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IAMA Website Biography Information Sheet
For you, or someone you know . . .
Full Name ______(include maiden name, if appropriate)
Optional: Birth date (D/M/Y) ______Death date _____ Where were you born? (city/state) ______
Parents' names (include mother's maiden name)______
Any siblings? If so, did any of them pursue music as a career? ______
Did you spend your childhood where you were born? If not, where was most of your childhood spent? ______
How did you get started in music? Was there a lot of music in the home? Were either of the parents musicians? Amateur? Professional? What instrument(s) did you start on? If primarily a vocalist, when did serious study in voice begin? ______
What training did you have in your early years (grade school through academy or high school)? ______
(optional) Was their one or more of your teachers during these years who proved particularly inspiring? ______
Did you attend high school or academy(ies)? Name of school(s), year of graduation? ______
When did you decide to pursue music as a career? What college(s) or university(ies) did you attend for his undergraduate work? What was your degree? B.A., B.S., B.Mus., B.Mus.Ed.? Were you a music major or minor? Performance area(s)? Primary performance teacher(s)Year of graduation? With distinction? ______
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Master's degree(s)? M.A., M.Mus. M.Mus.Ed., M.F.A.? Where taken and year completed?Areas of emphasis (performance, education, music theory, composition, music history)? With distinction? Who were your performance area teachers? ______
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Doctoral work and/or degree? Where (list all schools) graduate study was taken and, if a degree was completed, what type D.M.A., D.F.A. or Ph.D.? Area(s) of emphasis (performance, education, music theory, composition, music history)? With distinction? Who were your performance area
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teachers? ______
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Career Information
Have you been a frequent performer? Mostly solos rather than recitals? Soloist with band, choir, or orchestras (Provide detail on noteworthy appearances)? Frequent recitals, other than those required
for degrees? Frequent ensemble participant (not conducting)? Band, Chamber Music, Choirs, Orchestra, Handbells, other? ______
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Conductor? Band, Choral, Orchestral, Handbells? All? ______
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Were or are you a music teacher? Private Studio? Names of schools and dates employed at each, starting from first to most recent. Retired? Continued activity in music after retirement? What? ______
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If you pursued a career in an area other than music but continued to pursue musical activity, list the profession and what that music activity was. ______
Career Accomplishments
Any special achievements by groups you led (national or international tours, when?), Winning in competitions (personal or group)? Recognition for contributions by service clubs, yearbook dedication(s). If the latter, when and at what school, dedicatory write-upcopy? Awards, professional (teaching or music), or for service in non-music areas? What kind and when received? Honorary Degrees (type, when awarded and by what school)? ______
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(Optional) Personal
Married? When, and to whom? Was he/she a musician? Children? If so, names (optional)? Are any of them or their children professional or amateur musicians. If so, please name each and what his/her performing area(s) is and, if professional musician(s), what career path are they following?
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This information was provided by (name) ______. If not the subject of this biography, please give relationship and date this information was prepared. In either instance, please provide a phone number where you can be reached.
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Relationship Date Phone Number email address
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