( Chicago grad composer GREGG MEDLEY  VS.  MICHAEL SCHELLE )


TEACHING HISTORY

2000 - present: Distinguished Professor of Music, Composer in Residence,
Director of Composition Studies; Professor of Music (composition / theory / history);
Founder / Director of the JCFA Composers Orchestra. (New Music Ensemble).
Coordinator / Professor:  Film Music History and Film Music Composition studies.
Jordan College of Fine Arts, School of Music, Butler University, Indianapolis, IN

1993 - 1999: Professor of Music - Composer in Residence Director of Composition Studies;
professor of music (composition/theory/music history); Founder/Director of the JCFA New Music Ensemble / JCFA Composers Orchestra. Coordinator/Professor: Film Music History and Film Music Composition studies. Jordan College of Fine Arts, Butler University

1985 - 1992: Associate Professor of Music - Composer in Residence (tenured 1986)
Director of Composition Studies; professor of music (composition / theory / music history);
Founder / Director of the JCFA New Music Ensemble / JCFA Composers Orchestra. Jordan College of Fine Arts, School of Music, Butler University, Indianapolis, IN

1979 - 1984: Assistant Professor of Music - School of Music, Butler University Composition,
theory, orchestration, graduate theory/analysis, new music ensemble

1978 - 1979: Visiting Guest Composer / Professor - Carleton College Department of Music,
Carleton College, Northfield, MN. - visiting professor for composition and orchestration

1978 - 2006: Visiting Guest Composer - extended mini-professorships at dozens of colleges, universities, etc. from New York City to Los Angeles (see Guest Composer)

1974 - 1978: Graduate Teaching Fellowships / Assistantships: Hartt School of Music
(University of Hartford) and the University of Minnesota (Instructor/Teaching Associate)


COMPOSITION AT BUTLER UNIVERSITY

Single teacher / advisor for all programs and courses in music composition (1980 – 2000)
Coordinator of Music Composition  (2000 - present)
School of Music, College of Fine Arts, Butler University, Indianapolis, IN
Introduction to Composition, Undergraduate and Graduate Composition
Advanced Composition and Thesis (M.M. in Composition)

An average academic year includes:
10 - 12 full-time undergraduate composition majors, 7 - 9 graduate composition majors

In 2000 we hired a 2nd composer (Frank Felice) as my program had grown too large

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MUSIC COURSES TAUGHT (Butler University, 1980 - present):

Theory / History / Analysis (music majors): History of Film Music, Music Since 1950, Advanced Contemporary Music Analysis, Structures of Music Theory (graduate), History
of Rock and Roll, Counterpoint (16th, 18th and 20th century), Advanced Counterpoint, Orchestration, Advanced Orchestration, Introduction to Electronic Music, Advanced graduate seminars in the music of Stravinsky, Bartok, Ives, Berg, Wagner and various seminars in contemporary music . . .

Inter-disciplinary JCFA / cross-campus offerings: Music Literature (survey), Aesthetics (literature, theatre, music, film, dance, visual arts, philosophy), "1913" (university-wide honors course), The Birth of the Modern: The Arts and Society in Vienna from 1890 to 1918 (offered in conjunction with the Indianapolis Museum of Art, summer, 1994)


BUTLER COMPOSITION STUDENTS (majors - BM, MM):                                                      
B.M. - Approx. 3 to 4 freshman accepted into the competitive program each year.  I have drawn regularly from the Great Lakes region, both coasts, (NY, NJ, PA, VA, CA, WA, OR),
New England, and have had composition majors from Argentina, China, Manila, London, Tokyo, Costa Rica, Chile, Canada, Macedonia, etc.

M.M. - The students in the Graduate Composition program are rarely regional and / or
Butler alum, but usually come from the "outside" - including recent graduate students from Oberlin, Grinnell, Bowdoin College,  Pamona College, Redlands, New York City, Long Island, NY, New Jersey, Connecticut, Boston, California, Minnesota, Florida, Wyoming, Alabama, Iowa, Washington D.C., Washington State, California, West Virginia, Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, Japan, Thailand, Taiwan, Brazil, China, Canada . . .


BUTLER COMPOSERS (AFTER BUTLER):                        

My 150+ BM / MM composers have been accepted (most with graduate teaching fellowships / assistantships) into advanced composition programs (MM, PhD, DMA) at many prestigious institutions across the U.S. including Cornell University, the University of Michigan, Cleveland Institute of Music, Indiana University, Boston University, Princeton University, University of Southern California (DMA and the USC Film Scoring Program), University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Duke University, University of Chicago, NYU (New York University), SUNY Buffalo, SUNY Stony Brook, The Ohio State University, Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, UCLA, the Hartt School of Music, Peabody Conservatory of Music, University of Minnesota, University of Wisconsin, University of Maryland, Northwestern University, Florida State Univ., University of Texas-Austin, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Carnegie Mellon University, UMASS, UCONN, Duquesne University, University of Pittsburgh, University of Oregon, University of Washington-Seattle, Ithaca College, Syracuse...

Five of my students have been awarded Fulbright Scholar awards for graduate study abroad and, in the late 1990's a Butler composer was awarded the prestigious 2-year Davies-Jackson Scholarship (in national competition) for the music composition program at Oxford -  Cambridge, England.

Since 1991, 3 composition students have been awarded the prestigious Presser Scholarship, our music school's highest academic honor. After final degrees, Butler composers enjoy active careers as university teachers and professional composers across the country and abroad . . .

Back  (Frank Felice,  Michael Schelle)
Front  (Miho Sasaki,  Elvis Costello,  Biljana Bozinovska)


UNIVERSITY HONORS / AWARDS:

Professional Excellence Program (PEP) Award (Spring, 2000 - retirement)

  • single (one) college-wide university faculty member selected (by large committee) to receive this highly competitive ‘lifetime achievement’ award - increases base salary by 10%, forever.

Butler University Faculty Fellowships / Grants - awarded in university-wide competition
1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006

Many invited university speaking engagements, including guest speaker
for the university-wide Freshman Orientation Convocation Address
(September, 1988 - Clowes Memorial Hall)

Sabbatical Leaves (spring, 1988; spring, 1995; spring, 2002)

Promotion to Full Professor of Music - 1993

JORDAN COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS COMMITTEES:

  • JCFA Professional Standards Committee (elected position):  [15 academic years since 1980, including many chair and co-chair positions]
  • Coordinator: Division of Music Theory, History and Composition, 1997 – 2001
  • Appointed JCFA Theory/History/Composition Department Evaluator (since 1991 . . . )
  • JCFA Graduate Council
  • JCFA Dean Search Committee co-chair (1986/87)
  • JCFA University Symphony Orchestra Music Director Search Committee (1990/91)
  • JCFA Director of Bands Search Committee co-chair (1991/92)
  • JCFA Violin Search Committee chair (1992/93)
  • JCFA Theory Search Committee chair (1995/96)
  • JCFA Horn Search Committee co-chair (1996/97)
  • JCFA Bassoon Search Committee co-chair (1996/97)
  • JCFA Doublebass Search Committee co-chair (1996/97)
  • JCFA Composition Search Committee chair (1997/98)
  • JCFA Theory Search Committee co-chair (1998/99)
  • JCFA Dean Search Committee (2000/01)
  • JCFA University Symphony Orchestra Music Director/Conductor Search Committee (2001/02)
  • JCFA Pianist Search Committee chair (Spring, 2004)
  • JCFA Renovated Robertson Recital Hall Gala Grand Opening Planning Committee (Fall, 2004)
  • JCFA School of Music Director / Music Dept. Chair Search Committee (2005/06)
  • JCFA Theory Search Committee co-chair  (2007/08)

PRINCIPAL UNIVERSITY COMMITTEE WORK:

  • Clowes Memorial Hall Advisory Council     
  • University Grievance Committee (2002 - 2004) 
  • Learning Resources Committee (university libraries)  
  • University Sabbatical Leaves Committee   
  • University Faculty Affairs Committee                 
  • University Graduate Council         
  • University Professional Standards Committee (13 times since 1980)     
  • Holcomb Research Foundation Grants Committee


OTHER ACADEMIC / PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES, HONORS

NATIONAL

  • "Who's Who in American Music" - since 1984 Edition
  • Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians - since 1984 Edition 
  • Pulitzer Prize nominee (1994) for Spirits (30' orchestral work)                                nominated by the Indianapolis Star newspaper
  • Pulitzer Prize nominee (1988) for Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra                         - nominated by Broadcast Music, Inc. BMI
  • October 1999 - July 2000: numerous radio and television appearances / interviews (NPR, APR, commercial stations) across the country in conjunction with the 1999 international release of my 440 page film music book, The Score (Silman-James Press, Los Angeles) including:  CNN Headline News TV (Los Angeles studios - national feed),    WNBC-FM (New York City studios), Numerous book signings (Borders, Tower Records, Barnes & Noble, etc.) in New York City, Los Angeles, and across the Midwest        Interviewed / reviewed for numerous newspapers, magazines across the US, abroad 
  • Featured composer presentation: WASBE (World Association of Symphonic Band and Ensembles), Manchester, England - July, 1995: "The Wind Band Music of Michael Schelle"
  • American Society of University Composers/Society of Composers - Region V co-chair (1984 - 1996)
  • College Music Society - Chair, National Advisory Council for Composition (1984 - 1989)
  • Finalist: 1992 International Society for Humor Studies poetry competition
  • ISHS conference, Paris, FR - summer, 1992
  • "Distinguished Composer of the Year" - national award/recognition - awarded by MTNA - Music Teachers National Association, 1989/90
  • Advisory Council - Arts Centers & Schools: Partnership in Arts Education sponsored by the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, D. C. - since 1992
  • Consultant/Editor - Minuscule University Press, Inc. - Living Music, Inc., Los Angeles (since 1992)
  • Sigma Alpha Iota (national music organization) - Artist Associate Honorary Induction, 1988. Profiled (since 1982) in the annual "American Composer Update" issue of Sigma Alpha Iota's PanPipes magazine.
  • Alumni "Citation of Recognition" - awarded at the annual Alumni Banquet; Hartt School of Music, University of Hartford, Hartford, CT (1985
  • Judge: Advisory Committee (chair): Arts Midwest "Meet the Composer" program - MN, 1993
  • Judge: 33rd Annual BMI Awards to Student Composers. New York City, 1985
  • Judge: 2nd Annual "Music in the Mountains" National Competition for New Orchestral Works (New York City, 1986)
  • Judge: for numerous national arts organizations and university-sponsored composition competitions including the CMS National Composition Council, etc.

INDIANA STATE

  • December 31, 2001: Schelle Violin Concerto Best Concert of the Year - The Indianapolis Star (newspaper) names the December 5, 2001 Ronen Chamber Ensemble concert (at the Indiana Historical Society) the BEST CLASSICAL CONCERT OF 2001 - this concert featured Schelle's 3-movement concerto for solo violin and chamber orchestra, Play Us Chastity on Your Violin (1984), composer conducting.
  • Indiana Arts Commission - member: state advisory council (1990 - 1995)
  • Guest Speaker - Indiana Orchestra Consortium Annual Conference: 11/92; 1/94
  • Guest Speaker (with Allen Ginsberg) - Clowes Memorial Hall, Indianapolis - October, 1991
  • Keynote address - Indiana Alliance for Arts Education state conference, 1989
  • Keynote address - Freshman Orientation Convocation, Butler University, 1988
  • Keynote address - Indiana Humanities Council state conference, 1988   - with subsequent publication by Indiana University Press
  • Featured Guest Composer: Second Annual Festival of Indiana Music – October, 1993
  • Guest Lecturer - "Words on Music" (pre-concert talks, Indianapolis Symphony) - many times.
  • Contributing author/writer - Arts Indiana magazine (state-wide publication) - since 1992
  • Indiana Arts Commission Publicity Film: selected (as the single artist representing all Indiana creative artists) to appear with Indianapolis Mayor Hudnut and Indiana Gov. Orr in an Indiana Arts Commission publicity film - 1988
  • Selected for Indianapolis Magazine's "40 Important People Under 40" article (state-wide selection from the arts, sports, business, etc.), 1985
  • "Who's Who Among Indiana Scholars" - a 1984 survey conducted by the Indianapolis Star
  • Editorial Committee - Arts Indiana (monthly state arts magazine) - since 1992
  • Restaurant Critic (Indianapolis Broad Ripple Gazette) - monthly, December 1987 - 1995
  • Judge: Indiana Arts Commission grants and "Presenter Touring Programs", 1987, 1989, 1991
  • Judge: Indiana Federation of Music Clubs Composition Contest -annually: 1987 - present
  • Judge: 2nd Annual Carmichael Awards - Indiana University School of Music, 1988
  • Board of Directors: Indianapolis Symphonic Winds
  • Board of Advisors: Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra