Background
Kushner, David Zakeri was born on December 22, 1935 in Ellenville, New York, United States. Son of Nathan and Rita (Forgatsh) Kushner.
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David Zakeri Kushner
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Bachelor of Music, Boston University, 1957. Master of Music, University Cincinnati, 1958. Doctor of Philosophy, University Michigan, 1967.
Career
Assistant professor music, Mississippi U. For Women, Columbus, 1964-1966;
from associate professor to professor music, Radford (Virginia) U., 1966-1969;
coordinator graduate studies in music, U. Florida, Gainesville, 1969-1993;
coordinator musicology studies, U. Florida, Gainesville, since 1969. Lecturer, England, Scotland, 1975. Visiting professor music Florence (Italy) StudyCenter, 1975.
Charter member, program annotator Pro Arte Musica of Gainesville, 1970-1975. Host, commentator on Music from Florida, weekly radioprogram over WRUF-FM, 1969-1975. Member People-to-People delegate National MusicCouncil, Austria, Germany, Hungary, Poland and Czechoslovakia, 1977,Oxford, England, 1997, Lisbon, Portugal, 1999.
Pre-concert lecturer Florida Orchestra, Clearwater, Tampa, St. Petersburg, 1986-1987, 87-88, International Congress on Arts and Communications, Nairobi, Kenya, 1990, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1994. Pre-concert lecturer U. Florida Center Performing Arts, since 1995. Presentor papers Sonneck Society, International Musicol.
Society, Melbourne Australia, 1988, National Conference Successful College Teaching, Orlando, Florida, 1993, 94, National Conference Jane Austen Society, New Orleans, 1994, International Conference Arts and Comm., Edinburgh, Scotland, 1994, National Conference College Music Society, Portland, Oregon, 1995, National Conference 19th Century Studies Association, Miami, Florida, 1996, Davidson, North Carolina, 1997, Philadelphia, 1999, Internat.Conf. College Music Society, Vienna, Austria, 1997, International Conference Arts and Commission, University of Oxford, England, 1997, National Conference College Music Society, Cleveland, 1997, National Conference 19th Century Studies Association, Huntsville, Alabama, 1998. Visiting professor Museum Conservatory A. Steffani, Castelfranco-Veneto, Italy, 1996, visiting professor musicology Hebrew U., Jerusalem, 1998.
Adjudicator Florida Music Teachers Association, Chopin Competition. Lecturer and lecturer-recitalist, professional and civic organizations, college and university campuses, United States, Canada and Europe, Israel, Australia, performer annual Recitals in Schools series.
Achievements
Membership
Member arts in education committee Arts Council Alachua County. President, chairman advisory board Station WUFT-FM, Gainesville, 1987-1989. Vice president Foundation for Promotion Music, 1990-1991, 92-94.
Member American Liszt Society (co-founder, board directors, president chapter since 1984, charter life member, presentor papers), College Music Society (chairman Southern chapter 1985-1987, presentor papers, musicology board directors since 1998), American Musicological Society (chairman Southern chapter 1971-1974), Florida Music Teachers Association (1st. president National Association (life, master teachers certified in music history and literature 1984), Florida tate Music Teachers Association, Ernest Bloch Society, Artists-in-Schools.Com., Membership Inc., Pi Kappa Lambda (charter, president U. Florida Chapter.1970-1976, 94-97), Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia (life), Sigma Alpha Iota (national arts associate), 19th Century Studies Association (board directors 1987-1990), Phi Kappa Phi, Phi Beta Delta (president Pi chapter 1988-1989).
Interests
Connections
Married Rebecca Ann Stefan, December 20, 1964 (divorced November 1979). Children: Jonathan Moses (deceased), Joshua Sanford, Jeremy Avram (deceased), Jason Daniel. Married Leslie Cheryl Dack, December 4, 1985.
Education
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1957
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1958
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1967
Awards
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Javits fellow Gainesville Music Teachers Association. Recipient Pro Mundi Beneficio medal Brazilian Academy Humanities, 1975. Research grantee University California, Berkeley, National Endowment of the Humanities, 1986, Jaromir Weinberger Archives, Jerusalem, 1987, University Florida, Teaching Excellence award State of Florida, 1994-1995, Professorial Excellence Program award State of Florida, 1996-1997, Superior Achievement award, 1998-1999. Named Teacher of Year College Fine Arts, University Florida, 1988-1989, 2004-2005, Musician of Year, Foundation for Promotion of Music, 1991-1992, International Educator of Year, 2006, Fine Arts Scholarship Enhancement Fund award, 1998-1999.Javits fellow Gainesville Music Teachers Association. Recipient Pro Mundi Beneficio medal Brazilian Academy Humanities, 1975. Research grantee University California, Berkeley, National Endowment of the Humanities, 1986, Jaromir Weinberger Archives, Jerusalem, 1987, University Florida, Teaching Excellence award State of Florida, 1994-1995, Professorial Excellence Program award State of Florida, 1996-1997, Superior Achievement award, 1998-1999.
Named Teacher of Year College Fine Arts, University Florida, 1988-1989, 2004-2005, Musician of Year, Foundation for Promotion of Music, 1991-1992, International Educator of Year, 2006, Fine Arts Scholarship Enhancement Fund award, 1998-1999.