Curriculum Vitae of Ben Sieben
Table of Contents
Education 2
Relevant Skills 2
Employment Positions Held 2
Performance Experience 3
Collaborative Experience 3
Master Classes 4
Teaching 4
Awards and Recognition 5
International Performances/Foreign Travel 5
Volunteer Work 5
Graduate Degree Recitals 6
Collaborative Repertoire 6
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BEN SIEBEN [email protected] | 979-479-1197 | 61 San Jacinto St., Bay City, TX, 77414
Education
Master of Music in Collaborative Piano 2017 University of Colorado Boulder Primary instructors: Margaret McDonald and Alexandra Nguyen
Master of Music in Piano Performance 2012 University of Utah Primary instructor: Heather Conner
Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance 2010 Houston Baptist University Primary instructor: Melissa Marse
Relevant Skills
25 years of classical piano sight reading improvisation open-score reading transposition jazz and rock styles basso-continuo harpsichord music theory score arranging transcription by ear reading lead sheets keyboard/synthesizer proficiency Italian, German, French, and English diction fluent conversational Spanish
Employment Positions Held
Emerging Musical Artist-in-Residence, Penn State Altoona 2017 Vocal coach and accompanist for private voice students
Graduate Assistant, University of Colorado Boulder 2015-2017 Collaborative pianist, pianist for instrumental students, vocal students, orchestra, opera, and opera scenes classes
Choral Accompanist, Texas A&M University 2012-2015 Accompanist for Century Singers and Women’s Chorus
Choral Accompanist, Brazos Valley Chorale 2013-2015
Choral Accompanist, College Station High School 2013-2015
Graduate Assistant, University of Utah 2010-2012 Class Piano instructor
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Performance Experience
Academic Performances
Performed a concert of collaborative and solo works at Penn State Altoona Played 20 student recitals at CU Boulder Accompanied students for Honors Competition and Ekstrand Competition at CU Boulder Accompanied juries at CU Boulder (vocal and instrumental) Accompanied juries at University of Utah (25 singers and some instrumentalists) Played chamber music for composition recitals at HBU (see “premieres” under repertoire list below)
Selected Non-academic Performances
Ben Sieben: Emerging Musical Artist-in-Residence concert (Altoona, PA) 2017 Studio Recital: viola student of Matthew Dane (Boulder, CO) 2017 Concert with Ariana Gibbard, soprano (Denver, CO) 2016 Flute Recital: Tamara Drury, flute (College Station, TX) 2015 Fundraiser Concert with Sterling Allen, baritone (College Station, TX) 2014 Premieres of student compositions at Oregon Bach Festival Composers Symposium 2014 Concert with Susan Lovelette, soprano (Bryan, TX) 2014 Daniel Webbon M.M. Composition recital at University of Houston 2014 Premieres of student compositions at Oregon Bach Festival Composers Symposium 2013 Senior Recital: Rachel Warden, violin (College Station, TX) 2013 Utah Mid-Winter Song Festival, Cosi fan tutte (not staged) 2012 MUNDI Project concert (Salt Lake City, UT) 2011 Performed for HBU Spirit of Excellence Gala (Houston, TX) 2010
Collaborative Experience
Student Accompaniment and Coaching Vocal accompaniment & coaching: Voice students of Dr. Bonnie Cutsforth-Huber at Penn State Altoona 2017 Voice students at CU Boulder 2015-2017 Voice students of Laurelle Gowing (Houston, TX) 2015 Musical Theater students at University of Utah 2010-2012 College Station High School 2012-2013 Elsik High School 2007-2008 Bay City High School 2007
Pre-college Instrumental accompaniment & coaching: Violin and viola students of Marian Anderson String Quartet 2013 Elsik High School 2008 Hastings High School 2008 Clute Intermediate School 2007 Brazoswood High School 2007
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Choir Accompaniment Brazos Valley Chorale 2013-2015 TAMU Century Singers and Women’s Chorus 2012-2015 Oregon Bach Festival Composers Symposium Chorus, dir. Craig Hella Johnson 2013-2014 HBU University Singers and Schola Cantorum 2010 Elsik High School Choirs 2007-2010 Brazosport College Chamber Choir 2007 Pianist for HBU Summer All-State Choir Camp 2008-2011, 2013
Opera Rehearsal Pianist: Eklund Opera Program at CU Boulder (see repertoire list) 2016-2017 Rehearsal and Performance Pianist: Graduate Opera Scenes class at CU Boulder 2015
Musical Theater Rehearsal Pianist: CU Opera production of Red Hot and Cole 2017 Music Director: Jesus Christ Superstar (The Theatre Company, Bryan TX) 2013 Pianist: Hello, Dolly! ( Bellaire United Methodist Community Theater) 2009 Keyboardist: Beauty and the Beast (Brazosport College) 2007 Keyboardist: Cabaret (Brazosport College) 2006
Orchestra/Band Performances University Orchestra, CU Boulder (Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances) 2016 Opera Orchestra, CU Boulder (Poulenc: Dialogues of the Carmelites) 2016 Texas A&M University Symphonic Band (Maslanka: Traveler) 2015 Brazos Valley Symphony Orchestra (Orff: Carmina Burana) 2014 Galveston Symphony Orchestra (Respighi: Pines of Rome) 2009 Brazosport Symphony Orchestra (Christmas Concert) 2009 Houston Civic Symphony Orchestra (Piston: Suite from ‘The Incredible Flutist’) 2008
Master Classes
John Churchwell Head of Music, San Francisco Opera Martin Katz Professor of Collaborative Piano, University of Michigan Ricardo Ballestero Professor of Collaborative Piano, University of São Paulo Trio Con Brio-Copenhagen Performing Artists Bradley Moore Pianist, L.A. Philharmonic Betty Mallard Professor of Piano, UT Austin Alfonso Montecino Professor Emeritus, Indiana University Andrea Anderson Performing Artist
Teaching Coached singers weekly at CU Boulder 2015-2017 Taught 5 sections of Class Piano to undergraduates at the University of Utah 2010-2012 Taught Class Piano at Glendale Middle School through the University of Utah Outreach Program 2011 Took Theory Pedagogy seminar; taught one musicianship class meeting 2011 Taught private piano lessons to children and adults 2007-2010
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Awards and Recognition
Recipient of TA increase from 50% to 75%, University of Utah 2012 Utah SummerArts Piano Competition: 2011 Collaborative Skill: 2nd place Sight Reading: 2nd place Concerto: honorable mention Recipient of the Outstanding Music Student award at Houston Baptist University 2010 Member of Beta Upsilon Chi at HBU 2008-2010 Fraternity awarded “highest academic achievement by an HBU fraternity” 2009 Husky Revue: 1st Prize in Individual Performance 2009 Member of Phi Theta Kappa honors society 2005-2007
International Performances/Foreign Travel
9-day choir tour in Quebec 2015 10-day choir and orchestra trip to Kenya 2014 9-day choir tour in Germany 2014 10-day choir tour in Italy 2006 Lived in Mexico for 2 years with family doing ministry and mission work 2002-2004 Lived in Costa Rica for 2 months for Spanish immersion language program 2002 Other travel includes Ireland and Spain
Volunteer Work
Christmas and Easter programs at TDCJ Correctional Facility (Estelle Unit) Huntsville, TX Lambs Lunch Ministry (meals for homeless) Boulder, CO Music and Leadership for Intervarsity Graduate Christian Fellowship Boulder, CO Served as Staff Advisor for student organization HardChord DynaMix College Station, TX Served as youth ministry leader and youth worship leader at K2 The Church Salt Lake City, UT Played for The Road Home (homeless shelter) fundraiser Salt Lake City, UT Coordinated music for Bay City Vineyard Church Crawfish Boil outreach Bay City, TX Played for Bay City High School Baccalaureate Service Bay City, TX
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Graduate Degree Recitals
M.M. Collaborative Piano Recital 2017 Schumann: Märchenbilder for Viola and Piano, Op. 113 Poulenc: La Courte Paille, FP. 178 Webbon: Confessions of St. Augustine for mezzo-soprano and piano Corea: Trio for Flute, Bassoon, and Piano Beethoven: Sonata for Cello and Piano in A Major, Op. 69
M.M. Collaborative Piano Recital 2016 Dutilleux: Sonatine for Flute and Piano Barber: Hermit Songs, Op. 39 Debussy: Première rhapsodie for Clarinet and Piano Beethoven: Sonata for Violin and Piano in F Major, Op 24
M.M. Piano Performance 2012 Kapustin: Concert Etude No. 3 in E minor “Toccatina” Ravel: Miroirs Barber: Nocturne Op. 33 Barber: Piano Sonata in E-flat minor, Op. 26 Kapustin: Variations, Op. 41
M.M. Piano Performance 2011 Bach: French Suite No. 3, BWV 814 Haydn: Piano Sonata in C Major, Hob. XVI/50 Chopin: Nocturne, Op. 62 No. 1 Chopin: Scherzo No. 4 Prokofiev: Piano Sonata No. 7, Op. 83
Collaborative Repertoire
Strings Violin Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor Accolay Concerto for Violin and Orchestra Barber Six Romanian Folk Dances (arr. violin/piano) Bartók Violin Sonata No. 4 in A minor, Op 23 (1st mov’t) Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 5 in F major, Op 24 Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 1 in G major, Op. 78 Brahms Violin Sonata in G minor, L. 140 Debussy Sonatina for Violin and Piano Dvořák Sonata in A for Violin and Piano Franck Concerto for Violin and Orchestra Khachaturian Violin Concerto in E minor, Op 64 Mendelssohn Sonata in A major, K. 305 Mozart Violin Concerto No. 4, in D major (1st mov’t) Mozart Zigeunerweisen, Op. 20 Sarasate
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Estrellita, Mexican Serenade Ponce Violin Concerto No. 5 (1st mov’t) Seitz Légende, Op. 17 Wieniawski Scherzo Tarantelle, Op.16 Wieniawski
Viola Sonata in E-flat Major, Op. 120 for Clarinet/Viola and Piano Brahms Märchenbilder for Viola and Piano Schumann Concerto for Viola and Orchestra Walton
Cello Sonata for Piano and Cello in A major, Op. 69 Beethoven Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in D major, Hob. VIIb/2, Op. 101 Haydn Concerto for Cello and Orchestra Elgar Sonata for Cello and Piano in D minor Shostakovich
Bass Tarantella Bottesini Elegie Bottesini Sonata in A minor "Arpeggione" Schubert Winds Flute Sonata in E minor, BWV 1034 Bach Sonatina for Flute and Piano Dutilleux Cantabile et Presto Enesco Ballade Martin Concerto in D major, K. 314 (1st mov't) Mozart Fantasía por un Gentilhombre: Canario Rodrigo Andante Pastoral et Scherzettino Taffanel
Clarinet Sonata in F minor, Op. 120 No. 1 Brahms Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra No. 2 in F minor (1st mov’t) Crusell Première Rhapsodie Debussy Introduction, Theme, and Variations Weber Seven Variations on a Theme for Silvana for clarinet and piano, Op. 33 Weber
Oboe Concerto for two oboes and strings, Op. 7 No. 11 Albinoni Temporal Variations Britten Konzertstück for Oboe and Orchestra, Op. 33 Rietz
Bassoon Concertino for Bassoon and Orchestra Mignone Double Bassoon Concerto in F Major Vanhal
Saxophone Sonata for Saxophone and Piano Heiden
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Aria for Saxophone and Piano Ibert
Brass Trumpet Concertpiece No. 1 Brandt Legend Enesco Sonata for Trumpet and Piano Kennan Concerto for Trumpet Neruda Trombone Sonata for Trombone and Piano Ewazen Ballade Martin Sonatina for Trombone and Piano Serocki Sonata “Vox Gabrieli” for Trombone Šulek Romance Weber Horn Sonata for Horn and Piano Ewazen Scherzo Concertante Nelhybel Canto Serioso Nielsen Nocturne, Op. 7 Strauss, F. Euphonium Carissima Mia Johnston Sonata in F major, Op. 1 No. 12 Handel
Tuba Concerto for Tuba Sparke Sonata for Tuba and Piano Sibbing Sonata V in C Marcello Concertino for Tuba Curnow
Chamber Music
Cousins for Trombone, Cornet, and Piano Clarke Trio for Flute, Bassoon, and Piano Corea Trio for Trumpet, Violin, and Piano Ewazen Deux Interludes for violin, flute, and piano Ibert Trio for Oboe, Bassoon, and Piano Poulenc Piano Quintet in E-flat major, Op. 44 (mov’ts 1 & 2) Schumann Fandango for Trumpet, Trombone, and Piano Turrin
Choral Works
Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 Beethoven Chichester Psalms Bernstein Fern Hill Corigliano Sunrise Mass Gjeilo Requiem Mass in D minor, K. 262 Mozart Carmina Burana Orff
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Voice Art Song Hermit Songs, Op. 29 Barber Sure on this shining night Barber I hear an army Barber A Nun Takes the Veil Barber Der Kuss Beethoven Per pietà, bell'idol mio Bellini Torna, vezzosa Fillide Bellini Die Nachtigall Berg Im Zimmer Berg Toothbrush Time Bolcom Meine Liebe ist Grün Brahms Sally Gardens Britten At the Mid Hour of Night Britten The Ash Grove Britten Intorno all'idol mio Cesti 7 Mélodies, Op.2, Nos. 2, 3, 5, 7 Chausson Beau Soir Debussy C’est l’extase Debussy L’ombre des Arbres Debussy Freschi luoghi Donaudy Amorosi Donaudy Spirate pur spirate Donaudy i carry your heart Duke Chanson triste Duparc Sabbath Morning At Sea Elgar La chanson d’Éve, Op. 95 Fauré Au bord de l’eau Fauré Cinq mélodies "de Venise", Op. 58 Fauré Automne Fauré Après un Rêve Fauré Harlem Night Song Gordon La Rosa y El Sauce Guastavino Pampamapa Guastavino Si mes vers avaient des ailes Hahn Songs to the Moon: Heggie Prologue: Once More -- to Gloriana What the Gray-winged Fairy Said The Haughty Snail-King Two Little Flowers Ives Erinnerung Mahler Laue Sommernacht Mahler Wer hat das Liedlein erdacht? from Des Knaben Wunderhorn Mahler Wo die schönen Trompeten blasen, from Des Knaben Wunderhorn Mahler Liebst du um Schönheit Mahler Nun seh’ ich wohl, warum so dunkle Flammen, from Kindertotenlieder Mahler Neue Liebe Mendelssohn Nachtlied Mendelssohn Trois Mélodies Messiaen
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Abendempfindung, K. 523 Mozart Litany Musto ¿Corazón, por qué pasáis...? Obradors Al Amor Obradors Chiquitita la novia Obradors La mi sola, Laureola Obradors La courte paille, FP. 178 Poulenc La Fraîcheur et le Feu, FP. 147 Poulenc Song to the Dark Virgin Price Autumn Evening Quilter April Quilter Dream Valley Quilter Cinq mélodies populaires grecques Ravel Waldeinsamkeit Reger Cherryblossoms Lane, from Two Rondels Sadao Bekku Clair de Lune Saint-Saëns La feuille de peuplier Saint-Saëns La cigale et la fourmi Saint-Saëns Mondestrunken, from Pierrot Lunaire Schönberg Du bist die Ruh Schubert Nachtviolen Schubert Dichterliebe, Op. 48 Schumann Widmung Schumann Du bist wie eine Blume Schumann Du Ring an meinem Finger Schumann Svarta Rosor Sibelius Agony, from Into the Woods Sondheim Allerseelen Strauss, R. Ständchen Strauss, R. Nur Wer die Sehnsucht Kennt Tchaikovsky Buddy on the Nightshift Weill Du denkst mit einem Fädchen Wolf Er ist’s Wolf
Arias Es ist vollbracht, from St. John Passion, BWV 245 Bach Must the winter come so soon? from Vanessa Barber Je dis que rien ne m'épouvante from Carmen Bizet "What would Missus Herring Say?" from Albert Herring Britten Laurie’s song from The Tender Land Copland Long Time Ago from The Tender Land Copland Summertime, from Porgy and Bess Gershwin Che faró senza Euridice, from Orfeo Gluck Salut! demeure chaste et pure, from Faust Gounod Faites-lui mes aveux, from Faust Gounod Iris hence away from Semele Handel Forte e lieto a morte andrei from Tamerlano Handel “This Journey” from Dead Man Walking Heggie Vainement, ma bien-aimée, from Le roi d’Ys Lalo Voi lo sapete, from Cavalleria Rusticana Mascagni Va! laisse couler mes larmes, from Werther Massenet
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Il mio Tesoro intanto from Don Giovanni Mozart Smanie implacabili, from Cosi Fan Tutte Mozart Laudamus te, from Mass in C minor Mozart Che belta, che leggiadria, from La finita giardinera Mozart Porgi, amor, from Le nozze di Figaro Mozart Exultate, jubilate, K. 165 Mozart Voce di donna, from La Gioconda Ponchielli I want magic, from A Streetcar Named Desire Previn Quando m’en vo’ soletta, from La Bohème Puccini As I Was Saying, from The Rake’s Progress Stravinsky Act II No. 7 "De' miei bollenti spiriti," from La Traviata Verdi Qui sedes ad dexteram Patris, from Gloria Vivaldi Lonely House from Street Scene Weill
Opera
Die Zauberflöte Mozart Die Fledermaus Strauss Opera Scenes
Turn of the Screw Britten Floréncia en los Amazones Catán Cosi fan Tutte Mozart Emmeline Picker Silent Night Puts
Premieres
Infrared(for piano, flute, viola, and cello) Ackerley, Mark (rip)ples (for piano, flute, clarinet, violin, viola) Bohman, Brett Sonata for Flute and Piano Hailey, Nathan Alyce (monodrama for soprano, piano, cello, and flute) Joseph, Jeremy Meridian (for two pianos and percussion) Landrum, Nicholas Red-headed Daredevil (for soprano and piano) Sprecht, Elena Three Pieces for Violin and Piano Webbon, Daniel Tilt-Shift (for piano, viola, and drumset) Webbon, Daniel Confessions of St. Augustine (mezzo-soprano and piano) Webbon, Daniel crest/peak (for piano and electric guitar) Wylie, Ben
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