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Experienced former college professor with masters in music composition and 8 years undergraduate and graduate teaching experience. - Music theory, composition, counterpoint, form, and audiation. - Ta
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About Kevin
I've taught 78 courses (10 at the graduate level) and independent studies and 1,437 students over my eight years at the University of Nevada Las Vegas. I've also served as a committee member for four graduate students.
EDUCATION AND CREDENTIALS
MM in Music Composition
The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; graduated cum laude.
Advisor: Daniel Asia
Composition Instructors: Daniel Asia, Dr. Pamela Decker, Craig Walsh
BM in Music Composition
The University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Dean’s list
Advisor: Dr. James Stivers
Composition Instructors: Virko Baley, Don Hannah
UNIVERSITY TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Adjunct Instructor of Music Theory (2016 – 2022)
Visiting Assistant Professor of Music Theory (2022 – 2024)
The University of Nevada, Las Vegas
• MUS 101: Music Fundamentals
Introduction to ear training and music theory.
• MUS 102: Basic Musicianship
Sight-singing and music theory course; prerequisite for MUS 201.
• MUS 201: Musicianship I
First semester ear training, introduction to counterpoint, cadences, and chord progressions.
• MUS 202: Musicianship II
Second semester ear training, cadences, chord progressions, secondary (applied) dominants and substitutes, as well as binary and ternary forms.
• MUS 213: Composition Workshop
Taught music composition techniques through demonstration, analysis, and evaluation of student compositions.
• MUS 401/501: Counterpoint
Taught traditional counterpoint from first through fifth species up to four parts. Additional topics related to counterpoint included binary form, invertible counterpoint, canon, invention, and fugue. Incorporated additional excerpts and material to demonstrate counterpoint in various cultures and time periods.
• MUS 408: Form and Analysis
Phrase types (including sentence, period, and hybrid themes), major forms (including, binary, ternary, rondo, sonata, concerto, and smaller forms).
• MUS 706: Twentieth- and Twenty-First-Century Techniques
Overview of musical styles of the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries. Included a discussion of suspended dissonance, chromatic mediants, chance music, modes, and various modern techniques.
• MUS 707: Music Analysis in Relation to Performance
Instruction in Schenkerian analysis and other systems for analyzing and understanding music relating to performance.
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS
• Developed and authored "The Musical Core," an online course for MUS 101 and MUS 102 at UNLV, with textbook, drills, quizzes, and curriculum. The course is designed to support the specific needs of online education.
• Conducted assessments and assigned grades every semester for students enrolled in music theory and ear training courses during music sight-singing juries.
• Assisted in evaluating and administering aural and theory placement exams for incoming undergraduate and graduate students joining the music program.
• Developed the online placement exam for undergraduate and graduate students entering the music program in association with the department coordinator.
DIRECTED STUDENT LEARNING/MENTORING
Committee Member
• Daniel Sanchez, tuba performance (2024)
• Michael Morgan, guitar performance recital projects (2019-2020)
• Sara Pezel, conducting performance recital projects (2022-2023)
• Faculty Advisor for Buskers' Club (2022-2023)
Facilitated performance opportunities for general student population. Advised on securing start-up funding for club through successful collaboration with local businesses.
Ensemble Performance Experience
• Las Vegas British Brass Band: Euphonium and baritone. Performed in several concerts per year.
MUSIC PROMOTION AND PUBLISHING EXPERIENCE
TNC MUSIC, Troppe Note Publishing Company (2018 – Present)
• Oversaw catalog of 100+ recordings and constructed business website for the company and personal websites for the artists.
• Collaborated with distributors to facilitate listing of recordings with multiple retailers such as iTunes, Amazon, YouTube, and Spotify.
• Coordinated with artists to distribute and promote recordings.
• Conducted score editing and post-production tasks utilizing Finale, as well as Logic Pro and Final Cut Pro.
PUBLICATIONS
• Virko’s Voice, Troppe Note Publishing, 2024.
An interview series with composer Virko Baley. The series aims to chronicle the composer’s life and thoughts on music, Ukrainian culture, and composition.
• Form and Analysis: The Composer’s Perspective, Self-Published, 2024.
This course offers an in-depth exploration of musical form and its integral role in composition. Participants master the craft of constructing cohesive sentence structures, periods, and hybrid phrases, while also examining their application within expansive musical forms. The curriculum encompasses a comprehensive study of principal forms, coupled with analytical insights into seminal compositions spanning from Baroque to Contemporary styles. Distinguishing itself from conventional academic courses, this program places a heightened focus on the practice of composition and counterpoint within musical literature.
• The Composing Hour Masterclass Series, Self-Published, 2023.
A masterclass series that teaches students how to balance the business and creative aspects of working as a composer. The course teaches audiation, composition, website creation, promotion, and ear training.
• The Elements of Music Composition: Music Composition Technique Series, Vol. I. 3rd ed., Self-published, 2021.
Discussion of the basic elements of music composition and how composers can use an organic process of composition inspired by Arnold Schoenberg. The process results in a flexible method of composing that doesn’t require adhering to any one style.
• Music Composition Technique Builder: Music Composition Technique Series, Vol. II. 3rd ed., Self-published, 2021.
This text is unusual in that it focuses on the development of the inner ear. The exercises are based on years of teaching ear training, and they are intended to help composers develop the ability to compose music internally.
• The Musical Core. Kendall Hunt Publishing Company, 2018.
An introduction to music theory and ear training text that is currently in use by UNLV, Scottsdale Community College, and others. The text includes online access to ear training drills and theory exercises.
LIST OF MUSICAL WORKS
• Pitch and Heave for Unaccompanied Tuba (2024)
• Scrooge’s Last Dream for Brass Band (2023)
• Nosferatu (2023) In-Progress
• Bloom for Brass Band (2023)
• Fanfare for Uncommon Brass (2023)
• Eternal Autumn for Piano (2021)
• The Fool’s Journey for Wind Symphony (2019)
• Fly Away (2012)
• Autumnal Fanfare (2010)
• 406 (2010)
• Soliloquy (2008)
• 2 Short Pieces for Piano (2003/2007)
• La Llorona for Piano (2001, 2009)
• Chilled for Solo Flute (2007)
• The Fool’s Journey for Orchestra (2007)
• Queen Mab for Violin and Piano (2007)
• The Nine Moods for Wind Ensemble (2007)
• The Trees for Solo Piano (2006)
• String Quartet No. 1: Monsoon (2006)
• Samsara for Orchestra and Trumpet (Commission for Las Vegas Centennial Celebration) (2006)
• Burned for Bassoon and Oboe (2006)
• October for Strings (Commission for Silverado Chamber Ensemble) (2004)
• The Garden Tower for Violin and Piano (2003)
• Pavor Nocturnus for Brass Choir (2002)
• The Beast of Gevaudan (2002)
• A Medieval Fantasy for Tuba Choir (1999)
RECORDINGS (DISCOGRAPHY)
• The Beast of Gevaudan. 2003. By UreMusic. CD; MP3.
A collection of works for small ensembles, including brass choir, piano, and euphonium.
• Soliloquy. 2009. By UreMusic. CD; MP3.
Solo piano and electronic works.
• Technique Builder Audio: Etudes for Aural Training. 2021. By UreMusic. Vol. I
Excerpts designed to be used for active and passive ear training.
PERFORMANCES OF WORKS
• Daniel Sanchez, Pitch and Heave for Unaccompanied by Kevin Ure, Tuba, April 19, 2024
• Las Vegas British Brass Band, Scrooge’s Last Dream by Kevin Ure, December 17, 2023
• Las Vegas British Brass Band, Scrooge’s Last Dream by Kevin Ure, December 16, 2023
• Las Vegas British Brass Band, Fanfare for Uncommon Brass by Kevin Ure, March 12, 2023
• Nextet New Music Ensemble, Eternal Autumn for Solo Piano by Kevin Ure, April 28, 2021, Virtual Concert, University of Nevada Las Vegas.
• Las Vegas British Brass Band, Fanfare for Uncommon Brass by Kevin Ure, March 12, 2023
AWARDS AND GRANT FUNDING
• Cares Mentorship Funding (October 2022)
o $2000 stipend award for providing valuable assistance to instructors in setting up online courses.
• Curriculum Development (August 2018)
o $2000 curriculum development fee for creation of MUS 101 and MUS 102 online/hybrid courses.
TRANSCRIPTIONS
• World Premiere of Soliloquies and Dialogs (Without Words), Composed by Virko Baley, 2024.
o Transcription for piano and flute from the opera Holodomor (Red Earth Hunger). Performed at the Ukrainian Contemporary Music Festival 2024 at DiMenna Center on March 29, 2024.
• Revisions for Music for Emily Dickinson, Song Without Words for Violin and Piano
o Provided formatting assistance and editing for No. 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, and 9. The piece was transcribed from voice and piano to violin and piano.
COMMUNITY OUTREACH, EDUCATION, AND PROJECTS
• Buskers’ Club. Showcased musical talent during tree-lighting ceremony, contributing to visibility and reputation of UNLV and students.
• Western Music Theory Lecture Series. Collection of 20 lectures dealing with first-year music theory.
• Twentieth- and Twenty-First-Century Techniques Lecture Series. Collection of 5 Graduate seminars dealing with developments in rhythm, musical form, nonserial atonality, serialism, ordered segments, chance music, and other modern developments.
• Sixteenth-Century Counterpoint Lecture Series. Collection of 5 lectures on the basics of two-part counterpoint, from first through fourth species. Fifth species taught in-person.
• The Musical Core, 101 and 102 Lecture Series. Collection of 31 lectures dealing with basic concepts in music, from the development of the staff system to the creation and identification of seventh chords.
• Ear Training Supplemental Materials. Collection of 13 lectures intended to help students develop their ear through prescribed exercises.
• Flawless Ear Training Series. A program that takes students through a slow and progressive development of ear training skills. Consists of daily training that is designed to gradually increase proficiency in a step-by-step manner.
MUSIC COMPOSITION MENTORS AND MASTER CLASSES
• Virko Baley (University of Nevada, Las Vegas)
• Don Hannah (University of Nevada, Las Vegas)
• Daniel Asia (University of Arizona)
• Dr. Craig Walsh (University of Arizona)
• Dr. Pamela Decker (University of Arizona)
• Curtis-Curtis Smith (Western Michigan University)
• Dr. Richard Adams (Western Michigan University)
• Dr. Paul Chihara (UCLA)
• James Mobberly (Oberlin Conservatory)
MEMBERSHIPS
• ASCAP, Publisher and Artist
ADDITIONAL EDUCATION
Electronic Music Composition (Non-Terminal)
Attended Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI; electronic music emphasis; Dean’s list
Advisor: Dr. Richard Adams
Composition Instructors: Curtis-Curtis Smith, Dr. Richard Adams
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I started my career teaching privately and formed one of the first music schools online. Later, I served as faculty in a university and left with the rank of Visiting Assistant Professor of Music Theory.
When I teach, I don't just give you information you can find easily online. My students regularly tell me that they get information that is impossible to find. I teach the mechanics of music and how you can understand music in a more intuitive and free while while also stressing the importance of a good foundation in theory and practice.
Students learn to create their own rules for their compositions since I show them how to develop their ideas. Style doesn't matter, since the process of composing is what I teach. I have classical, jazz, pop, and hybrid musicians.
Some of my students have gone on to write for video games, film, and concert music.
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COMPOSITION LESSONS
Due to my experience teaching, my idea of a lesson plan is to have a goal set for each lesson. I then go about working with the student individually to find out the best way to get them to the goal. I work with students to help them see the patterns and logic in their own compositions, and then we discuss techniques and options to improve the work.
MUSIC THEORY, AUDIATION, COUNTERPOINT, FORM
If you're taking music theory lessons, audiation, counterpoint, or form, you need a teacher who is at least three levels above your current ability. I have a solid understanding of these subjects, and I know why learning scales, analyzing progressions, and writing counterpoint will help you as a musician.
I understand the links between all of these subjects, and I can explain to students the "why" and not just the "how." At my last university, I taught all levels of music theory from the bachelor to doctoral level.
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My lessons are for serious students who want an instructor who will think about them when the lesson is over and constantly search for the best ways to help my students improve. When I take you on as a student, I dedicate myself to you fully.
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