Andre de Quadros
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André de Quadros
André de Quadros (1953—), conductor
, ethnomusicologist
, music educator
, and human rights activist has conducted and undertaken research in over forty countries and is a professor of music at Boston University
. He has had a number of leadership positions at Boston University, including: director of the School of Music, chair of the Music Education Department, chair of the Department of Music in the College and Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, and artistic director of the Tanglewood Institute. He holds affiliated faculty appointments in other BU departments: the African Studies Center, the Center for the Study of Asia, and the Institute for the Study of Muslim Societies and Civilizations.
He has studied at the Bombay School of Music, the University of Bombay, La Trobe University
(Australia
), at the University of Melbourne
, at Monash University
(Australia), at the Universitat "Mozarteum" in Salzburg
with a DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service
) scholarship, and at the Victorian College of the Arts
.
As a conductor, he is developing new cross-cultural experimental repertoire with influences of Arab
, Indian, Latin American
, and Indonesian music. Engagements of note include the National Philharmonic Orchestra of Bulgaria with which he toured Spain
, the Massachusetts All-State Chorus (USA), the Tanglewood Institute Young Artists Orchestra (USA
), the Prokofiev Symphony Orchestra (Ukraine
), the National Youth Choirs of Great Britain
, the Nusantara Chamber Orchestra (Indonesia
), the Moscow State Radio Symphony Orchestra, the New Monash Orchestra, the Jauna Muzika Choir
(Lithuania
), and Choralies 2010 (France
). He is a member of Interkultur’s World Choir Council and Artistic Director of Aswatuna – Arab Choral Festival.
Professor de Quadros is the conductor of the Manado State University Choir (Indonesia) with which he toured France, Sweden
and Poland
in 2010 winning a first prize at the Warsaw International Competition. He is a member of the Scientific Board of the International Network for Singing Hospitals, an advisor on the Board of the International Federation for Choral Music
, a member of the Editorial Board of the peer-reviewed journal, Arts and Health, and a member of the steering committee of Conductors Without Borders
. He is currently editing the Cambridge Companion to Choral Music for Cambridge University Press
, is co-editor of Tanglewood II: Summoning the Future of Music Education to be published by GIA Press, and lead author of Choral Music in Global Perspective to be published by Routledge
. He is general editor of the Carmina Mundi series of Carus-Verlag
, and editor of Cantemus, Salamu Aleikum Choral Music of the Muslim World, and Music of Asia and the Pacific published by earthsongs
(USA) and Songs of the World published by Hinshaw Music (USA).
In 2010, he conducted a historic project with Palestinian
and Israel
i choral musicians in East Jerusalem. He is part of a multi-year, externally funded arts and public health research project in Peru
. Starting in 2011, he will be the director of the newly constituted Music Research and Creative Network of the Social Science Research Network
(SSRN), the fourth largest online repository in the world. His awards include Monash University Vice-Chancellor and President’s Special Commendation for Distinguished Teaching and a first prize in the Australian National Choral Championships.
He is an Accredited Teacher, SEDA (UK) and his prior university appointments include being Associate Professor and Director of Music Performance at Monash University
School of Music—Conservatorium, Australia. He is also former Artistic Director of the Melbourne International Festival of Choirs.
André de Quadros (1953—), conductor
Conducting
Conducting is the art of directing a musical performance by way of visible gestures. The primary duties of the conductor are to unify performers, set the tempo, execute clear preparations and beats, and to listen critically and shape the sound of the ensemble...
, ethnomusicologist
Ethnomusicology
Ethnomusicology is defined as "the study of social and cultural aspects of music and dance in local and global contexts."Coined by the musician Jaap Kunst from the Greek words ἔθνος ethnos and μουσική mousike , it is often considered the anthropology or ethnography of music...
, music educator
Music education
Music education is a field of study associated with the teaching and learning of music. It touches on all domains of learning, including the psychomotor domain , the cognitive domain , and, in particular and significant ways,the affective domain, including music appreciation and sensitivity...
, and human rights activist has conducted and undertaken research in over forty countries and is a professor of music at Boston University
Boston University
Boston University is a private research university located in Boston, Massachusetts. With more than 4,000 faculty members and more than 31,000 students, Boston University is one of the largest private universities in the United States and one of Boston's largest employers...
. He has had a number of leadership positions at Boston University, including: director of the School of Music, chair of the Music Education Department, chair of the Department of Music in the College and Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, and artistic director of the Tanglewood Institute. He holds affiliated faculty appointments in other BU departments: the African Studies Center, the Center for the Study of Asia, and the Institute for the Study of Muslim Societies and Civilizations.
He has studied at the Bombay School of Music, the University of Bombay, La Trobe University
La Trobe University
La Trobe University is a multi-campus university in Victoria, Australia. It was established in 1964 by an Act of Parliament to become the third oldest university in the state of Victoria. The main campus of La Trobe is located in the Melbourne suburb of Bundoora; two other major campuses are...
(Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
), at the University of Melbourne
University of Melbourne
The University of Melbourne is a public university located in Melbourne, Victoria. Founded in 1853, it is the second oldest university in Australia and the oldest in Victoria...
, at Monash University
Monash University
Monash University is a public university based in Melbourne, Victoria. It was founded in 1958 and is the second oldest university in the state. Monash is a member of Australia's Group of Eight and the ASAIHL....
(Australia), at the Universitat "Mozarteum" in Salzburg
Salzburg
-Population development:In 1935, the population significantly increased when Salzburg absorbed adjacent municipalities. After World War II, numerous refugees found a new home in the city. New residential space was created for American soldiers of the postwar Occupation, and could be used for...
with a DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service
German Academic Exchange Service
The German Academic Exchange Service or DAAD is the largest German support organisation in the field of international academic co-operation....
) scholarship, and at the Victorian College of the Arts
Victorian College of the Arts
The Faculty of the VCA and Music is a faculty of the University of Melbourne, in Victoria . VCAM is located near the Melbourne central business district, on two campuses, one - the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music - on the Parkville campus of the University of Melbourne, and the other - the...
.
As a conductor, he is developing new cross-cultural experimental repertoire with influences of Arab
Arab music
Arabic music or Arab music is the music of the Arab World, including several genres and styles of music ranging from Arabic classical to Arabic pop music and from secular to sacred music....
, Indian, Latin American
Latin American music
Latin American music, found within Central and South America, is a series of musical styles and genres that mixes influences from Spanish, African and indigenous sources, that has recently become very famous in the US.-Argentina:...
, and Indonesian music. Engagements of note include the National Philharmonic Orchestra of Bulgaria with which he toured Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
, the Massachusetts All-State Chorus (USA), the Tanglewood Institute Young Artists Orchestra (USA
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
), the Prokofiev Symphony Orchestra (Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
), the National Youth Choirs of Great Britain
National Youth Choirs of Great Britain
The National Youth Choirs of Great Britain is the name given to a family of choirs for young singers in the United Kingdom. It comprises a total of eight choirs and in the 2009/2010 season almost 800 young people between the ages of 8 and 23 participated in the choirs.-About the choirs:The...
, the Nusantara Chamber Orchestra (Indonesia
Indonesia
Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...
), the Moscow State Radio Symphony Orchestra, the New Monash Orchestra, the Jauna Muzika Choir
Jauna muzika
Jauna muzika is a chamber choir in Vilnius, Lithuania, formed in 1989 by composers Remigijus Merkelys and Algimantas Gurevičius. The members of the choir are professional musicians - graduates and students of the Lithuanian Academy of Music. Depending on the repertoire being performed, the number...
(Lithuania
Lithuania
Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...
), and Choralies 2010 (France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
). He is a member of Interkultur’s World Choir Council and Artistic Director of Aswatuna – Arab Choral Festival.
Professor de Quadros is the conductor of the Manado State University Choir (Indonesia) with which he toured France, Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
and Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
in 2010 winning a first prize at the Warsaw International Competition. He is a member of the Scientific Board of the International Network for Singing Hospitals, an advisor on the Board of the International Federation for Choral Music
International Federation for Choral Music
International Federation for Choral Music – IFCM, is an international association founded in 1982 to facilitate communication and exchange between choral musicians throughout the world...
, a member of the Editorial Board of the peer-reviewed journal, Arts and Health, and a member of the steering committee of Conductors Without Borders
Conductors Without Borders
Conductors Without Borders , is an international development programme for conductors and choral leaders who lack access to professional education, mentorship or guidance...
. He is currently editing the Cambridge Companion to Choral Music for Cambridge University Press
Cambridge University Press
Cambridge University Press is the publishing business of the University of Cambridge. Granted letters patent by Henry VIII in 1534, it is the world's oldest publishing house, and the second largest university press in the world...
, is co-editor of Tanglewood II: Summoning the Future of Music Education to be published by GIA Press, and lead author of Choral Music in Global Perspective to be published by Routledge
Routledge
Routledge is a British publishing house which has operated under a succession of company names and latterly as an academic imprint. Its origins may be traced back to the 19th-century London bookseller George Routledge...
. He is general editor of the Carmina Mundi series of Carus-Verlag
Carus-Verlag
Carus-Verlag is a German music publishers founded in 1972 and based in Stuttgart.Carus was founded by choral conductor Günter Graulich and his wife Waltraud with the emphasis on church music...
, and editor of Cantemus, Salamu Aleikum Choral Music of the Muslim World, and Music of Asia and the Pacific published by earthsongs
Earthsongs
Earthsongs, released in 2005, is the eighth album by Secret Garden."Always There" is another song written with lyrics by Brendan Graham and performed by Russell Watson, and also covered by Jan Werner Danielsen....
(USA) and Songs of the World published by Hinshaw Music (USA).
In 2010, he conducted a historic project with Palestinian
Palestine
Palestine is a conventional name, among others, used to describe the geographic region between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River, and various adjoining lands....
and Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
i choral musicians in East Jerusalem. He is part of a multi-year, externally funded arts and public health research project in Peru
Peru
Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....
. Starting in 2011, he will be the director of the newly constituted Music Research and Creative Network of the Social Science Research Network
Social Science Research Network
The Social Science Research Network is a website devoted to the rapid dissemination of scholarly research in the social sciences and humanities. SSRN is viewed as particularly strong in the fields of economics, finance, accounting, management, and law. SSRN was founded in 1994 by Michael Jensen ...
(SSRN), the fourth largest online repository in the world. His awards include Monash University Vice-Chancellor and President’s Special Commendation for Distinguished Teaching and a first prize in the Australian National Choral Championships.
He is an Accredited Teacher, SEDA (UK) and his prior university appointments include being Associate Professor and Director of Music Performance at Monash University
Monash University
Monash University is a public university based in Melbourne, Victoria. It was founded in 1958 and is the second oldest university in the state. Monash is a member of Australia's Group of Eight and the ASAIHL....
School of Music—Conservatorium, Australia. He is also former Artistic Director of the Melbourne International Festival of Choirs.