DANIEL R. KRUSE – CURRICULUM VITAE (CV)
CHRONOLOGY OF EDUCATION
2012 – MFA, Ethnomusicology/Media Arts/Anthropology University of Arizona
2006 – BFA, Ethnomusicology/Media Arts/Anthropology University of Arizona
1993-96 – Graduate coursework, educational media Temple University, Kutztown University
1975 – Bachelor of Arts, Radio/TV/Film University of Missouri
CHRONOLOGY OF EMPLOYMENT
2014 – Summer Instructor, University of Arizona School of Music
2010 – present Senior Radio Announcer, Arizona Public Media, Tucson, AZ
2010 – present Lecturer/musicological researcher, Tucson, AZ
2009 – 2010 Instructor, Teaching Assistant, U of AZ School of Music
2001 – 2010 Free-lance musician (percussion), marketing specialist, Tucson AZ
1980 – 1997 Corporate film/video producer, Reading, PA
SELECTED SCHOLARLY RESEARCH, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, 2004 – 2014
2014 – 15 Musical Cognition, Emotion and Ear Worms
2012 “Zoom Records and Late-1950’s American Urban Popular Culture”: Master’s Thesis comprising a 33-minute documentary film and accompanying research document
2010 “In Search of Musical Collaboration”, an interview-based paper and presentation reflecting on alternative models for collaboration in music and dance
2009 “Film and Video as Tools in the Structural Analysis of Music”: videographic techniques and their effects on the perception of musical structures. Paper presented at regional joint conference of Society for Ethnomusicology and Society for Music Theory, Boulder, Colorado
2006 “You Have Sweet Ears”, an audio ethnography of grant-funded study and travels in West Africa. This CD was utilized as a fund-raising tool to support travel by University of Arizona undergraduate students to West Africa in the summer of 2006.
2005 Independent Study into Ethnographic Film, under supervision of University of Arizona Media Arts professor Beverly Seckinger
2005 “Bartok, Ginastera and Copland: Folk Music as Compositional Inspiration”, a comparative analysis of compositional styles of three renowned composers
2004 “African Rhythms and How they are Learned,” an in-depth review, analysis and annotated bibliography of research into rhythmic qualities of African music
GRANTS, FUNDED RESEARCH, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA
2014 -15 Faculty Collaboration Grant, University of Arizona’s ConfluenceCenter for Creative Inquiry (Music and Cognition, Ear Worms)
2011 Medici Scholar’s Grant, UA College of Fine Arts (Master’s Thesis funding)
2009 Ivancovich Scholarship, UA College of Fine Arts (Teaching Assistantship)
2009 Van Verde Music Scholarship, UA College of Fine Arts (Teaching Assistantship)
2009 Graduate Tuition Scholarship, UA School of Music
2004 Undergraduate Research Grant, UA Honors College (West Africa field research)
2004 Medici Scholars Grant, UA College of Fine Arts (West Africa field research)
AWARDS, HONORS, CERTIFICATIONS
2013-14 “ZOOM!” documentary film, Official Selection at three noted film festivals
2013 “ZOOM”, Best of Arizona Award, 2013 Arizona International Film Festival
2006 Summa Cum Laude, Honors, Bachelor of Fine Arts, UA College of Fine Arts
2005 First Place in Visual and Performing Arts, University of Arizona Graduate and Professional Student Council Student Showcase (West African Music research and documentation)
1995 Certified Values Realization instructor/facilitator
COMMUNITY OUTREACH
2009 – 2016 Lecturer/presenter on the University of Arizona campus and elsewhere, on a wide range of musical and musicological topics, including:
“Early Landmark Works for Percussion Ensemble”: University of Arizona Percussion Studio
“The Deagan Artists Special, a 100th Birthday Celebration”: University of Arizona Percussion Studio
“Musical Memory, Cognition, Emotion and Ear Worms”, a lecture and documentary film screening examining Involuntary Musical Imagery
“Zoom Records, Tucson’s Late-1950’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Record Label”: lecture/screening of award-winning documentary film
“The Early History of Rock and Popular Music, 1952 – 1969”: interactive presentations for a variety of groups in Tucson, AZ
“West African Rhythms: An interactive workshop”
“The Three Central Questions of Ethno-musicology”
“A Celebration of the Snare Drum”: University of Arizona Percussion Studio
“A Celebration of the Marimba”: University of Arizona Percussion Studio
“Benny Lives – The Life and Music of Benny Goodman” Universitiy of Arizona School of Music
PERFORMANCES | TOURING | RECORDINGS
2003 – 2009 Touring and recordings with jazz, world music, and popular music ensembles: Arizona, Mexico, Colorado, New Mexico, California, Idaho, Washington, Oregon, Wyoming
2000 – 2009 Performances/recordings/tours with UA School of Music Ensembles: Wind Symphony, Studio Jazz Ensemble, Percussion Ensemble, World Music Gang, Vocal Jazz Ensembles, Arizona Orchestra, UA Basketball Pep Band, and varied jazz combos