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Sean Paul Mills
Orchestral &
Choral Conductor
1673 Salmon Run SW
• Albany, OR 97321
541.791.3627 home •
541.829.3932 cell
seanpaulmills@gmail.com
www.seanpaulmills.com
EDUCATION
University of Iowa School of Music ;
Iowa City, Iowa (8/1992)
Doctor of Musical
Arts in Violoncello Performance and Pedagogy
University of Oregon School of Music ;
Eugene, Oregon (6/1989)
Master of Music in
Performance
University of Oregon School of Music ;
Eugene, Oregon (6/1988)
Bachelor of Music
in Performance
Humboldt State University;
Arcata, California (9/1984 to 6/1985)
CURRENT EMPLOYMENT
Chemeketa Community College ;
Salem, Oregon (3/2009 to present)
Adjunct Faculty –
Music
Corvallis Youth Symphony ;
Corvallis, Oregon (2009-2010 Season)
Interim Conductor
First Christian Church of Corvallis
(Disciples of
Christ); Corvallis, Oregon (9/2008 to present)
Choir Director
Willamette Valley Community Orchestra ;
Corvallis & Albany, Oregon (12/2007 to present)
Music
Director/Conductor & Executive Director
PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT
Oregon State University ;
Corvallis, Oregon (2008-2009 academic year)
Music Director &
Artistic Coordinator,
OSU
Opera Workshop
Corvallis-OSU Symphony ;
Corvallis, Oregon (9/2007 to 05/2009)
Section Cello
Verde Valley Sinfonietta ;
Sedona, Arizona (7/2005 to 7/2007)
Music Director &
Conductor
The Church of the Red Rocks - U.C.C. ;
Sedona, Arizona (4/2002 to 8/2007)
Director of Music
Private Studio Cello Instruction ;
California, Oregon, Iowa & Arizona (6/1984 to present)
Studio Teacher
Coconino Community College ;
Flagstaff, Arizona (8/1996 to 5/2003)
Associate Faculty –
Music
Flagstaff Light Opera Company ;
Flagstaff, Arizona (5/1995 to 8/2007)
Founding Music
Director & Conductor
Kirkwood Community College ;
Iowa City, Iowa (8/1992 to 5/1994)
Associate Faculty –
Music
Grinnell College ;
Grinnell, Iowa (8/1990 to 5/1991)
Cello Instructor
University of Iowa School of Music ;
Iowa City, Iowa (8/1989 to 5/1992)
Teaching Assistant
– Cello
CONDUCTING TEACHERS & COACHES
Weston Noble
Perspectives Choral Directors Workshop
; Santa Fe, New
Mexico
Donald Neuen
Crystal Cathedral Choral Directors Workshop ;
Orange, California
James Dixon
University of Iowa School of Music
Marsha Mabrey
University of Oregon School of Music
H. Royce Saltzman
University of Oregon School of Music
Gunther Schuller
University of Oregon Opera Conducting Workshop
Madeline F. Schatz
Humboldt State University Department of Music
Phillip Kates
Humboldt State University Department of Music
CELLO TEACHERS & COACHES
Charles G. Wendt
University of Iowa School of Music
Terry King
University of Northern Iowa School of Music
J. Robert Hladky
University of Oregon School of Music
Horatio Edens
Humboldt State University Department of Music
Bonnie Hampton
San Francisco Conservatory of Music
TEACHERS
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
As Conductor/Music Director
Guest Conductor, Mt. Hood Pops Orchestra
(5/2009)
Guest Conductor,
Corvallis Youth Symphony (1/2009)
Music Director &
Artistic Coordinator,
Oregon
State University Opera Workshop (9/2008-3/2009)
Music Director, " Spin"
(Premiere)[Frohnmayer & Shaman], Oregon State University (5/2008)
Music Director,
Willamette Valley
Community Orchestra (12/2007 to present)
Guest Conductor, Henderson Symphony
Orchestra
(1/2007)
Music Director,
Verde
Valley Sinfonietta (7/2005
to 7/2007)
Director of Music,
The
Church of the Red Rocks
(4/2002 to 8/2007)
Artistic Director,
Music
at Red Rocks Concert Series
(4/2002 to 8/2007)
Artistic Director &
Conductor,
Red
Rock Community Chorale & Chamber Orchestra
(4/2002 to 8/2007)
Conductor,
Coconino Community Orchestra (8/2001
to 5/2003)
Conductor,
Coconino Chamber Orchestra
(8/2002 to 5/2003)
Music Director &
Conductor,
Flagstaff Light Opera Company (5/1995
to 08/2007)
As Cellist
Cellist, Oregon State University Faculty
Piano Trio
(various dates
2008)
Cello Coach,
Corvallis Youth Symphony
various dates
(2007-2009)
Cello Section,
Oregon
Coast Music Festival Orchestra
(7/2008)
Principal Cello,
Fauré: Requiem & Durufle Requiem,
First
Presbyterian Church of Corvallis
(5/2008)
Cello Coach,
Willamette Valley Junior Honors Symphony
(3/2008)
Cellist, Fauré:
Requiem,
Women’s
Choral Society
(2/2008)
Cellist, Vivaldi:
Gloria,
Good
Samaritan Episcopal Church (12/2007)
Section Cello,
Corvallis-OSU Symphony Orchestra
(9/2007 to
present)
Cello Section
Member,
Quad
City Symphony Orchestra (8/1989
to 5/1991)
Principal Cello,
University of Iowa Symphony,
University of Iowa School of Music (8/1989 to 5/1991)
Principal Cello,
University of Iowa Chamber Orchestra (8/1989
to 5/1991)
Associate in
Performance,
Center
for New Music,
University of Iowa School of Music (8/1989 to 5/1990)
Cello Section
Member,
Oregon
Bach Festival Orchestra
(7/1988 &
7/1989)
Principal Cello,
University of Oregon Symphony (9/1988
to 6/1989)
Principal Cello,
Oregon
Sinfonietta,
University of Oregon School of Music (9/1987 to 6/1989)
Cello Section
Member (substitute),
Oregon
Mozart Players
(1986
Season)
Principal Cello,
Humboldt County Chamber Players (9/1984
to 6/1985)
Principal Cello,
Humboldt Symphony (9/1984
to 6/1985)
Principal Cello,
Humboldt Light Opera Company Orchestra
(1981 to 198)
ADJUDICATIONS, CLINICS, AND LECTURES
Pre-concert Discussion sessions for
Willamette Valley Community Orchestra
(12/2007 to present)
Pre-concert
Discussion sessions for
Verde
Valley Sinfonietta
patrons (7/2005 to
7/2007)
Adjudicator,
Quick Piano Competition,
Chamber Music Sedona (4/2005)
Adjudicator,
The Edgar Stone Scholarship Award,
Northern Arizona University (4/2004)
Adjudicator,
Sedona Flagstaff Symphony League Summer Camp Competition
(4/2004)
Adjudicator,
Chamber Music Sedona Piano & Violin Scholarship Program
(5/2003)
Adjudicator,
Arizona Band and Orchestra Director’s Association Fall Festival
(10/1998)
Adjudicator,
Northwest Middle School Solo and Ensemble Festival
(2/1997)
Adjudicator,
High School Solo and Ensemble Festival (Flagstaff)
(4/1996)
Guest
clinician/conductor,
Winslow
Music Department
(4/1996)
Clinician,
Arizona Band and Orchestra Directors’ Association Concert Festival
(2/1996)
Adjudicator,
Northwest Middle School Solo and Ensemble Festival
(2/1996)
Guest conductor,
Flagstaff Unified School District All District String Program
(2/1996)
Guest clinician,
Arizona
Band and Orchestra Directors’ Association Fall Competition
(10/1995)
Adjudicator,
Flagstaff Youth Symphony Concerto Competition
(4/1995)
Guest lecture,
"Public School String Instrument Education,"
Northern Arizona University Chapter of the MENC
(3/1995)
Guest lecture,
"Stringed Instrument Repair, Maintenance, and Care,"
Northern Arizona University
(2/1995)
Adjudicator,
Arizona State Music Teachers Association Pre-Collegiate Chamber
Music Competition
(10/1994)
PUBLICATIONS
"Cervantes and Strauss: A Tale of Two Don
Quixotes" (in progress)
"A New Perspective
on Luigi Silva’s ‘New Approach to Cello Playing’" (in
progress)
Programs & Program
Notes for
Flagstaff Light Opera Company,
Coconino Community Orchestra, Coconino Chamber Orchestra,
Red Rock Community Chorale & Chamber Orchestra, Verde
Valley Sinfonietta, Corvallis Youth Symphony &
Willamette Valley Community Orchestra
Summer 1993. "Robert Schumann’s Violoncello
Concerto." American String Teacher Magazine,
Vol. XLIII, No. 3, pp. 67-69
PROFESSIONAL
MEMBERSHIPS
Conductors Guild
(CG)
League of American
Orchestras (LAO)
Oregon Cello
Society (OCS)
Oregon Education
Association (OEA)
CERTIFICATES, AWARDS, AND SKILLS
Arizona Community
College Regular A.1.a. Teaching Certificate (valid for life)
Nominee for
Outstanding Faculty of the Year 2003,
Coconino Community College
Board Member/Certificate Holder,
Flagstaff Medical Center/Northern Arizona
Healthcare
San-dan (3 rd
Degree Black Belt)
Shotokan Karate-do (Japan Karate Association)
Computer skills:
WavePad Nero Suite
Microsoft Word
Corel Presentations
PowerPoint Microsoft Excel
Quattro Pro
Microsoft FrontPage Quickbooks Pro 2010
Quicken Roxio Easy
Media Creator 10 Cyberlink Power Director 7.0
website development
& management
ENDORSEMENTS
Harold Weller (Founding Music Director, Las
Vegas Philharmonic ):
"Sean is one of
those rare entrepreneurial spirits that combines refined and diverse
musical ability with unerring business acumen.
It
is clear that his heart is focused on bettering the communities in
which he lives –
the evidence of
which abounds in northern Arizona's and Oregon’s cultural
landscapes."
Lea Parnas (Artist
Manager,
Parnas
Duo):
"Sean Paul Mills is
a fine conductor, augmented by an incredible wit and sense of humor
. . .
a winning
combination!"
Horatio Edens ( Cello
soloist & studio teacher):
"Sean is a
conductor whose artistic bond to the music is clearly delivered to
both the orchestra and the soloist.
His concise,
articulate beat and his remarkable delivery of expression made
playing a concerto
a delightful
experience for the orchestra, the audience, and for me as a
soloist!"
Graham Kislingbury
( Albany
Democrat-Herald / Corvallis Gazette Times):
"Sean Paul Mills is
not a tepid conductor. Animated on the stand, he exudes enthusiasm
and he smiles.
He’s a guy who
obviously loves what he’s doing. Mills brought out the best in the
70-member
Willamette Valley
Community Orchestra during its "Made in America" concert . . .
The conductor and
orchestra provided 90 minutes of sunshine
on an otherwise
dark and rainy Oregon day."
REFERENCES
Dr. Marlan Carlson
Chair,
Oregon State University Music Department
Work phone: (541)
737-4061 / e-mail:
mcarlson@oregonstate.edu
Mr. Richard Poppino
Director of Vocal
Studies,
Oregon State University Music Department
Work phone: (541)
737-5585 / e-mail:
rpoppino@oregonstate.edu
Mr. Harold Weller
Founding Music
Director & Conductor,
Las Vegas Philharmonic
Home phone: (702) 255-1831 / e-mail:
halweller@hotmail.com
ADDITIONAL REFERENCES
Mr. Charles
Creighton
Music Director &
Conductor,
Corvallis Youth Symphony
Mobile phone: (541)
760-1715 / Work phone: (541) 757-5763 / e-mail:
charles.creighton@corvallis.k12.or.us
Mr. Horatio Edens
Cello Soloist &
Director of Instrumental Music,
St. Francis High School
Home phone: (916)
985-2839 / Work phone: (916) 452-3461 ext. 192 / e-mail:
hedens916@att.net
Ms. Susan Gillespie
Principal Flute,
Willamette Valley Community Orchestra
Home phone: (541)
758-2090 / e-mail: rhbsue@msn.com
Dr. J. Robert
Hladky
Professor of
Violoncello (retired),
University of Oregon School of Music
Home phone: (541)
746-0135 / e-mail: NONE
Dr. A. Wesley Ward,
Jr.
Western Regional
Geologist (retired),
United States Geological Survey
Work phone:
(520) 219-7295 / e-mail:
awesleyward@comcast.net
Additional
information, CDs, and DVDs
are available upon request.
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