CURRICULUM VITAE

 

Jameson Neil Marvin                                                                           781 861 1961 (home)

1 Churchill Lane                                                                                   617 495 0583 (office)

Lexington, MA 02421                                                                            617 495-2791 (Music Dept.)

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

 

Harvard University, Director of Choral Activities and Senior Lecturer on Music, 1978-2010

      Director Undergraduate Choral Performance and Studies (400 students)

            Conductor, Harvard-Radcliffe Collegium Musicum (mixed choir)

            Conductor, Harvard Glee Club (men's chorus)

            Conductor, Radcliffe Choral Society (women's chorus)

            Courses taught:

                   Choral Conducting (Beginning and Advanced)

                   Masterpieces of Choral Literature

                   Vocal Music of the Renaissance and Baroque

                   Renaissance Choral Performance

                   Choral Composition  (Independent Study Courses)

                   Independent Study Advisor for voice students

            Responsible for Choral Ensembles:

                   Harvard-Radcliffe Chorus

                   Holden Chamber Ensembles

                   Choir-in-Progress (training choir)

            Supervise professional staff:

                   Associate Conductor of the Harvard-Radcliffe Choruses

                   Directors of the Holden Chamber Ensembles and Choir-in-Progress

                   Choral Administrator

                   Assistant Conductor, Harvard-Radcliffe Collegium Musicum

                   Assistant Conductor, Harvard Glee Club                                              

                   Assistant Conductor, Radcliffe Choral Society

 

Vassar College, Assistant Professor of Music, 1969-1978

      Director of Choral Music

            Conductor, Vassar College Choir (mixed)

            Conductor, Vassar College Chorus (women)

      Courses taught:

            Choral Conducting

            Music History

            Harmony (Beginning and Advanced)

            Renaissance Music

 

Bard College, Lecturer on Music, 1975-78

      Conductor, Bard College Community Choir

      Conductor, Bard College Chamber Choir

      Courses taught:

            Choral Conducting

            Aspects of Renaissance and Baroque Style

Music Director/Conductor, Cappella Festiva Chamber Choir and Orchestra, 1974-1978

Lehigh University, Instructor in Music, 1967-1968

      Conductor, Lehigh University Glee Club          

      Courses taught:

            Choral Conducting

            Sacred Choral Music

            Music Literature

EDUCATION AND DEGREES

 

D.M.A.         Choral Music, University of Illinois, 1971

M.A.            Choral Conducting/Renaissance & Baroque Performance, Stanford University 1965

B.A.                 Music Theory/History/Composition, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1964     

 

PUBLICATIONS

 

Monograph

"Perfection and Naturalness: A Practical Guide to the Performance of Renaissance Choral Music,"

      Oxford University Press, 1999

Articles in Books

      "Mastery of Choral Ensemble," Upfront: Becoming the Complete Choral Conductor,

            ed. Guy Webb; E.C. Schirmer, 1993; reprints in 1994  and 1995

       "The Conductor's Process," Five Centuries of Choral Music: Essays in Honor of Howard Swan

            ed. Gordon Paine; Pendragon Press, 1989

"A Selected Repertoire for Male Chorus," Choral Music: The Art of Communication by Harold

      Decker and Colleen Kirk; Prentice Hall, 1989

Articles in Journals

      "The Sound: Techniques to Clarify and Unify," Troubadour, the American Choral Directors

            Association Eastern Division Journal, 1996

      "Standards in Choral Performance," Troubadour, 1995

      "Repertoire for Male Chorus: 300 Works Performed by the Harvard Glee Club, 1978-1995,

             Troubadour, 1994

      "Perfection and Naturalness: A Guide to the Performance of Renaissance Music" in

            ACDA Choral Journal, December 1994

"Choral Singing, In Tune"; ACDA Choral Journal, December 1991

"Choral Music of the Renaissance:  A Wealth of Music for the Male Chorus", ACDA Choral Journal,

      April, 1989

Book Reviews    

      Chester AlwesÕ Choral Literature, to be published by Oxford University Press, 2009

      Dennis SchrockÕs Choral Repertoire for Oxford University Press, 2008

      Steven LedbetterÕs Masterworks of Choral Music for Northeastern University Press, 1990

      Harold Decker & Colleen Kirk Choral Music: The Art of Communication ACDA Choral Courier 1989

 

Dissertation (DMA)

      Ferrarese Masses of the Late Renaissance, University of Illinois, 1971

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EDITIONS OF RENAISSANCE CHORAL MUSIC

Editor, Mark Foster/Shawnee Press

            2009     Dunstable         Quam pulcra es                                       SAA    

            2004     Byrd,                O gloriosa Domina                                  SSA

            2003     Gombert,          O gloriosa Domina                                  TTBB

            2001     Legrenzi,           Magnificat for Double Chorus                   SATB, strings/continuo

Editor, Paraclete Press: Renaissance Choral Music Series

            2009     Josquin                       Salve Regina                                           SATB

            2009     Josquin                        Tu solus qui facis mirabilia                      TTBB

            2008     Victoria            Pastores loquebantur                               SSATTB

            2008     Palestrina          Pueri hebraeorum                                    SSAA

Editor, Brichtmark Music, Inc.

            2008     Monteverdi        Three Canzonets                                     SSA

  Editor, Boosey & Hawkes

              2006     Viadana,           Non turbetur cor meum                            TTB

General Editor, Oxford University Press: Renaissance Choral Music for Men's & Women's Voices

            2000     Tallis,               Sanctus from Mass for Four Voices           TTBB

                        Dufay,              Agnus Dei Missa Ave Regina coelorum        TTBB

                        Dufay,              Aures ad nostras deitatis preces                 SSA

                        Dufay,              Alma redemptoris Mater II                        SSAA

                        Palestrina,         Hodie Christus natus est                          SSAA

         1986-88    Agricola,           Credo, Je ne vis oncques II                        TTBB                           

                        Anonymous,      Rex autem David                                                 TTBB

                        Anonymous,      Dolent Depart                                         TTBB

                        Brumel,            Du tout plongiet/Fors Seulement                TTBB

                        Vecchi,              Imitatione del Venetiano                           TTB

Editor, earthsongs publication

            1998     Handl               Ascendent Deus                                       TTBB

Editor, Broude Brothers Limited: Renaissance Choral Music for Mixed Choir

            1995     Senfl,                Beati omnes                                            SATB               

            1994     Goudimel,         O combien                                              SATB                                       

       1983-85      Josquin,           Absalon fili mi                                        TTBB               

                        Luzzaschi,         Gaudent in coelis;                                   SSATB

                        Luzzaschi,         Hodie coelorum est                                  SSATB

                        Mouton,            Jamais, jamais                                        SATB                           

                        Rore,                Date mi pace                                          SATB

                        Sandrin,           Doulce memoire                                      SATB

                        Senfl,                Ich stuend an einem Morgen                      SATB

Editor, Quodlibet (Intercollegiate MenÕs Choruses Publication)

            1997     Taverner,          Magnificat                                             TTBB

            1991     Isaac,                Quis dabit capiti meo aquam                     TTBB

                        De la Rue,         Kyrie:  Missa Conceptio tua                      TTBBB

                        De Bussy,          Las il nah                                              TTBB

Editor, Alexander Broude Inc.

            1980     Taverner,          Gloria in excelsis Deo                              SSAA

 

ARRANGER OF FOLK SONGS FOR MIXED, MENÕS & WOMENÕS CHORUSES

G. Schirmer/Hal Leonard 2009 - The Jameson Marvin Harvard Choral Series,

            2009     She moved through the Fair, Irish Folk Song                                  SATB

            2009     All night, All day/Swing low, Sweet chariot                        SATB

            2009     All through the Night, Welsh Folk Song                             TTBB

earthsongs publications

            2009     Mogami gawa funa uta, Japanese folk song                         TTBB

            1998    Shen Khar Venachi,       Georgian folk song                          TTBB

 

Neil Kjos Music
            2009     Voi di vo; Gazapkhuli
; Editor: Two Georgian Folk Songs:      TBB

              2006               Long Time Ago,              American folk song                      SSA

            2006     Greensleeves,                  English Folk Song                      TTBB

            2005     Wayfaring Stranger,        American Folk Song                    SSAA

            2000     Bar'bra Allen,                 English folk song                                    TTBB

            2001    HeÕs Gone Away,             American folk song                      SSA

Mark Foster Music / Shawnee Press

            2009     For the Splendor of Creation, from HolstÕs The Planets        SSATTB

            2005     Skye Boat Song,              Scottish Folk song                     TTBB

            2005     Each Future Song,           Jameson Marvin, composer        SATB

            2004     Danny Boy,                     Irish folk song                           TTBB

            1999     Ca' Thee Yowes,                          Scottish folk song                      SSAA

            1993     Minstrel Boy,                   Welsh folk song                         TTBB   

            1989     Shenendoah ,                   American folk song                     TTBB   

Lawson and Gould

            1995     I Love My Love                Cornish folk song                       TTBB

            1990     Kang Ting Love Song       Chinese folk song                       TTBB   

1990 Fung Yang Kuh Lai,            Chinese folk song                                   TTBB

RECORDINGS

      Harvard-Radcliffe Collegium Musicum

            Motets of the Millennium; Holden CD, 2007

            The Splendour of Monteverdi and SchŸtz; Holden CD, 1999

            The American Vocalist with Boston Camerata; Erato Records, 1992

            Five Centuries of German Sacred Music; Holden CD, 1990

            Music of War & Peace:  Renaissance/Baroque with Boston Camerata; Erato Records, 1985

            Monteverdi Vespers of 1610; Titanic Records, 1983  

      Harvard Glee Club

            Contemporary American Choral Music for MenÕs Voices: Albany Records, 2007

            Long Way from Home; Holden CD, 2002

            Christmas with the Harvard Glee Club; Holden CD, 1998

            Harvard Glee Club East Asian Tour; Holden CD, 1995

            Music of the Past & Present (Renaissance and Contemporary Music); Holden CD, 1991

            Folk Songs of the World; Holden CD, 1990

            Live from Sanders Theatre II & I, Tape Cassettes (Afka), 1989, 1984

      Radcliffe Choral Society

            The Best of RCS, Holden CD, 2007

            Centuries: Women's Choral Music from Medieval to Modern, Holden CD, 1998

CHORAL ORCHESTRAL REPERTOIRE

      17th Century                                                                                   

 

              Carissimi                                   Jepthe

              Charpentier                               Judicium Salomonis

              De LeLande                               De Profundis   

              Monteverdi                                Vespers of 1610                                                                                                                       Gloria ‡ 7                                                          

                                                               Beatus vir

              Purcell                                       Come Ye Sons of Art                                                                                                                Funeral Ode for Queen Mary         

              SchŸtz                                       Musicalische Exequien                          

                                                               Herr der du bist vormals                        

                                                               Saul, was hast du                     

        18th Century      

              Bach                                         St. Matthew Passion                                                                                                                 St. John Passion                                                

                                                               B Minor Mass

                                                              Christmas Oratorio                                          

                                                               A Major Mass                                     

                                                               Magnificat                                          

                                                               Cantatas: 3, 4, 21, 31, 32, 34, 39,           70, 71, 74,

                                                                     77, 79, 106, 110,131, 140, 150, 170, 191

              Beethoven                                  Missa Solemnis                                                

                                                               C Major Mass                                       

                                                               Choral Fantasy

                                                               Ninth Symphony (prepared)

              Handel                                      Dixit Dominus                                      

                                                               Dettingen Te Deum                                            

                                                               Israel in Egypt                                                                                                                         Psalm 112                                                                     

                                                               Messiah                                                                     

                                                               Judas Maccabeaus

                                                               Chandos Anthem: O Praise the Lord with One Content                   

              Haydn                                       Nelsonmesse                                                                                                                            Paukenmesse                                           

                                                               Harmoniemesse                                                                                                                        Therresienmesse

                                                               Kleine Mariazellermesse

                                                               Grosse Mariazeller Messe - Cacilienmesse                                                                                     Missa Brevis in F                                               

                                                               Te Deum in C

              Mozart                                       C Minor Mass                                    

                                                               Requiem (Sussmayer; Levin)                 

                                                               Coronation Mass                     

                                                               Missa Brevis in F        

                                                               Vespers (Confessore)

                                                               Ave verum corpus        

 

19th Century

 

              Brahms                                     Requiem

                                                               Schicksalslied

                                                               NŠnie

                                                               Alto Rhapsodie

                                                               Ave Maria

              Bruckner                                   Te Deum

                                                               Mass in e minor

              FaurŽ                                        Requiem

              Mahler                                       Symphony #2 (prepared)

              Mendelssohn                                    Elijah

              Schubert                                    G Major Mass

              Verdi                                         Requiem

                                                               Stabat Mater

    20th Century

                Argento                                    The Revelations of Saint John the Divine

                Bernstein                                 Chichester Psalms

                Britten                                     Cantata Academica

                Hindemith                                Apparebit repentina dies

               Honnegger                                 Cantique de P‰ques

               Ives                                           Circus Band

               Kod‡ly                                      Te Deum

               Moravec                                      Songs of Love and War

               Orff                                           Carmina Burana

               Poulenc                                      Gloria

               Schoenberg                                Survivor from Warsaw (prepared)

               Stravinsky                                 Oedipus Rex

                                                                Symphony of Psalms

                                                                Mass

                                                                Les Noces

                                                                Four Russian Songs

                                                                Cantata

            Vaughan Williams                         Five Mystical Songs

                                                                Dona Nobis Pacem

                                                                Magnificat

            Yannatos                                      Trinity Mass Symphonies

                                                                 Sacred & Secular

 

*PROFESSIONAL HONORS; SIGNIFICANT CONCERT TOUR

      *experience prior to 1988 is not included

 

2010     Harvard Glee Club invited as the Honored MenÕs Chorus at the Intercollegiate MenÕs Choruses

                   National Seminar – Miami University of Ohio, March 2010

 

2009     Harvard-Radcliffe Collegium Musicum invited to sing at the National Collegiate Choral

                   Organization, National Conference – Yale University, November 2009

           

2008     Harvard Glee Club, 5-week USA Summer Tour

            Radcliffe Choral Society, ACDA Eastern Division Convention

            National WomenÕs Choral Festival; Harvard University; host, conductor, lecturer

 

2007     Harvard-Radcliffe Collegium Musicum 3-Week Summer Tour; Australia, New Zealand

 

2005     Harvard Glee Club ACDA National Convention, LA, California

            Harvard Glee Club 5-week  Summer Tour; Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Russia

            National WomenÕs Choral Festival; Harvard University; host, conductor, lecturer

           

2004     Radcliffe Choral Society; 3-week Summer Tour of South Africa

            HGS, RCS, HRCM perform MozartÕs Requiem ACDA Eastern Division Convention

 

2003     HR Collegium Musicum; 3-week Summer Tour Portugal, Spain, Southern France

            Intercollegiate MenÕs Chorus National Seminar; host, conductor, lecturer

 

2002     Harvard Glee Club performs ACDA Eastern Division Convention, Pittsburgh

            Harvard Glee Club; 5-week Scandinavian Summer Tour: Norway, Denmark, Sweden

            Performance, ACDA Eastern Division Convention, Harvard Glee Club

 

2000     Radcliffe Choral Society 3-Week Summer Tour; South America: Brazil, Chile, Uraguay

 

1996     Kennedy Center Honors, Harvard Glee Club, JFK Center for the Performing Arts

            Radcliffe Choral Society 3-week European tour: France, Switzerland, Italy                    

            Lincoln Center, Alice Tully Hall, Brahms Ein deutches Requiem  with the Orchestra of St.

                   Lukes, HR Collegium Musicum, Harvard Glee Club, Radcliffe Choral Society

 

1995     ACDA National Convention, Harvard-Radcliffe Collegium Musicum, JFK Center for the

                   Performing Arts, Washington, DC

            Harvard-Radcliffe Collegium Musicum 3-Week Tour; Cathedrals of Great Britain

            Chair, Repertoire & Standards Committee: ACDA Eastern Division Men's Choruses (1988-1995)

 

1993     ACDA National Convention, Harvard Glee Club; Argento, Revelations of St. John the Divine

            Harvard Glee Club 5-Week East Asian Summer Tour; Japan, Korea, Taiwan

 

1992     Harvard Glee Club/American Composers' Orchestra: Lukas Foss, conductor; Aaron

                   Copland Memorial Concert; Alice Tully Hall, NY

 

1991     Harvard-Radcliffe Collegium Musicum 2-Week Summer Tour, Mexico

 

1990      ACDA Eastern Division Convention, Harvard-Radcliffe Collegium Musicum

 

1988     Harvard Glee Club/European Youth Community Orchestra, Erich Leinsdorf, Marilyn Horne, Brahms Alto Rhapsodie; Avery Fischer Hall, N.Y.C.; Symphony Hall, Boston;

                   JFK Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, DC

            National Screening Committee Fulbright-Hayes Conducting Fellowships (since 1979)

 

*PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: CONDUCTOR, LECTURER, CLINICIAN

         *experience prior to 1988 is not included

 

2009     Seminar/Workshop on Style in Renaissance Choral Music and How to Get It!

                   For the NCCO National Conference, Yale University, November

            Conductor, Harvard Summer Chorus (2009, 2007, 2005, 2001, 1990)

2008     Conductor, Messiah Sing, Avery Fischer Hall, NY (1990, '88, '86, '84, '82, '80, '78)

2007     Seminars for professional conductors: ŌStyle, Rehearsal, and Performance,Ķ

                                            University of New Mexico, Albuquerque

2006     New York ACDA MenÕs Choral Festival: conductor/clinician/seminar

2005     Ohio State University; Guest Conductor, Clinician, Lecturer

2004     Miami University of Ohio; Guest Conductor, Clinician, Lecturer

2000     "Perspectives on the Choral Art," Westminster Choir College Clinician

             ŌHow to Get Your Choir to Sing in TuneĶ ACDA Eastern Division Convention           

             Lecturer, Teacher, Conductor: University of Kansas Graduate Choral Program

1999     Conductor, Visiting Scholar, Lecturer:

                 University of Southern California; University of Colorado; University of Utah;       

                            Northern Arizona University; University of Miami; Occidental College;

                                      Cal-State University at Long Beach, San Jose, Sacramento

                 Conductor/Lecturer Atlanta Early-Music Alliance

                 Conductor Emmanuel Music, Emmanuel Church, Boston

1994     Conductor/Clinician: Male Chorus Literature, ACDA East Convention, Washington, DC

1992     Conductor/Lecturer: Male Chorus Literature, ACDA West Convention; Honolulu, HI

            Conductor/Adjudicator, Pacific Choral Festival; San Diego, CA

            Conductor/Clinician, "Choral Rehearsal Techniques," AGO Eastern Convention; Boston

            Conductor, Western Massassachusetts All-State Choir; Amherst, MA

1991     Guest Conductor, Music in the Mountains Summer Festival; Nevada City, CA

            Guest Conductor/Clinician/Adjudicator, California State; San Jose, CA

            Conductor/Lecturer: Male Chorus Literature, ACDA National Convention; Phoenix, AZ

1990     Guest Conductor/Clinician: Achieving Good Choral Intonation, AGO National, Boston

            Conductor, Colorado All-State Mens Chorus; Fort Collins, CO

            Lecturer, "Gloria/Beethoven's Missa Solemnis," Mt. Auburn Hospital Benefit Cambridge

            Conductor/Lecturer: Male Chorus Literature, ACDA East Convention; Washington, D.C.

            Conductor/Clinician, Brooklyn Country Day School Chorus; Brooklyn, NY

            Conductor, Amherst Early Music Festival; Amherst, MA

            Lecturer, Renaissance Choral Performance, Iowa ACDA Convention; Mason City, IA

            Keynote Speaker: symposium "Training Tomorrow's Conductors Today;" SUNY Buffalo

1988     Conductor, Bach Cantata Festival, Northfield/Mt. Hermon School; Northfield, MA        

            Lecturer, DMA/MA students:  "Conductor's Process," Temple University; Philadelphia

            Conductor, Northwest Regional Mens Choruses, University of Washington; Seattle, WA

            Conductor/Lecturer, Renaissance Performance/Style, Miami-Dade Community College;

            Conductor/Adjudicator, New England Federation of Male Choruses; Boston