Thomas R. Vozzella's Profile |
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Conductor, composer and organist |
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| Location: | Texas |
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| Last Login: | May 30, 2008 (578 days back) |
About Me |
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Thomas R. Vozzella, is the Director of Music at First United Methodist Church, Midland, Texas and Headmaster of the churches Dollye Neal Worship Arts Academy. He has taught at institutions of higher education in Arkansas, Louisiana, Tennessee, South Carolina, Alabama, and Kansas. In addition to his teaching positions, he has served as a Music Director/Organist in Massachusetts, Kansas, Missouri, Florida, Arkansas, Tennessee, South Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana since the age of fifteen. Choirs under his direction have received superior ratings and have received invitations and/or performed in Taiwan, Italy, China, for the Kansas Music Educators Association and on programs of the American Choral Directors Association. During his tenure at First United Methodist Church, El Dorado, Arkansas, the adult and youth choirs were heard on NPR’s Performance Today. Additionally, he has performed on the BBC, on NBC for the national broadcast service celebrating the release of American hostages in Iran (1981), for Pope John Paul II, Ronald Reagan, and the infamous Ted “Teddy” Kennedy. Most recently he has performed for First Lady Laura Bush and opera diva Susan Graham. He received the Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of South Carolina, the Master of music degree from Northeast Louisiana University (University of Louisiana, Monroe), and the Bachelor of Music degree from Eastern Nazarene College. Additional work was completed at Nazarene Theological Seminary, The University of Missouri, Kansas City Conservatory of Music and the Royal School of Church Music, Croydon, England. He has appeared as a conductor/organ recitalist in the US, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Ukraine and England. He is also an active member in the American Choral Director’s Association, Texas Choral Directors Association (TCDA), American Guild of Organists (AGO), Fellowship of United Methodists in Music and Worship Arts, Association of Anglican Musicians (AAM), National Association for Music Education (MENC), and the Texas Music Educators Association (TMEA). Alliance, Augsburg, Abingdon, Selah, and CanticaNOVA music publishers publish his compositions and arrangements. He has also served as a choral judge/clinician in Massachusetts, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Texas. |
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My Interests |
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Music:Member Since: 12/26/2007Type of Label: None |
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My Background and Lifestyle |
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| Occupation: | Music Artist (Classical Opera and Vocal/A'cappella |
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Concert Programs |
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Sunday, March 9 - 8:30 & 10:45 AMHymns of Faith for Choir and OrchestraDr. Thomas R. Vozzella, ConductorMs. Lauren Graham, Soloist
Shepherd's Hey - Percy GraingerLor... Posted by Thomas R. Vozzella on Fri, 08 Feb 2008 08:14:00 PST |
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Philosophical Justification for Music Education |
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| Art, being visual, music, drama, etc., is the only discipline that facilitates an understanding of an aesthetic experience to its students. Aesthetics is the study of the relationship of art to the hu... Posted by Thomas R. Vozzella on Mon, 31 Dec 2007 08:01:00 PST |
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Available Publications |
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| Echo Noel (Angel Hosts in Bright Array)Louis-Claude D'aquin, arranged by Thomas R. VozzellaSATB a capellaAlliance Music Publications 0686http://www.alliancemusic.com/product.cfm?iProductID=859
Psall... Posted by Thomas R. Vozzella on Sun, 30 Dec 2007 12:14:00 PST |
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Successful Choral Education |
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| Early training as a church musician and employment at age fifteen as an organist/choir director has been a guiding force for success. Following college, work as a church musician, and opening a ... Posted by Thomas R. Vozzella on Sun, 30 Dec 2007 08:18:00 PST |
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My Friends |
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Don Hart, Richard J. Clark, Steffi, 2007 CSUF Jazz Singers, Libera - Official!, The Denver A Cappella Project, Tiit Kiik, St. Joseph Community Chorus, Matthew Crane aka Young Maestro, Corona High Madrigals, Alexandria Harmonizers, Orthodox Church Choral Music, Kamerensemble Da Capo vzw, Tarenti Cantores, Perseverance Records - soundtracks film scores, Stephanie Adlington, The Sixteen, Arnau Reynés (Organista), Cantantes Choir, Timbre [new record now in stock to order!], maxzaffiro, CSUF Men’s Chorus, The Sofia Wind Orchestra, Aeros Quintet, MePZ Pomlad, Garry Wickliffe - Composer, Tuna UPRA, Danilo, Ensemble Paschal de l’Estocart, Male Ensemble Northwest, Belinda Reynolds, Peter Jarvis, Li Choregianti, ambre hammond, Ms. Mo-enn, BULGARIAN FOLKLOR ENSEMBLE "OMANA", Cantabile of Skagit Valley, Berlin Voices, ensamble suden, Bulgarka Junior Quartet, Bernardo Pires, Casey Kryjak - pianist, Antigoni Katsouri, Thomas Schwan, pianist & composer, Coral Cum Jubilo, MOYA.MPC, Karry, Eliza Castro, Sofia Boys’ Choir, csillia, Emilia and The Esterhazy Orchestra, Cadence, Velleda Miragias, Ladyghost, Sheela, Mari@, The Russian School of Music Boys Choir, Caitlin Nicole Eadie, Tanya Cooling, Olivier Pozzo Luthier guitares, Frédéric Paul, Carlos Seise Tenor, Gli Amorosi, Fabiana Passoni, The Brown Derbies, Viviane de Farias, Kouji Ohsumi, The Jubilee Symphony Orchestra, Melanie Casni, Contemporary Brazilian Music, Alexander Schaumburg-Lippe, James, Christopher D Lewis, Naria, Jerry Lawson and Talk of the Town, Lilianna Zofia, Markus Krebel, NeffBros, international concert brass soloists, Axel Lenarduzzi, Kalin, Heinz Chur - Composer, Érik Pérez, Contratenor
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