Dr Steven Capaldo is currently Lecturer in Music at the University of Wollongong Faculty of Education, Australia. Previously an Assistant Professor of Music Education and Instructor of Conducting at the University of Victoria in BC Canada, Dr Capaldo was the founding conductor of the University of Victoria Don Wright Symphonic Winds and taught subjects in Music Education and Conducting at undergraduate and post-graduate levels. Dr Capaldo completed a Doctor of Musical Arts in conducting from the University of Nevada (UNLV), a Master of Performance in orchestral and choral conducting from the University of Sydney (Conservatorium of Music), a Bachelor of Education (Music) from the University of Melbourne, and an AMusA on Saxophone with distinction. He has enjoyed the opportunity to study with leading opera, symphony, choral and wind conductors and educators from around the world. Dr Capaldo has diverse professional experience as a conductor and music educator working with symphony orchestras, wind orchestras, chamber ensembles, choirs, brass bands, and percussion ensembles. He has previously held the position of Musical Director and Conductor with many schools and community ensembles and has a long-standing history of supporting and being involved in community music-making. As a performer, Dr Capaldo has performed in Australia, the US and Canada in live concerts and on recordings. He is an active writer; composing, arranging and transcribing music for wind orchestras, symphony orchestras, festivals and concerts. His works have been performed by groups in Australia, Canada, Japan and the United States, and recorded on Klavier records (US). He is also an Assistant Producer and Co-Editor for seven Klavier Records CD releases with the UNLV Wind Orchestra and is now a full voting member for the US Grammy Awards. His vocal compositions are written in collaboration with award-winning Australian writer/lyricist Maree Teychenne. In 2007 & 2009, their works received world premiere performances as finalists in the international Short, Sweet & Song competition. They been also been finalists in the Australian Songwriting Contest and semi-finalists in the UK Songwriting awards. Also receiving awards for his academic achievements and critical praise for his ensembles and choirs in professional, educational, and community environments, Dr Capaldo has been awarded a place in the prestigious Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society (US), listed in the 2004 Who's Who of American College and University Students, named on the 2004 National Dean's List (US), the 1996 Dean's Honours List Award (UMelb), selected to audition for the 1997 Westfield/ABC Australia Young Conductor of the Year Award, and received the New South Wales Teaching Certificate. Dr Capaldo has adjudicated at a local, state/provincial and national levels in Australia and Canada, including MusicFest - Canada's National Music Festival in 2005, 2006 and 2007 - and is in demand as a conductor, adjudicator, clinician, and writer. Dr Capaldo conducted the British Columbia Honor Wind Ensemble in their 50th Anniversary year (2007); the Civic Orchestra of Victoria (Canada) for their Northern Voices concert (2008); and was the first guest conductor to work with the Wollongong Community Orchestra in 2009 and continued to work with them in their 2010 season. He is excited to be working with the orchestra again in their 2011 season as well as providing professional development opportunities for music educators through clinics and workshops in Sydney and the Illawarra. University of Victoria Don Wright Symphonic Winds, 2006/2007 * denotes works written with Maree Teychenné CDs and RECORDINGS Assistant Producer and Co-Editor 2011 CD - Marquee Mojo UNLV Wind Orchestra, Klavier Records (assistant producer) 2008 CD - Vegas Maximus UNLV Wind Orchestra, Klavier Records (assistant producer) 2007 CD - The Quest UNLV Wind Orchestra, Klavier Records 2006 CD - Four Flew Over the Hornet’s Nest UNLV Wind Orchestra, Klavier Records 2005 CD - Spiritual Planet UNLV Wind Orchestra, Klavier Records 2004 CD - Three Steps Forward UNLV Wind Orchestra, Klavier Records 2003 CD - Chunk UNLV Wind Orchestra Mark Custom, Records Compositions 2007 Vincent of The Fields* (DVD) Short, Sweet & Song Orchestra, SS&S Festival 2006 Moreton Bay South Island Wind Ensemble, Live in Concert 2005 Eagle of The Wind* VIVA Choirs Victoria, Spring Sing! 2005 Moreton Bay International Music Camp Winds, Live in Concert Transcriptions 2007 The Quest UNLV Wind Orchestra The Quest Klavier Records 2005 Suite from: King Arthur UNLV Wind Orchestra Spiritual Planet Klavier Records Lord of The Rings South Island Wind Ensemble Live in Concert 2003 Suite from: Henry V UNLV Wind Orchestra Live in Concert 1996 Star Trek: Generations Victorian State Youth Band Blastissimo! VYSBB Conductor 2008 Civic Orchestra of Victoria: Northern Voices Concert 2007 British Columbia Honor Wind Ensemble A Tribute to Don Wright UVic Don Wright Symphonic Winds 2006 Music for 8 Ensemble Pacifica Concert Variations UVic Don Wright Symphonic Winds My Country UVic Don Wright Symphonic Winds 2005 Night Music Ensemble Pacifica Premiere UVic Don Wright Symphonic Winds Overture to Candide (piece) UVic Wind Symphony in Concert Tall Ships Celebration Concert (DVD) Tall Ships Celebration Orchestra 2000 Chamber Concerto (John Graziano) Tolmie Wind Ensemble (Premiere Australian Recording) 1998 Washington Greys (piece) Sutherland Shire Brass (Live at the 1998 Australian National Championships) 1996 Blastissimo! (Assistant Conductor) Victorian State Youth Band Performer 2004 Three Steps Forward Clarinet, UNLV Wind Orchestra, Klavier Records 2003 Chunk Saxophone & Clarinet, UNLV Wind Orchestra, Mark Custom Records 2002 BCM Saves the World Principal Saxophone, UNLV Wind Orchestra, Mark Custom Records 1998 Live in Concert Principal Saxophone, Sydney Wind Orchestra, ABC Classic FM 1995 Live in Concert Clarinet, Victorian Symphonic Winds, Melba Recordings 1994 Live in Concert Clarinet, Victorian Symphonic Winds, Melba Recordings Distant Shores Clarinet, Grainger Wind Symphony, Melba Recordings COMPOSITIONS Orchestra/Wind Ensemble 2008 Moreton Bay - An Australian Convict Song (orchestra) Written for Mark Brown and the Lane Cove Youth Orchestra 2007 Second Journey (junior school wind ensemble) 2006 Skeena Scenes (wind ensemble) Commissioned by the Terrace Community Band and Caledonia High School Band 2005 Moreton Bay - An Australian Convict Song (wind ensemble) Written for Dr. Gerald King the International Music Camp Wind Ensemble’s 150th birthday concert 2004 Jervis Bay Impressions (wind ensemble) 1998 An English Christmas Carol (orchestra) Written for Southern Sydney Youth Music 1997 Rhapsody for Trombone and Orchestra Commissioned by Southern Sydney Youth Music The Ruined Lighthouse (orchestra) On Windy Spring Nights - An Overture for Orchestra 1995 A Birthday Celebration - Fanfare for Orchestra and Audience Commissioned by the Latrobe and Francis Orchestras 1994 Time Passage (chamber ensemble) Orchestra/Voices 2006 Arrangement - Waltzing Through To Woolloomooloo* (for orchestra and children’s choir) 2001 Collage* (for solo voice and chamber ensemble – fl, ob, cl, bsn, 2 perc, pno, vln, vc, cb ) 1999 Ancient and Proud* (for orchestra and choir) All Things Are Possible* (for orchestra and choir) Remember Them* (for orchestra, narrator, soloists and chorus) On Windy Spring Nights* - Film score (not produced) White Man’s Law* 1996 If A Lamington Could Skate* (for narrator, orchestra and singers) Voice 2009 Reflections in a Sunday Mirror* (SATB, pno, kbd/gtr, bs gtr, drums) 2009 On Christmas Eve* (SATB, pno, kbd/gtr, bs gtr, drums) 2007 As I Lay Dreaming* (SA/TB, pno, 4 perc) 2006 Garden of Angels* (SA, pno) In The Name of God* (SSA, pno) Vincent of the Fields* (T, pno, 2 perc, vc/cb) 2005 Arr. - Gimme an Aussie Chrissy Do!* (Vce, pno) On Christmas Eve* (SATB, pno) 2002 In Convict Times* (SATB, pno) 2001 YEA! HO! HEARTY! (SATB, pno) Child of Light* (SATB, pno) Thirty Loads of Washing* (SA, pno) Written for the International Women’s Day Celebration, Jervis Bay 2001 Eagle of The Wind* (SA, pno, 4 perc) Commissioned for the Jervis Bay and Basin Arts Festival River Rhythm* (Vce, 4 perc) Commissioned for the Jervis Bay and Basin Arts Festival 2000 Crimson is...* (SA, pno) Written for the Jervis Bay Arts Festival Arr. - Waltzing Through To Woolloomooloo* (SA, pno) Written for the Jervis Bay Arts Festival The Strings of Betty* (Vce, pno) 1993 3 Vocal Soundscapes (Vce) 1992 Arr. - You Can Call Me Al (SATB, pno, Flt/Picc, ASx, TSx, Tpt, Trb, gtr, bs, dr, 4 perc) Arr. - For The Longest Time (SATB, pno) Musical/Theatre/Drama 2007 Street City* 1997 The Piano Bar - An Australian Musical* (working title) Shakesqueare A modern production of William Shakespeare Commissioned by Adam Powers for his Monash University Honour’s Thesis Saxophone and Clarinet 1995 Solo for Saxophone 1994 Improvisation for Saxophone 1993 Study No. 1, 2 & 3 Moments of An Evening (Study No.1) for Solo Clarinet Faces of Time (in 3 Movements) for Clarinet 1992 Study No.1 for Baritone Saxophone and Piano Percussion 2004 Press (for two multi-percussionists) Marimba 2004 Concertino for two marimbas and wind ensemble Sonnets and Verses 2003 Disparity Piano 2007 Visions (a 3 movement sonatina for piano) Trumpet 1993 Summation (with piano) Elegy for Trumpet and Percussion WIND TRANSCRIPTIONS 2010 Lord of The Rings: The Complete Film Trilogy (Shore). 2009 As You Like It (Walton). Transcribed for the UNLV Wind Orchestra 2010 CD and concert series 2006 The Quest (Walton). Transcribed for the UNLV Wind Orchestra 2007 CD and concert series My Country (Trent and Hatch). Transcribed for the Don Wright University of Victoria Symphonic Winds 2005 Fanfare for the Lord Mayor of London (Bliss). Transcribed for Ensemble Pacifica (chamber winds) Star Trek: Voyager (Main Title) (Goldsmith). Transcribed for the Mt Doug Secondary School Band 2004 Suite from: King Arthur (Britten). Transcribed for wind orchestra 2003 Lord of The Rings (Shore). Transcribed for the UNLV Wind Orchestra Suite from: Henry V (Walton). Transcribed for the UNLV Wind Orchestra 2002 Wonder Woman (Fox and Gimbel). Transcribed for Sutherland Shire Brass Lord of The Rings (Shore). Transcribed for Sutherland Shire Brass 2001 Maria from West Side Story (Bernstein). Transcribed for brass band Suite from: Star Wars (Williams). Transcribed for brass band 1998 My Country (Trent and Hatch). Transcribed for brass band and wind orchestra 1997 Terms of Endearment (Gore). Transcribed for orchestra 1996 Slavonic Dance No. 7 (Dvórak) (rev. 2003) Transcribed for wind orchestra Star Trek: Generations (McCarthy). Transcribed for the Victorian State Youth Band
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Steven J. Capaldo DMA, MPerf, BEd(Mus), AMusA(Hons) New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
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