B.M.E. Music Education, Susquehanna University
M.M.   Percussion Performance, Southern Methodist University
Ph.D.   Music Education, Temple University

An instrumental specialist, Nate Buonviri has taught Percussion Methods, Teaching Instrumental Music to Inclusive Populations, Theory I, Jazz Education—Instrumental, Collaboration and Creativity, Measurement and Evaluation, Music Education Through Contemporary Ensembles at Temple University and has supervised student teachers. Before coming to Temple, he taught instrumental music in high schools in Texas and California.

Buonviri has presented research and workshops at local, regional, national, and international conferences. His main research interest is aural skills pedagogy, with additional interests in percussion performance and pedagogy, and jazz pedagogy.

Buonviri is an active orchestral musician with Utah Festival Opera, and has performed with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Empire Brass, and Nell Carter. He recorded two CDs with the Dallas Wind Symphony, under the direction of Jerry Junkin and Frederick Fennell. He has published articles and reviews in Percussive Notes, The Instrumentalist, Research and Issues in Music Education, and Music Educators Journal.”

Publications

“Ear Training for Percussionists,” The Instrumentalist, December 2012. Illustrates specific approaches to aural skills that are especially helpful to student percussionists at any level.

 “Review of MENC Handbook of Research on Music Learning (vols. 1 & 2),”Research and Issues in Music Education, September 2012. Provides a detailed evaluative summary from researcher and practitioner perspectives.

 “Three Recent Studies of Aural Skills Development,” PMEA News, Spring 2012. Summarizes recent research by the author for an audience of preservice and inservice music educators.

“Drumset Basics,” The Instrumentalist, February 2012. Outlines strategies for coaching student percussionists through interpretation of various drumset styles.

“Technology for Teaching,” review of text and e-text CD-ROM Fundamentals for the Aspiring Musician, Music Educators Journal, September 2011. Provides an evaluative summary of the resources from a music educator’s viewpoint.

“The Authentic Assessment Environment: What Can We Learn from the Pros?” PMEA News, Fall 2011.Describes ways of cultivating authentic circumstances in which to conduct school music assessments.

“Cultivating the Interdisciplinary Music Teacher,” PMEA District 12 Newsletter, January 2011.Explores ways that teacher trainers at the university level can lead by example in fostering interdisciplinary approaches to music education.

“For Your Library,” book review of Minds on Music: Composition for Creative and Critical Thinking, Music Educators Journal, September, 2010.
Provides an evaluative summary of the book from a music educator’s viewpoint.

“Quick Tips for Percussionists,” The Instrumentalist, November 2009.Outlines specific advice, culled from professional performance experience, to supplement percussion instruction at all levels.

“Sound Thinking for Musical Success,” Percussive Notes, April 2009.Provides specific pedagogical approaches to mental focus on musicality while practicing drumset; applicable to the study of all percussion instruments.

“For Your Library,” book review of Composition for Dummies, Music Educators Journal, March 2009.Provides an evaluative summary of the book from a music educator’s viewpoint.

Recordings

Healthy Me!, James Lamar and Friends, funded by an educational grant from First 5 Napa County, 2005.

Strike, The Music of Motion, Meadows Percussion Ensemble, Robert Stroker, Director, Gasparo Records, 2000.

Psalms, The Turtle Creek Chorale, Timothy Seelig, Conductor, Reference Recordings, 1999.

Marches I've Missed, Dallas Wind Symphony, Frederick Fennell, Conductor, Reference Recordings, 1998.

Strictly Sousa, Dallas Wind Symphony, Jerry Junkin, Conductor, Reference Recordings, 1998.

Compositions

International Premieres

Left Unspoken, for flute, bassoon, and marimba. Premiered 12 June 2012 by Rafael Rodríguez, Maria Buonviri, and the composer, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia, South America.

Aura Maria, for string quartet.  Premiered 18 December 2009 by the Huari String Quartet, Bogotá, Colombia, South America.

A Fine Afternoon, for solo clarinet.  Premiered 28 April 2004 by Javier Vinasco, XII Encuentro Universitario de Clarinete, Escuela Nacional de Música UNAM, Mexico City, Mexico.

Encuentros Con Dos Personajes, for bassoon and piano.  Premiered 15 January 2004 by Maria Lucia Garavito, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia, South America.

National Premieres

Consensus, for percussion duo. Premiered 11 July 2011 by the composer and Aaron Nix, Logan, UT.

…and steal away, adapted for marimba duo.  Premiered 5 April 2010 by the composer and Phillip O’Banion, Philadelphia, PA.

Waiting for My Love, for tenor and piano.  Premiered 27 December 2003 by Taylor and Stephanie Armstrong, Patuxent River Church, California, MD.

…and steal away, for solo marimba.  Premiered 8 February 2003 by the composer for the dedicatory recital of Stretansky Hall, Selinsgrove, PA.

Tuesday Mourning, for oboe and bassoon.   Premiered 17 November 2002 by Maria Garavito and Katherine Sellmansberger in O’Donnell Recital Hall, Dallas, TX.

Psalm 28, for SATB chorus.  Premiered 6 October 2002 by the Good Samaritan Episcopal Choir, Good Samaritan Episcopal Church, Dallas, TX.

Sketches From the Wild, for doumbek and frame drum.  Premiered June 2001 by the composer at Isle Royale National Park, Lake Superior, Michigan, as part of the National Park Service’s Artist-in-Residence program.

The Odyssey Project, composition of entire percussion soundtrack for Plano Repertory Theater, Premiered June 10, 2000, Plano, TX.

Research Paper Presentation at the 20^th International Symposium on Research in Music Behavior (“Effects of a Preparatory Singing Pattern on Melodic Dictation Success”) in Seattle, WA, March, 2013.

Research Paper Presentation at the 4^th International Symposium on Assessment in Music Education (“Measuring Aural Skills in United States High Schools: A Critical Analysis of the AP Music Theory Exam”), in Taipei, Taiwan, April, 2013.

Educational Session Presentation at the NAfME Eastern Division Conference (“Ear Training Success in Music Theory and Beyond”), Hartford, CT, April 2013.

Educational Session Presentations at the PMEA Annual Conference (“Recruiting: Who, What, When, Where, How, and Why” and “I Can’t Do That! Improvisation for Classically Trained Musicians”), Erie, PA, April 2013.

Previous Engagements:

May 28, 2012: Clinic and Masterclass, “Ear-Training for Percussionists,” at Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia.

June 12, 2012: Recital, with Rafael Rodríguez, Leonardo Guevara, and Maria Buonviri, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia.

July-August, 2012: Principal Percussionist with Utah Festival Opera and Musical Theater Company, Logan, Utah.

August 28-31, 2012: Paper Presentation at the 4^th International Conference on Narrative Inquiry in Music Education, Helsinki, Finland.