Gregory Hoepfner

5557 NW 50th  apt. F

Oklahoma City, OK 73122 

405.476.2899

ghoepfner@cox.net

 

ACADEMIC PREPARATION

Doctor of Musical Arts  Composition
    University of Oklahoma, 1997
Master of Music Education  Vocal Education/Composition
    University of Central Oklahoma, 1987
Bachelor of Music Education  Vocal Education/Piano
    University of Central Oklahoma, 1984
 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Cameron University, Lawton, Oklahoma
Assoc. Professor of Music, 2001 to present 
·    Music Theory and Fundamentals
·    Computer Music
·    Elementary & Secondary Music Methods
·    Musical Theater:  Oklahoma!, Godspell, Kiss Me Kate, Working, Annie Get Your Gun
·    Private Composition and Voice
·    Vocal and Instrumental Methods
·    American Popular Music

Montgomery College, Houston, Texas
Instructor, Spring 2001
·    Music Fundamentals
·    Electronic Music I & II

Cypress-Fairbanks School District
Vocal and general music teacher, 2000 - 2001
·     vocal techniques, theory
·     recorder methods, Orff and Kodaly
·     MIDI technology and composition

Mustang School District
Vocal and general music teacher, 1988 - 2000
·    elementary and high school choirs
·    musical director, Little Shop of Horrors, Annie Get Your Gun

University of Oklahoma
Graduate Research Assistant, 1995 - 1997
 ·    undergraduate history courses including History of the Classical, Romantic and 20th Century.

University of Central Oklahoma
Guest Lecturer, October 1997
·    20th century music history course
Oklahoma City University
Guest Lecturer, November 1999
·    Music Education Lecture Series

Inspiration Point Fine Arts Colony
MIDI Instructor-counselor, summer 1995

Our Lord’s Lutheran Church
Music Director/Organist, 1988 to 2000
·    adult, youth and hand chime choirs
·    organist and director of ecumenical choir festivals

Bishop McGuiness High School
Musical Director, 1992 ? 1996
·    Godspell, Give My Regards to Broadway, You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown, No No Nanette.
·    Music Appreciation seminars
     Jewel Box Theatre
Musical Director/Vocal Coach, 1992 - 1994
·    Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat, The Sound of Music,South Pacific

St. Francis of Assisi Church/Rosary School
Music Director/Teacher, 1985 - 1988
·    General and vocal music, K?8
·    Music director and organist

HONORS, AWARDS AND PUBLICATIONS

•    OMTA commissioned composer for 2008

•    We Walk by Faith, Mary Shivered, 2004 published by PBA Music, San Francisco

•    Soli Deo Gloria, The Least Among You, 2004 published by Imagine Music, NY.

•    Mary Shivered, honorable mention: Amadeus Christmas Carol Competition, Toronto, Canada 2003

•    This River in Octaves, 2002 published by Musical Alchemy, Inc.

•    Kennedy Center American College Theater award for excellence for the musical score of Night Sky, 2001

•       The Way of Perfection, 1998 published by Lumina Music.

•       Where Once I Dreamed, 1998 2nd place winner of the Britten on the Bay 
        Composition Contest in Amityville, New York.  Published by Musikanta Press.

•       The Songs of St. Francis, composition winner of the Florrisant, Missouri Bicentennial Celebration of 1986.  Composition premiered in St. Louis by the Hazelwood Chamber Orchestra and the McCulver Concert Choir.

•      1995 - 1996  Teacher of the Year, Mustang Valley School

•      This River in Octaves, chosen for performance at the 1997 joint conference of the South Central chapter of the College Music Society and the Texas Society of Music Theorists.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

National Association of Teachers of Singing

Mu Phi Epsilon

American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP)
College Music Society
Society of Composers, Inc.
MENC: The National Association for Music Education