Thomas Burton Malone
Composer / Educator / Folk performer
120 Cowley Ave. East Lansing MI, 48823
email : tmalone (at) bu.edu
EDUCATION
Boston University, College of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Doctor of Musical Arts in Music Education, anticipated May 2006
Masters in Music Education, May 2003
New England Conservatory of Music, Boston, MA
Bachelor of Music, Music Composition, 1997
Boston Music Education Collaborative, Teacher Certification Program,1993-97
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Instructor: Traditional American Music, CFA MU616, Boston University, 2004-2005
Guest Lecturer on Sacred Harp traditions CAS AN 316, Boston University, Fall 2004
Guest Lecturer in Curriculum Development CFA MU 136, Boston University, Spring 2004
Teaching Assistant: New England Conservatory Intercultural Institute, Boston, MA, 1997, 1999, 2002
Classroom Music Teacher: Pierce and Lawrence Public Schools, Brookline, MA, 2000-2005
Classroom Music Teacher: DeWitt Public Schools, DeWitt, MI, 2005 -
Director: Yellow Bridge Chamber Ensemble, Youth String Orchestra 2004-2005
Choir Director: First Baptist Church, Central Square, Cambridge, MA, 2000- 2004
PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS
Malone, T. (2005). Jeremiah Ingalls' "The Christian Harmony" (1805) : Informing the historic folk-hymnody of Vermont through the living Sacred Harp tradition. Paper presented at the Conference on American Hymnody, Belmont University, Nashville, TN, 2005
Malone, T. (2005). From 'Jump-rope rhymes' to Djembe rhythms. Paper presented at Massachussetts Music Educators Association All-State Conference, Boston, MA.
Malone, T. (2005). Authentic use of the "blue note" American folk fongs within the General music classroom. Paper presented at Massachussetts Music Educators Association All-State Conference, Boston, MA.
Malone , T. (2004). Echoes of Congo Square: the innate multiculturalism of American folk songs. Paper presented at the Massachusetts Music Educators Association All-State Conference, Danvers, MA.
Malone , T. (2004). Mozart meets Mother Goose: Linguistic strategies for perception of musical phrases. Paper presented at the Massachusetts Music Educators Association All-State Conference, Danvers, MA.
Malone , T. (2003). Songs and rhythms of Uganda: Music in the context of East African cultural life. Paper presented at the Boston University Graduate Research Seminar, Boston, MA.
Malone , T. (2002). Investigating the childrens oral tradition of singing games in the playgrounds of two Elementary schools in Brookline, MA. Paper presented at the Boston University Graduate Research Seminar, Boston, MA.
Malone , T. (2001). A cultural and conceptual comparison of songs from Freidrich Froebels Mutterspeil und Koseleider with childrens hand games and songs from English and German folk traditions. Paper presented at the Boston University Graduate Research Seminar, Boston, MA.
SELECTED LEADERSHIP/PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE
Founder/Musical Director, Connexion Shape Note-Singers, 2003-present
Lead shape-note vocal ensemble dedicated to performance and scholarship of rural American composers and tunebook compilers as found in the 18th Century repertoire on New England Psalmody as well as the 19th Century Sacred Harp tradition and contemporary practices.
Founder/Co-Director, Boston University Student Organization for Traditional Music, 2004-present
Responsibilities include the co-direction of weekly E. African learning sessions with Master teachers from Uganda, the direction of weekly open singings from American Shape-note traditions of folk choral singing, the coordination of performances involving East and West African traditions alongside Creole and African-American styles.
Instructor/performer, MITCAN, Ugandan Drum Ensemble, Cambridge, MA, 2000-present
Co-direct music and dance ensemble begun by James Makubaya with college students and traditional Ugandan performers Moses Buyundo and Moses Sehija.
Director/performer, Shoeshine Boy Folk Orchestra, Boston, MA, 1993-1999
Arranger and lead performer in multi-cultural music ensemble, featured at NEC's Jordan Hall, Brookline Public Access Television, and in weekly performances at the Middle East club, Cambridge, MA
Instrumentalist, Gamelan Galak Tika, MIT, Cambridge, MA, 1997-1999
Played metallophones, gongs, and ethnic flutes, for nationally recognized Balinese Music and Dance Ensemble at MIT, directed by Evan Ziporyn. Participated in concert workshops at venues such as the DeCordova Museum, MIT's Kresge Auditorium, Kripalu Yoga Center, and with students in the New Jersey Public Schools
Dancer, Traditional Haitian dance ensemble, Boston, MA, 1997-1998
Studied and performed under the direction of Patric LaCroix. Performances included the Ghede Festival and Concerts at the Boston Center for the Arts.
COMPOSITION ACHIEVEMENTS
Awards and Honors
2005 "The Christian Harmony" by Jeremiah Ingalls, recieved a Grant from the Brookline Foundation for the creation of a modern edition of this historic tunebook.
2003 "Petrushka & The Firebird", 2 one-act plays for chamber orchestra, childrens chorus, & soloists, commissioned by Pierce School, Brookline MA
2002 "Aphrodité", Chamber work for soprano, harp, & string quartet, commissioned by the Hellenic Arts Society, Worcester, MA
2000 New Music Concert Grant, St. Pauls Episcopal Church, Brookline. MA
1998 "Childhood's End," String quintet, commissioned by Greenwood Music Camp, NH
1997 "Atlantean Dances", String orchestra, commissioned for the New England Conservatory Extension Division Festival, Boston, MA
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Jeremiah Ingalls: A Vermont composer's enduring impact on two centuries of folk-hymnody and shape-note singing
Sympathetic resonance through 'perfect concords' in William Billings' theory of harmony
18th Century Afro-Caribbean musical impact on emerging 19th Century American musical idioms
Modal structures within Anglo-American and African-American unaccompanied vocal music
PRIMARY INSTRUCTORS
Musicology:
Robert Labaree
Joel Sheveloff
Evan Ziporyn
Gerdes Fleurent
Peter Row
Music Education:
Anthony Palmer
Andre de Quadros
Richard Colwell
Frank Battisti
Brian Leavell
Composition:
Robert DiDomenica
Joseph Gabriel Maneri
Lee Hyla
Malcolm Peyton
John Felice
Johanna Jenei