The intimacy of chamber music is irresistible. The individual instruments, melodic lines, and combinations are very personal.

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CLASSICAL: Contemporary, CLASSICAL: Chamber Music

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Jon Ward Bauman received the Bachelor of Music in composition degree from the University of Colorado where he studied with Cecil Effinger. The Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees were received from the University of Illinois where he studied composition with Robert Kelly and Salvatore Martirano. In 1965, Bauman received a Fulbright Grant to study with Bernd-Alois Zimmermann in Cologne, Germany.

He taught general music in the Chicago Public School System and, from 1970 to 2003, was a member of the faculty at Frostburg State University in Frostburg, Maryland. In addition to his duties in theory and composition, he directed the Jazz Ensemble. He founded the New Music Group and served as Chair of the department. He taught at the Conservatorio Statale di Musica in Adria, Italy in the spring of 2002, 2004, and 2005.

Over seventy -five compositions have been performed and broadcast in the United States and in Europe. The genre includes orchestra, choir, band, chamber music, piano, opera, mixed media, musical shows, transcriptions and arrangements.

The Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra recorded Symphonies No. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7, âOrchestral Imagesâ, âConcerto for Violaâ, âOne Faithfulâ (for small orchestra), âHorizonsâ, âAdagio for Stringsâ, âVariations on a Fiddler's Tuneâ and the âDivertimentoâ for string orchestra.

The Slovak Radio Orchestra recorded âAdagioâ for orchestra. The Potomac Highlands Symphony Orchestra recorded the âOverture to McNeillâs Rangersâ. The Moyzes String Quartet recorded String Quartets No. 1, 2, 3, and 4. Seven compact discs including three orchestral music discs, the string quartets, the woodwind chamber music, and the String Chamber Music, Vol. 1 and 2 have been released. âDivertimentoâ for string orchestra, the âConcerto for Violaâ, and âSonusâ for timpani and piano or chamber orchestra are published.

Bauman was the co-founder and music coordinator of the summer concert series "Music At Penn Alps". He was Music Director and Conductor of the Penn Alps Chamber Orchestra, the Symphony Under the Stars Orchestra, the Western Maryland Symphony, and the Potomac Highlands Symphony Orchestra.

Professional associations includes membership in A.S.C.A.P., the American Composer's Forum, the American Music Center, Society of American Composers, Rotary Club of Frostburg, Phi Mu Alpha, national music fraternity, and Pi Kappa Lambda, national professional music society, Maryland Retired Teachers Association, and the Cumberland Music and Arts Club. He was inducted into the Maryland Senior Citizensâ Hall Of Fame.
He served as a music panel member of the Maryland State Arts Council. He is a consultant for the American Council on Education and is a member of the Board of Directors for Young Audiences of Maryland. He is recognized as a composer, conductor and educator in over two-dozen national and international biographical reference books such as the International Whoâs Who In Music and the Whoâs Who in America.

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