MIchael Wheeler Curriculum Vitae guitar performance guitar instruction
Education
University of St. Thomas, Houston, Texas BA, Music Performance, December, 1993 Summa cum Laude, full scholarship
Berklee College of Music, Boston, Massachusetts,Spring, 1984
Southwest Guitar Conservatory, San Antonio, Texas, 1983 (certificate)
ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT
1998 - present Guitar Instructor University of Houston Moores School of Music David White, Chair Houston, Texas 77204-4201
1991 - present Guitar instructor University of St. Thomas Department of Music 3800 Montrose, Houston, Texas Thomas J. Crow, Chair (713) 525-3562
2000 - 2005 Guitar Instructor San Jacinto College Music Department P.O. Box 2007, Pasadena, Texas 77501-2007 Jan Corbin, Music Director(281) 476-1831
1994 - 1996 Guitar Instructor HISD, High School for the Performing and Visual Arts 4001 Stanford St., Houston, Texas 77006 Dr. Robert Morgan, Director of Jazz Studies (713) 522-9289
1990 - 1992 Guitar instructor Houston Community College Commercial Music Department 901 Yorkchester, Houston, Texas Aubrey Tucker, Chair (713) 468-6891
INSTRUCTOR: GUITAR CLINICS
Katy Guitar Festival, 2009
Texas Music Festival 1998-present Jazz Institute Summer Workshop University of Houston
American Festival of the Arts, Jazz Institute 2007-present
San Jose State University 2005
Duluth, Minnesota Scheafer Guitar Master Class 2005
McNeese University, Lake Charles, Louisiana McNeese Jazz Festival Adjudicate, Clinic and Performance, 2001
High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, Houston Texas Clinic and Performance 1999 The Clark Terry International Institute of Jazz Studies Teikyo Westmar University, LeMars, Iowa, 1994-96 Clinic and performance
Brazosport Junior College, Lake Jackson, Texas Clinic and performance, 1995
University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, Summer 1994 Clinic and performance
PERFORMANCE EMPLOYMENT
Artistic Director Cezanne Jazz Venue 2011-present
Mike Wheeler Trio/Quartet
Houston Jazz Band 2010-present
Houston Symphony Orchestra 2008-present Houston Symphony Pops guitarist
Theater Under the Stars 2006-present Orchestra Guitarist
Yvonne Washington Band 1998-present
1989 -2003 Ed Gerlach Orchestra (713) 850-7777
1986 - 2000 Ronnie Renfrow Orchestra (713) 774-BAND
1985 - 2000 Danny Ward Orchestra 7500 San Felipe, Suite 350, Houston, Texas 77063 (713) 266-9696
Has performed with:
Bernadette Peters Bob Hope Rockapella The Fifth Dimension Brian Stokes Mitchell Larry Gatlin Ray Price Phyllis Diller Englebert Humperdinck Patrick Swayze Roy Clark Vic Damone and Diahann Carroll Robert Goulet Maureen McGovern Charlie Pride Tommy Tune Andy Williams B. J. Thomas Johnny Lee Suzanne Somers Jerry Jeff Walker Tony Campise Edie Gormé Jimmy Ford Joe Williams Milt Larkin Mac Davis Arnett Cobb The Smothers Brothers Michael Feinstein Phil Harris Dave Catney Johnny Nash Tom Harrell Trini Lopez Bill Watrous Marvin Hamlisch Bob Minzter Clark Terry Mike Wheeler Jazz Trio/Quartet Marilyn McCoo Performances at Cezanne, Lee Greenwood Ovations, other jazz venues Houston Symphony Houston, Tex Janie Fricke Kirk Whalum Marvin Stamm
PERFORMANCE EVENTS
Leonard Bernstein’s Mass at St. Phillips Church 2012 Broadway “Annie” TUTS 2012 Broadway “Addams Family” National Tour 2012 Broadway “Urban Cowboy” Miller Theater TUTS 2011 Broadway “Chicago” Wortham Center 2011 Broadway “Curtains” Theater Under the Stars 2011 George Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue “with The Houston Symphony Hans Graf-conductor 2010 Theater Under the Stars “Meet Me in St. Louis” 2009 Theater Under the Stars “Grease” 2009 Brian Stokes Mitchell, Houston Symphony Pops series 2009 Rockapella, Houston Symphony Pops series 2009 Theater under the Stars “Caberet” 2009 Theater Under the Stars “Les Miserables” 2009 Theater Under the Stars “Legally Blonde” 2009 Theater Under the Stars “When You Wish Upon a Star” 2008 Ray Price at Willie Nelson’s 4th of July Picnic 2008 Bernadette Peters at the Galveston Opera House 2007 Clay Aiken with The Houston Symphony 2007 Theater Under The Stars “Dream Girls” 2007 Andrea Bocelli NBA All Star Game Toyota Center televised on TNT 2006 Broadway Series “Annie” 2006 International Ports Conference Shanghia China 2005 Broadway Series “Little Shop of Horrors” 2005 Broadway Series “Hairspray” 2004 Tuts production “Hair” 2004 Broadway Series “42nd Street” 2004 Broadway Series “The Full Monty” 2003 Broadway series “The Lion King” July-August 2002 Jones Hall, Houston Dancesport International Ballroom Dancing Competition, Ceasars, Lake Tahoe, Nevada 2001 Broadway Series “Fiddler on the Roof”, January 2001, Jones Hall, Houston Kemah Jazz Festival, Kemah Texas, 1999-2009 Theater Under the Stars “Tommy”, July 2000, Miller Outdoor Theater, Houston Broadway Series Fosse, January 2000, Jones Hall, Houston Children’s Celebrity Challenge Golf Tournament, Clearwater, Florida, 1994- 1999 Dancesport International Ballroom Dancing Competition, MGM Grand, Las Vegas, 1999 televised on A&E Broadway Series “Chicago”, August 1998, Jones Hall, Houston Broadway Series “Big”, February, 1998, Jones Hall Houston Broadway Series “Show Boat” , Summer 1997, Jones Hall, Houston Willie Nelson Picnic, July 4, 1995 and 2000 Texas Jazz Festival, Corpus Christi, Texas, Summers 1986 - 94 Performed with various artists including Clarke Terry, Jimmy Ford, Warren Sneed, Horace Grigsby and Others The Houston Symphony Pops Orchestra, 1988, 1995 Houston International Festival Jazz Stage, various groups, 1988, 1994 Theater Under the Stars, “Jesus Christ Superstar”, 1989 City of Houston Annual Christmas Celebrations 1992 Republican Convention, Houston, Texas, Danny Ward Orchestra 1989 Inaugural Ball, Washington, D.C., Danny Ward Ensemble Economic Summit, Houston, Texas, 1990
PROJECTS
Tianna Hall CD “Two For the Road” Released 2012
Tianna Hall CD “Never Let Me Go” released by Blue Bamboo records 2011
Mike Wheeler CD “MIkey’s Waltz” released by Blue Bamboo records 2008
Diane Landry CD “It’s a Lovely Day” released 2008
Pamela York CD “Way of Time” released 2006
Merle Haggard CD “Unforgettable” released 2005
Mike Wheeler and Mike Nase Cd “That Saturday Thing” released 2005
Yvonne Washington Cd 2001 “A Holiday With Yvonne”
Mike Wheeler CD , “Mike Wheeler Trio” released by Freewheelin music 2001
Mike Sunjka/Paul Chester/ Mike Wheeler CD Summer 2000 “Collage” Featuring three guitarists
The Bopmeisters CD, Fall, 1998 “The Bopmeisters
Freddy Powers CD, Spring, 1997 “The Hottest Thing in Town”
Randy Meadows CD, Spring, 1997 “You’ve been Kinda Cold”
John Nevitt CD, Spring, 1996 “The Nearness of You”
John Nevitt CD, Fall, 1996 “LA”
Mike Wheeler CD, “ Indian Summer” released 1995 Recorded on Willie Nelson’s Pedernales Record Label
Randy Meadows/Bucky Meadows CD “Family Values” featuring Willie Nelson and Johnny Gimble