Notable Achievements

Professor of Music Lois Ferrari hosted the 2016 SU Conductors’ Institute from Jun. 23 - 25. Associate clinician for the workshop was Peter Bay, Music Director of the Austin Symphony. Bay and Ferrari coached ten participating conductors, including recent alum Mattie Kotzur ’16, in Igor Stravinsky’s Octet and L’histoire du soldat. Performers included the following part-time faculty: Instructor of Applied Music Adrienne Inglis, Instructor of Applied Music Daniel Chrisman, Assistant Professor of Applied Music Jessica Gilliam-Valls, and Assistant Professor of Applied Music Kyle Koronka. Sir David Whitwell gave a lecture on score memorization. The Institute concluded with a public concert presentation in which all ten participants conducted movements from these two chamber works.

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Daniel Chrisman

Part-time Instructor of Applied Music

Expertise

Bassoon and Contrabassoon

Daniel Chrisman attained the contrabassoon position for the Austin Symphony in 2007 and he has delighted in making music with fabulous orchestras and chamber music ensembles in Texas ever since. He’s held the positions of Assistant Principal in the Austin Opera orchestra since 2017 and 2nd bassoon in the ROCO Chamber Orchestra since 2008. Professor Chrisman has been on the music faculty of Southwestern University since 2014 and he’s also been a private lesson instructor on staff for several school districts in the area since 2008. His primary bassoon instructors were Peter Simpson at the University of Kentucky, Matthew Karr at the University of Louisville and Danny Matsukawa at Temple University. He received his Bachelor’s degree in Music Performance from the University of Kentucky (Lexington, KY) in 2003 and his Master’s degree in Performance from Temple University (Philadelphia, PA) in 2007.

  • Biography

    Daniel Chrisman attained the contrabassoon position for the Austin Symphony in 2007 and he has delighted in making music with fabulous orchestras and chamber music ensembles in Texas ever since. He’s held the positions of Assistant Principal in the Austin Opera orchestra since 2017 and 2nd bassoon in the ROCO Chamber Orchestra since 2008. Professor Chrisman has been on the music faculty of Southwestern University since 2014 and he’s also been a private lesson instructor on staff for several school districts in the area since 2008. His primary bassoon instructors were Peter Simpson at the University of Kentucky, Matthew Karr at the University of Louisville and Danny Matsukawa at Temple University. He received his Bachelor’s degree in Music Performance from the University of Kentucky (Lexington, KY) in 2003 and his Master’s degree in Performance from Temple University (Philadelphia, PA) in 2007.