Dr.
Larry Arnold
Associate
Professor, Music Department
The University of North Carolina at Pembroke
Dr.
Larry Arnold is Associate Professor of Music at the University
of North Carolina at Pembroke. He teaches music theory, electronic music
and composition. He directs the Jazz Choir, large and small Jazz Ensembles
and is the coordinator of Jazz Studies. He also serves statewide as Secretary
of the North Carolina Unit of the International Association for Jazz Education
and as a founding member of the UNC Digital Content Consortium.
After graduating from the University of Nebraska at Omaha with a degree
in piano performance, Arnold attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison
as a music composition student. While at UW he studied with Stephen Dembski,
Joseph Straus and Joel Naumann, and was awarded a Graduate Fellowship to
study Medieval and Renaissance music theory with a focus on the Ballate
of Francesco Landini. He was also a founding member of the Wisconsin Alliance
for Composition and premiered works by fellow composers at statewide conferences
of that organization.
While pursuing studies (Ph.D., Music Composition) at the University of Iowa,
several of Dr. Arnold's jazz compositions were broadcast on Iowa Public
Radio, and he performed extensively with the jazz groups Easy Parking, Johnson
County Landmark, The Chromatics and Jade. His music composition teachers
were D. Martin Jenni, William Hibbard, Kenneth Gaburo and Richard Hervig.
At the University of Iowa his duties included teaching honors sections of
music theory, serving as operations manager for the UI Center for New Music,
and a stint as administrative assistant to the Chair of the Music Theory
and Composition Department. His works were premiered by St. Mark’s
Methodist Church, the UI Lutheran Campus Ministries, the UI Center for New
Music and the Midwest Composers Consortium (a collaboration of five Big
Ten music departments and the Oberlin Conservatory of Music).
Recently Dr. Arnold has co-founded the UNC Pembroke Media Integration Project with Dr. John Labadie (Art) and George Johnson (Mass Communications). The UNCP Media Integration Project focuses on the creative use of computer technology in an interdisciplinary, student-centered environment. Dr. Arnold is now developing multimedia titles on North Carolina music topics. "A Jazz Scrapbook: The Musical Life of James Lauder Morgan" and "Dizzy Gillespie and the Musical Activities of the Laurinburg Institute" are two titles already in production in the series. The UNCP Media Integration Project has also received a grant from the Ralph M. Parsons Foundation of California.
Education
Ph.D.; May 1990, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa. Music Composition
Master of Music; May 1985, The University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin. Music Composition
Bachelor of Music; May 1979, The University of Nebraska-Omaha, Omaha, Nebraska. Piano Performance
Professional Experiences
Associate
Professor of Music; August 2001-present, The University of North Carolina
at Pembroke
Jazz Studies, Media Integration, Music Theory, Music Composition
Assistant
Professor of Music; August 1990-May 2001, The University of North Carolina
at Pembroke
Music Theory, Music Composition, Jazz Choir, Guitar, Piano
Teaching
Assistant; August 1985-May 1990, The University of Iowa
Musicianship and Theory
Teaching
Assistant; August 1982-May 1985, The University of Wisconsin-Madison
Music Theory, Music Fundamentals
Instructor;
March 1980-December 1980, The University of Nebraska-Omaha, College of Continuing
Studies
Piano
Instructor
Aide; August 1979-May 1980, The University of Nebraska-Omaha
Music Theory
Choir Accompanist; August 2000-present, Bethesda Presbyterian Church, Aberdeen, NC
Musical
Director/Pianist; 1998-present, Sandhills Theater Company productions
“Gypsy,” “Peter Pan,” “Anything Goes,”
“Nunsense”
Freelance Performer; ongoing self employment averaging 60 performances per year
Professional Affiliations
College Art Association, Southeastern College Art Conference, American Anthropological Association, Society for Visual Anthropology Guild of Natural Science Illustrators, American Print Alliance, International Association of Computer Graphics, Southern Graphics Council.
Recent Commissions, Compositions, Presentations
Presenting
Jazz: Multimedia in General Education; January, 2003, 30th Annual Conference
of the International Association for Jazz Education, Toronto, Canada
Harold Arlen: The Wizard of Music; May 2002, musical revue for Sandhills
Theater Company
Shaman (yellow); December 2001, digital video/audio with Dr. John Labadie,
UNCP Art Department
J is for Jessica, J is for Jazz; May 2001, chamber work for viola and 2
guitars
Psalm 84-Homecoming; September 2000, choir anthem for Bethesda Presbyterian
Church
Suite for Trumpet and Bass; May 2000, chamber work One Way to Go; May 2000,
jazz combo
We Walk By Faith; May 1998, choir anthem for Bethesda Presbyterian Church
Professional Associations
North Carolina Unit of the International Association for Jazz Education:
August 2000-present, secretary
International Association for Jazz Education
Association for Technology in Music Instruction
Society for Music Theory
Music Theory Southeast
SMT Jazz
Presbyterian Association of Musicians
Music Educators National Conference
American Federation of Musicians
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