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CURRICULUM VITAE

EDDIE C. BASS
 

School of Music, UNCG, PO Box 26167, Greensboro NC 27402-6167
Home Telephone 336-697-8489
Office Telephone 336-334-5911
Fax 336-334-5497

Academic Degrees

     Ph. D.  Music, University of N. C. , Chapel Hill, 1964
     M. M.  Composition, University of N. C., Chapel Hill,   1959
     B. A.   Music, University of N. C., Chapel Hill,   1958

Professional Experience, Teaching and Administrative

    1993-Present :  Professor of Music, UNCG; Coordinator for Composition
    1988-93:    Professor of Music, UNCG;  Chair, Division of Composition, History, and Theory
    1973-88:    Associate Professor of Music, UNCG; Chair, Division of Composition, History,
        and Theory 1985-88; Chair, Division of Composition and Theory,1973-82
    1968-73:   Assistant Professor of Music, UNCG
    1964-1968:   Assistant Professor of Music, Marshall University

Professional Experience, Performance

    Market Street Brass (UNCG Faculty Brass Quintet):  1970-2000
    Greensboro Symphony Orchestra: Principal Trumpet 1968-83; Co-Principal Trumpet 1983-86
    Charleston (W. Va.) Symphony Orchestra:  Second Trumpet 1964-67

Current Professional and Academic Association Memberships

      Society for Music Theory
      Southeastern Composers' League
      American Society of Authors, Composers, and Publishers
      Society of Composers, Incorporated
     College Music Society
 

Compositions (publisher in brackets)

Triptych, for Large Brass and Percussion Ensemble, 2001
On Yonder Mountain, for Clarinet, Viola, and Piano, 2001
Sextet, for Piano and Wind Quintet, 2000
Imagin'd Corners of the Earth, for Trumpet Ensemble, 1999 (Warwick Music UK)
New Time, New Space, for Oboe and Piano, 1999
There was a Naughty Boy, for Women’s Choir and Piano, 1998
Sonata for Trombone and Piano, 1997 (Warwick Music UK)
Sonata for Viola and Piano, 1997
Five Songs  for High Voice, Piano, Clarinet, and Viola (1995)
The Good Neighbor Rag, for Brass Quintet (1995)
Three Medieval Carols, for Brass Quintet (1994)
House Band, for Clarinet, Violin, and Piano (1993)
Variations on  a Gregorian Melody,  for Wind Quintet (1992)
I Died for Beauty:  Five Poems of Emily Dickinson.  Versions for
   a.  Women's Choir and Piano or Wind Quintet (1990)
   b.  Mixed Choir and Piano or Wind Quintet (1994)
Sonata for Clarinet and Piano  (1990)
Vexilla Regis,  for Mixed Choir, Trumpet, and Keyboard (1989) or Mixed Choir and Orchestra
Pas de Quatre, for Trombone Quartet  (1989) (Warwick Music UK)
Windsongs, for Oboe and Keyboard  Synthesizer (1987)
Recollections, for Wind Ensemble (1986)
Georgia Fanfare., for Brass Quintet  (1986)[New York: Seesaw, 1987]
Epitaphs, for Mezzo-soprano and Orchestra  (also with Chamber Ensemble) (1983)
Variations on a Shaped-Note Hymn, for Brass Quintet (1983) [ New York: Seesaw,  1987]
Brass Quintet (1982)  [New York: Seesaw, 1987]

Articles

 "Counterpoint and Medium in Mahler's Kindertotenlieder." The Music Review, 50 (1989), 206
 "Tonality and Set-Form Relations in Debussy's Prelude No. 4, Book I." Theoretically Speaking, 5 (1988), 14
 "Musical Time and Musical Space in Berlioz."  The Music Review,  30 (1969), 211
 "Thematic Unification of Scenes in Multimovement Works of Berlioz." The Music Review,  28 (1967). 45

Honors and Awards

 First Prize Winner, Composition Contest of the International Trombone Association
   (for Pas de Quatre)
 Outstanding Teacher Award, School of Music, UNCG, 1996-97
ASCAP Standard Awards, 1999-2001