CHARLES FRANCIS LEINBERGER, PH.D.
500 WEST UNIVERSITY AVENUE, PMB 210 EL PASO, TEXAS 79968-9991 (USA) Curriculum Vitae
Teaching Experience: Department of Music, The University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso TX Professor 2016 to present Associate Professor 2005-2016 Assistant Professor 1999-2005 Visiting Assistant Professor 1998-1999 Undergraduate courses currently taught: Music Theory I and II, Music and Film Undergraduate courses previously taught: Music Theory Seminar (topics included Mozart Symphonies & Concertos and Film Music Analysis), Independent Study (The History of Theory, Tuning, and Temperament), Music Fundamentals, Music Theory III and IV, Aural Skills I and II, Form and Analysis, Orchestration, Eighteenth- Century Counterpoint, Music Appreciation Graduate courses previously taught: Pedagogy of Music Theory, Survey of Music Theory, Selected Topic (Twentieth-Century Techniques) Rehabilitation Services Administration, Arizona Department of Economic Security, Scottsdale AZ Tutor for the Blind, 1997-1998 Tutored blind student enrolled in Freshman Music Theory for two semesters Mesa Community College, Mesa AZ Instructor 1995-1996 Course taught: Freshman Music Theory The University of Arizona, Tucson AZ Graduate Teaching Assistant, 1992-1995 Assisted professor in teaching Freshman Music Theory and Aural Skills (1992-93) and Sophomore Music Theory and Aural Skills (1993-95) The University of Miami, Coral Gables FL Lecturer, 1979-1980 Courses taught: Music Fundamentals and Sophomore Music Theory
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Education: Doctor of Philosophy Degree, The University of Arizona, Tucson AZ 1996 Major Field: Music Theory Minor Fields: Trumpet Performance and Media Arts Research Document: An Austrian in Hollywood: Leitmotifs, Thematic Transformation and Key Relationships in Max Steiner’s 1942 Film Score “Now, Voyager” Master of Music Degree, The University of Miami, Coral Gables FL 1979 Major Field: Music Theory Research Document: The Evolution of Augmented-Sixth Chords before 1800 Bachelor of Music Degree, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff AZ 1977 Major Field: Trumpet Performance Publications Journal of Film Music: Max Steiner: Man and Myth Symposium (Conference Proceedings) “An Austrian in Hollywood: Leitmotifs, Key Relationships, and Self-Plagiarism in Max Steiner’s Music for Now, Voyager and Mildred Pierce” In Progress Music and Auteur Filmmaker in European Art House Cinema of the 1950s to the 1980s: Individuality and Identity In Progress Contributing Author: “Outlaws, Soldiers, and Lawmen in Music and Song: Scoring Sergio Leone’s Old American West” The International Trumpet Guild Journal October 2016 Conference Reports: “The 2016 ITG Conference: Anaheim, California” Compiled by Peter Wood (ISSN 0363-2845) The International Trumpet Guild Journal March 2015 Article (peer-reviewed): “Degüello, No Mercy for the Losers: The Enduring Role of the Solo Trumpet in the Soundtrack of the Old West.” (ISSN 0363-2845) Music in the Western: Notes from the Frontier October 2011 Contributing Author: “The ‘Dollars’ Trilogy: There are Two Kinds of Western Heroes, My Friend” Routledge (ISBN 978-0-415-88227-9) Music, Sound, and the Moving Image Spring 2011 Book Review: Neil Lerner (ed.). “Music in the Horror Film: Listening to Fear” (ISSN 1753-0768) Ennio Morricone’s The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: A Film Score Guide September 2004 Author. The Scarecrow Press (ISBN 0-8108-5132-6) Journal of Film Music Summer 2002 Article: “Thematic Variation & Key Relationships in Charlotte’s Theme, From Max Steiner’s Now, Voyager Score” (ISSN 1087-7142) Journal of Film Music Summer 2002 Book Review: “Kate Daubney. Max Steiner’s Now, Voyager: A Film Score Guide” (ISSN 1087-7142)
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Research Paper Presentations: Ennio Morricone’s Micro-Cell Technique Revisited: The Superset and Subset Tetrachords in his Score for Disclosure In Progress An Austrian in Hollywood: Leitmotifs, Key Relationships, and Self-Plagiarism in Max Steiner’s Music for Now, Voyager and Mildred Pierce Max Steiner: Man and Myth Symposium, California State University, Long Beach CA 24 February 2018 Degüello, No Mercy for the Losers: The Enduring Role of the Solo Trumpet in the Soundtrack of the Old West Music and the Moving Image VIII, New York University (short version) 27 May 2017 The Hawaii University International Conferences on Arts and Humanities (short version) 4 January 2017 International Trumpet Guild Conference, Hyatt Regency, Anaheim, California (long version) 4 June 2016 College Music Society: 31st Rocky Mountain Regional Conference, The University of Northern Colorado (short version) 18 March 2016 UTEP Department of Music Lecture Series (series debut lecture) 12 September 2014 Musical Gesture, Modality, and Dissonance in “L’Estasi dell’Oro” from Il Buono, il Brutto, il Cattivo: Decoding Ennio Morricone’s Micro-Cell Technique Music and the Moving Image VIII, New York University (final short version)1 June 2013 Music Theory Midwest, The University of Oklahoma (very short version) 26 April 2013 Texas Society for Music Theory, The University of North Texas (extremely short version) 2 March 2013 The Hawaii University International Conferences on Arts and Humanities (very short version) 8 January 2012 Rocky Mountain Society for Music Theory, The University of Arizona (revised short version) 16 April 2010 Annual Film Music Conference, The University of Leeds (short version) 6 November 2009 Film Score Festival, Northwestern University (long version) 19 April 2009 Ennio Morricone: Il Maestro del Cinema Manhattan School of Music 2 February 2007 Jerry’s Theme from Max Steiner’s Now, Voyager Score: Using Music to Inform the Viewer 35th Annual Contemporary Music Festival, Indiana State University 2 November 2001 Charlotte’s Theme, Highlights from: An Austrian in Hollywood: Leitmotifs, Thematic Transformation and Key Relationships in Max Steiner’s 1942 Film Score Now, Voyager Rocky Mountain Society for Music Theory, The University of Arizona 19 April 1996
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Service to the University Community (The University of Texas at El Paso): Current and Upcoming Service: Faculty Evaluation Committee, Department of Music 2009-2011, 2019 Music Curriculum Committee Chair 2017 to present Undergraduate Awards Coordinator, Department of Music 2015 to present Undergraduate Music Advisor and Music Class Scheduler 2015 to present Graduate Student Oversight Committee, Department of Music 2007 to present College of Liberal Arts Undergraduate Curriculum Committee 2007 to present Past Service: Executive Committee, Department of Music 2005 to 2018 Coordinator, Music Theory & Composition Area 1999 to 2018 National Endowment for the Humanities: Music Unwound El Paso Steering Committee 2016 to 2018 Search Committee: Assistant Director of Bands 2016-2017 Search Committee: Department of Music Chair 2015-2016 Search Committee Chair: Music Theory 2015 Search Committees: Violin/Viola 2014 Public Affairs Committee (Chair, 2005-2007), Department of Music 2005-2014 Web Site Administrator, Department of Music 2000-2014 Creative Activities Committee, Chair, Department of Music 2013 Dean’s Task Force to Boost Enrollment in Low-Producing Programs 2011-2013 Music Fundamentals Committee 2011-2012 Faculty Senate 2000-2002, 2009-2012 Aural Skills Advisory Committee 2011 Web Site Development Committee, Department of Music 2010-2011 Music Theory and Composition Curriculum Committee, Chair 2005-2006 Master’s Degree Curriculum Committee, Department of Music 2003-2005 Search Committee Chair: Music Theory 2004 Music Performance Curriculum Committee 2003-2004 Search Committees: Piano, String Bass/Electric Bass 2003 Music Education Curriculum Committee 2002-2003 Search Committee: Music Theory 2001 Professional Activities (Non-UTEP) Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Music Field of Study Advisory Committee 2015-2016 Advance Placement® Music Theory Consultant 2016 to present Exam Reader 2012-2014, 2016-2017 Table Leader 2015
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Community Outreach: UTEP Symphony Orchestra Announcer (5 concerts per academic year) 2012-present Eastlake High School, El Paso Texas Announcer: UTEP Symphony Orchestra Concert 1 November 2018 Plaza Theatre Classic Film Festival, El Paso, Texas Film Talk: Amadeus 7 August 2018 Film Introduction: Cowboy 7 August 2018 Film Introduction: Now, Voyager 9 August 2017 Film Talk: Psycho 8 August 2017 Film Introduction: The Treasure of the Sierra Madre 3 August 2017 Film Talk: Back to the Future 15 August 2015 Film Introduction: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly 16 August 2014 Film Talk: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly 16 August 2014 Pre-Concert Talk: “Music? What Music?” UTEP Symphony Orchestra “The Sounds of Cinema” 3 May2018 UTEP Symphony Orchestra “The Sounds of Cinema” 4 May 2017 UTEP Symphony Orchestra “Cinema Magic” 4 May 2016 UTEP Symphony Orchestra “The Sounds of Cinema” 7 May 2015 UTEP Symphony Orchestra “The Sounds of Cinema and Stage” 6 May 2014 UTEP Symphony Orchestra “The Sounds of Cinema” 7 May 2013 UTEP Symphony Orchestra “At the Movies” 1 May 2012 The Film Salon, Alamo Draft House, El Paso, Texas Film Introductoon and Discussion: A Fistful of Dollars 7 October 2017 “Music Fundamentals Classes: Who Needs ‘Em?” Job-Alike: El Paso & Ysleta Independent School Districts, El Paso, Texas19 August 2015 Ysleta Independent School District, El Paso, Texas 19 September 2014 Job-Alike: El Paso Independent School District, El Paso, Texas 22 August 2012 Job-Alike: El Paso Independent School District, El Paso, Texas 17 August 2011 Plaza Theatre Classic Film Festival, Plaza Theatre, El Paso, Texas El Paso Film Club Talk: Now, Voyager 3 August 2013 “Getting College Freshmen into Freshman Music Theory” Job-Alike for El Paso Independent School District, El Paso, Texas 18 August 2010
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Computer Skills: Adobe Acrobat Pro Ellucian (formerly Sungard Higher Education) Banner, Goldmine Finale® Music Notation Software HTML Microsoft Office: Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Word Qualtrics QuestionPro Recent Trumpet Performances include: Handel’s Messiah, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, El Paso TX Including “The Trumpet Shall Sound” 10 December 2017 International Trumpet Guild Conference, Anaheim CA “Festival of Trumpets” 4 June 2016 El Paso Diocesan Choir and Orchestra, Sun Bowl Stadium, El Paso TX “Two Nations, One Faith” 17 February 2016 Organization Memberships: Pi Kappa Lambda 2015 to present Texas Society for Music Theory 2012 to present Nominating Committee, Chair 2017 Executive Board Member 2014-2017 Conference Host 2015 Program Committee Member 2014 College Music Society 2008 to present Society for Music Theory 2008 to present International Trumpet Guild 1988 to present
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