EDUARDO M. CEDEÑO mailto:ecedeno@live.com website: http://www.eduardocedeno.net ____________________________________________________________________________ EDUCATION - Boston University - Additional studies in Music Education - M.M. Music Theory, Butler University – Jordan College of Fine Arts - B.A. Music, Butler University – Jordan College of Fine Arts - Relevant coursework in: Music Theory, Choir/Orchestra Conducting, Voice and Violin. - English Diploma, Marion College, Indiana - High School Diploma, Francisco Fajardo, Caracas, Venezuela – Humanities Major
Specialized Study Violin study with Hidetaro Suzuki, former Concertmaster of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra
Voice study master classes under the direction of Helena Lazarska, Professor of Music at the University of Music, Vienna, Austria, Founder and Artistic Director of the Polish Voice Festival and the International "Ada-Sari-Voice-Art-Competition". Ms. Lazarska has taught at the Music Conservatories in Kato- wice, Gdansk, Krakow, since 1987 at the University of Music Mozateum, and since 1992 at the University of Music in Vienna.
Voice study under the direction of Andre Aerne, Jordan College of Fine Arts, Indiana
Conducting study under the direction of Jackson Wiley, Philharmonic Orchestra of Indianapolis Music Director Emeritus, while at the Jordan College of Fine Arts, Indiana
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Teaching 2010 – Present Band/Chorus Conductor - Community School of Davidson, Davidson, NC
2009 - Present Adjunct Faculty, Music - Mitchell Community College, Statesville, NC USA 2006 – 2010 Principal Conductor and Co-Founder – Cornelius Youth Orchestras, Cornelius, NC USA 2005 – Present Orchestra Director, Strings Instructor – Cannon School, Concord, NC, USA 1999 – 2003 Spanish and English Instructor – Ivy Tech, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA 1987 – Present Private Tutor - Violin 1987 – 1989 Substitute Teacher – Music and Math - Elementary and Junior High levels, Indianapolis Public Schools, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA 1985 – 1987 Instructor – Music Appreciation, University of Los Andes, Venezuela 1983 –1984 Spanish Instructor, Butler University, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA 1975 –1977 Secondary School Teacher – Music - Maria Immaculada School, Caracas, Venezuela 1976 –1978 Secondary School Teacher – String Ensemble - Tiguitiguito School - Maracay, Venezuela 1974 – 1978 Secondary School Teacher – Musical Group and String Ensemble - Calicanto School of Maracay, Venezuela 1975 – 1979 Secondary School Teacher – Theory and Solfeggio - Jose Lorenzo Llamozas School of Music. String Ensemble Instructor, Caracas, Venezuela 1972 – 1979 Taught theory and solfeo and directed musical groups in high schools throughout Caracas, Venezuela
Performing/Conducting 2010 - Present Co-Founder, Principal Conductor - Lake Norman Youth Orchestra, Cornelius, NC
2008 - Present Conductor – The Lake Norman Orchestra, Mooresville, NC 2007 - 2010 Co-Founder, Principal Conductor - Cornelius Youth Orchestras, Cornelius, NC, USA 2007 -Tenor Soloist - Suscepit Israel, from Magnificat by G.Pergolesi, with Orchestra ensemble, First Presbyterian Church, Concord, NC -Violinist - Dido & Aenas - 2007 UNCC Opera Production, Charlotte, NC Co-Producer/Director – Musical Production, From Bernstein to Broadway, Black Box Theatre, -Cannon School, Concord, NC -Tenor Participant - Choir of Choral Directors, singing Memorial Anthem Metropolitan Music Ministries 22nd Annual Celebration of Music in Worship, Providence Baptist Church, Charlotte, NC -Tenor Soloist - Cantos De Las Americas, Songs of the Americas, Misa Criolla by Ariel Ramirez. Performed with the Carolina Voices -Performed at: St. Gabriel Catholic Church and at University City United Methodist Church, Charlotte, NC -Tenor Soloist - My Lovely Celia by George Munro -Voice Master Classes - UNCC National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS), Belk Theatre, Charlotte, NC
2006 -Tenor Soloist with Charlotte Civic Orchestra – Handel’s Messiah -Tenor Soloist – First Presbyterian Church, Concord - Jesus My Joy by J.S. Bach;Ave Maria by Biebl
2005 – Present Tenor/Soloist, First Presbyterian Church, Concord, NC 2005 Guest Conductor, Second Presbyterian Church, Indianapolis Performer, Indianapolis Opera Company – Lucia di Lammermoor
2004 Performer, Indianapolis Opera Company – Rigoletto, Barber of Seville, Madama Butterfly
2001 Indianapolis Opera Company – Il Trovatore, Cast Role of “Messenger”
1998 to 2005 Tenor Section Leader, Indianapolis Second Presbyterian Church
1997 Performer, Indianapolis Opera Company - Othello
1987 – 1997 Northminster Presbyterian Church – Tenor Soloist
1987 – 1988 Violinist, Philharmonic Orchestra of Indianapolis
1985 – 1987 Director and Conductor, Merida Youth Symphony Orchestra, Merida, Venezuela
1985 Tenor Soloist, The Indianapolis Arts Chorale
1981 – 1985 Violinist, Philharmonic Orchestra of Indianapolis
1979 – 1981 Violinist, Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra, Caracas, Venezuela Chorus Director, Santa Teresa del Niño Jesus School, Venezuela
Additional Experience: -Band and Orchestra Conductor, Rios Reina 2nd. Summer Course, Tachira, Venezuela -Solo Violinist, The Pied Piper of Hamelin: Opera Theatre of Maracay, Venezuela Concerts as solo violinist, Jose Angel Lamas Superior School of Music, Caracas, Venezuela -Violinist, Orquesta Musica Antigua, Venezuela -Guest solo violinist, Rubio House of Culture,Tachira, Venezuela -Guest solo violinist, Rios Reina House of Culture, Tachira, Venezuela -Orchestra Director, Rios Reina 1st. Summer Course, Tachira,Venezuela -String Ensemble Director, Calicanto School, Maracay, Aragua State, Venezuela -String Ensemble, Director-Founder, Tiguitiguito School, Maracay, Venezuela -Director-Founder and Coordinator, Jose Lorenzo Llamozas String Ensemble, including vocal works, Caracas, Venezuela -Juan Mauel Olivares School of Music Choral Group, Venezuela -Schola Cantorum de Caracas Choral Group, Venezuela -Orfeon La Gran Colombia, Soloist -Founding Member, Philharmonic Choral Group of Caracas
Recording As Conductor and Director – Cornelius Youth Orchestra (2008): Holiday of Hope (CD) Cornelius Youth Orchestra (2007): Noel! Again We Say Noel! (CD)
Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra (1979): Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony
Recorded with the Saint Teresa del Niño Jesus Choral Group (1979) Schola Cantorum, 1973-1975: Anthology of the Venezuelan Madrigal, Vols. I and II , Works of the Guido D’Arezzo Contest, Christmas Carols, Catalan Music, Songs of Venezuela, French Music
Second Presbyterian Church, Indianapolis, IN (2003): Rejoice (CD) - Forty-one Titles including: Be Thou My Vision - Jubilate Deo - Walk as Children of Light - How Firm a Foundation - Nearer, My God, To Thee - Set Me as a Seal - Let All the World in Every Corner Sing - Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee - Lord of the Dance - Festival Piece on "Saint Anne" - Bell Carol - Now Thank We All Our God.
As Conductor and Director, 1987: Carmina Burana by Carl Orff with 100 voices and 60 instrumentalists (televised). The performance was repeated in the Teatro Teresa Careño, Caracas in the same year. Beethoven’s Third Symphony; Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony and the Egmont Overture Peter and the Wolf – Prokofiev
Concert Tours Second Presbyterian Sanctuary Choir, 2003: European Tour to France and Switzerland. Performed in Montreux, Vitznau, Strasbourg Cathedral, Reims, Chartres Cathedral, and Paris, France
Second Presbyterian Sanctuary Choir, 2000: European Tour through Italy and Austria. Highlights included concerts at the Chiesa Santa Maria dei Ricci, Florence; Chiesa dei Miracoli, Venice; and Basilica di San Marco, Venice.
Artistic tour as a member of the National Youth Orchestra to Mexico (twice), Ecuador, Columbia (twice), Isla de Guadalupe, England, Italy, France, Spain and Portugal
Tours with different Choral groups and orchestras throughout South America: Maracay, Valencia, Barquisimeto, Coro, Maracaibo, Merida, San Cristobal
Philharmonic Choral Group of Caracas, 1975: Artistic tour to Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Schola Cantorum de Caracas, 1974: Artistic tour to Italy, Spain, France and Austria
1972: Artistic tour to Yugoslavia, Germany and Italy
RELATED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2008 - Present Music Director/Conductor, The Lake Norman Orchestra, Mooresville, NC 2008 Summer Voice Master Classes – Salzburg, Austria 2006 – Present Orchestra Conductor, Director and Founding Member, Cornelius Youth Orchestra 2005 – Present Tenor, First Presbyterian Church Sanctuary Choir 1998 – 2005 Tenor Section Leader, Second Presbyterian Sanctuary Choir 1987 – 1996 Tenor Section Leader, Northminster Presbyterian Sanctuary Choir 1987 Organized budget and conducted the Venezuelan Youth Orchestra – Tenth PanAmerican Games in joint effort with Butler Symphony Orchestra and Kitchener- Waterloo Symphony Orchestra (Ontario, Canada) 1981 Participant developer and organizer of the first Fiesta Indianapolis Program - Philharmonic Choral Group of Caracas, Founding Member
PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION 1988 Who’s Who in Venezuela
1986 Frailejonde Oro por Montaje de la Cantata Carmina Burana (Venezuela’s Highest Award for the Performing Arts)
1978 Diploma – Director, Founder and Technical Director of the Rios Reina 1st Summer Course of Music, Tachira, Venezuela
1977 Diploma – Venezuelan Concert Association, Jose Llamozas School of Music
1976 Diploma – Schola Cantorum de Caracas as member of the same
1975 Medal – Founding Member of the Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra, Caracas, Venezuela
1975 Performance Diploma of the Jose Lorenzo Llamozas Musical Group, Maracay, Venezuela
1974 First Prize – Tenor member of the Schola Cantorum de Caracas, International Choir Competition, Guido D’Arezzo, Italy
RELATED SKILLS -Fluent in: English, Spanish and Italian
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