Liesl Schoenberger Doty

 

Continuing appointment Portfolio

 
 

This webpage contains all of the information and supporting documentation pertaining to my application for continuing appointment. All the buttons help navigate around the page and all italicized text will link directly to PDFs, media clips and websites for your perusal. Please contact me with any clarifying questions or concerns by sending an e-mail to dotyls@potsdam.edu.

I. Teaching Effectiveness

Fall 2020 - Fall 2021

Recommendations & Teaching Observations

Fall 2021

  • MUCS 420, 430, 210: Studio Violin for Music Performance Majors, Studio Violin for Music Education and Music Business Majors and Secondary Studio Violin for Non-Violin Majors

  • MUAP 323: Repertoire and Pedagogy II

    • Syllabus | Reflection

    • (Student did not complete course evaluation.)

      • Student Project

        • Robert Marsanico: Studies in Leadership

  • MUAP 362 - 002: Crane Symphony Orchestra Violin Sectional

    • Syllabus* | Reflection

      • *NOTE: The syllabus for this section is authored and issued by the primary instructor of Crane Symphony Orchestra, Dr. Ching Lai

Spring 2021

  • MUAP 323: Repertoire and Pedagogy II

    • Syllabus | Reflection

    • Student Evaluations

    • Student Projects

      • Olivia Coyne: Musical Entrepreneurship: Seeing a Commissioning Project Through the Fundraising, Workshopping, Contracting and Marketing Processes

  • MUAP 362 - 002: Crane Symphony Orchestra Violin Sectional

    • Supplemental Syllabus* | Reflection

      • *NOTE: The syllabus for this section is authored and issued by the primary instructor of Crane Symphony Orchestra, Dr. Ching Lai. This “syllabus” was created by me as a special supplement due to the particular mode of delivery this particular term.

    • Course Events

      • Guest Artist: Annie Rabbat - Concertmaster, Boston Lyric Opera | May 10

        • Feldenkrais Masterclass

      • Guest Artist: Melissa White - Harlem String Quartet | May 3

Fall 2020

  • Alternative Assignment via Parental Leave

    • Reflection

    • Student Successes

      • A Far Cry Internship | Spring 2021

        • Jordan Walker (B.A. ‘21)

      • Graduate School Auditions | For MM Violin Performance Fall 2022

        • Olivia Coyne (B.M. ‘21)

          • Accepted: Longy School of Music Bard College, Ole Miss (with Fellowship)

          • Pre-screening: Boston Conservatory, Bowling Green University, CU Boulder, Florida State University

II. Mastery of Subject Matter and Scholarly Ability

Fall 2020 - Fall 2021

Fall 2020 Reflection

Artist-Teacher Invitations (5)

Performances (18)

Crane Performances (6)

A Far Cry (7)

The Dotys (2)

  • Face to Face: Duppe Duppe | Virtual | Release TBD 2022

  • The Dotys at Zion Episcopal | Colton, NY | December 19, 2021

Other Concerts (1)

  • Soloist with Southeast Missouri Symphony | Cape Girardeau, MO | October 12 & 13, 2020: Program

Recording projects (2)

  • Redemption | music by Eric Genuis | released 2021

    • Recorded at Blackbird Studios on Music Row – Nashville, TN

    • Spotify

  • A Stradivari Serenade | mini-documentary | released Fall 2020

Awards & Honors

Student Successes

Professional Meetings Attended

  • New York State School Music Association (NYSSMA) | December 2-4, 2021

  • American String Teachers Association National Conference (ASTA) | March 1-7, 2021

  • Massachusetts Music Educators Association (MMEA) Central District Music Festival | January 16, 2021

  • Avaloch Farm Artist Retreat Residency | Boscawen, NH | October 13-15, 2020

III. University Service

Fall 2020 - Fall 2021

Committee Work

  • Governance: Faculty Senate Alternate | Fall 2021-

  • CFA: Scholarship and Professional Development Committee | Fall 2021-

  • Pellicciotti Composition Prize Committee | Fall 2020-

  • Alternative Assignment - Parental Leave | Fall 2020

College-Related Public Service

  • ·String Area Coordinator | Spring 2021-

  • Violin Audition Faculty Coordinator | All Semesters

  • Created Promotional Media for @cranestrings | All Semesters

  • Re-Created Crane Strings Brochure | Fall 2021

  • Presenter at Crane Convocation | May 2021

  • “Adopt a Student” over Winter Break | December/January 2020

  • Faculty Advisor - Students for Life | 2020-

  • Covered Classes for Colleagues

    • MUAP 362 – Crane Chamber Orchestra | February 16, 2021

  • Recruitment

    • Creation and Continued Maintenance of Crane Strings Social Media Pages

      • Creation and updating of Crane Strings Brochure

    • Crane Open House and Audition Day Sample Lessons (4)

    • Sample Lessons (17)

    • Outreach Workshops (7)

      • Long Island Recruitment Trip – Julia Trio Performances, Coachings, Lessons | November 8-10, 2021

        • Ward-Melville High School: @cranestrings Photo

        • Northport High School

        • Half Hollow Hills East High School

        • Half Hollow Hills West High School

        • Newfield High School

        • Shoreham-Wading River High School

        • Gemini Youth Orchestra

  • Phone Calls/Emails

    • 51 individual email threads with prospective, visiting and auditioning students, their families and their teachers

    • 21 personal phone calls to 17 students

Off-Campus Service

  • St. Mary’s Church, Canton, NY

    • Music Director & Organist: Volunteer to organize and play for weekly Sunday 9:00 a.m. Mass

    • Volunteer in production of media content

  • St. Catherine of Siena Academy, Canton, NY

    • Governing Board: Secretary

    • Friday Program Coordinator

    • Music Director for Special Projects

    • Website designer and maintenance

    • Enrollment & Marketing Working Group

    • Development Working Group

IV. Continuing Professional Growth

Spring 2019 - Fall 2020

Fall 2020 Reflection

Professional Membership

  • A Far Cry Chamber Orchestra

    • Crier Co-Artistic Director (2012-2021)

    • Crier Emeritus (Ongoing)

    • Media and Video Archivist | 2016-2021

    • Youtube Curator and Promotional Video Producer | 2016-2021

    • Development Committee | 2017-2021

  • American String Teachers Association (ASTA)

  • National Association for Music Education (NAfME)

  • National Educators Association (NEA)

  • United University Professionals (UUP)

Conferences/Professional Meetings Attended

  • SphinxConnect 2022: Forging Alliances | January 27-29, 2022

  • SphinxConnect 2021: Unity – The Epicenter for Artists and Leaders in Diversity | January 28-30, 2021

Courses, Seminar, Workshops Attended

Future Goals and Plans

  • Make Crane School of Music a destination program for string players across New York State and the country

  • Diversify the violin studios by implementing recruiting strategies that target the complete demographic makeup of our community and the state of New York.

  • Continue to increase enrollment and playing level of violin students at Crane

  • Once numbers and quality of violinists can support it, I aim to continue working towards establishing a collaboration with the Crane Chamber Orchestra modeled after the artistic process and administrative savvy of A Far Cry and hopefully in cooperation with the Music Business department as an entrepreneurial laboratory in democratic self-governance, marketing and development of a non-profit.

  • Complete my Doctor of Musical Arts degree from New England Conservatory – anticipated completion 2021

  • Record and produce an album by “The Dotys” – anticipated in 2021 or 2022

  • Continue to establish my reputation as a performer and teacher in New York State and the Northeast Region.

  • Maintain an active and varied performance career through solo performances, work with A Far Cry and my duo, “The Dotys”.

  • Continue to foster a violin studio learning environment that is compassionate, earnest and motivated.

  • Establish a performance and music business-based residency with A Far Cry

V. Other Information

Of Note

I would like to highlight the success of the recruitment endeavors I undertook this past year amidst the global pandemic and unprecedented disruption to regular academic instruction. I enjoyed the second largest number of incoming students since my time at Crane in the of Fall 2020. Spring of 2021 brought a drastically reduced number of auditions (as was the trend across the board), however, I was able to successfully secure 42% of auditionees to deposit, an increase of 2% from the previous audition season. Even though the overall number of deposits was lower, the ratio of students I personally ushered to Potsdam did not take a hit. When I first started teaching at Crane, the highest target number for violin recruits was 25. With diligent work, I was able to close that gap to its lowest number of 15 (pre-pandemic). It has been my pleasure to methodically and consistently recruit greater numbers of violinists to Crane. Bearing in mind the average target enrollment for violins tends to be the 3rd highest at Crane (topped only by voice and piano) and that the retention of violin students is needed to support an entire symphony orchestra and chamber/opera orchestra, the recruitment of this many high-quality violinists should be the work of a minimum of 3 faculty members.

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