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Leonard Garrison:
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

University Teaching

  2006-present University of Idaho, Associate Professor (tenured, 2011)
  • Studio Flute
  • Aural Skills
  • Chamber Music (woodwind quintet, flute ensembles)
  • Practicum in Orchestral Repertoire for Winds
  1991-2005 University of Tulsa, Adjunct Faculty
  • Applied Flute
  • Chamber Music (woodwind quintet, flute ensembles)
  • Music Literature
  • Music History
  • Aural Skills
  2003-2004 Bowling Green State University, Visiting Assistant Professor of Flute
  • Applied Flute
  • Woodwind Repertoire and Pedagogy
  • Flute Ensembles
  1989-1991, 2003-2006 Oral Roberts University, Adjunct Faculty
  • Applied Flute
  • Flute section of Woodwind Techniques class
  1988-1989 University of Wisconsin at Eau Claire, Assistant Professor
  • Applied Flute
  • Flute Choir
  • Flute Literature
  1986-1988 Northwestern University, Teaching Assistant
  • Applied Flute
  • Flute Ensembles
  1982-1986 University of Arkansas, Assistant Professor
  • Applied Flute
  • Flute Choir
  • Flute Class for Non-Majors
  • Chamber Music
  • Music Theory I, II, V

Other Teaching

  1981-1985, 1997-present Red Lodge Music Festival (Montana), Faculty and Artisic Director (since 2008)
  • private and class instruction in flute and chamber music coaching for students in grades 7-12
  1995-present Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp, Twin Lake, MI, Faculty
  • class instruction in flute and band sectionals for students in grades 7-12
  • private instruction and flute ensembles coach for college-age counselors
  1990-1999 Tulsa Youth Symphony, Sectional Coach
  June 1994 Oklahoma Summer Arts Institute at Quartz Mountain, Faculty
  • private and class instruction and flute orchestra section coach for students in grades 10-12
  1987 National High School Music Institute at Northwestern University, Faculty
  1983-1986 University of Arkansas Music Camp, Faculty
  1984 Kansas State University, Summer Workshop in Baroque Performance Practice, Faculty

Orchestras

  2006-present Walla Walla Symphony, Principal Flute
  2012-present Spokane Symphony, Substitute Musician
  1989-2006 Tulsa Opera Orchestra, Piccolo/Second Flute
  1989-2002 Tulsa Philharmonic, Full-time Piccolo/Second Flute
  2003, 1996-1999 Chicago Symphony, Substitute Musician
  1998 Eastern Philharmonic Orchestra, Eastern Music Festival, Substitute Musician
  1991 Scotia Festival of Music (Pierre Boulez, Music Director), Flute and Piccolo
  1988 Tanglewood Music Center, Fellow
  1986-1988 Civic Orchestra of Chicago, Principal Flute
  1982-1988 Music Festival of Arkansas, Principal Flute
  1982-1986 North Arkansas Symphony, Principal Flute

Chamber Music

  2010-present IWO Flute Quartet
  2006-present Northwest Woodwind Quintet
  1988-present The Scott/Garrison Duo, flute and clarinet
  1989-1993 The Cimarron Trio, flute, oboe, and cello, Tulsa, OK
  1988-1989 Wisconsin Woodwind Quartet, Eau Claire, WI
  1986-1988 Rose Woodwind Quintet, Chicago, IL, Finalist, 1987 Discovery Competition

Concerto Soloist

Blue Lake Festival Orchestra and Band

  • January 25, 2008, July 1 & 4, 2007: Chaminade, Concertino
  • July 6, 2002: Barber, Capricorn Concerto
  • July 21, 2001: Jolivet, Flute Concerto
  • July 18,1998: Mozart, Concerto for Flute and Harp

Northwestern University Chamber Orchestra

  • April 28, 1988: C.P.E. Bach, Concerto in d

North Arkansas Symphony

  • October 26 & 27, 1985: Bach, Suite in B Minor and Brandenburg Concerto No. 2
  • March 30 & 31, 1985: Bach, Brandenburg Concerto No. 5
  • March 7, 1985: Bach, Brandenburg Concerto No. 4
  • February 25 & 26, 1983: C.P.E. Bach, Concerto in G Major

Tulsa Philharmonic

  • May 2, 1997: Bach, Brandenburg Concerto No. 4
  • November 3: 1994 Bach, Brandenburg Concerto No. 4
  • October 6 & 7, 1994: Vivaldi, Concerto in C (Piccolo Soloist)
  • December 5, 1992: Kling, The Elephant and the Fly (Piccolo Soloist)

University of Arkansas Chamber Orchestra

  • October 10 and November 12, 16, & 22, 1982: Mozart, Concerto in G Major

University of Idaho Symphony Orchestra

  • December 8, 2009: Gordeli, Concerto

Walla Walla Symphony

  • January 29, 2008: J.S. Bach, Suite in B Minor

Performances at National Flute Association Conventions

  • August 10, 2012: Las Vegas, NV, Remembrance and Healling Concert
  • August 10, 2012: Las Vegas, NV, Françaix, Colloque des deux perruches
  • August 9, 2012: Las Vegas, NV, Harvey Sollberger Restrospective Concert
  • August 11, 2011: Charlotte, NC, East Meets West Concert
  • August 9, 2008: Kansas City, Elliott Carter Centennial
  • August 9, 2007: Albuquerque, Sound Byte Concert
  • August 9, 2003: Las Vegas, Scott/Garrison Duo
  • August 18, 2002: Washington, DC, Chamber Music Competition Winners
  • August 14, 1998: Phoenix, AIDS Memorial Concert
  • August 13, 1998: Phoenix, Potpourri Concert
  • August 16, 1996: New York City, Piccolo Concert
  • August 20, 1994: Kansas City, Newly Published Music Concert
  • August 24, 1993: Boston, Flute and Clarinet Concert
  • August 21, 1993: Boston, Newly Published Music Concert
  • August 21, 1993: Boston, Samuel Baron Concert (Bach, Triosonata in G)
  • August 19, 1989: New Orleans, Newly Published Music Concert (Mendelssohn)
  • August 24, 1985: Denver, Newly Published Music Concert (Debussy, Biltis)

Competitions

  • 2004: Finalist, Myrna Brown Competition
  • 2003: Winner, Byran Hester Competition
  • 2002: Winner, National Flute Association Chamber Music Competition
  • 1994, 1993, 1989, 1985: Winner, National Flute Association Convention Performer's Competition
  • June 1984: Finalist, Erwin Bodky Competition for Early Music

Broadcasts

  • Regular live performances each summer on Blue Lake Public Radio in Michigan and Yellowstone Public Radio in Montana
  • July 2010: National Public Radio, "Performance Today" (W.G. Still, Folk Suite No. 4)
  • August 2009: National Public Radio, "Performance Today" (Schwantner, Black Anemones)
  • October 2008: National Public Radio, "Performance Today" (Schwantner, Black Anemones)
  • July 2008: National Public Radio, "Performance Today" (Schwantner, Black Anemones)
  • February 2004: "Live From FM 91": WGTE (Still, Two Cameos; C.P.E. Bach, Flute Sonata in G "Hamburger"; Sancan - Sonatine; Still, Summerland)
  • June 1999: National Public Radio, "Performance Today" (Doppler, Duettino Americain)
  • June 1997: National Public Radio, "Performance Today" (Burton, Sonatina for Flute and Piano)

Articles Published

  • “Teaching Students to Be Their Own Teachers,” Pedagogy Anthology 2. Santa Clarita, CA: National Flute Association, 2012.
  • “Developing an Online Presence to Enhance a Flute Career,” The Flutist Quarterly 37, no. 3(Spring 2012).
  • “Informed Performer: Betty Bang Mather,” The Flutist Quarterly 37, no. 2(Winter 2012).
  • “Audio Recording as a Teaching Tool in Applied Music,” College Music Symposium: Journal of the College Music Society 49-50 (2009/2010): 284-286 (also published in the NACWPI Journal; see below)
  • “Wilhelm Friedemann Bach’s Six Flute Duets: A Tercentennial Appreciation,” The Flutist Quarterly XXXV/4 (Summer 2010): 26-31
  • “Practice Religiously or Parish,” translated into Korean, Flute & 58 (December 2011): 60-62.
  • “90th Birthday Celebration for Robert Willoughby,” Flute Talk 31, no. 4 (December 2011): 12-13.
  • “2011 Convention Chronicles,” www.nfaonline.org
  • “For the Mnemonically Challenged,” translated into Korean, Flute & 56 (August 2011): 62-63.
  • “Infectious Enthusiasm: Katherine Borst Jones,” The Flutist Quarterly 36, no. 3 (Spring 2011)
  • Review of Louise DiTullio: The Hollywood Flute (CD recording), Journal for the Society for American Music 4, no. 4 (Fall 2010): 536-537
  • “Audio Recording as a Teaching Tool in Applied Music,” National Association of College Wind and Percussion Instructors Journal 59, no. 1 (Fall 2010): 18-21
  • “The Many Facets of Fenwick Smith,” (interview with Fenwick Smith, retired from the Boston Symphony) The Flutist Quarterly XXXV/3 (Spring 2010): 50-21
  • “Colorful Musical Performance,” Flute Talk 29, no. 8 (April 2010): 25-27
  • “Elliott Carter at 100: A Survey of His Works with Flute,” Pipeline, Winter 2008-2009
  • “Harmony Rules!” Seattle Flute Society Newsletter, November 2008
  • February 2005: Profile of Michael Colquhoun and Performance Guide to Colquhoun's Charanga, Flute Talk
  • Spring 2002: "Robert Willoughby's Technique of Simplification," The Flutist Quarterly XXVII/3.
  • Winter 2001: "Happy Birthday, Bob: A Tribute to Robert Willoughby," The Flutist Quarterly XXVI/2
  • May/June 2000: "Memorizing Several Ways," Flute Talk XIX/9
  • Winter 2000: "Doen alsoof is (ook) een kunst," (Dutch translation of "The Art of Faking") Fluit (journal of the Netherlands Flute Society 2000-1
  • Spring 1999: "The Art of Faking," The Flutist Quarterly XXIV/3
  • May/June 1998: "Ornamenting Emmanuel-ly: C.P.E. Bach's Hamburger Sonata," Flute Talk
  • November 1995: "Performing Mozart's Second Concerto," Flute Talk
  • Summer 1995: "Mozart"s Don Giovanni: Opera seria or Opera buffa?," The 1995-96 Tulsa Opera Study Guide
  • May/June 1995: "Index of Orchestral Performance Guides," Flute Talk
  • April 1995: "Index of Performance Guides," Flute Talk
  • September 1994: "Playing Pops Concerts," Flute Talk
  • Fall 1994: "Elliott Carter's Scrivo in vento; Part II: Performance Notes," The Flutist Quarterly XX/1
  • Summer 1994: "Elliott Carter's Scrivo in vento; Part I: Historical and Analytical Notes," The Flutist Quarterly XIX/4
  • Winter 1993: "Making Successful Competition Tapes," The Flutist Quarterly XVIII/1
  • March 1983: "Verdi"s Setting of the Te Deum," Verdi Newsletter XI

Adjudication

  • Crescendo Music Awards, Tulsa, OK (2005-present)
  • MusicFest Northwest, Spokane, WA (May 2007)

Professional Affiliations

National Flute Association

  • Chair (2008-2010)
  • Vice Chair (2007-2008)
  • Treasurer (1999-2004)
  • Secretary (1996-1997)
  • Assistant Secretary (1995-1996)
  • Coordinator of Masterclass Performers Competition (1991-1996)
  • Judge, Newly Published Music Competition (1996, 1999)

Pi Kappa Lambda


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