, composition, and collaborate in composition seminar courses. • Perform with the Konza Winds, KSU’s Faculty Wind Quintet. Teaching Experience FACULTY POSITION: Assistant Professor of Oboe and Music Theory, Kansas State University • Appointed in March 2017. • Teach oboe lessons, studio classes, reed classes, the oboe techniques portion of woodwind methods, music theory, songwriting, music business, aural skills, composition, and collaborate in composition seminar courses. • Member of the Konza Winds, KSU’s Faculty Wind Quintet. • Member of the Music Committee on Planning, 2018-2020. • Member of the International Flute Search Committee, 2018-2019. • Member of the Temporary Flute Search Committee, 2017- 2018. 1 Alyssa Morris 801-400-6192 Oboe, English Horn, Composer 820 Juniper Drive [email protected] Manhattan, KS 66502 alyssamorrismusic.com • Created new classes Songwriting (Global Campus) and Arts and Entrepreneurship (Senior Seminar Class.) Guest Resident Artist Oboist for Georgia State University Double Reed Day (2021) • I have been invited to be the guest artist for Georgia State Double Reed Day in September 2020. The event will feature me as guest performer and clinician. Recitalist and clinician, University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music (2021-2022) • 2021-2022. • I will give an oboe master class at University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music as a guest artist. • I will perform in a guest artist recital. Recitalist and clinician, Brigham Young University (2021-2022) • 2021-2022. • I will give an oboe master class at Brigham Young University as a guest artist. • I will perform in a guest artist recital. Created Wildcat Oboe Day (2021) • I created Kansas State Wildcat Oboe Day 2020, an all-day free event in 2021. • With the financial support of MTD, I am bringing out Dr. Abby Held, oboe professor at Stephen Austin State, Fulbright Scholar, and Viennese Oboe Specialist to be our guest artist. Virtual Guest Clinician, University of Arkansas (2020) • Fall 2020. • I will give a virtual masterclass and with the University of Arkansas oboe studio. Host, Midwest Double Reed Society Young Artist Competition (2020) • I was to co-host the 2020 Midwest Double Reed Society Young Artist Competition with my bassoon colleague, Susan Maxwell. The event was to be held in March 2020 at Kansas State University (cancelled due to Covid-19.) • High school and collegiate students from around the Midwest will come to Kansas State University to compete in the Young Artist Competition. • With my colleagues Susan Maxwell and Amanda Arrington, I will perform a tribute work to MDRS member Eric Varner who unexpectedly passed. We will premiere this work that I composed in honor of Eric Varner at the 2020 MDRS YAC. Hosted Guest Artist Toyin Spellman-Diaz of the Imani Winds, Who Was a Guest Oboe Clinician for the KSU Oboists (2020) • Toyin Spellman-Diaz, oboist of the Imani Winds, gave a master class to the KSU oboists in February 2020. 2 Alyssa Morris 801-400-6192 Oboe, English Horn, Composer 820 Juniper Drive [email protected] Manhattan, KS 66502 alyssamorrismusic.com Created Wildcat Reed Seminars (2019) • I am creating Kansas State Wildcat Reed Seminar 2019 and 2020, an event that will happen twice a year. • High school and middle school oboists will come to Kansas State on a morning in October and a morning in April to learn about reed-making and make an oboe reed. Guest Artist and Masterclass Clinician, Fort Hays State University (2019) • May 2019. • I attended and guided a rehearsal with the FHSU Symphonic Band. • I taught a reed making class to the FHSU oboists. • I attended the performance of my composition Cryptids. Resident Guest Artist and Guest Masterclass Clinician, Baylor University (2019) • April 2019. • I gave masterclasses to the oboe students at Baylor University. • I attended the premiere of my original composition for oboe and piano, 27-72, composed in July 2018. Guest Masterclass Clinician, Stephen Austin State University (2019) • April 2019. • I gave oboe masterclass to the oboe students at Stephen Austin State University. Created Wildcat Oboe Day (2019) • I created Kansas State Wildcat Oboe Day 2019, an all-day free event in March 2019. • With the financial support of MTD, I brought out Dr. Mark Ostoich, oboe professor at University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music to be our guest artist. Arranged for Celeste Johnson Frehner to be Guest Artist at KSU (2019) • I have arranged for Celeste Johnson Frehner, oboe professor at UMKC, to be our guest masterclass clinician in October 2019. Guest Clinician, Emporia State University (2019) • March 2019. • Gave private lessons and recital at Emporia State University. Resident Guest Artist, Richmond Symphony Orchestra and Earlham College, (2019) • February 2019. • Gave oboe performance and composer forum at Earlham College. • Gave oboe performance and composer forum at Friends Fellowship Group. • Attended the world premiere of my work for orchestra, Changing Faces, commissioned and performed by the Richmond Symphony Orchestra. 3 Alyssa Morris 801-400-6192 Oboe, English Horn, Composer 820 Juniper Drive [email protected] Manhattan, KS 66502 alyssamorrismusic.com Guest Clinician, University of Iowa (2019) • January 2019. • Gave a masterclass and oboe recital at University of Iowa. • Oboe recital featured my own music. Guest Clinician, Presidential Lecture Series, Kansas State University (2018) • November 2018- Present. • Gave masterclasses at Blue Valley Northwest High School, Eudora High School, De Soto High School, and Marysville High School. Arranged for Dr. Courtney Miller to be Guest Artist at KSU (2018) • I arranged for Dr. Courtney Miller, oboe professor at University of Iowa, to be our guest masterclass clinician and guest recitalist in October 2018. Resident Guest Artist at Double or Nothing Oboe and Bassoon Camp (2018) • I was the guest oboe artist at the Double or Nothing Oboe and Bassoon Camp at Wright State University in July 2018. • I taught oboe lessons, coached chamber ensembles, taught reed making classes, ran warm-up sessions, and gave a performance and composition master class. • I performed in the opening concert featuring the teachers and guest artists. I performed my own composition, Collision Etudes. My own compositions were also featured by other faculty at the camp. Kathy DeGruchy (oboe instructor at Wright State University) and John DeGruchy (reed maker at double or nothing reeds), performed my works Chrysalis and Up and Away. Arranged for David Cowley to be Guest Artist at KSU (2018) • I arranged for David Cowley, former principal oboe of the BBC Orchestra of Wales, to be our guest masterclass clinician and guest recitalist in April 2018. Arranged for Melissa Bosma to be Guest Artist at KSU (2018) • I arranged for Melissa Bosma, oboe professor at Oklahoma State University, to be our guest masterclass clinician and guest recitalist in March 2018. Guest Master Class Clinician at Oklahoma State University (2018) • I was invited to be a guest master class clinician at Oklahoma State University in April 2018. • I gave a master class to the OSU oboe students. Created Wildcat Oboe Day (2018) • I created Kansas State Wildcat Oboe Day 2018, an all-day free event in March 2018. • Middle school and high school oboists from around the state came to Kansas State University for an oboe master class, reed making master class, oboe band rehearsal, and final recital featuring an oboe band performance featuring the oboe students from around the state. • I arranged Somewhere Over the Rainbow for oboe band, for the students to perform at Wildcat Oboe Day. 4 Alyssa Morris 801-400-6192 Oboe, English Horn, Composer 820 Juniper Drive [email protected] Manhattan, KS 66502 alyssamorrismusic.com • I arranged Cantina Band for oboe trio, for the Kansas State oboe students to perform at the final Wildcat Oboe Day concert. Resident Guest Artist at Brigham Young University-Idaho (2018) • I was a resident guest artist in March, 2018 at BYU-Idaho. • I taught oboe and composition lessons to BYU-Idaho students. I coached a chamber rehearsal, gave an oboe master class, a reed-making master class, and a composition master class. • I was the featured performer in a concert celebrating my music. I performed my works, Four Personalities and Collision Etudes. I performed my trio for flute, oboe, and bassoon, Brush Strokes, with BYU-Idaho faculty. The world premiere of my new woodwind dectet, Where the Colors Fall, was given as the culminating event of this concert. Guest Master Class Clinician at UMKC (2018) • I was invited to be a guest master class clinician at the University of Missouri, Kansas City in February 2018. • I gave a master class to the UMKC oboe students.