Tido Janssen, Cello; Stacy Kwak, Piano; Hye-Jean Choi, Organ SELECTED SOLO and CHAMBER MUSIC PERFORMANCES
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T I D O J A N S S E N ________________________________________________________________________ EDUCATION 2003 Doctor of Musical Arts in Cello Performance, University of North Texas Related field: Music Theory Major Professor: Eugene Osadchy 1994 Master of Music in Cello Performance, Boston University Major Professor: George Neikrug 1988-1991 Folkwang Hochschule für Musik Essen in Duisburg, Germany Major Professor: Jürgen Wolf TEACHING EXPERIENCE 2010-present Lecturer II, University of Texas Pan American/University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Edinburg, TX. Full time faculty. Responsibilities included directing the UTPA Symphony Orchestra (2010-2013), maintaining and recruiting a cello studio, chamber music, classroom teaching (music appreciation, string methods, string pedagogy, string repertoire), and participation in faculty committees. 2006-2010 Academic Assistant of Cello, University of Lethbridge (UofL), Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. Full time faculty. Responsibilities included maintaining and recruiting a cello and bass studio, classroom teaching, conductor of the UofL Music Conservatory Senior Youth Orchestra, and Conservatory Strings Coordinator (coordinating string recruitment and string instrument rental program; cello ensemble, and Conservatory Honours String Quartet) 1999-2006 Assistant Professor of Cello, Hardin-Simmons University (HSU), Abilene, TX. Full time tenured faculty. Responsibilities included maintaining and recruiting a cello and bass studio, classroom teaching (music appreciation, string methods, freshmen theory) and participation in faculty committees 1999-2006 Adjunct Instructor of Cello. Abilene Christian University, Abilene, TX. Responsibilities include maintaining and recruiting a cello and bass studio, and teaching a string methods class. 1996-1999 Teaching Fellow, University of North Texas, Denton, TX. Responsibilities included teaching private cello lessons to music majors and non-music majors, teaching Viola da Gamba. Assisting with the organization of a cello clinic for high school students. RECORDING 2010 Centaur Records Catalog Number CRC 2986: Josef Gabriel Rheinberger: Trio in A Major for Piano, Violin and Cello, Op. 112; Six Pieces for Violin and Organ, Op. 150; Suite in C Minor for Organ, Violin and Cello, Op. 149; Peter Isaacson, violin; Tido Janssen, cello; Stacy Kwak, piano; Hye-Jean Choi, organ SELECTED SOLO AND CHAMBER MUSIC PERFORMANCES 2000-present New Hampshire Music Festival Chamber Music Series, Plymouth, NH 2011-present Pan American Cello Festival, UTPA faculty performance 2011-present Chamber Music Concerts, Chamber Music Society of Grace Church, Weslaco, TX 2013-present Chamber Music Concerts, Mousike Doulos, Early Music Ensemble, Mission, TX October 2015 UTRGV Symphony Orchestra, concerto soloist (Beethoven Triple Concerto) October 2015 UTRGV Patron of the Arts, Faculty Chamber Series (2 performances) November 2015 UTRGV Clarinet Ensemble, concerto soloist May 2015 UTPA Wind Ensemble, concerto soloist (Ibert Cello Concerto) April 2015 Chamber Music Concert, Valley Symphony Orchestra Chamber Series April 2015 Valley Symphony Orchestra, concerto soloist (Beethoven Triple Concerto) April 2015 Chamber Music Concert, UTPA Faculty Showcase Recital January 2015 Chamber Music Concert, Valley Symphony Orchestra Chamber Series December 2014 Chamber Music Concert, Amerigo Chamber Concerts, Edinburg, TX Mar, May, Dec 2014 Chamber Music Concerts, First Lutheran Church Edinburg, TX February 2014 Chamber Music Concert, Our Lady of Sorrows, McAllen, TX January 2014 Chamber Music Concert, Upper Valley Art League, Mission, TX October 2013 Chamber Music Concert, Amerigo Chamber Concerts, Edinburg, TX June 2013 Chamber Music Concert, Concerti Nel Chiostro, Conservatorio Milano, Milan, Italy May 2013 Chamber Music Concert, Abrosianeum Concerti, Milan Italy April 2013 ¡Viva el Bajo! South Texas Double Bass Festival, chamber music with James Vandermark October 2012 Valley Symphony Orchestra, concerto soloist (Brahms Double Concerto) June 2012 Chamber Music Concert, UTPA Summer Concert Series May/June 2012 International Children’s Festival, St. Albert, AB, Canada (10 performances) Okanagan International Children's Festival, Penticton, BC, Canada (3 performances) April 2012 ¡Viva el Bajo! South Texas Double Bass Festival, chamber music recital with Franco Petracci October 2011 Piano-Cello Duo Recital, Valley Symphony Orchestra Chamber Series 2005-2011 Annual Faculty Concert. String Crossings camp at Belmont University, TN April 2011 Chamber Music Concert, Korean American Scholarship Foundation Concert, Atlanta, GA March 2011 Chamber Music Concert, Valley Symphony Orchestra Chamber Series February 2011 Faculty Solo Recital, UTPA 2006-2010 Trio Amaranth, performances in Lethbridge, Fernie, Medicine Hat, Edmonton, Calgary, CAN 2010 Lethbridge Public Library Concert Series, chamber music, AB, Canada 2010 Fort McLeod International Festival, chamber music performances in 2010 Music at Noon Recital Series and Faculty and Friends Recital series UofL, AB, Canada 2009 UofL “Showing Live Arts” Series. Breakdance for Solo Cello 2009 Guest Artist recital and Master Class, Oklahoma City University 2008 Guest Artist recital and Master Class, University of Texas Pan American 2008 Evenburg Leer, Germany, piano-cello duo recital 2008 Lethbridge Symphony Orchestra, concerto soloist (Elgar Cello Concerto) 2008 Fernie Chamber Concerts, chamber music recital, Fernie, B.C. 2007 & 2003 Belmont Camerata, (chamber concert series), Nashville, TN 2007 Musaeus Quartet Chamber Series, Lethbridge, guest artist 2007 Unity Lutheran Recital Series, Medicine Hat (AB), piano-cello duo recital 2006 Faculty and Friends Recital Series (UofL), piano quartet 2006 Music at Noon Recital Series (UofL), clarinet trios 2000-2006 Abilene Chamber Players, annual 3-5 concert series 1999-2006 Annual Faculty Solo Recital HSU 2005 Abilene Collegiate Orchestra, concerto soloist (Bloch Schelomo) 2004 Kulturgemeinschaft Aurich concert series, Germany, duo recital 2004 Pianova Concert Series, Germany, piano-cello duo recital 2004 Chamber Music Concert, Old Jail Art Center Albany, TX 2002 Marvin Concert Series, Tyler, TX (chamber concert) 2002 The American Guild of Organists, Dallas Chapter (organ trio) 2000 & 2001 Texas Music Educators Association Convention, San Antonio, TX 2000: Lecture recital of Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time 2001: Schoenberg Pierre Lunaire and Walton Façade Other performance experience include participation in numerous recitals of colleagues as chamber music partner, participation in early music ensembles (cello and viola da gamba), new music ensembles, premieres of colleague’s works, and chamber music collaborations with members of the Musaeus String Quartet, Angeles String Quartet, Montclair String Quartet, and Quartet de Barcelona. ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2003-present Master classes given at Florida Gulf Coast University (FL), Oklahoma City University (OK), University of Texas Pan American (TX), Medicine Hat Conservatory of Music (AB), Lethbridge Conservatory of Music (AB), Southern Illinois University (IL), Shenandoah Conservatory (VA); Belmont University (TN) (2003/2007) San Angelo Symphony Association (TX), Washington State University, Pullman (WA) 2015-present Orchestra Committee member, New Hampshire Music Festival 2013-2015 Orchestra representative, New Hampshire Music Festival Board of Directors 2014-present Faculty Advisor for UTPA/UTRGV student organization ValleyOnCello 2010-present Annual Texas All-Region and All-State Music Workshops, UTPA/UTRGV 2010-present Annual clinician and judge for UIL and TMEA contests and clinics 2009-present Founder and Director of the annual Pan American Cello Festival All funded with grant money and outside sources, no music department financial resources 2005-2011 Faculty, String Crossings camp at Belmont University, Nashville, TN 2009-2010 President, Alberta String Association 2008-2010 Conservatory Strings Coordinator, Conservatory of Music at UofL 2008-2010 Conductor of the Conservatory Senior Youth Orchestra 2008-2010 Founder and Director of the annual Lethbridge Cello Fest 2009 Host and Organizer of first University of Lethbridge Artist in Residence Week 2008 Texas All-Region and All-State Music Workshops, clinician, UTPA 2007 Organizer of the 2007 Alberta String Association Honours Orchestra 2006 Teacher Workshop, Tennessee chapter ASTA Conference. Nashville, TN 2001-2006 Founder and Artistic Director, Abilene Summer Music Festival Orchestra and chamber music camp (grown to 160 students in the last year as director in 2006) All funded with grant money and outside sources, no university financial resources 2001-2006 Texas state chair, ASTA National Solo Competition Secured corporate sponsors for the Texas State ASTA Solo competition and doubled enrollment of applicants for the competition in 2004 Web-master (www.texasta.org) 2003-2006 Abilene Lesson Project A string teaching program modeled after ASTA String Projects Wrote and received the 2003 ASTA Urban Outreach Grant 2004-2005 Annual Texas All-Region and All-State Music Workshops Fundraising, publicity, organization, recruiting, and teaching 2002-2004 Faculty, Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp. Blue Lake, MI 2004 String Pedagogy Workshop for orchestra teachers of the Abilene ISD 2002 Commission of a piano quintet by Bernard Scherr for the Abilene Chamber Players, premiered in 2003 2003-2005 Conductor Search Committee, Abilene Philharmonic Association 2001/02&05 Orchestra Representative, Abilene Philharmonic Association