Dr.  John  Michael  Walker  (SDSU  Faculty  since  2001)    Associate  Professor  of  Music  Director  of  Keyboard  Studies    South  Dakota  State  University  Lincoln  Music  Hall,  Room  111  Brookings,  SD    57007    

Tel:  (605)  688-­‐4229  Fax  (605)  688-­‐4307  email:    john.walker@sdstate.edu    Education  DMA,  Piano  Performance,  1995,  University  of  Colorado  -­‐  Boulder  MM  with  Honors,  Chamber  Music  and  Accompanying,  1982,  San  Francisco  Conservatory  of     Music  BM  with  High  Honors,  Piano  Performance,  1977,  University  of  California  at  Santa  Barbara  Internship  in  Piano  Pedagogy,  1978,  New  School  for  Music  Study  (Frances  Clark),  Princeton  General  studies,  Diablo  Valley  Community  College,  1974,  Pleasant  Hill,  California    SDSU  Faculty  Appointment  Date     Position   Type  of  Experience  2001-­‐2005   Assistant  Professor   Teaching*  2005-­‐present   Associate  Professor   Teaching*      Other  Related  Full-­‐time  Professional  Appointments  Date     Organization   Appointment  1995-­‐2001   Adams  State  College   Assistant  Professor  of  Music  1986–1993   Music  Specialist   Los  Medanos  College    Current  Annual  Assignment  Teaching  MUAP  110/210/310/410,  Applied  Piano  MUS  110/110L,  Basic  Theory  I  and  II  MUS  270,  Piano  Pedagogy  I  Additionally,  direct  piano  program  and  administer  piano  proficiency  exam.    Advising  Currently  serving  as  advisor  to  6  undergraduate  students.    

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Recent  Contributions  in  Scholarship,  Research,  and  Creative  Activity  Composed  and  recorded  piano  accompaniments  to  Leon  Lester  60  Rambles  for  clarinet  by  assignment  for  Carl  Fischer  company.  This  is  due  to  be  published  and  released  in  2010.    Publications  Rose,  32  Etudes  for  Clarinet,  new  edition  by  Carl  Fischer.    Includes  bundled  CD  with  printable  pdf  files  of  my  original  piano  accompaniments  and  my  recordings  of  the  accompaniments.      Performances  Performed  third  and  fourth  recitals  (March  and  September)  in  series  of  complete  Beethoven  

piano  sonatas.  This  consisted  of  approximately  two  and  one  half  hours  of  memorized  music.  Repeat  performance  of  March  recital  at  the  Washington  Pavilion’s  Belbas  Theater,  and  repeat  

performance  of  September  recital  at  Harrisburg  High  School  Performed  Beethoven’s  Piano  Concerto  No.  1  with  South  Dakota  Symphony.  This  performance  

was  a  surprise,  as  I  was  asked  to  do  at  11:00  am  on  the  morning  of  the  performance.  Performed  Bach’s  Brandenburg  Concerto  No.  5  with  harpsichord  solo  (first  movement)  with  

South  Dakota  Symphony  at  Christmas  concert.  Performed  piano  solo  in  the  Haydn  Celebration  concert  Performed  works  for  piano  duet  with  Mary  Walker  in  various  locales  in  Italy  and  Switzerland  Performed  Brahms’  Piano  Quintet  in  F  Minor  with  members  of  the  Augustana  String  Quartet  at  

SDSU  and  at  Augustana  College  Performed  full  recital  with  cellist  Maxim  Kozlov  in  Pierre,  sponsored  by  the  Pierre  Music  

Teachers  Association  Performed  full  recital  of  music  for  one  piano  four  hands  with  Mary  Walker  for  the  Black  Hills  

Chamber  Music  Society  in  Rapid  City.  Repeat  performance  of  duet  recital  in  Peterson  Recital  Hall  Performed  collaborative  faculty  recitals  with  David  Reynolds,  Nathan  Jorgensen,  and  Emily  

Toronto      Recent  Significant  Contributions  to  Service  To  Profession  Presented  booth  at  Teaching  Emporium  on  distance  teaching  using  video  and  Skype  Served  as  2nd  Vice  President  for  the  South  Dakota  Music  Teachers  Association.  Currently  am  

President-­‐Elect  of  SDMTA  Board  member  for  the  Dakota  Sky  International  Piano  Festival  in  Sioux  Falls  Served  as  competition  monitor  at  the  MTNA  national  conference  in  Atlanta  Judged  piano  festival  in  Milbank,  SD  Participated  in  Brookings  Music  Teachers  Association  meetings  and  serving  as     treasurer  and  faculty  liaison  to  music  dept.    To  SDSU/Community  As  program  coordinator  for  the  Brookings  Chamber  Music  Society  I  brought  national  and  

international  performing  artists  to  campus  for  the  Chamber  Music  Series,  and  obtained  

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grants  through  the  South  Dakota  Arts  Council  and  Arts  Midwest  for  necessary  funding.  I  also  provided  transportation  and  refreshments  for  the  artists,  coordinated  program  and  brochure  printing,  board  meetings,  and  contracted  with  future  artists.  

Serve  as  community  resource  for  locating  piano  teachers,  evaluating  used       pianos,  and  helping  churches  find  service  musicians    Played  piano  for  residents  at  the  United  Retirement  Center    To  Department  Maintained  recruiting  efforts  through  personal  appearances  in-­‐  and  out-­‐of-­‐state,  campus  piano  

events,  and  through  Music  Dept.  website  development    Continued  on-­‐campus  piano  experiences  for  community  and  regional  piano  students  and  

teachers  through  hosting  of  events  such  as  Piano  Day  and  Piano  Camp  Continued  to  serve  as  adjudicator  for  piano  festivals  and  competitions  in  and  out  of  state  Accompanied  students  for  scholarship  auditions  and  new  faculty  interviews  Performed  with  singer  Emily  Lodine  for  Women’s  Conference  Department  webmaster,  spending  considerable  time  rebuilding  music  website    Recent  Professional  Development  Attended  MTNA  annual  conference  in  Atlanta,  March  2009  Attended  SDMTA  annual  conference  in  November  2009  Performing  participant  in  Summer  Session  for  Music  and  Arts  in  Siena,  Italy,  Summer  2009