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CLARK POTTER 2307 S. Canterbury Ln, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA 68512 Office: (402) 472-0222; Residence: (402) 420-5333 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE * Fall, 1996 to present: Asst. Professor, then Assoc. Prof. (2002) of Viola at the University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Primary responsibility: recruiting and teaching applied viola students. Other duties include teaching beginning conducting and a general education course for non-majors. Named Chair of the String Area, Fall 2006 to present. * Fall, 1996 to present: Principal Violist of Lincoln’s Symphony Orchestra. * Fall, 2007 to present: Conductor of the Lincoln Youth Symphony. !* Fall, 2001 to 2007: Conductor of the Junior Youth Orchestra of Lincoln.! * 1999 to present: Violist of the Nebraska Chamber Players (Lincoln).! * Summers, 2005, 2006, 2008-2010: Artist/Faculty of UNL’s Chamber Music Institute. * Summers, 2006, 2008-present: Artist/Faculty at Omaha Conserv. of Music Institute. * 2000 to 2003: Interim Director of Great Plains Music Camp, UNL School of Music. * Summers, 1998 to 2007: Violist, Oregon Coast Music Festival, Coos Bay, OR. * Summers, 1998 to 2001: Artist/Teacher of violin and viola at the Young Musicians and Artists camp at Willamette University (Salem, OR) and Faculty at the Puget Sound Chamber Music Workshop (1999, 2000). * 1987 to 1996: Instructor, Asst. Prof. (1988), Assoc. Prof. and tenured (1992) at Eastern Oregon University; Responsibilities included teaching applied strings, chamber music, music history, and (from 1992-1996) conducting the college/community symphony. Appointed Chair of the Arts and Letters Division for 1995-1996 academic year (1/3 release time). * Summers 1995 to 1997: Artist/Teacher of viola at the Lutheran Summer Music Program and violist of the Omega String Quartet in residence there. * Summers 1988-94: Artist/Teacher of viola at the Csehy Summer School of Music (Philadelphia, PA) for high school age students. * 1986–1987: Assistant Principal Violist, Ventura Symphony (CA).! * 1987: Instructor of String Pedagogy and applied violin at The Master's College (Newhall, CA). * 1979 to present: Private teacher of viola and violin. EDUCATION 1985–1987: Master of Fine Arts in Chamber Music Literature and Performance, California Institute of the Arts (Valencia); violist of the Kirkwood String Quartet (graduate quartet–in–residence) coached by the Sequoia and Kronos Quartets; private student of James Dunham, and a member of the 20th Century Players ensemble. 1984–1985, Summer 1986: Master of Music in Viola Performance and Literature, Indiana University (Bloomington); cognate field: music history; applied student of Peter Marsh, and lessons with Georges Janzer and Mimi Zweig during the summer of 1986. 1978–1983: Bachelor of Music in (1) Viola and Violin Performance and Literature and (2) Music History (thesis title: The Nineteenth Century Solo Viola Repertoire: An Unjustly Neglected Literature), Western Washington University (Bellingham); applied student of Charmian Gadd (violin) and Richard Goldner (viola); member, Northwest Concert Association String Quartet. MAJOR RECENT PERFORMANCES Solo recitals Longview, WA, May 19, 2012 on Chamber Music Southwest Washington series. Works by Bartok, Faure and Debussy for viola and piano; Genzmer’s Solo Sonata; Hindemith’s Trauermusik and Vivaldi’s Concerto in A minor for Two Violins. Guest Artist recitals at Augustana College (Sioux Falls, SD), Sept. 24, 2011; Concordia College (Moorhead, MN), Sept. 23, 2011; and Faculty Recital Series performance at UNL, Sept. 18, 2011, all with Dr. Mark Clinton, piano; works by Creston, Genzmer, Rubinstein and Mazas. UNL, Feb. 14, 2010, Faculty Recital Series: solo pieces by Brahms and Kiel, a duo for Violin/Viola by John McKinnon and accompaniments with the UNL Chamber Singers, including a performance of my arrangement of “All You Need is Love” for choir and viola ensemble. UNL, Feb. 2, 2009, Faculty Recital Series: Haydn/Mendelssohn Chamber Festival: Organized this recital, featuring Mendelssohn’s Viola Sonata and first String Quartet. UNL, Mar. 2, 2008, Faculty Recital Series: works included viola sonatas by Juon and Glinka, pieces for viola and organ by Vierne and Eben, and a premiere of a solo viola work composed by a UNL masters student in composition, Jonathan Crosmer. UNL, Oct. 22, 2006, Faculty Recital Series: works by Khachaturian (solo) and trios by Hindemith, Farkas, and Durufle. UNL, Dec. 9, 2005, Faculty Recital Series: works by Reger (trio), Randall Snyder (viola solo), and Brahms (piano quartet). UNL, Mar. 22, 2005, Faculty Recital Series: works by Shostakovich, Hindemith, and a premiere of Hommage a Shostakovich, a work by John D. White for viola, bass, and piano. UNL, Oct. 7, 2003, Faculty Recital Series: works by Bach, Clarke, Gubaidulina, and Turina, assisted by 7 other performers. Recent Concerto Performances ! Reno, NV, May 23, 2012: McQueen H.S. Orchestra; Hindemith’s Trauermusik and Telemann Viola Concerto. Omaha, NE, Oct. 25, 2011: Westside H.S. Orchestra; Telemann Viola Concerto. Longview, WA, Apr. 8, 2011: Southwest Washington Symphony; Telemann Viola Concerto. Austin, TX, Nov. 10, 2010: Austin Philharmonic Orchestra; solo violist for premiere of Fantasia for Viola and Orchestra by Martin Gaskell. Lincoln, NE, Oct. 22, 2010: Lincoln’s Symphony Orchestra; soloist for a performance of Flos Campi by Vaughan Williams. Longview, WA, May 20, 2008: Southwest Washington Symphony; solo violist (with violinist Donald Kirkpatrick) on Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante. Hastings, NE, Oct. 21, 2007: Hastings Symphony; soloist for Vaughan Williams’ Suite for Viola and Orchestra and (with violinist David Neely) Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante. Lincoln, NE, Mar. 12, 2005: Lincoln’s Symphony Orchestra; violist for Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante (with violinist Anton Miller). Chamber Music Performances Lincoln, NE, Oct. 26/28, 2012 with the Nebraska Chamber Players. Works by Beethoven and Dohnanyi. Omaha (Sept. 16, 2012) and Lincoln (Jan. 24, 2012) with UNL faculty members: Bach’s Ein Musikalisches Opfer. UNK, Concerts on the Platte series: Trans-Nebraska Players, Aug. 28, 2012. Works by Maria Newman and Mel Bonis. UNL Faculty chamber music with four different international clarinetists as part of the International Clarinet Society Conference. Music by Bradford, Bowen, Kukal, Morricone and Piazzolla, Aug. 4, 2012. UNL, guest artist with visiting clarinetist and pianist for International Clarinet Society Conference performance. Music by Christian Ellenwood, Aug. 1, 2012. Omaha, NE, July 24, artist/faculty from Omaha Conservatory of Music’s Summer Institute. Mendelssohn’s Octet. Cambridge, NE, June 22, 2012 with the Nebraska Chamber Players. Works by Roussel, Mozart and Florent Schmitt. Lincoln, NE, Apr. 13/15, 2012 with the Nebraska Chamber Players. Works by Rusty Banks and Louise Farrenc. UNL, Apr. 1, 2012 as a guest on the recital of violinist David C. Neely: Duo for Violin and Viola, Op. 5 by Franz Neubauer. Omaha, NE, Mar. 12, 2012, as part of the Omaha Consort Series. Mozart’s Divertimento for string trio and Adagio and Tango for string trio by Margo Romig. Lincoln, NE, Jan. 27/29, 2012 with the Nebraska Chamber Players. Works by Barber, Roussel, Schmitt and Puccini. Lincoln, NE, Nov. 4/6, 2011 with the Nebraska Chamber Players (formerly the Third Chair Chamber Players). Works by Dohnanyi and Proto. Houghton, NY, Houghton College, July 9, 2011. Invited to perform in a string quartet with current faculty from the Csehy Summer School of Music for the 50th Anniversary Season Celebration Concert; premiere of a piece by composer Daniel Barta, commissioned for the event. Longview, WA, Apr. 9, 2011, on program of Chamber Music Southwest Washington; Mozart Duo for violin and viola, Telemann Suite for solo viola, Capriccio for solo viola by Vieuxtemps, and the Quintet for keyboard and strings by Telemann. Univ. of Nebraska at Kearney, Feb. 21, 2011, Guest Artist on the Concerts on the Platte Faculty Recital Series, Franziska Nabb, flute: works by CPE Bach, Kraus, Glickman and Telemann. UNK, Feb. 14, 2011, New Music Festival X; with the Trans- Nebraska Chamber Players; new music by Jung, Fuerst, Jesperson, and Mitchell. (I conducted one of the pieces.) Lincoln, NE, Masonic Lodge: participant in a benefit concert, “Change for the Troops”, performing Mozart’s ‘Kegelstatt’ Trio for clarinet, viola, and piano, Nov. 12, 2010.! Kearney, NE, Guest Artist on the recital of the Univ. of Nebraska at Kearney’s Piano Trio in piano quartets of Schubert, Schumann, and Mahler, Sept. 27, 2010. Crete, NE, Doane College, Sept. 8, 2010; Trans-Nebraska Players in works by Telemann, Mozart, Diamond, Durufle and UNK composer Darleen Mitchell. Lincoln, Third Chair Chamber Players concerts, Jan. 22/24 and Sept. 10/12, and a concert in Cambridge, NE, July 31 (2010). Omaha, NE: Omaha Conservatory of Music Institute, July 28, 2010: Schumann Piano Quartet. Lincoln, NE, guest violinist with Abendmusik Chorus on piece by Jacob Avshalomov for violin and choir, May 22, 2010. Trans-Nebraska Players tour with performances in Chadron, Kearney, Lincoln and Council Bluffs, IA, Mar. 5-10, 2010. 2009: Lincoln, Third Chair Chamber Players concerts, Jan. 23/25, Apr. 17/19, June 13, and Sept. 11/13. Omaha, NE, Omaha Conservatory of Music Institute, July 22, 2009: Gliere Duo with UNO bassist Jeremy Baguyos. Longview, WA, May 16, 2009: Guest Artist on the Chamber Music Southwest Washington series, performing string quartets by Haydn and Borodin and a solo viola piece by W.M. Chambers. UNL, Sept. 14, 2008: Guest artist on