Curriculum Vitae
EDUCATION
BALL STATE UNIVERSITY, Muncie, Indiana
Doctor of Arts, July 2012
*Primary emphasis: Choral Conducting
*Secondary emphasis: Music Education
*Studied with Dr. Jeffrey Pappas and Dr. Doug Amman
*Vocal training with Joseph Leavitt
*Dissertation: “The TTBB Transcription Techniques of Ralph Vaughan Williams: With a Transcription of Dona Nobis Pacem for Men’s Chorus”
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, Los Angeles, California
Master of Music, May 2002
*Emphasis in choral music
*Studied with Dr. William Dehning, Dr. David Wilson, and Dr. Lynn Bielefelt
*Vocal training with Jonathan Mack
THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, Columbus, Ohio
Bachelor of Music Education, June 1991
*Emphasis in choral and general music education
*Studied with James Gallagher and Maurice Casey
*Vocal training Robin Rice and Helen Swank
*Certified to teach choral, general, and instrumental music, grades K-12
COLLEGIATE TEACHING EXPERIENCE
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-WHITEWATER, Whitewater, Wisconsin, 2008-2010
Instructor of Choral Music Education
*Conductor of Meistersingers Men’s Chorus and Main Street Vocal Jazz Ensemble
*Musical Director for Urinetown, 2010
*Instructor of Secondary Choral Methods
*Instructor of Introduction to Music Education
*Instructor of Class Voice and Private Voice
*Supervisor of choral student teachers
ST. CHARLES COMMUNITY COLLEGE, St. Peters, Missouri, 2006-2007
Associate Professor of Music, filled sabbatical leave
*Conductor of Show Choir, Chamber Choir, and SCC Singers
*Instructor of Conducting
*Instructor of Music Theory I-IV
*Instructor of Ear Training/Aural Skills I-IV
*Voice Instructor
BALL STATE UNIVERSITY, Muncie, Indiana, 2004-2006
Doctoral Choral Teaching Assistantship
*Conductor of Ball State University Statesmen, Women’s Chorus, and Choral Union
*Instructor of Music Theory 101 and 202 (Aural Skills)
*Instructor of Music History 100 (Music Appreciation)
*Internship teaching Conducting 390 (Advanced Choral Conducting)
*Externship conducting the St. Joseph’s College Concert Choir and Vocal Jazz Ensemble (Rensselaer, IN)
*Graduate Assistant Conductor of Ball State University Singers
SECONDARY MUSIC TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Ten years experience teaching high school choir in Ohio, Illinois, California, and New Jersey (1991-1999, 2002-2004)
*Directed traditional concert choirs, women’s choruses, and men’s choruses
*Directed competitive show choirs and vocal Jazz ensembles
*Produced multiple madrigal dinners, show choir competitions, and choral festivals
*Taught Music Appreciation, Music Technology, Voice Class, and Drama
*Served as music director for school musical productions
*Directed two marching bands, a concert band, and a jazz band
RELATED EXPERIENCE
Walt Disney Company, Anaheim, California, 2002, 2011-2012
*Attractions Host at Disneyland Resort
Universal Studios Hollywood, Universal City, California, 2001, 2011
*Admissions Host, Ticket Seller
Culver City Presbyterian Church, Culver City, California, 2001-2002
*Director of Music
Caballeros: The Gay Men’s Chorus of Palm Springs, Palm Springs, California, 2000-2001
*Artistic Director, 50-voice men’s chorus
DISTINCTIONS & SERVICE
*Men’s Chorus Conductor for Statewide Singing in Wisconsin Choral Festival, 2009
*Clinician at Rock Valley Choral Festival, Wisconsin, 2009
*Clinician at Indiana Choral Director’s Association Summer Conference,2006
*Served on ICDA Notations Editorial Board, 2004
*Choral and vocal adjudicator in California, Indiana, Missouri, and Wisconsin
*Member of ACDA, MENC, IMC, GALA, and CMS
Repertoire List
SATB Choral Repertoire
RENAISSANCE
John Bennett
Weep O Mine Eyes
William Byrd
Ave Verum Corpus
John Dowland
Come Again Sweet Love
Claudio Monteverdi
Sfogava con le Stella
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Alma Redemptoris Mater
Sicut Cervus
Tomas Luis de Victoria
Jesu Dulcis Memoria
O Magnum Mysterium
BAROQUE
Johann Sebastian Bach
Kyrie, from Mass in B-minor
George Frideric Handel
For Unto Us a Child is Born, from Messiah
Sing Unto God, from Judas Maccabeus
Hans Leo Hassler
Cantate Domino
Antonio Lotti
Crucifixus
Giovanni Battista Martini
Domine, ad Adjuvandum Me
Michael Praetorius
Psallite
Alessandro Scarlatti
Exultate Deo
Antonio Vivaldi
Gloria
CLASSICAL
Franz Joseph Haydn
Gloria, from Heiligmesse
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Ave Verum Corpus
Kyrie Eleison
Requiem
ROMANTIC
Johannes Brahms
Liebeslieder Waltzer, Op. 52
Sehnsucht
Anton Bruckner
Ave Maria
Pavel Chesnokov
Salvation is Created
Gabriel Faure
Cantique de Jean Racine
Requiem
Felix Mendelssohn
Verlieh uns Frieden
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Ave Maria
Gioachino Rossini
Cum Sancto Spiritu
Franz Schubert
Heilig
20th CENTURY EUROPEAN
Benjamin Britten
Ceremony of Carols
Choral Dances from Gloriana
Bob Chilcott
Greensleeves
Francis Poulenc
Gloria
Folke Rabe
Rondes
Roy Ringwald
Battle Hymn of the Republic
Precious Lord, Take My Hand
John Rutter
Gloria
Requiem
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Dona Nobis Pacem
Five Mystical Songs
20th CENTURY AMERICAN
Radol Alan Bass
Gloria
Jean Berger
My Days are Like an Evening Shadow
Leonard Bernstein
Chichester Psalms
Mass
Missa Brevis
Rene Clausen
All That Hath Life and Breath
The Water is Wide
John Corgliano
Fern Hill
William Dawson
Everytime I Feel the Spirit
Soon-Ah-Will Be Done
Norman Dello Joio
Come to Me, My Love
A Jubilant Song
Cecil Effinger
Four Pastorales
James Erb
Shenandoah
Daniel Gawthrop
Sing Me to Heaven
Jester Hairston
Amen
Elijah Rock
Moses Hogan
Basin Street Blues
Elijah Rock
Gail Kubik
Polly Wolly Doodle
Morten Lauridsen
Dirait-On
O Magnum Mysterium
Norman Luboff
All My Trials
Stile Nacht
Randall Thompson
Frostiana
The Last Words of David
Mack Wilberg
Cindy
Three Scottish Folksongs
TTBB Choral Repertoire
RENAISSANCE
John Dowland
Come Again Sweet Love
Thomas Morley
April is in My Mistress Face
Lodovico Grossi da Viadana
Exultate Justi
Tomas Luis de Victoria
Ave Maria
Jesu Dulcis Memoria
BAROQUE
George Frideric Handel
Hallelujah, Amen
Swell the Full Chorus
Antonio Lotti
Crucifixus
Michael Praetorius
Sing dem Herrn
Antonio Vivaldi
In Memoria Aeterna
CLASSICAL
Ludwig van Beethoven
Hallelujah, from Mount of Olives
How Lovely is Thy Dwelling Place
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Adoramus Te Christe
ROMANTIC
Anton Bruckner
Ave Maria
Gabriel Faure
Cantique de Jean Racine
Edvard Grieg
Brothers Sing On
Giacomo Puccini
Nessun Dorma
Pavel Chesnokov
Salvation Belongeth to Our God
20th CENTURY
Randol Alan Bass
Gloria
Franz Biebl
Ave Maria
Pablo Casals
O Vos Omnes
Michael Cox
Praise Him
William Dawson
Ain’-a That Good News
Soon-Ah-Will Be Done
Emma Lou Diemer
O Come Let Us Sing Unto the Lord
Maurice Durufle
Sanctus, from Requiem
Fenno Heath
Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child
Ron Jeffers
Waiting for the Dawn of Peace
Peter Knight
You Are the New Day
Morten Lauridsen
O Magnum Mysterium
David Maddux
Michael’s Letter to Mama
George Mead
Down in the Valley
Ron Nelson
Behold Man
Kent Newbury
Shenandoah
Thomas Pasatieri
Mornings Innocent
William Henry Smith
Ride the Chariot
Peter Sozio
El Yivneh Hagalil
David Stocker
Whistle, Maggie, Whistle
Randall Thompson
The Last Words of David
The Pasture
Stopping by Woods
Wendell Whalum
Betelehemu
Mack Wilberg
Cindy
SSA Choral Repertoire
RENAISSANCE
Thomas Morley
Fire, Fire My Heart
Giuseppe Pitoni
Cantate Domino
Tomas Luis da Victoria
Ave Maria
Thomas Weelkes
Come Now, My Dearest Jewel
The Nightengale
BAROQUE
Johann Sebastian Bach
Domine Deus
George Frederic Handel
Awak the Trumpet’s Lofty Sound
Georg Phillip Telemann
Praise Ye the Lord
CLASSICAL
Franz Joseph Haydn
Gloria, from Heiligmesse
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Laudate Dominum, from Vesperae Solennes de Confessore
ROMANTIC
Luigi Cherubini
Veni, Jesu
Gabriel Faure
Tantum Ergo
Felix Mendelssohn
Lift Thine Eyes
Artur Sullivan
Finale from The Gondoliers
20th CENTURY
Ernani Aguiar
Salmo 150
Ruth Artman
Stopping by Woods
Benjamin Britten
This Little Babe
Eugene Butler
Glorificamus Te
Pablo Casals
Nigra Sum
Stephen Hatfield
Las Amarillas
Ron Jeffers
Le Sommeil de l’Enfant Jesus
Gail Kubik
Oh, Dear What Can the Matter Be
John Leavitt
The Bells
Donald Patriquin
Ah Si Mon Moine Voulait Danser
Paul Sjolund
Kumbaya
Stephen Sondheim
Johanna, from Sweeney Todd
Randall Thompson
Come In
A Girl’s Garden
Brian Trant
Battle of Jericho
Media
Rehearsal Video ~ Vocalises
Ball State University Statesmen
Rehearsal Video ~ Halleljuah Chorus
Ball State University Statesmen
Rehearsal Video ~ Crucifixus
Ball State University Statesmen
Rehearsal Video ~ Mornings Innocent
Ball State University Statesmen
Hallelujah Chorus from Mount of Olives ~ Ludwig van Beethoven
Ball State University Statesmen
Crucifixus ~ Antonio Lotti
Ball State University Statesmen
“What If” Stephen Sondheim wrote Santa Claus is Coming to Town and Jerry Herman wrote We Three Kings
Caballeros and GMCLA
USC Recital Chorus
Liebeslieder Walzer #9 Johannes Brahms http://youtu.be/7qyqeFcf66w
Cum Sancto Spiritu (excerpts) Gioacchino Rossini http://youtu.be/GdZOD5Hp4ds
Recommendations
I feel that Ken will be a great asset to any music program he chooses to work with. But beware, the energy and excitement this young man has for creating music
and educating musicians is infectious.
-Professor Gene Ditch, St. Charles Community College
Ken is a gifted musician as well as a caring-sharing educator who has a holistic perspective on what is wanted-and-needed by today ís college age students.
-Dr. Tim Lautzenheiser
His depth of musical knowledge and experience, his ability to relate positively to his students, and the contagious enthusiasm and joy for music and learning he brings to his students make him an invaluable asset to any music department!
-Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Brown, Hart choir parents
“My observation of Ken is that he is talented, diligent, and visionary. He took what was a fledgling organization and turned it into a dynamic chorus. He planned the concert season far in advance, intelligently selected music, and respected the budget of a struggling company. He was instrumental in giving our chorus immediate direction and a vision for future seasons. It was a privilege to work with him. I highly recommend him, and believe he will be a great asset to your program.
-Michael O’Keefe, Caballeros Board President
It is enjoyable to watch Ken as he seemingly attacks a lesson. He moves about; modeling, demonstrating, giving cues, and checking for student understanding. His knowledge and expertise in the area of vocal music are noteworthy. He demonstrates a level of enthusiasm for the vocal music program that is refreshing.
-Principal Don Kuntz, Stebbins High School
One only has to converse on a small level with Mr. Harned to know and feel his overwhelming desire to work with these talented young people. His ideas seem endless and energizing!
-Mrs. Lynda Smith, Hart choir parent
“Ken seems to approach life and work with zest and a seriousness of purpose tempered by a lively sense of humor. I wholeheartedly recommend him to you as a candidate for your position.”
-Dr. Charles A. Grover, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
