Major achievements, handwritten by Fennell

Major achievements, handwritten by Fennell, cont’d

Hanson, Chorale and Alleluia
Hanson, Chorale and Alleluia
Hanson, Chorale and Alleluia
Holst, Suite in F

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Hindemith, Symphony in B-flat
Hindemith, Symphony in B-flat
Grainger, Lincolnshire Posy
Grainger, Lincolnshire Posy
Holst, Hammersmith
 About the Presenter

R. Reed Chamberlin serves as Director of Bands at the University of Nevada, Reno,

where he conducts the Wind Ensemble, teaches graduate conducting, and guides the
concert band program. He holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Conducting from
the Eastman School of Music where he was the Assistant Conductor of the Eastman
Wind Ensemble, a Fennell Conducting Fellow, and recipient of the Walter Hagen
Prize in Conducting. Prior to his appointment at UNR, he served on the faculty of
Seton Hill University in Pennsylvania, and was a successful high school music
teacher in Ohio. He holds a BME degree from The Ohio State University, and an MM
degree in Conducting from Youngstown State University. His work and experiences
represent the nexus of music education and professional level performance, exemplified through the
wind-band performance medium. He is in regular demand as a guest conductor and clinician.

He has has been recognized internationally through publication and auditioned conducting
symposiums. Notable was the 2008 International Conducting Symposium, sponsored by the National
Band Association, and held in conjunction with The Italian Army Band. He has presented at the
CBDNA National Conference, and the Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic, and published articles in
the National Band Association Journal, the Ohio Music Education Association’s TRIAD, and the
WASBE Journal. He was also integral in production of the Eastman Wind Ensemble’s recent CD,
Stravinsky — Octet and L’Histoire du Soldat.Octet and L’Histoire du Soldat.

Reed Chamberlin - Univeristy of Nevada, Reno - rchamberlin@unr.edu www.reedchamberlin.com

Bibliography

Battisti, Frank. Interview by Reed Chamberlin. Personal interview. Rochester NY, February 16, 2015.

Frederick Fennell Collection. Ruth Watanabe Special Collections, Sibley Music Library, Eastman School
of Music of the University of Rochester.

Hunsberger, Donald. “The Wind Ensemble Concept.” In The Wind Ensemble and its Repertoire, Essays on
the Fortieth Anniversary of the Eastman Wind Ensemble, edited by Frank Cipolla and Donald Hunsberger,
6-56. Rochester: University of Rochester Press, 1994.

Hunsberger, Donald. Interview by Reed Chamberlin. Personal interview. Rochester, NY, February 17,
2015.

Hunsberger, Donald, e-mail message to author, November 21, 2015.

Hunsberger, Donald, e-mail message to author, November 22, 2015.

Rickson, Roger. FFortissimo, A Bio-Discography of Frederick Fennell. Cleveland: Ludwig Music Publishing,
1993.

Scatterday, Mark, telephone interview with author, March 15, 2015.

Scatterday, Mark, telephone interview with author, August 22, 2015.

All images reprinted with permission of the Sibley Music Library

 Acknowledgments

Mark Scatterday, Conductor, Eastman Wind Ensemble

Donald Hunsberger, Conductor Emeritus, Eastman

Wind Ensemble

Frank Battisti, Conductor Emeritus, New England

Conservatory Wind Ensemble

David Peter Coppen, Director of Special Collections,

Sibley Music Library, Eastman School of Music

William Plenk, Associate Director of Bands, University

of Nevada, Reno

The University of Nevada, Reno College of Liberal Arts

provided partial funding of this project through its
Scholarly and Creative Activity Grants Program

Gary P. Gilroy Productions (www.gpgmusic.com)

graciously provided print services for this project