E-Mail: John.W.Knight@oberlin.edu Office: Central 5 Office Phone: (440) 775-8270 Address: 77 W. College St. Oberlin, OH 44074 Visit also: • Oberlin College Community Winds Concert May 10 Features Trombonist James DeSano • Oberlin College Community Winds to Showcase Band Literature and Orchestral Transcriptions • Oberlin College Community Winds Presents A Copland Tribute Concert Nov. 30 Back to: Division of Music Education Division of Conducting and Ensembles		John Knight Professor of Music Education Education: Doctor of Philosophy: Louisiana State University, 1979 Master of Music Education: Louisiana State University, 1973 Bachelor of Music Education: University of Central Arkansas, 1969 RESPONSIBLITIES AT THE CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC Winds/Conducting/Instrumental Music Education Specialist Instructor:  APST 274, APST 275, APST 276, APST 277, APST 305, APST 274, MUED 304, MUED 101 (with other Music Education faculty) Founder and Conductor of the Oberlin College Community Winds PROFESSIONAL PEDAGOGICAL EXPERIENCE Professor of Music Education and Conducting, Oberlin College, 1978 – present Visiting Professor of Conducting: Birmingham Conservatory of Music, England, January 1991-92; Salford College of Technology, Manchester, England, January 1987, 1991-92 Head, Department of Music: Cassville R-4 Schools, Missouri, 1969-77 OUTREACH/PARTNERSHIP PROGRAMS AND PRESENTATIONS Conductor, Oberlin College Community Winds, 1978 – present Guest Conductor, Avon Lake Wind Ensemble – 2006 Guest Conductor, Oberlin Wind Ensemble – 2006 Guest Conductor, Cleveland State University Wind Ensemble – 2006 Presentation, Interpretations of March, Oberlin – 2006 Guest Conductor, Connecticut All-State band – 2000 Presentation:  "The Art of Conducting" Connecticut MENC Convention Guest Conductor, Oregon All State Band -- 2000 Presentation:  "Preparing Bands for a Musical Performance," Oregon MENC Conference Guest Conductor, High School Band Festival of Twenty Bands – 2000 Cleveland State University Guest Conductor, Elkhart Indiana High School Orchestra and Wind Ensemble – 2000 Guest Conductor, Elkhart Indiana High School Orchestra and Wind Ensemble – 1999 Lorain Community College, Workshop, "Intonation and Interpretation" Guest Conductor, Four Honor Bands, Kansas City, Missouri – 1999 Guest Conductor All County Symphonic Band, Long Island, New York – 1999 Guest Conductor, Shaker Heights Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band – 1997 Guest Conductor, Elyria High School Wind Ensemble, Oberlin Concert Band,    Wellington High School Band, Clearview Concert Band – 1997 Guest Conductor, Cleveland State University High School Band Festival – 1997 North Central Association Evaluation Team – 1997 Report given to OMEA, Toledo, Ohio – 1997 Guest Conductor, Berea High School Symphonic Winds – 1996 Ohio Music Education Association Conference – 1996 Guest Conductor, Elkhart Central Symphony Orchestra & Elkhart Central Wind Ensemble – 1996 Presentation:  "Techniques to Keeping a Rehearsal Alive,"  Oberlin Music Education Reunion –1996 Guest Conductor, Frederick County Maryland, Honor Band – 1995 Guest Conductor, Edgewood, Ohio Wind Ensemble, Berea, Ohio, Wind Ensemble, Brookside, Ohio Band – 1995 Presentation:  "Creative Conducting Techinques," OMEA District IV – 1995 Preparing Ensembles, OMEA – 1995 INTERNATIONAL MUSIC EXPERIENCE: Guest Conductor: Birmingham Conservatory Orchestra Birmingham Conservatory Wind Band Salford College Wind Band Adamson Professional Wind Band, Manchester, England Adjudicator: National Wind Band Festival, Cheshire, England Clinician: Master Classes in Conducting, Birmingham Conservatory, Salford College European Council of International Schools, The Hague, 1985 Lecturer: "Preparing Bands for Contests," "Creative Conducting Techniques," "Arranging for American Wind Band," Birmingham Conservatory 1991 "Interpretation of Stravinsky’s Symphonies of Wind Instruments," "Wind Music of Vincent Persichetti," "American Conductor Looks at Vaughan Williams and Gustav Holst," "Music of Francis McBeth and Vaclav Nelhybel for Wind Band," "Interpretation of Paul Hindemith’s ‘Symphony in B-flat’,", Salford College of Technology 1987, 1991 "Competencies for Teachers and Performers" and "Creative Conducting Techniques" European Council of International Schools Conference, The Hague 1985 "Instrumental Music teaching in the United States," Staatliche Hochschule, Freiburg, Germany, 1985 "Modified Instrumental Pedagogy for the Physically Handicapped,"  Koblenz Conservatory, Germany, 1985 "Music Education in America, " Gutenberg Universitat, Mainz, Germany, 1985 PUBLICATIONS: Books: Legacy of the Maestros, 2006, Meredith Publications The Creative Wind Conductor, 2006, Meredith Publications Articles in The Instrumentalist: Evaluating Conductors from the Trombone Section: An Interview with James DeSano; 59:5 December 2004 Tom Dvorak Leads Groups from College Ensembles to Middle School Winds; 59:2 September 2004 Reviews: Mahler Symphony No. 3; 59:1 August 2004 Reviews: Simon Rattle: From Birmingham to Berlin, by Nicholas Kenyon; 58:11 June 2004 Reviews: Pierre Monteux Maître, by John Canarina; 58:11 June 2004 Reviews: Drama and the World of Richard Wagner, by Dieter Borchmeyer, 58:11 June 2004 The Mahler Fifth Symphony Became Georg Solti's Trademark; 58:5 December 2003 Notes from Northfield: Tea Time in London; 58:3 October 2003 From Vaughn WIlliams to Elgar with Conductor Richard Hickox; 58:3 October 2003 Evaluating Conductors from the Orchestra: An Interview with Michel Debost; 57:10 May 2003 Review: Mahler and His World, edited by Karen Painter; 57:6 January 2003 The Enduring Value of Great Masterpieces; 57:6 January 2003 The Haunting Beauty of Tchaikovsky in the Hands of Herbert von Karajan; 56:12 July 2002 Notes from Northfield: Music of the Heart; 56:11 Review: Boston Symphony Orchestra; 56:8 March 2002 Starting the Journey; 56:7 February 2002 The Perils of Overconducting; 56:7 February 2002 Review: Hector Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique; 56:5 December 2001 Conducting Clinic: The Genius of Willem Mengelberg in a Classic Strauss Recording; 56:4 NOvember 2001 Teaching Wisdom; 56:2 September 2001 Copland's Outdoor Overture: One Piece for Two Ensembles; 56:1 August 2001 A Gathering of Composer's for Middle School Bands; 55:12 July 2001 My Second Chance; 55:11 June 2001 Notes from Northfield: Clear Vision; 55:8 March 2001