Faculty
Professor Arthur Chodoroff
Director of Bands
Matthew Brunner
Director of Athletic Bands
 |
Professor Arthur Chodoroff
Director of Bands and
Professor of Music
arthur.chodoroff@temple.edu |
|
Arthur D. Chodoroff is Professor of Music, Chair of the Department
of Instrumental Ensembles and Orchestral Studies, Director
of Bands and conductor of the Temple University Wind Symphony
in the Esther Boyer College of Music at Temple University
in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. As a part of his duties as
department chair, Prof. Chodoroff oversees the Temple University
Symphony Orchestra and instrumental lesson, chamber music
and ensemble programs. In addition to teaching courses in
instrumental conducting and woodwinds methods, Professor Chodoroff
has also conducted concerts with the Chamber Orchestra and
Wind Ensemble.
A native of Philadelphia, Mr. Chodoroff is a graduate of
Central High School, the University of Michigan, from which
he holds the degree of Bachelor of Music in Education (with
Distinction), and Temple University where he earned the degree
of Master of Music in clarinet performance. Mr. Chodoroff
was a clarinet student of Joseph Gigliotti, Donald Montanaro,
and William Stubbins, and a conducting student of Elizabeth
A. H. Green. Before his appointment as Director of Bands in
1977, Professor Chodoroff was a graduate assistant and then
Assistant Director with the Temple University Bands. Prior
to that time, he served as a high school and elementary instrumental
music teacher.
In December 1997, the second compact disc to be recorded
by the Temple University Wind Symphony was released. In its
review of this recording on the Albany Records label (catalogue
number Troy 271), the American Record Guide calls the Wind
Symphony “a truly first-rate wind ensemble.” Fanfare
Magazine says that the “group is a crack ensemble, one
of the best in the country.” Professor Chodoroff and
the Wind Symphony previously recorded as one of six university
bands in the United States selected to be a part of Toshiba-EMI
Ltd's Masterpiece Series. The Wind Symphony has performed
by invitation on several occasions for the Pennsylvania Music
Educators Association and the Eastern Division of the College
Band Directors National Association (CBDNA), as well as for
the Eastern Division of the Music Educators National Conference.
Professor Chodoroff has guest conducted numerous high school
honors groups, including the Pennsylvania All-State Band and
the Bucks County Music Educators Association Honors Orchestra,
and has also appeared as guest conductor with the Concerto
Soloists Concert Band, the Bucks County Community Band, the
Mercer County Community Band, and the 553rd Air Force Band.
Mr. Chodoroff has presented clinics and sessions for organizations
including the PMEA, Eastern MENC, and Eastern Division of
the CBDNA. He is extremely active as an adjudicator and has
participated in band and orchestra festivals from Montreal
to Orlando. He has also recently served as a panelist for
the Greenfield Student Competition of The Philadelphia Orchestra
and for the Mid-West Young Artists Concerto Competition in
Chicago.
Past-president of the Eastern Division of the College Band
Directors National Association, Mr. Chodoroff has received
awards from Broadcast Music Inc. (BMI) and the Temple University
College of Music Alumni Association. Prof. Chodoroff is a
member of the Pi Kappa Lambda honorary music society and Phi
Beta Mu Bandmasters Fraternity. He was selected as one of
the 10 outstanding music educators in the nation for 1986-87
by the School Musician Director/Teacher magazine. In April,
1995, he was awarded the Citation of Excellence in higher
education teaching by District 12 of the Pennsylvania Music
Educators Association.
|
We are pleased to announce that effective July 1, 2008, Matthew Brunner will join our faculty as Director of Athletic Bands.
 |
Matthew Brunner
Director of Athletic Bands |
Matt Brunner is a native of Dover, OH. In June 2008, he will complete the Doctor of Music degree in Wind Conducting from Indiana University. He graduated from Ohio University cum laude in 1995 with his Bachelor of Music degree in Music Education. From 1995-2002, he was a band director in the Carrollton School District in Carrollton, OH. His musical versatility was frequently showcased as he could be heard on trumpet in several area concert bands, orchestras, funk and jazz bands. From 2002-2005, Mr. Brunner returned to Ohio University and completed his Master of Music in Instrumental Conducting with minor area studies in trumpet. While there, he conducted the Wind Ensemble, Symphonic Band, University Band, Marching 110, Varsity Band and also taught classes in music theory, orchestration, and conducting. Mr. Brunner became one of the staff arrangers for the Ohio University Marching 110. He is credited with over a hundred marching band arrangements for university and high school marching bands across the country. He has also had articles published in the Teaching Music Through Performance in Band and Teaching Music Through Performance in Beginning Band series as well as the National Band Association Journal. Mr. Brunner served as an adjudicator for the Ohio Music Education Association. In 2007, he was one of the winners of the National Band Association’s International Conducting Symposium, which took him to Sherborne, England. His professional affiliations have included Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, Kappa Kappa Psi, College Band Director’s National Association, National Band Association, MENC, Ohio Music Education Association, and the International Trumpet Guild.
Top
|
