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C.M. Sunday: cmsunday@alumni.rice.edu | Resume (pdf)
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C.M. Sunday is a freelance writer, web page designer and studio musician with two university degrees in violin performance and conducting (Rice and North Texas). She has extensive experience as an orchestral and chamber music player and has played the violin and piano for 50 years. Ms. Sunday has done doctoral work in composition (Texas Tech University) and continues to work as a composer and writer in string pedagogy. She has been cited several times in the periodicals Strad and Strings and is a writer for Connexions, which is an open source project based at Rice University. Also see: Publications List.

Education
  • University of North Texas, May 1992: M.M., Violin Performance/Conducting
  • University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill: 1987-88, Suzuki training
  • Rice University, Shepherd School of Music May 1987: B.A., Violin Performance/Conducting
  • Manhattan School of Music, NYC. Violin studies with Samuel Applebaum, 1968-70

    Violin teachers:
    Joseph Pizinger, Beatrice Pease; Wichita, Kansas
    Francis Jones, Robert McNally; Tulsa, Oklahoma
    Samuel Applebaum; Manhattan School of Music
    Daniel Mason (Heifetz master class student); Northern Arizona State University
    Raphael Fleigel; Rice University
    Ruth Johnson; Supervised Suzuki training UNC-CH
    Richard Luby (Galamian student); University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
    Harotune Bedelian (Galamian student); University of California, Irvine
    Robert Davidovici (Galamian student); University of North Texas

    Master classes:
    Samuel Applebaum, Franco Autori (Toscanini student), Stuart Canin, Heidi Castleman, Ruben Gonzalez, Ani Kavafian, Sergiu Luca, Yo-Yo Ma, Uri Mayer, Erica Morini, Itzhak Perlman, Ruggerio Ricci, Benjamin Zander, Pinchas Zukerman.

    Conducting:
    Samuel Jones (Rice)
    Tonu Kalam, Susan Klebanow (UNC-CH)

    Composition:
    Ellsworth Milburn, Paul Cooper (Rice)
    Mary Jeanne van Appledorn (Texas Tech)


    Employment
    Teaching/coaching:
    Teaching Assistantship, UC Irvine
    Public School: Tulsa, Dallas, Austin, Memphis
    Contest adjudication: Tulsa, Memphis
    Rhodes College (instructor, chamber music coach)
    Private Studio Teacher

    Ensemble playing:
    Student Orchestras: Midwestern Music and Art Camp, Friends University, Oral Roberts University, Tulsa University, Manhattan School of Music, NAU, Arizona State, Rice, UNC-CH, UC Irvine
    Tulsa Philharmonic Orchestra, Ballet and Opera Orchestras, Flagstaff Symphony, Baroque Chamber Orchestra, Opera
    Grand Tetons Orchestral Seminar
    Baytown, Irving, Galveston Symphonies
    Lubbock Symphony
    International Flute Conference-Chamber Group, Marcel Moise
    Memphis Opera
    Charleston Symphony
    National Endowment of the Arts Orchestra (Fidelio)-Duke University
    AFM Memberships: Austin, Houston, Memphis, Tulsa
    Freelance string player, conductor


    Published books:
    Guide to Teaching and Playing the Violin: Easy reference guide to violin and viola pedagogy and performance for teachers, students and parents
    Paperback
    Kindle
    Guide to Teaching and Playing the Violin

    Love Letters to Marie: A World War II Correspondence. These are the letters my father wrote to my mother during his experiences as a navigator and bombardier on the B-26 Marauders during World War II.
    Paperback
    Kindle
    Love Letters to Marie: A World War II Correspondence


    My modules on Rice University open source project, Connexions


    Music Education:
  • Administration of Postsecondary Music Departments
  • Elitism versus Popularism in Music Education
  • Case Study: Violin Pedagogy and the Adolescent Student
  • Two Essays on the Development of Student Orchestras
  • Sight Reading for Rehearsal and Audition Purposes
  • Music Pre/Post Test
  • Math/Music/Literacy Curriculum Unit

    FAQ:
  • Violin/Viola FAQ



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