The CD entitled Glimpse is available in Europe
through Schorer Publications. Listen to selections from the
CD Glimpse.
William K. Koehler
Publications and Other Creative Activities:
Publications and Presentations:
a. International:
Music for Double Bass
Six Original Compositions for Double Bass by William Koehler - published with
Schorer Publications,
München, Germany
Oracle for double bass, Piano, drums
Moment for double Bass and percussion
Ruhpolding Songbirds for Solo double Bass
Another Place for solo double Bass
Storyteller for double Bass, piano, and Drums
Doxa Mea for Solo Double Bass
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The CD entitled Glimpse is available in Europe
through Schorer Publications. Listen to selections from the
CD Glimpse. |
Three publications of Double Bass transcriptions - published with Schorer
Publications.
1. Seven Ricercares for Solo Double Bass, by Dommenico Gabrielli,
2. Drei Fantasiestüke for Double Bass and Piano, by Robert Schumann,
3. Andante Cantabile, for Double Bass and Piano, by Pietro Nardini.
b. National:
Applying Concepts of Orff-Schulwerk and Kodály to String Education.
Appeared in the Winter 1998 issue of The American String Teacher , a joint article (with Dr. Shela Bondurant-Koehler, Associate Professor and Director of Music Education at
IWU).
Physiological Mapping of Bowing Technique published in Technological Directions in Music Education Conference Proceedings, 1996. Institute for Music Research, San Antonio,
Tx.
The Effect of Electromyographic Feedback on Achievement in Bowing
Technique published in Technological Directions in Music Education Conference Proceedings, 1995. Institute for Music Research, San Antonio,
Tx.
Aspects of Movement and Auditory Awareness in Shifting on Cello and Double
Bass, The American String Teacher, Summer 1991,
Vol.XLI, No. 3.
Left-Hand Technique,
Feature Article, The International Society of Bassists Journal, vol. XIV, No. 3, 16-20, Spring 1990.
c. State:
"Applying Concepts of Orff-Schulwerk and Kodály to String Education". Published in The Scroll: Official Publication of the Illinois American String Teachers Association (Spring 1997), a joint article (with Dr. Shela Bondurant-Koehler, Associate Professor and Director of Music Education at
IWU).
Improvisation: Instant Composition The Scroll - Illinois American String Teachers Association. Autumn 1995.
Being "In the Zone" - Performing to your Highest Potential The Scroll - Illinois American String Teachers Association. Autumn 1995.
Successful Practicing The Scroll - Illinois American String Teachers Association. Autumn 1994.
Research Report: String Class Teaching, Indiana Musicator, vol. 40, no. 3, 3/85.
a. Peer reviewed
Presentation: "The Effect Electromyographic Feedback on Achievement in Bowing Technique" at the Association for Technology in Music Instruction and College Music Society meetings in San Juan, Puerto Rico on October 22 - 24, 1998.
Bass Clinician/Performer at the Richard Davis Festival for Young Bassists in Madison, Wisconsin. Approximately 100 bass students participated. Rufus Reed (NYC), John Clayton (LA), David Murray (Butler Univ.), Larry Hutchinson (Detroit Sym.), Peter Dominguez (Oberlin), Dianna Gannett (U of Iowa, and current President of the International Society of Bassists), and Richard Davis (recording artist/Univ. Wisconsin. at Madison), etc., participated. April 9 - 11, 1998. I will participate again this Spring.
Research presentation at the MENC National Conference in Kansas City in April 1996.
Presented "Physiological mapping of string performance" at the third Technological Directions in Music Education Conference University of Texas at San Antonio, 2/8, 1996.
Presented "Physiological Mapping of String Performance" at the IMEA Research Symposium , Poster Session, Feb, 1996. This study was one of six selected to be part of "Music Research in Illinois". In addition, I was invited to present my work in a poster session on the same day.
Presented "The Effect of Electromyographic Feedback on Achievement in Bowing Technique" at the second Technological Directions in Music Education Conference 1/28, 1995.
All-State Convention Presentation/Performance - Double Bass Session for Bassists and Teachers IMEA Peoria 1/28/1994.
The Analysis and Improvement of Bowing Technique Through the Use of EMG Biofeedback. Main study presented at the IMEA convention, Peoria, Illinois, Jan. 1993.
Presented pilot study entitled The Analysis of Bowing Ability Through Electromyographic Biofeedback at the IMEA Convention in Peoria on Jan. 27, 1991.
Presented a lecture/demonstration on Technique, Physiology, and the Use of the Four Finger System and Cello Extensions at Bass Day '89 at Northwestern University on Sat. November 11, 1989. This event was sponsored by the International Society of Bassists.
Research Paper presented at the North Central Music Education Conference in St. Paul Minn. Paper entitled " A Study of the Attitudes Toward Music of Undergraduate Elementary Education Majors." Sam
Baltzer, Shela Bondurant-Koehler, and William Koehler authors). 2/1988.
An Investigation of Elementary Education Major's Attitudes Toward Music and Musical Experience - research project presented at
IMEA, Indianapolis, In.11/1/1985.
b. General Presentations:
String Fest '97 and '98 - Faculty member/Conductor's Quartet. July 7 - 12, 1997, July 20 - 25, 1998.
Presentation at the North Central Division - Higher Education Division of
IMEA, entitled "Trends in String Teaching", Peoria, January 31, 1997.
Conductor and Coordinator of the Central Illinois Elementary String Festival . Bone Center Ball Room. I have done this every year since 1988. (Held in November)
Presented "Physiological Mapping of String Performance", "Improvisation: Instant Composition", and "Being In the Zone - Performing at the Height of Your Potential", and string pedagogy issues at the Du Page County Teacher In- Service - Music Workshop, Sponsored by
LMI/Lyons Music, Inc., March 1, 1996.
Presented "A New Look at Comprehensive Musicianship", "Teaching Young Children", "Qualities of a Master Teacher", "Left Hand Technique and the Use of the Four Finger System", "Motivation", "Some Ideas for String Repertoire", "The Role and Purpose of American Education", "Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligences", "Successful Practicing", and a bass clinic for teachers, at the Du Page County Teacher In-Service - Music Workshop, a day-long event, Sponsored by
LMI/Lyons Music, Inc., March 3, 1995.
Presented a lecture on "The Teaching and Learning of Music Performance and the Effect of Electromyographic Feedback on Achievement in Bowing Technique" at the Illinois Collegiate Music Educators Association Fall Conference. 9/19/1992.
Books:
Educational Textbooks:
Teaching Strings, by Robert Klotman, 1988, Schirmer Books. Illustrated all Double Bass instructional photos and vibrato photos, and assisted in compilation.
Assisted in editing the 2nd edition of the above book, August 1995.
Reviews:
Reviews of Orchestra music published in The American String Teacher:
Histoires de Contrebasse for Double Bass and Piano by Pierre Max Dubois, Winter 1992.
Andante for Double Bass and Piano by Serge Koussevitsky, Edited by David Walter, Liben Music Publishers,
Cinn, Oh, 1989. Winter 1992.
Classical Pieces for Double Bass and Piano, Book III. Collected by Jean Marc
Rollez. Billaudot/Presser Co., 1988. Winter 1992.
The Really Easy Bass Book, very first solos for double bass with piano accompaniment by Tony Osborne, Faber Music/Hal Leonard, 1990. Winter 1992.
Czardas, by Monti, Arranged by James Red Mc Leod for the Strolling Strings Show Stoppers Series. Kjos Music Co., Spring 1991.
A Night At The Symphony, Arranged by James Red Mc Leod for the Strolling Strings Show Stoppers Series. Kjos Music Co., Spring 1991.
A Night in Vienna, Arranged by James Red Mc Leod for the Strolling Strings Show Stoppers Series. Kjos Music Co., Spring 1991.
Bernhard Romberg, Sonata in G Major, opus 43, No.3, for violoncello and double bass, Bote and Bock, Berlin, Wiesbaden, Germany. Winter 1990.
Duo Concertant for two double basses, by Andre' Ameller, Alphonse Leduc, Paris. Winter 1990.
Sonatina Concertata II, opus 55, No. 1, for piano and strings by
Kuhlau-McSpadder, Ivory Palisades Music Publishing Co., Memphis Tn. Winter 1990.
1812 Overture, by Tchaikovsky, arranged for String Orchestra, Ludwig Music Co., Summer 1990.
Orpheus in the Underworld, by Offenbach, arranged for String Orchestra, Ludwig
Music Co., Summer 1990.
F. Simandl Method for Double Bass Book Two, Carl Fischer Inc., Publisher N.Y., N.Y., 1987. Autumn 1989.
Caprice XXIV, op. 1, for Double Bass by Niccolo Pagannini, International Music Co., N.Y., N.Y., Summer 1988.
William Zinn, Organ Passacaglia and Fugue in C Minor for String Orchestra, Autumn 1988.
Anthony Herschel Hill, Four Pieces for Double Bass and Piano, Autumn 1988.
John Joubert, Tombeau: Reflections on the Ground "When I am Laid in Earth" from Dido and Aeneas by Purcell, opus 86 for solo Bass Viol, Autumn 1988.
Bertram Turtezky, Poems, Portraits, Ballads, and Blues for Solo Contrabass, Autumn 1988.
F. Mannino, Sonata Tropicale for Double Bass and Piano, Spring 1987.
Gustav Mahler, Finale from Symphony #3 for Full Orchestra, Spring 1987.
Charles Hoag, Variations on a Theme by John Blow for Double Bass and Piano, Winter 1987.
A. Corelli, Three Sonata Movements arranged for Double Bass and Piano, Spring 1987.
James McLeod, Bluegrass Camp Meeting for String Orchestra, Autumn 1987.
J. S. Pierpont, Tintinabulations for Full Orchestra, Autumn 1987.
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