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International Schools Choral Music Society
Practitioners
All three ISMCS Practioners have
been invited to return for ISCMS Festival 2011 in Shanghai. They cannot
wait to get involved again.
Dr Martin
Adams
"ISCMS is a forward thinking, progressive music organisation that rivals anything, anywhere in the world."
Dr David Curtin
"The Forbidden Requiem was one of the most amazing musical experience of my life, the week in residence in Dulwich was inspiring."
"ISCMS is a forward thinking, progressive music organisation that rivals anything, anywhere in the world."
Martin
Adams
studied
at
Southampton
University,
and
for
a
number
of
years
was
active
as
a composer and arranger of theatre music, and as a conductor of
amateur and semi-professional choirs and orchestras. For three years he
lectured at Leeds University, and in 1979 moved to Trinity College
Dublin, where he is a Senior Lecturer, a Fellow of the college and head
of the Music Department. His research interests lie in English music of
the 17th century (mainly Purcell) and the late-19th/early-20th
centuries (mainly Elgar, on whose music he has written several
analytical papers). Henry Purcell: the Origins and Development of His
Musical Style (Cambridge, 1995) is the only extensive and detailed
study of that composer's compositional practice, and has just become
available in paperback.
Dr David Curtin
"The Forbidden Requiem was one of the most amazing musical experience of my life, the week in residence in Dulwich was inspiring."
A
native
of
Rochester,
New
York,
pianist
David
Curtin
earned
his
Doctor
of
Musical
Arts
degree from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of
Music, his Master of Music degree from the University of Louisville
School of Music, and his Bachelor of Music and Bachelor of Arts (in
English) from the State University of New York College at Fredonia. His
piano teachers were Robert Jordan, Lee Luvisi, and James Tocco. Prior
to his appointment at Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania, Dr. Curtin
served on the faculty of Angelo State University in Texas, Albion
College in Michigan, Utah State University, and the University of
Wisconsin-Platteville.
Competitions Dr. Curtin has won include first prize in the Erie (Pennsylvania) Music Teachers Association's annual competition, and the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory's Concerto Competition. In December 1998, he made his Korean debut, performing the Concerto No. 2 in A Major of Franz Liszt with the Changwon Philharmonic Orchestra, and in May 1999 he made a solo debut in London. In November of 2001, he was invited to return to Korea to present a solo recital at the new Changwon-Sungsan Performing Arts Center. His recent performances have included appearances with the Ohio Valley Symphony as soloist in Gershwin's Piano Concerto in F Major, multiple engagements with the East Mountain Artist Series in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and recitals at historic Steinway Hall in New York City. An international teacher and performer, Dr. Curtin has recently held piano master classes in Shanghai and Beijing, China.
Dr. Curtin currently serves on the piano teaching faculty at Lock Haven University, an All-Steinway School in located central Pennsylvania.
Competitions Dr. Curtin has won include first prize in the Erie (Pennsylvania) Music Teachers Association's annual competition, and the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory's Concerto Competition. In December 1998, he made his Korean debut, performing the Concerto No. 2 in A Major of Franz Liszt with the Changwon Philharmonic Orchestra, and in May 1999 he made a solo debut in London. In November of 2001, he was invited to return to Korea to present a solo recital at the new Changwon-Sungsan Performing Arts Center. His recent performances have included appearances with the Ohio Valley Symphony as soloist in Gershwin's Piano Concerto in F Major, multiple engagements with the East Mountain Artist Series in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and recitals at historic Steinway Hall in New York City. An international teacher and performer, Dr. Curtin has recently held piano master classes in Shanghai and Beijing, China.
Dr. Curtin currently serves on the piano teaching faculty at Lock Haven University, an All-Steinway School in located central Pennsylvania.
Dr Robert G. Hasty
"One of the best Festivals I was ever at, and I used to run them!"
"One of the best Festivals I was ever at, and I used to run them!"
Associate
director of
orchestras. Conductor, Chamber Orchestra, Philharmonia, and Summer
Orchestra. Teacher of graduate and undergraduate conducting courses.
Teacher, adjudicator, clinician, violinist. Music Director, Merit
Symphony Orchestra, Chicago, IL. Conductor, National High School Music
Institute Orchestra. Former conductor, La Primavera Orchestra, Irvine
Youth Symphony, Metropolis Youth Symphony. Former vice president of
string education, Southern California School Band and Orchestra
Association. Music researcher investigating critical listening while
conducting; presented at the international meeting of the European
Society for Cognitive Sciences of Music. Studied conducting with Victor
Yampolsky and violin with Alice Schoenfeld.
