My Music Lessons

                                                                  

 

                                                                  C H R I S S I E   L.   D A V I S

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education                          Doctor of Musical Arts, Flute Performance and Pedagogy,

                                            University of Southern Mississippi

                                            Hattiesburg, Mississippi, 2012  GPA: 3.777 

                                            Dissertation Title:  Extended Techniques and Electronic   

                                            Enhancements: A Study of Works By Ian Clark

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                                            Master of Music in Performance,

                                            University of Central Arkansas, Conway, Arkansas, 2008  GPA: 3.76

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                                            Bachelor of Music in Performance,

                                            University of Central Arkansas, Conway, Arkansas, 2006  GPA: 3.56

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summary of experience  Adjunct Professor of Flute, 2016 - 2019

                                              Southern Arkansas University, Magnolia, Arkansas 

 

                                             Private Flute and Piano Instructor, 2011 - present

• Plan lessons and establish repertoire

• Region coaching

• Students achieved first band All-Region 2014

• Students achieved All-State band 2014/2015

 

                                              Orchestra Manager/Librarian,

                                              Conway Symphony Orchestra and University of Central Arkansas

                                              Chamber Orchestra. Conway, Arkansas 2006 to 2008

• Assistant to Conductor Israel Getzov

• Served as liaison to orchestra musicians as well as other support staff 

• As orchestra personnel manager interfaced with musicians with regard to performance materials, rehearsal schedules, comp ticket distribution, and other various duties as required. 

• Acted as support staff for the East China Normal University Orchestra during their 2008 guest appearance with the Conway Symphony Orchestra.  

• Communicated with appropriate departments in order to facilitate staging for performances.

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professional experience     

• University of Southern Mississippi Symphony Orchestra

• Conway Symphony Orchestra

• University of Central Arkansas Chamber Orchestra

• Pine Bluff Symphony Orchestra

• Conway Chamber Orchestra

• Little Rock Wind Symphony

• Arkansas Symphony Orchestra

• East China Normal University Orchestra, Shanghai, China

 

 

                                          

awards and scholarships       ▪  Full Undergraduate tuition scholarship 2002 - 2006

        ▪  2002 - 2008 Consistently on Dean's List

        ▪  President's List Fall 2005

        ▪  2006 Outstanding Studio Award

        ▪  Graduate Assistantship 2006 - 2008

        ▪  Full Graduate Scholarship 2006 – 2008

 

major instructors               ▪  Carolyn Brown,  Professor of Flute

                                                   University of Central Arkansas 2002 – 2009

                                               ▪  Danilo Mezzadri,  Associate Professor of Flute

                                                   University of Southern Mississippi 2009 - 2012

masterclasses or private

                   sessions with       ▪  Ian Clarke

                                                  ▪ Dr. Amy Porter

                                                  ▪ Ally Ryerson

                                                  ▪ Dr. Sheryl Cohen

                                                  ▪ Dr. Nina Perlove

                                                  ▪ Dr. Mary Karen Clardy

 

solo repertoire       Astor Piazzolla -  Tango Etudes for Flute and piano*

 

                                  C.P. E. Bach - Sonata in A minor

                                                          Concerto in D minor                                                 

 

            Cecile Chaminade - Concertino, Op. 107*

 

            Charles Griffes - Poem*

 

            Claude Debussy - Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun

                                         Syrinx

 

            Francis Poulenc – Sonata for flute and piano*

 

            Franz Doppler – Fantaisie Pastorale Hongroise*

 

            George Frideric Handel – Sonata in G minor for flute and piano*

           

             Henri Dutilleux- Sonatine for flute and piano*

 

             Ian Clarke – Tuberama for flute and CD backing*

                                  TRKs for flute and CD backing*

                                  Hatching Aliens for flute and piano*

                                  Sunstreams and Sunday Morning

                                  Within…for seven flutes*    

 

 J.S. Bach - Flute Sonatas:

                    Sonata in A for flute and piano*

                    C major*

                    D minor*

                    E minor*

                    G minor*

                    B minor*

   

                Kazuo Fukushima - Mei for Flute alone*

           

                Katherine Hoover – Reflections for solo flute*

                                                  Variations on a Medieval Norwegian Chant*

 

                Jacques Ibert - Jeux*

 

                Wolfgang Mozart - Concerto in D major

 

                 Sergei Prokofiev - Sonata No. 2 in D major, Op. 94*

 

                 Miklos Rozsa - Sonata per flauto Solo*

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                 Heitor Villa-Lobos - Assobio a Jato ("The Jet Whistle")*

 

   *Recital performance

 

 

 

orchestral repertoire     Aaron Copeland - Rodeo

                           An Outdoor Overture

 

                                           Anton Dvorak - Symphony No. 9

 

      Camille Saint-Saens - Violin Concerto

 

                                           Carl Maria von Weber - Andante and Rondo Ungarese for

                                                                            Bassoon and Orchestra

                                               Overture to Oberon

 

      Claude Debussy - Prelude a l'Apres-midi d'un Faun

 

                                    Dimitrii Schostakovich - Symphony No. 9

 

      Edward Elgar - Cello Concerto in E minor

 

      Edward Gregson - Tuba Concerto

 

      Edward Grieg - Piano concerto in A minor

                          Peer Gynt Suite

 

Felix Mendelsson - Die Hebrides (Fingal's Cave), Op. 26

 

Gaetano Donizetti - O mio Fernando

 

Georges Bizet - Carmen Suite

 

Giacomo Puccini - Oh mio bambino caro

                               La Boheme

 

Gioacchino Rossini - The Barber of Seville

 

Giuseppe Verdi - La Forza del Destino

                              La Traviata: Prelude to Act I

 

Henri Tomasi - Concerto for Alto Saxophone

 

Igor Stravinsky - Firebird

                             The Rake's Progress: Act I, Scene III

 

Johannes Brahms - Academic Festival Overture

                                   Symphony No. 4

 

Joseph Haydn - Military Symphony

                          Symphony No. 104

 

Jules Massenet - Adieu, notre petite table

                            “Meditation” from Thais

 

Ludwig von Beethoven - Symphony No. 2

                                           Symphony No. 5

                                           Egmont Overture

 

Leonard Bernstein - West Side Story

 

Modest Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition

 

Nikolai Rimsky Korsakov – Sheherazade

                                            Capriccio Espagnol, Op. 34

 

Ottorino Respighi - Pines of Rome

 

Pablo de Sarasate- Ziguenerweisen, Op. 20

 

Peter I. Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 4, Mvt. 3

                                      Symphony No. 5

                                      Symphony No. 6

                                                                                   Nutcracker Suite

                                                                                   Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33

 

Ralph Vaughn Williams - Norfolk Rhapsody

                                         English Folk Songs Suite

 

Richard Strauss - Death and Transfiguration

 

 

Samuel Barber - First Essay for Orchestra

 

Sergei Prokofiev - Piano Concerto No. 1

 

Stephen Sondheim - A Little Night Music (musical)

 

Wolfgang Mozart - Symphony No. 39

                                 Overture to the Abduction from the Seraglio