LAWRENCE WILLIAM HARTZELL

423 Adrian Drive
Berea, Ohio 44017
(440)243-6616

EARLY BACKGROUND:

BORN: July 1, 1942; Mt. Pleasant, Pennsylvania

HOME TOWN: Youngwood, Pennsylvania

HIGH SCHOOL: Hempfield Area Senior High School

HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION: May, 1960

EDUCATION	INSTITUTION	MAJOR	MINOR
Bachelor of Music	Baldwin-Wallace College, 1965	Music Theory	Trumpet
Master of Music	University of Kansas, 1966	Music Theory
Doctor of Philosophy	University of Kansas, 1970	Music Theory	Conducting Musicology

CONTINUING EDUICATION THROUGH WORKSHOPS, SEMINARS, INSTITUTES AND TRAINING SESSIONS
Distance Learning Technology	University of Minnesota, 1986
Training Program in BASIC language and general computer operation	Radio Shack, 1987
Workshop in Midi Technology	Oberlin College, 1989
College Music Society Center for Professional Development in Music Technology	Indiana University, 1996
Special Training in the Operation of the MIDI-Multimedia Computer Lab at Baldwin-Wallace College conducted by Sweetwater Sound Staff.	Baldwin-Wallace College, 1997
Training in Music Studio Practices	Sweetwater Sound, Fort Wayne, Indiana, 1998
Ameritech Faculty Development Technology Project	John Carroll University, 1998
Training in Digidesign Pro Tools Software Systems	Claveland, OH, 1999
Web Design, Distance Learning Technology Training using CourseInfo Software	Baldwin-Wallace College, Summer Grant 1999
Apple Training Workshop on Firewire	Cleveland, OH, 1999

ADDITIONAL STUDIES:

COMPOSITION WITH:

• Karl Grossman, 1963
• Starling Cumberworth, 1963
• Vincent Persichetti ,1964
• John Pozdro, 1965-1967
  • Under Pozdro's supervision I completed my
    • First String Quartet
    • First Piano Sonata
• Douglas Moore, 1965
• Paul Fetler, 1969-1970
  • Under Fetler I completed my
    • Quintet for trumpet and Strings
• Ernst Krenek ,1971

CONDUCTING AND MUSIC THEATER WORK:

• Dr. Kenneth Snapp, 1960 and Dr. James Lerch, 1962
• Robert Baustian , 1965-66
  • Score Reading
  • Worked as assistant in preparations for the premier performances of Douglas Moore's opera Carry Nation.
• Dr. George Lawner, 1966-1968
  • Worked with Lawner his as student assistant in the opera workshop and music theater programs.
  • During my career at Kansas I worked with on Lawner productions of:
    • My Fair Lady
    • Gypsy
    • The Magic Flute
  • In addition I served as conductor of the off-stage trumpets in the Verdi, Requiem.
• Jack Lee (Broadway Music Director)
  • Over the past 10 years I have worked with Mr. Lee to develop my skills as a music director in the Broadway tradition.
  • Some of the shows I have studied with Mr. Lee are:
    • Grand Hotel
    • They're Playing Our Song
    • Merrily We Roll Along
    • My Fair Lady
    • Company
    • Hello Dolly
    • Fiddler On The Roof
    • Sweet Charity
    • Tintypes
    • Bye, Bye Birdie
    • Damn Yankees
    • City of Angels
    • The Sound of Music
    • West Side Story
    • Man of La Mancha

EXPERIENCE:

Teaching

• 1973-Present Professor of Music Theory. Baldwin-Wallace College
  • 1998 to 2002 Chair, Department of Music Theory
  • 1997 to present Coordinator, Music Technology
  • 1986 to 2001 Director, Electronic Music Studio (the studio at B-W has been disbanded)
  • 1993-1996 Coordinator Music Theatre Program
• 1968-1973 Assistant Professor in Music Theory. University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
  • 1970 to 1973 Chair, Music Theory Division
  • 1969 to 1973 Chair, Contemporary Music Festival
  • 1970 to 1973 Director, Graduate Studies in Music

Church Performance

• 1990-1993 Choir Director. Lakewood Presbyterian Church.. Lakewood, Ohio.
• 1980-1990 Organist. First Congregational United Church of Christ, Berea, Ohio.
• 1973-1977 Choir Director. First Congregational United Church of Christ, Berea, Ohio.
• 1969-1972 Choir Director. Christ Church Cathedral (Episcopal), Eau Claire, Wisconsin.

Musical Theater

• 2004, Music Director, Conductor, Grease, Cain Park
• 2003, Music Director, Conductor, Fidler On The Roof, Cain Park
• 2002, Music Director, Conductor, Synthesizer performer and programmer Man Of La Mancha, Halle Theatre
• 2002, Music Director, Conductor, West Side Story, Cain Park
• 2002, Music Director, Conductor, Almost Home, Baldwin-Wallace College (as special reading of a musical by a B-W senior)
• 2001, Music Director, Conductor, The Sound of Music, Cain Park
• 2001, Music Director, City of Angles, Halle Theatre
• 2000, Music Director, Conductor, Damn Yankees, Cain Park
• 2000, Music Director, Cabaret, Halle Theatre
• 1999, Music Director, Conductor,Bye, Bye Birdie. Cain Park
• 1998, Music Director, Conductor, Pianist Merrily We Roll Along . Baldwin-Wallace Cellege
• 1998, Music Director, Conductor, Pianist Tintypes. Cain Park
• 1998 ,Music Director and Conductor Fiddler On The Roof. Halle Theatre
• 1997-98, Music Director and Arranger Brother, Can You Spare A Dime? Outreach program for Great Lakes Theatre Festival
• 1997, Music Director, MIDI Programmer and Conductor Children of Eden. Halle Theatre
• 1997, Music Director & Pianist Forever Plaid. Berea Summer Theatre
• 1997, Music Director, MIDI Programmer and Conductor Company. Clague Playhouse.
• 1996, MIDI Programmer. Passion. Baldwin-Wallace College
• 1996, Music Director & Conductor. My Fair Lady. Berea Summer Theatre
• 1996, MIDI Programmer & Vocal Coach. Into The Woods. Baldwin-Wallace College.
• 1995, Music Director, MIDI Programmer & Conductor. They're Playing Our Song. Berea Summer Theatre
• 1994, MIDI Programmer & Vocal Coach. Sunday in the Park With George. Baldwin-Wallace College.

MusicTechnology:

I am currently working with, or capable of working with the following computer programs and/or languages:

• BASIC
• UNIX
• GOPHER
• Adobe ILLUSTRATOR
• Adobe PAGEMAKER
• Adobe ACROBAT
• Adobe PAGEMILL
• Adobe SITEMLL
• Adobe PHOTOSHOP
• MOTU PROFESSIONAL PERFORMER
• MOTU DIGITAL PERFORMER
• OpCode VISION
• OpCode GALAXY
• ALCHEMY
• Microsoft WORD, EXCEL and POWER POINT
• Microsoft INTERNET EXPLORER
• Macromedia DIRECTOR
• Macromedia AUTHORWARE
• Macromedia EDIT16
• Macromedia DIMENSION
• Macromedia RESEDIT
• Digidesign PRO TOOLS
• MUSIC LESSONS
• PRACTICA MUSICA
• MACGAMUT
• NETSCAPE

Community Service:

• Berea City Schools:
  • Organized, directed and taught in mini-courses for the Talented and Gifted Program.
  • Mentor in Talented and Gifted Program.
  • Trustee of Berea City Schools Arts Council.
  • Berea High School Athletic Boosters
• Church Activities:
  • Episcopal (St. Thomas, Berea)
    • Liturgical Committee, Personnel Committee, Pastoral Search Committee, Vestry, Delegate to Diocesan Convention.
  • United Church of Christ (First Congregational, Berea)
    • College Bound Program, Youth-At-Risk Program, Various committees, Convention Delegate.
• Scouting
  • Cub Scouts:
    • Pack Committee Chair, Advancement Chair, Cubmaster, Webelos Leader
  • Boy Scouts:
    • Troup Committee Chair, Institutional Representative, Assistant Scoutmaster, Scoutmaster
  • District:
    • District training Team, District Committee Member, District Webelos Chair
  • Council:
    • Webelos Summer Camp Director, Council Webelos Chair, Wood Badge

AWARDS AND HONORS:

Teaching:

• Graduate Assistantship in Keyboard Harmony, University of Kansas
• Strosacker Award for Excellence in Teaching, Baldwin-Wallace College

Research:

• Research Fellowship in Music Theory, working with Dr. Stanley Shumway in the analysis of 12-tone music.
• University Grant, University of Kansas
• Shell Grant for research in Beethoven Sketchbooks.
• Reeves Foundation Grant for research in Ohio Moravian Music.
• Reeves Foundation Grant for completion of research and publication of a book on Ohio Moravian Music.
• Gigaux Award for Excellence in Research, Baldwin-Wallace College
• Summer Grant in Technology, Baldwin-Wallace College, 1999

Other Awards and Honors:

• Omicron Delta Kappa national collegiate honorary society, Baldwin-Wallace College
• Kappa Kappa Psi national honorary band and wind ensemble society, Baldwin-Wallace College
• Listed in "Who's Who in American Music"
• Listed in "The International Who's Who in Music"
• Kappa Delta Phi, Honor Society in Education
• Alumni Award, 1985, Baldwin-Wallace College Conservatory of Music
• Lorain Times Theatre Tribute Award, "Outstanding Production," BIG RIVER, Porthouse Theatre, Summer 2001.
• Lorain Times Theatre Tribute Award, "Outstanding Musical Direction," SOUND OF MUSIC, Cain Park Evans Theatre and BIG RIVER, Porthouse Theatre, Summer 2001.

PROFESSIONAL AND ACADEMIC ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIPS (not necessarily current)

Ohio Music Theory Teachers Association

Ohio Historical Society

Midwest Music Theory Teachers Associations

Moravian Music Foundation

Moravian Historical Society

America Guild of Organists (AAGO)

The Sonneck Society

Beethoven-Haus, Bonn

Music Theory Society

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