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Michael-Quantz-Cv.Pdf Michael O. Quantz, DMA [email protected] www.michaelquantz.com Curriculum Vitae TEACHING EXPERIENCE Professor of Music, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. September, 2015. Professor of Music, University of Texas at Brownsville. August, 2012. Associate Professor of Music, University of Texas at Brownsville/Texas Southmost College. Guitar program coordinator, professor of general music courses. August, 2005 to Date. Assistant Professor of Music, University of Texas at Brownsville/Texas Southmost College. Guitar program coordinator, professor of general music courses. August, 1999 to 2005. Graduate Faculty Associate Member, University of Texas at Brownsville, May, 2000 to Date. Director of Guitar Studies and Estudiantina, Academy of Fine Arts, Lopez High School, Brownsville, Texas. Developed and directed the first comprehensive high school guitar program which includes an Estudiantina, a large ensemble of singers/instrumentalists that performs traditional Spanish music. August, 1995 to June, 1999. Guitar Instructor (Adjunct), University of Texas at Brownsville. Conducted private guitar instruction, university guitar ensemble, and coordinated a guitar curriculum alignment for the university. August, 1995 to June, 1999. Curriculum Designer/Instructor, Thematic Arts-Centered Teaching, Lopez H.S. Taught English & social studies classes through music. March, 1996 to June, 1998. Teaching Fellow, University of North Texas, Denton,Texas. Full responsibility for beginning and intermediate guitar instruction at graduate and undergraduate levels. September, 1990 to May, 1994. Guitar Instructor, Laredo Community College (LCC, formerly Laredo Junior College), Full-time, Laredo, Texas. Responsible for all guitar instruction--classes, lessons, guitar ensemble. Also taught all Aural Training/Sight Singing courses. August, 1985 to May, 1990. Instructor of Classical Guitar, Part-time, University of North Texas (UNT), Denton, Texas. September to December, 1983. Teaching Fellow, UNT, Denton, Texas. September, 1984 to May, 1985; September, 1981 to December, 1982. AWARDS — SELECTED *Merit, UTB, July, 2015: *criteria met, but not awarded due termination of the 2015 UTB Merit process. Promotion to Full Professor, UTB, August, 2012. UT System Regents’ Outstanding Teaching Award, Austin, 2010. UTB President’s Outstanding Teaching Award, Brownsville, 2010. Exceptional Merit Award, UTB/TSC, August, 2009. Principal for a Day, in recognition for contributions to music education, Lopez High School, 2007. Exceptional Merit Award, UTB/TSC, August, 2004. Exceptional Merit Award, UTB/TSC, June, 2002. Excellence in Teaching, Texas Music Educators Association, February, 1999. EDUCATION Texas Education Agency Teacher Certification, Secondary Music, 1997. Doctor of Musical Arts, UNT, Denton, Texas. First Field: Guitar Performance. Related Fields: Musicology & Theory, 1994. Dissertation: Practical Aspects of Playing Domenico Scarlatti's Keyboard Sonatas on the Guitar. Master of Music, UNT, Denton, Texas. First Field: Classic Guitar Performance. Second Field: Theory, 1982. Bachelor of Music, cum laude, UNT, Denton, Texas. Major: Guitar. Minor: Music Theory. Dean's List, Honors Program Member, 1980. M. O. Quantz, Vitae, Page 2. ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE Interim Associate Dean, College of Fine Arts, UTRGV, May, 2015 to Date. Music iPad Initiative: Project Coordinator, UTRGV, April 2015 to Date. Associate Chair, Department of Music, UTB, June 2013 to August, 2015. Director of UTB Guitar Studies, January, 1999 to 2015. Creator/Director/Producer, Brownsville Guitar Ensemble Festival & Competition, Annual event that has achieved national significance as the second largest classical guitar event in the US, March, 2001 to Date. Creator/Director, “Brownsville High School Guitar Project”, Project funded through the GFA to develop secondary guitar teaching curriculum, Pace & Veterans High Schools, Brownsville, TX. August 2011-13. Director of GFA Education Initiative, Guitar Foundation of America (GFA), January, 2005 to 2012. Creator/Director/Producer, “Noche de la Guitarra”, Annual outreach, showcase and fundraising event for all Brownsville guitar students affiliated with UTB/TSC and BISD, November, 1998 to Date. Creator/Producer, “UTB Music Department Hour”, a series of presentations on technology and professionally related topics for the Department of Music, September to April, 2014-15. Creator/Director, UTB/TSC Guitar Outreach Program, after school guitar instruction at Vela Middle School, Port Isabel junior high and high schools, administered through the university and taught by upper level UTB/TSC guitar students with prior teaching experience, August, 2004 to 2008. Interim Department Chair, UTB/TSC Fine Arts, July to August, 2007. Co-Director, UTB/TSC Master of Arts for Integrated Studies in Music, UTB/TSC, June, 2003 to 2004. Coordinator of Stringed Instrument Instruction, UTB/TSC, July, 2001 to 2003. President, South Texas Classical Guitar Society, June, 2001 to 2004. Vice President, Brownsville Society for the Performing Arts, an arts organization which brings unique events to the Valley and provides the Brownsville music student exceptional educational opportunities. September, 2001 to Date. Chair, Music Faculty Load Survey Committee, Laredo Community College (LCC), state-wide music teaching load survey, 1985 -86. Chair, Faculty Self-Study Committee, LCC, 1986-87. Coordinator & Advisor for Graduate Studies in Music (MAIS), UTB/TSC, January, 2005 to 2006. Interim Fine Arts Coordinator, Lopez H.S., Brownsville, Texas. February, 1996 to August, 1996. Chairman, Advisory Board, Dallas Classic Guitar Society (DCGS), at the time, the world's largest municipal classical guitar organization, Dallas, TX, 1993-95. Board of Trustees Executive Committee Member, Dallas Classic Guitar Society (DCGS), 1993-95. Steering Committee Member, Project 2000, pilot organization seeking to establish a unique private secondary education facility for the Rio Grande Valley, Brownsville & Harlingen, Texas. April 1998 to May, 1999. CURRICULUM & ASSESSMENT SACS Accreditation for UTB Department of Music, Sole Liaison, UTB, June 2013 to June 2015. National Association of School of Music Accreditation, Curriculum analysis, UTB/TSC, 2006-07. Music iPad Initiative: Applied Lessons Integration, UTB & UTRGV, 2014 to Date. New Music Major Curriculum: Music Education - Guitar, created the first degree plan of its kind approved in the UT system, now used as a model for other universities, UTB/TSC, 2006-07. Chair, Music Major Assessment, UTB/TSC, process of evaluating efficacy and evaluative mechanisms for the music major degree. August 1999 to 2007. M. O. Quantz, Vitae, Page 3. Site Coordinator, for the national, multi-year College Board /J. Paul Getty Trust project: The Role of the Arts in Unifying the High School Curriculum, begun 1996, integrating English, Social Studies and the fine arts, Lopez H.S., Brownsville, Texas. March 1996 to July 1998. Special Liaison for Educational Outreach, Guitar Foundation of America, October, 2001 to October 2002. EVENTS PRODUCTION & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT Creator/Director, Brownsville Guitar Ensemble, community ensemble for all ages through the Music Academy, January 2015 to date. Events Production & Performance, official campus-wide events; providing music, recorded narrations, scripts, stage, and technical management, e.g. retirement receptions, administration receptions (UT System Chancellor), alumni awards, university convocations, Night of Strings. 2002 to Date. Creator/Director/Producer, “Noche de la Guitarra”, Annual outreach, showcase and fundraising event for all Brownsville guitar students affiliated with UTB/TSC and BISD, November, 1998 to Date. Creator/Director, Brownsville Guitar Curriculum Project, guitar curriculum development and instruction at Pace High School, funded through a grant from the Guitar Foundation of America, August, 2011 to Date. Strings/Guitar Administrator/Judge, University Interscholastic League Region XXIII Solo and Ensemble Competition, Brownsville, TX, February, 2007-9. Director of Ensemble Activities, Southwest Guitar Festival, San Antonio, TX, February, 2006, 2008. Creator/Director of GFA Young Guitarist Solo Competition, January, 2005 to 2008. Creator/Director of GFA Guitar Ensemble Showcase, January, 2005-08. Co-Director of GFA Education Initiative, November, 2004 to December, 2005. Competition Director, Undergraduate Solo Guitar Competition, Mesquite, TX, July, 2005-6. Director/Producer/Creator, All-City Estudiantina Competition, October, 2002, to 2005. Co-Producer, “La Hora de la Guitarra; a tribute to Maria Aurora Arrese and the Estudiantina Movement in Brownsville”, broadcast documentary, KMBH radio, October, 2002. INSTITUTIONAL SERVICE— SELECTED COMMITTEES Facilities Design & Development Committee, UTRGV Brownsville campus, May, 2015 to Date. Chair, Violin Search Committee, Brownsville, UTRGV, June to August, 2015. Patron of the Arts Director Search Committee, UTRGV, July to September, 2015. Piano Accompanying Search Committee, UTRGV, January to May, 2015. Applied Part Time Search Committee, UTRGV, July to August, 2015. Violin Search Committee, Edinburg, UTRGV, January to May, 2015. Chair, Percussion Search Committee, UTRGV Brownsville, April to June, 2015. Chair, Music Education Search, March-June, 2014. Department of Music Webpage Updates, June 2013 to May, 2015. Project South Texas Creative Arts Committee, a work group assigned to design the new creative and performing arts structure for the newly consolidated
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