LAUREL S. BLACK Curriculum Vitae Percussion, Collaborative Piano, University Instructor
5609 KesterBrooke Blvd Knoxville, TN 37918 (865)250-4172 Laurelblackmusic.com | percussionmind.org [email protected]
EDUCATION The Boston Conservatory, MM in Marimba Performance, 2011 The University of TN, BM in Percussion Performance, Minor in Theatre, 2009 Summa cum Laude
TEACHING EXPERIENCE James Madison University, Instructor of Percussion, 2016-2019 Courses taught: MUAP 300 – Applied Percussion Lessons MUED 305 – Percussion Techniques (for Music Education majors)xgnm MUS 200 – Introduction to Music in Western Culture Additional department requests: MUS 100 – Keyboard Skills MUS 243, 244 – Aural Skills III, IV
Concord University, Adjunct Professor of Music and Staff Accompanist, 2012-2015 Courses taught: MUS 101A – Introduction to Music (face-to-face and online) MUS 306 – History and Analysis II MUS 425 – Movement for Musicians (created by L. Black) MUS 475 – Senior Recital Committee service: Band Director Hiring Committee, 2013 Accompaniment duties: multiple choirs, musicals, all student juries and recitals, university ceremonies
The Boston Conservatory, 2009-2011 Graduate Teaching Assistant – Music History Tutor in Music Theory and Harmony Therapeutic Musician at Norwood Caritas Hospital
MJ’s Music School, Waltham, MA, 2011-2012 Private Teacher in Piano and Voice
The University of Tennessee, Drumline Instructor and Technical Coordinator, 2007-2008
Drumline Instructor throughout east Tennessee, various high schools, 2004-2009
Private Teaching Studio (percussion and piano), 2004-2015
Central High School, Knoxville, TN, 2003-2005 Percussion Ensemble Instructor Drumline Instructor Pit Orchestra Coordinator Assistant Choral Rehearsal Director
COLLABORATIVE PIANO EXPERIENCE, 2004-Present International Women's Brass Conference, Rowan University – Glassboro, NJ Southeast Horn Workshop – Harrisonburg, VA Men’s Choir Invitational – Harrisonburg, VA James Madison University - Harrisonburg, VA Concord University - Athens, WV Director of Music, First Christian Church, Princeton, WV Radford University - Radford, VA Wellesley Congregational Church - Wellesley, MA Tiny Tunes - Andover, MA MJ’s Music School Staff Accompanist - Waltham, MA Zeltsman Marimba Festival - Appleton, WI The Boston Conservatory - Boston, MA University of Tennessee Voice and Theatre Departments; Panhellenic Competitions - Knoxville, TN
ARTISTIC ACTIVITY: Masterclasses, Concerts, Presentations 2019: New Music Chicago presents...L+M Duo, Chicago Cultural Center Mary Baldwin University Carl Broman Concert Series, L+M Duo Vices and Voyages, Staunton, VA First Fridays Downtown and Sacred Arts Concert Series, L+M Duo Vices and Voyages, Harrisonburg, VA Illuminating Wrigley, multidisciplinary event feat. L+M Duo, Chicago, IL Nief Norf Weekend Summit, guest performance by L+M Duo, Knoxville, TN 2018: James Madison University Contemporary Music Festival, Harrisonburg, VA Percussive Arts Society International Conference, panel discussion, Indianapolis, IN Improving students’ mental health and wellness during concert and marching seasons L+M Duo Ensemble in Residence at University of Illinois at Chicago University of Illinois at Chicago, masterclass 2017: L+M Duo Ensemble in Residence at University of Illinois at Chicago Percussive Arts Society International Conference, lecture presentation, Indianapolis, IN PercussionMind: the mental habits of today's top percussionists...and where you fit in James Madison University Contemporary Music Festival, Harrisonburg, VA Staunton Music Festival, festival percussionist, Staunton, VA Virginia Tech University, concert and masterclass, Blacksburg, VA Constellation Chicago, L+M Duo 4th Presbyterian Concert Series, L+M Duo, Chicago, IL New Music Gathering, guest performance by L+M Duo, Bowling Green, OH Virginia Day of Percussion, masterclass, Virginia Tech University, Blacksburg, VA Tarleton State University Day of Percussion, concert and masterclass, Tarleton, TX IMEA Professional Development Conference, concert and masterclass, Fort Wayne, IN 2016: University of Illinois at Chicago, L+M Duo debut tour University of Virginia at Wise, masterclass, Wise, VA The University of TN, L+M Duo debut tour, Knoxville, TN Carson Newman College, L+M Duo debut tour, Jefferson City, TN Lincoln Memorial University, L+M Duo debut tour, Harrogate, TN Ted Atkatz Percussion Seminar (TAPS) East Coast, masterclass and performance, Sidney, Maine James Madison University, featured soloist, Harrisonburg, VA 2015: Percussive Arts Society International Conference, presentation and performance, San Antonio, TX Shoulder Anatomy: Easing pain and furthering technique through body mapping Focus Day Showcase Concert, feat. Casey Cangelosi James Madison University, masterclass, Harrisonburg, VA Festival Internacional de Ensembles de Percusion, masterclass and performance, Costa Rica 2014: The University of TN, masterclass and concert, Knoxville, TN Percusonidos, concert with Casey Cangelosi, Tampico, Mexico 2 Laurel S. Black | (865)250-4172 | [email protected]
Balletik Duo Ensemble in Residence at Concord University, concert, Athens, WV McCormick Marimba Festival, concert with Casey Cangelosi, Tampa, FL 2013: Interlochen Academy, concert with Casey Cangelosi, Interlochen, MI West Virginia University, marimba duo concert and masterclass, Morgantown, WV Fairmont State University, marimba duo concert and masterclass, Fairmont, WV Marshall University, marimba duo concert, Huntington, WV Fifth Floor Collective, Balletik Duo concert, Boston, MA 2012: Equilibrium Concert Series, Balletik Duo Polar Opposites program, Boston, MA
PROFESSIONAL INVOLVEMENT AND ENSEMBLES Innovative Percussion - Performance Artist Endorsement Majestic/Mapex Percussion - Performance Artist Endorsement
Co-founder of PercussionMind Research Project and www.percussionmind.org, est. 2017
L+M Duo, founding member (mar/pno), est. 2016
@ percussion podcast, founding co-host, 2015-2018
Percussive Arts Society, member, 2004 - Present Health and Wellness Committee member since 2016
Chamber Music America, member, 2016 - Present
Balletik Duo, founding member (mar/vln), 2010 - 2014
East Coast Contemporary Ensemble (ECCE), Board of Directors, 2011 - 2012
PUBLICATIONS, CITATIONS, REVIEWS Percussive Notes “PercussionMind: mental habits of today's top percussionists...and where you fit in” Vol. 55, No. 4, 2017
Rhythm! Scene “An Anti-Procrastination Toolkit for Today’s Percussionist,” - 2019 “Developing Kinesthetic Awareness: a guide to mindset, explorations, and wrists – Part 2,” 2016 “Developing Kinesthetic Awareness: a guide to mindset, explorations, and wrists – Part 1,” 2016 “The Shoulder Bone’s Connected to the…,” 2015
National Association of Percussion Teachers, Great Britain “Stand-Sit, Stand-Sit, Play Play Play,” 2015
PercussionMind Newsletter, est. 2019
Laurel Black Music.com, est. 2013 Personal website and blog highlighting research, events, and reviews
Citation: Rhythm! Scene, “Two-Mallet Fundamentals: From the Ground Up,” Brian Blume, 2015 3 Laurel S. Black | (865)250-4172 | [email protected]
Review: Percussion News “…stunning performance of stars, cars, bars,”Oct. 2011
COMMISSIONS AND PREMIERES 2017: Twenty-Five Million Candles, by Steve Snowden (mar/pno) Reef, by Jason Haney (mar/pno) Yes, they are a Duplicitous Bunch, by Aaron Jay Myers (mar/pno) 2016: The Body of Your Dreams, arr. by Jose Riojas (mar/pno/playback) Magicicada, by Rusty Banks (mar/perc/pno/tape) 2014: lyte, by Tim L. Mainland (mar/vln) Aphorism 10, by Andrew Paul Jackson (mar/vln) 2013: Why everything is always in the last place you look, by Andrew Paul Jackson (mar. duo) Bob’s Party, by Michael Boyd (open) Occluded, by Mattia Mauree (mar, mar, clar., vln) Eventually, everything connects, by Patrick Greene (mar, mar, bass clr, vln) 2012: 5 Movements for violin and marimba, by Brian Buch (mar/vln) Magnetostatics, by Masaki Hasebe (mar/vln) Nestled, by Marti Epstein (mar solo) 2011: Axes, by Daniel Lewis (mar solo) stars, cars, bars, by Adam Silverman *first female performer* (mar/text) Just One Day, by Aaron J. Myers (mar 4-hands) 2010: Radiant Decay, by Daniel Lewis (perc septet) 2008: Nightmares, by David Pegel (timp/pno)
OTHER EDUCATION Berklee College of Music Gustavo Agatiello – jazz improv, Eguie Castrillo – Afro-Cuban studies, Dave Samuels - improvisation
Interdisciplinary Techniques Studied Alexander Technique, Dalcroze Eurhythmics, Laban Movement, Linklater Breathing Techniques
Principal Teachers - non-percussion Debi Adams – Alexander Technique, David Brian Alley - acting, Emily Douglass - voice, Carol Mayo Jenkins – acting and Linklater Breathing, Pierre Hurel - improvisation,, Martha Rogers – Dalcroze Eurhythmics, Casey Sams – Laban Movement
Masterclass/Workshop Artists and Coaches Colin Currie, Robert van Sice, Andrew Thomas, Jeffrey Ziegler of Kronos Quartet, Jack Van Geem, Connie Frigo, Sharan Leventhal, Cayenna Ponchione, Pedro de Alcantara
Zeltsman Marimba Festival, Los Angeles, CA, 2008
Michael Colgrass Workshops
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Excellence in Performance; Creativity for Actors, Dancers, and Musicians; Think Like a Kid; Three Thunderbolts (developing the creative demon); introduction to the Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP)
@ PERCUSSION PODCAST - Co-Host Weekly episodes since August 2015 with Casey Cangelosi, Megan Arns, and Ben Charles *comprehensive guest list on next page
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