Jeff Erickson
3908 Jay Court
Stevens Point, WI 54481
(715) 344-2644
EDUCATION
2014
Doctor of Musical Arts, Jazz Saxophone Performance with Cognate in Classical
Saxophone Performance, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
A.B.D. status.
Dissertation Topic: “Signifying on the Greeks: The Use of Rhetorical Devices in Jazz
Improvisation Analysis”
1997
Master of Music, Jazz Saxophone Performance, DePaul University.
Graduated with High Honors
1990
Bachelor of Music, Saxophone Performance/Jazz Studies, University of WisconsinMadison. Graduated with Distinction
1984
Bachelor of Business Administration, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Major: Accounting. Graduated with Distinction
2009
Non-Degree Coursework
Graduate Coursework, Vanderbilt University
Two graduate credits in Intensive Musicianship I, II, and III, taught by Marianne Ploger,
Director of the Musicianship Program
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2013- Present Senior Lecturer (2005), Department of Music, University of Wisconsin1998- 2011
Marathon County, Wausau, WI
2009- Present Senior Lecturer, Department of Music, University of Wisconsin Colleges
Online, Madison, WI
2014-Present Lecturer, UWSP School of Education, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
2006- 2011
Senior Lecturer, Department of Music, University of WisconsinMarshfield/Wood County, Marshfield, WI
1997- 1998
Lecturer, Jazz Studies Department, American Conservatory of Music,
Chicago, IL
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UNIVERSITY AND CONSERVATORY TEACHING
Courses Taught:
University of Wisconsin-Marathon County
Applied Saxophone
Jazz Ensemble
Concert Band
Jazz History and Appreciation
Sophomore Music Theory
Sophomore Aural Skills
Freshman Music Theory
Freshman Aural Skills
Concert Band
Independent Study: Jazz Composition and Arranging
Independent Study: Improvisation
Continuing Education: Jazz Theory and Improvisation
University of Wisconsin Colleges Online
Jazz History and Appreciation
University of Wisconsin-Marshfield/Wood County
Jazz Ensemble
Jazz History and Appreciation
Applied Saxophone
American Conservatory of Music
Applied Jazz Saxophone
Saxophone Pedagogy
Jazz Improvisation I
Jazz Improvisation II
Jazz Theory I
Jazz Theory II,
Jazz Pedagogy
Jazz History I
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
First-Year Seminar Course: “Creating the Life You Want: What Musicians Have to
Teach Us about Creativity”
Guest Lectures
2010
“The Musical, Geographical, and Stylistic Roots of Jazz,” Lecture and Fine Arts Series,
UW-Marathon County
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2003
2000
“John Coltrane and Charles Mingus,” MUS 305/505, UW-Stevens Point
“Charlie “Bird” Parker and Other Innovators in Jazz,” Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art
Museum, Wausau, WI
1999
“What is This Thing Called Jazz,” College of the Emeriti lecture, UW-Marathon County
Teaching Awards, Nominations, and Merit
2008- 2009
Arthur M. Kaplan Award recipient for Outstanding Teaching and Service, UW-Marathon
County
2009
Nominated by the Music Department for the UW Colleges Chancellor’s Teaching
Excellence Award
Nominated by the UW-Marathon County Student Government Association for Professor of
the Year
1999- 2011
Voted “Meritorious” (the highest available Academic Staff merit rating, awarded in 12 of 13
years) by the either UW-Marathon County or the UW Colleges Music Department in alternate
years
OTHER TEACHING
Private Saxophone and Clarinet Studio Teaching
1988- Present Private Studio, various cities
1997- 1999
Conservatory for Creative Expression, UW-Stevens Point Extension, Stevens Point, WI
1997- 1998
Naperville North High School, Naperville, IL
1991- 1994
Gainesville Academy of Art and Music, Gainesville, FL
Summer Music Camp Positions
1997- 2003
Associate Lecturer, Saxophone and Jazz, UW-Stevens Point Arts Camp, Stevens Point,
WI. (Six summers over the time span.)
1997
Jazz Faculty, Birch Creek Music Center, Egg Harbor, WI
1996
Jazz Teaching Assistant, Birch Creek Music Center, Egg Harbor, WI
1990
Saxophone Masterclass Instructor, UW-Madison Summer Music Clinic, Madison, WI
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Awards Given to Applied Students
Private Saxophone Studio Awards:
Wisconsin School Music Association (WSMA) Awards at District and State Solo and Ensemble
WSMA Outstanding Soloist, District and State Solo and Ensemble
Outstanding Soloist, UW-Green Bay Jazz Festival
Outstanding Soloist, UW-Stevens Point Jazz Festival
Outstanding Soloist, UW-La Crosse Jazz Festival
State Honors Concert Band
State Honors Jazz Band
Scholarship, UW-Green Bay Honors Jazz Ensemble
Scholarship, UW-Eau Claire Classic Jazz Combo Clinic
Honorable Mention, Nationwide Arts Talent Search (Classical)
Merit Winner, Nationwide Arts Talent Search (Jazz)
Scholarship, New England Conservatory
University Saxophone Studio Awards:
Scholarship, UW-Stevens Point
Winner, Lakeshore Wind Ensemble Association Young Artist Competition
GUEST ARTIST, GUEST CONDUCTOR, ADJUDICATION, AND CLINICIAN EXPERIENCE
Regional, State, and University
2014
2000- 2014
2011, 1999
2010, 2008
2010
2008
1998- 2008
2005- 2006
2001- 2004
2002
Clinician and Guest Artist, Plymouth High School Jazz Festival, Plymouth High School
Clinician and Adjudicator, UW-La Crosse Jazz Festival, La Crosse, WI
Guest Artist, Clinician, and Adjudicator, Sun Prairie High School Jazz Festival, Sun
Prairie, WI
Guest Conductor, Winona State University High School Honor Jazz Band Festival,
Winona, MN
Adjudicator, Music Teacher’s National Association Divisional Competition
(Regional) – East Central Division (Young Artist’s Woodwind and Chamber
Music competitions) UW-Stevens Point, Stevens Point, WI
Clinician, UW-Marathon County/UW-Stevens Point Improvisation Clinic, Wausau, WI
Guest Artist, Wisconsin State Music Convention with the Longfellow/Sota II Middle
School Jazz Ensemble, Madison, WI
Clinician and Adjudicator, UW-Stevens Point Jazz Festival, Stevens Point, WI (eight
years during time span)
Founder, Director, Clinician and Guest Artist, Wausau Area High School Jazz
Festival, Wausau, WI
Clinician, Wisconsin State Music Association, Horace Mann and John Muir Middle
School Concert Bands, Wausau, WI (three years during time span)
Clinician, Improvisation and Jazz Combo Workshop with the Jeff Erickson
Quartet, UW-Marathon County, Wausau, WI
Jeff Erickson, p. 5
1999
1990
Saxophone Clinician, UW-Stevens Point Band Clinic, Stevens Point, WI
Guest Conductor, Jazz Ensemble, Santa Fe Community College, Gainesville, FL
Public School and Community
2000- 2014
2011
2011, 2005
2010, 2008
2010, 2006
2008
2007
2006, 2005
2004
2002
2000
1998
1989
Guest Artist, Generations Big Band, UW-Sheboygan, Sheboygan, WI (four concerts
during time span)
Guest Artist and Clinician, Winona Cotter Jazzfest 2011, Winona, MN
Clinician, Improvisation Clinic, Prairie Academy, Middleton, WI
Clinician, Antigo High School and Middle School Jazz Ensembles, Antigo, WI
Clinician, Jazz Ensemble and Improvisation Clinics, Sheboygan Falls High School
and Middle School
Guest Artist, D.C. Everest High School Music in Motion Marching Band Festival,
Wausau, WI
Guest Artist and Clinician, Wausau West High School Jazz Ensemble, Wausau, WI
Guest Artist, Mosinee High School Concert Band, Mosinee, WI
Guest Artist, Wausau Jazz Ensemble, the Grand Theater, Wausau, WI
Clinician, Merrill High School Jazz Ensemble, Merrill, WI
Guest Artist and Clinician, Wausau East High School Jazz Ensemble, Wausau, WI
Guest Artist, Lincoln High School Jazz Ensemble, Wisconsin Rapids, WI
Clinician, Jazz Improvisation Workshop, River Valley Jazz Society, Wausau, WI
Guest Artist and Clinician, Plymouth High School Jazz Ensembles I and II,
Plymouth, WI
Clinician, Sheboygan High School Jazz Combos, Sheboygan, WI
Clinician, Oostburg Middle School Jazz Ensemble, Sheboygan, WI
Clinician, Saxophone Clinic, Mosinee High School, Mosinee, WI
Guest Artist, Clinician, Lincoln High School Wind Symphony and Jazz
Ensemble, Wisconsin Rapids, WI
Clinician, Sun Prairie High School, Sun Prairie, WI
ENSEMBLES
1995- Present
2000- Present
2009- Present
2004- 2008
1997- 2008
2000- 2005
2005- 2006
1989- 1998
1998
1996- 1998
1994- 1996
1991- 1994
1990- 1994
Jeff Erickson Trio/Quartet, Chicago, IL and Stevens Point, WI
La Crosse Jazz Orchestra (formerly The Great River Big Band), La Crosse, WI
Voyageur Saxophone Quartet, Stevens Point, WI
The Wisconsin Jazz Orchestra (also musical director), Wausau, WI
Full Speed (big band), Stevens Point, WI
River Cities Jazz (big band), Wisconsin Rapids, WI
Biscuits N’ Gravy (jazz quintet), Stevens Point, WI
The Common Faces (folk-soul group playing original music), Madison, WI
Barrett Deems Big Band, Chicago, IL
Energy! (nine-piece Afro-Salsa band; also musical director and arranger), Chicago, IL
911 Mambo Orchestra (20-piece Latin big band), Chicago, IL
Straight No Chaser (jazz quartet; also leader), Gainesville, FL
The Gainesville Jazz Orchestra, Gainesville, FL
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1991- 1993
1992- 1993
1989- 1990
1988- 1990
Dave's Dilemma (jazz octet playing original music; also composer), Gainesville, FL
Frank Sullivan/Billy Bowker Quartet, Gainesville, FL
The Tod Konrad Orchestra (big band), Milwaukee, WI
Tex Carmichael and the Mercenaries of Jazz (8-10 piece progressive jazz ensemble),
Madison, WI
Art of Rhythm (Latin jazz), Madison, WI
The Madison Jazz Orchestra, Madison, WI
The Original Oriental Hyperion Fox Trot Orchestra, Madison, WI
The Jazz Insurgents (quintet; also co-leader), Madison, WI
MUSIC FESTIVAL AND CONCERT PERFORMANCES
National Touring Acts
2013
2010, 2005
2010, 2000
2008
2008, 2000
1997- 2008
2004
2001
1999
1995
The Four Tops, Lake of the Torches Casino, Lac Du Flambeau, WI
Steve Lipia, various venues, WI
The Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra, various venues, MI and WI
The Temptations, various venues, WI
Saturday Night Live Reunion Tour (Joe Piscopo, Victoria Jackson, Father Guido
Sarducci), Lake of the Torches Casino, Lac Du Flambeau, WI
Bobby Vinton, various venues, WI (also contractor)
Frankie Valli, various venues, WI (also contractor) (four concerts during time
span)
Don Rickles, Oneida Casino, Green Bay, WI
Five By Design, “Club Swing” Tour, Viterbo College Fine Arts Series, La Crosse, WI
Wayne Newton, Oneida Casino, Green Bay, WI
Sugar Blue, CD Release Concert, Chicago, IL
National and Regional Music Festivals
2009
2004- 2006
2005
2002
1998
1996- 1998
1997
1995
1990
1989
Great River Jazz Festival with the Optimism Sextet, La Crosse, WI
Stevens Point Jazz Festival with The Wisconsin Jazz Orchestra, Stevens Point, WI
Stevens Point Jazz Festival with Biscuits N’ Gravy, Stevens Point, WI
Historic Third Ward Jazz Festival “Summer Sizzle,” with Maddrum Sonando,
Milwaukee, WI
Northern Aire Jazz Festival with the River Cities Jazz Big Band, Wisconsin Rapids, WI
Neenah Jazz Festival with the Ryan Korb Quartet, Neenah, WI
Summerfest with the Common Faces, Milwaukee, WI
Dubuque Jazz and Blues Festival with Janet Planet and Urban World, Dubuque, IA
Viva Chicago (Latin Music Festival) with the 911 Mambo Orchestra (headliner),
Chicago, IL
Taste of Chicago Festival with the 911 Mambo Orchestra, Chicago, IL
Summerfest with the Tod Konrad Orchestra, Milwaukee, WI
The Isthmus Jazz Festival with Tex Carmichael and the Mercenaries of Jazz, and with the
Jazz Insurgents, Madison, WI
Jeff Erickson, p. 7
Local Music Festivals and Concerts
2014
2000- 2014
2014
1999- 2013
1998- 2010
2009
2000- 2009
2008
2007, 2005
2006
2006, 2005
2005
2004, 1998
2004
2003
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997
1996
Music at the Market with the Jeff Erickson Trio, Stevens Point, WI
La Crosse Jazz Orchestra Annual Summer Concert Series (featuring guest artists Kurt
Elling, Wycliffe Gordon, Byron Stripling, Bobbi Wilsyn and Janet Planet), La
Crosse, WI
The 5th Annual Sid Kyler River Valley Jazz Festival with the Tim Bucholz Quintet,
Wausau WI
Wausau Festival of the Arts with the Jeff Erickson Quartet, Wausau, WI (eight concerts
during time span)
UW-Marathon County Lecture and Fine Arts Series with the Jeff Erickson Quartet,
Wausau, WI (four concerts during time span)
La Crosse Jazz Party with the Optimism Sextet, La Crosse, WI
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Quittin’ Time Concert Series with the Jeff
Erickson Trio/Quartet, Stevens Point, WI (eight concerts during time span)
The University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point with The Wisconsin Jazz Orchestra,
Stevens Point, WI
MacMillan Library Concert Series with the River Cities Jazz Big Band, Wisconsin
Rapids, WI
Eat to the Beat with the Jeff Erickson Trio, Stevens Point, WI
UW-Marathon County Lecture and Fine Arts Series and Munch n’ Music Series with The
Stella Novas, Wausau, WI
Wausau Festival of the Arts with the Janet Macklin Quartet, Wausau, WI
Chestnut Center for the Arts with the Jeff Erickson Quartet, Marshfield, WI
The Grand Theater with The Wisconsin Jazz Orchestra, Wausau, WI (two concerts)
Wausau Festival of the Arts with the Wausau Creative Jazz Ensemble, Wausau, WI
Leigh Yawkey Woodson Birds in Art Concert Series with the Jeff Erickson Duo,
Wausau, WI
River Valley Jazz Society Concert Series with the Jeff Erickson Quartet, Wausau, WI
Party in the Park with the Jeff Erickson Quartet, Stevens Point, WI
Chestnut Center for the Arts, The Wisconsin Jazz Orchestra, Marshfield, WI
“Jam” Session with members of the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra and the Jeff
Erickson Quartet (host group for jam session), the Grand Theater, Wausau, WI
“Swingin’ Yuletide” with the Great River Big Band, La Crosse, WI
UW-Marathon County Lecture and Fine Arts Series with Asa Muira and the Madisonial
Purposes, Wausau, WI
Victorian Village Jazz Festival with Paul Sucherman and Friends, Elkhart Lake, WI
MacMillan Library Coffeehouse Concert Series with the Jeff Erickson Quartet,
Wisconsin Rapids, WI
Concert-in-the-Park Series with the Common Faces, Wausau, WI
Riverfront Rendezvous with the John Altenburgh Jazz Ensemble, Stevens Point, WI
WSPT Jazz Festival with the Mathew Buchman/Jeff Erickson Duo, Stevens Point, WI
Razzmatazz Festival with Energy!, Chicago, IL
Jazz is for Lovers Concert with Clark Terry, Kevin Mahogany and the DePaul
University Jazz Ensemble, Chicago, IL
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1995
1992, 1991
1991
1990
1989
Wicker Park Festival with Fareed Haque and the 911 Mambo Orchestra, Chicago, IL
Fiesta de Hemingway with the 911 Mambo Orchestra, Oak Park, IL
State Street Festival with the 911 Mambo Orchestra, Chicago, IL
Madison Music Collective Alumni Jazz Festival, with the Jeff Erickson Quartet and the
Carl Michel Group, Madison, WI
University of Illinois-Chicago Latin American Festival with the 911 Mambo Orchestra,
Chicago, IL
Annual Charlie Bush Concert with Dave’s Dilemma Gainesville, FL
University of Florida All That Jazz Festival with Dave’s Dilemma, Gainesville, FL
Gainesville Friends of Jazz Summer Jazz Cooler with Bobby Shew and the
Gainesville Jazz Orchestra, Gainesville FL
Stewart Art Festival with the Jamie Dauber Quintet, Stewart, FL
Festival of the Lakes with the Madison Music Collective, Madison, WI
Festival of the Lakes with Tex Carmichael and the Mercenaries of Jazz, Madison, WI
Art Fair on the Square with the Jazz Insurgents, Madison, WI
ORCHESTRAL, CHAMBER MUSIC, AND RECITAL PERFORMANCES
Orchestral
2003
1997
1994
1990
1989
Central Wisconsin Symphony Orchestra Concerts, Stevens Point and Wisconsin Rapids,
WI (six concerts)
American Conservatory of Music Orchestra Concert, Chicago, IL
Central Florida Symphony Concert, Ocala, FL
Madison Symphony Orchestra Pops Concert featuring Rita Moreno, Madison, WI
UW-Madison Symphony Orchestra Concert, Madison WI
Chamber
2011
2011
2009
Voyageur Saxophone Quartet, Chestnut Avenue Center for the Arts, Marshfield, WI
Voyageur Saxophone Quartet, UW-Marathon County Lecture and Fine Arts Series,
Wausau, WI
Voyageur Saxophone Quartet, UW-Stevens Point, Stevens Point, WI
Recitals
2013, 2014
1999- 2010
1999
Faculty Jazz Recital, UW-Marathon County
Faculty Classical Recital, accompanied by Ann Applegate (piano), UW-Marathon
County Lecture and Fine Arts Series, Wausau, WI (eight recitals over time span)
Palm Sunday Concert, accompanied by Dan Steinert (organ), Our Lady of Peace Church,
Marshfield, WI
MUSICAL THEATER PERFORMANCES – Woodwind Specialist
Jeff Erickson, p. 9
National Broadway Touring Shows
2008
2004
2003
2002
Chicago, Fox Cities Performing Arts Center, Appleton, WI
42nd Street, The Weidner Center, Green Bay, WI
The Producers, Fox Cities Performing Arts Center, Appleton, WI
Thoroughly Modern Millie, The Weidner Center, Green Bay, WI
The Full Monty, The Weidner Center, Green Bay, WI
Some Like It Hot, The Weidner Center, Green Bay, WI
Bernadette Peters Loves Rodgers and Hammerstein, The Weidner Center, Green Bay, WI
Regional Actor’s Equity Theater
1992
1990
Nunsense, Hippodrome State Theater, Gainesville, FL
West Side Story, Hippodrome State Theater, Gainesville, FL
Evita, Hippodrome State Theater, Gainesville, FL
Ain’t Misbehavin’, Madison Repertory Theater, Madison, WI
Local Theater
2007
2000
1998
1996
1992
1991
Crazy For You, UW-Marshfield/Wood County, Marshfield, WI
Broadway Visits Stevens Point, Stevens Point, WI
The Pajama Game, Sures High School, Chicago, IL
Jesus Christ Superstar, Morton College, Cicero, IL
Fiddler on The Roof, Golden Hills Fine Arts Theater, Ocala, FL
South Pacific, Golden Hills Fine Arts Theater, Ocala, FL
Guys and Dolls, Golden Hills Fine Arts Theater, Ocala, FL
Truth is Stranger, Richard Dickson Dinner Theater, Gainesville, FL
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Richard Dickson Dinner Theater,
Gainesville, FL
RADIO BROADCASTS
2002
1997
1990
1989
1988
WJZI Jazz Series from the Park East Hotel with Maddrum Sonando, Milwaukee, WI
WSPT Jazz Festival, Mathew Buchman/Jeff Erickson Duo, Stevens Point, WI
Live in the WORT Studio Concert Series with Jon Cooper and the Wonderband,
Madison, WI
WERN Summer Jazz Series Live from Music Hall with Tex Carmichael and the
Mercenaries of Jazz, Madison, WI
WERN Summer Jazz Series Live from Music Hall with Bob Mintzer and the Madison
Jazz Orchestra, Madison, WI
CD RECORDINGS
Jeff Erickson, p. 10
2013
2003
2001
2000
1999
1998
1996
1990
Unreleased CD (the compositions of Pepper Adams), University of Illinois Concert Jazz
Band, Motema Music
Swinging Yuletide, The Great River Big Band, The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
A Warm Breeze, The Great River Big Band, The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
The Only One, Wanda Obermeier, Adnaw Publishing
Jam Blues, The Wausau Jazz Ensemble, Wausau Symphony and Band
Party, Party, Party, Brian O’Hern and the Model Citizens Big Band
Something to Live for, the DePaul University Jazz Ensemble, De Paul University
Clark Terry’s Express, Clark Terry and the DePaul University Jazz Ensemble, Reference
Recordings
Common Faces, The Common Faces, YaYaYaYa Records
PRIVATE INSTRUCTORS
2012-2013
2011
1995-1996
1994-1995
1991-1992
1986-1990
1984-1985
Chip McNeill, University of Illinois-Urbana/Champaign: Jazz Saxophone/Improvisation
Debra Richtmeyer, University of Illinois-Urbana/Champaign: Classical Saxophone
Ron Bridgewater, University of Illinois-Urbana/Champaign: Jazz
Saxophone/Improvisation
Alan Swain, DePaul University: Improvisation
Mark Colby, DePaul University: Jazz Saxophone
Sarah Baird Fouse, University of Florida: Flute
Les Thimmig, University of Wisconsin-Madison: Saxophone
Rueben Haugen, University Of Minnesota: Saxophone
PERFORMED LARGE ENSEMBLE ARRANGMENTS
2012
2011
Come Sunday, arranged for Jazz Ensemble. Performed by the University of Illinois
Concert Jazz Band.
Love for Sale, arranged For Latin Big Band. Performed by the University of Illinois
Latin Jazz Ensemble.
Stairway to the Stars, arranged for Vocal Jazz Ensemble. Performed by the University
of Illinois Vocal Jazz Ensemble.
On a Clear Day, arranged for Jazz Ensemble. Performed by the La Crosse Jazz
Orchestra and the University of Illinois Jazz Band II.
GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS, AND SCHOLARSHIPS
2011-2014
Performance Scholarship, University of Illinois-Urbana/Champaign
2010- 2011
Grant Writer and Administrator for a $22,267 UW-System Classroom and Laboratory
Modernization Grant. This grant provided for the construction of a drum and bass studio
and additional practice room space for the UW-Marathon County music department.
Jeff Erickson, p. 11
2008- 2010
Co-Principal Investigator on a $28,190 UW-System Curricular Redesign Grant from
the Learning Technology Development Council and the Office of Learning and
Information Technology: “The Use of Technology to Track Student Progress in Music
Study.” One of three participants in a multi-campus study that developed, tested, and
implemented a pilot electronic portfolio program for tracking learning outcomes through
students’ first two years of music study.
2004- 2005
Grant Writer and Administrator for a $10,735 UW-System Classroom and Laboratory
Modernization Grant. This grant equipped the UW-Marathon County music department
with new video, audio and computer technology, including internet access and portable
distance education capability. The grant also provided for acoustical and facilities
remodeling.
1994-1996
Performance Scholarship, DePaul University
1989-1990
Performance Scholarship, UW-Madison
PRESENTATIONS, CONFERENCES, WORKSHOPS, AND SEMINARS
2014
Performer, 2014 North American Saxophone Alliance Biennial Conference, University of
Illinois, Urbana, IL. As a Jazz Showcase artist, performed three original compositions
with jazz quartet.
2013
Participant, First-Year Seminar Training Workshop, UW-Stevens Point
2011
Participant, Learning Outcomes Approach to Curricular Design Workshop, UW-Stevens
Point
2009
Presenter, Office of Professional and Instructional Development Conference, Milwaukee,
WI. The presentation, “MENTOR: A New System to Track Student Progress,” was
based on the work from a UW-System curricular redesign grant. (See grants section.)
Presenter, Artists Training Artists Conference at UW-Stevens Point. The presentation,
“MENTOR: A New System to Track Student Progress,” was based on the work from a
UW-System curricular redesign grant. (See grants section.)
2001
Attendee, International Association of Jazz Educators International Conference, New
York, NY
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
2007, 2005
Grant Evaluator, Wisconsin Arts Board, Madison, WI. Panelist for the Professional Arts
Organization Division.
Jeff Erickson, p. 12
2005- 2006
Founder and Director, Wausau Area High School Jazz Festival, Wausau, WI
COMMITTEE AND UNIVERSITY SERVICE
University of Wisconsin Colleges Music Department:
Technology Committee
Professional Development Committee
Prepared Workload Descriptions and Standards for instrumental ensembles and theory courses
University of Wisconsin-Marathon County:
Student Advising Committee (Ad hoc)
Advisor for music majors and undecided students
Faculty Advisor, Student-led Jazz Combo
Music Advisor, Summer Registration Night, for incoming freshman
Panel Member, Parent’s Night, for parents of incoming freshman
Search Committee Advisor for two tenure-track music searches
Conducted Community and school outreach performances with the Jazz Ensemble
Conducted Annual University Foundation scholarship fundraiser performances with the Jazz
Ensemble
Assisted Lecture and Fine Arts Coordinator with annual artist selections and bookings
University of Wisconsin-Marshfield/Wood County:
Annual University Foundation scholarship fundraiser performances with the Jazz Ensemble
ADMINSTRATIVE EXPERIENCE
University of Wisconsin-Marathon County:
1998- 2011
Directed the Instrumental Music Program: coordinated applied instruction; hired applied
instructors and adjunct Concert Band directors; purchased and maintained instruments
and instrumental music libraries; recruited on- and off-campus for instrumental
ensembles and music major program; created, funded, and administered a freshman
instrumental music recruiting scholarship
2003- 2007
Oversaw and coordinated all aspects of the music program: prepared and managed
annual department budget; prepared annual instructional materials order for the
campus library; developed new music brochures and marketing materials in conjunction
with University Relations Department; liaised with the UW Colleges Music Department
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
The Jazz Education Network (JEN)
Jeff Erickson, p. 13
North American Saxophone Alliance (NASA)
REFERENCES
Charles “Chip” McNeill, Professor of Jazz Saxophone and Chair of Jazz Studies, University of Illinois,
School of Music, 1114 W. Nevada St., Urbana, IL 61801 (217) 333-9703 [email protected]
Debra Richtmeyer, Professor of Saxophone, University of Illinois, School of Music, 1114 W. Nevada
St., Urbana, IL 61801 (217) 244-0934 [email protected]
Dr. David De Lyser, Assistant Professor, Director of Orchestral Activities, University of Portland,
Performing and Fine Arts Department, 5000 N. Williamette Blvd, Portland, OR 97203 (503) 943-7382
[email protected]
Dr. Greg Balfany, Professor of Jazz Studies, Clarinet, and Saxophone, University of Wisconsin-La
Crosse, 238 Center for Fine Arts, La Crosse, WI 54601 (608) 785-8410 [email protected]
David Hastings, Professor of Saxophone and Musicianship, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point,
College of Fine Arts and Communication, Music Department, NFAC 302, Stevens Point, WI 54481
(715) 346-4046 [email protected]
Bill Day, Associate Professor Emeritus (retired), University of Wisconsin-Marathon County, 738 Bertha
St., Wausau, WI 54403 (715) 574-8844 [email protected]