Bonnie Whiting Smith, percussionist
Education University of California San Diego- DMA in Contemporary Music Performance (exp. 2012) University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music- Master of Music in Performance (2009) Oberlin Conservatory of Music- Bachelor of Music in Performance (2004) Interlochen Arts Academy- High School Diploma (2000) Teaching Experience Associate-in-Music at the University of California San Diego Music 114: Twentieth Century Music (1/2012) Music 4: Survey of Western Art Music (4/2012) (the above are undergraduate lecture courses) Music 114: John Cage and the American Experimental Tradition (7/2012) (a small undergraduate seminar course) Co-Artistic Director: the Children’s Universal Language Orchestra in Spring Valley, CA Instrument building, improvisation, and musical expression for 3rd-6th graders Teaching Assistant in Music: University of California, San Diego (2011) Seattle Conservatory of Music: faculty (2008-2009) Courses in history and theory, and an original class: “Creative Expression for Musicians” Hundreds of hands-on music and performance workshops with Tales & Scales, Inc. (2005-2008) Private studio teacher (1996-present) Percussion instructor for Kjos Music’s nationally-distributed Tradition of Excellence method book supplementary DVD, and consultant for the percussion chapters (2010-present) Summer Faculty, Oberlin Conservatory of Music Percussion Institute (2009) Custom workshop for Seattle Symphony’s Soundbridge teaching artists (2008) Secondary percussion lesson instructor, Oberlin Conservatory (2000-2004) Chamber Music Coach for the Northern Ohio Youth Orchestras (2001-2004) Asociacion Nacional de Conciertos- Panama: Private teacher, coach, and conductor (2002) Masterclasses Given Shawnee State University (2011), Indiana University of Pennsylvania (2011), New Zealand School of Music (2010), Palomar College (2010), University of Cincinnati (2010), California Institute of the Arts (2010), Oberlin Percussion Institute (2009), Chapman University Percussion Symposium (2008), Sonoma College (2008), Palm Beach Atlantic University (2007), Interlochen Arts Academy (2003). Performance Experience Chamber ensembles red fish blue fish percussion group (2009-present) Performances at the Miller Theatre (2011), Park Avenue Armory (2011), Ojai Music Festival (2011), La Philharmonic Green Umbrella Series (2012), Monday Evening Concerts, LA (2012), Sushi Urban Arts Center, San Diego (2010). Collaborations with Peter Sellars, Dawn Upsaw and George Crumb on The Winds of Destiny, with ensembles eighth blackbird (2011), the International Contemporary Ensemble (2011), and Bang on a Can All Stars (2012), and composers Steve Reich, Philippe Manoury, Mark Applebaum, and James Dillon. Tales & Scales (2005-2008) Tales & Scales is an interdisciplinary chamber music quartet dedicated to performing contemporary music integrated with narrative and dance. T&S is a commissioning ensemble, performing only original new music by living composers, for primarily family audiences. Venue highlights from over 400 performances in 25 states from 2005 to 2008 include: Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, Orange County Performing Arts Center, Brooklyn Conservatory of Music, Tribeca Performing Arts Center, New Jersey Performing Arts Center, Detroit Symphony Orchestra Family Series, and the Spencer Theater. Seattle Percussion Collective (2008-present) Oberlin Contemporary Music Ensemble (2000-2004)
Orchestral (as section percussionist/timpanist) La Jolla Symphony (principal percussionist, 2009-2011) Seattle Symphony (substitute percussionist, 2008-2010) Lucerne Festival Academy Orchestra (including performances under Pierre Boulez) (2009) Seattlemusic orchestra (percussionist for film score recording sessions, 2008-2010) Bellevue Philharmonic Orchestra (substitute percussionist, 2008-2010) Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra (substitute percussionist, 2006-2008) Owensboro Symphony (substitute percussionist, 2006-2008) Philharmonia Orchestra, Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (2004/05) Principal Timpanist and section Percussionist Oberlin Orchestra, percussion and timpani, Oberlin Conservator (2000-2004) Including reading sessions with Franz Welser-Most and Sir Simon Rattle Oberlin Chamber Orchestra, percussion and timpani, Oberlin Conservatory (2000-2004) Principal Timpanist (2002) Aspen Music Festival Orchestras (2003) Ohio Light Opera Orchestra (principal percussionist/timpanist, 2002) Includes 3 recordings on Albany Records (as concerto soloist with the quartet, Tales & Scales) Louisville Orchestra, (2008) Dallas Symphony (2008) Waterloo/Cedar Falls Symphony (2007) Evansville Philharmonic (2007) Buffalo Philharmonic (2007) Maryland Symphony (2007) Indianapolis Symphony (2007) Oregon Symphony (2007, 2006) Annapolis Symphony (2005) Solo performances National Gallery of Art, DC: John Cage 2012 Centennial Concert Series (2012) The Stone, NY (2011) Stockhausen Courses/Concerts, Kurten Germany (2011) Showcase concert, Percussive Arts Society International Convention (2010) The Wulf, Los Angeles (2010, 2012) The Frederick Street Sound and Light Exploration Society, New Zealand (2010) Oberlin Percussion Institute (2009) Gallery 1412, Seattle (2010) Presentation at the Chapman Percussion Symposium, Orange, CA (2008) Seattle Symphony’s Soundbridge, Seattle, WA (2008) Good Shepherd Center Chapel, through Wayward Music, Seattle (2008/09) Music X festival, Cincinnati (2006, 2008)) Dangerous Curve, Los Angeles, CA (2007) The Vesaslavasay Panorama, Los Angeles, CA (2007) Music at Saint Paul’s chamber music series in Cincinnati, OH (2006) Solo performance, Cleveland Museum of Art, AKI festival of new music (2003) Solo performance, Teatro Anita Villalaz, Panama (2002) Improvisation Ensembles and performances: Racketology (Seattle) 2009-present Collision: an improvised series featuring dancers and musicians in San Diego’s North Park Neighborhood (2011-present) Cantor Arts Center: Stanford: improvised realization of Mark Applebaum’s graphic score “The Metaphysics of Notation.” Attended workshops, courses, and jams with: Mark Dresser, Anthony Davis, and Walter Thompson, as well as dancers Allyson Green and Liam Clancy
Festivals LA Phil, Green Umbrella Series (2012) Monday Evening Concerts, Los Angeles (2012) Miller Theatre: Composer Portrait Series, New York (2011) Ojai Music Festival, under the direction of Dawn Upshaw and Peter Sellars (2011) Park Avenue Armory Tune-in Festival, New York, NY (2011) Lucerne Festival Academy, Switzerland (2009) Old Songs Festival, Altamont, NY (2009) Roots and Rhizomes Percussion Residency, the Banff Centre, Alberta, Canada (2009) Music X, Cincinnati, OH (2006, 2008) Aspen Music Festival (2003) Other Solo CD/DVD with Mode Records of Cage’s music for speaking percussionist (exp. 2012) Recording with red fish blue fish for Mode Records’ Complete Works of Xenakis (2010) Co-Artistic Director, Tales & Scales, a not-for-profit new music organization (2006-2008) Creation of interdisciplinary programs, commissioning new music, writing grants. Various chamber music recitals at the Oberlin Conservatory, the Manhattan School of Music, Hampshire College, and Interlochen Center for the Arts. Work as a narrator on Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf and Stravinsky’s Soldier’s Tale Dance studies at Oberlin College, Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, the University of California, San Diego, and the Evansville Dance Theater Professional acting coaching with Gary Race, Michael Burnham, and Rocco Dalverra Performance experience and proficiency as a turntablist Performer at the Percussive Arts Society International Convention in 2002 Conducting experience with the Oberlin Contemporary Music Ensemble and the Oberlin Ragtime Orchestra, and at the University of California, San Diego Principal Teachers Steven Schick, Allen Otte, Michael Rosen, John Alfieri, Keith Claeys Coachings and Attended Masterclasses Steve Reich, Frederic Rzewski, Jerome Kitzke, Randall Woolf, Percussion Group Cincinnati, Members of the Ensemble Intercontemporain, Robert Van Sice, Jean Geoffroy, Tim Weiss Awards, Honors, Scholarships, and Grants NEA production grant, for Tales & Scales (2008) Meet the Composer Community Engagement Grant, for Tales & Scales (2007) University Graduate Scholarship, University of Cincinnati (2004/05, 2009) Phi Kappa Lambda Award, Oberlin Conservatory (2004) Dean’s Scholarship, Oberlin Conservatory (2000-2004) Arts Recognition and Talent Search through the NFAA Second Division Winner (2000)
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