James Rauscher


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Title
Adjunct Faculty - Music
Department
Music

Education


  • Ph.D. Texas Tech University
  • B.M.E. University of Wisconsin
  • M.M. University of Illinois

Previous Positions


PositionStartEnd
Professor, Director of Piano Studies1980-08-152016-05-15

Courses Taught at Amarillo College


Course IDCourse NameTerm

Other Credentials


Credential
For all piano instruction, class and private,for Texas Tech University and University of Illinois
M AP 5001 PIANO
M TH 5304 STYLES
MUS 5314 CURRENT MUSIC PROGRAMS
M AP 5303 PEDAGOGY-APPLIED MUSIC
M AP 5001 PIANO
MUS 7000 RESEARCH
M LT 5336 HIST/LIT MUSIC-20TH CENT
M AP 5001 MUS APPL PIANO
MUS 7000 RESEARCH
M AP 5001 PIANO
Piano Pedagogy I, MUSI 331
Piano MUSIC 380
PIANO MUSIC 480
Advance Group Instruction-Piano MUSIC 360
PIANO MUSIC LITERATURE MUSIC 434
Harpsichord MUSIC 379
Practical Group Piano Advanced MUSIC 461

Publications, Presentations, Public Works and Awards


Chamber Music Amarillo: Featured soloist in Bach's Keyboard concerto No. 7 in G Minor, 2009; soloist/conductor in Mozart's Concerto No. 20 in C Major, 2005.
Concert of Piano Duo Music, performed with Dr. Richard Fountain of Wayland Baptist University, for Chamber Music Amarillo, Wayland Baptist University, and Abilene Christian University, Fall 2010
Featured guest artist with Amarillo Symphony Orchestra in Mendelssohn's Piano Concerto No. 2 in G Minor (1995), Saint-Saens's Concerto No. 2 in G Minor (1994), Gershwin's Rhapsody in blue(1991 and 1986), and Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 19 in F Major (1990).
Lecture/performance: Chopin's 4 Ballades, Texas Music Teachers Association Annual Conference, 1986
Music Teacher of the Year, 1986, Amarillo Music Teachers Association
Principal Keyboardist, Amarillo Symphony Orchestra, 1981-present

Guest Soloist with the Amarillo Symphony Orchestra in Liszt/Busoni's Rhapsody Espagnol, September 2011, Globe News Center for the Performing Arts.