Curriculum Vitae of Ben Sieben

Curriculum Vitae of Ben Sieben Table of Contents <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Education </li><li style="flex:1">2</li></ul>22334455566 Relevant Skills Employment Positions Held Performance Experience Collaborative Experience Master Classes Teaching Awards and Recognition International Performances/Foreign Travel Volunteer Work Graduate Degree Recitals Collaborative Repertoire 1BEN SIEBEN [email protected] | 979-479-1197 | 61 San Jacinto St., Bay City, TX, 77414 Education Master of Music in Collaborative Piano University of Colorado Boulder Primary instructors: Margaret McDonald and Alexandra Nguyen 2017 2012 2010 Master of Music in Piano Performance University of Utah Primary instructor: Heather Conner Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance Houston Baptist University Primary instructor: Melissa Marse Relevant Skills 25 years of classical piano improvisation transposition basso-continuo harpsichord score arranging reading lead sheets sight reading open-score reading jazz and rock styles music theory transcription by ear keyboard/synthesizer proficiency <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">fluent conversational Spanish </li><li style="flex:1">Italian, German, French, and English diction </li></ul>Employment Positions Held <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Emerging Musical Artist-in-Residence, Penn State Altoona </li><li style="flex:1">2017 </li></ul>Vocal coach and accompanist for private voice students Graduate Assistant, University of Colorado Boulder Collaborative pianist, pianist for instrumental students, vocal students, orchestra, opera, and opera scenes classes 2015-2017 Choral Accompanist, Texas A&M University 2012-2015 Accompanist for Century Singers and Women’s Chorus Choral Accompanist, Brazos Valley Chorale 2013-2015 2013-2015 2010-2012 Choral Accompanist, College Station High School Graduate Assistant, University of Utah Class Piano instructor 2Performance 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) Studio Recital: viola student of Matthew Dane (Boulder, CO) Concert with Ariana Gibbard, soprano (Denver, CO) 2017 2017 2016 2015 2014 2014 2014 2014 2013 2013 2012 2011 2010 Flute Recital: Tamara Drury, flute (College Station, TX) Fundraiser Concert with Sterling Allen, baritone (College Station, TX) Premieres of student compositions at Oregon Bach Festival Composers Symposium Concert with Susan Lovelette, soprano (Bryan, TX) Daniel Webbon M.M. Composition recital at University of Houston Premieres of student compositions at Oregon Bach Festival Composers Symposium Senior Recital: Rachel Warden, violin (College Station, TX) Utah Mid-Winter Song Festival, Cosi fan tutte (not staged) MUNDI Project concert (Salt Lake City, UT) Performed for HBU Spirit of Excellence Gala (Houston, TX) Collaborative Experience Student Accompaniment and Coaching Vocal accompaniment & coaching: <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Voice students of Dr. Bonnie Cutsforth-Huber at Penn State Altoona </li><li style="flex:1">2017 </li></ul>Voice students at CU Boulder Voice students of Laurelle Gowing (Houston, TX) Musical Theater students at University of Utah College Station High School Elsik High School Bay City High School 2015-2017 2015 2010-2012 2012-2013 2007-2008 2007 Pre-college Instrumental accompaniment & coaching: Violin and viola students of Marian Anderson String Quartet Elsik High School Hastings High School Clute Intermediate School 2013 2008 2008 2007 <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">2007 </li><li style="flex:1">Brazoswood High School </li></ul>3Choir Accompaniment <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Brazos Valley Chorale </li><li style="flex:1">2013-2015 </li></ul>2012-2015 2013-2014 2010 2007-2010 2007 TAMU Century Singers and Women’s Chorus Oregon Bach Festival Composers Symposium Chorus, dir. Craig Hella Johnson HBU University Singers and Schola Cantorum Elsik High School Choirs Brazosport College Chamber Choir <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Pianist for HBU Summer All-State Choir Camp </li><li style="flex:1">2008-2011, 2013 </li></ul>Opera Rehearsal Pianist: Eklund Opera Program at CU Boulder (see repertoire list) Rehearsal and Performance Pianist: Graduate Opera Scenes class at CU Boulder 2016-2017 2015 Musical Theater Rehearsal Pianist: CU Opera production of Red Hot and Cole Music Director: Jesus Christ Superstar (The Theatre Company, Bryan TX) Pianist: Hello, Dolly! ( Bellaire United Methodist Community Theater) Keyboardist: Beauty and the Beast (Brazosport College) Keyboardist: Cabaret (Brazosport College) 2017 2013 2009 2007 2006 Orchestra/Band Performances University Orchestra, CU Boulder (Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances) Opera Orchestra, CU Boulder (Poulenc: Dialogues of the Carmelites) Texas A&M University Symphonic Band (Maslanka: Traveler) Brazos Valley Symphony Orchestra (Orff: Carmina Burana) Galveston Symphony Orchestra (Respighi: Pines of Rome) 2016 2016 2015 2014 2009 2009 2008 Brazosport Symphony Orchestra (Christmas Concert) Houston Civic Symphony Orchestra (Piston: Suite from ‘The Incredible Flutist’) Master Classes John Churchwell Martin Katz Ricardo Ballestero Trio Con Brio-Copenhagen Bradley Moore Head of Music, San Francisco Opera Professor of Collaborative Piano, University of Michigan Professor of Collaborative Piano, University of São Paulo Performing Artists Pianist, L.A. Philharmonic Betty Mallard Professor of Piano, UT Austin Alfonso Montecino Andrea Anderson Professor Emeritus, Indiana University Performing Artist Teaching Coached singers weekly at CU Boulder Taught 5 sections of Class Piano to undergraduates at the University of Utah 2015-2017 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 Taught private piano lessons to children and adults 2011 2007-2010 4Awards and Recognition Recipient of TA increase from 50% to 75%, University of Utah Utah SummerArts Piano Competition: 2012 2011 Collaborative Skill: 2nd place Sight Reading: 2nd place Concerto: honorable mention Recipient of the Outstanding Music Student award at Houston Baptist University Member of Beta Upsilon Chi at HBU Fraternity awarded “highest academic achievement by an HBU fraternity” Husky Revue: 1st Prize in Individual Performance Member of Phi Theta Kappa honors society 2010 2008-2010 2009 2009 2005-2007 International Performances/Foreign Travel 9-day choir tour in Quebec 10-day choir and orchestra trip to Kenya 9-day choir tour in Germany 2015 2014 2014 <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">10-day choir tour in Italy </li><li style="flex:1">2006 </li></ul>Lived in Mexico for 2 years with family doing ministry and mission work Lived in Costa Rica for 2 months for Spanish immersion language program Other travel includes Ireland and Spain 2002-2004 2002 Volunteer Work Christmas and Easter programs at TDCJ Correctional Facility (Estelle Unit) Lambs Lunch Ministry (meals for homeless) Huntsville, TX Boulder, CO Music and Leadership for Intervarsity Graduate Christian Fellowship Served as Staff Advisor for student organization HardChord DynaMix Served as youth ministry leader and youth worship leader at K2 The Church Played for The Road Home (homeless shelter) fundraiser Coordinated music for Bay City Vineyard Church Crawfish Boil outreach Played for Bay City High School Baccalaureate Service Boulder, CO College Station, TX Salt Lake City, UT Salt Lake City, UT Bay City, TX Bay City, TX 5Graduate Degree Recitals <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">M.M. Collaborative Piano Recital </li><li style="flex:1">2017 </li></ul>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 <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">M.M. Collaborative Piano Recital </li><li style="flex:1">2016 </li></ul>2012 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 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 <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">M.M. Piano Performance </li><li style="flex:1">2011 </li></ul>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 Concerto for Violin and Orchestra Six Romanian Folk Dances (arr. violin/piano) Violin Sonata No. 4 in A minor, Op 23 (1st mov’t) Violin Sonata No. 5 in F major, Op 24 Violin Sonata No. 1 in G major, Op. 78 Violin Sonata in G minor, L. 140 Accolay Barber Bartók Beethoven Beethoven Brahms Debussy <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Dvořák </li><li style="flex:1">Sonatina for Violin and Piano </li></ul>Sonata in A for Violin and Piano Concerto for Violin and Orchestra Violin Concerto in E minor, Op 64 Sonata in A major, K. 305 Franck Khachaturian Mendelssohn Mozart Violin Concerto No. 4, in D major (1st mov’t) Zigeunerweisen, Op. 20 Mozart Sarasate 6Estrellita, Mexican Serenade Violin Concerto No. 5 (1st mov’t) Légende, Op. 17 Ponce Seitz Wieniawski <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Wieniawski </li><li style="flex:1">Scherzo Tarantelle, Op.16 </li></ul>Viola Sonata in E-flat Major, Op. 120 for Clarinet/Viola and Piano Märchenbilder for Viola and Piano Concerto for Viola and Orchestra Brahms Schumann Walton Cello Sonata for Piano and Cello in A major, Op. 69 Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in D major, Hob. VIIb/2, Op. 101 Concerto for Cello and Orchestra Beethoven Haydn Elgar <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Sonata for Cello and Piano in D minor </li><li style="flex:1">Shostakovich </li></ul>Bass Tarantella Elegie Sonata in A minor "Arpeggione" Bottesini Bottesini Schubert Winds Flute Sonata in E minor, BWV 1034 Sonatina for Flute and Piano Cantabile et Presto Bach Dutilleux Enesco <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Ballade </li><li style="flex:1">Martin </li></ul>Concerto in D major, K. 314 (1st mov't) Fantasía por un Gentilhombre: Canario Andante Pastoral et Scherzettino Mozart Rodrigo Taffanel Clarinet Sonata in F minor, Op. 120 No. 1 Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra No. 2 in F minor (1st mov’t) Première Rhapsodie Brahms Crusell Debussy <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Weber </li><li style="flex:1">Introduction, Theme, and Variations </li></ul><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Seven Variations on a Theme for Silvana for clarinet and piano, Op. 33 </li><li style="flex:1">Weber </li></ul>Oboe Concerto for two oboes and strings, Op. 7 No. 11 Temporal Variations Albinoni Britten <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Rietz </li><li style="flex:1">Konzertstück for Oboe and Orchestra, Op. 33 </li></ul>Bassoon Concertino for Bassoon and Orchestra Double Bassoon Concerto in F Major Mignone Vanhal Saxophone <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Sonata for Saxophone and Piano </li><li style="flex:1">Heiden </li></ul>7<ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Aria for Saxophone and Piano </li><li style="flex:1">Ibert </li></ul>Brass Trumpet Concertpiece No. 1 Legend Sonata for Trumpet and Piano Concerto for Trumpet Brandt Enesco Kennan Neruda Trombone Sonata for Trombone and Piano Ballade Sonatina for Trombone and Piano Sonata “Vox Gabrieli” for Trombone Romance Ewazen Martin Serocki Šulek Weber Horn Sonata for Horn and Piano Scherzo Concertante Canto Serioso Ewazen Nelhybel Nielsen <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Nocturne, Op. 7 </li><li style="flex:1">Strauss, F. </li></ul>Euphonium Tuba Carissima Mia Sonata in F major, Op. 1 No. 12 Johnston Handel Concerto for Tuba Sonata for Tuba and Piano Sonata V in C Sparke Sibbing Marcello <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Curnow </li><li style="flex:1">Concertino for Tuba </li></ul>Chamber Music Cousins for Trombone, Cornet, and Piano Trio for Flute, Bassoon, and Piano Clarke Corea Trio for Trumpet, Violin, and Piano Deux Interludes for violin, flute, and piano Trio for Oboe, Bassoon, and Piano Piano Quintet in E-flat major, Op. 44 (mov’ts 1 & 2) Fandango for Trumpet, Trombone, and Piano Ewazen Ibert Poulenc Schumann Turrin Choral Works Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 Chichester Psalms Fern Hill Beethoven Bernstein Corigliano <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Gjeilo </li><li style="flex:1">Sunrise Mass </li></ul>Requiem Mass in D minor, K. 262 Carmina Burana Mozart Orff 8Voice Art Song Hermit Songs, Op. 29 Sure on this shining night I hear an army A Nun Takes the Veil Der Kuss Per pietà, bell'idol mio Torna, vezzosa Fillide Die Nachtigall Barber Barber Barber Barber Beethoven Bellini Bellini Berg <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Im Zimmer </li><li style="flex:1">Berg </li></ul>Toothbrush Time Meine Liebe ist Grün Sally Gardens At the Mid Hour of Night The Ash Grove Intorno all'idol mio 7 Mélodies, Op.2, Nos. 2, 3, 5, 7 Beau Soir Bolcom Brahms Britten Britten Britten Cesti Chausson Debussy Debussy Debussy Donaudy Donaudy Donaudy Duke C’est l’extase L’ombre des Arbres Freschi luoghi Amorosi Spirate pur spirate i carry your heart Chanson triste Sabbath Morning At Sea La chanson d’Éve, Op. 95 Au bord de l’eau Duparc Elgar Fauré Fauré Cinq mélodies "de Venise", Op. 58 Automne Fauré Fauré <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Après un Rêve </li><li style="flex:1">Fauré </li></ul>Harlem Night Song La Rosa y El Sauce Pampamapa Si mes vers avaient des ailes Songs to the Moon: Prologue: Once More -- to Gloriana What the Gray-winged Fairy Said The Haughty Snail-King Two Little Flowers Erinnerung Gordon Guastavino Guastavino Hahn Heggie Ives Mahler <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Laue Sommernacht </li><li style="flex:1">Mahler </li></ul><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Wer hat das Liedlein erdacht? from Des Knaben Wunderhorn </li><li style="flex:1">Mahler </li></ul><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Wo die schönen Trompeten blasen, from Des Knaben Wunderhorn </li><li style="flex:1">Mahler </li></ul><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Liebst du um Schönheit </li><li style="flex:1">Mahler </li></ul><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Nun seh’ ich wohl, warum so dunkle Flammen, from Kindertotenlieder </li><li style="flex:1">Mahler </li></ul>Neue Liebe Nachtlied Trois Mélodies Mendelssohn Mendelssohn Messiaen 9Abendempfindung, K. 523 Litany Mozart Musto ¿Corazón, por qué pasáis...? Al Amor Obradors Obradors Obradors Obradors Poulenc Poulenc Price Quilter Chiquitita la novia La mi sola, Laureola La courte paille, FP. 178 La Fraîcheur et le Feu, FP. 147 Song to the Dark Virgin Autumn Evening <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">April </li><li style="flex:1">Quilter </li></ul><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Dream Valley </li><li style="flex:1">Quilter </li></ul>Cinq mélodies populaires grecques Waldeinsamkeit Ravel Reger Cherryblossoms Lane, from Two Rondels Clair de Lune La feuille de peuplier La cigale et la fourmi Mondestrunken, from Pierrot Lunaire Du bist die Ruh Nachtviolen Dichterliebe, Op. 48 Widmung Sadao Bekku Saint-Saëns Saint-Saëns Saint-Saëns Schönberg Schubert Schubert Schumann Schumann Schumann Schumann Sibelius Du bist wie eine Blume Du Ring an meinem Finger Svarta Rosor Agony, from Into the Woods Allerseelen Ständchen Nur Wer die Sehnsucht Kennt Buddy on the Nightshift Du denkst mit einem Fädchen Er ist’s Sondheim Strauss, R. Strauss, R. Tchaikovsky Weill Wolf Wolf Arias Es ist vollbracht, from St. John Passion, BWV 245 Must the winter come so soon? from Vanessa Je dis que rien ne m'épouvante from Carmen Bach Barber Bizet "What would Missus Herring Say?" from Albert Herring Laurie’s song from The Tender Land Long Time Ago from The Tender Land Summertime, from Porgy and Bess Che faró senza Euridice, from Orfeo Salut! demeure chaste et pure, from Faust Faites-lui mes aveux, from Faust Britten Copland Copland Gershwin Gluck Gounod Gounod Handel Handel Heggie Lalo Iris hence away from Semele Forte e lieto a morte andrei from Tamerlano “This Journey” from Dead Man Walking Vainement, ma bien-aimée, from Le roi d’Ys Voi lo sapete, from Cavalleria Rusticana Va! laisse couler mes larmes, from Werther Mascagni Massenet 10 Il mio Tesoro intanto from Don Giovanni Smanie implacabili, from Cosi Fan Tutte Laudamus te, from Mass in C minor Che belta, che leggiadria, from La finita giardinera Porgi, amor, from Le nozze di Figaro Mozart Mozart Mozart Mozart Mozart Mozart Ponchielli Previn Exultate, jubilate, K. 165 Voce di donna, from La Gioconda I want magic, from A Streetcar Named Desire Quando m’en vo’ soletta, from La Bohème As I Was Saying, from The Rake’s Progress Act II No. 7 "De' miei bollenti spiriti," from La Traviata Qui sedes ad dexteram Patris, from Gloria Lonely House from Street Scene Puccini Stravinsky Verdi Vivaldi Weill Opera Die Zauberflöte Die Fledermaus Mozart Strauss Opera Scenes Turn of the Screw Floréncia en los Amazones Cosi fan Tutte Emmeline Silent Night Britten Catán Mozart Picker Puts Premieres Infrared(for piano, flute, viola, and cello) (rip)ples (for piano, flute, clarinet, violin, viola) Sonata for Flute and Piano Ackerley, Mark Bohman, Brett Hailey, Nathan Joseph, Jeremy Landrum, Nicholas Sprecht, Elena Webbon, Daniel Webbon, Daniel Webbon, Daniel Wylie, Ben Alyce (monodrama for soprano, piano, cello, and flute) Meridian (for two pianos and percussion) Red-headed Daredevil (for soprano and piano) Three Pieces for Violin and Piano Tilt-Shift (for piano, viola, and drumset) Confessions of St. Augustine (mezzo-soprano and piano) crest/peak (for piano and electric guitar) 11

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