Verena Moesenbichler-Bryant
| Title: | Director, Duke Wind Symphony |
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| Email Address: | verena.m@duke.edu |
Education
- DMA University of Texas at Austin, 2009
- MMus Michigan State University, 2007
Research Interests
Verena Moesenbichler serves as Visiting Assistant Professor of the Practice of Music and Director of the Duke University Wind Symphony.
Verena grew up in Eberschwang, Austria. She began piano lessons at the age of 6, continuing later with church organ, flute, and bassoon.
Her conducting debut at age 16 was followed by a three-year fundamental conducting course taught by Johann Mösenbichler. Verena Mösenbichler then studied conducting for symphony orchestra with Ingo Ingensand at the Anton Bruckner Private University in Linz, Upper Austria, and received her bachelor degree, with distinction, in 2005. She completed her Master of Music in 2007 with Kevin Sedatole at Michigan State University. Verena graduated in May 2009 with her DMA in Wind Ensemble Conducting from The University of Texas at Austin where her principal conducting teacher was Jerry Junkin.
Professional engagements have included three years as the conductor of the Hofkirchen community band, conducting the youth band of Eberschwang, and she currently serves as Executive Director of the World Youth Wind Orchestra Project, the international youth orchestra of the annual Mid-Europe festival in Schladming, Austria (www.mideurope.at).
In 2003, Verena won the prestigious conducting scholarship of the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra, and has participated in conducting workshops with Ray Cramer, Dennis Johnson and Glenn Price.
Verena Mösenbichler has given solo performances on piano and organ, such as Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue with the Euregio Band in Germany and Bach’s Toccata & Fugue in d-minor in the Basilika of Ottobeuren.
Other teachers and mentors have included John L. Whitwell (retired Director of Bands, Michigan State Univ.), John T. Madden (Associate Director of Bands and Director of the MSU Marching Band), Robert Carnochan (Director of the Longhorn Band, Associate Director of Bands and Associate Professor of Music at The University of Texas at Austin), and Leon Gregorian (Director of orchestras, MSU).
Teaching (Fall 2009):
- Music 70.01, Music, sound, and style
Synopsis
- Biddle 104, TuTh 02:50 PM-04:05 PM
- Music 101.01, Wind symphony
- Baldwin, TuTh 07:30 PM-09:30 PM
Teaching (Spring 2010):
- music 101.01, Wind symphony
Synopsis
- Baldwin, TuTh 07:30 PM-09:30 PM
- Music 126s.01, The art of performance
Synopsis
- Biddle 086, F 11:55 AM-02:25 PM
Recent Professional Work:
Performances:
- Concert # 3 with the Duke University Wind Symphony, Baldwin Auditorium, November 19, 2009
"MADE IN AMERICA" This program included significant compositions by American composers, such as "America, the Beautiful" by Samuel Augustus Ward (arranged for wind band by Carmen Dragon), Steven Bryant's "Bloom", four movements from Bennett's "Suite of Old American Dances", Overture to "Candide" by Leonard Bernstein (arr. Walter Beeler), Persichetti's "Symphony for Band", "Undertow" by John Mackey, and an encore featuring John Philip Sousa's "Stars and Stripes forever". - Concert # 2 (Parents' weekend) with the Duke University Wind Symphony, Duke Chapel, October 24, 2009
This concert was a shared performance between the Duke Chorale, the Duke Symphony Orchestra, and the Duke University Wind Symphony. The Duke Wind Symphony performed four dances from Susato's "The Danserye." In this performance we used them as frame pieces. We started the concert with “La Morisque” from "The Danserye" followed by a transcription for wind band of Magnum Mysterium by Morten Lauridsen. Two more Susato Dances followed: “Ronde & Salterelle” & “Ronde & Aliud." We continued with "Bloom" by Steven Bryant, who attended the concert that night. We concluded with a final "Danserye" movement: “Pavane: La Battaille.” - Concert # 1 with the Duke University Wind Symphony, Baldwin Auditorium, 2009/10/01
This was my premiere concert with the Duke University Wind Symphony. We opened the concert with a selection of dances from Susato's "The Danserye" which were composed in 1551, and transcribed for wind band in 2001. Two original works for wind band followed: Gustav Holst's "Second Suite in F" and Ralph Vaughan Williams' "English Folk Song Suite." The second half of the concert consisted of William Walton's "Crown Imperial," followed by the two most difficult works on our program: Donald Grantham's "Southern Harmony" and Paul Hindemith's "March" from his "Symphonic Metamorphosis."