CURRICULUM VITAE EUGENE OSADCHY Professor of Cello University of North Texas College of Music Work Phone Number: 940 - 368 - 7534 University of North Texas College of Music Office Number and Building: MUSI 101 415 Ave C Work E - mail Address: eugene.osadchy @unt.edu Denton, TX 76203 TRAINING 1970 - 1975 Studies in Kiev State Conservatory of Music with Professor Marina Tchaikovskaya (winner of four International Cello Competitions and a student of Mstislav Rostropovich). Master clas ses with Mstislav Ros tropovich 195 8 - 1970 Studies with Professor Ilya Zaritsky in Central Music School for Talented and Gifted Children under supervision of the Kiev State Conser vatory of Music, Kiev, Ukraine DEGREES 1975 Special Diploma with Distinction of Concert So loist, Orchestra Soloist, Chamber Music Performer and Pedagogue; Kiev State Conse rvatory of Music, Kiev, Ukraine 1970 Diploma; Central Music School for Gifted Children, under supervision of the Kiev State Conservatory of Music MUSIC AWARDS 2006 , 200 3, 1998 and 1995 Juno Awards presented by Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS) as Principal Cellist with CBC Radio Orchestra, Vancouver, Canada 1974 Laureate of the Republic of Ukraine Cello Competition, Kiev, U kraine GRANTS, OTHER AWARDS 2006 Vancouver City Grant acknowledging the 20 th anniversary of The Vetta Chamber Music and Recital Society, and its contribution to the cultural life of Vancouver, BC, Canada. ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS 1985 - 2007 Artistic Direc tor and co - founder of the Vetta Chamber Music and Recital Society, Vancouver, BC, Canada 2006 - p resent Artistic Advisor of the Vetta Chamber Music and Recital Society, Vancouver, BC, Canada 2002 - 2012 Artistic Advisor of the Blue Candlelight Musi c Series, Dallas, TX 2000 - present Artistic and Administrative Director of the Eugene Osadchy Annual North Texas Summer Cello Clinic, Dallas, TX 200 2 – present Artistic and Administrative Director of the “ Viva Celli ”, UNT Cello Ensemble, Denton,TX TEAC HING POSITIONS AND RESIDENCES 1999 – present UNT College of Music, P rofessor of Cello, U niversity of North Texas, Denton, TX 2015 – present UNT Summer String Institute, Denton, TX 2011 – present Artistic Director Summer Cello Clinic, Dallas, TX 2011 – present Guest faculty at Academia de Musica Internacional, University of Colima , Mexico 1985 - 1999 Faculty, Vancouver Academy of Music, BC, Canada 19 95 - 1996 Guest faculty, University of British Columbia 1996 Faculty, Summer Orchestra Clinic at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada 1 1987 – 1989 String Quartet in residence, Banff Art Center, Canada 1987 - 1991 Artist - in - Residence at the Courtney Youth Summer Music Camp , Courtney, BC. 1982 - 1988 Faculty, Capilano College, Vancouver, BC. 1978 - 1979 Faculty, Kiev Music School #4, Kiev, Ukraine 1977 - 1978 Adjunct faculty, Assistant to Marina Tchaikovsky, Kiev State Conservatory of Music. POSITIONS HELD 2017 – present Principal Cellist, Richardson Symphony, Richardson , TX 2001 – present P rincipal Cellist, Plano Symphony, Plano , TX 2001 – 2013 Principal Cellist, Dallas Chamber Orchestra, Dallas, TX 2015 – 2016 Visiting Principal Cellist , Miami Symphony Orchestra, Miami, FL 2002 – 2012 Artistic Advisor , Blue Candlelight Music Series, Dallas, TX 2009 – present Artistic Advisor, The Vetta Chamber Music and Recital Society, Vancouver, BC, Canada 1994 - 2005 Pr incipal Celli st, CBC Radio Orchestra, Vancouver, Canada 1992 - 1999 Assistant Principal Cellist with Vancouver Symphony Orchestra 1990 - 1996 Principal Cellist with Curio Ensemble, CBC Radio, Canada 1988 - 1994 C ellist with Masterpiece Trio, Vancouver, Canada 1985 - 1990 Cellist with Vetta String Quartet, Vancouver, Canada 1983 - 2006 Artistic Director and CO - founder of the Vetta Chamber Music and Recital Society, Vancouver, Canada. 1976 - 1977 Guest Instructor at the Kiev State Conservatory of Music 1975 - 1979 Faculty at the Kiev Regional Music School (Cello) 1973 - 1975 Principal Cellist, Kiev Conservatory Chamber Orchestra. 1970 - 1975 Instruct or in Special Pedagogical Training and Practice at the Kiev State Conservatory of Music. SERVICE TO THE UNIVERSITY AND COLLEGE OF MUSIC 2017 Cello Sectional for UNT Concert Orchestra E xtra coachings for various COM chamber music groups Member of Undergraduate String Quartet Committee Attended 22 hearings, recitals and oral exams UNT Honors Day Committee 2016 9/11 Memorial concert Member of UNT Honors Day Committee, Cello and Bass Sectional for UNT Concert Orchestra, Attended two UNT Graduate Convocations, Attended 26 hearings, recitals and oral exams. Provided extra coaching’s for various chamber music groups. Attended COM juries and auditions. Written numerous letters of recommendation for UNT students for different festivals, summer jobs , graduate schools and grants. External evaluator for John Lutterman, Professor of Music, the College of Arts and Sciences, University of Alaska Anchorage. 2015 Organized recital and master class by professor Alexander Russakovsky of University of South ern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS Honors Day Committee Organized recital and master class by professor Jesus Castro - Balbi, TCU, Fort Worth, TX 2013 Endowed Eugene Osadchy Cello Scholarship at COM Cello Sectional coaching for UNT Concert Orchestra Membe r of PAC Committee (spring 2013) Organized master class by DSO Concertmaster Alex Kerr UNT faculty Kennedy Memorial Concert, Dallas 2012 Member of UNT Curriculum Committee Cello Sectional coaching for UNT Conce rt Orchestra Member of UNT Honors Day Committee 2011 Member of UNT Curriculum Co mmittee Member of UNT Honors Day Committee 2010 Presented recital by Ben jamin Whitcomb, Cello Professor, University of Wisconsin, Whitewater 2 2008 Member of UNT Curriculum Committee 2007 - 2010 Member of UNT Budget Committee 2010 Presented Master Class by Suren Bagratuni, Cello Professor, University of Illinois 2010 Presented Master Class by Jesus Castro - Balbi, Cello Professor, TCU, Fort Worth, TX 2009 Member, Sea rch Committee for the College of Music violin professor Presented Master Class by Bongshin Ko, Cello Professor, California State University Presented Master Class by Emanuel Gruber, Professor of Cello, ECU 2008 Hosted visiting artists Chul Hee Yoon, piano and Sang - Eun Bae, violin (S. Korea) for two recitals at the College of Music Hosted visiting artist Wolfgang Watzinger, piano (Austria) for two recitals at the UNT College of Music and Baylor University, Waco, TX Prese nted Bion Tsang, cello, in master class at the UNT College of Music 2007 Member, Search Committee for the UNT College of Music professor of cello /chamber music. Presented pianist Daredjan (Baya) Kakouberi in chamber music recital at the UNT College of Music. 2006 Hosted visiting artist Arthur Rowe, piano (Canada) for recital at the UNT College of Music 2005 Presented Ilya Kaler, violin, in master class at the UNT College of Music 2002 - 2004 Member of the Universi ty Senate 2002 Presented Mark Peskanov, violin, in chamber music master class at the UNT College of Music 2000 Participated in Benefit concert for State Employee Charitable Campaign, UNT, Denton, TX COMMUNITY SERVICE 20 17 Two concerts at Luis Brier retirement home, Vancouver, Canada 2016 Two concerts at Luis Brier retirement home, Vancouver, Canada 2015 Yom Kippur Services at Congregation Kol Ami, Flower Mound, TX 2014 Benefit concert for Argyle Methodist Church Hosted Benefit concert for Chamber Music International Yom Kippur Services at Congregation Kol Ami, Flower Mound, TX 2013 Endowed Eugene Osadchy Cello Scholarship at COM Cello Sectional coaching for UNT Concert Orchestra Member of PAC Committee (spring 2 013) UNT faculty Kennedy Memorial Concert, Dallas 2012 Hosted Benefit concert for Chamber Music International Hosted Benefit concert for Blue Candlelight Music Series Worked with two cello students from inner city Dallas Judicator at 2012 Young Artist Competition of International Music Conservatory, Dallas, TX 2010 Hosted Benefit concert for Chamber Music International, Dallas 2009 Benefit concert for Cedar Creek Public Library Fund, TX Silenced Voices: A Concert of Remem brance, Ackermann Center for Holocaust Studies, Dallas, TX 2008 Benefit concert for Plano Symphony Benefit concert for Ukrainian medical charity (helping children with disabilities) under auspices of Peace Core US A 2007 Hosted Benefit concert for Chamber Music International, Dallas Hosted Benefit concert for Viardo International Piano Competition H osted British violinist David Juritz who is traveling around the world playing music of Bach and raising aware ness of Musequality – British based charity, funding music projects that change young lives around the World. Benefit concert for Cedar Creek Public Library Fund, TX 2006 - 2007 Benefit concerts for the abused and neglected children (Nelson Children’s Center) 2003 - present Yom Kippur Services at Congregation Kol Ami, Flower Mound, TX 2000 Organized and participated in Benefit concert for Russian children medical charity, Vancouver, BC 1995 - 1999 Co ncerts/lectures for inner city schools, Vancouver, BC 1996 Organized and participated in Benefit concert to bring the Bosnian family to Canada. Benefit concert for Holocaust Society of Vancouver, Canada 1990 - 1999 Regular performanc es for Palliative Care Unit patients at the St. Paul Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada 3 MASTER CLASSES 2017 TCU Chamber Music Roundup Festival 17 th Annual Eugene Osadchy Cello Clinic, Dallas, TX UNT Summer String Institute, Denton, TX Ho Chi Minh City