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| Couch III, Leon, PhD |
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| Assistant Professor |
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Shattuck Music Center B35 |
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262-524-7185 |
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lcouch@carrollu.edu |
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| Education: |
A.A. – University of Florida
B.A. – University of Florida (Mathematics)
B.S. – University of Florida (Physics)
B.M. – University of Florida (Music – Organ Performance)
Performer’s Certificate in Organ Performance – University of Florida
M.M. – College-Conservatory of Music, University of Cincinnati (Organ Performance)
D.M.A. – College-Conservatory of Music, University of Cincinnati (Organ Performance)
Ph.D. - College-Conservatory of Music, University of Cincinnati (Music Theory)
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| Areas of Specialization: |
| Applications of contemporary and historical music theories to keyboard performance, Baroque organ works, 17th Century German music |
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| Scholarly and Professional Achievements: |
Book Chapters
* “Hypermeter and Performers’ Choices in Recordings of Bach’s Toccata in F, BWV 540/1,”
Musical Currents from the Left Coast (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2008), 20–60.
Articles
“Sirens: An Electronic-Music Composition,” Proceedings of the Sixth Annual SC Upstate
Research Symposium (March 2010).
“Musical Rhetoric in Three Präeludia of Dietrich Buxtehude,” The Diapason (March 2000):
14–19.
“Introducing Aural Analysis of Electronic Music in Sophomore Music Theory: Pedagogy and
Theory,” Proceedings of Music without Walls, Music without Instruments Conference in
Leicester, United Kingdom (June 2000).
Recordings
“Hamburger Rhetorik” (CD7166) on label Pro Organo (released August 24, 2007). Recording
was also accepted by Naxos label.
Review Articles
“New Recordings: Mary Mozelle and Chuck Seipp’s The Wedding Book: Ceremonial Music for
Trumpet and Organ, The Diapason (April 2008).
“New Recordings: Delbert Disselhorst’s In Bach’s Neighborhood: Organ Music of Georg
Friedrich Kauffmann, The Harmonische Seelenlust of 1733–1740,” The Diapason (March 2008).
“New Recordings: Hans Davidsson - Gelobet seist Du,” The Diapason (January 2007).
“New Recordings: Hans Davidsson - The Morlanda Organ,” The Diapason (January 2007).
“Book Review: Paul Collins’s Stylus Phantasticus and Free Keyboard Music of the North
German Baroque,” Notes, Dec. 2006
“Book Review: John Bertalot’s How to Be a Successful Choir Director,” The Diapason (April
2005): 18.
“Review Feature: Sämtliche Orgelwerke. Vol. 1 & 2. Ed. Klaus Beckmann,” The Diapason
(December 2004): 23–25.
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| Honors and Awards: |
Montague Center for Teaching Excellence Scholar, College of Liberal Arts, Texas A&M University, 2005-2006
Featured Performer of the Academy for Visual and Performing Arts, Texas A&M University, 2003–04
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