TERRY B. EWELL
Chair, Department of Music at Towson University
IDRS First Vice President

IDRS on line publications written and edited by Terry Ewell:

• Bassoon-Family Fingering Companion
• Double Reed Midi Files
• Double Reed Project
• Files for PDAs

MP3 files of live performances:

• J. H. Hummel, Grand Concerto for Bassoon
• T. B. Ewell, Gethsemane for Solo Bassoon
• M. Albaugh, Three Movements for Bassoon and Guitar

Dr. Terry Ewell is Chair of the Department of Music, Professor of music theory, and future professor of bassoon at Towson University. He was elected First Vice President of the IDRS in 1999 and hosted the 2001 IDRS conference in Morgantown, WV. He has performed as principal bassoon of the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Wheeling Symphony Orchestra, as acting principal bassoon with the West Virginia Symphony,. He has also performed with the Laureate Wind Quintet, the resident quintet at West Virginia University. As a soloist he has appeared with the Seattle Symphony, the Hong Kong Philharmonic and several regional orchestras in Washington state. Dr. Ewell has recorded for Cambria Records, Musical Heritage Society, Hong Kong Records, and Pickwick records. His publications appear in several journals, most notably those of the International Double Reed Society.

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Teaching Positions | Performance Positions | Education | Awards | Recordings

Publications | Presentations

TEACHING POSITIONS

TOWSON UNIVERSITY 7/00-present

WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY 8/89-6/00

• Chair, Division of Music (1995-2000)
• Associate Professor (Bassoon, Chamber Music, and Music Theory)

PACIFIC LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY 9/86-5/89

• Lecturer and Artist in Residence (Bassoon)

UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON 9/86-5/89

• Teaching Assistant in Music Theory for both music majors and non-majors

MARROWSTONE MUSIC FESTIVAL 8/85, 8/87, 8/88

• Faculty (Bassoon, Chamber Music, Music Theory)

CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG 9/83-7/86

• Lecturer (Bassoon)

HONG KONG CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC 9/80-7/83

• Lecturer (Bassoon, Chamber Music)

PERFORMANCE POSITIONS

ORCHESTRA

• WHEELING SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, Principal Bassoon 6/92-3/96
• WEST VIRGINIA SYMPHONY, Acting Principal Bassoon 9/94-5/95
• WEST VIRGINIA SYMPHONY, substitute Contrabassoon 11/90-present
• PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, substitute for Co-Principal Bassoon in community concert 3/93
• HONG KONG PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA, Principal Bassoon 9/79-8/86

CHAMBER MUSIC

• AIOLOS COLLECTIVE (Double Reed Dutch-American Ensemble). Performances given at the Congress of the International Double Reed Society in 1997 (Northwestern University), 1999 (University of Wisconsin, Madison), and 2001 (West Virginia University, Morgantown).
• LAUREATE WIND QUINTET (9/89-6/00) Resident quintet of West Virginia University. Recent performances given at the Eastern Regional Music Teachers National Association (1992), and at Rutgers University (1991).
• CONGRESS OF THE INTERNATIONAL DOUBLE REED SOCIETY; Bloomington, Indiana (8/94). Chamber music with Liviu Varcol (Germany), Doris DeLoach (Baylor University), and Jennifer Speck (Baylor University).
• CONGRESS OF THE INTERNATIONAL DOUBLE REED SOCIETY; Frankfurt, Germany (8/92) Duets with Dr. Doris DeLoach, Baylor University
• CONGRESS OF THE INTERNATIONAL DOUBLE REED SOCIETY, Baltimore, MD. (8/91) Duets with Arthur Grossman, University of Washington

EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON Doctor of Philosophy (1994) in Music Theory. Studied with Jonathan Bernard and John Rahn. Ph.D. Dissertation: "Nikolai Andreevich Roslavets: At the Vanguard of Russian Modernism."

UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON Master of Arts (1988) in Music Theory .

UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON Bachelor of Music (1979) Magna cum laude. Studied bassoon with Arthur Grossman, chamber music with Christopher Leuba.

AWARDS

• SPECIAL PROJECT GRANT FROM THE INTERNATIONAL DOUBLE REED SOCIETY (Jan. 1995) to complete World Wide Web access to The Bassoon Family Fingering Companion.
• LOUIS MCMAHON INTERNATIONAL MUSIC COMPETITION semifinalist (1990)
• FERNAND GILLET PERFORMANCE COMPETITION first prize (1981) Adjudicators were Sol Schoenbach, Richard Kilmer, and Ryohei Nakagawa.

RECORDINGS

CHAMBER MUSIC

• CAMBRIA RECORDS (CD #1104) "On Chestnut Ridge," a recording of John Beall's chamber compositions.
• MUSICAL HERITAGE SOCIETY (MHS 512492F) Ozi bassoon duets with Arthur Grossman.
• MUSICAL HERITAGE SOCIETY (MS 4919A) Bassoon trios and duets with Arthur Grossman and Bruce Grainger.

HONG KONG PHILHARMONIC

• Brahms, Johannes. Hungarian Dances. Hong Kong Records. Kenneth Jean, conductor.
• ChineseTV Themes. Varujan Kojian, conductor.
• Colorful Clouds: The Hong Kong Philharmonic Plays Popular Chinese Classics. Hong Kong Records (6.240090). 19-20 Jan. 1982. Kenneth Jean, conductor.
• Cui.
• Hoch, Beverly--coloratura. Pickwich Records (London) (MCA-25966). Kenneth Schermerhorn, conductor.
• Kwan, Michael. Michael Kwan Live in Concert. Philips (6642 048). 1982.
• Mayazumi, Toshiro. Sansara, Phonologie Symphonique, Bacchanale. Hong Kong Records (6.220297). Yoshikazu Fukumura, conductor.
• Under the Silver Moon: The Hong Kong Philharmonic Plays Popular Chinese Classics, Vol. 2. Hong Kong Records (6.240279). 7-10 May 1984. Kenneth Jean, conductor.
• Villa-Lobos, Heitor. Choros Nos. 8 and 9. Hong Kong Records (6.220322). 1985. Kenneth Schermerhorn, conductor.
• Wagner, Richard. American Centennial March, Polonia, Rule Britannia, Imperial March. Hong Kong Records (6.220114). 20-21 Jan. 1983. Varujan, Kojian, conductor

PUBLICATIONS

• "Reed Measurements Part:2 Bassoon and Contrabassoon Reeds," Scrapes 8/1 (April 2001): 65-77. Co-authored with Todd Goranson. Republished in the Dutch edition of Scrapes 8/2 (May 2001): 51-63.
• "IDRS 2000 Congress in Buenos Aires," Scrapes 7/2 (November 2000): 15. Reprinted in The Double Reed 24/1 (2001): 13.
• “A Pedagogy for Finishing Reeds for the German-System (Heckel-System) Bassoon,” The Double Reed 23/3 (2000): 99-108.
• “Double Reed Days at West Virginia University,” The Double Reed 23/3 (2000): 73-74.
• "Innovative Solutions in a Climate of Budget Constraints," Proceedings of the National Association of Schools of Music (1999): 109-114.
• "Teaching the Beginning Bassoonist," The Double Reed 23/2 (2000): 35-43.
• De 28e jaarlijkse IDRS conferentie [The 28th annual IDRS Conference], Scrapes 6/2 (October 1999): 13-15.
• Cynthia Koledo De Almeida en Nancy Goeres, an interview in Scrapes 6/2 (October 1999): 28-30.
• "Interview with Arthur Grossman," The Double Reed, Journal Issue 22/2 (1999): 31-34. Reprinted in Dutch in Scrapes 3 (Dec. 1998): 20-22
• "Keyboard Technology in the Double Reed Studio," The Double Reed, Journal Issue 22/2 (1999): 57-61.
• Pianissimo-vingerzettingen op de Heckel-systeem fagot [A Guide to Pianissimo Fingerings on the Heckel-System Bassoon] Scrapes 2 (September 1998): 30-35.
• "Basic Bassoon Articulations," The Instrumentalist 53/8 (March 1999): 28-30.
• "What is Christian in Music?" (1998) published on the WWW at the Leadership U. An earlier version of the paper was delivered at the Christian Scholarship Conference at the University of Colorado at Boulder, Oct. 10, 1997.
• Letter to the Editor The Double Reed 21/1 (1998): 105. This is a reply to Steve Hanna's letter concerning my publication "Playing those 'Missing' Notes in Baroque and Classical Concerti."
• "Bassoon Lessons with Arnold Schwarzenegger, or What I Did on My Summer Vacation, " The Journal of the International Double Reed Society 26 (1998): 99-104. Please see the MP3 of the J. H. Hummel, Grand Concerto for Bassoon, which is discussed in the article.
• "Royal Water Music Suite" (Lawrence, Kansas: Bocal Music, 1998). Arrangement of music by Handel for double reed trio.
• "Four Easy Pieces" (Lawrence, Kansas: Bocal Music, 1997). Arrangements of music by Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Mozart, and Handel for double reed trio.
• Articulatie de Fagot [Articulation on Bassoon], Scrapes 4/3 (1997): 8-11
• Het spelen van die "ontbrekende noten" in Barok en Klassieke concerti [Playing those "Missing Notes in Baroque and Classical Concerti}, Scrapes 4/3 (1997):15-20
• 1997 IDRS Conferentie in Northwest University [The 1997 IDRS conference at Northwestern Univeristy]Scrapes 4/3 (1997)
• "Playing those 'Missing' Notes in Baroque and Classical Concerti,," The Double Reed (1997): 85-90.
• "On Low Brass Musicians Performing Bassoon Music: A Bassoonist's Perspective," T.U.B.A. Journal 23/4 (Summer 1996): 66-69.
• " A Reply to Schweitzer: On the Singular Western Musical Culture and Other Misconceptions ," The Journal of the International Double Reed Society 24 (1996): 93-94.
• " Another Make It Yourself Bassoon Guard," The Double Reed 18/3 (Winter 1995): 83-84.
• "Count Those Rests," Teaching Music (August 1995): 28-29.
• "The Bassoon-Family Fingering Companion: An Annotated Index of Fingerings for Instruments in the Bassoon Family Contained in English Wind Periodicals and Other Select Publications, with Further Contributions." Published in electronic form in 14 files in the archive of the DOUBLEREED-List (Washington University, Missouri) 1993-1996. Replaced by the present Companion.
• "Articulation on the Bassoon: Should the Jaw Move? " The Double Reed 17/3 (Winter 1994): 83-85.
• "On Klaus Thunemann and Becoming an `Artist,'" The Double Reed 15/3 (Winter 1992): 67-68. Reprinted in The Double Reed 16/3 (Winter 1993): 58-60.
• "A Bassoonist's Expansions upon Marcel Tabuteau's "Drive," The Journal of the International Double Reed Society 20 (July 1992): 27-30.
• "Using the Bassoon Bocal as a Diagnostic and Pedagogical Tool" Journal of the National Association of College Wind and Percussion Instructors 60/3 (Spring 1992): 4-7.
• "Willson Osborne's Rhapsody for Bassoon," The Double Reed 13/2 (Fall 1990): 58-60.
• "Use of the Fibonacci Series in the Bassoon Solo in Bartok's Dance Suite," The Journal of the International Double Reed Society 17 (July 1989): 4-6.

PRESENTATIONS

• "Innovative Solutions in a Climate of Budget Constraints," presentation at the NASM National Conference in Chicago, Region 1, Nov. 22, 1999.
• "What is Christian in Music?" paper delivered at the Christian Scholarship Conference at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Oct. 10, 1997.
• "Playing those 'Missing' Notes in Baroque and Classical Concertos," lecture delivered at the International Double Reed Conference in Tallahassee, Florida. June 4, 1996
• "Lecture-Performance of `Wolves' Cemetery (1913) by Nikolai Roslavets, an Early Atonal Russian Composer," paper delivered at the Mid-Atlantic Chapter Annual Meeting of the College Music Society in Morgantown, West Virginia. March 27, 1993.
• "The Harmonic Language of Nikolai Roslavets, an Early Atonal Russian Composer," paper delivered at the national conference of the Society for Music Theory in Kansas City, Missouri. October 16, 1992.
• "The Piano Accompaniment of High School Wind Players," joint lecture/demonstration with the Laureate Wind Quintet at the Music Teachers National Association Eastern Division Conference in Morgantown, West Virginia. January 19, 1992.
• "Tabuteau Instruction on a Bassoon Bocal," lecture/demonstration delivered at the International Double Reed Society Convention at Towson State University, Maryland. August 14, 1991.
• "A Case for Starting Bassoon Students at a Younger Age," clinic given at the West Virginia Music Educators Association 44th Annual Conference. March 22, 1990.
• "Wittgenstein on Music," paper read at the American Musicological Society and the Society for Music Theory joint convention in Austin, Texas. October 17, 1989.

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