Thomas M. Cimarusti, Ph.D.

               Curriculum Vitae

 

                       THOMAS M. CIMARUSTI, PH.D. 

2806 25^th St., Lubbock, TX 79410           thomas.cimarusti@ttu.edu

 806.474.7447/806.742.2270                       tomcimarusti.com

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EDUCATION

 

• Doctor of Philosophy in Musicology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, 2007. Dissertation: The Songs of Luigi Gordigiani (1806-1860): ‘lo Schuberto Italiano’. Advisor: Dr. Douglass Seaton

 

• Early Music Certificate, Florida State University, 2007. Area: Music of the Moravian Church. Advisor: Dr. Jeffery Kite-Powell

 

• World Music Certificate, Florida State University, 2002. Area: Folk Music of Southern Italy. Advisor: Dr. Dale Olsen

 

• Master of Arts in Musicology, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, 1998. Thesis: Ruggero Leoncavallo’s I pagliacci: A Study of the Libretto and Musical Dramaturgy. Advisor: Dr. Douglas Bush

 

• Bachelor of Arts in Music, Brigham Young University, 1992.

 

 

ACADEMIC/TEACHING EXPERIENCE

 

Assistant Professor, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, 2008-Present.

• Teach graduate and undergraduate courses in music from the Romantic and Classical periods and special topics; class sizes average between 10-100 students.

 

• Direct/Supervise 30+ student ensemble in rehearsal and performance of music from various cultures including Argentina (tango), Africa (mbira), Italy (tammuriata), Mexico (mariachi), Brazil (forro), and Polynesia; members perform on indigenous instruments of which the ensemble owns 50+ (accordions, piffari, sikus, frame drums, djembes, guitarron, ipus, mbiras, etc).

 

Director, Italian Folk Music Ensemble, Florida State University, 2003-2006.

• Direct 10+ student ensemble in rehearsal and performance of folk/popular music of Italy.

 

Adjunct Instructor, University of Utah Continuing Education, Salt Lake City, UT, 2008.

• Teach West African Drumming adult learners with classes averaging 10 students.

 

Adjunct Instructor, Utah Valley University, Orem, UT, 2005-2008.

• Teach courses in Music Appreciation to class sizes averaging 30 students.

 

 

PUBLICATIONS

 

 Articles

 

• “Un collezione di manoscritti Paisiello al Universitá di Brigham Young.” Proceedings of the International Association of Music Libraries 2008 [Accepted for publication, 2012; in Italian.]

 

• The Organ Encyclopedia. Doulgas E. Bush, ed. New York: Routledge Press, 2004. Articles on “Antegnati Family,” “Serassi Family,” “Agati Firm,” “Tamburini Firm,” “Tronci Firm,” “Johann Klemm,” and “Lorenzo da Prato,” 2004.

 

Editions

 

• Fourteen Character Pieces for Piano by Two Moravian Women Composers: Louisa (1826-1902) and Lisetta Van Vleck (1830-1914). Edited by Thomas M. Cimarusti. Moravian Music Foundation [accepted for publication, 2012].

 

• Six Songs for Voice and Orchestra by Johann Friedrich Peter. Edited by Thomas M. Cimarusti. Moravian Music Foundation [accepted for publication, 2012].

 

• Ernst von Dohnányi, Piano Quartet in F# minor. Edited by Thomas M. Cimarusti. Vienna: Musikverlag Doblinger, May 2010.

 

Liner Notes

 

• Liner Notes, Sonatas for Violin and Cello by Ravel and Kodály performed by Jeffery Lastrapes, Baton Rouge, LA: Centaur Records [Accepted for publication, 2012].

 

• Liner Notes, The Cello Sonatas of Chopin and Rachmaninoff performed by Jeffery Lastrapes. Baton Rouge, LA: Centaur Records, 2011. CD#: CRC3196

 

• Program Notes, Pas de Duo. Lubbock, TX: Lubbock Christian University, 2010.

 

Reviews

 

• Review. Soble, Maxwell, ed. “The Complete Works of Francesco Antonio Bonporti.” Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2004. The Eighteenth-Century Current Bibliography, n.s. 33 and 34 for 2005 and 2006. General Editors Kevin L. Cope and Robert C. Leitz, III. New York: AMS Press, Inc., June 2010.  

 

  Other

 

• English Translations of “Non disperar” and “L’empio, sleale, indegno” from Handel’s Giulio Cesare. Anthology for Hearing Form: Musical Analysis With and Without the Score by Matt Santa. New York: Routledge, 2009.

 

• “Letters from Budapest: Béla Bartók.” In Perspectives on Ernst von Dohnányi. James Grymes, ed. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2004.

 

• “Alan Lomax and Diego Carpitella: Documenting Italy’s Traditional Music.” La Gazetta (Italian-American Society Newsletter, January Issue), 2002.

 

 

CONFERENCE PAPERS

 

• “‘Good Old Boccerhini’: The Reception of Luigi Boccherini’s Chamber Music in 19^th-Century America.” International Conference on Luigi Boccherini, Lucca, Italy, 1-5 December 2011; [under review for publication]. 

 

• “Political Rhetoric in 19^th-Century Italian Song: a Case Study During the Risorgimento.” International Conference on Romanticism, Lubbock, TX, 11-13 November 2010. 

 

• “Musico-Poetic Devices in the Songs of Luigi Gordigiani (1806:1860): ‘lo schuberto italiano’.” International Conference on Arts and Humanities, Honolulu, HI, 9-12 January 2010. 

 

• “Case Studies of Three Music Information Acquisition Models: Google Scholar, PRIMO, and Select Subject Specific Bibliographies.” Co-author: David Day. Joint Session: International Musicological Society/International Association of Music Libraries, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 5-10 July 2009.

 

•  “A Neapolitan Collection of Paisiello Manuscripts at Brigham Young University.” International Association of Music Libraries, Naples, Italy, 20-25 July 2008.

 

• “Paisiello’s Le asustuzie amorose: a Missing Act Discovered.” Mountain Plains Chapter of the Music Library Association, Provo, Utah, 17 May 2008.

 

• “Beethoven’s Vier Arietten und ein Duet: Profitable Hopes? . . . or Six Pounds of Bread?” Annual Meeting of the American Musicological Society, Southern Chapter, Florida State University, 1 February 2002.

 

• “Ruggero Leoncavallo’s I pagliacci: ‘Clowning’ with Numbers.” Annual Meeting of the American Musicological Society, Rocky Mountain Chapter, Brigham Young University, 5 April 1995.

 

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

 

Special Projects

 

• Designer/editor, The Weiselberg Collection of Music Manuscripts. Online database of Texas Tech University’s Weiselberg Collection of holographs, photos, and ephemera. [Forthcoming] 

 

• Subtitles operator, TTU Early Music Production of Hildegard von Bingen’s Ordo virtutum, Talkington Hall, Lubbock, TX, 4 April 2011. 

 

• Editor, Society for Eighteenth-Century Music Newsletter, 2008-2010. 

 

• Coordinator, “Music as Weapon, Music as Torture,” Virtual Classroom Guest Lecture, Dr. Suzanne Cusick (New York University), Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, 10 November 2009. 

 

• Coordinator, “Music and War,” Guest Lecturer, Commander/Bandmaster Robert Claggett, 312^th Army Band, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, 3 September 2009. 

 

• Director and Session Chair, Italian Folk Music Symposium, Tradition and Acculturation: Celebrating the Folk Music of Italy, 31 January - 2 February 2002. 

 

• Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra: Open Ear Project. Developed curriculum for teaching 20^th –century music to elementary school children, 2001.

 

• Assistant Archivist: Pergolesi Research Center, Rosalie Pratt Harp Collection, Primrose Viola Archive, World Harp Congress, Gina Bachauer Piano Competition, Brigham Young University, 1997.

 

Guest Lectures

 

• “Film as Music(-ology).” Osher Lifelong Learning Lecture Series, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, 20 and 27 March 2012. 

 

• “How to Listen to Western and Non-Western Musics.” Osher Lifelong Learning Lecture Series, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, 17 and 24 April 2012. 

 

• “Mozart, the Met, and the Legend of Don Juan.” Osher Lifelong Learning Lecture Series, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, 13 and 20 October 2011. 

 

• “Music in Dante’s Divine Comedy.” Italian Department, Texas Tech University, 26 April 2011. 

 

• “Richard Strauss’s Don Quixote”: Vestiges of Classical Form. University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 25 October 2010. 

 

• “Penderecki’s Credo”: Why does it matter?” Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, 15 April 2010. 

 

• “Giuseppe Verdi’s Macbeth: ‘un genere fantastico’.” Utah Opera, Salt Lake City, UT, 14 October 2009. 

 

• “Ernst von Dohnányi’s Piano Quartet in F#-minor.” Jupiter Symphony Orchestra. New York, November 2008. 

 

• Utah Opera Guest Lecturer, “Giacomo Puccini’s Madama Butterfly: a Real Cio-Cio San?” Salt Lake City, UT, 10 October 2008. 

 

 

UNIVERSITY/COMMUNITY SERVICE

 

• Program Director, Italy Study Abroad, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Texas Tech University, January 2011-Present. 

 

• Advisor, Diversity on Campus Coalition, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, January 2011- Present. 

 

• Mentor, Undergraduate Student Mentor Program, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX September 2011-Present. 

 

• Committee Member, Undergraduate Research Task Force, Texas Tech University, January 2011-August 2011. 

 

• Board of Directors, Roots Music Institute, Lubbock, TX, September 2010-Present. 

 

• Committee Member, International Study Abroad Scholarship, Texas Tech University, September 2008-Present. 

 

• Co-Host, Study Abroad Opportunities at TTU, Musicology Colloquium, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, 28 September 2011. 

 

• Committee Member, Vernacular Music Center Scholarship, Texas Tech University, 2009-Present. 

 

• Curriculum Co-Designer, World Music Certificate (Undergraduate), Texas Tech University, April 2011. 

 

• NASM Committee Member (TTU Musicology Department), Texas Tech University, 2011. 

 

• Workshop Host, “West African Drumming for Kids” in conjunction with TTU World Music Ensemble and local Elementary School Children, Texas Tech University, 10 March 2011. 

 

• Guest Narrator, “Mary’s Little Lamb,” Music in Performance Series, Hemmle Recital Hall, Lubbock, TX, 1 April 2010.

 

• Coordinator, Pre-play performance for The Celebrated Mrs. Inchbald in conjunction with the International Conference on Romanticism, Lubbock, TX, 12 November 2010. 

 

• Participant, “Networking with Employers,” Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, 16 September 2009. 

 

• Panelist, “So You Want to Be a Professor: Getting Your First Job and Surviving the First Year,” Texas Tech University, Teaching and Learning Center, 15 September 2009. 

 

• Panelist, “The Job Interview Process,” Musicology Colloquium, Texas Tech University, 27 February 2009. 

 

• Faculty Speaker, UV YOU Recruitment Day, Utah Valley University Department of Music, 7 February 2008. 

 

 

PERFORMANCE

 

 Accordionist

 

• Guest Artist, TTU Symphony Orchestra, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, 30 October 2011.

 

• Guest Artist, Faculty Recital, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, 5 October 2011.

 

• Guest Artist, Quartz Mountain Music Festival, Altus, Oklahoma, 22-23 July 2011.

 

• Guest Artist, Chamber Music Amarillo, Amarillo, Texas, 24-26 March 2011.
  
  
• Guest Artist, Matthew J. Smith, Graduate Recital: “A Selection of Neapolitan Songs,” Covenant Presbyterian Church, Lubbock, TX, 10 April 2010.

 

• Guest Artist, University Symphony Orchestra “Hauntcert.”Post-concert music with the Caprock Morris Dancers, Lubbock, TX, 31 October 2010.

 

• Guest Artist, Celtic Christmas, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, 20 December 2009.

 

• Guest Artist, Oktubafest Concert, Hemmle Recital Hall, Lubbock, TX, 27 November 2010.

 

• Guest Artist, Betty Clawson Wright Performance Series, Legacy Theater, Lubbock, TX, 8 October 2009.

 

• Guest Artist, Lubbock Arts Festival, Sweetwater Medicine Wagon Folk Ensemble, Lubbock, TX, 13 May 2009.

 

• Guest Artist, Paul English Jazz Trio, Stellas Restaurant, Lubbock, TX, 6 March 2009.

 

• Guest Artist, TTU Celtic Ensemble, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, 15 January 2009.

 

• Guest Artist, Eighth Annual Caprock Celtic Christmas, Talkington Great Hall, Lubbock, TX, 20 December 2009.

 

• Guest Artist, West Texas Children’s Chorus, Candlelight Christmas, Lubbock, TX, 18 December 2008.

 

• Guest Artist, Texas Tech University Symphony Orchestra Halloween Concert, Lubbock, TX, 26 October 2008.

 

TTU World Music Ensemble

 

• Co-Director, “A Night in Mexico” with the TTU Mariachi Ensemble, Hemmle Recital Hall, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, 3 May 2011. 

 

• Director, “The Argentine Tango,” D’Venue Tango Studio, Lubbock, Texas, 25 March 2011. 

 

• Director, “Tango Milonga” with Dance Instruction and special guest artist, Mr. Daniel Diaz, bandoneonist and director of the Rio Plata Institute, J & B Coffee House, Lubbock, TX, 27 March 2010. 

 

• Director, “An Evening of Neapolitan Song,” TTU Friends of Music Musicale, Lubbock, TX, 7 March 2010. 

 

• Co-Director, “Gypsies, Tinkers & Travelers: Songs of the Wandering Tribes. Collaborative Concert with TTU Celtic Esnemble,” Legacy Hall, Lubbock, Texas, 6 March 2011. 

 

• Co-Director, “Worlds of Dance: a Terpsichorean Evening with the Vernacular Music Center,” Talkington Great Hall, Lubbock, TX, 16 April 2010. 

 

• Director, “Tango and Ghanaian Dance” for the “Global Connections International Talent and Fashion Show,” Lubbock High Auditorium, Lubbock, TX, 10 April 2010. 

 

• Director, “Spectrum Concert: Japan, Poland, Brazil, Sierra Leone,” TTU Music Room M01, 8 May 2010. 

 

• Director, “Tango Milonga Reprise” with Dance Instruction, J & B Coffee House, Lubbock, TX, 25 September 2010. 

 

• Co-Director, “Spectrum Concert – USA, Italy, Mexico, and Celtic Lands” for the southwest regional meeting of the American Musicological Society, Hemmle Recital Hall, 23 October, 2010. 

 

• Director, “Spectrum Concert – Hawaii, Italy, Mexico,” Hemmle Recital Hall, TTU, Lubbock, TX, 30 November 2010. 

 

• Director, “Spectrum Concert – Argentina, New Zealand, Italy, West Africa,” M01 TTU School of Music, 6 December 2009. 

 

 Tzumbertiade

 

• Host, Tzumbertiade, “The Grateful Dead and World Music” with Dr. Rob Weiner, Cimarusti Residence, 23 September 2011. 

 

• Host, Tzumbertiade, “Didgeridoo” with guest artist Tyler Thompson, Cimarusti Residence, 22 March 2011. 

 

• Host, Tzumbertiade, “Joplin and Ragtime” with guest artist Dr. Mark Morton, Cimarusti Residence, 28 April 2011. 

 

• Host, Tzumbertiade, “Drums of the Dagbamba People” with guest artist Doug Goodhart, Cimarusti Residence, 29 January 2011. 

 

• Host, Tzumbertiade, “The Chinese Erhu” with guest artist Ching Lee, Cimarusti Residence, 12 September 2010. 

 

• Host, Tzumbertiade, “Songs of Horror in Celtic Lands,” with TTU faculty artists Professor Angela Mariana and Dr. Stacey Jocoy, Jocoy Residence, October 10, 2010. 

 

MEDIA/COMPOSER

 

• Radio Interview, “Gypsy Concert Promotion and World Music at TTU,” 89.1 (KOHM), Lubbock, Texas, 2011.

 

• Composer, Incidental Music to “The Elephant Man.” Lubbock Community Theater, Lubbock, Texas, 11 November 2010.

 

• Composer, film score for Postcards from Italy, Documentary Film, Creative Light Productions, Salt Lake City, UT, 2007.

 

• Guest Artist, “This Side UP,” Jazz CD featuring Tomoko Miyata, vocals, Thomas M. Cimarusti, accordion, Musicflog Recordings, Glendale, CA, 2002.

 

• Producer/Host, “The Opera House,” weekly radio program on WFSQ 91.5 FM,    Florida State University, 1999-2000.

 

• Composer, film score for Piana, Documentary Film, Gallup Brothers Productions, Provo, UT, 1997.

 

 

GRANTS/AWARDS

 

• Mortar Board Excellence in Teaching Award, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, November 2011. 

 

• Hemphill Wells New Professor Excellence in Teaching Award, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, 2010-2011. 

 

• Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award, Texas Tech University, April 2011. 

 

• Global Vision Service Award, Texas Tech University, April 2011. 

 

• Texas Tech University Faculty Humanities Fellowship ($10,000), 2008-2009. 

 

• Best Italian Folk Ensemble, Salt Lake City Italian Ferragosto, Salt Lake City, UT, 12 August 2007. 

 

• Dissertation Research Grant, Florida State University College of Music, 2002. 

 

• Graduate Teaching Award, Florida State University College of Music, 1999.

 

• Spirit of Life Humanitarian Award, City of Hope Cancer Research Center, 1998.

 

 

UNDERGRADUATE COURSES TAUGHT (* denotes Honors courses)

 

• Intro to World Music                    
• Music History Sequence 
• Women in Music* 
• Music in Western Culture* 
• Music in the United States 
• Music Appreciation 
• Music Literature 
• Italian Civilization 
• Italian Folk Music Ensemble 
• African Drumming 
• Masterpieces of Western Music* 

 

GRADUATE/SPECIAL TOPICS COURSES TAUGHT   

 

• Music and War                  
• Music in the Classical Era
• Symphonic Literature
• Music in the Romantic Era
• Seminar: Beethoven
• Seminar: Mozart
• Music and Culture in Modernizing Itay

 

OTHER TEACHING INTERESTS

 

• World Music Survey
• History of Art Song
• Music Theory/Piano    
• Music Research Methods
• History of Opera          
• World Music Ensembles

 

 

RESEARCH INTERESTS

 

• Interests are directed primarily toward a variety of musicological research areas:
  • Political rhetoric in nineteenth-century Italian song
  • Manuscript studies including paleography and watermarks
  • Performance/critical editions of piano/vocal literature

 

• Other areas of interest:
  • Acculturation, appropriation, and performance of world music
  • Music analysis (sonata form and song)
  • Music of Astor Piazzolla

 

TEACHING EVALUATIONS (Qsa=quantitative scores average)

 

• Texas Tech University, 2010-2011: Qsa = 4.67 on 5-pt. scale 

 

• Texas Tech University, 2009-2010: Qsa = 4.65 on 5-pt. scale 

 

• Texas Tech University, 2008-2009: Qsa =  4.5 on 5-pt. scale 

 

• Texas Tech University, 2009-2010: Qsa = 4.65 on 5-pt. scale 

 

• Utah Valley University, 2005-2008:  Qsa = 4.6 on 5-pt. scale 

 

• Florida State University, 1996-2002: Qsa = 6.0 on a 7-pt. scale 

 

PROFESSIONAL DEVLEOPMENT

 

Teaching Tools

 

• Participant, Student Diversity Workshop. “Difference, Power, Discrimination in the Classroom,” Sponsored by the Office of Cultural Diversity, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, 1 April 2011.

 

• Participant, Study Abroad Workshop. International Cultural Center, Texas Tech University, 18 February 2011.

 

• Participant, Graduate Teaching and Learning Series. “Classroom Management: Tips from the Trenches.” Presented by Dr. Jeff Johnson, Dr. Karen Alexander, and Professor Angela Mariani. Texas Tech University, Teaching, Learning and Technology (TLTC)  Center, 27 September 2010.

 

• Participant, Graduate Teaching and Learning Series. “4 Important Lessons to Remember while Teaching.” Presented by Dr. Narissra Punyanunt and Dr. Stacy Carter. Texas Tech University TLTC, 22 September 2010.

 

• Participant, Graduate Teaching and Learning Series. “What the Best Teachers Do Series.” Presented by Dr. Christopher Smith. Texas Tech University, 2 February 2009.

 

• Participant, So You Want to Be a Professor Series. “Starting on the Right Foot: Building Rapport with Your Students.” Presented by Dr. Micah Meixner. Texas Tech University, 16 January 2009.

 

Computer Technology

 

• Turnitin.com Training, Texas Tech University, 15 September 2011.

 

• Blackboard Training, “Organizing Course Content and the Learning Modules Tool.” Texas Tech University, 27 April 2009.

 

• Dreamweaver Training, Sessions I & II. Texas Tech University, 13 February & 12 March 2009.

 

• 3D Lab Overview. Intro to 3D Animation. Texas Tech University, 9 February 2009.

 

  

THESIS/DOCTORAL COMMITTEES

 

• Committee Chair: Ian Aipperspach, The Choral Music of Ernst Immanuel Erbe (1854-1927), Ph.D., Fine Arts, Texas Tech University, Forthcoming. 

 

• Committee Chair: Candice Aipperspach, Brundibár: an Afterlife, Ph.D., Fine Arts, Texas Tech University, Forthcoming. 

 

• Committee Chair: Hang Ngyuen, Chopin in the Mass Media, M.A., Musicology, Texas Tech University, Forthcoming. 

 

• Committee Member: Margaret Griffith, The Classical Wind Cadenza: A Guide to the Compositional Process Based Upon Eighteenth-Century Treatises. DMA, Musicology, Texas Tech University, October 2011. 

 

• Committee Member: Mitch Chambers, Marcel Mihalovici’s ‘Chant Premier’, op. 103 for Tenor Saxophone and Orchestra: a Guide for Performers, DMA, Texas Tech University, July 2011. 

 

• Committee Member:  James Berry, ‘All About is Night’: World War I, Spiritual Anxiety and Ritual Impulse in England and France, Ph.D., Fine Arts, Texas Tech University, June 2011. 

 

• Committee Member: Kelli Rohlman, Identity, Rhetoric, and Behavior: the Contradictory Communities of Wizard Rock, M.A. Musicology, Texas Tech University, October 2010. 

 

• Committee Member: Elissa Stroman, Women as Portrayed in the Etude Magazine, M.A. Thesis, Texas Tech University, July 2010. 

 

• Committee Member: Jim Puckett, Countdown. M.M. Composition, Texas Tech University, October 2009. 

 

• Committee Member: Lauren Joiner, Fife and Drum in Northern Mississippi, M.A. Thesis, Texas Tech University, April 2009. 

 

• Committee Member: Andrea Pobanz, A Conductor’s Guide to Francis Poulenc’s ‘Stabat mater’. DMA, Texas Tech University, December 2009. 

 

• Committee Member: Sydney Brada, ‘La Bohème’: Ekphrastic Evolution from Story to Stage. Honors Thesis, Sacred Harp Preparatory Academy, Atherton, CA, February 2009. 

 

  

SPECIAL SKILLS

 

• Computer Applications: Blackboard, Excel, Finale, Microsoft Word, WebCT 
• Language Skills: Italian (Advanced reading and speaking) 

 

 

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

 

• American Musicological Society
• College Music Society
• Mozart Society
• Society for Eighteenth-Century Music

 

OTHER INTERESTS

• Water Sports (Kayaking, Scuba Diving) and Salt Water Aquariums 
• Culinary Arts (Japanese and Italian Cuisine) 
• Bone Marrow Drives and Cancer Awareness 
• Digital Photography