thank you, Adolovni

Adolovni Acosta <risi_103@...> wrote: --- In
MUSICLASSICAList@yahoogroups.com, Shelby Dixon <sdixon5000@...>
wrote:
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> Hello, Musiclassicalist membership—Shelby Keith Dixon here,brand new
member. Hope to meet many of you and see what you have to say and
share news/views.
> Expedient way of intro is my standard bio (long, but read what you
want to):
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> Shelby Keith Dixon is the retired Chairman of the Department of Fine
Arts and Director of Orchestras at Homestead High School, Mequon,
Wisconsin, USA, a position which he held for 26 years, 1975-2001.
Prior to assuming that position Mr.Dixon served as Choir Director at
Deerfield High School, Deerfield, Illinois. He subsequently was
Assistant Professor of Music History and Literature and Music Director
of Theatre Alverno at Alverno College, Milwaukee, posts he held from
1969 to 1975.
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> Mr. Dixon has extensive background in brasses, keyboard and strings.
He has served as Music Director of the Milwaukee Players at the Pabst
Theatre, orchestra conductor with Milwaukee's Sullivan Chamber
Ensemble, Milwaukee's "Music Under the Stars", and as Assistant
Conductor of the Northwestern University Chapel Choir. Mr. Dixon
holds the Bachelor of Music Education and Master of Music History and
Literature degrees in from Northwestern University School of Music,
Evanston, Illinois. He is twenty-four year veteran conductor with the
Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestras (MYSO), the last twenty as
Associate Conductor of MYSO's Senior Symphony, based at the Milwaukee
Youth Arts Center. On their successful tours he has conducted in
Italy, Scotland, Spain, Carnegie Hall, Montreal, Sarasota, toured
China in preparation for MYSO's 2007 "Beijing and Beyond" Tour, and
will conduct them at the Music Educators' National Conference
Convention in April.
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> Mr Dixon was Interim Music Director of the Elgin Youth Symphony
Orchestras, Elgin, Illinois. A past Orchestra Coordinator and Brass
Coach of the Wisconsin State High School Honors Orchestra, Mr. Dixon
is also a festival adjudicator for the Wisconsin School Music
Association, has served Concordia University-Wisconsin on its music
education faculty, and is a free-lance conductor, clinician,
consultant and studio teacher. Mr. Dixon has served on the Milwaukee
Civic Music Association's Board of Directors, and as administrator for
MYSO's "Progressions" string orchestra program for Milwaukee resident
minority children..
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> He has three children, all violinists and soccer players. His two
sons hold Masters degrees in violin performance from Northwestern
University. The older has been a full-time 1st violinist in the
Colorado Symphony in Denver and is a free-lance orchestral/country
musician and contractor in Nashville (violin, viola, mandolin, cello).
The younger son is President of "Dixonstrings.com", based in Chicago.
His daughter is a graduate of UW-Madison in Political Science and
Italian Language and Literature, and currently a Master's student in
Special Education. His wife, Janet, is director of middle school
orchestras in the Mequon-Thiensville Schools. Mr Dixon enjoys golf
and announcing all the basketball and soccer games for Homestead High
School, Mequon (Milwaukee), Wisconsin, USA.
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> SKD : - ) (Mr) Shelby Keith Dixon
> Associate Conductor, Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestras' Senior
Symphony
> Freelance Conductor/Clinician/Adjudicator
> sdixon5000@...
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Welcome, Mr. Dixon.
Adolovni Acosta






SKD : - ) (Mr) Shelby Keith Dixon
Associate Conductor, Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestras' Senior Symphony
Freelance Conductor/Clinician/Adjudicator
sdixon5000@...

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