Curriculum Vitae of Ben Sieben Table of Contents Education 2 Relevant Skills 2 Employment Positions Held 2 Performance Experience 3 Collaborative Experience 3 Master Classes 4 Teaching 4 Awards and Recognition 5 International Performances/Foreign Travel 5 Volunteer Work 5 Graduate Degree Recitals 6 Collaborative Repertoire 6 1 BEN SIEBEN [email protected] | 979-479-1197 | 61 San Jacinto St., Bay City, TX, 77414 Education Master of Music in Collaborative Piano 2017 University of Colorado Boulder Primary instructors: Margaret McDonald and Alexandra Nguyen Master of Music in Piano Performance 2012 University of Utah Primary instructor: Heather Conner Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance 2010 Houston Baptist University Primary instructor: Melissa Marse Relevant Skills 25 years of classical piano sight reading improvisation open-score reading transposition jazz and rock styles basso-continuo harpsichord music theory score arranging transcription by ear reading lead sheets keyboard/synthesizer proficiency Italian, German, French, and English diction fluent conversational Spanish Employment Positions Held Emerging Musical Artist-in-Residence, Penn State Altoona 2017 ​ Vocal coach and accompanist for private voice students Graduate Assistant, University of Colorado Boulder 2015-2017 ​ Collaborative pianist, pianist for instrumental students, vocal students, orchestra, opera, and opera scenes classes Choral Accompanist, Texas A&M University 2012-2015 ​ Accompanist for Century Singers and Women’s Chorus Choral Accompanist, Brazos Valley Chorale 2013-2015 ​ Choral Accompanist, College Station High School 2013-2015 ​ Graduate Assistant, University of Utah 2010-2012 ​ Class Piano instructor 2 Performance Experience Academic Performances Performed a concert of collaborative and solo works at Penn State Altoona Played 20 student recitals at CU Boulder Accompanied students for Honors Competition and Ekstrand Competition at CU Boulder Accompanied juries at CU Boulder (vocal and instrumental) Accompanied juries at University of Utah (25 singers and some instrumentalists) Played chamber music for composition recitals at HBU (see “premieres” under repertoire list below) ​ Selected Non-academic Performances Ben Sieben: Emerging Musical Artist-in-Residence concert (Altoona, PA) 2017 Studio Recital: viola student of Matthew Dane (Boulder, CO) 2017 Concert with Ariana Gibbard, soprano (Denver, CO) 2016 Flute Recital: Tamara Drury, flute (College Station, TX) 2015 Fundraiser Concert with Sterling Allen, baritone (College Station, TX) 2014 Premieres of student compositions at Oregon Bach Festival Composers Symposium 2014 Concert with Susan Lovelette, soprano (Bryan, TX) 2014 Daniel Webbon M.M. Composition recital at University of Houston 2014 Premieres of student compositions at Oregon Bach Festival Composers Symposium 2013 Senior Recital: Rachel Warden, violin (College Station, TX) 2013 Utah Mid-Winter Song Festival, Cosi fan tutte (not staged) 2012 ​ ​ MUNDI Project concert (Salt Lake City, UT) 2011 Performed for HBU Spirit of Excellence Gala (Houston, TX) 2010 Collaborative Experience Student Accompaniment and Coaching Vocal accompaniment & coaching: Voice students of Dr. Bonnie Cutsforth-Huber at Penn State Altoona 2017 Voice students at CU Boulder 2015-2017 Voice students of Laurelle Gowing (Houston, TX) 2015 Musical Theater students at University of Utah 2010-2012 College Station High School 2012-2013 Elsik High School 2007-2008 Bay City High School 2007 Pre-college Instrumental accompaniment & coaching: Violin and viola students of Marian Anderson String Quartet 2013 Elsik High School 2008 Hastings High School 2008 Clute Intermediate School 2007 Brazoswood High School 2007 3 Choir Accompaniment Brazos Valley Chorale 2013-2015 TAMU Century Singers and Women’s Chorus 2012-2015 Oregon Bach Festival Composers Symposium Chorus, dir. Craig Hella Johnson 2013-2014 HBU University Singers and Schola Cantorum 2010 Elsik High School Choirs 2007-2010 Brazosport College Chamber Choir 2007 Pianist for HBU Summer All-State Choir Camp 2008-2011, 2013 Opera Rehearsal Pianist: Eklund Opera Program at CU Boulder (see repertoire list) 2016-2017 ​ Rehearsal and Performance Pianist: Graduate Opera Scenes class at CU Boulder 2015 Musical Theater Rehearsal Pianist: CU Opera production of Red Hot and Cole 2017 ​ Music Director: Jesus Christ Superstar (The Theatre Company, Bryan TX) 2013 ​ ​ Pianist: Hello, Dolly! ( Bellaire United Methodist Community Theater) 2009 ​ ​ Keyboardist: Beauty and the Beast (Brazosport College) 2007 ​ ​ Keyboardist: Cabaret (Brazosport College) 2006 ​ ​ Orchestra/Band Performances University Orchestra, CU Boulder (Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances) 2016 ​ Opera Orchestra, CU Boulder (Poulenc: Dialogues of the Carmelites) 2016 ​ Texas A&M University Symphonic Band (Maslanka: Traveler) 2015 ​ Brazos Valley Symphony Orchestra (Orff: Carmina Burana) 2014 ​ Galveston Symphony Orchestra (Respighi: Pines of Rome) 2009 ​ Brazosport Symphony Orchestra (Christmas Concert) 2009 ​ Houston Civic Symphony Orchestra (Piston: Suite from ‘The Incredible Flutist’) 2008 ​ Master Classes John Churchwell Head of Music, San Francisco Opera Martin Katz Professor of Collaborative Piano, University of Michigan Ricardo Ballestero Professor of Collaborative Piano, University of São Paulo Trio Con Brio-Copenhagen Performing Artists Bradley Moore Pianist, L.A. Philharmonic Betty Mallard Professor of Piano, UT Austin Alfonso Montecino Professor Emeritus, Indiana University Andrea Anderson Performing Artist Teaching Coached singers weekly at CU Boulder 2015-2017 Taught 5 sections of Class Piano to undergraduates at the University of Utah 2010-2012 Taught Class Piano at Glendale Middle School through the University of Utah Outreach Program 2011 Took Theory Pedagogy seminar; taught one musicianship class meeting 2011 Taught private piano lessons to children and adults 2007-2010 4 Awards and Recognition Recipient of TA increase from 50% to 75%, University of Utah 2012 Utah SummerArts Piano Competition: 2011 Collaborative Skill: 2nd place Sight Reading: 2nd place Concerto: honorable mention Recipient of the Outstanding Music Student award at Houston Baptist University 2010 Member of Beta Upsilon Chi at HBU 2008-2010 Fraternity awarded “highest academic achievement by an HBU fraternity” 2009 Husky Revue: 1st Prize in Individual Performance 2009 Member of Phi Theta Kappa honors society 2005-2007 International Performances/Foreign Travel 9-day choir tour in Quebec 2015 10-day choir and orchestra trip to Kenya 2014 9-day choir tour in Germany 2014 10-day choir tour in Italy 2006 Lived in Mexico for 2 years with family doing ministry and mission work 2002-2004 Lived in Costa Rica for 2 months for Spanish immersion language program 2002 Other travel includes Ireland and Spain Volunteer Work Christmas and Easter programs at TDCJ Correctional Facility (Estelle Unit) Huntsville, TX Lambs Lunch Ministry (meals for homeless) Boulder, CO Music and Leadership for Intervarsity Graduate Christian Fellowship Boulder, CO Served as Staff Advisor for student organization HardChord DynaMix College Station, TX ​ Served as youth ministry leader and youth worship leader at K2 The Church Salt Lake City, UT Played for The Road Home (homeless shelter) fundraiser Salt Lake City, UT Coordinated music for Bay City Vineyard Church Crawfish Boil outreach Bay City, TX Played for Bay City High School Baccalaureate Service Bay City, TX 5 Graduate Degree Recitals M.M. Collaborative Piano Recital 2017 Schumann: Märchenbilder for Viola and Piano, Op. 113 ​ ​ Poulenc: La Courte Paille, FP. 178 ​ ​ Webbon: Confessions of St. Augustine for mezzo-soprano and piano ​ ​ Corea: Trio for Flute, Bassoon, and Piano Beethoven: Sonata for Cello and Piano in A Major, Op. 69 M.M. Collaborative Piano Recital 2016 Dutilleux: Sonatine for Flute and Piano Barber: Hermit Songs, Op. 39 ​ ​ Debussy: Première rhapsodie for Clarinet and Piano ​ ​ Beethoven: Sonata for Violin and Piano in F Major, Op 24 M.M. Piano Performance 2012 Kapustin: Concert Etude No. 3 in E minor “Toccatina” ​ ​ Ravel: Miroirs ​ Barber: Nocturne Op. 33 Barber: Piano Sonata in E-flat minor, Op. 26 Kapustin: Variations, Op. 41 M.M. Piano Performance 2011 Bach: French Suite No. 3, BWV 814 Haydn: Piano Sonata in C Major, Hob. XVI/50 Chopin: Nocturne, Op. 62 No. 1 Chopin: Scherzo No. 4 Prokofiev: Piano Sonata No. 7, Op. 83 Collaborative Repertoire Strings Violin Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor Accolay Concerto for Violin and Orchestra Barber Six Romanian Folk Dances (arr. violin/piano) Bartók Violin Sonata No. 4 in A minor, Op 23 (1st mov’t) Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 5 in F major, Op 24 Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 1 in G major, Op. 78 Brahms Violin Sonata in G minor, L. 140 Debussy Sonatina for Violin and Piano Dvořák Sonata in A for Violin and Piano Franck Concerto for Violin and Orchestra Khachaturian Violin Concerto in E minor, Op 64 Mendelssohn Sonata in A major, K. 305 Mozart Violin Concerto No. 4, in D major (1st mov’t) Mozart Zigeunerweisen, Op. 20 Sarasate ​ 6 Estrellita, Mexican Serenade Ponce ​ Violin Concerto No. 5 (1st mov’t) Seitz Légende, Op. 17 Wieniawski Scherzo Tarantelle, Op.16 Wieniawski Viola Sonata in E-flat Major, Op. 120 for Clarinet/Viola and Piano Brahms Märchenbilder for Viola and Piano Schumann ​ Concerto for Viola and Orchestra Walton Cello Sonata for Piano and Cello in A major, Op. 69 Beethoven Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in D major, Hob. VIIb/2, Op. 101 Haydn Concerto for Cello and Orchestra Elgar Sonata for Cello and