Resume: Professional / Volunteer Information

Jefferson Todd Frazier

1800 St. James Place #303 Houston, Texas 77056 / (713) 562-5514

todd@jtoddfrazier.com / www.yahouston.org / www.afatexas.org / www.methodistperformingarts.com / www.jtoddfrazier.com

Professional Arts Employment Experience

*Executive Director: Young Audiences of Houston (YAH) 2007-Present

Founded in 1956 by violinist Fredel Lack with support from Ima Hogg and Mrs. William P. Hobby, YAH is one of 31 independent U.S. chapters of Young Audiences, Inc. The mission of YAH is to educate and inspire children through the arts, to make the arts an integral part of the school curriculum, and to advance the field of arts in education though professional development and community partnerships. In its most recently completed season alone, YAH’s roster of 78 professional artists, representing all fine arts disciplines, brought the arts and culture to more than 330,000 K-12 children through over 2,200 high quality performances, workshops, and residences in school and community sites throughout the greater Houston area.

*Managing Director: Center for Performing Arts Medicine (CPAM) at Methodist Hospital 2008-Present

CPAM is the nation’s most comprehensive group of medical professionals, based in the world-renowned Texas Medical Center and is teamed to provide preventive, diagnostic, specialty and emergency care to performing artists. In addition to providing performing artists access to expert medical care, CPAM has begun developing new research projects that will explore the various uses of the arts in relationship to improved human performance, cognitive development, and healing.

Founding Director: American Festival for the Arts (AFA) 2004-2007

Founder/Executive Director: AFA 1993-2004

AFA was established in 1993 to safeguard the availability of high quality music education and performance opportunities for youth and to broaden the audience for American works and the standard classical music literature. Its primary project, the AFA Summer Music Conservatory, which employs 75 of the regions finest music educators and trains over 300 promising Southeast Texas K-12 students each summer, offers a broad and innovative curriculum of advanced musical training and performance with orchestra/chamber music, jazz, chorus, composition, theory/history, private lesson and elective divisions at campuses in Houston and Beaumont, Texas.

Director: AFA International Touring Program 1993-1996

Performance and music education tours with AFA Faculty in collaboration with universities, museums and cultural and community centers throughout Texas and, in conjunction with Pan American Cultural Exchange, Argentina. Venues in Texas included: San Antonio Museum of Art, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Ripley House, Austin Chamber Music Society, Tarleton State University, University of Texas, McMurry University, and Texas A & M University at Corpus Christi. Venues in Argentina included: Teatro Colon, Foundation Antorchas, Collegium Musicum and Borges Center Buenos Aires; Cultural Foundation of Patagonia, and the Instituto Superior de Musica Carmelo H. de Biasi Corrientes

Guest Lecturer 1993-Present

From Idea to Reality: Non Profit Arts Presenting in America: Graduate Seminar and Music Leadership Series at The University of Texas, The Juilliard, Eastman, and Peabody Schools of Music and the University of Houston’s Conference for Nonprofits;

The Role of a Composer in Today’s Society: Houston Music Teachers, Tuesday Music, Whitehall, Sterling, River Oaks and Rotary Clubs of Houston amongst others;

The Colors of Sound: Ridgecrest Elementary School as “Principal for a Day” during “Teach for America Week,”  and for AFA programs and events throughout Texas and Argentina;

Composition: The High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, Houston, TX;

Orchestration/Instrumentation: The University of Houston’s Moores School of Music

References (additional references found on final page)

Renée Fleming

Robert Freeman

Samuel Adler

Professional Arts Volunteer Experience

Board of Directors: The Texas Lyceum 2009-Present

The Texas Lyceum is an association of Texans whose purposes are: to identify and develop the next generation of top leadership in the State of Texas; to educate its Directors by identifying and exploring the interrelationships of the major issues facing Texas; to help bring a better understanding of these issues to the state’s key decision makers; and to promote an appreciation of the responsibilities of stewardship of the values, traditions, and resources of Texas.

Advisory Board Member: The Texas Medical Center’s National Center for Human Performance 2009-Present

The purpose of the NCHP is to maintain and enhance human performance in the arts, sport, space exploration, military, and in the general public, through the ethical and appropriate applications of research and education in medicine and related sciences. The NCHP is located in Houston’s Texas Medical Center, home to 47 patient care, biomedical research and health educational institutions and works with scientists and researchers around the United States to explore the physiological and psychological aspects of human performance.

Member: Houston Independent School District Foundation’s Leadership Council for the Arts 2007-Present

HISD is the largest public school system in Texas and the seventh-largest in the United States. Its schools are dedicated to giving every student the best possible education through an intensive core curriculum and specialized, challenging instructional and career programs. The HISD Foundation is working to provide fine arts instruction and experiences to students at each of its nearly 295 schools.

Member: Texas Commission on the Arts Grant Review Panel 2008-2009

The mission of Texas Commission on the Arts, the states public funding mechanism for the fine arts, is to develop a receptive climate for the arts in Texas.??To accomplish its mission, TCA awards grants, promotes the arts, and raises funds to enhance support of the arts in Texas.

Board of Advisors: ArtReach 2007-Present

ARTreach supports fine art programs in communities in need throughout the greater Houston area with a focus on: Mentoring Through Art, Arts in Education, Entrepreneurial Art Workshop Program, Troubled Youth, Families In Crisis and The Elderly.

Board of Advisors: River Oaks Chamber Orchestra (ROCO)   2005-Present

ROCO personalizes the orchestral experience by inviting the audience into the musician’s world through interactive concerts with nationally and internationally recognized artists, exciting music old and new, and fun-to-read magazine-style programs promoting Family Literacy in the Arts.

Board of Advisors: Texas/French Alliance for the Arts 2005-Present

Presenting organization with the mission of arts and culture exchange between France and Texas.

Editorial Board: The Langdon Review of the Arts in Texas  2004-Present

An annual publication of Tarleton State University, providing an overview of each year’s state cultural accomplishments.

Board of Advisors: Wilhelm Schole International Foundation 2002-Present

Founded by Marilyn Wilhelm, the Wilhelm Schole incorporates an interdisciplinary, intercultural and interlingual curriculum implemented through the study of cultures, fine arts, language and core curriculum subjects at sites around the world.

Fellow: The US-Japan Foundation’s Leadership Project 2000-Present

Selected as sole American representative in the field of arts education and culture for program discussions/presentations with Japanese participants/counterparts. The foundation promotes the exchange of ideas between the U.S and Japan. Annual conferences are held in Seattle, WA and Kobe, Japan in August.

Board of Directors and Executive, Nominations and Development Committee: 2000-2007

Houston Arts Alliance (formerly: Cultural Arts Council of Houston and Harris County)

The public fine arts grant administering organization of the city of Houston, managing an annual distribution of Hotel Occupancy Tax averaging $9,000,000 a year to Houston based arts presenters and individual artists.

Board of Directors, Officer, and Executive, Development and Education Committees: 2003-2007

Young Audiences of Houston (YAH)

Founded in 1956 by violinist Fredel Lack with support from Ima Hogg and Mrs. William P. Hobby, YAH is one of 31 independent U.S. chapters of Young Audiences, Inc. The mission of YAH is to educate and inspire children through the arts, to make the arts an integral part of the school curriculum, and to advance the field of arts in education though professional development and community partnerships. In its most recently completed season alone, YAH’s roster of 78 professional artists, representing all fine arts disciplines, brought the arts and culture to more than 330,000 K-12 children through over 2,200 high quality performances, workshops, and residences in school and community sites throughout the greater Houston area.

Composer in Residence: St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, Houston, TX 1994-2007

Providing service music and anthems for special occasions during the church year

Board of Advisors: Pan American Cultural Exchange (PACE) 2002-2006

An organization dedicated to promoting the common goodwill and welfare among the people of the Americas through cultural exchange programs including performing and visual arts, literature, as well as facilitating the implementation of institutional relationships between the Americas.

Board of Advisors: University of Houston’s Moores School of Music Society 2002- 2005

The Moores Society was established to support scholarship, special events and the continuing education program for the choral and instrumental programs of the University of Houston.

Board of Advisors: Friends of the High School for the Performing and Visual Arts Houston 2004-2005

HSPVA Friends support the unique needs of students and special arts programs at Houston’s internationally renowned High School for the Performing and Visual Arts. HSPVA Friends help the school with the following projects: college scholarships for outstanding graduating performing and visual artists, the Lady Catley Lecture Series, the long range planning of a new state of the art facility for Houston’s outstanding school for talented young artists, guest professional artists, plus specialized art supplies and equipment. The support enables HSPVA to address needs which cannot be net with public school funding.

Board of Directors: The Evin Thayer Scholarship Foundation 2000-2001

The Foundation awards fine arts scholarships designed to encourage advanced training and professional advancement in Houston for young and emerging artists

Recent and Upcoming Commissions

“Breath of Life,” an opera commissioned by the McNair and Powell Foundations

This original work explores the modern, challenging and mysterious relationship between science and technology, and spirituality and humanity, brought to dramatic heights through the procedure of a heart transplant. The opera has received much international attention including articles and radio interviews throughout North America, Canada, Germany, and England; most recently on BBC Radio. To be premiered in October 2010 at Hardin Simmons University.

“Thomas Jefferson: 1776-1826” an oratorio commissioned by violinist Henry Rubin, the University of Houston and the Brown Foundation, Inc.

Based on texts by and about Thomas Jefferson, this unique oratorio style work, for vocal soloists, narrator, actor, orchestra, and solo violin, will express the private, public and spiritual sides of Mr. Jefferson, and tell the story and evoke the spirit of the USA.

“Garden of Eden,” a work for Dance commissioned by the Wilhelm Schole Foundation

This chamber work with dance, based upon the story of Adam and Eve, is part of a larger series entitled “Dances of Enlightenment” coordinated and conceived by educator Dr. Marilyn Wilhelm of Wilhelm Schole International. These dances depict the myths or legends of creation of different cultures and are intended to be taught in school curriculum to expose the commonalities amongst all people and bring students to a greater understanding and respect of one another. The work recently performed at the UN Environment Conference in Naples, Italy 2009.

Recent Recordings

American Sketches 2002

Recorded by pianist Timothy Hester of the Moores School of Music on the first of a Compact Disk Series entitled “KUHF Sessions” by KUHF Public Radio in Houston, TX.

Buffalo Altar, A Texas Symphony and Brazos de Dios 2001

Recorded on the compact disk The John M. O’ Quinn Foundation Cultural Preservation Project of Texas, these works are from a series inspired by Texas themes. Proceeds support American Festival for the Arts Scholarship/Enrichment Fund.

Individual Honors

Ovation Award, Houston Grand Opera. 2009

Houston Arts Alliance Individual Artist Fellowship (Music Composition) 2007

One of 100 distinguished alumni profiled during the Juilliard Schools 100^th Anniversary 2006

Texas Music Teachers Association “Commissioned Composer” 2006

Distinguished Alumni of River Oaks Baptist School 2006

Virtuosi of Houston’s Distinguished Leader in the Arts 2005

The Diverse Works/Sauza “Stay Pure” Award 2000

The Cultural Arts Council of Houston and Harris County Individual Artist Grant 1998

The Texas Junior Chamber of Commerce Five Outstanding Young Texans Award 1997

The American Academy of Arts and Letters Wladimir and Rhoda Lakond Prize 1995

The Alice Tully Hall Juilliard Composers Prize 1994, 1995

The Illinois State University Fine Arts Festival Award 1994

The Juilliard School Presser Foundation Award 1994

The First Distinguished Alumni in the Arts of Episcopal High School Houston 1994

The Eastman School of Music’s Howard Hanson Prize 1991

The American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publisher’s Foundation Grant 1990

The Eastman School of Music’s Bernard Rogers Prize 1990

The American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publisher’s Hubbell Memorial Scholarship  1989

The Eastman School of Music’s Sernoffsky Prize  1988

Education

Professional Studies / Literature and Materials Teaching Fellowship: Music Composition, 1995

The Juilliard School, NY, NY (Doctoral Level Curriculum) Private Instructor: David Diamond

Master’s Degree: Music Composition, The Juilliard School, NY, NY 1994

Private Instructor: David Diamond

Bachelor’s Degree: Music Composition, The Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY 1992

Private Instructors: Samuel Adler, Christopher Rouse, Joseph Schwantner, Warren Benson, and David Liptak

Additional Supporting Information

Musical Goal

“To communicate in a meaningful, tangible and memorable way to today’s audiences through multi-disciplinary projects, such as the combining of history, innovation, storytelling, visual art, dance, and drama with music in order to bring new audiences, support and inspiration to American concert halls, arts institutions and American culture.”

Arts in Education Philosophy

“The arts play an essential role in the complete education and optimum, balanced development of an individual. The knowledge and experience gained from the study of the arts develop a person in many ways: mentally, spiritually and through building one’s confidence, concentration, self-respect and discipline. These traits are then transferred into all aspects of life… Exposure to the arts, as an integral part of the school curriculum, directly enhances the cultural and educational lives of our youth and, in turn, their families, their friends, the local arts community, its concert audiences and the well-being of our cultural future.”

Additional Supporting Information (cont.)

Other Experience and Areas of Interest/Employment

Texas History and Culture, Agriculture, Real Estate (through renovation/preservation projects), and Intellectual Property (as it pertains to the field of cardiovascular therapy and mechanical assist devices). Extensive summer employment with the Cullen Cardiovascular Research Laboratories of the Texas Heart Institute and real estate investment and renovation experience through J. F. Brazos Enterprises, LTD.

Personal Information

Sixth generation Texan on mother’s and father’s side and proud of the state’s cultural, business and educational advancements. Enjoy spending time with son Mac, and daughter Kenzie, wife Jennifer, and Houston relatives of McReynolds, Merriman, Frazier, and Bryant clans.

Additional References (contact information available upon request)

Renée Fleming: International Opera Singer

M. S. Stude, Trustee: The Brown Foundation, Visual Artist and Philanthropist

Jack Blanton, Sr., Local and National Business Leader and Philanthropist

Toby Mattox, Executive Director (Ret.), Society for the Performing Arts

Marilyn Wilhelm: Founder and Director, Wilhelm Schole International

Joanie Haley, Executive Director: McNair Foundation / Texans Foundation

Nancy Powell Moore, Trustee: Powell Foundation

George Packard, Executive Director: U.S. Japan Foundation

Emily Todd, Former Arts Grant Administrator: Houston Endowment

David Gockley, General Director: San Francisco Opera

Phil Ying, Violist: The Ying Quartet of the Eastman School of Music

David Kirk, Principal Tuba: Houston Symphony

David Ashley White, Director: Moores School of Music of the University of Houston

Mariquita Masterson, Owner and Artist: Masterson Design; Board Member: AFA

Sukie Voskamp, Director of Development: Episcopal High School

Denton Cooley, Surgeon in Chief: Texas Heart Institute