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CV and Biography

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..........Tom Smith is currently an Associate Professor of Music at Shorter College, and founder of their instrumental music program. He is also a five time Senior Fulbright Professor of Music at the Romanian National University of Music, Lecturer of Social and Political Affairs in the School of American Studies at the University of Bucharest, Tibiscus University in Timisoara, and an active member of the Fulbright Professional Specialist Program, having taught and performed extensively at the University of KwaZulu-Natal Jazz Center, in Durban, South Africa. For seven years he was Director of Instrumental Music at Pfeiffer University, near Charlotte, North Carolina. Once called part trombonist, part music missionary by Downbeat Magazine , Smith was introduced to fine arts at an early age by his father, a noted trombonist and painter. After attending the University of North Texas, he received his bachelors degree from the University of Southern Mississippi and a masters degree from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. For five years, he led many award-winning high school and middle school bands. Smith was the longest continuous member of the prestigous North Carolina Artist-in-Residence Program (1984-1992). It was during this time that he founded some of the most critically acclaimed community and regional jazz ensembles in America, while performing for over two-million people. Smith's best known group was the Unifour Jazz Ensemble, an eighteen-piece big band of much renown. They were the first Downbeat National Champions, and placed seventh in that magazine's 1988 Readers Poll. In that same poll, Smith placed fifth in the trombone category, tying the legendary Carl Fontana. As an improvising soloist, he has performed and toured with Louie Bellson, Clark Terry, McCoy Tyner, Joe Henderson, Chris Potter, the New York Voices, Nicholas Payton, Herb Ellis, Donald Byrd and the Manhattan Transfer. In 1995, he served as a musical director for Norwegian Cruise Lines, after serving for two years as the feasability study coordinator for a multimillion dollar music facility. Tom Smith's eclectic musical interests have always been deeply rooted in classical music. From 1997, he developed a well deserved reputation as North Carolina's most ambitious collegiate wind symphony conductor, having presided over memorable performances that showcased some of the most difficult orchestral transcriptions in existence. Still never venturing far from jazz, Smith's university big bands have received championships and/or superior ratings from numerous celebrated festivals. Smith is also a noted music historian and researcher. He is routinely published, and presents research at international conferences that cover the widest range of subject material, from solving the murder of clarinetist Frank Teschemacher, to (along with research partner Gary Westbrook) identifying the musical fingerprint for the identification of unidentified personnel on early recordings. Since 2002, Smith's work in Romania has drawn wide attention in the field of jazz education. Called by a former Fulbright Executive Director the premminent Fulbright Scholar in Romanian history, Smith is the only foreigner to have been awarded The Romanian National Radio Prize (Romania's highest musical honor). Most recently, he founded and coordinated the Tibiscus University Jazz Seminar, the first summer music camp staged in Romania, and helped found (along with Romanian Johnny Bota) the first western styled jazz music college in that country. Outside of music, Smith has developed a cult following for his book The Tahchee Chronicles, a favorite with readers of science fiction and Native American subjects. Writer Cordell McQueen once commented that Tom Smith was the kind of artistic and administrative visionary who would never be appreciated in his own lifetime. Here is a person who can initiate the founding of over forty large ensembles, create organizational techniques that are used all over the world, and keep up his chops, while at the same time delve into topics as far fetched as Cherokee spirituality, while still successfully juggling a vibrant family life. The fact that he has spent most of his career forwarding a mostly rural agenda will probably keep him out of most texts, but he should be there all the same.

From WHO'S WHO IN AMERICA

SMITH, THOMAS HAROLD, III, instrumental music educator, musician; b. Greenville, N.C., May 10, 1957; s. Thomas Harold Jr and Julia Anne (Tracy) S.; m. Sarah Ann Anderson, Jan. 18, 1987; 1 child, Matthew Tracy Smith. B in Music Edn., U. So. Miss., 1979; M in Music, U. N.C., Greensboro, 1990. Cert. secondary music tchr., N.C. Band dir. Wake County Pub. Schs., Raleigh, N.C., 1982-84; dir. instrumental music Caldwell C.C., Lenoir, N.C., 1984-88; artist-in-residence Rowan-Cabarrus C.C., Salisbury, N.C., 1988-90, Blue Ridge C.C., Hendersonville, N.C., 1992-94; solo trombonist Glenn Miller Orch., Maitland, Fla., 1994; bandmaster Norwegian Cruise Lines, Miami, Fla., 1995; dir instrumental music Rockingham County Schs., Eden, N.C., 1996, Pfeiffer U., Misenheimer, N.C., Senior Fulbright Scholar of Music, Bucharest, Romania, 2002-2003. 1997-; founder So. Miss. Ednl. Jazz Fest., Hattiesburg, 1977; founder, pres., fellow mem. Unifour Jazz Soc., Newton, N.C., 1986-; bd. dirs. N.C. Jazz Network, Carrborro, N.C., 1989-91. Brevard (N.C.) Jazz Festivel, 1990-91. Prodr., dir. (recodring) First Steps, 1986, Roadwork, 1988; founder, editor, Foothills Jazz Jour., 1988-89; prodr. (website) Tom Smith’s Jazz Home Page, 1997 (outstanding site award Webmaster Guild 1997). Writer, Tachchee Chronicles (Triad Publishers). Pres. pro-tem Student Govt. Assn., U. So. Miss., Hattiesburg, 1977-78. Who's Who in American Education, 2002. Downbeat auditions recipient Down Beat Mag., 1986; recipient Cmty. Jazz Ensemble Gold award, 1987 fifth place world trombone, Downbeat Reader’s Poll, 1988, seventh place world big band, 1988. Fellow Internat. Assn. Jazz Educators (chairperson N.C. State 1998-); mem. Internat. Trombone Assn., Nat. Assn. Jazz Educators, (founder Miss. chpt., pres. 1977-, outstanding musician award 1978). Methodist. Avocations; writing, traveling, historical investigation. Home: 315B W. Council St. Salisbury, NC 28144 28144-3607 Office: Pfeiffer Univ Hwy 52 Misenheimer NC 28109.

From New Encyclopedia of Jazz by Lewis Porter

Smith III, Thomas H. (Tom), trombonist, bandleader, educator, author; b. Greenville, NC, May 10, 1957. Throughout childhood his family relocated frequently, beginning with Boston, MA (1957), Greenville, NC (1959), Wake Forest, NC (1961), Greenville, NC (1962), Revere Beach, MA (1962), Weymouth, MA (1963), Arlington, MA (1963), Greenville, NC (1964), New Orleans, LA (1967), Greenville, NC (1968), Concord, NC (1971), and Greenville, NC (1972). While Smith attended college, his father Thomas Jr., (b. 1937), mother (born Julia Anne Tracy, 1936), sister (Kathy, b. 1958) and brother (Andy, b. 1962) relocated to Raleigh, NC (1976), and New Orleans LA (1977), before permanently settling in Oxford, NC during the latter months of 1978. Starting at age nine, Smith received trombone lessons from his father (a musician/educator with classical training), and later taught himself flute and euphonium. He entered public school music programs and became a member of the North Carolina Governor's School Symphony Orchestra (1974), and the North Carolina All State Band (1970-75). He was briefly enrolled in the jazz studies program at the University of North Texas, before transferring to the University of Southern Mississippi in 1976, (BM in Music Education, 1979).

While at USM, Smith performed in the university jazz program and held down pit jobs with a regional song and dance troupe and two circuses. In addition, he founded the USM International Association of Jazz Education chapter (the nation's largest in 1978), the Mississippi Educational Jazz Festival (1978), and served as President Pro Tem of the USM Student Government Association (1977-78). From 1979-82, he accepted teaching posts in Bay Saint Louis, MS and Fayetteville, NC, while performing as a sideman for numerous traveling shows and reviews in NC, Minnesota, Florida and Texas. These activities were interrupted in 1980 with studies and frequent performances with trumpeter Donald Byrd at North Carolina Central University. In 1982, he taught band in Wake County, NC, and established the Music Party Agency, which booked combos for concerts and social functions.

Smith was accepted into the North Carolina Artist-in-Residence Program in 1984, serving visiting artist residencies at Caldwell Community College, Lenoir, NC (1984-88) and Rowan-Cabarrus Community College, Salisbury, NC (1988-90). After receiving a Masters Degree in Music Education (University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 1990), he served a final residency at Blue Ridge Community College, Hendersonville, NC (1990-92). During this eight- year period, he established thirty-nine community/regional wind symphonies and jazz ensembles including the Unifour Big Band (Down Beat Musicfest USA winner 1987, seventh place, Down Beat Reader's Poll, 1988), seven regional jazz festivals, three jazz societies, and performed over one thousand solo jazz trombone concerts. From 1992-94, he worked as feasibility study coordinator for the Baron Ross Fine Arts Center (Hendersonville, NC), before assuming the solo trombone chair with the Glenn Miller Orchestra (1994 Canadian Tour), and a stint as a musical director with Norwegian Cruise Lines (1995). After another teaching post in 1996 (Rockingham County, NC Public Schools), he was appointed Director of Instrumental Music at Pfeiffer University (Misenheimer, NC), in 1997.

In 2002, Mr. Smith was appointed a Senior Fulbright Scholar, and assigned to the National University of Music (Bucharest, Romania). While in Bucharest, he founded the Romanian National Jazz Ensemble and the Bucharest Pops Orchestra, and was awarded the Romanian version of a Grammy Award. He is (2003) a frequent conductor for Romanian television broadcasts.Well known as a proponent of accurate music historical investigation, he has devised numerous methods for accurate research documentation, including (with research partner Gary Westbrook), the Smith/Westbrook Method, a music fingerprinting system that manipulates preexisting computer software to identify unlisted personnel on early recordings. A frequent contributor to the ITA Journal (International Trombone Association) and numerous research publications, Smith has received four IAJE Outstanding Service to Jazz Education Awards for his contributions to jazz research. Other awards include Who's Who in the South and Southwest, Who's Who in America and Who's Who Among America's Teachers.

Smith has remained active as a jazz trombonist and bandleader (fifth place trombone, Down Beat Reader's Poll, 1988), having performed or toured with Clark Terry, Louie Bellson, Joe Henderson, McCoy Tyner, Eddie Daniels, Nicholas Payton and Herb Ellis, among others. In 1987, he married Sarah Ann Anderson (now Smith). The couple gave birth to a son (Matthew, b. 1989).

JAZZ RECORDINGS, BROADCASTS AND FILMS (Selected).

--First Steps, Unifour Big Band, Tom Smith producer (1986), Roadwork, Unifour Big Band, Tom Smith producer, (1989), Too Darn Hot, Gelb Swing Band (1998), Duke Ellington, a Centennial Collection, NCJRO (1999), Benny Goodman, the Swing Collection, NCJRO (2000), Let's Face the Music and Dance, Gelb Swing Band (2001)

--Performed on and/or produced approximately twenty pop/rock/Contemporary recordings with artists including: Band of Oz, the Showmen, Arthur Smith, David and the Giants and REM producer Don Dixon.

--Hosted NC cable access television program Soundscapes, (1985-88, 1998-01), featured soloist on PBS Broadcast Journey to Jazz (1999), and the PBS documentary Warzone (2002). Romanian National Television Broadcasts, A Bucharest Christmas, Live at the Bucharest Jazz Festival, Fulbright Presents Live at the Museum of Literature (2002). He has been interviewed on numerous radio and television programs including: National Public Radio's All Things Considered and Weekly Edition, Tech TV, and Discovery Channel Canada. He has discussed jazz history at four IAJE conventions and read papers at over fifty conventions and/or seminars including: the Historic Brass Conference and the Institute of Jazz Studies Roundtable.

BIBLIOGRAPHY (Selected).

Works by Smith.

The Tahchee Chronicles, an Epic Journey Into Spirituality, (Triad, 2001).

The Lost Years of Charlie Ventura (IAJE Research Presentations Yearbook, 2002). Remembering John Coffey (ITA Journal, Winter 2001).

Acoustic Technology for the Identification of Mystery Jazz Recordings, with Gary Westbrook (IAJE Research Presentations Yearbook 2001). (Spring 2001).

Three Book Reviews About the Life of Woody Herman, Annual Review of Jazz Studies 1997-98 (Scarecrow, 2000).

An Anecdotal Account of Bourbon Street and Related Jazz Venues 1976-80 (IAJE Research Presentations Yearbook, 2000).

Thematic Improvisation for the Beginning Improviser (North Carolina Music Educator, Spring, 1998).

An Investigation Into the Death of Frank Teschemacher (IAJE Research Presentations Yearbook, 1998).

Implementation of the Community Jazz Ensemble (North Carolina Music Educator, Fall, 1986).

Numerous other short and extended publications, reviews and biographical entries for (among others): ITA Journal, Baker's Dictionary of Musicians, Annual Review of Jazz Studies, and Oxford's American National Biography.

Tom Smith Career Data Summary

Current Employment

2007- Associate Professor of Music, Director of Instrumental Music, Shorter College, Rome, GA.

Responsibilities: Initiate and coordinate infrastructure and/or related ensembles for newly formed instrumental music program in music school with 135 majors, including but not limited to new marching band, concert and jazz programs, recruit and populate said ensembles, teach classes in music appreciation, instrumental methods and jazz survey, create and coordinate new Jazz and Commercial Music major, including course descriptions and curriculum guidelines.

1. Fulbright Professional Specialist Program

2006 Visiting Professor of Jazz Studies, University of KwaZulu Natal, Durban, South Africa. Responsibilities: Perform and structure master class schemes, teach classes in jazz combo, form and rehearse large jazz ensembles (big band), serve as professional consultant for program implementation and administrative infrastructure of world reknown jazz center.

2. Full Time University Employment.

2002-2008 Senior Fulbright Professor of Music, Bucharest, Romania, Fulbright Professor of Music, Romanian National University of Music, University of Bucharest, Tibiscus University.

Responsibilities: Initiate and coordinate Romanian National Jazz Ensemble, Bucharest Pops Orchestra, Bucharest Wind Ensemble, direct conservatory big band, assist in the coordination of Romanian performing arts infrastructure, guest conduct Romanian National Radio Big Band, teach courses in music history, improvisation, sociology, conduct programming for Romanian radio and television broadcasts, co-founded School of Jazz, Tibiscus University, producer and coordinator of Romania's first music camp. Senior Lecturer of Political affairs, School of American Studies, University of Bucharest. Member of Fulbright Professional Specialists Program.

1997-2004 Director of Instrumental Music, Pfeiffer University, Misenheimer, NC
Faculty and Administrative Courses Taught:

Form and Analysis 3hrs.
Music Before 1750 2hrs.
Music After 1900 2hrs.
Orchestration 2hrs.
Musical England 2hrs.
Instrumental Conducting 3hrs.
Wind Symphony 1hr.
Jazz Ensemble 1 hr.
Private Lessons 2hrs.
Appreciation of Music 3hrs.
Counterpoint 2hrs.
Brass Methods 2hrs.

Other Collegiate Assignments:

Coordinator of Music Recruiting
Coordinator of Music Scholarships
Editor, Pfeiffer Instrumental Bulletin
Director, Pfeiffer Pep Band
Pfeiffer International Travel Committee
Founder and Coordinator of University Music Department Television Program
Regional High School Marching Band Advisement and Adjudication.

3. Other Full Time and/Adjunct Employment.

1996-1997 Director of Instrumental Music, Rockingham County. NC Public Schools. Responsibilities: Coordinate 320 member band program Accomplishments: Implementation of jazz program.

1995-1996 Music Director. Norwegian Cruise Lines, Responsibilities: Coordinate and oversee all musical activities for 2000 passenger cruise ship, including music personnel and headline attractions.

1994-1995 Soloist, Glenn Miller Orchestra, Responsibilities: Occupy and perform jazz trombone chair for world tours, cruises and recordings.

1992-1994 Coordinator of Music Feasibility Project Baron Ross Industries Inc. Hendersonville. NC, Responsibilities: Coordinate all planning for multimillion dollar musical facility.

1990-1994 Adjunct Instructor of Jazz History. Wake Forest University.

1990-1991 Adjunct Instructor of Jazz Improvisation, Lenoir Rhyne College.

1982-1984 Director of Instrumental Music, Wake County. NC Public Schools Responsibilities: Conduct and coordinate all instrumental ensembles for West Millbrook Middle School (300 students), Wake Forest High School and Middle School (250 students). Accomplishments: Founded school jazz ensembles; Superior ratings in state concert, jazz and marching competitions.

1981-1982 Director of Instrumental Music. Reid Ross High School Fayetteville. NC
Responsibilities: Coordinate and conduct all instrumental ensembles for large AAAA high school. Accomplishments: Superior ratings in state concert, jazz and marching competitions.

1979-1980 Assistant Band Director. Hancock North Central High School Bay St. Louis. Mississippi. Responsibilities: Conduct and coordinate marching band and jazz ensemble, assistant conductor of concert band.

4. North Carolina Artist-in-Residence Program, (required to change full time positions every two years except otherwise noted).

1990-1992 Artist-in-Residence. Blue Ridge Community College. Hendersonville. NC Teaching Responsibilities: Introduction to music, Jazz History, Jazz
Improvisation. founded community jazz ensemble. Artist Responsibilities: One Hundred solo performances for schools and civic groups. Coordinator of college concert series.

1988-1990 Artist-in-Residence. Rowan-Cabarrus Community College. Salisbury. NC Responsibilities: To provide solo performances for schools and civic organizations; to serve as coordinator for RCCC Concert Series, to direct internationally recognized Unifour Jazz Ensemble for RCCC residency performances and to establish new classical music ensembles and support organizations for Central Piedmont region. Accomplishments: Over 200 performances and seminars as performer, clinician, adjudicator and/or conductor; television presentations for Charlotte Cablevision; Founded Rowan-Cabarrus Youth Jazz Ensemble.

1984-1988 Artist-in-Residence. Director of Instrumental Music. Caldwell Community College. Lenoir. NC ( Two Year Extension of Contract )
Responsibilities: Coordinate all music activities for the community of Lenoir and Caldwell County in conjunction with college; to serve as musical director and conductor for nationally recognized Caldwell Lenoir Community Wind Ensemble (grade 6 and professional repetoire); CCC&TI Jazz Workshop (founded by subject) and internationally recognized Unifour Jazz Ensemble (founded by subject); Coordinate all responsibilities of jazz support group Unifour Jazz Society, (founded by subject). Accomplishments: Performances nationwide for over two million people; Produced two albums of Unifour Jazz Ensemble, receiving world wide airplay on nearly 200 radio stations. Performed 300 solo performances; founded Blue Ridge Jazz festival.

5. Other Professional Performing Experience
Has Performed, Led and/or Toured With the Following Artists, (selected).

Jazz
Louie Bellson, Clark Terry, Donald Byrd, Eddie Daniels, Jon Faddis, McCoy
Tyner, Nicholas Payton, Carl Fontana, Herb Ellis, Joe Henderson, Woody
Herman, Bob Mintzer, Charlie Rouse, Bud Shank, Sonny Stitt, Bill Watrous,
New York Voices, Manhattan Transfer, Vanessa Rubin, Chris Potter.

Classical
North Carolina Symphony, Raleigh Symphony, Carolina Pops Orchestra,
Fayetteville Symphony.

Big Band (other than previously indicated )
Bob Crosby, Dorsey Brothers, Tommy Dorsey, Jimmy Dorsey, Les Elgart, Guy Lombardo, Henry Mancini, Ray McKinley, USAirways, North Carolina Repertory, Tex Benecke, Ray Eberle.

Circus
Ringling Brothers, King Brothers, Hoxie Brothers, International All Star.

Rhythm and Blues
Ben E. King, Gladys Knight, The Temptations, Aretha Franklin, Chairman of
the Board, The Four Tops, The Isley Brothers, The Platters, the Drifters.

Country and Western
Crystal Gayle, Charlie Pride, Roy Clark, Boots Randolph.

Pop, Night Club, Society
Perry Como, Glenn Campbell, Peter Duchin, Barbara McNair.

Actors, Comedians, Stage Performers
George Burns, Carroll Channing, Sheila McCrae, Alan Thicke, Loretta Switt,Red Skelton, McLean Stevenson.

Rock
Cher, Marshall Crenshaw, Don Dixon

6. Current Professional and Academic Association Memberships

International Association Of Jazz Education, International Trombone Association
Omicron Delta Kappa Honorary.

7. Publications (Selected from music academia/ others available upon request/see articles pages for other selected compilations).

2006 " Whatever Happened to Bill Harris? Two Friends Provide Clues," International Association of Jazz Educators Research Proceedings Yearbook.

2005 "Jazz Education's Greatest Battle," International Association of Jazz Educators Research Proceedings Yearbook

2004 "The Reinvention of Johnny Raducanu", International Association of Jazz Edu
cators Research Proceedings Yearbook.

2002-2003 "Burning the House Down," a review, ITA Journal, Spring 2003.
"Jeff Adams 2000," a review, ITA Journal, Spring 2002.
"The Search," a review, ITA Journal, Winter 2002.
"Burning the House Down," a review, ITA Journal, Spring 2003.
"Jeff Adams 2000," a review, ITA Journal, Spring 2002.
"The Search," a review, ITA Journal, Winter 2002.

2001 "Stance" a review, ITA Journal, Fall, 2001.
"Lunch," a review, ITA Journal, Fall, 2001.
Bakers Dictionary of Music, Listed Contributor, 2001.
"Remembering John Coffey" feature article, ITA Journal. Winter 2001
"No Laughing Matter," a review ITA Journal. Spring, 2001.
"Scrapbook," a review ITA Journal, Summer 2001.
"Lloyd Ulyate and his Trombone," a review ITA Journal. Winter 2001.
"Acoustic Technology for the Identification of Mystery Jazz Recordings," (withGary Westbrook), IAJE Research Presentations Yearbook 2001. (Spring 2001).
"A Scientific Method for the Identification of Mystery Jazz Recordings, the Beiderbecke and Teschemacher Mysteries," (with Gary Westbrook), IAJRC Journal, Winter, 2001.

2000 "BIue Highways The Music of Paul Ferguson," a review Fall 2000.
"Stance," a review ITA Journal, Spring 2000.
"Roger Fox Big Band," ITA Journal. Spring 2000.
" John Ferrell," ITA Journal, Spring 2000.
"Three Book Reviews About the Life of Woody Herman,"
Annual Review of Jazz Studies 1997-98., Hardback edition, October 2000.
" An Anecdotal Account of Bourbon Street and Related Jazz Venues 1976-80," IAJE Research Presentations Yearbook 2000.

1999 "Swamp Dog," a review ITA Journal, Winter 2000.
"To Be There," ITA Journal, Summer 1999.
"Oracle," a review ITA Journal, Summer 1999.

1998 "Thematic Improvisation for the Beginning Improviser," North Carolina Music Educator, Spring, 1998.
"Nice and Easy with Carl Fontana and Jiggs Whigham, a review" ITA Journal, Fall1998. "An Investigation of the Death of Frank Teschemacher," IAJE Research Presentations Yearbook 1998.

1995 "Raoul Jerome, Unsung Educational Hero," Jazz South. number 2.

1993 "The Big Band Revival, Climate for Change," The Jazz News, number 4.
"Summer Jazz Camp Experiences," The Jazz News, number 1.

1986 "Implementation of the Community Jazz Ensemble," North Carolina Music Educator, Fall.

8. Research

Biographical Research, (in progress), clarinetist Frank Teschemacher. Biographical Research, (in progress), saxophonist Charles Ventura, history of jazz music in Romania.

9. Papers Presented

"An Investigation of the Death of Frank Teschemacher, International Association of Jazz Educators Conference, New York, New York. January 1998.
"An Anecdotal Account of Bourbon Street and Related Venues (1976-1980)" International Association of Jazz Educators Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana. January 2000.
"Acoustic Technology for the Identification of Mystery Jazz Recordings,"
International Association of Jazz Educators Conference, New York, New York. January, 2001.
"Acoustic Technology for the Identification of Mystery Jazz Brass Recordings," International Historic Brass Conference, Wake Forest University, June, 2001. "Unraveling the Mystery of Unidentified Jazz Recordings," International Association of Jazz Record Collectors, East Stroudsburg State University, September, 2001.
"Acoustic Technology for Solving the Mystery of Unidentified Jazz Recordings," Rutgers Jazz Roundtable, Rutgers University, November, 2001.
"Left Turn From Greatness, the Lost Years of Charlie Ventura", International Association of Jazz Educators Conference, Long Beach, California, January, 2002.
"The Reinvention of Johnny Raducanu", International Association of Jazz Educators Conference, New York, New York, January 2004
"Jazz Education's Greatest Battle," International Association of Jazz Educators Conference, Long Beach, California, January, 2005.
"Whatever Happened to Bill Harris? Two Friends Provide Clues," International Association of Jazz Education Convention,, New York, NY, January 13, 2006.

10. Publications Outside of Music

The Tahchee Chronicles, Triad Publishers, 2001. (280 pages).

11. Attendance at Professional Meetings

Regular attendance of all International Association at Jazz Educators, International Trombone Association, Eastern Trombone Workshop and State of North Carolina, Music Educators National Conference Functions.

12. Community participation and/or Service

North Carolina Jazz Network, 1989-1991
Founder and/or coordinator of over thirty community
music ensembles since 1984, including: Lenoir
Community Band 1985-1988, Time Capsule Orchestra, Salisbury, NC 1988-1990, Blue Ridge Jazz Ensemble 1990-1992. Local Community Service
Instructor, Elderhostel retreats 1990-1992.
Senior Citizens Music Coordinator, Salisbury NC, 1988-1990. Board of Directors, Jazz at Brevard 1990-1991.

13. Awards

Who's Who in America 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005.
Who's Who in the South and Southwest 1999-2000.
Who’s Who in American Education 2006.
Who's Who Among America's Teachers 2002.
IAJE Outstanding Service to Jazz Education 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006.
Premilor De Muzica (Romanian Radio National Music Award), 2003
Fifth Place, trombone category, Downbeat Readers Poll 1988.
Seventh Place, big band category, Downbeat Readers Poll 1988.
Community College National Championship, winner (director), big band, Chicago IL. 1987.
Community College National Championship, runner up (director), combo, Orlando, Fl. 1988.
Outstanding Instrumentalist: Community Jazz National Championships, Jazz Combo Division, Orlando Fl, 1988.
Teacher of the Year, Wake County Schools, NC 1984.
Teacher of the Year, Fayetteville, NC City Schools 1982.

14. Academic Degrees

MME University ofNorth Carolina at Greensboro: 1990 Music Education
BME University of Southern Mississippi: 1979 Music Education

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