JIM THEOBALD
220 EAST 10TH STREET
NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10003‑7775 (212) 982‑0042
E‑Mail: jimtheob@verizon.net
Web page: http://www.jimtheobald.com
Curriculum
Vitae
Education:
B.A. cum laude Music Composition,
1977, Columbia
University School of General Studies, New
York
Chicago Musical
College, Roosevelt University 1970‑71
Hartt College of
Music, Hartford 1968‑70, 71
4 years’
post-graduate courses in Mandarin language.
Principal Teachers:
Composition: Edward J. Miller, Jack Beeson,
Edward Diemente,
Charles Dodge, Ramon Zupko
Theory: Thomas
Putsche, Joseph Iadone, Arnold Franchetti
Instruments:
Trombone, Piano, Voice, Percussion
Experience: Producer, Morning Music, WBAI, New York City
1973‑85. Weekly program of 20th Century
music (avant garde classical and jazz) including interviews with composers and
performers, live performances and listener calls.
Producer of numerous
special programs on 20th Centry music for WBAI including live on‑air
performances, taped concerts, live concerts and programs on music theory and
analysis for the lay person.
Composer of over 200
works for all media, including opera, symphony, concerto, chamber music,
cantana, choral works, song cycles, "heads" for improvisation,
electronic music, musique concrète, popular songs, film soundtracks, dance
scores and incidental music.
Publications:
Writing: Author of
more than 50 weekly previews and reviews of concerts (mostly new music) in New
York, The Villager,The Brooklyn Phoenix, 1982‑83. Articles and reviews published in Ear Magazine and New Music Connoisseur
Music: Nasoplosive Chant published in Scenarios
by Richard Kostelanetz
Sonata for Trombone and Piano ‑‑ Wehr Music House
A Trip to
Ultraviolet Land (trombone quartet)
– Wehr’s Music House
Five Jewish Songs of Joy (trombone choir) – Wehr’s Music House
Mantra for Trombone
– Wehr’s Music House
Mantra for Horn
– Wehr’s Music House
21 Fantasies for a Lover and His Lass (brass 5tet) – Wehr’s Music House
Scherzo Agitato
(viola and piano) ‑‑ Viola World Publications
Dances for Six Brass -- Wehr’s Music House
Recordings: Mystery Music #5 recorded on Joe's
Smashing Records
Go in Green (times 15) recorded on Opus
One Records.
Oseh
Shalom performed by Magevet on Soaking Towel label
Performances:
(partial listing ‑‑ details available on request)
Abraham
Goodman House
Alternative
Museum
Australian
Broadcasting Company
Bargemusic
Brooklyn
Philharmonic Community Concerts
Cherokee
Symphony
Donnell
Library
Ethical
Culture Society
Experimental
Intermedia Foundation
Federal
Hall
Franklin
Furnace
Galleria
La Mama
Greenwich
House
Harlem
School of the Arts
Hartford
Public Library
Hollis (NH)
Town Band
Lincoln
Center Library
Lowell
Philharmonic Orchestra (MA)
Maison
Française, NYU
Michigan
State Univeristy
Museum
of Modern Art
NY
Public Library, 58th Street
Ones
Disco
Queens
Museum
Spoleto
Festival, NC
Storm
King Festival
Symphony
Space
Theodore
Roosevelt Birthplace
Ukiah
Symphony (CA)
University
of Maine at Farmington
Ward‑Nasse
Gallery
WBAI
Free Music Store
Weill
Recital Hall
William
and Mary College