JAMES BAGWELL 350 Cabrini Blvd, Apt 5H Mobile: 914-204-0864 10 South 7th Street New York, NY 10040 Office: 845-758-7356 Hudson, NY 12534 E-mail: [email protected] EDUCATION 1999 Doctor of Music in Choral Conducting, Indiana University Minor Fields: Music Literature and History/Twentieth Century Cultural Studies 1991 Master of Music in Musicology (American Music), The Florida State University 1990 Master of Music Education (Choral Conducting), The Florida State University 1988 Bachelor of Music Education (Piano), Birmingham-Southern College CURRENT APPOINTMENTS 2015 Associate Conductor and Director of Academic Studies, The Orchestra Now 2015 Director of Performance Studies, Bard College Conservatory of Music 2011 Artistic Consultant, The American Symphony Orchestra, New York City, NY 2009 Principal Guest Conductor, The American Symphony Orchestra, New York City, NY 2009 Co-Director, Graduate Conducting Program, Bard College, Annandale-on Hudson, NY 2008 Promoted to Professor of Music, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY 2005 Director, Music Program, Bard College, Annandale-on Hudson, NY 2004 Promoted to Associate Professor of Music, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY 2003 Director of Choruses, Bard Music Festival, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY 2000 Assistant Professor of Music, Bard College, Annandale-on Hudson, NY PREVIOUS APPOINTMENTS 2009-2015 Music Director, The Collegiate Chorale, New York City 2005-2009 Music Director, The Dessoff Choirs, New York City 2005-2009 Choral Conductor, Berkshire Bach Society, Great Barrington, MA 2000-2008 Music Director, Light Opera of Oklahoma, Tulsa, Oklahoma. Duties included conducting three productions each summer that run in repertory and conducting orchestral concerts during the summer festival. 2002-2003 Acting Choral Director, Berkshire Bach Society, Great Barrington, MA 2001-2003 Music Director, Cappella Festiva Orchestra and Chorus, Poughkeepsie, NY 1999-2002 Founder and Artistic Director -- Voices United Arts Camp, Indianapolis, Indiana. Originally formed as an education outreach program for Indianapolis Symphonic Choir, this residential camp is directed toward at-risk middle school students in the greater Indianapolis area. The curriculum includes choral and instrumental music, visual arts, and creative movement. 2000-2001 Principal Guest Conductor and Artistic Advisor, Indianapolis Symphonic Choir and Indianapolis Chamber Singers, Indianapolis, Indiana 1997-2005 Music Director, May Festival Summer Chorus, Cincinnati, Ohio. This chorus performs with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra during the Riverbend Summer Music Festival. 1998-2000 Artistic Director and Conductor, Indianapolis Symphonic Choir -- Duties included preparing the Indianapolis Symphonic Choir for performances with Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra and planning and conducting concerts produced by ISC. 1997-1998 Assistant Director of Choruses, Cincinnati May Festival, Assistant to Robert Porco James Bagwell CV Page 2 1996-1998 Assistant Conductor, Indianapolis Symphonic Choir. Assistant to Robert Porco. 1996-2000 Founder and Conductor, Indianapolis Chamber Singers -- This group was founded as the professional ensemble which performed concerts on the Indianapolis Symphonic Choir series, and served as the professional core for the ISC. 1996-2018 Music Director, May Festival Youth Chorus, Cincinnati, Ohio. 1991-1993 Director of Music, The Asheville School, Asheville, North Carolina -- Coordinated music program in 9th through 12th grade boarding school; duties included teaching Introduction to Music, three choral ensembles, and private applied voice and piano. 1991-1993 Assistant Conductor, Asheville Symphony Chorus, Asheville, North Carolina RESEARCH 1999 “Innovation and Synthesis: The Psalm Settings of Charles Ives” (Doctoral Dissertation, Indiana University) 1991 “The National Sacred Harp Foundations Archive: Transcriptions of Unpublished Manuscripts and Documents” (Master’s Thesis, The Florida State University) OTHER 1989-1991 Founder and Artistic Director: The United States Music Ensemble, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida. 1996-1997 Vocal coach in the studio of Giorgio Tozzi 1995-1997 Opera Coaching and Conducting with Imre Pallo and Robert Porco 1992 Goethe Institute (Iserlohn, Germany); completed Grundstufe I 1988-1990 Robert Shaw Institute Festival Singers, France and New York UPCOMING ENGAGEMENTS July 26-August 4, 2019, Choral Preparation, Bard Festival Chorale, Korngold, The Miracle of Heliane, American Symphony Orchestra, Leon Botstein, conducting. August 9-11; 16-18, 2019, Conducting and Choral Preparation, Bard Music Festival. Korngold and his World, Richard Fisher Center for the Performing Arts. October 31, 2019, Choral Preparation, Bard Festival Chorale, Elgar, The Kingdom, American Symphony Orchestra, Leon Botstein, conducting. Carnegie Hall. November 2, 2019, Conductor, The Berkshire Bach Society Chorus and Orchestra, Cantatas by Telemann and Bach. December 7, 2019, Conductor, The Bard Conservatory Orchestra, Price, Symphony 1, Copland, Billy the Kid, Richard Fisher Center for the Performing Arts. December 19, Choral Preparation, Bard Festival Chorale, C.P.E Bach, Magnificat, American Symphony Orchestra, Leon Botstein, conducting. Alice Tully Hall. February 6-11, Choral Preparation, The Concert Chorale of New York, Mozart, Mass in C-minor, The New York Philharmonic, Jaap van Zweden, conductor. David Geffen Hall. March 29, 2020, Conductor, The Orchestra Now, Bach Magnificat, Mendelssohn, Symphony No. 3, Mozart, Regina Coeli, Hudson Hall. April 24-25, 2020, Choral Preparation, The Concert Chorale of New York, Mahler, Symphony No. 2, The New York Philharmonic, Jaap van Zweden, conductor. David Geffen Hall. James Bagwell CV Page 3 UPCOMING ENGAGEMENTS (cont’d) April 27, 2020, Choral Preparation, Bard Festival Chorale, Vaughan Williams, Symphony No. 7, The Orchestra Now, Leon Botstein, conducting. Carnegie Hall. May 9-10, Choral Preparation, Bard Festival Chorale, Mahler, Symphony No. 2, The Orchestra Now, Leon Botstein, conducting. Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts. June 11-13, 2020 Choral Preparation, The Concert Chorale of New York, Adam, Harmonium, The New York Philharmonic, Jaap van Zweden, conductor. David Geffen Hall. PREVIOUS PROFESSIONAL ENGAGEMENTS 2019: Choral Preparation, Bard Festival Chorale, Mahler Symphony No. 3, Bard Conservatory Orchestra, Leon Botstein, conducting, Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts, April 27-28, 2019 Choral Preparation, Bard Festival Chorale, Raff, De Profundis, Boulanger, De Profundis. The Orchestra Now, Leon Botstein, conducting. Carnegie Hall, May 2, 2019 Choral Preparation, Bard Festival Chorale, Verdi Requiem, The Orchestra Now, Leon Botstein, conducting. Richard B, Fisher Center for the Performing Arts, May 6-7, 2019 Conductor, The Orchestra Now, Arriaga, Symphony in D, Schubert, Symphony No. 5. Hudson Hall, Hudson, NY, April 14, 2019 Choral Preparation, The Concert Chorale of New York, Brahms, Ein Deutsches Requiem, The New York Philharmonic, Jaap van Zweden, conductor. David Geffen Hall, February 2019 2018: Conductor, The Orchestra Now, Corelli, Christmas Concerto, Beethoven, Symphony No. 2. Hudson Hall, Hudson, NY, December 21, 2018 Conductor, The Orchestra Now, Britten, Les illuminations, Dvorak, Symphony No. 6. Peter Norton Symphony Space, New York, New York, December 2, 2018 Conductor, The Tulsa Symphony, Britten, War Requiem. November 11, 2018 Choral Preparation, Bard Festival Chorale, Vaughan William, A Sea Symphony, American Symphony Orchestra, Leon Botstein, conducting. Carnegie Hall, October 17, 2018 Conductor, Bard Conservatory Orchestra, Herrmann, Pyscho (film screening with orchestra), Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts. September 22-23, 2018 Choral Preparation, Bard Music Festival, Rimsky-Korsakov and His World, August 2018 Choral Preparation, Bard Festival Chorale, Bard Summerscape Opera, Rubinstein, Demon July-August 2018 Choral Preparation, The Concert Chorale of New York, Bernstein, Mass; Mozart, Requiem, Louis Langrée, conducting. Mostly Mozart Festival, David Geffen Hall, July-August,2018 Choral Preparation, The Concert Chorale of New York, Beethoven, Symphony 9; Bernstein, Chichester Psalms, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Gustav Dudamel, conducting. David Geffen Hall, April 29, 2018 Conductor, The May Festival Youth Chorus, Basilica of the Assumption, April 22, 2018 Choral Preparation, Bard Festival Chorale, Stravinsky, Requiem Canticles, Symphony of Psalms, The Orchestra Now, Leon Botstein, conducting. Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts, April 14-15, 2018 Conductor, The Orchestra Now, Thomson, The Plow that Broke the Plains, Bizet, Symphony in C. Hudson Opera House and Cooper Union, March 16-18.2018 James Bagwell CV Page 4 PREVIOUS PROFESSIONAL ENGAGEMENTS (cont’d) Choral Preparation, Bard Festival Chorale, Nono, Intolleranza, American Symphony Orchestra, Leon Botstein, conducting. Carnegie Hall, March 1, 2018 Conductor, The Orchestra Now, Higdon, blue cathedral, Gershwin, An American in Paris, Schumann, Symphony No. 2. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts, February 3-4, 2018 Choral Preparation, Bard Festival Chorale, Fleishman, Rothchild’s Violin, American Symphony Orchestra, Leon Botstein, conducting. Carnegie Hall, January 28, 2018 2017: Choral Preparation, The Concert Chorale of New York, Bernstein Symphony 3, New York Philharmonic, Leonard Slatkin, conducting. David Geffen Hall, November 9-14, 2017 Choral Preparation, Bard Festival Chorale,