Curriculum Vitae

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EDWARD KAWAKAMI
Conductor

Current Positions

9/2009-present Graduate Teaching Assistant: Florida State University, College of Music
Teach undergraduate beginning conducting - MUG3014		 Tallahassee, FL
9/2009-present Assistant Conductor: Florida State University Orchestras Tallahassee, FL
9/2009-present Associate Conductor: Big Bend Community Orchestra Tallahassee, FL

Previous Positions

2000-6/2009

Conductor: Youth Chamber Orchestra, Symphony Orchestra
California State University, Northridge Youth Orchestra

  • Conducted auditions for admission to ensembles, as well as chair placements.
  • Hired and directed musicians for coaching sessions.
  • Selected repertoire and programming based on instrumentation, ability level and age appropriateness.
  • Auditioned and selected winners for the annual concerto competition.

Northridge, CA

2000-6/2005

Conductor: Kadima Conservatory Youth Orchestra
Kadima Conservatory

  • Conducted auditions for admission to ensembles, as well as chair placements.
  • Hired and directed musicians for coaching sessions.
  • Selected repertoire and programming based on instrumentation, ability level and age appropriateness.
  • Auditioned and selected winners for the annual concerto competition.

Northridge, CA

Conducting Workshops and Studies

2003/2004

Mozarteum Sommarakademie
Orchestras: .....Österreichisches Ensemble für Neue Musik (2003)
......................Junge Philharmonie Salzburg (2004)
Instructors: .....Johannes Kalitzke (2003)
.......................Peter Gülke (2004)

 Salzburg, Austria
2002 Conductors Guild Workshop
Orchestra: .....Puerto Rico Symphony Orchestra
Instructors: ...Harold Farbeman, Guillermo Figueroa		 Puerto Rico, USA
2002-2003 Jorge Mester Masterclass Los Angeles, CA
2001-2003 Private Studies with Jorge Mester Pasadena, CA
2001 Conductors Guild Workshop
Orchestra: ......Cabrillo Music Festival Orchestra
Instructors: ....Gustav Meier, Marin Alsop		 Santa Cruz, CA

Additional Conducting Experience

CSUN Youth Philharmonic
.........Guest Conductor: March 2009		 Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, CA
Junge Philharmonie Salzburg
.........Guest Conductor: July 2004
.........Selected from Mozarteum Sommarakademie participants to
.........conduct in the final concert.		 Salzburg, Austria
Österreichisches Ensemble Für Neue Musik
.........Guest Conductor: August 2003
.........Selected from Mozarteum Sommerakademie participants to
.........conduct in the final concert.		 Salzburg, Austria
Theater Repertory of Our Lady of Lourdes
.........Conductor: 2003-2007 (Musical Theater)		 Northridge, CA
CSUN Wind Ensemble
.........Guest Conductor: 2001-02		 Northridge, CA
CSUN University Choir
.........Assistant Conductor: Spring 2001		 Northridge, CA
CSUN Symphony Orchestra
.........Assistant Conductor: 2000-02		 Northridge, CA
CSUN Wind Symphony
.........Interim Conductor: Spring 1998		 Northridge, CA
Aspiro Orchestra
.........Co-Founder, Co-Music Director: 1998-2001		  
CSUN Department of Theater
.........Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
.........Conductor: Fall 1998		 Northridge, CA

International Conducting Competitions

Pedrotti International Conducting Competition
.........Competitor: 2006
Vakhtang Jordania International Conducting Competition
.........Competitor: 2004

Clinician / Teaching / Adjucator Experience

Hawthorne Junior High School
Beverly Hills School District
.........Guest conductor, clinician and coach: 1/2008, 10/2008, 1/2009		 Beverly Hills, CA
Grand Canyon Music Festival
Northern Arizona University
.........Clinician and Adjucator for Junior High School and High School .........String Orchestra programs: 5/2007, 10/2007, 4/2008		 Flagstaff, AZ
Music LA
Department of Cultural Affairs, City of Los Angeles
.........Worked with beginning to intermediate level music students of
.........ages from 8-18 in group and one-on-one settings in an intensive .........month long summer music camp sponsored by the City of Los
.........Angeles: 6/2006		 Northridge, CA
CSUN Youth Orchestra Concerto Competition
.........Adjucator: 5/2006, 5/2007		 Northridge, CA
Glendale School District Concerto Competition
.........Adjucator: 4/2003, 4/2005		 Glendale, CA
Private Flute Teacher
.........Teach and maintain a studio of beginning to advanced flute
.........students: 1996-present		 Varied
Private Conducting Teacher
.........Teach beginning to intermediate conductors: 2005-present		 Varied

Recording Experience

The First Vampire: Don't Fall for the Devil's Illusions
.........Conductor: 2004 - Live action short		 Los Angeles, CA
Descent
.........Conductor/Piccolo: 1997 - Animated short		 Los Angeles, CA

Education

2014 Florida State University, College of Music
PhD - Music Education: Orchestral Conducting		 Tallahassee, FL
2011 Florida State University, College of Music
Master of Music - Orchestral Conducting		 Tallahassee, FL
2004 California State University, Northridge
Bachelor of Music in Wind Performance
Pi Kappa Lambda Honor Society		 Northridge, CA
1988-1993 University of Southern California
Courses in Psychology and Chemistry
Dean's Scholar, Resident Honors Program Scholar, National Merit Scholar		 Los Angeles, CA

Languages

Conversational Japanese
Beginning German