Hofstra University
Undergraduate & Graduate Conducting
Conductor, University Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band
Instrumental Music Education Courses
Moravian College
Director of Instrumental Music
Conductor of the College Wind Ensemble
Founder and Music Director of the Pennsylvania Youth Honors Concert
Band
University of Hartford
Founder and Music Director of the Connecticut Valley Youth Wind Ensemble
Director fo the University's Summer Youth Music Program
Metropolitan Wind Symphony of
Boston, 1982-86
Music Director and Conductor
He has commissioned and conducted over
thirty world premieres by such notable composers W. Francis McBeth,
Johan de Meij, Fisher Tull, H. Owen Reed, Vaclav Nelhybel, David Gillingham,
Philip Sparke, Andrew Boysen, Robert W. Smith, David Holsinger, Robert
Washburn, Elliot Del Borgo, Herbert Deutsch, Robert Hawkins, Larry Lipkis,
Ian McDougall, Reber Clark, Gregory Sanders, Roland Barrett and Jared
Spears
Guest Conductor, All-Eastern Band for
the MENC Eastern Division Conference in Baltimore, Maryland
Clinician for the National Convention
of the Canadian Music Educators Association in Halifax, Nova Scotia
Conductor of the All-Eastern Directors
Band for the MENC Eastern Division Conference in New York City
Guest conductor and clinician for the
European Music Educators Convention in Heidelberg, Germany
Clinician and speaker for the National
Convention of the American School Band Directors Association in Honolulu,
Hawaii
Clinician for the MENC Northwest Division
Conference in Spokane, Washington
Conductor of the MENC National High
School Honors Band for the National Convention in Nashville, Tennessee
Conductor of the All-Northwest Band
for the MENC Northwest Division Conference in Portland, Oregon
Recently received invitations to conduct
in China and Brazil
Among the soloists who have appeared
in performance with Dr. Boonshaft are John Marcellus, Harvey Phillips,
Ed Shaughnessy, Lynn Klock, Don Butterfield, Dave Steinmeyer and the
United States Air Force "Airmen of Note," Chester Schmitz,
and the Vienna Schubert Trio
His performances have been released
on numerous records, and he has made frequent television appearances
and radio broadcasts, as well asperformed for President and Mrs. George
Bush, and for Margaret Thatcher, Former Prime Minister of the United
Kingdom.
