Timothy Caldwell

Professor of Voice, Emeritus, Central Michigan University

jtcaldwell1@gmail.com

1974-2010 –Professor of Music/Voice,Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, Michigan

2001-2009 – Director of BFA-Music Theatre: (Founding Director; Interdisciplinary program involving the departments of Music, Theater and Dance. Responsibilities included chairing the Interdisciplinary Music Theatre Council; overseeing the curriculum, public relations, advocacy, organizing and raising funds for NYC Senior Showcases, recruitment and auditions, outreach with off-campus performances, assessment and program review.

Teaching responsibilities in Music Theater program:

Studio Voice: taught most of the music theater majors in addition to voice majors; was successful inhelping students develop both the ability to perform in opera and musical theater

Techniques for the Singing Actor: stagecraft, improvisation, movement, characterization, acting

Music Theatre Senior Capstone: audition techniques and repertoire (songs and monologues); audition portfolios (headshots, resumés); preparation of NYC Senior Showcase that included singing, dancing, monologues

Music Director/Conductor: Music Theatre productions(list of musicals in appendix)?

1974-1999 – Additional teaching/administrative responsibilities:

Voice classes for non-voice majors

Introduction to Conducting: basic conducting patterns, gestures, applications of Laban Movement Analysis, ear training for conductors

Dalcroze Eurythmics for Music Education majors

Dalcroze Eurhythmics is a learner-centered study of all elements of music through movement. The students in this class learned Eurhythmics “games” for teaching musical concepts. This was offered in conjunction with Kodaly and Orff classes offered by the Music Education faculty.

Conductor of Men’s and Women’s Chorus

Coordinator of voice area 1978-82/1988-94

1972-74 Instructor and Director of Choral Activities, University of Maine, Orono

Conducted all choirs

Studio Voice

Taught Choral Conducting

Organize choir tours in New England

1968-69– Teaching Fellow, Choral Conducting, University of Michigan

Choral conducting for Music Education majors

Summer Appointments

•1998, 1999, 2000, Faculty, Bay View Music Festival, Petoskey, Michigan

Dalcroze Eurhythmics for Singers and Instrumentalists; coached student chamber music groups, and the residential string quartet

·1987, 1988, Faculty Counselor, CMU Orientation Program;

academic advisor for freshmen and transfer students; met with parents to discuss the transition process for them and their son or daughter

·1976, 1977, Associate Director, University of Michigan Opera Theater, Interlochen Summer Music Festival, Interlochen, Michigan

directed opera scenes, taught acting and movement for singing-actors

ADDITIONAL APPOINTMENTS

1979-1982 Opera Grand Rapids

Chorus Master/Assistant Conductor

(all performances in English)

Rigoletto

Lucia di Lammermoor

Daughter of the Regiment

The Barber of Seville

La Traviata

Voice student success (partial listing)

Laure Meloy- Covent Garden debut, 2011, “Queen of the Night,” Die Zauberflöte; English

National Opera; Scottish National Opera; New York City Opera Festival

Simeon Esper- Seattle Opera; Semperoper Dresden; Deutsche Oper am Rhein; Théâtre de

Champs-Élysées; Opéra Comique; Lyric Opera, San Diego

Ryan Ralph– Austin Lyric Opera; Washington National Opera, Lyric Opera, San Diego;

Virginia Musical Theatre; UNA VOCE, Las Vegas

Saundra DeAthos– Merola Opera Program; San Francisco Opera; Western Opera Theater; Boston Lyric Opera; symphony orchestras throughout the United States

Robert Peavler– recitalist and soloist; published in NATS Journal of Singing; professor of voice, Eastern Michigan University

Christina Rose– national tour, Oklahoma! (Susan Stroman, director); NYC debut Grease; appearances on All My Children, commercials, lead performer in independent movies

(Death of the Dead; How to Write A Joe Schermann Song)

Kaitlyn Casanova– Temple Theatre (Sanford, NC); Colony Theatre (Burbank, CA); Disney World, Tokyo

Emily Wilk– modeling; Television- As the World Turns; Legally Blonde. Theatre-High School Musical–“Sharpay”; Stairway to Hell– dancer; The Boyfriend–“Maisie”; Cinderella-

“Cinderella”

Sarah Ittner–Virginia City Players- Virginia City, MT; CLIMB Theater Company,Minneapolis; currently on tour, Artspower National Touring Theater; two independent films

Jason Pintar–“Leon Czolgosz” Assassins, Hudson Guild Theatre (June, 2011); “Ubazz”,Avenue X

Sarah Ledtke– 2008-2010, Resident Company member, Carousel Dinner Theatre, Fort Collins, CO; appeared on The Bachelor, aired January 2011; returned to Carousel until June, 2011

Anitra Quellman– Las Vegas- headliner, “The Albin Show” at the Aladdin Hotel/Casino; 3½ years singing arias at Venetian Hotel/Casino in “Artiste del Arte

CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PROFESSION

Book

Caldwell, J. Timothy. Expressive Singing: Dalcroze Eurhythmics for Voice. Prentice Hall. 1995. Print.

Articles/ Interviews

Interviewed for “Dalcroze in the Rehearsal Room: True Ensemble Playing Through Movement.” By Debbie Galante Block. Teaching Music. April 2011. Print

Caldwell, J. Timothy. “A Brief Introduction to Dalcroze Eurhythmics.” CMEA (California Music Educators Association) Magazine. Volume 54, Number 4 (2001). Print.

Interviewed for“Healthy Choral Singing.” By Cynthia Vaughn. Classical Singer. Volume 12, Number 11 (1999). Print.

Caldwell, J. Timothy. “Excerpts from a Conversation with Robert Abramson.” American Music Teacher. Volume 48, Number 1 (1998). Juried. Print.

Caldwell, Timothy. “Teaching Music-Reading Musically: A Dalcrozian Approach.” Early Childhood Connections: Journal of Early Childhood Music-and-Movement-Based Learning. Volume 3, Number 4 (1997). Invited.Print.

Caldwell, Timothy. “Developing Children’s Skills for Learning: A Dalcrozian Approach.” earning. Volume 1, Number 4 (1995). Invited. Print.

Video

Dalcroze Eurhythmics with Robert Abramson. Producer/Writer, Timothy Caldwell. DVD. G.I.A. Publications, 1996.

Eurhythmics Workshops (partial listing)

·Music Educators National Conference, Kennesaw State University, Georgia

·National Association of Teachers of Singing Chapter, Huntsville, Alabama

·Winona, Minnesota, Minnesota String Teachers and Minnesota Youth Symphony

·Henderson State University, Arkansas

·Northwest Dalcroze Chapter, Seattle, Washington

·University of Western Washington, Bellingham

·Wayne State University, Michigan Music Educators Association Chapter

·University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire

·American String Teachers Association, National String Teachers Workshop. University of Wisconsin, Madison.

·University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, summer graduate program for Music Educators

·Vandercook College of Music, Chicago, summer graduate program for Music Educators

·National Association of Teachers of Singing, Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, workshop for ENTs and Voice Teachers

·Music Teachers National Association National Conventions (Spokane, Cincinnati)

·National Association of Teachers of Singing Summer Workshop, University of Colorado, Boulder

·National Association of Teachers of Singing National Convention, Toronto, Canada

·Michigan State University, Midwest Orff Chapter

·Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti

·American Choral Directors Association, University of Idaho, Boise

·Disney Corporation, California Summer Arts, Fresno State University

EDUCATION

Master of Music, Voice Performance, University of Michigan, 1969

Bachelor of Music, Voice Performance, University of Michigan, 1967

Voice; John McCollum

Conducting; Elizabeth Green

Non-Degree Studies

1985-91, Dalcroze Eurhythmics

License, Manhattan School of Music, summer, 1991

Certification, Manhattan School of Music, summer, 1988

Private study, Robert Abramson, 1985

1982-83, University of Colorado, Boulder (leave of absence from Central Mich. Univ.)

Pedagogy/Group Instruction– Dr. Guy Duckworth

Vocal Performance–Dr. Barbara Doscher

Stage Direction/ Training Singing-Actors

1975 (summer)Boris Goldovsky, Director, Goldovsky Opera

1976 (summer)H. Wesley Balk , Artistic Director, Minnesota Opera

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

·National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS), member

·Music Educators National Conference (MENC), member

·Music Teachers National Association (MTNA), member

Performance

Central Michigan University Music Theatre

Music Director/Conductor

Good News

The Sound of Music

Chicago

The Mystery of Edwin Drood

A Little Night Music

Urinetown

Little Women

Kiss Me, Kate

A Secret Garden

The Unsinkable Molly Brown

El Capitan

Transformations

Selected Performance Repertoire (tenor)

Oratorios/Masses/Other

Christmas Oratorio J.S. Bach

Messiah George F.Handel

Requiem Wolfgang Mozart

Ninth Symphony, Choral MovementLudwig von Beethoven

Elijah Felix Mendelssohn

Requiem GiuseppeVerdi

Carmina Burana Carl Orff

Saint Nicolas Benjamin Brittan

Requiem Andrew Lloyd Webber

Chamber Music/ Recital

An die ferne GeliebteLudwig von Beethoven

Dichterliebe Robert Schumann

On Wenlock Edge- Tenor, String Quartet, PianoRalph Vaughan Williams

Serenade for Tenor, Horn, String OrchestraBenjamin Britten

Canticle II: Abraham and Isaac Benjamin Britten

Winter WordsBenjamin Britten

Old American Songs- Books 1&2 Aaron Copland

Hermit SongsSamuel Barber

I Never Saw Another Butterfly: High Voice, Saxophone, PianoElwood Derr

Art songs by Richard Strauss, Hugo Wolf, Johannes Brahms, Francis Poulenc, Gabriel Fauré, Claude Debussy, Charles Ives, John Duke, John Jacob Niles, DomMichael Head

Music Theatre -Porter, Sondheim, Gershwin, Lloyd Webber, Menken, Schönberg, Menken, Rogers, Kern, Kander, Shire

Opera/operetta

Strauss- Die Fledermaus “Eisenstein” (CMU Opera Theatre, faculty artist)

Mozart- Cosi fan tutte“Ferrando” (Northern Michigan Opera tour/ Michigan State University guest artist)

Menotti- Amahl and the Night Visitors, “Kaspar” (Northern Michigan Opera tour)

Humperdinck– Hansel and Gretel, “Witch” (Northern Michigan Opera tour)

Gilbert & Sullivan– Ruddigore, “Richard Dauntless” (Michigan State University, guest artist)