Clifton Bryce Gilliland

3101 Old Highway 63 S., Columbia, MO. 65201

573.554.4421 cbgr34@mail.missouri.edu cbgilliland.weebly.com

University Teaching Experience

Graduate Teaching Assistant

Instructor, String Methods Course/ Missouri String Project/ Graduate String Quartet
University of Missouri Columbia, 2015-present
Violin/Viola
- Recruitment Activities
Missouri String Project- violin and viola demonstrations at local public and private
schools in the greater Columbia area for community music program sign ups.
Conductor of two elementary orchestra Fall and Spring concerts.
All- State Auditions- room coordinator- helping students in and out of blind
audition. Communicating to adjudicators.
State Solo and Ensemble- adviser- keeping time and delivering adjudicators
results.
- Student Successes
Viola Tutti, St. Louis Symphony Youth Orchestra, 2017.
- Graduate String Quartet
University of Missouri Columbia music ambassadors.
2-3 recitals per semester.
Master Classes with Jack Quartet and St. Louis Symphony Quartet.
- Classes Taught
String Methods Course- required for undergraduate and graduate education
majors.
Applied lessons to undergraduate and graduate students.
Missouri String Project - group class and private lessons.
Viola Performance class.

Other Teaching Experience

6th Grade Orchestra Teacher

West Middle School, 2016-2017
Violin/Viola/Cello
- Taught string fundamentals in a group class setting. 40 students.
Theory
Technique
Note identification
- Conductor of Fall and Spring Concerts.
Studio and Preparatory Teaching Experience

Violin/Viola Instructor
Dardenne Presbyterian String Camp, 2014
Instructor of the strings class
- 15-20 new students from the Wentzville/Lake St. Louis, MO. area.
- Beginner string technique using the Jaffe String Method.
- All ages.

Private Teacher
Greater St. Louis /Columbia areas, 2012-present
Violin/Viola
- Beginner to advanced level one-on-one instruction.
- Suzuki and Essential Elements Methods.
- Seasonal recital.

Performance Experience

Concerto Performance
Bartok Viola Concerto Sz. 120
Natalia Bolshakova (piano), 2017

Telemann Viola Concerto in G Major, TWV 51:G9

Bismarck/ Mandan Youth Symphony, 2005

Solo Performances
Viola Recital Christ Church Anglican, Midland, TX., 2016
Viola Recital St. Johns Lutheran Church, Arnold, MO., 2016
Emerging Artists University of Missouri Columbia, 2016
Missouri Music Southeast Missouri State University, 2015
Teachers Assoc. Evangel University, 2016
University of Central Missouri, 2017

Selected Orchestral Experience

University of Missouri Philharmonic, Rotating Principal, 2015-Present
Jubilee World Orchestra, Viola Section, 2015-2016
Quincy Symphony Orchestra, Viola Section, 2014-2015
Evangel University Orchestra, Principal, 2009-2012
Southern Illinois University Orchestra, Rotating Principal, 2008-2009
Stetson University Orchestra, Rotating Principal, 2007-2008
St. Louis Youth Symphony Orchestra, Principal, 2006-2007
Bismarck/Mandan Symphony, Viola Section, 2003-2005
International Experience
Stagione Estiva, William Walton Giardini La Mortella, Ischia Italy, 2007
Stetson University, viola tutti
Schlern International Music Festival, Vols am Schlern, 2007
Soloist

Selected Chamber Music Experience

Mizzou Graduate String Quartet, present
- University ambassadors
- 4 recitals per school year, school demonstrations, master classes.

Werther Piano Quartet, 2016-2017

- Winner of the Emerging Artist competition in the chamber division.

Selected Masterclasses
St. Louis Symphony String Quartet Masterclass, 2016
Jack Quartet Masterclass, 2017

Selected New Music Experience

I Wake Again, Henry B. Stewart
Performance and recording of Mizzou premiere, Columbia, MO. 2015
Creating Original Music Project
Performed several original works by local students, Columbia, MO. 2016

Selected Studio Experience

Time, Shoots & Canes
White Shores, Grace STL Music
Your Kingdom Come, Josh and Hannah Herum
Various albums, The Journey Collective

Awards
Missouri Music Teachers Association Competitions, Graduate Winner, 2017
The Mizzou Philharmonic Leadership Award, 2016-2017
The Missouri String Project Award, 2015-2016
Duckwitz Talent Scholarship, 2007-2008

Principal Teachers Music Festivals

Leslie Perna Schlern International Music Festival
Lanora Anop Dakota Chamber Music Festival
Jesus Alfonzo Stagione Estiva

Education
M.M. in viola performance, University of Missouri Columbia, 2018
B.A. in viola performance, Evangel University, 2012