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Professor of Music and
Chairperson,
Department of Music
Onondaga Community
College
B.M., M.M.,
D.M.A. Eastman School of Music,
University of Rochester
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A few things about me...
I'm not sure where all
the time has gone, but according to my calendar I'm now in my third
decade here at Onondaga. During the course of these years I've enjoyed
seeing my best students transfer to and graduate from some of the finest
music schools and conservatories in the world, including the Eastman School of Music and the Curtis Institute of Music.
Indeed, many of my former students currently hold positions in major symphony
orchestras (including the one right here in Syracuse) and on faculties of prominent
universities. As for myself, I continue
to keep active as a performer through recitals and chamber music performances
throughout the Central New York area,
including concerts with the renowned Cassatt
String Quartet and the Society
for New Music.
I am also an award-winning classical music reviewer. During my time at The Syracuse Post-Standard
I’ve earned 10 Syracuse Press
Club awards, winning first-place (“Best in Category") awards in the
categories of Critiques, Best Human Interest Story, and the
prestigious Robert Haggart Memorial Award for Best Daily Newspaper Column.
On May 15th this year I will once again be awarded the Syracuse Press
Club's "Best-in-Category Award" for Critiques. Please feel free to take a look at my most
recent classical music reviews of the Metropolitan Opera, Glimmerglass Opera,
NYS Baroque, Skaneateles Music
Festival, Syracuse Friends of Chamber Music and Civic Morning Musicals via
the links provided on the left-most window of this page.
Beyond my live music activities I
write liner notes for classical CD recordings and compose program notes for a
variety of performing organizations, including the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra and
chamber ensembles such as the EastWind
Trio d'Anches (for whom I wrote the program notes for its recent Carnegie
Hall appearance). And yes, Virginia – I do have a
life outside of music, such as Labor relations activities at the college
where I serve as Grievance Officer
for the Onondaga Community College
Federation of Teachers and Administrators (OCCFTA). I also serve as
Treasurer for the Society for New Music, and as a tax accountant specializing
in income tax returns for performing artists.
Whatever time may be left in the day I’m happy to devote to two great
passions: chess (which
consumes far too much of my time), and Mozart
operas (for which there will never be sufficient time). I live in Camillus with my wife, Cheryl, and our
incorrigible miniature schnauzer, Teddy,
shown here this Christmas posing as a four-legged Santa, and again this past
Halloween cast as a Lady bug.
Who: Dr. David
Abrams
Where: OCC Music Dept., Gordon Center,
G202C
Phone: (315) 498-2258
email: abramsd@sunyocc.edu
Mailing address: Onondaga Community
College
Department of Music
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