My business, Gruning Audioworks, LLC, keeps me very busy these days and I see little point in trying to make my CV look up-to-date. I've decided to leave it intact just in case anybody may be interested in my academic background for whatever reason.
| CURRICULUM VITAE |
| Thomas R. Gruning |
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gruning@midtel.net
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| EDUCATION |
| Doctor of Philosophy in Ethnomusicology, minor in Critical Theory, May 2003, The University of Texas at Austin |
| Master of Music in Composition, May 1995, Syracuse University |
| Bachelor of Music in
Composition, May
1988, The University of Texas at San Antonio
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| TEACHING EXPERIENCE |
| 2002-2003 - Adjunct Professor of English and Music, State University of New York-Cobleskill |
| 2001-2002 - Visiting Professor of Music, Music Director, State University of New York-Cobleskill |
| 1998-99 - Assistant Instructor, History of Rock Music (Instructor of Record), University of Texas at Austin, School of Music, Musicology/Ethnomusicology Division |
| 1994 - 1995 - Teaching
Assistant, Syracuse University
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| COURSES TAUGHT |
| History of Rock & Roll |
| Rock Music and American Popular Culture |
| Introduction to Music/"World" Music |
| Twentieth Century Music (TA) |
| Men's Chorus |
| Women's Chorus |
| College Choir |
| History of African-American Music (Prepared for spring 2004) |
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English Composition
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| COMMUNITY SERVICE |
| 2010 - Elected Village Trustee, Middleburgh, New York |
| 2010 - Candidate for seat on Middleburgh Central School Board |
| 2003 -
2007 -
Concert series administrator - Middleburgh Renaissance Council
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| PUBLICATIONS |
| 2010 - CD re-release of Midnight Lullabye, New York: Inner City Records IC-1119 |
| 2006 - Millennium Folk: American Folk Music since the Sixties. The University of Georgia Press. |
| 2000 - Seven Songs, Old Friends (CD), Austin: Obscure Records |
| 1996 - "Today Over Tea" (song), TriTone Creative Services - publisher |
| 1995 - "Livin' on a Budget" (song), on Like No One Else (CD), Lisa Bigwood, Denver: CEG Records 49878-2 |
| 1981 - Twelve songs, Midnight Lullabye (album), New York: Inner City
Records IC-1119
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| CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS AND GUEST LECTURES |
| 2007 - conference paper, "Unnatural Acts (part two): The Big Taboo. International Association for the Study of Popular Music. |
| 2004 - conference paper, "Classical" Borrowings: Toward a Musical Semiotic of the Exotic. International Conference of the Society for Ethnomusicology. |
| 2003 - conference paper, Folk Music and the Popular: "Tradition" and a Contemporary Politics of Experience, International Association for the Study of Popular Music. |
| 2001 - Guest Lecture: American Folk Music and the contemporary Singer/Songwriter, University of Texas at Austin. |
| 1999 and 2000 - Guest Lecture: American Folk Music in the Twentieth Century, University of Texas at Austin. |
| 1998 - conference paper, Authorship, Ownership, and the Retrospective Imagination, International Conference of the Society for Ethnomusicology. |
| 1995 -
Guest Lecture, Music and Modern Culture, University of
Colorado at Denver.
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| TECHNOLOGY AND THE INTERNET |
| 2009 - 2010 - Started business designing and building pro-audio equipment |
| 2001-2003 - Designed, built and maintained website for Middleburgh Renaissance Council - a non-profit arts organization. Member of recording crew, Falcon Ridge Folk Festival, Winterhawk Music Festival, Hillsdale, New York. |
| 2000 - Designed and built personal website for Professor Veit Erlmann |
| Redesigned website for the MusicCultureCritique lecture series |
| 1998-1999 - Designed website and administered Music/Culture/Critique Lecture Series, University of Texas at Austin. |
| 1994-1995 - Built project recording studio, Rochester, New York. Produced and engineered CD release and various demonstration recordings. |
| 1991-1992 - Staff Producer/engineer at commercial recording studio,
Seguin, Texas.
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| PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS |
| Society for American Music |
| Elected to board of directors - Genesee Delta Inc., A non-profit arts corporation |
| Society for Ethnomusicology |
| International Association for the Study of Popular Music |
| SESAC Affiliated Artist
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| PERFORMANCES |
| 2005 - 2006 - Numerous solo and ensemble performances |
| 2003 - 2004 - Numerous solo concerts |
| 2001 - Texas Songwriter's concert: Urban Campfires. San Antonio, Texas |
| Hill Country House Concerts. Bulvurde, Texas |
| Sons of Hermann Hall. Dallas, Texas |
| 2000 - Urban Campfires. San Antonio, Texas |
| Solo and Songwriter's concerts. Houston, Texas |
| 1999 - Songwriter's concert: Anderson Fair. Houston, Texas |
| 1998 - Accompanied Michele Reid (vocalist) - Conference on African American Women in |
| Music, University of Texas at Austin |
| 1997 - Solo Performance -12 Corners Concert Hall - Rochester, New York |
| 1996 - Solo Performance - North Coast Music Festival - Rochester, New York |
| Session Leader - CEG Records CD project Woodland |
| Performed at founding convention of the Labor Party - Cleveland, Ohio |
| 1995 - Performed at Crossroads Music Festival - Memphis, Tennessee |
| Session Leader - CEG Records CD project Like No One Else |