RICHARD AULDON CLARK CONDUCTOR, VIOLINIST, VIOLIST, COMPOSER 3724 Oil Creek Drive Indianapolis, IN 46268 Phone: (212) 787-6134 Email: [email protected]
FACULTY POSITIONS Butler University—Professor of Music 2010-present Tenured 2009 Associate Professor of Music 2003-2010 Director of Instrumental Activities Conducting, Violin, Viola, Chamber Music Rutgers University—Assistant Professor 1996-2003 Conducting, Violin, Viola, Chamber Music Manhattan School of Music (Pre-College Division) 1992-2007 Conducting, Violin, Viola, Chamber Music Fieldston / Ethical Culture Schools—Instructor with Tenure 1989-1996 Conducting, Violin, Viola, Chamber Music EDUCATION Manhattan School of Music Master of Music 1988 Bachelor of Music 1986
CONDUCTING POSITIONS
Manhattan Chamber Orchestra 1987-present Artistic Director / Conductor Finger Lakes Chamber Music Festival 2002-present Artistic Director Butler Symphony Orchestra 2003-present Artistic Director / Conductor Butler Ballet 2004-present Conductor Manhattan School of Music 1992-2007 Faculty/ Preparatory Division Louisville Orchestra 2005 Guest Conductor Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra 2004 Guest Conductor Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra 2005 Guest Conductor Utah Symphony 2003 Guest Conductor Xalapa Symphony Orchestra (Mexico) 2002 Guest Conductor National Symphony Orchestra of Mexico 2002 Guest Conductor Rutgers University Orchestra 1996-2001 Artistic Director / Conductor Rutgers SummerFest Orchestra 1996-2001 Artistic Director / Conductor Rutgers Opera 1999, 2000
Conductor Long Island Philharmonic 2000, 2001 Guest Conductor Long Island Opera 2000 Guest Conductor Mercyhurst Opera Theatre 2000 Guest Conductor West Islip Philharmonic 1995 Guest Conductor New York Choral Society 1994 Guest Conductor Masterworks Chamber Orchestra 1991 Guest Conductor Westchester Symphony Orchestra 1987-89 Assistant Conductor North Jersey Symphony 1985-87 Assistant Conductor
RECORDINGS Jacques Ibert: Vive Ibert! (Newport) 1992 David Amram: An American Original (Newport) 1993 Henry Cowell: Persian Set (Koch) 1993 Dave Soldier: The Apotheosis of John Brown (Newport) 1993 Stones, Time and Elements (Newport) 1993 American Portraits (Koch) 1994 Henry Cowell: Henry Cowell and American Composers (Koch) 1994 Alec Wilder: For the Friends of Alec Wilder (Newport) 1994 Victor Herbert: Thine Alone (Newport) 1994 Alan Hovhaness: Mountains and Rivers Without End (Koch) 1994 Dave Soldier: The War Prayer (Newport) 1994 Dave Soldier: Smut (Avant) 1994 Otto Luening: Symphonic Works (Newport) 1994 David Amram: Three Concertos (Newport) 1995 American Dreams (Koch) 1995 William Grant Still: The American Scene (Newport) 1995 Alan Hovhaness: Symphony for Metal Instruments (Koch) 1995 Alan Hovhaness: Visions (Koch) 1995 George Fredrich Handel: Ezio (Vox) 1995 Randall Thompson: Testament of Freedom (Koch) 1995 Dominick Argento: A Waterbird Talk (Newport) 1996 George Fredrich Handel: Tolomeo (Vox) 1996 Jacques Ibert: Ouveres Varies (Newport) 1996 Frederick the Great: Chamber Symphonies (Helicon) 1996 Giuseppe Verdi: Arias and Overtures (Newport) 1996 Alec Wilder: Such a Tender Night (Newport) 1997 Marc Consoli: Divertimento (CRI) 1997 Lukas Foss: The Celebrated Jumping Frog (Newport) 1997 The Art of the American Singer (Newport) 1998 Mole Music (Live Oak Media) 1999 Seymour Barab: Cosmos Cantata (Kleos) 2001 Dave Soldier: Ice-9 Ballads (Mulata) 2001 Alec Wilder: Neurotic Goldfish (Kleos) 2001 For The Fallen (Koch) 2002 Heidi Grant Murphy: Times Like This (Koch) 2003 String Masterpieces (Keuka) 2003
Phillip Glass: The Music of Undertow 2004 Osvaldo Lacerda: Music for Brass and Strings (Keuka) 2004 Heidi Grant Murphy: The Gifts of Christmas (Koch) 2004 Dave Soldier: Soldier Stories (Mulata) 2005 Phillip Glass: Animals in Love 2007 Dave Soldier: The Chamber Music of David Soldier (Mulata) 2007 Dave Soldier: East St. Louis (Mulata) 2009 Kurt Vonnegut: Mother Night (Keuka Classical) 2011 Trail of Tears (Keuka Classical) 2012 Cass: Jazz Suites 2017 Shreeve: Paradise 2018
FESTIVALS Finger Lakes Chamber Music Festival 2002-present Summit Music Festival 2003-2009 Schumann on Broadway Summer 2004 Made in the USA Summer 2003 University of Indianapolis Festival of Strings 2003, 2004 Vermont Mozart Festival 2002, 2003 Pan Music Festival-- Korea 2001, 2002 Vive La France Summer 2001 SUNY Stony Brook Summer Music Festival Summer 2001 Mainly Mozart Summer 2000 Broadway on Broadway September 1999 Beethoven on Broadway Summer 1999 Russian Rhythms on Broadway – NYC Summer 1998 Brahms on Broadway – NYC Summer 1997 Rutgers SummerFest 1996-2001
AWARDS New York State Music Fund 2007 Liberty Fund 2002 Virgil Thomson Foundation 2000 Copland Fund 1999 Lincoln Center Arts Project Award 1995 National Association of Independent Record Distributors 1995 Best Classical Album of the Year Gramophone Magazine 1995 Classical Pick of the Month Victor Herbert Foundation 1994
RADIO NPR Here and Now NPR All Things Considered WSKG Binghamton WXXI Rochester (Back Stage Pass) WCNY Syracuse WFYI Indianapolis (The Art of the Matter) WQXR On the Town Live from Lincoln Center’s Damrosch Park WSKG Binghamton: Recital An Evening with Richard Auldon Clark WNYC Around New York: Recital New Sounds Wall to Wall Ravel/Debussy at Symphony Space
Wall to Wall Schumann at Symphony Space Wall to Wall Gershwin at Symphony Space Frequent Broadcasts of Recordings on NPR MOVIES/VIDEO/DVD Taking Lives – soundtrack / violin Secret Window – soundtrack / violin The Blackwater Lightship – soundtrack / viola Undertow – soundtrack / viola Ann B. Real – soundtrack / conductor and solo viola I’m With Lucy – soundtrack / violin Full Moon Over New York – on screen / viola Journey of August King – soundtrack / viola The Mirror Has Two Faces – on screen / violin Disney’s Just in Time – soundtrack / viola Tomorrow Never Dies – soundtrack / violin Armageddon – soundtrack / violin Portishead: Live From Roseland – on screen / violin Shaft – soundtrack / violin Phillip Glass Art Film #6 – violist Tadpole – violist / string quartet Joshua – soundtrack / viola No Reservations – soundtrack / viola Cassandra’s Dream – soundtrack / viola Animals in Love – soundtrack / viola The Dragon That Swallowed the Sun – soundtrack / viola Mr. Nice – soundtrack / viola The Reaping – soundtrack / viola Rebirth – soundtrack / viola
TELEVISION Hallmark The Blackwater Lightship – soundtrack, viola CBS The Equalizer – on screen / viola Evening News – soundtrack / violin Late Night with David Letterman – on screen / violin PBS The American Experience: Lindbergh – soundtrack / violin Great Performance Series: Natalie Cole – on screen / violin ABC Nightline: Brave New World – soundtrack / viola AMC Movie Trailers – violin Nick Nickelodeon Promotional – violin NBC Saturday Night Live – on screen / viola Saturday Night Live 25th Anniversary – on screen / viola The Magic of Christmas – on screen / viola NY1 Broadway on Broadway – guest conductor NJ12 New Jersey’s Talking – live interview VH-1 Puff Daddy – on screen / violin MTV Portishead – on screen / violin Aerosmith – violin FOX Good Day New York – on screen / conductor FOX News Minute – on screen / conductor
POP ALBUMS/SOUNDTRACKS Lena Horne: We’ll Be Together Again Kander and Ebb: Kiss of the Spider Woman Kander and Ebb: Steel Pier Stephen Flaherty: Ragtime
Nicki Holland Portishead Celine Dion Aerosmith: I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing Aerosmith: Armageddon Soundtrack Mike Viola & The Candy Butchers: Falling Into Place Irving Berlin: Annie Get Your Gun Tony Bennet: Hot & Cool Vixtrola Daniel Rodriguez: The Spirit of America Tony Bennet / K.D. Lang: What a Wonderful World Jesse Harris: While the Music Lasts Heidi Grant Murphy: The Gifts of Christmas Phillip Glass: Undertow, No Reservations, Animals in Love Bernstein: Peter Pan
BROADWAY Kiss of the Spider Woman 1993-1995 Showboat 1994-1996 Steel Pier 1996 Ragtime 1996-1999 Annie Get Your Gun 1999-2001 Kiss Me Kate 2001 Chicago (National Tour) 2006
CONCERTO APPEARANCES Manhattan Chamber Orchestra Handel: Viola Concerto Telemann: Viola Concerto Bach: Concerto for 2 Violins Bach: Brandenburg Concerto #6 Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante Butler Symphony Orchestra Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante Vivaldi: Concerto for 4 Violins Bach: Concerto in C minor for Violin and Oboe Bar Harbor Festival Orchestra Telemann: Viola Concerto Jersey City Symphony Vivaldi: Concerto for 4 Violins Manhattan School of Music Baroque Ensemble Bach: Brandenburg Concerto #6 Telemann: Viola Concerto Westchester Symphony Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante Rutgers Wind Ensemble Daniel Goode: Cape Breton Concerto
COMPOSITIONS Trail of Tears (2006) Crucified Planet (2007) For the Ones We Have Lost (2007) The People Speak: Frederick Douglass (2008) Folk Songs (2009) Noonmark Trio (2009)
The Parable of the Old Man and the Young (2010) Six Miniatures for Oboe and String Trio (2010) Lines Composed in Early Spring (2011) Duo for Clarinet and Viola (2011) Four Sketches for Flute and String Trio (2011) War Prayer (2012) Forever Silenced (2013) Finger Lakes Suite (2013) American Bagatelles (2014) Autumn Suite (2014) Spring Trio (2015) Life is Suite (2015) Happy Birthday, Wanda June (2016) … and justice for all? (2016) Fragments (2017) Serenade (2017) Three American Songs (2018) Divertimento (2018) Songs for Autumn (2018) Three Pieces for Mixed Quartet (2018) Early Frost (2019) Beltane (2019) Samhain (2019) Imbolc (2019)