CURRENT MUSICAL PROJECTS
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RECORDINGS
- "Mother's Blue Velvet Shoes" -- New Horizons Ensemble (DAWK Music, 1998)
- "The Continuum" -- Ethnic Heritage Ensemble (Delmark, 1997)
- "Chicago Now: 30 Years Of Great Black Music, Volume 2" -- New Horizons Ensemble (Silkheart, 1997)
- "Chicago Now: 30 Years Of Great Black Music, Volume 1" -- New Horizons Ensemble (Silkheart, 1995)
- "South Side Street Songs" -- New Horizons Ensemble (Silkheart, 1994)
- "After The Dawn Has Risen: New Horizons Ensemble Live In Leverkusen" -- New Horizons Ensemble (Open Minds / Sound Aspects, 1992)
- "Birth Of A Notion" -- Shadow Vignettes (Sessoms, 1987)
SELECTED PERFORMANCES
- 1995 "Blowin' In From Chicago" Concert Series, Berlin and Hamburg, Germany; "Chicago's Very Own: Ernest Khabeer Dawkins", WGN-TV, Chicago; The Hot House, Chicago; Freedom Of Expression Festival, Chicago; African International Festival of the Arts, Du Sable Museum, Chicago; The Bop Shop, Chicago.
- 1994 Red Sea Jazz Festival, Israel; University of Chicago Jazz Festival; Chicago Jazz Festival; Underground Jazz Festival, Chicago; The Hot House, Chicago; The Bop Shop, Chicago; Governor's State University, University Park, Illinois; Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids, Michigan; A.A.C.M. Concert Series, Chicago.
- 1993 St. Ingbert Jazz Festival, Germany; University of Chicago Jazz Festival; The Bop Shop, Chicago; The Hot House, Chicago; Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids, Michigan; One Artists' Row, Chicago.
- 1992 A.A.C.M. Spring Concert Series at The Hot House, Chicago; South-End Music Works, World Premiere of New Works, Chicago.
- 1991 Chicago Jazz Festival; "Jump For Joy" Duke Ellington musical review by Pegasus Players, Chicago; A.A.C.M. Concert Series at Chicago Filmmakers; The Ravinia Festival; Leverkusen Jazz Festival, Germany; The Knitting Factory, New York City; The Hot House, Chicago; Olive-Harvey College, Chicago.
- 1990 A.A.C.M. 25th Anniversary Concerts; The Knitting Factory, New York City; The Hot House, Chicago; "Tsunami" Tour of Japan with Shadow Vignettes.
- 1989 The Knitting Factory, New York City; Gronegan Jazz Festival, Holland; A.A.C.M. Concert Series, School of A.A.C.M., Chicago; Brooklyn Academy of Music, New Music Festival with Shadow Vignettes.
- 1988 Regal Theater (opening act for Count Basie), Chicago; "Flat Earth Tour" with Shadow Vignettes, University of Wisconsin, Kent State University, etc.
- 1987 Chicago Jazz Festival; Le Stardust Revue; Chicago New Music Festival; University of Wisconsin Jazz Concert Series, Madison.
- 1986 Moers New Jazz Festival, Germany; Jazz Institute of Chicago Annual Jazz Fair, The Jazz Showcase.
PROFESSIONAL INFORMATION
- Education
- 1983 Governors State University, University Park, IL. B.A., M.A., Music Education.
- 1978 Vandercook College of Music, Chicago, IL.
- 1976 A.A.C.M. School of Music, Chicago, IL.
- Teaching Experience
- 1989 - Present Chicago Public Schools. Band Director.
- 1987 - Present Columbia College, Chicago, IL. Woodwinds Instructor.
- 1978 - Present A.A.C.M. School of Music, Chicago, IL.
- 1985 - 1989 Urban Gateways, Chicago, IL.
- 1984 - 1985 Robeson High School, Chicago, IL. Jazz Workshops.
- 1983 - 1984 Chicago Vocational High School. Symphonic Band.
- Honors and Awards
- 1992 Meet the Composer, Arts Midwest Grant.
- 1985 - 1986 Apprenticeship Study Grant,
- 1984 - 1985 Music and Performance Grant,
- 1980 - 1981 Talent Scholarship, Governors State University.
- Professional Associations
- Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians, Chicago, IL.
- Musicians' Union Local 10-208, Chicago, IL.
Educational Performances.
National Endowment for the Arts.
Chicago Office of the Fine Arts.