BIOGRAPHY RAINER BECKMANN    

CURICULUM VITAE

(2002-Present)               University of Georgia, Athens, GA

                                       Ph.D. Student in Historical Musicology

                                       Advisor: Dr. David Haas

                                       Expected Graduation: May 2007

(1994-1996)                  Utrecht School of the Arts, Faculty of Music, The Netherlands

                                      Uitvoerend Musicus (Performance Diploma-Recorder)

                                      Advisor: Heiko ter Schegget

(1989-1994)                 Utrecht School of the Arts, Faculty of Music, The Netherlands

                                     Docerend Musicus (Teaching Diploma - Recorder)

                                     Advisors: Baldrick Deerenberg, Marion Verbruggen

Master Classes Early Music:    Barbara Thornton, Benjamin Bagby (Sequentia)

                                                 Leo Meilink (Dialoge Musicale)

                                                 Paul Lennhouts (Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet)

 

PROFESSIONAL TEACHING EXPERIENCE

(2005-Present)               Instructor of Early Music, Recorder & Chamber Music

                                      (Greater Philadelphia Area Recorder Academy; ARS Chapters and

                                       Recorder Ensembles in Princeton, Brandywine, Manhattan, Long

                                       Island; Amherst Early Music Winter & Fall Workshops; Oak Lane

                                       Day School)

(2002-2004)                   Teaching Assistant, School of Music, University of Georgia

                                       Introduction to Music/Music Appreciation/Theory

                                       Instructor of Early Music, Recorder & Chamber Music

                                       (ARS Chapters in Atlanta and Birmingham; Early Music Ensemble

                                       of Emory University, GA)

(1998-2002)                   Assistant Professor, Department of the Arts, State University of Ceara, Brazil

                                       Music History; Applied Music: Recorder; Early Music Ensembles

                                       Instructor of Musical Educational Programs in the States of Ceara and Piaui,

                                       Brazil

(1992-1997)                   Instructor of Recorder Master Classes & Early Music Workshops in The

                                       Netherlands, France, Brazil. Recorder Teacher, Municipal Music School,

                                       Wuppertal, Germany

 

PROFESSIONAL PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE

 

(2002 - Present)             Member of the Philadelphia Baroque Orchestra Tempesta di Mare

 

                                       Guest appearances with the New Amsterdam Recorder Trio

                                       Performances with the Baroque ensemble Ritornello, Atlanta

(1997-2002)                   Music Director of the early music ensembles Ad Libitum & Syntagma,

                                      Fortaleza, Brazil

                                      Soloist with the Eleazar de Carvalho Chamber Orchestra

                                     Chamber music activities with Veronica Lapa (Piano & Harpsichord) and

                                     Carlos Velaszuez (Guitar)

(1992-1997)                  Founding member of the Landini Consort, Utrecht, The Netherlands and extensive

                                     concert activities in Germany, The Netherlands, France & Belgium.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

                                     Brazilian Art Music of the Nineteenth & Early Twentieth Century