Dr. Daniel Taddie
Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the Faculty
Office: 105 Mabee Administration Building
Phone: (479) 979-1430
E-Mail: dtaddie@ozarks.edu
Dr. Daniel Taddie was appointed Vice President for Academic Affairs in July 2002 at Ozarks. Now, he serves as the Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the Faculty.
Dr. Taddie received a B.A. in Applied Music from Marycrest College in 1971. He received a M.A. and M.F.A. in Vocal Performance from the University of Iowa in 1973 and 1974, respectively. Dr. Taddie also received his Ph.D. in Musicology from the University of Iowa in 1984.
Dr. Taddie has published many articles and essays about vocal performance and music.
Dr. Taddie’s entire resume can be viewed below.
Daniel Taddie
EDUCATION
Summer 2004 Harvard University Cambridge, Massachusetts
Institute for Educational Management
Summer 1994 University of Kentucky Lexington, Kentucky
James Still Fellowship for independent research and study of American Music
Summer 1989 Dartmouth College Hanover, New Hampshire
Fellowship for National Endowment for Humanities Summer Seminar, "Literature and Music," directed by Steven Paul Scher
Summer 1986 Princeton University Princeton, New Jersey
Fellowship for National Endowment for Humanities Summer Seminar, "Verdi and the Playwrights," directed by Harold S. Powers
1977-79, 1984 University of Iowa Iowa City, Iowa
Ph.D., Musicology
Dissertation: "Scale": An Historical Study of Musical Terminology and Concepts
Awarded Rita Benton Prize in Musicology for Outstanding Dissertation
1973-74 University of Iowa Iowa City, Iowa
M.F.A., Vocal Performance
Thesis: Performance of Selected Cycles and Songs for the Tenor Voice
1971-73 University of Iowa Iowa City, Iowa
M.A., Vocal Performance
Thesis: Performance of Selected Vocal Literature for the Tenor Voice
1967-71 Marycrest College Davenport, Iowa
B.A., Applied Music
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2002-present University of the Ozarks Clarksville, Arkansas
Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the Faculty
(N.B.: July 2004-June 2005, title was Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the
Faculty; July 2002-June 2004, title was Vice President for Academic Affairs)
1999-2002 Columbus State University Columbus, Georgia
Director, Schwob School of Music, and Professor of Music; tenured 2002
(N.B.: July 1999-December 2000, title was Chair, Schwob Department of Music, and Professor of Music)
1990-99 Maryville College Maryville, Tennessee
Chair, Division of Fine Arts, and Sheila Sutton Hunter Professor of Music; tenured, 1992
1983-90 Bethel College McKenzie, Tennessee
Professor, 1988-90; tenured, 1986; Associate Professor, 1984-88; Assistant Professor, 1983-84
1979-83 Mississippi County Community College Blytheville, Arkansas
(now called Arkansas Northeastern College) Instructor
January 1978-July 1979 University of Iowa Iowa City, Iowa
Teaching Assistant in Musicology
1975-77 Upper Iowa University Fayette, Iowa
Adjunct Instructor
1974-77 Luther College Decorah, Iowa
Adjunct Instructor
1973-74 University of Iowa Iowa City, Iowa
Teaching Assistant in Voice
1971-72 University of Iowa Iowa City, Iowa
Teaching Assistant in Music Theory
SCHOLARY WORK
- "Scale and Gamut: Historical Definitions and Concepts" -- published in Minds Playing: A Festschrift for W. T. Atcherson, ed. J. E. Hatmaker (Iowa City: Flenzo, 2006), 13-50.
- “Solmization, Scale, and Key in Nineteenth-Century Four-Shape Tunebooks: Theory and Practice” -- published in American Music 14, no. 1 (Spring 1996): 42-64; earlier draft read at CMS Southern Chapter Meeting (25 February 1995, Clarksville, Tennessee)
- “Fêtes galantes, Set I: Verlaine, Debussy, and the Fusion of the Arts” -- published in the Yearbook of Interdisciplinary Studies in the Fine Arts 3 (May 1992): 501-29; presented as part of a panel at M/MLA Meeting (16 November 1991, Chicago, Illinois); earlier drafts read at AMS South-Central Chapter Meeting (30 March 1990, Lexington, Kentucky) and at NEH Summer Seminar “Literature and Music” (3 August 1989, Hanover, New Hampshire)
- “’The Devil, You Say’: Reflections on Verdi’s and Boito’s Iago” -- published in The Opera Quarterly 7, no. 1 (Spring 1990): 52-71; earlier draft read at NEH Summer Seminar “Verdi and the Playwrights” (11 August 1986, Princeton, New Jersey)
- “Musicological Approaches to Teaching Undergraduate Music History” -- paper read at CMS National Meeting (22-25 October 1998, San Juan, Puerto Rico); earlier draft read at CMS Southern Chapter Meeting (15 February 1997, Miami, Florida)
- “Historical Usage of the Terms Scala and Gamma to Designate Aspects of a Tone System” -- paper read at AMS South-Central Chapter Meeting (4 April 1992, Carrollton, Georgia) and at CMS Southern Chapter Meeting (1 March 1991, Auburn, Alabama)
- “Othello and Otello: An Interdisciplinary Unit in the Humanities for the General College Student” -- paper read at CMS Southern Chapter Meeting (11 March 1988, Nashville, Tennessee)
- “Greek and Medieval Roots of a Reformer’s Views on Music: Martin Luther’s Preface to Georg Rhau’s Symphoniae iucundae” -- paper read at AMS South-Central Chapter Meeting (12 April 1986, Martin, Tennessee)
- “The Emergence of Scala as a Musical Term ca. 1500” -- paper read at CMS National Meeting (10 November 1985, Vancouver, British Columbia) and AMS South-Central Chapter Meeting (12 April 1985, Athens, Georgia)
SPECIAL CHORAL WORK
- “Achieving Peak Performance: Rehearsal, Performance Attitudes, and Pre-Concert Routines” -- published in Choral Journal 41, no. 9 (April 2001): 41.
- Clinic study with Kenneth Fulton, Hilary Apfelstadt, William Thomas, Donald Neuen, Sara Beth Causey, Weston Noble
- Chorus Master of Jackson, Tennessee, Symphony Chorus (1989-90)
- Director of Southeast Missouri High School All-District Choir at Cape Girardeau, Missouri (March 1983)
- Clinician for Southeast Missouri High School Choral Clinic, Kennett, Missouri (May 1981)
- Prepared college choirs for concert performances with major symphony orchestras (Rutter, Requiem with New England Symphonic Ensemble in Carnegie Hall, May 1994, and Manhattan Chamber Orchestra in Carnegie Hall, May 1990; Mahler, Symphony No. 8 with Knoxville Symphony Orchestra, April 1992; Honegger, King David with Jackson, Tennessee, Symphony Orchestra, April 1989; Brahms, Ein deutsches Requiem with Manhattan Philharmonic in Carnegie Hall, May 1988; Beethoven, Symphony No. 9 with Jackson, Tennessee, Symphony Orchestra, March 1987)
PERFORMING EXPERIENCE (TENOR)
- Guest soloist with Oak Ridge Symphony Orchestra (December 1998); Knoxville Opera Company (October 1998); Jackson, Tennessee, Symphony Orchestra (April 1989 and January 1984); Friends of Music Society of Kennett, Missouri (April 1987 and March 1983); UT-Martin Choral Society (May 1985); Mississippi County Community College Concert Series (February 1983)
- Oratorio-cantata soloist: Bach, St. John Passion (Evangelist) and Cantatas No. 61, 62, 142; Dubois, The Seven Last Words; Handel, Messiah; Honegger, King David; Mendelssohn, Elijah; Mozart, Coronation Mass in C; Stravinsky, The Wedding; shorter solos in works by Britten, Caldara, Monteverdi, Respighi
- Opera roles: R. Strauss, Salome (Jew No. 3); Bizet, Carmen Quintet (El Remendado); Mozart, Don Giovanni (servant); Offenbach, Ba-Ta-Clan (King Fenihan); Smetana, scenes from The Bartered Bride (Vasek, Jenik); Ward, The Crucible (Giles Corey)
- Paid member of Knoxville Opera Chorus (1995-99)
- Collegium musicum
- Recitals
- Church soloist
- Leading roles in musicals
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND SERVICE
Council of Independent Colleges (institutional member)
- Co-Moderator and Co-Presenter of Breakfast Roundtable “Endowments for Buildings: Maintenance and Special Projects,” CIC Chief Academic Officers Institute (6 November 2007, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
- Moderator and Presenter of Roundtable Discussion for New Chief Academic Officers “Effective Ways of Communicating: What and When, Formal and Informal, Feedback and Transparency,” CIC Chief Academic Officers Institute (4 November 2006, St. Petersburg, Florida)
National Association of Schools of Music (past member)
- Chair of NASM Visiting Evaluators' Team for two institutions, team member for eight other institutions
- Chair of Nominating Committee, Region 7, 2001
- Vice Chair, Region 8, 1997-99
- Secretary, Region 8, 1995-97
- Moderator and Presenter of Open Forum “Evaluation, Planning, and Projections in Smaller Music Units,” annual meeting of National Association of Schools of Music (25 November 1997, San Diego, California); published in NASM Proceedings: The 73rd Annual Meeting (1997) 86 (June 1998): 89-92.
- Moderator of "Roundtable for Institutions with Fewer than Fifty Majors," annual meeting of National Association of Schools of Music (20 November 1994, Boston, Massachusetts)
College Music Society
- Southern Chapter Board Member for Musicology, 2000-02
- Panelist for “Perspectives on Mentoring in College Music,” CMS Southern Chapter Meeting (19 February 1999, Orlando, Florida)
- Panelist for "Surviving a Budget Crisis," CMS Southern Chapter Meeting (25 February 1994, Atlanta, Georgia)
American Musicological Society (past member)
- South-Central Chapter President-Treasurer, 1992-93
- South-Central Chapter Vice President-Program Chair, 1991-92
Society for American Music, formerly the Sonneck Society (past member)
American Choral Directors Association (past member)
- Southern Division Repertoire and Standards Chair for Community Choirs, 1996-99
- Tennessee Repertoire and Standards Chair for Community Choirs, 1995-97
- Organized and presented panel discussion "Marketing Your Choir," Tennessee ACDA Summer Conference (3 August 1996, Brentwood, Tennessee)
- "Ideas for the College-Community Chorus," Tennessee ACDA Newsletter 12, no. 1 (Fall 1995): 5.
National Association of Teachers of Singing (past member)
Music Educators National Conference (past member)
Georgia Music Educators Association (past member)
East Tennessee Vocal Association (past member)
- College Representative (and Board Member of Tennessee Music Educators Association), 1996-98
Tennessee Association of Music Executives in Colleges and Universities (past member)
- President, 1994-95
- Vice President, 1993-94
OTHER PROFESSIONAL WORK
- My composition Three Songs from T.S. Eliot for Voice, Piano, and Clarinet was performed at a series of five Georgia Composers Concerts (September-October 2000: State University of West Georgia, Georgia Perimeter College, University of Georgia, Clayton College and State University/Spivey Hall, Columbus State University), broadcast on WABE-90.1FM-Atlanta (9 November 2000), and performed twice at CMS Southern Chapter Meetings (1 March 2001, Valdosta, Georgia, and 25 February 1994, Atlanta, Georgia)
- Reader for Advanced Placement Tests in Music, Educational Testing Service (June 1988, Princeton, New Jersey)
- Foreign language competencies (reading): German, French, Italian, Latin
CHURCH AND COMMUNITY SERVICE
- Three articles on hymnology addressed to the general reader published in The Cumberland Presbyterian (15 May 1986, 1 June 1986, 1 August 1987)
- Church service as deacon, director of stewardship campaign, choir director, singer, organist, Sunday School teacher, member of liturgy committee
- Member of Clarksville (Arkansas) Rotary Club: Vice President, 2005-2006; Treasurer, 2004-2005; Secretary, 2003-2004
- Past member of Rotary Club of Columbus, Georgia
- Past member of UT-Martin Arts Council
- Past board member of Blytheville Very Little Theater and Chickasaw Kiwanis Club of Blytheville
- Musical and stage director for BVLT productions of The King and I and Oliver!
- Past member of Blytheville Orpheus Music Club
- Judge for various musical contests
