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Dr. Charles Turner
Associate Professor of Music
Presser,
Room 228
CPO 2194
Phone: 859-985-3528
Fax: N/A
E-Mail:
At Berea College since 2001
| Degrees |
- B.M.E., Morehead
State University, 1974
- M.M., Morehead
State University, 1978
- M.A., Indiana
University School of Music, 1983
- D.M.A., University
of North Carolina at Greensboro, 2001
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| Honors and Awards |
- Graduate
Teaching Positions: Morehead State University with
Earle Louder and Robert Hawkins; Indiana University
School of Music with Harvey Phillips; University of
North Carolina-Greensboro with Dennis AsKew
- "Most
Influential Teacher Award," - AP Senior Class of Myers Park Magnet
High School, Charlotte, NC.
- Pi Kappa
Lambda National Music Honor Society
- Who's Who
in America
- Who's Who
Among America's Teachers
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| Courses |
- MUS 328 - Teaching of Brass
and Percussion Instruments
- MUS 329 - Teaching of Woodwind
Instruments
- MUS 335 - Materials and
Methods of Teaching Elementary Music
- MUS 336 - Foundations of
Teaching Instrumental Music
- MUS 366 - Fundamentals
of Teaching Instrumental Music in the Public Schools
- MUA - Applied Brass Instruments
- Applied Horn
- Applied Tuba
- GSTR 109 - Evolution of
Jazz in America
- MUS 132 - Wind Ensemble
- MUS 131 - Chamber Wind Ensemble
- MUS 130 - Jazz Ensemble
- MUS - Tour Management for
Music Ensembles (Short Term)
- EDS 300 - Short Term Teaching
Experience (Short Term)
- MUS 339 - Instrumental Music
of Mozart (KIIS, Salzburg, Austria 2004)
- MUS 130 - Chamber Wind Music
(KIIS, Salzburg, Austria 2004)
- Orchestra Brass Coach (North
Carolina Governor's School, 2001)
- Wind Ensemble (North Carolina
Governor's School, 2001)
- Brass Ensemble (North Carolina
Governor's School, 2001)
- Applied Brass Performance
(North Carolina Governor's School, 2001)
- 20th-Century Music Context
Lectures (North Carolina Governor's School, 2001)
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| Special Interests |
| Performer
with the Lexington Brass Band, Research: The music and
pedagogical texts of Jean Baptist Schiltz |
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| Affiliations |
- Kentucky Music Educators
Association
- Music Educators National
Conference
- College Music Society
- World Association of
Symphonic Bands and Ensembles
- Conductors Guild
- Pi Kappa Lambda Music
Honors Society
- Berea College Chapter
of Kentucky Music Educator's Association (sponsor)
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| Papers and Publications |
- Dissertation:
Six trios pour deux cornet a pistons et
ophicleide basse ou cor a pistons (1846) by Jean Baptiste Schiltz: A Performance
Edition (2000).
- Contributor to the
book "Strategies for Teaching," published by Music
Educators National Conference
- Film: The
Indomitable Teddy Roosevelt, for ABC Television and ABC Home
Video. (EMMY nomination)
- Film: The
Space Shuttle Columbia , For PBS Television
- Television: Charlotte
Repertory Orchestra Concert for PBS Television in
North Carolina
- Radio: Sousa
125th Birthday Celebration, a 90 minute musical special
for National Public Radio (from Detroit Symphony
Hall)
- CD Collection: Sousa
Bicentennial Collection, produced by Telarc Recordings
- CD Collection: Gems
of the Concert Band, produced by Telarc Recordings
- Recordings: Heritage
of the March Series, produced by Hoe productions
- Radio: Detroit
Concert Band Fourth of July and Labor Day Performances at
Meadowbrook Arts Festival in Detroit, MI (1978-1985)
- Commercial: United
States Army
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| Research Programs |
- The brass instrument
methods books of mid-19th Century Parisian trumpet
performer, pedagogue, and composer Jean Baptist Schiltz.
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| Biography |
| Charles
Turner is Director of Bands and Associate Professor of Music
Education and Brass Instrument Performance at Berea College.
A native of Ashland, Kentucky and Cincinnati, Ohio, Turner
holds degrees from the University of North Carolina-Greensboro,
Indiana University School of Music, and Morehead State University.
He has studied conducting with Niklaus Wyss of the Houston
Symphony Orchestra, Chris Nance of the New York City Opera,
Ned Battista of the Houston Pops Orchestra, and wind conductors
Dr. Robert Hawkins and Dr. John Locke. Turner has studied
tuba with Harvey Phillips, Dr. Earle L. Louder, Leonard B.
Smith, and Dr. Dennis AsKew.
Prior to joining the Berea Faculty in 2001, Turner held
positions at Myers Park Magnet High School of Charlotte,
North Carolina, Marion County Schools (KY), Houston (TX)
5-A High School Band Programs (Brass Specialist), Wilkes
University, Pikeville College, North Carolina State University,
Texas State University, the Kentucky Institute for International
Studies at Salzburg, Austria, the North Carolina Governor’s
School 20th-Century Music Program, and the Detroit Concert
Band, Inc. Turner has recorded for major recording companies
and television and radio networks including: Telarc Recordings,
H & R Recordings, ABC Television and ABC Home Video,
The Book of the Month Club Recordings Division, Heritage
of the March Recordings, The Arts and Entertainment Network;
Walking Frog Recordings, PBS Television, and National Public
Radio.
Dr. Turner is a member of Music Educators National Conference,
the Kentucky Music Educator’s Association, World
Association of Symphonic Bands and Ensembles, the College
Music Society, and Pi Kappa Lambda Music Honors Society.
His biography is included in Who’s
Who in America and Who’s
Who Among Teachers in America. He resides
in Richmond, Kentucky with his wife Jeannie and daughters
Maggie and Erin.
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