Ricky Edward Duhaime, D.M.A.
Continuing Faculty, Eisenstädter Sommerakademie (Austria)
Admitted to the rank of Research Mosher Professor Emeritus of Music, Austin College, 2023
The Homer P. Rainey Award for Outstanding Achievement and Service to Austin College, 2023
Contact Information:
Austin College Music Department: 903.813.2464
Email: rduhaime@austincollege.edu
Education
Goethe Institute, Prien am Chiemsee, Germany
University of North Texas, Denton, Texas:
Doctor of Musical Arts in Performance (Multiple Woodwinds)
University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois:
Master of Music in Performance
Pi Kappa Lambda Honor Society
University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire:
Bachelor of Arts in Music, summa cum laude
Bachelor of Science in Education, summa cum laude
Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society
Teaching Responsibilities
Fall, Spring Semester Courses
- Communication Inquiry 101G
- Music 11, Music Theory I
- Music 12, Music Theory II
- Music 21, 22, Ear Training
- Music 116, Masterpieces of Music
- Music 32, Music Theory III
- Music 60, Orchestration and Conducting
- Music 310 A, Woodwind Methods – Single Reeds (Flute, Clarinet, Saxophone)
- Music 310 B, Woodwind Methods – Double Reeds (Oboe, Bassoon)
- Music 310 C, String Methods
- Applied Music in Single and Double Reeds (Music 179-479)
- Applied Music in Cello (Music 177-477)
- Music 357A, Orchestration
- Music 365, Conducting
January Term Courses
- Music 100B, Beginning Instrumental Techniques
- Music 2A, Jazz History and Appreciation
- Music 2C, Introduction to Music
- Music 100A Acoustics
- ESS 100, SCUBA Diving and Aerobic Conditioning
Directorship of Performance Organizations
- Music 005, Jazz Ensembles
- Music 007, Woodwind Ensembles
- Music 008, Brass Ensembles
- Music 009, String Ensembles
Performance/Conducting/Guest Professor Experience
Eisenstädter Sommerakademie (Summer Classical Music Festival), Austria
Orchestral Principal and Continuing Faculty
1990-present, Don Moses, Michael Lamkin, and Richard Zielinski, directors
Conductor, Celebrating Austin College Talents & Gifts: A Live Performance of Vivaldi’s Gloria, RV 589
April 2021
Invited performer, Project Freude (Joy!)
Eisenstädter Sommerakademie, May 2020
Performances as Guest Artist for the Vita Academy Chamber Music Series, Sacramento, California: October 10-13, 2019
* October 11 – Eskaton Village
* October 12 – Harrison Oak Studio
* October 13 – Scott-Skillman Recital Hall, Harris Center
Guest Conductor and Clinician, Durant, Oklahoma, April, 2015
Visiting Professor and Guest Artist at the Szent Isván School of Music
Budapest, Hungary, January 2015
Guest soloist with Kismarton String Quartet
Eisenstädt, Austria, August, 2014, 2016
Studio Performer in North Texas, 1978-present, including specific performances for:
KXII-TV | Community Theater | Grand Avenue Trio |
Shari Lewis | Jimmy Dean | Shirley Jones |
Sherill Milnes | Tom Jones | John Holt |
Sherman Community Series Concerts, 2004, 2006, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
Faculty Recital, Austin College, February, 2023
An Evening of Chamber Music
Community Series 50th Anniversary Season, 2018
Conductor, An Evening in Paris
Austin College Homecoming, 2017
Conductor, Young Soloist Competition Concert
Greater Texoma Orchestra, February, 2017
Brahms: Romantic Master
Greater Texoma Orchestra, November, 2016
Conductor, Young Soloist Competition Concert
Greater Texoma Orchestra, March, 2016
An Evening in Old Vienna
Austin College Homecoming, 2015
An Evening of Chamber Music by W.A. Mozart
Greater Texoma Orchestra, February 2015
Founding Conductor/Inaugural Concert
Greater Texoma Orchestra, November, 2014
An Evening of J.S. Bach with Friends
Premiere performance of original edition of Cantata, BWV 55
iiiAustin College Homecoming, 2013
Conductor, Austin College Musicals:
Assassins, April, 2022
iiiThe 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, November, 2018
iiiLes Misérables, May, 2015
iiiGhostlight, April, 2011
iiiInto the Woods, October, 2007
iiiWorking, (Austin College Sesquicentennial) October, 1999
Faculty Recital, Austin College, March, 2013
Something Old and Something New: A Concert of Two Masses
Premiere performance of original editions of:
iiiW.A. Mozart, Missa brevis in D, KV 194
iiiFrank Tirro, American Jazz Mass
iiiAustin College Homecoming, 2011
Guest Conductor and Clinician, Durant, Oklahoma, May, 2011
Concerto Soloist and Clinician, McAlester, Oklahoma, May, 2010
Faculty Recital, Austin College, April, 2010
Concert Tour with Austin College Faculty Trio, Fall, 2005, 2007, 2008
Dallas Museum of Art Concert Series, April, 2004
Concert Tour with Trio Eisenstadt, Fall, 2003
Sherman Symphony – Principal Clarinetist, 1978-2003
Concerto Soloist: 1978, 1985, 1991, 1993, 1999
Concert Tour with Grand Avenue Quartet (Baroque and Modern Instruments), 2001
Guest Artist, Haydn Konservatorium Jazz Concert, Eisenstadt, Austria, 1998
Visiting Professor, Haydn Konservatorium, Austria, Spring Semester, 1996
Concert Tour with Millenium Quartet (performances of Messiaen Quartet for the End of Time),1996
American Chamber Winds – Principal Clarinetist on European Tour, 1991
Stanley Hettinger, director
Galliard String Quartet of Dallas – Guest Artist, 1986-87 season
Walden String Quartet (Resident Quartet, University of Illinois) – Guest Artist, 1977-78 season
University of Illinois Wind and Jazz Ensembles –
Principal Clarinetist and Saxophonist on Latin American Tour, 1977
Sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, Robert Gray, director
University of New Hampshire Jazz Ensemble –
Saxophonist at International Jazz Festival, Montreux, Switzerland, 1976
David Seiler, director
Springfield Symphony Orchestra, Springfield, Illinois – Clarinetist, 1976-78 seasons
Harry Farbman, director
American Wind Symphony Orchestra – Principal Clarinetist, 1973 season
Robert Boudreau, director
Publications/Presentations
Spring, 2018 – Austin College Roy F. Melugin Humanities Division Award for Outstanding Service
October, 2017 – New Arrangement of:
iiiC.P. Léo Delibes: “Sous le dôme épais” (Flower Duet) from Lakmé
February, 2017 – New Edition of:
iiiF.J. Haydn: Overture to Acide, Hob. XXXVII:1
Spring, 2016 – Austin College Roy F. Melugin Humanities Division Award for Outstanding Scholarship
November, 2014 – New Edition of:
iiiF.J. Haydn: Orchestral March in E-flat Major, Hob. VII:3b
May, 2011 – New Editions of:
iiiW. A. Mozart: Missa brevis in D, KV 194
iiiFrank Tirro: American Jazz Mass
Spring, 2010 – Austin College Humanities Division Award for Outstanding Service
May, 2010 – First Recipient of the Puterbaugh Foundation Award, McAlester, Oklahoma
April, 2010 – Paul Jeanjean, Arabesque
original transcription for solo clarinet and band premiered
August, 2005 – Paper, “Ornamentation in the Classical Period” presented at the Eisenstädter Sommerakademie
Spring, 2005 – Austin College Humanities Division Award for Outstanding Scholarship
Summer, 2004 – “Solo Ornamentation in the Classical Period: Melodic Elaboration,
Eingänge, and Cadenzas.” Journal of the National Association of
College Wind and Percussion Instructors LII/4 (Summer, 2004), 4-13.
Summer, 2004 – Facets. Crystal Records CD 762.
Summer, 1992 – “The Neglected Clarinet Concerti of Ludwig August Lebrun.” The Clarinet XIX/4
(Summer, 1992), 30-35.
Winter, 1985 – “Beethoven’s Chamber Music Involving Clarinet.” The Clarinet XII/2
(Winter, 1985), 34-39.
Fall, 1985 – “An Historical Survey of Tempo Rubato as an Expressive Device.” Journal of the
National Association of College Wind and Percussion Instructors XXXIV/1 (Fall, 1985), 4-9.
Ludwig August Lebrun, Concerti in B-flat Major for Clarinet and Orchestra
(complete scores and piano reductions)
Original scores for the Sherman Symphony and Austin College Jazz Ensemble in manuscript
Principal Teachers
Bassoon
Sue Schrier-Bancroft, University of North Texas, Dallas Opera Orchestra
John Garlow, University of North Texas
Donald Bravo, University of New Hampshire, Boston Pops Orchestra
Clarinet
Harold Wright, Boston Symphony Orchestra
James Moffitt, Honolulu Symphony
James Gillespie, University of North Texas
O. Lee Gibson, University of North Texas
John Scott, University of North Texas
David Seiler, University of New Hampshire
Stanley Hettinger, University of New Hampshire
Flute
George Morey, University of North Texas
William Rees, East Texas State University
John Fonville, University of Illinois
Oboe
Charles Veazy, University of North Texas
James Hobbs, University of North Texas
Donald Bravo, University of New Hampshire, Boston Pops Orchestra
Linda Seiler, University of New Hampshire
Saxophone
Debra Richtmeyer, University of North Texas, Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Earle Gregory, University of Illinois
David Seiler, University of New Hampshire
Cello
Robert Cancelosi, Fort Worth Opera Orchestra
Robert Swenson, Cleveland Symphony Orchestra, Emerson String Quartet, University of Illinois
Mary Rasmussen, University of New Hampshire
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