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Email: wmramsey@stanford.edu EDUCATIONColumbia University, New York City, Ed.D., 1963 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCETeaching:California State University Chico, Chico, California, Professor Emeritus (1998-present); Professor of Music 1993-1998, Director of Choral Activities. University Personnel Committee (1994, 1995), College Personnel Committee (1995-6), Scholarship Committee, Library Book Chaiman, Music Theater Committee, College Leave Committee Stanford University, Stanford California, Professor Emeritus (1994-present); Professor of Music (1975-1994), Director of Choral Activities, Chairman of the Voice Committee, Chairman of the Concert Committee, Member of the Graduate Committee, Director of Graduate Studies in Choral Music, Member of the Tressider Memorial Union Board, Member of the Stanford Bookstore Board, Member of the Dean's Committee on the Arts, Resident Fellow University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky; Visiting Professor of Music, 1987-88. Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Visiting Professor of Music, Summer, 1984 Utah State University, Logan, Utah; Professor of Music and Director of Vocal/Choral Activities, 1966-1975. Professor of the Year, 1970 Kentucky Southern College, Louisville, Kentucky; Assistant Professor of Music and Chairman of the Department of Music, 1963-66 The Universal Academy for Music, Princeton, New Jersey; Conductor, Concert Choir, 1971-1976 Performances in Carnegie Hall, Town Hall, Constitution Hall, Kennedy Center, Royal Albert Hall (London), Basilica di Massenzio (Rome), Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano (Rome), Notre Dame Cathedral (Paris), etc. University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming; Guest Conductor University of the Philippines, Quezon City, Manila, Philippines; Visiting Professor. Administrative Experience:Stanford University, Stanford, California; Director of Choral/Vocal Activities, Chairman of the Voice Committee, 1975-1993, Acting Chairman of the Music Department, summers 1977-78, Chairman of the concert Committee, 1978-80, 1989. 1992, Resident Fellow, Florence Moore Hall, 1983-87. Utah State University, Logan Utah; Chairman, Vocal/Choral Division, 1966-66. Kentucky Southern College, Louisville, Kentucky; Chairman, Department of Music 1963-66. Universal Academy for Music, Princeton, New Jersey; Artistic Director, 1971-76. Computer consultant, web designer, systems analyst:
Performing Experience:
Tours planned, arranged, and executed:Eight International tours with the Universal Academy for Music, Princeton, New Jersey, and Stanford University. Performed in: The University of Haifa, Israel, The Church of the Sermon on the Mount in Galilee, the Kfar Blum Kibutz, the Church of the Annunciation, Nazareth, the Church of the Ascension, Jerusalem, the Church of the Nativity, Bethlehem, St. George's Cathedral in Jerusalem, Jerusalem Theater (for the International Choral Festival), St. Peter's Basilica, Basilica Massenzio, San Giovanni in Laterano, San Paulo dentro Muro, Basilica di San Lorenzo in Damaso, all in Rome, Chiesa di Ognissanti, Il Duomo (Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiori), Basilica di San Lorenzo, all in Florence, Basilica di San Marco, Chiesa di San Stae, Chiesa di Santa Maria Glorioso dei Frari, all in Venice, ORF 1, National Television in Austria, the Philharmonie with the Berlin Philharmonic and the St. Hedwig's Chor, Berlin, Gelehrntenschule des Johanneums, Hamburg, the Aachen Cathedral, Aachen, Gasteig Kulturzentrum, Munich, the Alte Aule for the 600th anniversary of the founding of the University of Heidelberg, the Salzburg Cathedral, the Notre Dame Cathedral in Brussels, the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, l'Eglise de la Madeleine, Paris, Royal Albert Hall, Westminster Hall, Westminster Abbey, London, Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford. In addition, I have performed for the President of the United States, the Pope, Ambassadors to Israel, Germany, Italy, and the Philippines. The Stanford Chorale was heard live in performance during its 1985/86 tour by 40,000 people, and appeared on Radio (BBC) and television ORF 1, Austria, international TV (ABC in the USA) from manger Square in Bethlehem on Christmas Eve, 1985, and the Armed Forces Network. PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONSThe American Choral Directors Association (Vice President, Northern California)National Association of Teachers of Singing (Utah President) The Music Educators' National Conference (Vice President, Utah) National Association of Community Schools of Music, National Board of Advisors California Arts Council PUBLICATIONSSchubert: Mass in C Major, Op. 48, G. Schirmer, editor REVIEWSTo see reviews of Dr. Ramsey's Singing Performances click hereThis document is maintained by William Ramsey
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