PENNY R. S. BRANDT Curriculum Vitae as of May 2017 40 Owen St, D1 Department of Music Hartford, CT 06105 University of Connecticut (860) 837-4794 1295 Storrs Rd, #1012 [email protected] Storrs, CT 06269 RESEARCH AREAS Living composers (in Connecticut), early twentieth century, gender and music, aesthetics of identity, women composers, music in activist movements, fascist Italy, Spain and Portugal ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS 2013–2017: Instructor of Record (GA/TA), Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program, University of Connecticut 2012–2017: Instructor of Record (GA/TA), Music Department, University of Connecticut 2009–2012: Graduate Assistant/Teaching Assistant, University of Connecticut 2014: Instructor, Department of Visual & Performing Arts, University of New Haven NON-ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS 2016–Present: Artistic Director, Women Composers Festival of Hartford 2016: Musical Director, Playhouse on Park Regional Theater, Little Shop of Horrors 2014–2016: President & CEO, Women Composers Festival of Hartford 2014: Stage Manager, Connecticut Early Music Festival, Dido and Aeneas EDUCATION 2017: PhD, Music History and Theory, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT Dissertation: “A Marriage and Its Music: The Work of Elsa Olivieri Sangiacomo Respighi in Fascist Italy.” Advisor: Eric Rice Courses: Notation & Perf. Practice, Atonal Theory, Schenker, Beethoven, Aesthetics Interdisciplinary Concentration: Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Courses: Feminist Pedagogy, Gender & Sex Theories, Performance Project 2013: MA, Historical Musicology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT Thesis: “Stravinsky as Art and Entertainment: Performances of his music in the United States, 1910–1916.” Advisor: Alain Frogley Courses: Bach Cantatas, Beethoven Symphonies, Renaissance, Opera, Theory 2009: BA summa cum laude, Music: Piano, University of New Haven, CT 2004–2007: Oakland Community College, Auburn Hills, MI 1996–1998: Indiana University, Bloomington, IN Penny Brandt - 2 CONFERENCE PAPERS, INVITED LECTURES, CONCERT TALKS 2016: Invited Lecture, Center for Learning in Retirement (CLIR), UConn Depot Campus 2015: “Love, Motherhood, and the Female Gaze,” Charter Oak Cultural Center, Hartford 2015: Concert Talk: Munich Symphony, Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts 2015: “The Invisible Woman,” Athenaeum Arts Series, Western New England University, Springfield, MA 2015: Concert Talk: Dover Quartet, Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts 2015: “The Invisible Woman,” Capital Community College, Hartford, CT 2014: “Elsa Olivieri Sangiacomo Respighi: Composer and Protagonist,” American Musicological Society, New England Chapter Meeting, Clark University, MA 2014: Concert Talk: Moscow State Symphony Orchestra, Jorgensen Center 2014: “Out of the Shadows,” Women Composers Festival of Hartford, Charter Oak Cultural Center, Hartford, CT 2013: “Tre Canzoni Spagnole by Elsa Olivieri Sangiacomo Respighi,” Women Composers Festival of Hartford, University of Hartford MEDIA COVERAGE 2016: Interview on WNPR regarding 2016 Women Composers Festival of Hartford http://wnpr.org/post/hartford-festival-returns-celebrating-music-women-composers 2015: Review by musicologist Liane Curtis, Women’s Philharmonic Advocacy http://www.wophil.org/2015/hartford-concert-inspires/ 2015: Interview on WNPR regarding 2015 Women Composers Festival of Hartford http://wnpr.org/post/hartford-festival-celebrates-music-women-composers 2013: Better Connecticut (“Now Let Me Fly,” Black History Month Benefit Concert) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUjoXeqJJF4&feature=youtu.be&t=30s 2011: MSNBC (“Zanna Don’t,” True Colors, Greater Hartford Anti-bullying Initiative) http://www.nbcnews.com/video/msnbc/45033576 HONORS, GRANTS, AND AWARDS 2017: Greater Hartford Arts Council Ignition Grant on behalf of Women Composers Festival of Hartford 2013–2016: Provost of University of Connecticut Recognition for Excellence in Teaching 2015: Greater Hartford Arts Council Event Grant on behalf of Women Composers Festival of Hartford 2014: Music Department, University of Connecticut Summer Fellowship Grant for research at the Cini Foundation in Venice, Italy 2011: Proclamation from the Asamblea Nacional for contributions to culture in Ecuador 2009: National Society for Experiential Education Honor Award 2007–2009: Dean’s List, University of New Haven Penny Brandt - 3 2007–2009: Presidential Scholarship, University of New Haven 2007–2009: Phi Theta Kappa Scholarship, University of New Haven 2004–2007: Dean’s List, Oakland Community College 2007: Award for Outstanding Achievement in Music, Oakland Community College COURSES TAUGHT (INSTRUCTOR OF RECORD) University of Connecticut, Music Department Masterpieces of Western Music 1700–1930 (Fall 2016) Music History: 1750 to New Millennium (Spring 2016, Spring 2017) Music History Lit 3: 1830 to Present (Fall 2015) Women in Music, Special Topics, Upper Divisional (Spring 2015, Spring 2016) Intro to Music History 2, 1750 to Present (Spring 2013, 2014, 2015) Intro to Music History 1, Antiquity to 1750 (Fall 2012, 2013, 2014) Univ. of Connecticut, Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program Gender and Globalization (Fall 2014, Fall 2015, Fall 2016) Women in Music, Special Topics, Upper Divisional (Spring 2015, 2016) Feminisms and the Arts (Fall 2013, Spring 2014, Summer 2014) University of New Haven, Department of Visual and Performing Arts Introduction to Music (Fall 2014) COURSES ASSISTED (GRADUATE ASSISTANT) University of Connecticut, Music Department Introduction to Non-Western Music (Fall 2011, Spring 2012) Popular Music and Diversity in American Society (Fall 2010, Spring 2011) Music Appreciation (Fall 2009, Spring 2010) SERVICE TO UNIVERSITY AND PROFESSION 2014–2017: Faculty Advisor, Drop the Bass, Student A Cappella group, UConn 2014–2016: Student Council (AMS-NE Representative), American Musicological Society 2015: Coordinator and Liaison: (unofficial) Women Composer Colloquium series at UConn (Paula Matthusen, 2017; Jessica Meyer, 2016; Sadie Harrison, 2016; Lisa Coons, 2015) 2013–2014: Faculty Advisor, Husky Records, Student record label, UConn 2011–2012: Student Representative, Graduate Studies in Music Committee, UConn Penny Brandt - 4 SELECT PERFORMANCES AND OUTREACH 2017: “Triggered: Gendered Violence in Music,” Women Composers Festival of Hartford 2016: “Ca-beer-et” Fundraiser for St. Catherine’s Women’s Shelter, Hartford, CT 2016: “Lullabies and the Male Gaze,” Fundraiser for Women Composers Festival of Hartford 2015: “Upbeat Like Millie” Benefit and fundraiser for leiomyoscarcoma, Hartford, CT 2015: “Love Illuminated,” Smith College and Western New England University Lecture/recital with New York Times Best-selling author Emily Nagoski 2015: “Chamber Music for Peace,” with Cuatro Puntos, Glastonbury and Norwalk, CT 2014: “Springfield Unity Festival,” with Una Voz, Springfield, MA 2012: “Out of the Shadows” WGSS Program, University of Connecticut 2012: “Now Let Me Fly,” South Church, Hartford ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE 2016: Substitute Organist and Cantor, Church of the Assumption, Manchester, CT 2015: Interim Director of Music, Catholic Communities of East Hartford, CT 2015: Co-Musical Director, Trinity College, Hartford, CT 2013–2015: Organist, Middlebury Congregational Church, Middlebury, CT 2014: Accompanist, Hartt School Community Division 2009, 2012, 2014: Co-musical Director, University of New Haven, West Haven, CT 2013: Musical Director, Cheshire Summer Theatre, Seussical 2013: Accompanist, Manchester Community College 2012, 2013: Accompanist, Hartford Opera Theatre, “New in November” 2011–2013: Accompanist, Trumpet DMA recitals, University of Connecticut 2009–2013: Accompanist, Vocal Division, University of Connecticut 2010–2012: Musical Director, Camp White Pine, Haliburton, Canada 2011: Conductor/Pianist, True Colors Greater Hartford Anti-Bullying Initiative, Zanna, Don’t! 2011: Accompanist, Quinnipiac University 2009: Instructor (Music History), Squash Haven After School Program, Yale University 2009: Celeste player, Albano Ballet Company’s Nutcracker Orchestra (Connecticut tour) 2009: Musical Director, Round Table Players, The Secret Garden 2008–2009: Assistant Conductor and Accompanist, United Girls Choir of Connecticut 2008: Accompanist and Solo Pianist, International Vocal Arts Workshop, Grožnjan, Croatia 2008: Accompanist, Interlochen Summer Arts Academy, Michigan 2008: Co-Musical Director, Whitney Players, Seussical, Jr. 2003–2007: Director of Music Ministries, St. Thomas Presbyterian Church, Shelby Twp., MI 2003–2006: Instructor of Piano and Voice, Deborah’s Stagedoor, Rochester, MI 2003–2004: Publicity Director, North Oakland Concert Band, Lake Orion, MI 2002–2005: Musical Director, Lutheran High School North, Rochester MI 2001: Musical Director, Eisenhower High School, Shelby Township, MI 2000–2009: Instructor, Private Studio for Voice and Piano .