KENNETH PAUL HOWARD

EDUCATION

Master of Music, Westminster Choir College, Princeton, New Jersey Major: Church Music Principal: Voice Minor: Choral Conducting Church Music Studies: Robin Leaver, Irene Willis Voice Studies: Daniel Pratt Conducting Studies: Dr. Joseph Flummerfelt, Frauke Haasemann, Allen Crowell	1985-87
Bachelor of Music, Westminster Choir College, Princeton, New Jersey Cum laude Major: Church Music Principal: Piano Minor: Voice Piano Studies: William Cheadle Voice Studies: Anne Ackley Gray	1981-85
High school diploma, valedictorian; Kernersville Wesleyan Academy, Kernersville, North Carolina	1977-1981
Private piano study, High Point College, High Point, NC Pat Moore May, instructor	1970-81
Additional Studies Private voice with Elem Eley	1988-89

MUSICAL EXPERIENCE

Accompanying and Musical Directing

Freelance music director/accompanist/vocal coach

Privately and in various New Jersey community theaters. Musical preparation, vocal coaching and piano

accompanying for musicals. Title of Musical Director/Pianist held, unless otherwise noted. (*in preparation)

*The Mikado (Asst. Musical Director/Pianist)	Philadelphia Biblical University, Langhorne, PA	2009
"Cinderella" Scenes (Musical Director/Co-Pianist)	Philadelphia Biblical University	2008
Oklahoma! (Asst. Musical Director/Pianist)	Philadelphia Biblical University	2008
Opera Scenes (Musical Co-Director/Pianist)	Philadelphia Biblical University	2007
Fiddler on the Roof (Asst. Musical Director/Pianist)	Philadelphia Biblical University	2007
Side By Side By Sondheim	Off-Broadstreet Theatre, Hopewell, NJ	2006
The It Girl	Off-Broadstreet Theatre	2005
Meshuggah-Nuns!	Off-Broadstreet Theatre	2005
Little By Little	Off-Broadstreet Theatre	2005
Hot 'n Cole	Off-Broadstreet Theatre	2004
A Class Act	Off-Broadstreet Theatre	2004
What About Luv?	Off-Broadstreet Theatre	2004
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown	Rider University, Lawrenceville, NJ	2003
She Loves Me	Playhouse 22, East Brunswick, NJ	2003
My Favorite Year (Vocal Director/Pianist)	Rider University	2002
The Cradle Will Rock	Chalkdust Productions, Princeton, NJ	2002
Company (Asst. Music Director/Pianist)	Rider University	2001
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum	Playhouse 22	2001
Carnival (Musical Director/Conductor)	Princeton Opera, Hightstown/Washington Crossing, NJ	2000
Godspell	5th Avenue Players, New Brunswick, NJ	1999
Godspell	Franklin Villagers, Somerset, NJ	1998
Company	Franklin Villagers	1998
Cabaret	Franklin Villagers	1997
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown (Musical Director/Pianist/Schroeder)	Circle Players, Piscataway, NJ	1997
Shenandoah	Franklin Villagers	1997
The Cradle Will Rock	Poquelin Players, Princeton, NJ	1996-97
1776	Franklin Villagers	1995
The King and I (Musical Director/Conductor)	Princeton Opera	1994
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas	Playhouse 22	1993
Quilt - A Musical Celebration!	Watchung Arts Center, Watchung, NJ	1993
Don Giovanni (Associate Accompanist)	Princeton Opera	1993
Into the Woods (Asst. Musical Director)	Egg Harbor High School, Egg Harbor, NJ	1993
Hansel and Gretel (Vocal Coach)	Princeton Opera	1992
Closer Than Ever	Circle Players	1992
The Adventures of the Country Mouse	Franklin Villagers	1991
The Cradle Will Rock	Franklin Villagers	1991
The Fantasticks	Circle Players	1990
The Adventures of the Country Mouse	Circle Players	1989
Student accompanist	Westminster Choir College	Academic Yrs 1981-87

Choral and Operatic

Rider University, Lawrenceville, New Jersey Adjunct Assistant Professor (Pro Tempore)/Conductor, Rider University Choir	Fall 2007
Captial Singers of Trenton, Trenton, New Jersey Bass-baritone/Assistant Conductor	2006-present
New Jersey Gay Men's Chorus (formerly Delaware Valley Men's Chorus) Baritone/Bass section leader Assistant Conductor Assistant Conductor/Conductor of Chamber Ensemble	1991-92 1994-97 1998-2001
Princeton Opera Company, Lawrenceville, New Jersey Brahms' Liebeslieder Waltzes; Don Giovanni (Masetto)	1993
Music America, concert with John Rutter, Carnegie Hall	1989
Westminster Choir, Westminster Choir College Resident chorus for the Festival of Two Worlds in Charleston, SC and Spoleto, Italy. Works performed: Puccini: La Fanciulla del West (Christian Badea) Mahler: Symphony No.2 (Christian Badea) Dvorak: Requiem (Woldemar Neumann) Wagner: Parsifal (Spiros Agiris).	Summers 1985 & 1987
Westminster Symphonic Choir, Westminster Choir College Performances of major choral works with major orchestras including: American Symphony Orchestra Verdi: Aida* (Act II, scene ii) (James Levine) at Radio City Music Hall (PBS "Gala of the Stars") Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem* (Kurt Mazur) New York Philharmonic Schoenberg: Gürrelieder* (Zubin Mehta) Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem (Robert Shaw) Handel: Coronation Anthem No. 2 (Kurt Mazur) Handel: Ode to St. Cecilia's Day (Kurt Mazur) J.S. Bach: Cantata No.150 (Rafael Kubelik) J.S. Bach: Magnificat (Rafael Kubelik) Mahler: Symphony No. 2 (Leonard Bernstein) (recorded by DGG) Philadelphia Orchestra (Riccardo Muti) Verdi: Macbeth* Orff: Carmina Burana Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice Verdi: Rigoletto Scriabin: Symphony No. 1 (recorded by EMI/Angel) Berlioz: Romeo et Juliette (recorded by EMI/Angel) Vienna Philharmonic Beethoven: Symphony No. 9* (Claudio Abbado)	Academic Yrs 1983-87

Church Music

Pennington Presbyterian Church, Pennington, NJ Summer pianist	Summers 1992 & 1993
Grace-St.Paul's Episcopal Church, Mercerville, NJ Summer organist	Summer 1986
New Hope United Methodist Church, New Hope, PA Assistant Choir Director, accompanist for children's choir, bass in adult choir, assistant to director.	Academic Yr 1983-84

Choral Arrangements

*April Is In My Mistress' Face* (TTBB version of Thomas Morley madrigal)	1999
*Weep, O Mine Eyes* (TTBB version of John Bennett madrigal)	1999
*#Steal Away* (TTBB)	1998
*Pat-A-Pan (Guillo, pran ton tamborin)* (TTBB)	1998
*Scots Wha Hae (TTBB)	1998
*Take, O Take Those Lips Away (TTBB)	1997
*O Come, Little Children (TTBB)	1996
*Behold That Star (TTBB)	1996
*Jesus, Jesus, Rest Your Head (SSAA)	1995
*O Come, O Come, Emmanuel (TTBB)	1994

# indicates work recorded by The New Jersey Gay Men's Chorus.

* indicates works published by Yelton Rhodes Music.

Teaching

Opera Appreciation lecturer, Princeton Adult School, Princeton, NJ

1993

REFERENCES

Available upon request.

Last updated: 28 August 2008.

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