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