arnodrucker-at- gmail.com                                                                                                     One Glencliffe Circle

                                                                                                                                               Baltimore, MD 21208

Education

Peabody Conservatory of The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 1966-1970. Doctor of Musical Arts degree - June, 1970; Piano study with Leon Fleisher.

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan - Summer graduate study (piano with Gyorgy Sandor), 1965.

Study in Austria on a U.S. Fulbright grant, 1955-1956. Vienna, Akademie, Salzburg, Mozarteum.

Music Academy of the West, Santa Barbara, California - Summer scholarship study (piano with Gyorgy Sandor), 1953

Eastman School of Music of the University of Rochester, Rochester, New York. Bachelor of Music, with distinction (piano major), 1954; Performer’s Certificate, 1953, Master of Music in Music Literature 1955

Central High School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Graduate, 1951.

Teaching Positions

Essex Community College, Baltimore, MD. 1968-1995. Professor. Professor Emeritus, 1995.

Marywood University, Scranton, PA. Summer “Explorations in Singing” 1985-1995.

Peabody Conservatory of Music of the Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD.1977-1985. Part-time graduate faculty member and dissertation advisor.

Westminster Choir College, Princeton, N.J. Summers 1975,1976. Faculty member for Seminar for Music Administrators.

West Virginia University, Morgantown, W. Va. 1959-1967. Assistant Professor and Chairman of the Applied Music Department; pianist of the American Arts Trio in Residence.

Eastman School of Music, Rochester, N.Y. 1953-1955. Part-time - Preparatory Department.

Performances

Solo recitals   

Rochester, (N.Y.), New York, Philadelphia, Wheeling (W. Va.), Charleston (W. Va.), Huntington (W. Va.), Morgantown (W. Va.), Washington, D.C.-Phillips Collection, Baltimore, MD.

Soloist with orchestra

Philadelphia Orchestra - Mendelssohn G Minor Piano Concerto - Age 13

Olney Symphony Orchestra, Philadelphia, PA - Saint Saëns Piano Concerto No. 2 -November 14, 1950

Eastman-Rochester Orchestra, Howard Hanson, conductor - Hanson Piano Concerto 1954

Seventh Army Symphony Orchestra - 15 performances of Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 3 throughout Germany and the Benelux Countries including the World’s Fair, Brussels. Six performances of Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue in Germany.

Peabody Conservatory Symphony Orchestra - Rachmaninoff, Variations on a Theme of Paganini,

West Virginia University Community Symphony Orchestra - Rachmaninoff,Variations on a Theme of Paganini, Washington National Symphony Orchestra - Saint-Saëns, Carnival of the Animals, Gershwin, Rhapsody in Blue (13 performances), Reizenstein Concerto Popolare

Baltimore Symphony Orchestra - Gershwin, Rhapsody in Blue, Rachmaninoff, Variations on a Theme of Paganini, Poulenc, Concerto for Two pianos, Saint-Saëns, Carnival of the Animals

Chautauqua Summer Festival Orchestra - Reizenstein Concerto Popolare

Potomac Symphony Orchestra, Hagerstown, MD - Gershwin, Concerto in F

New Haven Symphony Orchestra: Gershwin, Rhapsody in Blue

Augusta Symphony Orchestra, Donald Portnoy, conductor – Aiken, SC and Augusta, GA - Gershwin, Rhapsody in Blue; University of South Carolina Symphony, Donald Portnoy, conductor - Gershwin, Rhapsody in Blue

Kennedy Center – Washington National Symphony, Murry Sidlin, conductor - Gershwin, Rhapsody in Blue, December 31, 1998.

Chamber music:

As pianist with the American Arts Trio (in residence, West Virginia University –1959-1967)    

U.S. State Department tour of West Germany 1960    

U.S. State Department tour of Mexico 1963    

World’s Fair - Seattle, Washington

Concerts in Boston, Baltimore, Washington, D.C., New York (2 Carnegie Recital concerts), Pittsburgh, Indianapolis and other cities throughout the U.S.

With orchestra: Performances of Beethoven Triple Concerto with orchestras in Charleston, W. Va., Wheeling, W. Va., Washington, D.C., Jackson, Mississippi

Television:

   25 half-hour programs, most for WQED (Channel 13) Pittsburgh including a series of 4 programs for NET and a series of  4 programs for EET.

As pianist with the Crofton Trio: Performances for WMPB-TV (Channel 67), Baltimore, MD.

As pianist with the Maryland Trio: In residence Essex Community College -1974-1975.

Performance as piano soloist on 3 programs of NET series “Music is...” (produced by WETA-TV, Washington)

Principal pianist (Sidney M. and Miriam Friedberg Chair) - Baltimore Symphony Orchestra 1972 to 1995. Concerts,    recordings, tours with the orchestra under various conductors, including Sergiu Comissiona and David Zinman

Founding Artistic Director of Festival Chamber Players, 1978. Summer chamber music concerts at Towson University and the Baltimore Museum of Art 1978-1988.

With soprano Ruth Drucker - recitals in Baltimore, MD; Washington, D.C. (Phillips Collection); University of MD, College Park; Coe College, Iowa; Richland College,  Dallas; University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida; Oldenburg University, Oldenburg, Germany; YPM School, Jakarta, Indonesia.

Other Professional Activities

Adjudicator for Maryland and Virginia Music Teachers Associations;

Regional auditions - MTNA; other local contests

Research & Publications

American Piano Trios: A Resource Guide published by Scarecrow Press, May, 1999.

“Struggling to Define a Nation: American Music and the Twentieth Century” - Review -American Music Teacher, Vol. 58 Issue 4

“Festive Piece on ‘Simple Gifts’ or piano, four hands” - Review - American Music Teacher, August, 2002

“The Britten-Pears School in Aldeburgh: Summer Courses with Elly Ameling and Phyllis Bryn-Julsen” published in NATS Journal, Volume 54 No. 5, May/June 1998

“Music in General Education at the Community College” - Article for the National Association of Schools of Music meeting - published in Proceedings, Atlanta, Georgia, March, 1977

Doctoral dissertation: “A Chronological Survey and Analytical Study of Selected Trios for Piano, Violin and ‘Cello Composed by Native-Born United States Composers During the Period 1920-1945.” Peabody Conservatory of The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 1970.

Master’s thesis: “The Piano Writing in the Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion by Bela Bartok.” Eastman School of Music of the University of Rochester, 1955.

Awards

Heritage Award from The Johns Hopkins University, 2008

Master Teacher Certificate (Music Teacher’s National Association), 1983.

Outstanding Educator of America, 1975.

Graduate Fellowship - Peabody Conservatory, 1967-1968.

U.S. Fulbright Grant for study in Austria, 1955-1956.

Outstanding pianist award - Music Academy of the West, Santa Barbara, California, Summer, 1953.

George Eastman Scholarships - annually at the Eastman School of Music (1951-1954).

Membership in Professional Organizations

Walden School - Board member 2009-2012

College Music Society (former member)

Sonneck Society (former member)

Music Teachers National Association

Maryland Music Teachers Association

American Liszt Society (former member)

American Association of University Professors (former member)

Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Fraternity (Life Alumnus)

Chamber Music Society of Baltimore - Board member (organization now defunct)

Administration

Secretary – Alumni Association of the Johns Hopkins University 2005-2008

Chairman - Membership Development & Affinity Programs Committee of the Alumni Association of the Johns Hopkins University 2003-2005

Chairman - Workshop for training NASM evaluators, Chicago, 1988.

Evaluator for NASM accreditation and reaccreditation visits to college music departments, 1975-1988

Member - Peabody Conservatory Alumni Council, 1981-2000.

Chairman (President)- Johns Hopkins Alumni Association, Peabody Chapter, 1980-1982.

Member - Certification Board, Maryland State Music Teachers Association, 1978-1984.

Member - Alumni Council of the Eastman School of Music, 1978-1981.

Member - Baltimore County Commission on Arts and Sciences, 1977-1979.

Member - Community/Junior College Commission of the National Association of Schools of Music, 1976-1981. Elected Chairman 1981 (three-year term), re-elected 1984 (three-year term).

Member - Baltimore County Arts Council, 1975-1977.

Founding President - Council of Higher Education in Music for Maryland and the District of Columbia, 1973-1975. Executive Board Member - Association of College, University and Community Arts Administrators, 1970-1973.

Chairman, College Cultural Events Council, Essex Community College, 1972-1977.

Chairman, Concert Series, Essex Community College, 1968-1978.

Head, Music Department, Essex Community College, 1968-1982.

Founding President, West Virginia Music Teachers Association, 1966-1967.

Chairman, Applied Music Department, West Virginia University, 1961-1967.

Chairman, Board of Governor’s Scholarship Committee, West Virginia University Creative Arts Center, Division of Music, 1961-1967.

Founding Chairman, Preparatory Department, West Virginia University, 1961.

Coordinator, Piano Department, West Virginia University, 1960.

Macintosh computer

Taught first Mini-course at Essex Community College on the Macintosh computer - Fall, 1989. Continued teaching of this and expanded courses on the Macintosh.

President - Maryland Apple Corps, Baltimore, MD. (Computer Users Group) 1997-2005

Endowed Scholarships; Fund; Chair

Towson University: The Ruth and Arno Drucker Fund - est. 1995

Eastman School of Music: Ruth and Arno Drucker Scholarship - est. 2001

Peabody Conservatory of The Johns Hopkins University: Ruth and Arno Drucker Scholarship - est. 2001

Walden School: Ruth and Arno Drucker faculty chair - established by David Drucker, 2002