PATRICIA ABUD DE DIXON
Curriculum Vitae
PERSONAL
Address: 2868 Wesleyan Lane, Winston-Salem, N.C. 27106
Office Phone: (336) 758-5102 E-mail: dixonpa@wfu.edu
Web Site: http://www.wfu.edu/~dixonpa
Place and Date of Birth: Santiago, Chile. June 6, 1949
PROFESSIONAL
Title: Senior Lecturer in Music - Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC
Professional Musician
EDUCATION
1986-MM- The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, N.C.
1980- BM- The North Carolina School of the Arts, Winston-Salem, N.C.
1967-1969 - Completed 50 hours of credit in Studio Art at UNC-Wilmington.
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
1980 to 2007 Wake Forest University, Music Department.
1972 to 1974 Music Instructor at the Newfound School in Asheville, N.C.
Courses Taught:
M161-261 Individual Instruction in Classical Guitar.
M165-166 Class Guitar I and II
M120 Chamber Ensemble
M289 Guitar Literature
M299 Individual Study for Honors in Music
M104 Basic Music Reading Skills
FYS100 First Year Seminar: Music of Protest in the Americas
M210 Seminar: Survey of Latin American Music
PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS
Solo Recitals:
2001 - Albright College, Reading PA.
1999 - Governor's School- Salem College, Winston -Salem, NC.
1999 - Winston Salem State University, Winston-Salem, NC.
1992 - The Ninth International Guitar Week at the University of Denver, Denver, CO.
1988 -1990 Performances in Santiago, Chile
1985 - Performances in Alicante and Madrid, Spain
1989 - Elon College, N.C.
1986 - The University of North Carolina in Greensboro
1982 - The Charlotte Museum of Arts Series
1982 - The Piedmont Artist Series
Chamber Recitals:
2005 - The University of Evansville, Indianna.
2004 - The University of Minnesota School of Music
2003- 2005 Classical Guitar Workshop, College-Music Conservatory, University of Cincinnati.
2002 - The St Paul Chamber Hill Players, St. Paul, MN.
2000 - The Minnesota Guitar Society
1995 - Piedmont Chamber Singers
1989 - The Second American Classical Guitar Congress
1987 - The Eastern Music Festival at Guilford College, Greensboro, NC
1986 - The Hickory Choral Society
1980 through 2004. Faculty Chamber Recitals at Wake Forest University
Orchestra Appearances:
2007 - Soloist with the Orquesta Filarmonica Universitaria, Santiago, Chile. Premiere of Reflexiones Concertantes: Concerto for Two Guitars and Chamber Orchestra by Jeffrey Van, directed by Celso Torres.
2007 - Soloist with the Mississippi Valley Orchestra, St, Paul Minnesota. Reflexiones Concertantes: Concerto for Two Guitars and Chamber Orchestra by Jeffrey Van, directed by Edward Schlueter.
2003 - Soloist with the Monterey Symphony. Reflexiones Concertantes: Concerto for Two Guitars and Chamber Orchestra by Jeffrey Van, directed by Kate Tamarkin.
2002 - Soloist with the Carolina Chamber Symphony. Reflexiones Concertantes: Concerto for Two Guitars and Chamber Orchestra directed by Robert Franz.
1996 - Soloist with the Winston-Salem Piedmont Triad Symphony. Retrats Catalans by Leo Brouwer directed by Peter Perret.
1995 - Soloist with the National Youth Orchestra in Santiago, and the Valdivia String Orchestra, Chile. Retrats Catalans by Leo Brouwer and Vivaldi Concerto in D Major, directed by Peter Perret.
INTERDISCIPLINARY PRESENTATIONS
2007- Paper Presentation: "The Songs of Victor Jara and the Cantautores a lo Pueta, in the Context of the New Song in Chile" Society for Ethnomusicology Southeast and Caribbean Chapter (SEMSEC) Regional Conference at the Hugh School of Music at theUniversity of Georgia in Athens.
2005- Paper Presentation: "Canto a lo Poeta" The Central States Anthropological Society, Miami University, Oxford Ohio.
2002- Lecture/Recital: "La Nueva Canción Chilena", "Protest Song in the Americas". Albright College, Reading, PA
1993- Poetry and Music Presentation: "The Music in the Poetry of Gabriela Mistral"
The Mountain Interstate Foreign Languages Conference. Clemson University, SC.
1992 - Poetry and Music Presentation: "Ancient Cries: Songs and Words of Distant Worlds" The Reynolda Museum of American Art, Winston-Salem, N C
1988 - 1989 Guest Faculty at the North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching, for the Symposium: "Los Grandes Artistas de España."
COMMISSIONS
2001- "Concerto for Two Guitars and Chamber Orchestra by Jeffrey Van.
1994 - "Three Songs for Soprano and Guitar" by Terese Kaptur.
1988 - "String Quartet and Guitar" by Roberto Sierra. Guitar Congress.
1988 - "Fanfare for Guitar and Orchestra" by Brian Johanson. Guitar Congress.
1988 - "Fanfare for Guitar and Orchestra" by Dan Locklair. Guitar Congress.
1985 - "Sonata for Solo Guitar" by Dan Locklair.
WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY GRANT AWARDS
2008 - QEP Funds for International Scholars to set up a classical guitar residency for Carlos Perez.
2008 - Archie Funds to attend the Guitar Foundation of America International Annual Conference /Competition.
2007- Robinson Fund Research Fellowship, and Archie Grant, to support musical activities in Santiago, Chile.
2006- Archie Grant to support appearance with the Mississippi Valley Orchestra in St. Paul, Minnesota.
2003- 2005 Archie Grants: To support performance and teaching activities.
2004 -Archie Grant: Publication of a compact disc released April 2004 by Centaur Records.
2002 -Archie Grant: Support for rehearsals for upcoming performances.
2001- Research and Publication Fund: To record music for a compact disc.
2000 -Culpeper Grant: To develop a CD ROM for classroom use.
1999 -Archie Grant: To commission of a Concerto for Two Guitars and Chamber Orchestra.
1998 -Spires Grant: Research activities at the University of Indiana, in Bloomington, IN
1995 -Archie Grant: to support appearance with the National Youth Symphony of Santiago Chile.
1993 -Archie Grant: Research activities in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
1985 -Archie Grant: Studies with Jose Luis Rodrigo and Jose Tomas, in Madrid and Alicante, Spain.
OTHER GRANT AWARDS
1993 - The Winston-Salem Arts Council $1,000.
1992 - The North Carolina Humanities Council $9,600
1992 - The North Carolina Arts Council $5,000
1989 - The Winston Salem Arts Council $1,000
1989 - The Music Merchants Association $ 10,000
OTHER ACTIVITIES
2007 - Adjudicator to the Appalachian State University Annual Guitar Festival and Competition.
2007- Principal adjudicator of the Séptimo Concurso Nacional de Guitarra Liliana Pérez Corey, Instituto Profesional Escuela Moderna de Música, Santiago, Chile.
2007- Colegio Experimental de las Artes, Santiago Chile. Lecture: "The Songs of Victor Jara and the Cantautores a lo Pueta, in the Context of the New Song in Chile".
2006- Lecture/Presentation: Baroque Guitar in Europe and the New World at the University of Minnesota, MN.
2005- Guitar Master Class: La Escuela Moderna de Musica, Santiago Chile.
2003-04-05 - Faculty at the Annual Guitar Workshop, Cincinnati-College Conservatory, University of Cincinnati, OH.
2004-CD Publication: "The Music of Jeffrey Van" by Centaur Records.
2001- Three Day Residency: Albright College, Reading, PA. Three lectures on Latin American Music and Culture, and a Solo Recital of songs from the "Nueva Canción Chilena".
2001 - Visiting Artist at the North Carolina School of the Arts, N.C. Lecture: "Rasgueado Techniques in Andean Music"
2000 - Visiting Artist at the 17th Classical Guitar Workshop, the Cincinnati Conservatory
of Music, University of Cincinnati, OH. Lecture on "Rasgueado Techniques in Andean Music"
1999 - Featured on ZDTV: An Infomercial on the Uses of Technology in the Classroom.
1999 - Presentation: "Technology in First Year Seminars". Chatham College, Pittsburgh, PA
1998 - Presentation: "Technology in the Classroom". Charlotte, NC. Presentation of a CD- ROM for a Survey of Latin American Music course
1998 - Served as principal juror at the Portland Guitar Festival and Competition.
1998 - Featured in a video "Dancing on Little Wires": Women in Classical Guitar
1989 - Served as Director of the Second American Classical Guitar Congress.
MEMBERSHIPS
The American Association of University Professors
The Guitar Foundation of America
The American String Teachers Association
The Piedmont Classic Guitar Society
CONSULTING
Member of the Board of Director and US representative for Chile Todos, an organization that promotes cultural activities for Chileans abroad and in the country, under the auspices of the Ministry of Culture