krokotak@hotmail.com
www.diuckal.com/organist
1997 M.M.,
1995
B. Mus.,
Organ
1998 M.M.,
1995 B.
Mus.,
1986
-1990 Organ study in the
1986
-1990 Pianist Diploma,
Carillon
1998 1999 Studied with Prof. Albert Gerken in the
1996 1998 Studied with Prof. Don Cook in
Organ
1998 AAGO
(Associate of the American Guild of Organists), AGO
Carillon
1998 Carillonneur
Player Member Certificate of the GCNA (Guild of Carillonneurs
in
Teaching Experience
2000
- 2002 Language instructor,
2001
Present Private organ and piano
instructor - teach individual students
2001 Present Private
music theory instructor
1995 1997 Assistant organ instructor,
2006 2007 High School teacher, substitute teacher and paraeducator,
Lawrence, KS
Organist and Choir Conductor
2005 2008 Staff Organist, Community of Christ Headquarters,
2002 2006 Organist and Composer-in-Residence, First
Christian Church
(Disciples of Christ),
1999
2008 Organist and Choir Director, St.
Rafael The Archangel Church (Catholic),
1999
2001 Organist and Assistant Choir
Director,
1998 Organist,
First Church of Christ, Scientist,
1997 Assistant Organist, Cathedral of Madeleine
(Catholic),
1996
1997 Organist,
1995
- 1996 Organist,
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Masterclasses taught
2005 Organ masterclass
at
Carillonneur
1996
1998 Assistant University Carillonneur,
Organ Builder
1998 Internship at Bigelow
Organ Company,
1993 Internship with Gideon
Shamir (Israeli organbuilder),
Electronic and Computer Music
1998
2000 Computer Music Laboratory
Assistant, Music Department,
1996
1998 Computer Music Lab Assistant,
Committee Participation
2000 Member of the carillon
search committee,
Fundraiser
2002 2005 Organized fund-raising campaign for the restoration of the organ in
the Catholic Church "
Artist's Representation:
Concert Artist Cooperative,
BethZucchino@aol.com
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Book
2005 "Organ Culture in
Articles
2007 Modernistic Elements in
the Organ Music of Petr Eben
in Organfocus (
2007 Jewish
Choir Tradition in
2005 "Organ Culture in
2005 "A Short Overview of
Cιsar Franck's Organ Oeuvre" - in Organfocus
(
2004 "Zahari Mechkov - In Musical
Horizons (
2003 "A Brief History of
the Organ Use in the Jewish Worship" - in Shireinu Notes (
2003 "Max
Reger - Life and Work" - in Musical Horizons
2003 "Adding Volts to the
Pipes - A Short Survey of Compositions for Organ and Tape" - in The Organ (
2003 "The German Romantic
Organ in
2002 "Adding Volts to the
Pipes - a Short Survey of Compositions for Organ and Tape"- in Bombarde (
2002 "The Sole Surviving
2002 "What the Medieval
Organ was not" - in Musical Horizons
2002 "Organs in
organist/pianist
2004 SCI Sixth Annual National
Conference in University of
2004 SCI Region IV Conference
in
2002 The
Music of Olivier Messiaen -
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2000 Music Midst Us
Conference (Society of Composers, Inc.) -
composer
2008 Electronic Music Space in the Union of Bulgarian Composers,
2005 SCI Region VI Conference
in
2003 SCI Region VI Conference in
2003 Electric Rainbow Festival
-
2002 Computer Music World conference
and workshop -
2002 CMS Great Plaines
Conference (College Music Society) -
2000 Music Midst Us
Conference (SCI) -
lecturer
2003 Julius Reubke
and the German Romantic Tradition - at the Aspen Composer's Conference -
2002 Organ and Organ Music Through the Ages - in the New
2002 worked on various composition projects with Dr.
Brian Haaheim,
1999 2000 electronic music projects with Dr. Michael Timpson,
1996 1997 electronic music projects with Dr. Stephen Jones in
2006 Piano music published by
Imagine Music Inc. (USA)
2005 Orchestra piece published
by ZBPI (USA)
2003 Carillon and piano works
published by Fenwick Parva Press, (
1997 Organ works -
1996 Organ and Piano Works, Amadeus
Publishing Firm,
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ORGAN RECORDINGS
2007 Organ
Mosaic II (released by
2005 Organ Mosaic (ZBPI)
2001 Ami Maayani,
Five Arabesques, participation (released by Fons,
COMPOSITION RECORDINGS
2008 New
Music for Concert participation (released by Beauport Records, USA)
2005 Music by Bulgarian
Jewish Composers, participation (released by CMP,
Organ Competitions
2002 participant, GKCAGO
regional competition, Kansas City, MO 1994 1995 First Prize,
America-Israel Cultural Foundation Competition (AICF)
1992
1993 First Prize, AICF
Competition, Tel
Composition Competitions
2005 First Prize, Anthony B.
Cius Composition Competition,
2002 Honorable mention, Friends
and Enemies of New Music Competition,
NY
1998 Second Prize, Mayhew
Competition,
Scholarships
2004 Ruth and Clarence Mader
Memorial Scholarship Grant
1998 Jellison scholarship,
1995 1998 Full
scholarship,
1994 1995 America-Israel
Cultural Foundation scholarship (for two years)
1992 1993 America-Israel
Cultural Foundation scholarship (for two years)
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Composition Teachers
1998
2004 Prof. Charles Hoag,
1996
1998 Prof. David Sargent,
1996
1997 Prof. Murray Boren,
1990
1995 Prof. Mark Kopytman,
1989 1990 Prof. Alexander Tanev,
1989
1991 Velislav Zaimov,
Organ Teachers
1998
2004 Prof. Michael Bauer,
1995
1998 Prof. Parley Belnap,
1998 Dr. Richard Elliott, LDS
Tabernacle Organist
1990
1995 Elisabeth Roloff,
1986
1990 Neva Krusteva,
Organ Masterclasses
2004 Karel
Paukert,
2001 Susan Landale,
Lawrence
2000 Gillian Weir, Lawrence
2000 Catharine Crozier, Lawrence
1999 Olivier Latry, Lawrence
1998 Marie-Claire Alain,
Lawrence
1997 Richard Elliott,
1997 Yanka
Hekimova, Paris, France
1992 Istvan
Ella, Tel Aviv, Israel
1989
Composition Masterclasses
2004 Michael
Torke,
2000 David Gompper,
Lawrence
2000 Chen Yi, Lawrence
2000 David Dzubay,
Lawrence
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Selected Composition Events
2007 Organ meditations
performed in concert in
2006 Piano
music published by Imagine Music Inc.
2005 winner,
60x60 radio broadcast competition (Vox Novus
2005 Electronic music featured on the Japanese radio station Radio Lava Lamp
2004 Black
Marigolds organ cycle was performed and recorded on the 21st Biannual
Festival of the Arts,
2004 Woodwind Quintet featured at the SCI Conference
in
2004 Music commission from Gratitude
Foundation,
2002
2001 Medical Arts Philharmonic
Orchestra (
1999 Electronic music piece was
featured on the Foldover radio
station
1999 Organ compositions recital,
1999
Selected Organ and Carillon Events
2008 Organ Recital in Trinity Lutheran Church,
Dallas, TX
2007 Organ Recital in Southminster Presbyterian Church,
2006 Organ Recital in the church of
2006 Organ Recital in the
church of
2006 Performed two recitals on
KU Memorial Carillon
2006 Performed
a recital at Community of Christ Headquarters,
2005 Performed a concert and
taught an organ masterclass in
2005 Organ performance featured on Kansas Public Radio (KANU 91.5 FM)
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2004 Organ performance featured on Kansas Public Radio (KANU 91.5 FM)
2003 Recital, Cathedral of
Saint Mary,
concert was featured on Serbian National Television and Radio and
on MOST Private Television Channel)
2003 Performed two concerts at
the First International Organ
2003 Bachathon XXIV (
2003 Benefit concert for the restoration of the Voit organ in
2002 Episcopal Cathedral
Concert Series,
2002 Recital,
Bulgaria Hall, Sofia, Bulgaria
2001 Recital,
1999 Recital,
1998 Temple
Square Concert Series,
1997 Recital,
1996 Temple Square Concert
Series (Assembly Hall organ)
1995 Bulgaria
Hall organ, Sofia, Bulgaria
1990
1995 Various locations in
1993
- Concert tour,
1976 1990 Various concerts as a pianist, organist, and composer in
Memberships
SCI (Society of Composers, Inc.), BMI
(Broadcast Music, Inc.), AGO (American Guild of Organists), CMS
(College Music Society), ICL (Israeli Composer's League), Bulgarian
Guild of Composers, GCNA (Guild of Carillonneurs
in
List of Compositions
Fuga for piano - 1987
(Published by
Two pieces for violin solo - 1987
Prelude and Double Fugue in D for
piano - 1987 (Published by
Three etudes for piano - 1988
Song for a soprano and a piano -
1988
Organ choral preludes - 1989
Meditations for organ - (ongoing
project) (Published by
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Black Marigolds - organ pieces' cycle-
1989 (published by
Triptych for a solo violin - 1989
Four pieces for a string quartet -
1989
Canzona for organ - 1989
Echo for two guitars - 1989
Prelude and fugue in D - for piano -
1989 (Published by
String quartet - 1989
Prelude and fugue in C - for piano -
1989
Sonata for a violin and piano -
1990, new version - 1999
Two choral preludes for organ - 1990
First piano sonata - 1990
Erendira - for organ - 1990
Morenica - choral variations cycle
- for organ - 1991 (Published by
Inventio - for piano - 1992
(Published by
Five pieces for a violin solo - 1992
Three pieces for a string trio -
1992
Choir song - 1993
Prelude and fugue in G - for piano -
1993
The dance - for orchestra - 1994
Song for a soprano, harp and flute -
1994
Sonata for three instruments - 1995
(Published by
Concerto Grosso
#1 -
1997
Octet - 1996
A piece for alto saxophone - 1997
Two pieces for orchestra - 1997
Kaleidoscope - for a string orchestra
- 1998 (also in electronic music variant)
Titles - for an oboe and percussion - 1998
Second Piano Sonata - 2000
And then we danced - for viola and cello -
2000
Sinful-Soul-On-A-Skewer Rag - for piano - 2000
Une Infante
Defunte avec le Cheveux de lin - for orchestra
Chasing Perotinus - for orchestra - 2001
Woodwind Quintet - 2001
Concerto Grosso
#2 for chamber ensemble and organ - 2004
The Raven - for organ solo 2004
O Day of Peace for choir, chamber
ensemble and organ, 2006
Ballet (orchestra - 2007)
music commissioned for various
commercial projects
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Languages
Bulgarian, Russian,
Hebrew, English, French
References
Prof. Michael Bauer,
Organ Department,
email: mbauer@ku.edu
ph. 785 864 9744
Prof. Charles Hoag,
Chair, Composition Department,
email: chazhoag@ku.edu
ph. 785 8429914
Prof. Carole Ross, Deputy
Dean Emeritus,
email: cross@ku.edu
ph: 785 841-2719
Prof. Wolfgang Reisinger,
Organ Department,
Email: w.reisinger@gmx.net
Prof.
Michael Timpson, Music Theory Department,
Ph:
813 974-7140
Prof. Zamir Bavel,
Ph:
785 749 1110
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