Bradley Nelson |
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Experience
COMPOSER, PUBLISHER/ENGRAVER/WEB
DESIGNER (1995 - Present)
Gladde Music Publications, San Diego, CA
Composer
and Arranger
Engraver (Finale software)
Web Designer -
created and maintains Gladde Music Publications at
<www.GladdeMusic.com>, an interactive website which displays
score images and streams live recordings and midi files.
ADJUNCT PROFESSOR IN MUSIC COMPOSITION (1990
- 98)
Point Loma Nazarene University, San Diego, CA
Private
instruction in composition
Oversight of
senior recitals for Theory-Composition majors
VISITING PROFESSOR OF CHURCH MUSIC (1993 - 94)
Bethel West Theological Seminary, San Diego, CA
Course on Music in
Church Ministries
VISITING PROFESSOR OF MUSIC THEORY (1988)
Grossmont College, El Cajon, CA
Course in
Rudiments of Music and Musicianship
MINISTER OF MUSIC (1984 - 95)
College Avenue Baptist Church, San Diego, CA
Directed 150-voice
choir in a large church. Administered seven vocal choirs,
orchestra, and handbell choirs. Presented major
choral/orchestral works in seasonal concerts.
VISITING PROFESSOR OF MUSIC THEORY (1982)
Indiana Central University, Indianapolis, IN
Course in music theory
COMPOSER (1979 - 80)
Indiana Artist Fellowship, Indianapolis, IN
Awarded grants for
two years from the Indiana Arts Commission and the National Endowment
for the Arts
Received
commissions from musical organizations throughout Indiana
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF MUSIC COMPOSITION AND
THEORY (1976 - 79)
Butler University, Indianapolis, IN
Taught
composition, music theory, orchestration, counterpoint, form and
analysis, choral arranging, electronic music, and history of music theory.
Director of Men's Choir
Director of
Electronic Music Studio
DIRECTOR OF MUSIC (1976 - 1984)
Castleview Baptist Church, Indianapolis, IN
Directed 70-voice
choir in large church. Administered graded-choir programs
for choral, instrumental, and handbell ensembles. Presented
major choral/orchestral works in seasonal concerts with members of
the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra.
GRADUATE FELLOWSHIPS (1974 - 76)
Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY
Fellowship in
Conducting, 1976
Fellowship in
Music Theory, 1975
Fellowship in
Electronic Music, 1974
Education
DOCTOR OF MUSICAL ARTS - COMPOSITION, CONDUCTING (1976)
Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY
MASTER OF MUSIC - COMPOSITION (1975)
Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY
BACHELOR OF MUSIC - COMPOSITION (1972)
University of Redlands, Redlands, CA
Additional Education
POST-DOCTORAL (1993)
University of California, San Diego, CA
Course in Finale
music notation software
POST DOCTORAL (1986 - 87)
Westminster Choir College, Princeton, NJ
Attended Robert
Shaw Choral Institute for two summers
POST-UNDERGRADUATE (1972 - 73)
San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
Private study in
composition with composer David Ward-Steinman
Publishers
Carl Fischer, Inc., NY
Hinshaw Music, Inc., NC
Neil A. Kjos Music Co., CA
Augsburg Fortress Publishers, MN
Concordia Publishing House, MO
Alliance Music Publications, Inc., TX
Santa Barbara Music Publishing, CA
Gladde Music Publications, CA
Lawson-Gould Music Publishers (Warner Bros.), FL
Memberships
American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP)
American Choral Directors Association (ACDA)
Choral Conductors Guild (CCG)
College Music Society (CMS)
Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia
References
Dr. Anna Hamre, Director of Choral Activities |
Thomas Coker, Minister of Music |
Dr. Jeffrey Gemmell, Director of Choral Activities |
Vitae
Bradley Nelson is active as a composer, conductor, and teacher. He has held positions as a professor and church musician in New York, Indiana, and California. His teaching posts have included Butler University, Point Loma Nazarene University, Indiana Central University, and Grossmont College. While pursuing graduate studies, he held teaching fellowships at the Eastman School of Music and the University of Rochester.
Currently residing in San Diego, he most recently led a large church music program in San Diego, presenting concerts with choir and orchestra at his church and at Copley Symphony Hall. His music has been performed in Westminster Abbey, St. Peter's Basilica, the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., Chicago Symphony Hall, and San Diego's Copley Symphony Hall. In 1990, his choir presented concerts throughout Eastern Europe shortly after the collapse of the Berlin Wall and the disintegration of Communism. In addition to composing and guest conducting, he teaches composition. He is a skilled engraver and maintains a website for his online publishing company.
After studying composition at the University of Redlands (CA), Nelson received his Master and Doctoral degrees in composition and conducting from the Eastman School of Music (NY). His works for choir, band, orchestra, and chamber ensembles have been performed throughout the United States, Europe, England, Canada, South Africa, New Zealand, Korea, and Japan. He has received numerous commissions and awards for his compositions. Nelson studied composition with Samuel Adler, Joseph Schwantner, and Warren Benson at Eastman, as well as David Ward-Steinman and Wayne Bohrnstedt in California. He studied conducting with Robert Shaw, Gustav Meier, Robert DeCormier, and Donald Hunsberger.