Ian Aipperspach
BRIEF CV
TEACHERS:
Conducting: John Ratledge (Bassi Brugnatelli Symposium), John Hollins (TTU), Rick Bjella (TTU), John Dickson (TTU),
Michael Cox (SWBTS), C. David Keith (SWBTS), A. Joseph King (SWBTS), Paul B. Smith (JBU)
Voice: Gerald Dolter (TTU), Carol Aultman (SWBTS), Paul B. Smith (JBU), John Boyer (DMC)
Piano / Organ: Al Travis (SWBTS), Tatiana Roitman-Mann (TTU), Joan Allison (DMC), Jan Wubbena (JBU), Jerry Aultman (SWBTS),
Linda Beckman (JBU)
Musicology: Thomas Cimarusti (TTU), R. Allen Lott (SWBTS), Nola R. Knouse (Moravian Music Foundation, retired)
CERTIFICATIONS:
Arkansas Highly Qualified Professor Educator Licensure (in progress)
Professional Certificate from Handbell Musicians of America (in progress)
Graduate Certificate in Piano Pedagogy from Texas Tech (2018)
Service Playing Certificate from the American Guild of Organists (2004)
NON-MUSICAL:
Skywarn Spotter from National Weather Service, Shreveport, LA Forecast Office (2020)
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:
Stage Director, Mary Poppins (Summer 2024)
Stage Director, Disney's Newsies (Summer 2023)
First Presbyterian Church, Hot Springs, AR, 2023-present
Organist & Handbell Choir Director
Ouachita Baptist University, Lecturer of Music, 2022-present.
Courses Taught: Ouachita Singers (MUEN 1050.5 / 3050.5); Fine Art-Music (FINA 3123); Fundamentals of Music Theory (MUTH 1802); Aural Skills 2 (MUTH 1012); Music Theatre History & Literature (MUSC 3173); Survey of Music History (MUSC 3223); Music History I (MUSC 3233) & II (MUSC 3243); Choral Literature & Arranging (MUSC 4272); Choral Conducting (MUED 3201); Private Organ Lessons (MUAP 1141, 1151, 1161, 3161); Collaborative Artist for Ouachita Singers (2022-2023), Vocal Studios, and Opera Scenes
Music Director and Pit Conductor: Disney's Mary Poppins, Spring 2023; Anastasia: The Musical, Spring 2024
Interim Director of Choral Activities and Conductor of Ouachita Singers (2023-2024)
East Texas Baptist University, Visiting Assistant Professor of Music, 2021-2022. Adjunct Instructor of Music & Collaborative Artist, 2018-2021.
Courses Taught: Music Theory II (MUSI 1309); Music Theory III (MUSI 2308); Music Theory IV (MUSI 2309);
20th Century Analytical Approaches to Music (MUSI 3203); Guest Lecturer for Form & Analysis (MUSI 3303);
Scoring & Arranging (MUSI 3212); Teaching Choral Music (MUSI 4305) Appreciation of the Arts (FNAT 1306);
Handbell Choir Director (MUSI 1120); Composition Lessons (MUAP 1122)
Collaborative Artist for Women's Choir, Vocal, and Instrumental Studios
Collaborative Artist for Musicals (Fall 2018: A Christmas Carol (LeGrand); Fall 2020: Villains Revue; Spring 2021: Shrek; Fall 2021: You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown; Spring 2022: Footloose
Pit Conductor for Musicals: The Addams Family, Spring 2020 (Stick Conducted); You're a Good Man Charlie Brown, Fall 2021 (conducted from Keyboard); Footloose, Spring 2022 (conducted from keyboard)
Panola College, Adjunct Instructor of Music, 2018-2021
Courses Taught: Music Theory III (MUSI 2311), Music Theory IV (MUSI 2312); Music Appreciation (MUSI 1306)
Christ Church, Episcopal, Tyler, TX 2018-2022
2018-2019: Long-Term Sub
2019: Interim Assistant Organist
Nov 2019-Aug 2022: Assistant Organist
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Carlsbad Community Chorale (NM), Artistic Director, 2015-2018
Lubbock Christian University, Adjunct Instructor of Music, 2015-2018
Courses Taught:
Private Piano (MUS 1113, 1114, 2113, 2114, 3113, 3114)
Assistant Director/Accompanist/Vocal Coach for FORTE
Music Director/Vocal Coach/Accompanist for Musicals (Fall 2016: Into the Woods; Summer 2017: Fiddler on the Roof; Fall 2017: Addams Family; Summer 2018: Meet Me in St. Louis; Fall 2018: Barnum)
Music Literature (MUS 1301)
South Plains College, Adjunct Instructor of Music, 2010-2018
Courses Taught:
Music Appreciation (MUSI 1306) Fall 2010-present (Plainview & Reese Center Campuses and Tech Transfer Acceleration Program (TTAP) on the Texas Tech University Campus)
Acting Choral Director (MUEN 1241) Spring 2013 (Levelland Campus)
Westminster Presbyterian Church (Lubbock, TX), Organist, 2012-2018
Organist and Pianist for Traditional Worship & WPC Chorale
Freelance Accompanist:
The Muses Creative Artistry Project, 2022-present
Arkadelphia School District, 2022-2023
Marshall (TX) Independent School District, 2018-2022
LeTourneau University, Fall 2020
Texas Tech University, 2010-2018
South Plains College, 2012-2018
Lubbock Christian University, 2015-2018
Music in the Marche, Mondavio, Italy, 2015, 2024
Lubbock Moonlight Musicals, 2009-2016
Music Director, 2013-2016 (Beauty and the Beast, Shrek, Peter Pan, Titanic, Nunsense, Pirates of Penzance, Madrigal Dinners)
Actor, Stage Manager, Stage Director, Tour Manager, Accompanist, Summer Season Production Manager 2009-2016
First Christian Church (Lubbock, TX), Associate Director of Music Ministries, 2010-2012
Organist & Music Office Assistant
Midland-Odessa Symphony Chorale (Midland, TX), Chorale Director, 2009-2010 season
Texas Tech University, 2007-2010
Graduate Teaching Assistant: University Choir and Madrigals
The University Choir performed at Texas Music Educators Association and Carnegie Hall
Lubbockview Christian Church (Lubbock, TX), Music Director, 2007-2010
NOTABLE PERFORMANCES:
Faure's Requiem, Ouachita Baptist University & Glen Rose High School, April 2023
Lessons & Carols, Ouachita Singers, Ouachita Baptist University, December 2023
The Sound of Silence, Ouachita Singers, Ouachita Baptist University, October 2023
Spring Concert, Concert Choir, East Texas Baptist University, April 2022
Home for the Holidays, Longview (TX) Chamber Singers (Baritone) with Longview Symphony (December 2021)
Fall Concert, Concert Choir, East Texas Baptist University, October 2022
Piney Woods Church Orchestra Festival, First Baptist Church, Carthage, TX, Guest Conductor & Organist
(June 2021)
Tidings of Joy Advent Noon-Time Concert Series, Organist & Pianist (2019-2021)
Mary McDonald Concert Series, First Presbyterian, Fort Smith, AR (October 2019)
Tudor Rose Ensemble, Singer (Baritone) (August 2019)
Baroque Artists of Shreveport, Continuo (March 2019)
Longview Symphony Orchestra, Piano & Orchestrator (A Merry Night, December 2018)
Plainview (TX) Symphony Orchestra, Organ
CHURCHES SERVED (as a sub, interim, or long-term ministry calling):
First Presbyterian Church, Hot Springs, AR
Holy Trinity Episcopal, Hot Springs Village, AR
First Baptist Church, Arkadelphia, AR
Geyer Springs First Baptist Church, Little Rock, AR (OBU Choir Tour)
First Baptist Church, Rockwall, TX (OBU Choir Tour)
Central Baptist Church, Marshall, TX
Port Caddo Baptist Church, Marshall, TX
Central Baptist Church, Carthage, TX
First Baptist Church, Longview, TX
Broadmoor Baptist Church, Shreveport, LA
First Presbyterian Church, Tyler, TX
First Presbyterian Church, Kilgore, TX
Trinity Episcopal Church, Marshall, TX
Trinity Episcopal Church, Longview, TX
Christ Church Episcopal, Tyler, TX
First United Methodist Church, Marshall, TX
First United Methodist Church, Bullard, TX
Westminster Presbyterian Church, Lubbock, TX
First Christian Church, Lubbock, TX
Lubbockview Christian Church, Lubbock, TX
First Baptist Church, Lubbock, TX
Oakwood Baptist Church, Lubbock, TX
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, Fort Worth, TX
University Baptist Church, Fort Worth, TX
Christ the King Church, Fort Worth, TX
First Baptist Church, Siloam Springs, AR
First United Methodist Church, Siloam Springs, AR
Bella Vista Community Church, Bella Vista, AR
First Baptist Church, Wishek, ND
Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd, Corpus Christi, TX
Parkdale Baptist Church, Corpus Christi, TX
First Baptist Church, Corpus Christi, TX
CONDUCTING EXPERIENCE:
Ouachita Baptist University (Arkadelphia, AR)
East Texas Baptist University Concert Choir & Women's Choir (Marshall, TX)
Christ Church Episcopal (Tyler, TX)
Central Baptist Church (Marshall, TX)
Carlsbad Community Chorale (Carlsbad, NM)
Carlsbad High School Troubadors (Carlsbad, NM)
Lubbock Christian University Forte (Lubbock, TX)
Jubilate Women’s Choir (Lubbock, TX)
Lubbock Moonlight Musicals (Lubbock, TX)
Westminster Presbyterian Church (Lubbock, TX)
Midland-Odessa Symphony Chorale (Midland-Odessa, TX)
Texas Tech University University Choir & Madrigals (Lubbock, TX)
St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church (Fort Worth, TX)
South Plains College Choir (Levelland, TX)
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (Fort Worth, TX)
John Brown University (Siloam Springs, AR)
First Baptist Church (Corpus Christi, TX)
STAGE DIRECTING EXPERIENCE:
South Arkansas Arts Center (El Dorado, AR)
Lubbock Moonlight Musicals (Lubbock, TX)
PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS:
College Music Society National Conference, Washington, D.C., November 2024
"The Australian Musical: Creating a Voice" (Poster)
College Music Society-South Central Chapter, University of Arkansas-Fort Smith, AR, March 2024
"Hope in the Silence" (Concert)
American Musicological Society-Southwest Chapter, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, April 2023
“Louis Vierne’s Messe Solennelle as an Example of the French Romantic Symphony” (Poster)
Christian Scholars Conference, Lipscomb University, Nashville, TN, June 2018
“To Boldly Go Where No One Has Gone Before:
Sociopolitical and Ideological Issues as Contained in the Star Trek “Reboot” Franchise” (Paper)
College Music Society National Conference, St. Louis, MO, October/November 2014
“A Moravian in a Distant Land: Ernst Erbe in St. Louis” (Paper)
4th Conference on Moravian History and Music, Bethlehem, PA, October 2014
“A Confluence of Cultures: The Music of the American-Moravian, Ernst Immanuel Erbe (1854-1927)” (Paper)
Choral Music of the Americas Symposium, May 2013
North Dakota State University (Fargo, ND) & American Choral Directors Association
“The World at the Front Door. An Assimilation of Styles” (Poster)
American Musicological Society-Southwest Chapter Meeting, March 2013
Our Lady of the Lake University, San Antonio, TX
“When the World Came To Town: Influences on the Compositional Style of Ernst Immanuel Erbe (1854-1927)” (Paper)
PUBLICATIONS & RECORDINGS - Please visit the Publications and Recordings pages via the dropdown links above
SERVICE:
Marshall (TX) Kids Community Theater, 2022-present
Board Member, Marshall (TX) Symphony, 2020-2022 (Projects Committee Co-Chair, 2021-2022)
Board Member, Lubbock Chorale, 2014—2017
Hallelujah for the Cure, 2011-2013
Wreaths Across America, 2016-present
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:
American Choral Directors Association (ACDA)
American Guild of Organists (AGO)
Arkansas Choral Directors Association (ArkCDA)
College Music Society
Golden Key International Honor Society
Handbell Musicians of America
Phi Theta Kappa
Pi Kappa Lambda
Texas Choral Directors Association (TCDA)
Texas Music Educators Association (TMEA)