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George Amorim is Assistant Professor of Double Bass at the University of Texas Pan American. He holds a Doctor of Musical Degree in Double Bass Performance with a minor in Orchestral Conducting from the University of North Texas, a Master of Music from Baylor University and a Bachelor Degree from the Ceará State University. Before joining the UTPA faculty in 2006 Dr. Amorim served the University of North Texas as assistant to the world renowned performer and pedagogue Jeff Bradetich.
In addition to his formal studies, Dr. Amorim has also pursued advanced training with Francesco Petracchi in Italy and with David Sinclair from the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis at the TafelMusic Baroque Music Institute in Toronto. Dr. Amorim also devotes time to the studies of early music and historical performance practices of the baroque and Viennese violones.
Dr. Amorim’s performances have taken him to Europe and across Central, South and North America, with concert credentials that include eight years as a full time member of the Paraná State and Recife Symphony Orchestras in Brazil and, since 2003, as a member of the Santo Domingo Music Festival Orchestra under Phillip Entremont. He currently performs with the Corpus Christi Symphony Orchestra in addition to regular guest appearances with various ensembles in the United States, Europe and Brazil.
As a soloist, George was a prize winner at the Paraiba Music Award in 1996 and finalist at the Young Talents Award in 1999 and as a member of the Zenamon Quintet, an ensemble dedicated to the promotion of the music of Latin American composers, he was a first prize winner in both the Honorina Barra International Chamber Music Competition and the Curitiba Chamber Music Award in 1999.
An educator in demand, Dr. Amorim’s articles on double bass pedagogy has been published by Bass World and Strings magazines. He has been a featured clinician, adjudicator and consultant in several states and abroad, most recently at the 2006 Texas Music Educators Association Convention in San Antonio, TX and at the International Society of Bassists Convention in Oklahoma City in 2007 and the Chicago Bass Festival in 2011.
Dr. Amorim heads a thriving double bass studio at UTPA, which inspired him to organize the ¡Viva el Bajo!, an organization that promotes double bass playing in south Texas and helps inspire and guide young musicians in their studies of the double bass.
Dr. Amorim spends his summers teaching and performing in various programs such as the Pan American Music Festival, the Abilene Summer Music Festival and, starting in July 2011, he will direct the Pan American Double Bass Summer Institute at UTPA. George performs on an Italian double bass from the late 1700’s and a bow made by Marco Pasquino.
Check out: www.vivaelbajo.org www.vivaelbajo.org/Summer_Institute.html
Visiting Artists Double Bass students at UTPA also have the opportunity to hear and work with the finest musicians in the world through master classes and clinics.
Visiting artists are made possible through the generous support of local businesses, the Department of Music and Dance, the COAH Dean’s Office and the ¡Viva el Bajo! Educational Services.
Listed below are some of the artists who have visited our department to perform and teach: • Christopher Buddo, Director of the Eastern Carolina University School of Music and concert artist (2011) • Alexandre Ritter, Soloist and Professor of Double Bass at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil (2011) • James VanDemark, Eastman School of Music Double Bass Professor and concert artist (2011) • Jeff Bardetich, University of North Texas Double Bass Professor and concert artist (2008, 2010) • Catalin Rotaru, Arizona State University Double Bass Professor, concert and recording artist (2009) • Dr.Gudrun Raschen, Tarleton State University Double Bass Professor and concert artist (2008) • Dr. Sonya Ray, Federal University of Goiás Double Bass Professor and Scholar (2008) • Tony Rosario, Abilene Philharmonic Principal Bass (2009) • Carolina Melchiori, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania Double Bass Professor (2009) • Joao Titton, Professor at State University of Santa Catarina, Brazil (2007)
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