Dr. Curtis earned a Bachelor of Music from North Park University in Chicago; Master of Arts from The Presbyterian School of Christian Education in Stockton, California; and Doctor of Education from The University of the Pacific, also in Stockton, where he studied composition with Ron Caviani and Stan Beckler. He undertook graduate studies at Westminster Choir College in Princeton, New Jersey, and at The Juilliard School of Music in New York. He was a 1993 Ford Foundation Fellow to the National Council for Black Studies Conference in Accra, Ghana. He also studied at the University of Ghana at Lagon.
Further details on the career of Marvin V. Curtis are excerpted from his bio:
Marvin V. Curtis is the first African American composer commissioned to write a work for a Presidential Inauguration. His composition, The City On the Hill, was premiered at the 1993 Inauguration of President William Clinton and was performed by the Philander Smith Collegiate Choir of Little Rock, Arkansas and the United States Marine Band. He has 33 choral works published by the Mark Foster Music Company, Music 70/80 and Coronet Press; and a woodwind quintet and work for voice/flute/piano published by International Opus. He has received commissions from the Hampton Ministers Conference in Hampton, Virginia; Morris Brown College in Atlanta, Georgia; North Carolina A&T; Clark Atlanta University; Benedict College; San Joaquin Community College of Stockton, California; the All City Performing Ensembles of Chicago for their 25th Anniversary; Rejoice Ensemble of New York City; Grand Prairie High School in Texas; Ebony Chorale of West Palm Beach, Florida; Wooten Choral Ensemble of Chicago; Brandon High School in Tampa, Florida; Lodi High School in California; the 1996 Interfaith Olympic Committee in Atlanta; North Park College; New York State Women’s Honor Chorus; VIDEMUS; and most recently for the 150th anniversary of the City of Rock Hill, South Carolina. His orchestral works have been commissioned by
Dr. Curtis was co-choral director for four years at the Virginia Governor’s School for the Humanities and the Performing Arts. During the summer of 1998, he was a guest pianist in
He is published in scholarly journals and continues to serve as guest conductor at numerous choral festivals. He led the FSU choirs on their first European Tour to
Dr. Curtis is the recipient of the 2004-05 University of North Carolina Board of Governors Excellence in Teaching Award, was named the 2003-04 FSU Teacher of the Year, received the 2002 BC Powder Excellence in Teaching Finalist Award from GlaxoWellcome, and received the Teacher of the Year Award for the year 2000 from the Department of Performing and Fine Arts and the College of Arts and Sciences of Fayetteville State University. Other awards include: The Minority Enterprise Development Education and Cultural Development award from the Cumberland Regional Improvement Corporation, the Noah Ryder Composer Award from the Norfolk Chapter of Norfolk State University; the 1997 Outstanding Junior Faculty Award from the College of Arts and Sciences of Fayetteville State University; the 1992 Research Achievement Award from NAFEO; Key to the City of Savannah, Georgia; Medallion of the City of Richmond, Virginia; and Distinguished Alumnus Award from North Park College and the University of the Pacific.
Curtis is listed in the 2000 and 2002 editions of Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers, the 1999 and 2002 editions of Who’s Who in
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