GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS:

UMKC 1991-01
External Support  

Fulbright-Hays Seminars Abroad Program Center for International Education U.S. Department of Education. Brazil, 2001.

Travel Grant. “Marimba Yajalón at International Festival of the Marimba: The Marimba Approaching the New Millenium.” CONACULTA (State Arts Agency of Chiapas, Mexico). $8,000. December, 1999.

Consortium Funding for 1999 project “Música Mexicana: On both sides of the border.” California State University-Northridge, ($30,000) and La Escuela de la Música Mexicana, ($15,000). $45,000. Summer, 1999.

Corporate Funding. Robert Van Sice Percussion Class at UMKC Conservatory. Adams Percussion. $500.00. March, 1998.

Corporate Funding. Tony Verderosa Percussion Class at UMKC Conservatory. YAMAHA Percussion. $400.00. March, 1998.

Institutional Grant. : “The Marimba in Chiapas, Mexico: Five Interrelated Research Projects.” Fund for Culture of the U.S.-Mexico Commission for Educational and Cultural Exchange (Mexico City--funded by the Rockefeller, Bancomer, and Mexican Fine Arts Foundations. August, 1996. $20,000.00.

Travel Grant. "First University Percussion Festival of Mexico City." UNAM (national Autonomous University of Mexico).January, 1996. $1,500.00

Travel Grant. "Marimba Yajalón Appearance at Fourth International Festival of the Marimba." Institute of  Chiapan Culture, Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, Mexico. December, 1995. $3,000.00.

Corporate Funding. Zildjian Percussion Showcase at UMKC Conservatory Avedis Zildjian Co. $10,000  (In-kind artist fees, travel, and hospitality). September, 1995.

Kansas City National Hispanic Heritage Committee/Sociedad Hidalgo. Travel funds to send Conservatory student to Mexico City, May, 1995. $500.00.

Corporate Funding. Michael Bookspan Percussion Class at UMKC Conservatory. Sabian, Ltd. and Explorer's Percussion. $350.00.

Travel Grant. "Marimba Yajalón Appearance at Third International Festival of the Marimba." Institute of Chiapan Culture, Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, Mexico. September, 1994. $3,500.00.

Travel Grant. "An English Language Translation of Arturo Chamorro's Los instrumentos de percusión en México," for collaboration with the author in Zamora, Michoacán, Mexico. HoneyRock Publications, Summer, 1994. $750.00.

Corporate Funding. "John Bergamo Hand Drumming Residency at UMKC Conservatory." Grants from REMO (Los Angeles), InterWorld Music (San Francisco), and Explorers Percussion (Kansas City), April, 1994. $500.00.

Translation Grant. "An English Language Translation of Arturo Chamorro's Los instrumentos de percusión en México. Fund for Culture of the U.S.-Mexico Commission for Educational and Cultural Exchange (Mexico City--funded by the Rockefeller, Bancomer, and Mexican Fine Arts Foundations), August, 1993. $8,061.00.

Travel Grant. "Marimba Yajalón Appearance at Second International Festival of the Marimba and Tour of Chiapas, Mexico." Institute of Chiapan Culture and Chiapan State School of Music of the Chiapan Institute of Arts and Sciences. July, 1993. $5,000.00.

Equipment Grant. "Five-Octave Concert Marimba." The Helen S. Boylan Charitable Foundation of Carthage, Missouri, April, 1993. $7,500.00.

Travel Grant. "Marimba Yajalón Tour of Chiapas, Mexico." Institute for Chiapan Culture (Tuxtla Gutiérrez,Chiapas). July, 1992. $6,200.00.

Cultural Enrichment Grant. "Marimba Nandayapa Kansas City Community Residency." Mid America Arts Alliance and Greater Kansas City National Hispanic Heritage Committee, 1992 (grant written by L. Kaptain, on behalf of the Greater KC Hispanic Heritage Committee, and funds were awarded to Conservatory Continuing Education to sponsor the Marimba Nandayapa Residency). $8,000.00.

Travel Grant. "Marimba Yajalón Residency in Mexico City at First International Festival of the Marimba." Socicultur  (Mexico City Civic government cultural arts program). June, 1991. $5,000.00.

Internal Support

Diversity Grant. For the development of a new elective course: CON 497 Música Mexicana: On both sides of  the border. UMKC Office of Student Life. $2,957.00. September, 1999.

Supplemental Funding. Música Mexicana: On both sides of the border. Office of the Vice-Provost for Research, April, 1999. $7,891.00.

Special Projects Grant. Música Mexicana: On both sides of the border. University of Missouri Research Board, April, 1999. $45,000.00.

UKC Faculty Fellowship, 1996-97. $10,000.

UMKC Faculty Research Grant, " African Antecedents of the Extant Diatonic Marimba Traditions of Southern Chiapas and Coastal Ecuador and Colombia." UMKC Research Council, 1997. $5,000.00.

Research Grant. Three Research Projects. University of Missouri Research Bd, December, 1995.$22,000.00.

Travel Grant. National Orff-Schulwerk Association Conference, Dallas, Texas, and Percussive Arts Society  International Conference, Phoenix, Arizona. Conservatory Travel Funds. November, 1995. $2,400.00.

Travel Grant. "Faculty Exchange between UMKC Conservatory and the School of Mexican Music in Mexico  City." University Associates. $300.00.

Faculty Research Grant. "Preliminary Research for the Second Edition of Maderas que cantan. UMKC Faculty Research Council. April, 1995. $4,996.00.

Special Grant. "Travel Funds for Marimba Yajalón to appear at the 1994 World Conference of the International Society for Music Education, Tampa, Florida." Office of University Advancement, William French, Vice-Chancellor. Awarded May, 1994. $1,482.00.

ORA Travel Grant "Old/World/New World: Cross Cultures and Crossing Rhythms." 1994 World Conference of  the International Society for Music Education, Tampa, Florida. Office of Research Administration. Application submitted, May, 1994. $350.00.

UMKC Faculty Research Grant. "A Recording of Mesoamerican Marimba Music in the Tradition of marimba pura." Awarded April, 1994.  $3,118.00.

Special Initiatives Grant. "An English Language Translation of Arturo Chamorro's Los instrumentos de percusión en México," for document formatting and word processing assistance. Office of Faculty Research and Office of the Dean of the Conservatory, UMKC, February, 1994. $850.00.

Travel Grant. "Conservatory Faculty Exchange with Two Mexico City Music Institutions." UMKC University Associates (grant co-authored with Prof. Randy Pembrook). August, 1993. $550.00.

UMKC Faculty Research Grant, "A Stylistic and Notational Transcription of Traditional Performance Practice of Marimba Music from Chiapas, Mexico Through Computer Assisted MIDI Technology." UMKC Research Council, 1992. $3,998.00.

Teaching Enhancement Project Grant, "Integrating MIDI Technology Into the Undergraduate Percussion Curriculum of the UMKC Conservatory of Music." UMKC Office of Research, 1992. $250.00 ($500.00 with matching Conservatory funds).

Prior to 1991

YAMAHA Corporation of America, Educational Program Grant for the SFA International Percussion Symposium. 1991. $5,000.00.

Micro-Computer Grant, Stephen F. Austin State University, 1990.

United States Information Service (solo marimba) :Mexican Tour, 1986. Nicaraguan Tour, 1981.

Iowa Arts Council/National Endowment for the Arts :Touring Solo Percussionist,1977-82.

Drake University Faculty Development Council :Western African Drumming Study, 1982.

Drake University Research Council
  Budapest, Hungary, 1982.
  Guatemala City, Guatemala, 1980.

Partners of the Americas (solo marimba) :Mexican Tour (Yucatan State), 1981.

Other Teaching Experience

Kansas City, Missouri School System/Young Audiences Mind's Edge (multi-disciplinary experimental summer program). Artist/facilitator, summer 1994.

National School of Music of the National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City. Visiting percussion professor, November-December 3, 1993.

Fourth Annual Seminar for marimba Directors, State School of Music of the Institute for Sciences and Arts, Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, Mexico. Guest Lecturer, July 18-22, 1993.

SFA International Percussion Symposium, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, Texas. Director and lead instructor. One week summer sessions, 1989, 1990, 1991.

West Texas State University Summer Band Camp. Guest Artist (featured soloist with bands and instructor of graduate seminars), 1988.

Iron County Music Camp. Percussion instructor, 1987, 1988.

University of Wisconsin Summer Music Clinic. Percussion instructor, 1987.

Mid-America Music Camp. Percussion instructor, Ball State University, 1977, 1978, 1979.

International Music Camp Percussion instructor, Bottineau, North Dakota, 1976.