TERRY B. EWELL
Terry
Ewell is Professor of bassoon and music theory at Towson University Department of Music. In his 30+ years as a
professional musician he
has received recognition as a performer, teacher, scholar, and
administrator.
Terry Ewell currently performs as Principal Bassoon with the Mid-Atlantic Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestra of St. John's, and the Bach Concert Series Orchestra. For
seven years he served as Principal Bassoon of the Hong Kong
Philharmonic under
music director Kenneth Schermerhorn and visiting directors Gerard
Schwartz,
Kenneth Jean, Maxim Shostakovich, and Jahja Ling. Later he was Principal Bassoon of the
Wheeling Symphony and Acting Principal Bassoon of the West Virginia
Symphony. He has
performed with the
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, and
the
Baltimore Chamber Orchestra. As
a
soloist he has performed with the Seattle Symphony Orchestra, the Hong
Kong
Philharmonic, the IDRS 2004 Conference Orchestra (
Melbourne
,
Australia
),
and with several
regional orchestras in the state of
Washington
. In addition, he has performed with the Baltimore Symphony and the Baltimore Chamber Orchestra. His performances as a
chamber musician have
been heard in Germany,
Hong
Kong, Portugal, and throughout the
United States
. He has recorded for Musical Heritage Society, Hong Kong
Records,
Pickwick Records, and Cambria Records. He recently recorded as an orchestral member with the
Baltimore Chamber Orchestra for Naxos.
Dr.
Ewell has gained a reputation for his innovative approaches to bassoon
pedagogy. He is a
pioneer in the application
of
MIDI
, MP3, and online video for bassoon
instruction. His YouTube videos, website materials, and web publications with the International Double Reed Society (Bassoon-Family
Fingering Companion, the IDRS Reed
Project, the IDRS
MIDI site, IDRS
Who’s
Who, IDRS
Podcast, and IDRS
Conference Program Archive) have been viewed or downloaded over a million times. His
articles on various
aspects of bassoon pedagogy have received international attention with
publication in American, Dutch, and British journals. His
writings appear in over a dozen journals, principally The
Double Reed, the International
Double Reed Journal, and Scrapes. In 2009 he edited and contributed to Celebrating Double Reeds: A Festschrift for William Waterhouse and Philip Bate.
He has taught at the Hong Kong Conservatory
of Music, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Pacific Lutheran
University
(Washington State), West Virginia University, and Towson University. He is a returning faculty
member at the MasterWorks Music
Festival and has
given master classes or lectures at Trinity
College in Greenwich, England; the University of Colorado; Sias University, China; and at
several
International Double Reed Society conferences.
Dr. Ewell completed his fourteenth year of service as an
administrator in 2009. He
was Chairperson of the Division of Music at West Virginia University
for five
years and subsequently served from 2000-2009 as Chairperson of the
Department
of Music at Towson University. During his leadership at Towson
University,
music major enrollment in the Department of Music has grown from 282 to
almost
350 students. His efforts helped to secure over $300,000 in additional
funds
for the Department of Music and over $20,000 for the International
Double Reed
Society. In 2001 he also administered a successful conference for the
International Double Reed Society that raised over $40,000 in revenue.
Dr.
Ewell has written successful grants to the National Endowment for the
Arts and
the Maryland State Arts Council. In addition, he played an important
role in
the planning of the Towson University Creative Arts Center Building
Project and
the securing of over 1.5 million dollars of new equipment and
instruments for
the Department of Music.
Dr.
Ewell served four years as President of the International Double Reed
Society,
which has a worldwide membership of over 4,000. In November 2005 He was
elected as Chair of Region 6 (North Eastern States) and Executive
Committee
Officer of the National Association of Schools of Music. Dr. Ewell also
served
as an accreditation evaluator for the National Association of Schools
of Music.
Psalm 150:6 Let everything that has breath praise the Lord. Praise the
Lord!