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Universität für Musik und Darstellende Kunst, Vienna, Austria

     Lecture presentation of chamber work QUADRALOGUES III,
     and discussion of music for film and video productions, April, 2005

Poland:

     Lectures given on Contemporary American Music in March/April of 1980 at the following Schools of Music:

          -Frederic Chopin Academy of Music, Warsaw
          -Conservatory of Music, Poznan
          -Krakow Academy of Music, Krakow

University of Alberta, Alberta Province, Canada

     Lecture/video presentation of composition AS SNOW BEFORE A SUMMER
     SUN, for Soprano, Tenor, Baritone, Narrator and Orchestra. A
     Musical-Historical tragedy for television. Sponsored by the
     School for Native Studies and the School of Music, February 1987

University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia

     Lecture/CD presentation of composition FOUR BLOSSOMS ON A SINGLE
     STEM for Flute, Alto Flute and Piccolo, April, 2006

University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia

     Lecture/CD presentation of composition LATE AUTUMN MOODS AND IMAGES
     for Violin, Cello and Piano, October, 2005

University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia

     Lecture/DVD presentation of a comic opera A METHOD FOR MADNESS,
     November, 2005

University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia

     Lecture/DVD presentation of composition AS SNOW BEFORE A SUMMER
     SUN, for Soprano, Tenor, Baritone, Narrator and Orchestra. A
     Musical-Historical tragedy for television. February, 2004

University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia

     Analytical presentation and discussion of composition QUADRALOGUES
     III, October, 2003

University of Rochester, Eastman School of Music:

     Analytical presentation of ELYSIUM, a work for Five Multiple
     Percussionists, Piano and Dancers, February, 1985

Director's Guild of America, Hollywood, California

     Presentation and discussion of music from the film ARMAGEDDON,
     produced and directed by S. Phillips; Music by D. Bernstein, April, 1981

University of Kentucky, School of Music:

     Analytical presentation of Messiaen's QUATUOR POUR LA FIN DU
     TEMPS, Lexington, Kentucky, March, 1978

Department of Music, Theatre and Dance Lecture Series

     Guzzetta Hall, The University of Akron, "The Relationship Between
     Music, Film and Television," November, 1982

Pre-Concert Lecture

     Akron Symphony Orchestra, E. J. Thomas Performing Arts Hall, Akron
     Music by Mozart and Tchaikowsky, February, 1983

Pre-Concert Lecture

     Akron Symphony Orchestra, E. J. Thomas Performing Arts Hall, Akron
     Music by Mozart, Strauss, D. Bernstein (premiere of VARIATIONS ON
     A SYMPHONIC LANDSCAPE), Schubert and Wagner, October,1981

Friends of Music, Akron

     Performance and discussion of EIGHT MUSICAL LANDSCAPES for Piano by
     D. Bernstein, October, 1982

E. J. Thomas Performing Arts Hall, Akron

     Introduction to the presentation of AS SNOW BEFORE A SUMMER SUN
     for Soprano, Tenor, Baritone and Orchestra by D. Bernstein, April, 1982


Teaching: University of Akron, Ohio

  
  Freshman Level: Introduction to Music Theory
Theory I
Sight Singing I, II

  Sophomore Level: Theory III, IV
Species Counterpoint
18th Century Counterpoint

  Junior Level: Orchestration
Analytical Techniques I, II
Applied Composition
Composition Workshop

  Senior Level: Advanced Orchestration
20th Century Counterpoint
Applied Composition
Director, Senior Composition Chamber Recitals

  Graduate Level: Techniques of 20th Century Music
Seminar in Music of the 19th and 20th Centuries
Theory Pedagogy
Musical Styles and Analysis III, IV
Thesis Projects in Music Theory
Thesis Projects in Composition
Applied Composition
Director, Master's Degree Recital Programs in Composition



ADMINISTRATION (partial list)

  • President, Board of Advisors, The Bascom Little Fund, Cleveland, Ohio, 1997-99
  • Vice President, Cleveland Composers Guild, Cleveland Ohio, 1994-96
  • Chairman, Theory and Composition Studies, School of Music, University of Akron, Ohio, 1972-2000
  • College of Fine and Applied Arts Faculty representative to the Provost, 1993-94
  • Chairman, Search Committee for Director of the School of Music, 1992-93
  • Faculty Advisor, Students in Music Theory/Composition, Strings, Music History and Literature,1980-88
  • Faculty Advisor, University Council, 1988-89
  • Faculty Advisor, College Appeals Committee 1987-89
  • Performance Coordinator, Department of Music, Theatre and Dance, 1982-84
  • Faculty Advisor, Curriculum Committee, College of Fine and Applied Arts, l981-84
  • Chairman, Search Committee for Violin, Viola, Cello Positions, 1982-83
  • Chairman, Search Committee for University Orchestra Conductor, 1982-83
  • Faculty Advisor, Music Curriculum Committee, 1980-82
  • Faculty Advisor, Music Scholarship Committee, 1980-82
  • Faculty Advisor, Graduate Curriculum Committee of the University, 1979-83
  • Chairman, Search Committee for Graduate Music Theory Position, 1978-79
  • Faculty Advisor, Master Class Committee, 1976-78
  • Faculty Advisor, Music Scholarship Committee, 1976-78
  • Chairman, Search Committee for Department Head, 1976-77
  • Faculty Advisor, Music Curriculum Committee, 1975-77
  • Faculty Advisor to the President, 1975-76
  • Faculty Advisor, Music Student Committee, 1974-76
  • Faculty Advisor, Well-Being Committee, 1974-76
  • Chairman, Music Library Committee, 1972-74

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