TEACHING EXPERIENCE

BROOKLINE ADULT & COMMUNITY EDUCATION, Brookline, MA, BrooklineAdultEd.org 9/2017 to 5/2018

Instructor, Beginning Software Engineering, Part 1: A Survey of Basic Principles

BROOKLINE ADULT & COMMUNITY EDUCATION, Brookline, MA, BrooklineAdultEd.org 9/2015 to 11/2015

Instructor, SO YOU WANT TO BE A PROGRAMMER: A Survey of Basic Principles of Software Engineering

BROOKLINE ADULT & COMMUNITY EDUCATION, Brookline, MA, BrooklineAdultEd.org 10/2015

Presenter, Homer's Odyssey and Its Many Homages

MILLIS RECREATION DEPARTMENT, Millis, MA, millis.org/Pages/MillisMA_Recreation 4/2015 to 6/2015
Lecturer, WILSON LOOP TO OMNIVERSE: An Introduction to Physics and Cosmology

ARISIA 2015 Science-Fiction/Fantasy Convention, Boston, MA, arisia.org 1/2015
Presenter, SHINJUKU TO BUDAYEEN: The Spirits of Cyberpunk Past, Present and Dark Dystopian Future

MILLIS PUBLIC LIBRARY, Millis, MA, MillisLibrary.org 12/2014
Presenter, A Brief Glimpse Into Charles Dickens' Most Famous Story, A Christmas Carol

MILLIS RECREATION DEPARTMENT, Millis, MA, millis.org/Pages/MillisMA_Recreation 9/2014 to 11/2014
Lecturer, SO YOU WANT TO BE A CODER: A Survey of Basic Principles of Software Engineering

MILLIS RECREATION DEPARTMENT, Millis, MA, millis.org/Pages/MillisMA_Recreation 6/2014 to 8/2014
Lecturer, SCALES TO SCHENKER: An Introduction to Music Theory

FRANKLIN ENSEMBLE, Cranston, RI 6/2014
Chamber Music Coach

North Cambridge Family Opera, Cambridge, MA, FamilyOpera.org 10/2007 to 5/2014
Assistant Conductor, Répétiteur. Vocal Soloist Coach and Board Member

LIGHTHOUSE ART and MUSIC CAMP, Pine Grove, PA Summers, 1972 to 1976
Instructor in Violin and Music Theory and Conductor of String Orchestra

PERFORMING EXPERIENCE

North Cambridge Family Opera, Cambridge, MA 2018
Kern Country Citizens Committee Member in Weedpatch by Paul Phillips and Bill Harley

CHARLES RIVER CHORALE, Millis, MA, CharlesRiverChorale.net 10/2014 to 8/2015
Singer and Member of Executive Board

North Cambridge Family Opera SCIENCE FESTIVAL CHORUS, Cambridge, MA, FamilyOpera.org 2014
Singer and Guest Conductor, Powers of Ten, by David Haines

North Cambridge Family Opera, Cambridge, MA 2014
Water Buffalo in Rain Dance by Stuart Hancock and Donald Sturrock

North Cambridge Family OPERA SCIENCE FESTIVAL CHORUS, Cambridge, MA 2013
Singer and Guest Conductor, H₂Oratorio: A Deluge of Songs

North Cambridge Family Opera, Cambridge, MA 2013
Soldier Ant in Antiphony by Graham Preskett and John Kane

North Cambridge Family Opera, Cambridge, MA 2012
King’s Man in Flying High by Graham Preskett and John Kane

North Cambridge Family Opera, Cambridge, MA 2011
Rebel and Sandperson in Space Opera by David Bass

North Cambridge Family Opera SCIENCE FESTIVAL CHORUS, Cambridge, MA 2008
Singer, Looking Up: Wonders of the Night Sky

North Cambridge Family Opera, Cambridge, MA 2010
Prince and Chamberlain in Springtime for Haman by David Bass

NORTH CAMBRIDGE FAMILY OPERA, Cambridge, MA 2009

Frog and Courtier in The Weaver’s Wedding by Bernard Hughes and William Radice

North Cambridge Family Opera SCIENCE FESTIVAL CHORUS, Cambridge, MA 2008
Singer, Powers of Ten, by David Haines

North Cambridge Family Opera, Cambridge, MA 2008
People Jig in The Puzzle Jigs by David Haines

North Cambridge Family Opera SCIENCE FESTIVAL CHORUS, Cambridge, MA 2007
Singer and Guest Conductor, Lifetime: Songs of Life and Evolution, by David Haines

North Cambridge Family Opera, Cambridge, MA 2007
Security Guard and Ambulance-Chasing Lawyer in Kids Court by David Bass and John Kane

MetroWest Family Theater, Sudbury, MA 2005
Mr. Sowerberry in Oliver! by Lionel Bart

North Cambridge Family Opera, Cambridge, MA 2005
Rebel, Sandperson and Droid in Space Opera by David Bass

North Cambridge Family Opera, Cambridge, MA 2004
Citizen of Shushan and Friend of Haman in Springtime for Haman by David Bass

North Cambridge Family Opera, Cambridge, MA 2003
Earth Jig in The Puzzle Jigs by David Haines

HANDEL & HAYDN SOCIETY, Thomas Dunn and Christopher Hogwood, Music Directors 1983 to 1986
Assistant Concertmaster and Section First Violin

Freelance violinist, New England area 1979 to 1986
Engagements with Composers in Red Sneakers, Rhode Island Philharmonic, Boston Classical Orchestra, Central Massachusetts Symphony, Concord Chorale, Worcester Symphony Orchestra

Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra, Boston, MA, Larry Hill, Music Director 1981 to 1985
Section First Violin and Orchestra Committee Chairperson

Emmanuel music, Boston, MA, Craig Smith, Music Director 1981 to 1985
Section Violin

· Cosi fan tutte (Thus Do They All, or The School for Lovers) by W. A. Mozart

Boston CONCERT OPERA, David Stockton, Music Director 1980 to 1985
Section First Violin

· Iris by Pietro Mascagni

· Osud (Fate) by Leos Janacek

· Turandot by Giacomo Puccini

· I puritani (The Puritans) by Vincenzo Bellini

· Goyescas by Enrique Granados

PORTLAND SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, Portland, ME, Bruce Hangen, Conductor 1979 to 1985
Section First Violin

Opera Company of Boston, Sarah Caldwell, Music Director 1979 to 1983
Section Second Violin

· Der Rosenkavalier (The Knight of the Rose) by Richard Strauss

· Die Soldaten (The Soldiers) by Bernd Alois Zimmermann

· Otello by Giuseppe Verdi

· Aida by Giuseppe Verdi

· Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi

· War and Peace by Sergei Prokofiev

· Der fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman) by Richard Wagner

· Die Fledermaus (The Bat) by Johann Strauss

· Hänsel und Gretel (Hansel and Gretel) by Engelbart Humperdinck

· La Boheme by Giacomo Puccini

· Faust by Charles Gounod

alea III, Boston, MA, Theodore Antoniou, Conductor, AleaIII.com 1978 to 1982

Violinist

COMPOSITIONS

Piano Quintet (unfinished), soundcloud.com/craig-lee-burket/pianoquintet2013 2013

Telomere for organ 1983

Agapae for concert band 1982
Premiered by the University of New Hampshire Symphonic Band, Nicholas Orovich, Conductor

Music for Brass and Percussion. Premiered by the Portland Symphony, Bruce Hangen, Conductor 1981

Meditation on Bosch's Terrestrial Paradise for chamber orchestra 1981
Premiered by the Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra, Jameson Marvin, Conductor

Pama Gardens for solo oboe. Premiered by Emily Gaberman 1980

Winter for orchestra. Performed by: 1980

· Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra, Larry Hill, Conductor

· Bergen Youth Orchestra, Eugene Minor, Conductor

Homage to Béla Bartók for string quartet 1979

Canzona for Orchestra. Premiered by the Bergen Youth Orchestra, Eugene Minor, Conductor 1975

Apertures for string orchestra. Premiered by the Bergen Youth Orchestra, Eugene Minor, Conductor 1974

Feast of Famine for mixed (SATB) chorus. 1972

MOVIE ROLES

Violinist in String Quartet in The Witches of Eastwick. imdb.com/title/tt0094332 1987

Violinist in Orchestra in Yes, Giorgio!, imdb.com/title/tt0084931 1982

EDUCATION

Fellow, Violin, Tanglewood Music Center, Lenox, MA Summers, 1977, 1978, 1979

· Orchestral performances conducted by Leonard Bernstein, Seiji Ozawa, Gunther Schuller, Klaus Tennstedt, Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Sergiu Comissiona, Arthur Fiedler.

· Opera performance:

o Tristan und Isolde by Richard Wagner, Leonard Bernstein, Conductor.

· Chamber Music coaching with Joseph Silverstein, Eugene Lehner and Louis Krasner.

Bachelor of Music with Honors, New England Conservatory of Music (NEC), Boston, MA, NECmusic.edu 1978

· Studied with Masuko Ushioda, Gunther Schuller, Richard Pittman, William Thomas McKinley, Albert Bernard, Lorna Cooke de Varon, Seiji Ozawa and Sir Colin Davis.

· Concertmaster, NEC Repertory Orchestra, Richard Pittman, Conductor

· Section First Violin, NEC Symphony Orchestra, Gunther Schuller, Conductor

o Wozzeck by Alban Berg

o Gurre-Lieder (Songs of Gurre) by Arnold Schoenberg

o Jonny spielt auf (Jonny Strikes Up the Band) by Ernst Krenek

· Violinist, NEC Contemporary Ensemble, Gunther Schuller, Conductor

· Singer (Bass), NEC Chorus:

o Symphony #2 by Gustav Mahler, Seiji Ozawa, Conductor

o Sara la baigneuse (Sara the Bather) by Hector Berlioz, Sir Colin Davis, Conductor