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Susan Deaver, Artist in Residence;
Conductor of the University Orchestra
D.M.A. Manhattan School of Music, 1994
E-mail Susan Deaver at: sedeav[at]earthlink.net
Susan Deaver, conductor, is currently in her sixth year as Music Director and Conductor of the University Orchestra at Stony Brook University and will conduct the University Orchestra in a series of three orchestral concerts at Staller Center during the 2005-2006 season. A frequent clinician and guest conductor, she is well known on Long Island and is experienced in working with undergraduate and graduate college musicians focusing on performance and music education. Dr. Deaver is on the Music Faculty of Stony Brook University, C.W. Post Campus/Long Island University and Manhattan School of Music's Precollege Division. Her Bachelor's and Master's degrees are from Manhattan School of Music where she received her Doctorate in Musical Arts. Her doctoral thesis, entitled "The Group for Contemporary Music, 1962-1992," dealt with both the historical and performance aspect of one of America's foremost contemporary music ensembles. She was selected to participate in Tanglewood's Conducting Seminar Classes with Gustav Meier, the conducting seminars of the American Symphony Orchestral League, the Conductor's Guild and at Manhattan School of Music with Kurt Masur, Julius Rudel and Sixten Ehrling. As an orchestral fellowship student at Tanglewood in 1972, she worked with both Leonard Bernstein and Seiji Ozawa. Her conducting repertoire both as a conductor and performer is extensive.In November 2000, she presented a series of "Orchestral Reading Sessions" for Long Island Music Educators at The Balanced Mind V Curriculum Conference and conducted Copland’s Appalachian Spring in the original ballet version for 13 instruments at Tilles Center for a series of Children?s and Family Concerts. For the past eleven years she has assisted Tilles Center in coordinating a residency with the New York Philharmonic that involved both the C.W. Post Orchestra and selected youth orchestras from Long Island in a series of sectionals, panel discussions and open rehearsals with members of the Philharmonic. She is currently the Music Director and Conductor of the C. W. Post Orchestra and the North Shore Symphony Orchestra. She was a conductor for the Manhattan School of Music's Contemporary Ensemble from l987 to l989. As a guest conductor, she has conducted the Washington Chamber Symphony, the Island Chamber Symphony, the Bronx Opera Chamber Orchestra, the Gemini Youth Orchestra, the C.W. Post Percussion Ensemble, The Seoul Symphony of New York, the Brooklyn Heights Orchestra and contemporary music at Brooklyn Conservatory of Music. In August 2000 she conducted in Seoul, Korea at the New International Music Festival at Sejong Center for the Performing Arts and returned in May 2004 to guest conduct in Pusan, Korea.
In working with younger musicians, Dr. Deaver is currently Long Island Youth Orchestra's Principal Guest Conductor and has conducted LIYO in performances in Scotland, England and Spain. She has assisted both the Long Island Youth Orchestra and the New York Youth Symphony in coordinating and coaching chamber music. She was selected to be the Guest Conductor of the 1989 Nassau All-County Junior High School Orchestra, the 1997 Sewanhaka All-District Festival and the 4th Annual Long Island High School Invitational Chamber Orchestra Festival at Tilles Center in 1997.
As a flutist, she has performed with New York Virtuosi, Philharmonia Virtuosi, New York Scandia Symphony, Long Island Philharmonic, Brooklyn Philharmonic, Queens Symphony, the ballet orchestras of the Australian Ballet and the Royal Ballet, and on Broadway with the Phantom of the Opera and My Fair Lady. On numerous occasions she has performed as a flute soloist at the Kennedy Center with the Washington Chamber Symphony of which she was Principal Flute from l981 to 2002. As a chamber musician, she is the flutist with The Pierrot Consort and the Concordia Trio and she is the co-founder/co-director of The C.W. Post Chamber Music Festival.
Curriculum Vitae
EDUCATION
Doctor of Musical Arts, 1994
Manhattan School of Music
120 Claremont Avenue
New York, NY 11027
Major: Performance in Flute
Doctoral Thesis for D.M.A. at Manhattan School of Music
The Group for Contemporary Music 1962 to 1992
(Excerpts have recently been published in Modern Music)
Master of Music, 1976
Manhattan School of Music
Bachelor of Music, 1975
Manhattan School of Music
Private Flute Studies with:
Ransom Wilson, Thomas Nyfenger, Julius Baker, Harvey Sollberger, Harold Bennett
Private Conducting Studies with:
David Alan Miller, Charles Baker, David Gilbert, Gary Fagin, Glen Cortese and Miriam Burns
Conducting Seminars and Master Classes
Manhattan School of Music - Auditor - May 1998 (Kurt Masur)
Manhattan School of Music - Active Conductor - May 1997 (Jorge Mester)
Manhattan School of Music - Master Classes with David Gilbert and Amy Kaiser
American Symphony Orchestra League Conducting Workshops
Selected Participating Conductor, New York City Workshop 1993
Ann Arbor Workshop, 1992
Conductors' Guild Workshop
Selected Participating Conductor, Mannes School of Music 1989
Tanglewood Conducting Program (Gustav Meier), 1986
Conducting Positions
University Orchestra at Stony Brook University, Conductor since 2000
North Shore Symphony Orchestra. Music Director/Conductor since 1990
C.W. Post Orchestra/Long Island University Music Director/Conductor since 1981
Long Island Youth Orchestra. Principal Guest Conductor since 1998,
Associate Conductor Emeritus (1994-1998) & Associate Conductor, 1987-1994
Manhattan School of Music Contemporary Ensemble, 1987-89
Guest Conducting
Pusan Festival Orchestra (Korea) May 2004
Masan City Symphony Orchestra (Korea) May 2004
New International Music Festival at Sejong Center for the Performing Arts
Seoul, Korea August 2000
Tilles Center's Children and Family Series with The Pierrot Consort & Guest Artists
Copland's Appalachian Spring (original ballet version for 13 instruments)
Brooklyn Heights Orchestra - July 1998
Island Chamber Orchestra - December 1997
Long Island High School Invitational Chamber Orchestra Festival at Tilles Center Principal Guest Conductor, Tilles Center - October 1997
Sewanhaka All-District Festival - March 1997
Seoul Symphony of New York - 1995
Gemini Youth Orchestra - 1994
North Shore Symphony Orchestra - 1989 & 1990
Nassau All-County Junior High School Orchestra - January 1989
Bronx Opera Chamber Orchestra - 1987
Clinics
The Balanced Mind V Curriculum Conference - "Reading Session - Orchestra" November 2000
"Developing Your Orchestral Woodwind Section" 1999 NYSSMA Winter Conference
Chamber Orchestras and Full Orchestras of High Schools on Long Island
Educational Programs
New York Philharmonic Residency Program with C.W. Post Orchestra - 1996-2005
Long Island University, Tilles Center Outreach Programs - 1992/93, 1998/99
C.W. Post Orchestra, Young People's Concerts
Performance Experience as Flutist
Principal Flute ofWashington Chamber Symphony
New York Virtuosi
Philharmonia Virtuosi
New York Scandia Symphony
Long Island Philharmonic
Brooklyn Philharmonic
Queens Symphony
Ballet orchestras of the Australian Ballet and the Royal Ballet
Regular Substitute flute/piccolo on Broadway with the Phantom of the Opera since1990
My Fair Lady
Chamber Music
Co-founder/co-director of The C.W. Post Chamber Music Festival
The Pierrot Consort
The Concordia Trio
The Group for Contemporary Music
The New Music Consort
PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS
2000 – present Conductor University Orchestra at Stony Brook University
Department of Music
State University of New York at Stony Brook
Stony Brook, NY 11794-5475
(631) 632-7330
1981 - present Adjunct Professor of Music
Music Director & Conductor of the C.W. Post Orchestra
C.W. Post Campus/Long Island University
Brookville, NY 11548-1300
1981 - present Co-founder and Co-Director of C.W. Post Chamber Music Festival
1989 - present Director of Woodwind Studies at C.W. Post Campus
1989 - present Music faculty at Manhattan School of Music's Precollege Division
1990 - present Music Director & Conductor
North Shore Symphony Orchestra
P.O. Box 419
Greenvale, NY 11548
1975 - present Free- lance conductor and flutist
Awards & Honors
Past member of Board of Directors for Long Island Flute Club
Nominated to Who's Who Among America?s Teachers in October 1999
Teaching Assistantships
Julius Baker (1984) - Summer Flute Master Class
Harvey Sollberger (1984) - Contemporary Flute Techniques
Fellowships & Scholarships
Scholarship to Doctoral Program at Manhattan School of Music (1990-92)
Bach Aria Festival at SUNY Stony Brook (1986)
Tanglewood Fellowship Program (1976)
College Level Courses Taught at C.W. Post Campus/Long Island University
Undergraduate and Graduate Individual flute lessons & Flute Ensemble
Undergraduate Conducting classes
Undergraduate and graduate Orchestral Conducting lessons.
Music History classes in the undergraduate Honors Program
History of the Symphony (graduate course)
Flute Master Classes
C.W. Post Campus/Long Island University - July 2000
Seoul, Korea August 1999
Switzerland - May 1999
C.W. Post Campus/Long University
(in conjunction with the C.W. Post Chamber Music Festival)
Casper College (1990)
High Schools on Long Island
Professional Memberships
American Symphony Orchestral League
Conductors Guild
American Federation of Musicians - Local 802 and Local 161-710
Music Educators National Conference
New York State School Music Association
Suffolk County & Nassau County Music Educators Associations
National Flute Association, New York Flute Club & Long Island Flute Club