Background
Wood, Kenneth Edward was born in 1960 in Houston, Texas, United States. Son of Waldon Edward and Elizabeth Ann Wood.
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Kenneth Edward Wood
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All-level choral teaching certified, Texas Education Agency, 1983. Bachelor of Music, North Texas State University, 1983. Master of Music, University North Texas, 1989.
Doctor Musical Arts, University Texas, Austin, 2000.
Career
Private music instructor, Paige, Texas, 1990—2001. Assistant professor music University Central Missouri, Warrensburg, Missouri, 2001—2005, associate professor music, since 2005. Company member Merola Opera Program, San Francisco, 1990.
Adjudicator Central Methodist College Music Festival, Missouri, 2003—2004.
Achievements
Membership
Adjudicator Missouri Public Schools, 2001—2006, Kansas Public Schools, Kansas, 2002—2004. Choir director Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Bastrop, Texas, 1991—2001, council president, 1999—2001, council elder, 1993—1999. Member of College Music Society, American Guild Musical Artists, National Opera Association, National Association Teachers Singing (adjudicator 2002-2006, site coordinator state auditions 2004, paper presenter national convention 2004, 1st place regional auditions 1987, 2d place regional auditions 1980-1982), Pi Kappa Lambda, Phi Mu Alpha.
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Connections
Married Lucinda Carol Wilson, 1983. 1 child Joshua Edward.
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American
Awards
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Finalist, International Opera Competition, 1984. Recipient School of Music Service award, North Texas State University, 1979-1983, Eugene Branscome Choral award, 1982-1983, 5th place, Tuesday Musical Club, 1984, United States National Collegiate Award Winner, 1988, 3rd place, Tuesday Musical Club, 1988, winner vocal division, Hemphill-Wells Sorantin Competition, 1990, International Finalist, Center for Contemporary Opera Singers Competition, 2003. Scholar, Hamman Foundation, 1979-1983. Mabel Farish Simmons scholar in opera, University North Texas, 1987, Meet the Composer grantee, Mid-American Arts Alliance, 2003, Doctor and Mistress Ernest C. Butler Endowed Presidential scholar, University Texas, Austin, 1994-1995, Barbara Smith Conrad Endowed Presidential scholar, 1995-1996, Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation scholar, 1996-1997.Finalist, International Opera Competition, 1984. Recipient School of Music Service award, North Texas State University, 1979-1983, Eugene Branscome Choral award, 1982-1983, 5th place, Tuesday Musical Club, 1984, United States National Collegiate Award Winner, 1988, 3rd place, Tuesday Musical Club, 1988, winner vocal division, Hemphill-Wells Sorantin Competition, 1990, International Finalist, Center for Contemporary Opera Singers Competition, 2003. Scholar, Hamman Foundation, 1979-1983.
Mabel Farish Simmons scholar in opera, University North Texas, 1987, Meet the Composer grantee, Mid-American Arts Alliance, 2003, Doctor and Mistress Ernest C. Butler Endowed Presidential scholar, University Texas, Austin, 1994-1995, Barbara Smith Conrad Endowed Presidential scholar, 1995-1996, Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation scholar, 1996-1997.