CHRISTOPHER ALLEN PAUL FULKERSON, PH.D.
Composer
Conductor
Writer
Teacher
CURRICULUM VITAE
To September 2011: A Selective List
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The sections of this CV are: Skills; Education; Academic and Professional Experience; Compositions; Performance Repertoire; Published Recordings; Published Materials; Honors and Awards; Recommendations; Scores and Recordings in Research Collections; Web Links.
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CURRICULUM VITAE
At the web site see the eponymous page
SKILLS
Musical Composition
And Related Theoretical Disciplines
Conducting
Especially Contemporary Music and Opera
Includes Several Published Recordings
Music and Art Criticism
Musicianship
Essays and some fiction; Translation from German and French
Computer skills:
Website Construction: All work done on ChristopherFulkerson.com is by CF
Computer realizations: All realizations at the web site are by CF
EDUCATION
Diplomas, Transcripts and other data are available online at CF’s Education page
PhD Music: The University of California at Berkeley, 1986
Dissertation: THE RECOGNITIONS for orchestra 1985
MA Music: The University of California at Berkeley, 1979
Thesis: CONCERTO FOR HARPSICHORD, 1979
BMus Conservatory of Music, The University of the Pacific, 1976
Double Major in Theory/Composition and Music History
Double Concentration in Piano and Guitar
Also: Voice, and Opera Production
Composition Studies with Andrew Imbrie,
S.R. “Dan” Beckler, Olly Wilson, Richard Felciano,
Walter Winslow, Edwin Dugger, John Thow
Master Classes with Hans Werner Henze; Oliver Knussen;
Charles Wuorinen; Bernard Rands; Morton Feldman; Lejaren Hiller; Earle Brown
Occasional Studies with Elliott Carter, Bernard Rands, and Anthony Milner
Master Classes in Conducting with Harold Farberman
Conducting and Schenker Studies with Michael Senturia; James Dixon
Counterpoint with William Denny; Criticism with Joseph Kerman
Anton Webern with Walter Winslow; Acoustics with Richard Felciano
Voice and Opera with George Buckbee
U.C Extension Courses (2006-11): Norse Myth and Saga I and II; The Iliad; The Odyssey; War in the Ancient World; Virgil’s Aeneid
Stanford Continuing Studies Beginning Website Design Class 2003, Course Grade, A
Cortina Institute (“Famous Writer’s School”) Writing Course 2002-04
Private Greek and Sanskrit Studies with Paul Howard Brown, 1996-98
FOREIGN LANGUAGES
Reading and Spoken
German
Varying Degrees of Ability With:
French; Italian
Biblical Hebrew; Classical Greek; Latin
Russian, Including Old Slavonic Script
Sanskrit (SaMSKrTa)
ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
At the web site see the Experience page
Professional
1974-Present Musical Composition Studio
1974-Present Freelance Conductor
3/1999-Present Midi Computer Music Studio
Realizations created using the Sibelius and Encore programs
1/94-Present President, ChristopherFulkerson.com
On Demand Publication of Works of CF
Initially called White Sphere Group Publications
9/2005-12/2006 Bass Section Leader, Viva La Musica Choir
Notre Dame de Namur University, Belmont, California
Austrian Tour of Salzburg and Vienna, December, 2006
2/1999-8/2000 Principal Conductor, The San Francisco Lyric Opera
Conductor of Full Productions of SIEGFRIED,
FIDELIO, CARMEN, CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA AND I PAGLIACCI
Cast and coach singers; run rehearsals; form orchestra; etc.)
5/96-8/98 Cantor, Schola Gregoriana of San Francisco
Two Concert Tours as Guest of the
Mexican Government; State of Puebla, Mexico
1/95-7/95 Computer Music Studio of John Caston, San Francisco
8/88-10-88 Composer Fellow, The Tanglewood Music Festival, The Boston Symphony
1/82-5/88 Founder and Music Director
ARIEL, a Contemporary Vocal Ensemble
Numerous reviews and programs available upon request
6/86-5/88 Founder and Music Director
The Composers Chamber Players
Reviews and programs available upon request
9/85-5/86 Founder and Director, the UC Extension Singers
9/81-7/84 Associate Conductor,
The San Francisco Contemporary Music Players
6/88 Composer-in-Residence, the June in Buffalo Festival
8/87 Participant, Composer/Conductor Program
Conductor’s Guild Summer Institute
University of South Carolina at Columbia
6/87 Composer-in-Residence, The June in Buffalo Festival
8/86 Participant, Composer/Conductor Program
Conductor’s Guild Summer Institute, The University of West Virginia
6/86 Participant, Contemporary Music Festival
California State University at Long Beach
12/85-1/86 Composer-in-Residence
The Layton Artist’s Colony, The Banff Center, Banff, Alberta, Canada
8/75 Participant in Vocal Performance
Internationales Jugendfestspieltreffens, Bayreuth, Germany
Also Attended Richard Wagner Fest, Bayreuth, Germany
Teaching
At the web site see the Teacher page
1975-Present Private Studio in Composition, Analysis and Conducting
Private Studio in Beginning Voice; Occasional Class Teaching
2/2006-3/2007 Director of Academic Studies
The San Francisco Institute of Music
1/2000-6/2000 Visiting Instructor in Music
The University of the Pacific Conservatory of Music
Stockton, California
9/95-2/96 Mentor in High School Musical Composition Project
Christopher Allen, student in Olympia, Washington
8/82-3/91 Founder and Director, Musicianship Program
The San Francisco Girls Chorus
6/85-2/91 Instructor, The University of California Extension
Music Appreciation and UC Extension Singers
6/86-2/91 Self Employment: Music Appreciation Classes
Course Outlines are Available Upon Request:
History of Music
Contemporary Music
The Music of Brahms
American Transcendentalist Composers
Wagner
The Beethoven String Quartets
The String Quartets of Schoenberg and Bartok
6/85-6/86 Instructor, The Music and Arts Institute of San Francisco
8/82-12/82 Lecturer B (Assoc. Prof.), San Jose State University
Sabbatical Replacement of Brent Heisinger,
Head, Theory Division
Courses Presently Called:
Music Systems 1,2,3, and 4
Form and Analysis 103B (Former 146B)
Music Appreciation 10A
9/81-6/82 Associate in Music: Musicianship Instructor
The University of California at Berkeley
9/80-9/82 Contributing Editor for Music, The Berkeley Graduate
9/80-6/81 Teaching Assistant: Introduction to Music
The University of California at Berkeley
Assitant to Lawrence Moe, Daniel Heartz, and Bonnie Wade;
Total of Thirteen Classes
9/76-6/77 Director and Owner, Stockton Sol-Fa Music Classes for Children
Church and Community Work and Employment
4/2011-Present Driver and Partner, Metro Cab Company, Holder of Medallion #43
3/2009-4/2011 Driver and Partner, Luxor Cab Company, Holder of Medallion #43
2010-Present Correspondent, SFTaxi Online Mailing List
2009-2010 Correspondent, Medallion Holders Association Online Mailing List
3/2006 Granted San Francisco Taxicab Medallion 9073
Unanimous Vote by the SF Taxi Commission
8/2004-12/2005 Editor, Luxor Newsletter. Monthly.
2/02-Present Driver, Luxor Cab Company
9/99-10/03 Music Director, St. Gregory’s Catholic Church, San Mateo, CA
Direction of Two Choirs; Preparation of CD; Position also involved piano performance; commissioned compositions; arranging
7/98-2000 Member, Committee of 1,000; St. Joseph Foundation
6/93-2/02 Driver, Yellow Cab Co-Op, San Francisco
10/2000 Chorus Member, Cathedral Choir, Archdiocesan Millenium Mass; San Francisco
9/92-2/93 Tour Driver, Cable Car Charters, San Francisco
3/92-6/92 Tour Bus Driver Guide, The Gray Line, San Francisco
7/91-3/92 Driver, Yellow Cab Co-Op, San Francisco
10/88-3/92 Music Director, Christ United Presbyterian Church, Japantown, San Francisco
9/88-6/89 Music Director, Christ Lutheran Church, San Lorenzo,CA
9/85-3/88 Music Director, St. Aidan’s Episcopal Church, San Francisco
2/83-2/88 Tenor Soloist, Church of Christ the Saviour
Convent of Our Lady of St. Vladimir, San Francisco
Russian Orthodox Services, Slavonic in Kyrillic script
3/84-9/84 Music Director, Ebenezar Lutheran Church, El Cerrito
9/82-3/84 Music Director, St. Raymond’s Catholic Church, San Ramon
9/81-6/82 Music Director, Grace Presbyterian Church, Walnut Creek
3/81-9/81 Music Director, St. James Lutheran Church, San Leandro
10/78-9/80 Music Driector, First Congregational Church, Alameda
9/76-6/77 Music Director, Grace Presbyterian Church, Stockton
9/74-6/76 Music Director, Immanual Lutheran Church, Stockton
Community Involvement
9/2011-Present Participant in LinkedIn discussion at the International Alliance of Composers
Topic: “How Can I Work and Learn Composition at the Same Time?”
1/2011-Present Regular appearances speaking at the SF Municipal Transportation Agency Board of Directors meetings;
These can be found at SFGOVtv. Certain items are at CF's webpage ESSAYS ABOUT THE SF TAXI INDUSTRY
2008-Present Editor, Wikipedia
2000-2003 Consultant, Medianet (Poland) Music Appreciation Project,
In Conjunction with Naxos Records
1997-1998 Founder, the Party of Universal Responsibility
1987-1989 Founding Member, Planning Committee
The San Francisco New Music Calendar
9/88-12-89 Member, Plan Development Group
to recommend an Arts Policy Plan for the City of San Francisco
The San Francisco Arts Commission
With the San Francisco Planning Commission
And the State/Local Partnership
7/86-2/88 Chairman, Music Programming Committee
The Waterfront Theater Project, Ghirardelli Square, San Francisco
1985-1988 Board of Directors, American Concert Association
5/86 Adjudicator, Scholarship Program, the SF Musical Club
9/84-6/85 Consultant, American Institute of Architects for
SETTINGS: A Celebration of the Urban Arts. Festival June 1985
In Conjunction with the 1985 National AIA Convention
6/84 Adjudicator, SF Young Pianists Competition, San Francisco State University
1/83-6/83 Producer, Spring Concert Series, Saint Raymond’s Catholic Church
COMPOSITIONS
At the web site see the Principal Works page
Except for the opera currently in progress, no incomplete works are listed here
Works marked with an asterisk* are part of the multi-event music festival work in progress
For more about this work in progress, see the essay “A Sketch of ‘the Festival’” at the web site
Commissions Outstanding
For Emily Stern, of Zurich, Switzerland: a song cycle for mezzo and piano
For Rita D’Arcangelo, of Gorzow, Poland; a piece for flute and piano
For Michael Ferguson, of San Francisco, California; a piano piece
For a new Edition of ST. PEREGRINE’S CONCERTO, for/with Henri Bok of Rotterdam
Dramatic Compositions
THE NUERNBERG TRIAL* (1997-Present)
Opera in Three Acts to a libretto by CF
Work in Progress: see “A Report on the Opera TNT” at the web site home page
Due to the scope of this work it is listed here though not completed
Essay: TNT, A Report On the Progress of the Opera
A MIRACLE OF RARE DEVICE* (2001-03) (Bradbury)
Dramatic Recital in Three Acts
For soprano, clarinet, and piano
For Concerted or Staged Performance
Music for Orchestra
MOYS ICOS* (2006-2008)
THE CAVERNS OF THE SACRED RIVER* (1988)
For string orchestra with percussion
THE RECOGNITIONS* (1985)
Music for Voices with Instruments
SONGS, BOOK ONE: A.R.AMMONS POEMS* (2001-present)
For tenor and guitar (Collection in Progress)
One Composing – Muse – Speaking - Gain – He Held Radical Light - Cleavage
SONGS, BOOK TWO: POEMS BY VARIOUS POETS* (2001-Present)
For tenor and guitar (Collection in Progress)
To Artemis – Tiburon – Whispered In the Afternoon
SONGS, BOOK THREE: RIBALD RUSSIAN CLASSICS* (2010-Present)
The Soldier and the Woman of Little Russia
ECHOES OF T.S.ELIOT (1976-2004) for soprano and piano
KUBLA KHAN* (2002) (Coleridge) for tenor, alto flute, viola, and guitar
THE HIDDEN LAW, LIKE LOVE* (1995) (Auden) for tenor and guitar
Law Like Love – Interlude – The Hidden Law
THE TRUTH ABOUT CINDERELLA* (1988) (Roger Mitchell)
For mezzo with quartet of viola, guitar, and two clarinets
Written for a Tanglewood Liederabend for Hans Werner Henze
ONE WINTER SPARROW* (1988) (W.S.Merwin)
Soprano, treble chorus, and piano
REMEMBER THE STARS* (1985) (W.S.Merwin)
For SATB soloists and treble chorus with viola, guitar and two clarinets
SCRITTI DI LEONARDO* (1983) (Italian text by Leonardo da Vinci)
For tenor solo, SATB quartet, flute, bass clarinet, viola, guitar, and harp
NIGHT LITANY* (1981) (Ezra Pound)
For mezzo soprano, flute, bassoon, and percussion
SO THAT* (1981) (Ezra Pound: Canto XVII)
For soprano, mezzo soprano and baritone soloists and chamber orchestra
RHAPSODY CONCERTANTE (1978) (Latin text by Catullus)
Chamber Music for Instruments
THE SWEEP OF THEIR LYRE* (2009) for septet
CEREMONIAL III* (2004) for oboe, trumpet, horn, and cello
CEREMONIAL II* (2000) for flute and bassoon
Commissioned by Katharine Hammond
DEL SUO PEL CONTESTA* (1996) (“With Its Billowing Hair”)
Fourth Michelangelo Fantasy
Commissioned by John Casten
Cadenzas and Miniatures for violin solo, two violins and two violas
DOMES* (1996) A Study of Del Suo Pel Contesta
Third Michelangelo Fantasy; For three players of thirty cymbals
L’ALTRUI MAN VESTE* (1995) (“Clothes Another’s Hand”)
Second Michelangelo Fantasy; for string trio
WILLOW, or, FREEDOM’S FAVOR’S FALCONER* (1995)
For four recorders or four melody instruments
Commissioned by the Prairie Pipes
DUO NEVI* (1993) “(Two Snows”) for violin and contrabass
First Michelangelo Fantasy
E PIU DI CENTO SPIRTI* (1989) (“And More Than A Hundred Spirits”)
Quartet for harp, glockenspiel, vibraphone, and marimba
Companion piece for L’UCCEL DIVINO for harp
MA PER QUEL POCO* (1988) (“But Through That Small Space”)
Third Purgatory Sonata, octet
Written at the Request of Oliver Knussen
LA TURBA CHE RIMASE LI* (1988)
(“The Crowd That Remained There”)
Second Purgatory Sonata, trio for viola, harp, and percussion
OH OMBRE, VANE* (1988) (“Oh Vain Shades”)
First Purgatory Sonata, quartet for viola, guitar, and two clarinets
THE CHILDERMASS* (1986)
Septet for two clarinets, horn, violin, bass, and percussion
Written for The Composers Chamber Players
SAINT PEREGRINE’S CONCERTO* (1987)
Chamber Concerto, for bass clarinet and percussion
Written for the Duo Contemporaine (Amsterdam)
A SCREAMING COMES ACROSS THE SKY* (1985)
For two antiphonal woodwind quartets
Commissioned by David Hall
CANTILENA DI FIORITURE* (1980) (“Florid Cantilation”)
Duodecimet for brass; Written for the UC Concert Band
CONCERTO FOR HARPSICHORD AND SEVEN INSTRUMENTS (1979)
With oboe, clarinet, mandolin, guitar, harp, violin and viola
First Prize in the US System I.C.E. Competition (Which See)
CAPRICCIO (1980) for viola and piano
Music for Vocal Ensembles
CELESTIAL SIXTIES II* (2009) for male sextet
Texts by Robert Hunter, Thomas Pynchon, and others
MISSA PRO OMNIS ERGO QUI AUDIT* (1997)
(“A ‘Sending’ For Anyone Who Will Listen”)
Mass in six movements for two concelebrants, soloists and chorus
IN IMAGINE PERTRANSIT* (1976/1994) (“We Move About As In Dreams”)
For four soloists and double chorus; Latin text from the Vulgate
Written at the request of Rabbi Bernard Rosenberg
MAGICA MEZZA MUSICA* (1995) (“Medium Magic Music”)
Paganini Variations for antiphonal female octet
Text from the Hebrew Names of God
MERA MUSICA MAGICA* (1990) (“Sheer Magic Music”)
Paganini Variations for antiphonal female octet
Text from the Hebrew Names or God
CELESTIAL SIXTIES I* (1990) for male sextet
Texts by Bob Dylan, Melanie, and Buddhist Chant
Commissioned by Chantilcleer
AT THE PARTY* (1990) (W.H.Auden) for SSAA voices
EIN BLUEMLEIN* (1989) (German text by Maria Brubacher) for chorus
E IO ETTERNO DURO* (1986) (“And Eternal I Endure”) (Italian text
by Dante) For male sextet; Commissioned by Chanticleer
THE SCREAM THAT PEAKS PAST FEAR* (1986) for antiphonal octet
Written for Ariel
ECHOES OF HART CRANE* (1984) for vocal octet; Written for Ariel
Commissioned through the American Institute of Architects
For the SETTINGS Festival (Which See)
Opus One Records release in preparation
THE WHITE STAG* (1982) (Ezra Pound) for chorus or SATB soli
Solo Music
SUITE* for Violoncello (1999-2005)
DIPTYCH* for Trumpet (2004)
SONATA* for Oboe (1999-2004)
CEREMONIAL I* for Violoncello (1998)
SONATA* (1998) for violin
HEBREW SETTINGS* (1995-present) for voice
Biriashiyithu; Aritsa; Shimeai; Psalm 117
L’UCCEL DIVINO* (1998) (“The Divine Bird”) for harp
Companion piece for E PIU DI CENTO SPIRTI for quartet
THE VIRGIN IN THE FIELDS* (1981) Flute Study in Florid Line
CAPRICCIO for viola and piano 1980
VIOLIN FANTASY Palimpsest on Bach (1979)
PIANO SONATA (1976)
SONATINA (1976) for violin
UTILITY MUSIC and TEACHING MATERIALS
At the web site see the Other Works page
CANTUS FIRMUS WORKSHEETS BOOKLET (1995) w/web links for the study of counterpoint
SONGS IN POPULAR STYLES*
Wizard (two versions) – Welcome to the Farm – Maria – Quicksilver Flow
SWEET LITTLE JESUS BOY* (2003) for chorus
THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE (2002) for two equal voices
MASS OF THE RESURRECTION* (2001) for Unison Choir and Piano
Commissioned by the St. Gregory’s Choir
SYRINGA* (1997) for flute
BICINIUM (1993) for two oboes
AVE* (1992) for harp
PSALM 26* (1989) (In English) for chorus
CHERUVIMSKAYA* (1987) for chorus
THE LANTERN IN THE CRYPT* (1988) for double string orchestra
VOCAL MUSICIANSHIP
Third Edition, 1990. Five Volumes, ca. 300 pages, available. More to come.
Musicianship Method for ages 6-Adult; Used by the author in teaching
SYMMETRIES, Musicianship Test Duets from VOCAL MUSICIANSHIP
TRANSCENDENTAL ETUDES, from VOCAL MUSICIANSHIP
THE SCHOOL OF VELOCITY Vocal Musicianship Exercises
A MUSIC THEORY AND SIGHT-SINGING CURRICULUM
For the San Francisco Girls Chorus
LISTENING TO MUSIC or MUSIC AS IT IS
A Music Appreciation Course in the form of a history survey
HYMNS* (1985-present)
PIANO PIECES, mostly studies in various dead composer’s styles
PIECES FOR STRING QUARTET, ditto
A VOCAL WARM-UP SHEET (2001)
Arrangements
WHAT’S BECOME OF THE BABY* (Garcia/Hunter) (2008)
Versions for Voice and Harp, and for For Voice, Violin, Cello, and Guitar
BEETHOVEN FOLKSONGS* (2007-2008)
For Voice, Violin, Cello, and Guitar
The Return to Ulster – Faithfu’ Johnie – Oh How Can I Be Blythe and Glad
TWO JEWISH MELODIES* (1985) for equal voices
COMMISSIONS RECEIVED
For a listing of these, see the Commissions Received page at the web site
Twenty-one of CF’s pieces were written on commission. There are existing commissions for another three works, and a request for a new edition of another.
PROGRAMS FEATURING MUSIC OF CF
See the eponymous website page
FIRST VIEWS OF THE FESTIVAL
- AN INTERACTIVE CONCERT PAGE
From the Program given at Old First Concerts, May 10, 2009
MODERNISM FOREVER
A Double-CD Set Retrospective
The web page acts as the Program Book, and more.
CHRISTOPHER FULKERSON AND HIS FRIENDS
Given
In Fulkerson Hall at Humboldt State University, May 29, 1998
And at St. Gregory of Nyssa Church in San Francisco, May 30, 1998
CF'S SENIOR RECITAL
the Conservatory of the University of the Pacific, May 6, 1976
The collected programs are in preparation. The plan is to present them as “Interactive” pages, in which as much of the music, videos, and program notes as possible will be available as online links.
PERFORMING EDITIONS
At the web site see the Performing Editions page
Performances Given by Ariel under CF’s direction:
Orlando di Lasso PROPHETIAE SIBYLLARUM* motet cycle (1552)
A reading emphasizing the work’s madrigalistic and ensemble devices
Gerald Humel ET IN TERRA PAX (1987)
An idiomatic edition of this work, commissioned by CF
PERFORMANCE REPERTOIRE
At the web site see the Repertoire page
As conductor unless otherwise indicated
Operas and theater pieces are of full productions unless otherwise indicated
This list includes little of the repertoire of twenty six years of work with amateur choruses at churches and other venues. However there is a listing of one typical church choir repertoire available online at the same page at the Repertoire of the St. Gregory’s Choirs link.
OPERA
Works in Alphabetical Order by Composer
FIDELIO by Ludwig van Beethoven, 1814 version in German; three casts
Conductor; Eight performances in 2000
San Francisco Lyric Opera; McAteer Theater, San Francisco
FIDELIO by Ludwig van Beethoven; 1805 version (West Coast Premiere)
Chorus Master; The Berkeley Opera
CARMEN by Georges Bizet; in French; three casts
Conductor; Nine performances in 1999
San Francisco Lyric Opera; Victoria Theater, San Francisco
THE DEVIL AND KATE by Antonin Dvorak
Chorus Master; the Berkeley Opera
THE SCARLET LETTER by Martin Herman; concert performance
Conductor; UC Berkeley Music Department Noon Concert
CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA by Pietro Mascagni; in Italian
I PAGLIACCI by Ruggiero Leoncavallo; In Italian
Conductor; Double-Bill with the SFLO at the McAteer Theater, 2000
THE BRIDE STRIPPED BARE BY HER BATCHELORS, EVEN
By Charles Shere; Chorus Master and Second Conductor; Mills College
LUISA MILLER by Giuseppe Verdi
Chorus Master; The Berkeley Opera
SIEGFRIED by Richard Wagner; in German; two casts
Conductor; Six performances in 2000;
San Francisco Lyric Opera; McAteer Theater, San Francisco
THE GROWING CASTLE by Malcolm Williamson
Baritone II soloist; performances in California and Bayreuth, Germany
OTHER REPERTOIRE
At the web site see the Repertoire page
Too extensive to list here, this includes works by Babbitt, Basart, Berio, Boulez, Byrd, Carter, Davies, Fine, Fulkerson, Fine, Kurtag, Lewis, Osborne, Rands, Reimann, Schoenberg, Schuetz, Sessions, Shere, Sheppard, Sims, Stravinsky, Vieru, Webern, Willan, Winslow, Wolpe, and Wuorinen
WORKS COMMISSIONED AND PERFORMED BY CAPF
At the web site see the Commissions Made page
For Ariel, A Contemporary Vocal Ensemble; All World Premiere Performances
Robert Basart (American) STILLNESS AND THE NIGHT BECOME vocal octet
Gerald Humel (German) ET IN TERRA PAX for vocal octet
Charles Shere (American) REQUIEM WITH OBOE for vocal octet with oboe
Opus One Records recording (supposedly) in preparation
Ezra Sims (American) THE CONVERSIONS for vocal octet
Anatol Vieru (Romanian) OH, THAT YOU WERE LIKE A BROTHER TO ME for vocal octet
PUBLISHED RECORDINGS
At the web site see the Recordings page
MODERNISM FOREVER, Double CD Set
Nine works composed by CF, and one each by Babbitt, Carter, and Davies, with CF conducting
Released in 2006. First pressing of 300 copies sold out
St. Gregory’s Choirs NON NOBIS DOMINE (CD) (12/16/2001)
Works of Fulkerson, Janacek, Stravinsky, Messiaen, Bruckner, Mozart, Tallis, Byrd, Palestrina, Lasso, Victoria, Sowerby, etc.
24-page program guide by CF. Edition of 600 copies sold out
“This CD is wonderful. It is nothing short of a masterpiece.”
(Anonymous internet reviewer)
Walter Winslow
NINETEEN MADRIGALS for five voices
Cori descrittivi di stati d’animo di Didone; World Premiere
Recording: Opus One #131
A limited number of copies are available from CF
C. James Sheppard
LUMINARIA (Sky Music) for soprano, tape, and instrumentalists
Local Premiere
Recording: Opus One #126
John Donald Robb
REQUIEM for Chorus and Organ; Opus One #114
PUBLISHED MATERIALS: The Website Itself
At the time of this writing in September 2011 ChristopherFulkerson.com has several hundred pages and about 500 downloadable items and is getting over 200 human visits per day. It is being accessed from all over the world. As a publishing enterprise and as a work of interactive art it was CF’s principal effort from early 2009 through early 2011. Nearly all of CF’s scores are available there, many of his writings as listed here; the next stage will be to upload the recordings, only a few dozen have yet appeared. The site is constantly being updated, and from the home page these pages try to keep the gist of new developments accessible:
What’s New at This Site
Upcoming Appearances
PUBLISHED MATERIALS
At the web site see the Writings On Music page
Articles About, and Interviews With, CF
Op-Ed: Avant-Garde Composer Shares His Music with Neighborhood Group SPECIAL Posted Aug 30, 2011 by Jonathan Farrell
http://digitaljournal.com/print/article/310953
Article, “Driving San Francisco Sane,” by Curt Sanburn
SF Weekly, Volume 24, No. 22: June 29-July 5, 2005
Earlier, unpublished interview with CF quoted several times
Brief Article, “Christopher Fulkerson,” NEWS AND NOTES,
Newsletter of the Wagner Society of Northern California, volume VI Number 3, September 2001. Summary of April 28, 2001, lecture.
Listing, DICTIONARY OF INTERNATIONAL BIOGRAPHY, 29th Edition
Melrose Press Limited, Cambridge;
info @ melrosepress.co.uk Reg. #965274
Listing, WHO’S WHO IN THE WORLD, 17th Edition, 2000;
Marquis Who’s Who, New Providence, N.J.
Brief Quotation of CF, in Silke Tudor’s “Night Crawler” column,
Re Blessing of Cabs at St. Boniface Church;
San Francisco Weekly Magazine, Sept. 8-14, 1999, p. 10.
“Christopher Fulkerson And His Friends To Appear at Fulkerson Hall”
ARTWAVES Program, Interview with Wendy Butler
KHSU Radio, Arcata, May 29, 1998
“Christopher Fulkerson, a Vocal Composer With Heart and Soul”
Mitch Hampton, Interview with CAPF
ORGANICA Magazine, Tampa, Summer 1989
“An Interview With the Composer Christopher Fulkerson”
Marilyn Pittman, THE WELLNESS PROGRAM
KQED FM Radio, San Francisco, October 3, 1988
“San Francisco: Chanticleer, Ariel”
Article by Paul Moor, MUSICAL AMERICA, New York, November 1986
“Upcoming Events”
Gordon Engler, Interview with CF
KKHI FM Radio, San Francisco, April 4, 1986
“Popularizing the New”
Article by Gina Arnold, SAN FRANCISCO WEEKLY, January 1985
“Fulkerson Blitz”
Four Hours of Music, Conversation and Readings
With Barbara Golden, CRACK O’DAWN Program
“A Conversation with CF About His Recent Work”
Charles Amirkhanian with CF
KPFA FM Radio, Berkeley, May 3, 1985
Known Published References to CF
Newsletter of the S.H.A.R.P Community Space, Re 6-7/2011, CF talk given August 7, 2011
NEWS AND NOTES Volume VIII Number 4, December 2003;
Newsletter of the Wagner Society of Northern California;
Announcement of the 2/28/04 reading of A MIRACLE OF RARE DEVICE.
DISPATCHES FROM THE BORDER - Email Newsletter of
Borderlands Bookstore, 866 Valencia Street, San Francisco, in the months prior to
the 2/28/2004 reading done there by CF.
Reading included Acts One and Three of A MIRACLE OF RARE DEVICE.
SFCMP 30 YEARS – Commemorative Book, Issued March 26, 2001
Page 30 re world premiere of SCRITTI DI LEONARDO
Page 32 re “Former Assistants to the Music Director”
PACIFIC REVIEW, Class Notes, Page 27, Fall 2000, Vol. 87, No.3
Update re: Opera Conducting, Publishing
THE NEW YORKER, Andrew Porter, July 1988
CF Attends the PepsiCo Festival
THE NEW YORKER, Andrew Porter, April 1987
Susan Jolles Performs the CF Harp Sonata at Merkin Hall
SUPPLEMENT TO MUSIC SINCE 1900, Nicolas Slonimsky
Five Entries Re: SCRITTI DI LEONARDO
and Premiere Performances given by CF of Babbitt, Maxwell Davies, Kalmar and Shere
SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA CHORAL DIRECTORY
Two Listings in each of the 1985, 1987 and 1989 Editions
EDITIO MUSICA BUDAPEST NEWSLETTER
January 1985, Re: Premiere of Sary INCANTO
November 1985, Re: “First American All-Kurtag Program”
SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY MAGAZINE
Michael Steinberg Quotes CF on Andrew Imbrie
San Francisco, January 1985
THE SACRAMENTO UNION
Nancy Steidtman on the Bay Area Music Scene September 1984
THE NEW YORK REVIEW OF BOOKS
Joseph Kerman Re: CF article on Dragon Lore in Wagner’s Ring December 1983
THE BOOSEY AND HAWKES NEWSLETTER
Re: CF Conducts Donatoni at UC Berkeley Italian Festival, Spring 1979
Various Newspaper and Magazine reviews and performances
With Ariel, A Contemporary Vocal Ensemble;
With the Composer’s Chamber Players;
Of the Berkeley Opera Chorus, CF, Chorus Director;
At Old First Concerts;
With the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players;
At the June in Buffalo Festival’
At Mills College, et cetera.
Individual Lectures and Talks by CF
S.H.A.R.P. TALK
CF makes an informal presentation of the gist of his life’s musical work
Sunset Heights Association of Responsible People, Est. 1910
Monday, August 8, 2011; SHARP Community Space
STOP PAYING THE PIED PIPER!
"Creating an Integrated Music Performance Program:
Expanding Student Knowledge and Skills Across the Classical-Vernacular Divide"
A Videoconferenced Address to the College of Arts,
University of New England, Australia, Nov. 30, 2009
For a video of this talk go to: https://christopherfulkerson.com/stopthepiedpiper.html
“On the Flying Dutchman”
1 1/2 –Hour talk for the Wagner Society of Northern Calif.
The Dollar Board Room of the San Francisco Ballet, June 7, 2003
“Why Is Wagner’s Music So Exhilaratingly Exciting?”
Two-Hour Talk on Wagner’s Tonal, Textural, and Orchestrational Devices
For the Wagner Society of Northern California
The Board Room of the San Francisco Ballet, April 28, 2001
“New Approaches to Solfege”
Lecture on Fixed Chromatic Solfege
With Performances of Duets from VOCAL MUSICIANSHIP
At the College Music Society Pacific Central Chapter Annual Conference
Stanislaus State University, March 6, 1996
“On Art and Entertainment”
To the Women’s Relief Society, Orinda, March 1989
“An Introduction to Dissonant Counterpoint”
To the UCLA Music Department, May 6, 1985
“The State of the Arts”
To the Economic Round Table, January 8, 1985
“Pre-Performance Preparation for Tension in Performance”
Paper read to the International Society for the Study of Tension in Performance
Westminster Choir College, Princeton, July 31, 1985
“Structure and Idiom in Gesualdo’s Sixth Book of Madrigals”
To the Conservatory of Music, The University of the Pacific, March 18, 1985
“Regarding Pierre Boulez”
Paper read to the UC Berkeley Music Department “Camerata,” February 1981
Published Essays, Reviews, Letters by, and Interviews with CF
At the web site see the Writings on Music page
Introductory Pages for the Online Community:
A Short Course In How to Introduce Yourself to Contemporary Music
(Including a Testimonial from and Online User)
An Open Letter to Michael Tilson Thomas
The Situation of the Modern Orpheus
Judgment Calls: An Unrepentant Modernist’s Hierarchy of Modern Composers
Short Essays On Certain Essentials of Music
My Influences
My Musical Lineage
At the Very Mention of Reading Peter Shaffer’s Play “Amadeus”
Geographical Implications of Thomas Tallis' Memory Initiation Motet SPEM IN ALIUM
How to Create and Maintain a Studio for Musical Composition
Creating "Truth Content" In Music
A Glossary of Terms I Use Perhaps Differently Than Others Do
STOP PAYING THE PIED PIPER!
A Videoconferenced Address to the College
of Arts
University of New England, Australia
Includes a Downloadable Video of
the Presentation
An Introduction to T.W. Adorno: An Essay In Progress
The Pornography of Boredom: Against Minimalism
On Reckoning a Composer's Influence
Neo-Classicism, Quotation, and Paraphrase In the Piano Music of Harold Shapero
Remembering Anthony Milner, British Composer, Catholic Knight
A Brief Biography of Anton von Webern for SmithMag on YouTube
What It Means to Be a Composer
The Cagey Mr. Cage
Inmates’ Story Intriguing
Letter in The Catholic Herald, Archdiocese of Sacramento, 10/26/1998
Fantasy Hammered Into Unity: The Art of Ariel Parkinson
WOMEN’S STUDIES, Volume 22, Number 1, 1992
One Hour With Opera America
On the Opera America Annual Convention
Commissioned for OPERA GUIDE December 1988 Issue
Eugene Onegin: A Pushkin Collage
The San Francisco Opera, Fall 1986 Program Guide
An Introduction to the Pops” and “Biographies of Pops Performers
San Francisco Symphony, Summer 1986 Program Guide
The Music of Gyorgy Kurtag
Program Note for “The First American All-Kurtag Program” (which see)
Note” excerpts of this essay appeared without acknowledgement in a New Yorker article by Andrew Porter
The Canti Lunatici of Bernard Rands
For the San Francisco Symphony Magazine, 1985
Prokofieff’s First Violin Concerto
The San Francisco Symphony Magazine, January 1984
Records Reviews
HIGH/PERFORMANCE REVIEW 1984
Program Notes for the Concerts of the Inaugural Season
The Chamber Symphony of San Francisco, 1983-84
Program Notes
Chamber Music West 1984 Season
Dragons, Sirens, and Heroes: Uncoiling the Combat Myth in Wagner’s Ring
Essay for the Pacific Northwest Wagner Festival 1983 Program Guide
Works of Peterson, Rochberg, Felciano, and Boone
Liner Notes to Granadilla Records GS-1063
The San Francisco Contemporary Music Players
EDWARD HOPPER: MUSIC OF HIS TIME
Program Guide to a series of SFCMP Concerts, February 1982
Respighi and Bennett Violin Sonata
Liner Notes to Orion Records ORS 82439
The Malan-Sutherland Duo
Understanding Contemporary Music
THE BERKELEY GRADUATE February 1982
EXPRESSIONISM IN MUSIC
A 29-page program book for a concert series given by the SFCMP
In conjunction with the Goethe Institute and the SFMOMA, January 1982
Andrew Imbrie: Piano Concerto Number Two
San Francisco Symphony Magazine, November 1981
Music as Place
THE BERKELEY GRADUATE January 1981
Also
On Planning How Fast the Words Should Go By
Schoenberg's Beethoven Quotations: Structure and Detail
Humor in the Scherzo of Beethoven's String Quartet Opus 18 #4
Sonata Principle In the Music of Wagner
On Bach's Treatment of the Minor Sixth
Notes
On Dissonant Counterpoint
A Theory of Adjunct Pitches
Why Intervals Are Not Invertible
What a Vocal Ensemble Is and How to Rehearse One
On Karl Popper's Notion of What Musical Expressionism Is
John Coltrane, Giant Steps, and Jazz
Also: numerous short program notes and reviews, particularly for concerts given by Ariel, a Contemporary Vocal Ensemble; The Composers Chamber Players; the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players; and THE BERKELEY GRADUATE
Courses of Study
A Short Course in How to Teach Yourself About Contemporary Music
A Music Theory and Sight-Singing Curriculum for the San Francisco Girls Chorus
VOCAL MUSICIANSHIP, a Three-Volume Musicianship Textbook for Ages 6 to Adult
Listening to Music, A Music Appreciation Course, for the University of California Extension
A Course In Form and Analysis
A Complete Course in the Theory and Composition of Music
Short Essays On Certain Essentials of Music Theory and History
Translation
THE RING OF THE DARKLING,
A prose-poetic translation and augmentation of Wagner's DER RING DES NIBELUNGEN, incorporating further story elements and mythological and linguistic research into Wagner's libretti, preserving the stabreim and meter while rendering the large and idiosyncratic vocabulary into idiomatic English. The character and place names are also translated.
The projected titles are:
The Pure Gold
--The War Goddess
--Valiant
--The Enshadowing of the Immortals
This work is completed through Part One, The Pure Gold
A Progress Report on the [Ring of the Darkling] Project
Translations of Poetry from Various Languages
Poems by Catullus – Walter von der Vogelweide – Trakl - Bonnefoy
Interviews
Driving San Francisco Sane, Including Quotes of CF from an Interview with Curt Sanburn
SF Weekly, June 28-July 5 2005; Volume 24, Number 22, pages 15-21
CF And His Friends to Appear at Fulkerson Hall, Interview with Wendy Butler
Artwaves Program, KHSU Radio, Arcata, May 29, 1998
CF, A Vocal Composer with Heart and Soul, Interview with Mitch Hampton
Organica Magazine, Tampa, Summer 1989
An Interview with the Composer CF, Marylin Pittman
The Wellness Program, KQED FM Radio, SF, October 3, 1988
Fulkerson Blitz, Four Hours of Music, Conversation, and Readings with Barbara Golden
Crack O'Dawn, KPFA FM Radio
Interview with Gordon Engler on "Upcoming Events"
KKHI FM Radio, SF, April 4, 1986
A Conversation with CF About His Recent Work, with Charles Amirkhanian
KPFA FM Radio, Berkeley, May 3, 1985
RESEARCH ON TOPICS OUTSIDE MUSIC
At the web site see the Other Writings page
Research In the Fine Arts and Philosophy:
Writings and Research on Classical Literature
Operation "Trojan Horse Tamer"
Who, and What, "Homer" Is
Julius Caesar and Jesus Christ: Their Relationship Across Reincarnational Divides
Aphorisms About Homer
The Rule of Silence: Dissemblance in Homer and Plato
Catullus Poems, Englished by CF
Mahadewanagari, A New Transliteration System for Sanskrit
The BhaGaWad GiiTaa, a Complete Transliteration
Online Reviews and Other Occasional Writings (See web site)
FROM DEMONSTRATION TO ASSERTION:
IMMANUEL KANT AND THE “GREAT NSTAURATION”
The Sciences of the Movements of Eons and Stellar Correspondence in the Philosophy of Kant
The Saga of Snake the Swiver (Fiction)
Poems by Christopher Fulkerson
Translations of Poetry from Various Languages
A Pushkin Collage (for the San Francisco Opera)
Jesus Christ, Porn Star: the Photos of Timothy Greenfield-Sanders
A Wonder of Philosophers: A Metadrama
Short Performance Pieces for Solo Actor
A Storm Over Chewing Gum (Fiction)
Autobiographical Writings
Fantasy Hammered Into Unity: the Art of Ariel Parkinson
Women's Studies, Volume 22, Number 1, 1992
Shakespearean Hate, Homeric Rage: When Political Policy is Expressed as Emotion
A Consensus of Four Philosophical Systems
Existence Within Cascading Interactivity
Waiting for Godwin: On Certains Patterns in Philosophy and Politics
Sex Reversal in J.R.R. Tolkein's LORD OF THE RINGS Tetrology
A Method of Omniscience
On Bad Zen
On Interpreting Stories
Against "Post-Modernism"
Against Neo-Classicism
Against "Television Ethics"
On Integrity-Point Failure
Research Outside the Fine Arts:
Aphorisms: An Ongoing Collection
RESEARCH OUTSIDE THE FINE ARTS
Essays About the San Francisco Taxi Industry
Two Glaring Republican Crimes
Two New Sciences: Time/Space Coordination; and Mechanobiology
Toward a Bonehead Course Curriculum for the University of the World
Stupid Ninja Jokes! and other Humorous Pieces
A Martian Syllabary
The History of a Scam: the "Europe Business Guide"
On the Idea of the "Double-Oh-Seven"
Remarks On the Recent Rise of Capgras Syndrome
On Fascism
On Democracy
Zero Point to Infinite Plane Reckoning in Theoretical Computer Science
HONORS AND AWARDS
At the web site see the Honors and Associations page
Grant from Ruth C. Jacobs
to Assist Preparation of the concert FIRST VIEWS OF THE FESTIVAL of May 10, 2009
Grant from the Wagner Society of Northern California to assist CF
while preparing and performing SIEGFRIED with the SF Lyric Opera, August 2000.
Recognition for Participation in the Schola Gregoriana
Tecamachalco Technological University
Puebla, Mexico, July 28, 1998
Recognition for Participation in the Schola Gregoriana
City of San Martin Texmelucan
Pueble, Mexico, July 27, 1998
Recognition for Participation in La Difusion Cultural
City of Atlixco, Pueble, Mexico
Recognition for Artistic-Cultural Activies
Atlixco House of Culture, Puebla, Mexico July 21, 1996
First Prize, Arts Project Composition Competition of
the Intercampus Cultural Exchange of the University of California (Systemwide; all campuses) 1979
This award, for the CONCERTO FOR HARSICHORD AND
SEVEN INSTRUMENTS, is the only “First” yet awarded by the entire University of California system
Two Cash Awards, totaling $15,000, from the Rex Foundation, 1989-1991
Aaron and Abby Schroeder and Margaret Lee Crofts Composer Fellow
The Tanglewood Music Festival, The Boston Symphony, 1988
Numerous Personal Grants to Assist Ariel Events
Meet the Composer Foundation
Three Travel Grants, 1985 and 1986
Composer Assistance Grant from the American Music Center
To assist performance of SCRITTI DI LEONARDO, 1983
Associate in Music, the Music Department, UC Berkeley
1977-1978 and 1979-1981
The Sandy Price Memorial Fellowship
of the University of the Pacific, 1972-1976 For Undergraduate Studies
Second Place, Mills Junior High School Speech Contest, 1968
Second Place, Mills Junior High School Speech Contest, 1967
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
The American Music Center
The Wagner Society of Northern California
Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia: former Beta Pi Chapter President
San Francisco Cab Drivers Association
United Taxicab Workers
OTHER ASSOCIATIONS
California Alumni Association
The Wagner Society of Northern California
Academy of American Poets
HOBBIES
Amateur Playreading: Meetup Group: East Bay Playreader’s Group Involves preparation and sometimes coaching
Read the roles of
Xerxes, in THE PERSIANS, by Aeschylus
Thomas More in A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS;
Richard III, Scene I (in both English and German)
Rudolf Hoess in THE NUERNBERG TRIAL
Al Manners in TROUBLE IN MIND
Trigorin in THE SEA GULL
Jason in Euripedes’ MEDEA
Reading Aloud, English and Foreign Language Poetry, Drama and Literature
Recorded performances of poetry, the Bible, and Wagner’s RING are in preparation
Ancient Classics
Cryptography (i.e., I found the bold-letter code in the dust jacket of THE DA VINCI CODE)
RECOMMENDATIONS
For a wide variety of similar letters, including from colleagues and students, see also CF’s Recommendations webpage
Elliott Carter
31 West 12th Street, New York, New York 10011
Posted at the web site:
S.R. “Dan” Beckler, Professor of Music Emeretus
The University of the Pacific
Olly Wilson, Professor of Music, Former Provost of the U.C. (510) 527-3604
500 The Alameda, Berkeley, California 94707
George Buckbee, Professor of Music, Former Conservatory Dean, Ret.
Krouvintie 2.B.14, Siuntio 02580, Finland
The Right Reverend James L. Jelinek, Bishop of Minnesota
(612) 871-5311; Fax (612) 871-0552
Suite 201, 1730 Clifton Place, Minneapolis, Minn. 55403-3242
SCORES AND RECORDINGS ON DEPOSIT
At the web site see the Scores In Research Collections page
The New York Public Library
The American Music Collection
Contact: George Boziwick, Curator
(212) 870-1647
GBoziwick@NYPL.Org
Bibliotheque Bozidar Kantuser
Centre International d’Information de Musique Contemporaine
Conservatoire Superior de Paris
Mediatheque Hector Berlioz
Telephone 01 44 70 64 21 Fax: 01 43 87 82 01
Didier Duclos, President; Jacques Taddei, Director
www.conservatoiresup-paris.com
WEBLINKS
At the web site see the Home page
Website: ChristopherFulkerson.com
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