Michael S. Lippard, D.M.A.

Education

• B.M., Music Education, James Madison University, 1996
• M.M., Clarinet Performance, Northwestern University, 1997
• D.M.A., Clarinet Performance and Pedagogy, University of Colorado at Boulder, 2008

Credentials

• Guest Artist: Clarinet master-class, Marshall University, 2014
• Guest Conductor: 74th Annual Huntingdon County Sr. High Band Festival, Juniata Valley School District, 2012
• Guest Artist: Clarinet master-class, Elizabethtown College, 2011
• Guest Conductor: Wind Symphony, York College of Pennsylvania, 2011
• Festival Director and Adjudicator for woodwind area, Sul Ross State University Solo & Ensemble Festival, 2008-2011

Courses

• Listening to Music
• Foundations of Music Theory
• Applied Clarinet Lessons

Honors

• Concerto Competition winner, Introduction Theme and Variations, Rossini, University of Colorado, 2002
• Wallace F. Fiske Performance Award, University of Colorado, 2000-2001
• Concerto Competition Finalist, James Madison University, 1994-1996

Recent Performances

• Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp, Festival Band, Ohio Music Conference, clarinet, 2015
• Midland-Odessa Symphony Orchestra Pops Series, substitute clarinet, 2010-2011
• Theatre of the Big Bend, various shows, 2006-2009
• Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp, Festival Band, Michigan Music Conference, clarinet, 2008
• Rocky Mountain Center for the Musical Arts, clarinet, Amahl and the Night Visitors, 2005

Service

• College Music Society
• Music Teachers National Association
• International Clarinet Association
• The National Scholars Honor Society
• International Fellowship of Conductors, Composers and Collaborators

Experience

• Clarinet Faculty at Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp, Michigan, 2006-present
• Professor of Music, Sul Ross State University, 2006-20111
• Private Studio Teacher of Clarinet, 1997-present