Projects in Aesthetic Education

to be updated; work in process

Twelfth Night and the Columbia Museum of Art

In 2001, a group of early musicians came together to form the Hawley Consort and to stage a 12th Night music concert in Columbia.  After a number of years, this ensemble, now known as the Arlecchino Consort, returned to Columbia to perform Twelfth Night: An Italian Festival, January 14, 2006, at 3:00 p.m. (with a pre-concert lecture at 2:30 p.m.) at the Columbia Museum of Art. While the concert was well attended and received, the ensemble is postponing further 12th Night performances.

After participating in a New England tour with the Mellstock Band in 1994 and joining the ensemble’s director, Dave Townsend, at the 1997 Sidmouth Folk Music Festival, I  organized a 1998 tour of the Carolinas for the Mellstock Band. The 10 day tour culminated with a three day festival at the Columbia Museum of Art consisting of two concerts, "Music from the Time of Thomas Hardy" and "Folk Music of England’s West Country," and a day-long West Gallery Music Workshop. 

The Tigers

I have served as a grants writer and CD producer for an African-American shout band from Charlotte, NC. I have coordinated the preparation of text, the design process, CD production, and grants writing and reporting activities of this ensemble. Our project resulted in the recording, Make a Joyful Noise: Sound that Shout Band Brass. I have worked with Kenny Carr in the University of South Carolina Bicentennial program, Carolina Shout, and continue to assist the group whenever possible.

University of South Carolina's Fanfare Francaise,

2006 at the South Carolina State Musuem

The Serpent

Since 1986, I am been actively involved in the resurgence of interest in the serpent, a bass, woodwind, musical instrument of the late 16th through 20th centuries.  I have served as founder and president of US, United Serpents, director of the international serpent festivals at the Amherst Early Music Festival in 1986 and the University of South Carolina in 1989.  In what has proven to be one of the most rewarding aspects of my career, I have worked alongside Christopher Monk, assisted Clifford Bevan, and befriended Douglas Yeo, all part of the wonderful adventures of the serpent.

Columnist, TUBA Journal

Since 1993, I have served as the editor and columnist for the Historical Instrument Section of the TUBA Journal. Presently, I submit one column annually that attends in some way to research and activities related to the serpent. I edit and coordinate essays of the other themes of the Historical Instrument Section–museum, ophicleide, and tuba archives. These essays are submitted by Dr. Arnold Myers of Scotland, Dr. Clifford Bevan and Mr. Anthony George of England, and Dr. Ronald Davis of the United States, respectively.

• 1998– member, Education Committee, Columbia Museum of Art
• Director of the First International Serpent Festival: University of South Carolina 1989. Conducted invited master class, International Tuba Conference, and at University of Wisconsin- Madison. published in the following journals: Historical Performance (North American); The Continuo (Canadian); The American Recorder (North American); Brass Bulletin (European; 3 languages); TUBA Journal (international); Journal of the International Trumpet Guild (international); American Musical Instrument Society Newsletter (American); Historic Brass Society Newsletter (American).
• Soloist, Call to Service, Papal Service of Pope John Paul II, Columbia, South Carolina, September 1987.
• Editor of the Newsletter for United Serpents. Contributing author: Historical Performance, International Trumpet Guild Journal, Brass Bulletin.
• Member, Advisory Board, The Historic Brass Society; Executive Board, the New York Cornet & Sacbut Ensemble.
• Founder and Co-director of the Ohio State University Renaissance Festival, l975-l983. The l983 Festival, attended by approximately 30,000 persons, consisted of 70 events by both regionally and nationally-known professional performers.
• Founder and Coordinator of the "Early Music in Columbus" Concert Series, The Conservatory of Music, Capital University, Columbus, Ohio, l980-l984. The concert series included performances by Medieval and Renaissance music ensembles from Ohio, New York City, Boston and England.
• Coordinator of the First International Glass Music Festival: Columbus l983, Capital University, Columbus, Ohio, November, l983. Audience members traveled from Europe and the United States to participate in this three day event.
• Co-host of the radio program, "Early Music," WOSU Radio Station, N.P.R. affiliate, Columbus, Ohio, l976.
• 1980-1984 Director, The Inst. for the Advancement of the Arts in Education, Ohio State University

• recorder: Kenneth Wollitz, Steven Silverstein, 1973-
• sacbut: Benjamin Peck, 1975-
• serpent: Christopher Monk, Alan Lumsden, 1986-1990

joining as "percussionist" for the New York Cornet & Sacbut Ensemble, 1980 

[l-r:  Allen Dean, Benjamin Peck, ck, Ronald Borror, Terry Pierce, Charles McKnight]

• 2000  Historic Brass Festival, with Doug Yeo, Storrs, CT
• 1997  Sidmouth Folk Music Festival, West Gallery Workshop with David Townsend
• 1994  Hanover Revels, Hanover, NH, performer with the Mellstock Band
• 1993  Aston Magna Academy, Rutgers University, National Endowment for the Humanities
• 1990  Serpent Celebration, Surrey & London England
• 1989  International Serpent Festival, Columbia, SC
• 1987  Gloucester Early Music Festival, Gloucester & London, England
• 1986  Amherst Serpent Workshop
• 1978- Amherst Early Music Festival and Workshop
• 1976-77 Indianapolis Early Music Festival, Indianapolis, IN

The Carolina Waits, 1999

[l-r:  Stewart Carter, Matt Hafar, ck, Tim Collins, Doug Young]

• 2001   The Hawley Consort
• 1995-   Berlioz Historical Brass
• 1995-   Carolina Waits, cornet & sacbut ensemble
• 1995    In terra vox (Chicago early music choir; serpent)
• Dec. 1994 New England tour, The Mellstock Band (England)
• 1985-1990 The American Serpent Players (New York City)
• 1980-1984 The Early Interval, Columbus, OH
• 1974-1985 Columbus Cornet & Sacbut Ensemble, Columbus, OH
• 1974-1982 Columbus Waits and the Ohio State University Historical Dance Ensemble

• 1997 children’s performance with members of the Charlotte Symphony, Charlotte, NC
• 1992 clinician, International Tuba-Euphonium Conference, Lexington, KY
• 1992 Historic Brass Festival (with Jeff Snedeker, natural horn), Amherst, MA
• 1991 master class, serpent; University of Wisconsin, Madison.
• 1990 performed with the London Serpent Trio, The Serpent Celebration, St. John's Smith Square, London
• 1987 soloist (on serpent), Call to Service, Pope John Paul II Ecumenical Service

Music-related Chapters/Articles:

• Columnist-Editor, "Historical Instrument Section," TUBA Journal, Spring, beginning in 1993
• "Gabriel in Black Paradise," in New Directions in Historical Brass Research, edited by S. Carter, (New York: Pendragon Press, 1998), pp. 263-270.
• Editor, Newsletter for United Serpents, Vol. 1-6, 1986-1991.
• "Serpent Festival Held in South Carolina," Newsletter of the American Musical Instrument Society, Vol. XIX, No. 1; Feb. 1990.
• International Serpent Festival," Continuo, Vol. 15, No. 2, April 1990.
• The First International Serpent Festival: University of South Carolina, 1989," International Trumpet Guild Journal, TUBA Journal, Early Music America Newsletter
• "One step for intonation, one giant step for the serpent," Brass Bulletin: 58, 1987.

• 1997 Author, Project Director, Biographical Imaginations, Kellogg Foundation, $25,000.
• 1997 Author, The Shout Band Tradition, North Carolina Arts Council, $6,200.00.
• 1995 Author, "Historic Brass Symposium," National Endowment for the Arts, $18,000.
• 1989-1990 Author, Project Director, "The First International Serpent Festival," South Carolina Arts Commission and USC, $4,000.
• 1987-1990 Author, Project Director, "18th Century French Military Band," University of South Carolina Venture Fund, $6,100.
• 1987-1990 Author, Education component, Chair of Education Committee, "The First Egyptians Exhibition, McKissick Museum, University of South Carolina," National Endowment for the Humanities, $569,342.
• 1981-1984 Author for grants totaling $50,250 for the Institute for the Advancement of the Arts in Education; from The Ohio Arts Council, Capital University, The Ohio State University, and various corporations.

• 1988- member, Advisory Committee, Historic Brass Society
• 1986- member, Board of Directors, New York Cornet & Sacbut Ensemble
• 1986- President, United Serpents
• 1989 Director, The First International Serpent Festival
• 1986-1989 Chair, Elementary-Secondary Education Committee, Early Music America
• 1980-1984 Founder and Coordinator of the "Early Music in Columbus" Concert Series, Conservatory of Music, Capital University
• 1975-1983 Founder and Co-director of the Ohio State University Renaissance Festival. The 1983 Festival, attended by approximately 30,000 persons, consisted of 70 events by both regionally and nationally-known professional performers

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