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CURRICULUM VITAE FRANK MICHAEL HEIDLBERGER UPDATED: September 15, 2018 WORK ADDRESS University of North Texas HOME ADDRESS 1011 Coit Street College of Music Denton, TX 76201 1155 Union Circle #311367 U.S.A. Denton, Texas 76203 PHONE Office (940) 369-7542 E-MAIL [email protected] Home (940) 231-9433 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE BEGINNING DATE- POSITION ORGANIZATION LOCATION ENDING DATE 2012-2018 Chair of the Division of University of North Denton, TX Music History, Theory and Texas Ethnomusicology since 2006 Professor of Music University of North Denton, TX Texas 2004-2006 Associate Professor with University of North Denton, TX tenure Texas 2001-2004 Associate Professor, tenure University of North Denton, TX track Texas 2000-2001 Heisenberg Scholarship German Research Various national Research Fellow Council (Germany) and international (US, Canada, Austria) 2000 Professor (adjunct) Hochschule für Musik Würzburg (Germany) (Conservatory) 1994-1995 Lecturer (adjunct) Hochschule für Musik Würzburg (Conservatory) 1993-1999 Assistant Professor (full-time, University Würzburg non-tenure track) 1988-1993 Lecturer/Research Fellow University Würzburg FRANK HEIDLBERGER – CURRICULUM VITAE 2 AREAS OF PROFESSIONAL EXPERTISE ACADEMIC LEADERSHIP: Chair of the Division of Music History, Theory, and Ethnomusicology school year 2012/13 through the end of school year 2017/18. This is the second largest division of the UNT College of Music. The Division consists of three academic areas, with 20 full-time faculty, 5 part-time faculty, and a large number of Teaching Assistants and Teaching Fellows for general undergraduate instruction (60+ half positions). Degree plans: BA in Music History and Literature, BM in Music Theory, MA in Music, with concentrations in each of the respective areas, PhD in Music, with concentrations in each of the respective areas. Chair responsibilities include: General supervision, operational and strategic leadership of the division, fiscal management, reporting and accreditation, faculty and student evaluation, curricular planning, supervision, and cooperation with the three area coordinators that report to me. One directly reporting Administrative Assistant. Faculty hiring, professional development, merit, tenure and promotion evaluation, mentoring and support of faculty according to the strategic plan. Suggesting division faculty for UNT awards (teaching, research, service). Resolution of grievance and appeal cases. Student recruiting, evaluation, and professional mentoring before and after graduation. Resolving student complaints and appeals. Curricular planning, degree plan review and development, class planning, scheduling and class- development, including non-traditional/cross-disciplinary topics, and new media in the classroom, development and implementation of online courses. Representation of the Division within and outside the College and University, national and international partnerships, media and online representation of the Division. Representation of the Division at national and international professional conferences, community outreach initiatives. Fundraising, development of scholarships. Review and implementation of fundraising initiatives, support of faculty research grant applications. Development of New Media-initiatives for instructional and research purposes. Ongoing review and revision of division and area policies, within the framework of University and College guidelines and policies. Leadership initiatives and accomplishments as Division Chair: Hiring of eight new faculty as replacements, and two faculty in newly created positions since 2012 in order to realign the academic trajectory of the division toward 21st-century academic music instruction. Of these ten hires, seven belong to diversity groups (two non-white males, five women) Substantial reorganization of the core curriculum in Music Theory in order to serve the needs of approx. 1000 undergraduate music majors at the College of Music more efficiently. Reorganization of the Graduate Proficiency Exams for all incoming Graduate music majors at the College of Music. Implementation of a new degree plan: PhD-concentration in Ethnomusicology, along with faculty and curricular development in that area, and NASM accreditation of this new degree. FRANK HEIDLBERGER – CURRICULUM VITAE 3 Development and ongoing review of recruitment strategies for the major Undergraduate and Graduate degrees of the Division. 50% increase of Graduate recruitments in the course of three years. Strong increase of successful degree completion in PhD concentrations (Music History, Music Theory) Development and implementation of an alternative MA degree plan in Music Theory (“in lieu of thesis”). Support and implementation of a new undergraduate “Music Appreciation” course, run by the Music History area, but with interdisciplinary connotations. Development of the Ethnomusicology area by reassigning a music-theory position to this area, focusing on “World Music Analysis” and thus strengthening the cross-disciplinary instruction and research of the Division. Creation of a new position for non-music major instruction (Senior Lecturer for Music in General Studies) in order to strengthen the already high enrollment in this instructional field, which is a main strategic goal of the UNT College of Music. Successful tenure and promotion procedures for four faculty members, currently supervising a total of four ongoing tenure and promotion cases. Successful nomination of a faculty member for the University Distinguished Teaching Professorship. Suggestion and facilitation of an innovative course in “Video Game Music” for the new business campus of UNT in Frisco, TX (“New College”). Creation and development of a $100k Endowment for MHTE Division student scholarships. Creation and development of small Division-level scholarships for students to receive in-state tuition. Support and oversight over graduate student initiatives for professional development. Reorganization and development of the Division website, and ongoing updates on public relation/advertisements/division news and achievements. Support and representation of the division at professional conferences. Regular participation in academic leadership development initiatives (conferences, UNT-chair development initiatives, UNT “Leadership Fellow” program). Participation in conferences by the National Association for Schools of Music (NASM), for the purpose of new program approvals and accreditation. RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS: Historical musicology and music theory in Western art music, in particular: analytical techniques and systems of Western art music since the Middle Ages, history of music theory. Studies in music history, in particular: instrumental music of the late Italian Renaissance and early Baroque, music, musical form and aesthetics of the Classical and Romantic eras, late 18th, 19th and 20th centuries opera studies, 19th century music criticism, compositional techniques and theory in 20th century music. FRANK HEIDLBERGER – CURRICULUM VITAE 4 Interdisciplinary studies: theory and application of historically informed performance practice, music and media (opera and film), opera dramaturgy and staging, applications, concepts and theory of electronic music, music and literature (German, French, 19th and early 20th centuries), history of reception, cultural studies, musical editing, source studies. Studies on Georg Friedrich Händel, Carl Maria von Weber, Hector Berlioz, Giacomo Meyerbeer, Richard Strauss, Hans Pfitzner, Paul Hindemith, Ernst Krenek. Publications in these fields: 2 authored books (Weber and Berlioz, Italian Instrumental Music around 1600); and numerous book editions (most notably Berlioz, Memoirs in a new German translation, with extensive commentaries), all published by major German publishers. Editor of the journal “Theoria – Historical Aspects of Music Theory,” ensured regular publication of one volume per year, since 2003. Critical Music Editions: Weber, Mendelssohn works, published by German music publishers (Schott, Henle), including book-length commentaries, and chapters on the history, context and performance practice. A total of 37 articles published in the following categories: Journals, book chapters, conference proceedings. Among them major German-language journals, and American book series (Eastman Studies in Music). Presentations at professional meetings, and as guest lecturer at academic institutions on regional, national and international levels in the US, and Canada, many European Countries including Russia, in Asia and Australia. To date a total of more than 40 presentations since 2001. TEACHING EXPERIENCE: Music History: the entire canon of Western music: survey classes, seminars on genres, composers, and historical periods including their cultural and historical contexts. Western History of Music Theory in its entirety, 4-semester sequence, beginning with Classical Greek Theory and ending with 21st-century concepts and methodologies of Music Theory. Advanced chromatic and post-tonal music theory and analysis, form analysis of the common-practice eras. Interdisciplinary studies (music history and performance practice, cultural studies, music history and literature, philosophy, text criticism, methodologies of historiographic inquiry). PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE: Clarinet, Saxophone, (Classical Chamber and Orchestral Music, Experimental/Electroacoustic Music, Jazz) FOREIGN LANGUAGES: German is my native language; English is my common language. Conversation-level: French, Italian. Reading-level: