Lois Ferrari Associate Professor of Music DMA, Eastman School of Music,   University of Rochester BM, MM, Ithaca College School of Music Location: FAC BHall Phone: 512-863-1354 Music Department Home Page

ACADEMIC POSITIONS HELD Southwestern University, 1993-present Associate Professor of Music Eastman School of Music, 1991-1993 Doctoral Fellow Marcus Whitman High School (Rushville, NY), 1989-1991 Band Director Ithaca College School of Music, 1987-1989 Graduate Assistant Wisdom Lane Middle School (Levittown, NY), 1984-1987 Band and Orchestra Director   CAREER & PROFESSIONAL AWARDS Full Doctoral Fellowship - Eastman School of Music Full Graduate Assistantship - Ithaca College School of Music Conducting Fellowship - University of South Carolina Conductorsí Institute Finalist - Frederick Fennell Young Conductorsí Competitions Emerson Academic Scholarship - Ithaca College Regents Academic Scholarship - Ithaca College and SUNY at Albany   RESEARCH AREAS Conducting Music Study at Liberal Arts Colleges   PRESENTATIONS & PUBLICATIONS Hosted session on Wind Orchestration for Donald Hunsberger and Mark Rogers at the Eastman Wind Ensemble 50th Anniversary Celebration, Eastman School of Music (2002) Conducted works for Chosen Gems of the Wind Band Literature sessions at CBDNA national conferences (1997 and 2001) Invited by Institut für Musikethnologie (Graz, Austria) to present DMA paper at the WASBE International Conference (Hamamatsu, Japan 1995) "That's No Lady...That's the Conductor!" -- BD Guide "Stop Buying Junk!" -- BD Guide   PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY HIGHLIGHTS Austin Civic Orchestra - Music Director, 2001-present 2003 CBDNA Small College Intercollegiate Band - Chair   GUEST CONDUCTING Coe College Symphonic Winds Houston All-Region Band SU Faculty Chamber Soloists Austin All-City Band Eastman Chorale Rochester Music Educators' Wind Band   MORE INFORMATION For more information, see the Music Department's Home Page