Meet the Faculty
James Chaudoir
James Chaudoir
(920) 424-2276
chaudoir@uwosh.edu
Vita
SUMMARY:
Published and Internationally performed composer with extensive and diverse catalogue of works. Actively involved in the promotion of contemporary composers and their music.
Advanced studies in music composition and theory.
Teaching experience includes: composition (studio and classroom instruction) and theory/theory-related courses at the graduate and undergraduate university levels.
Director of new music and early music ensembles.
Active performer of Baroque and Renaissance as well as Contemporary music.
EXPERIENCE:
- University of Wisconsin Oshkosh: Professor of Music, 1997
- Oshkosh Foundation Endowed Professor, 1993 - 1997 "Endowment for Excellence"
- Associate Professor, 1991
- Tenure, 1990
- Assistant Professor, 1984 - 1991
- Ohio University: Assistant Professor of Music, (1981 - 1984).
- Texas Woman's University: Assistant Professor of Music (1978 - 1981).
- University of Maryland: Graduate Teaching Assistant (1974-1977).
EDUCATION:
- University of Maryland: DMA, composition-theory, 1977.
- Louisiana State University: MM, composition, 1974.
- BM, composition, 1973.
- BM, performance, 1970.
- PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:
- Wisconsin Alliance for Composers, Inc. (WAC); president, 1987 - 1990, 1994.
- American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP).
- Society of Composers, Inc. (SCI), formerly American Society of University Composers (ASUC), member of National Council and Co-chair of Region V.
- National Association of Composers/USA.
- Southeastern Composers League.
- Tubist Universal Brotherhood Association (T.U.B.A.), "Composer Friend".
PUBLICATIONS:
- Cats, Dogs and Dinosaurs for SATB choir a cappella; Theodore Presser Company, Bryn Mawr, PA.
- On the Beach at Night for tenor, English horn and piano; Phoebus Publications, Oshkosh, WI.
- Conjunctive Parallels for flute, clarinet/bass clarinet, percussion and piano; A.S.U.C. Journal of Scores, Vol. 14, 1986. European American Music, Valley Forge, PA.
- Brief Encounters for tuba solo; Tuba Gem Series, T.U.B.A Journal, Vol. 13, No. 1.
- The following works are published by Conners Publications, Greenleaf, WI.
- Cithaerias esmeralda for flute solo
- Ave Maria for SSAA choir a cappella
- Ave Maria for SATB choir a cappella
- Sept vignettes for oboe, clarinet and bassoon
- The following works are published by Dorn Publications, Inc., Medfield, MA.
- Sonatine for alto saxophone and piano. *
- Dialectics for alto saxophone solo. *
- Pentagrams for flute, oboe, clarinet, alto saxophone and bassoon. *
- Sonata for clarinet solo. *
- Lamentations for bassoon solo. *
- Three Dance Interludes for clarinet and dancer.
* these works are presently being engraved and will be in catalogue shortly
GRANTS AND AWARDS:
- Artist Residency: Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, IL, 1997
- ASCAP Standard Awards: 1986, 1988 - 1997.
- Accepted to attend Talloires International Composers Conference, Talloires, France, summer 1996.
- University of Wisconsin Oshkosh Faculty Development Research Grant in Music Composition, 1995, 1994, 1989.
- Artist Residency: Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, IL, 1995.
- University of Wisconsin Oshkosh "Endowment for Excellence" program: awarded Oshkosh Foundation Endowed Professorship, 1993-1997. Inaugural year of university's endowment program.
- University of Wisconsin Oshkosh Sabbatical Leave: guest composer, Tempo '92 New Music Festival, Portsmouth, England; compose Concerto for Cello and Chamber Orchestra, spring semester 1992.
- Arts Midwest/Meet the Composer, 1991.
- Guest Composer-in-residence, Green Lake Music Festival, Green Lake, WI, 1991.
- University of Wisconsin Oshkosh Faculty Development Teaching Grant in MIDI Composition, 1991.
- Wisconsin Arts Board Artist Fellowship in Music Composition, 1989.
- State of Wisconsin Citation by the Assembly in Music Composition, 1989.
- Artist Residency: Robert E. Gard Wisconsin Idea Foundation, Spring Green, WI, 1989. Wisconsin Dance Council/Wisconsin Alliance for Composers project sponsored through the Wisconsin Arts Board, 1988.
- First Prize: Ithaca College Choral Composition Contest, 1985.
- First Prize: Wisconsin Choral Directors Association inaugural composition contest, 1985.
- Meet the Composer/Ohio University grant with Gregg Smith Singers, 1984.
- Fellowship with Ned Rorem, Atlantic Center for the Arts, 1984.
- Ohio Arts Council Individual Artist Grants in Music Composition: 1984, 1983.
- First Prize: University of Maryland inaugural student composition contest, 1976.
- Second Prize: Annapolis Fine Arts Federation Composition Contest, 1976.