Enaldo A. Oliveira
Enaldo A. Oliveira, DMA, was recently appointed as the Director of Orchestral Studies and Violin Teacher at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse starting in the 2006-2007 season.
Oliveira is a native of Brazil. He completed his DMA in Orchestral Conducting at the University of Iowa under tutelage of William LaRue Jones, DMA. He has a bachelor of music degree from Santa Marcelina College in violin performance and a master of musicology degree from São Paulo University where his major area of study was string pedagogy.
For five years, Oliveira was the conductor and pedagogical coordinator for the Guri Project for the Cultural State Secretary of São Paulo-Brazil. His responsibilities were to create music centers in socio-economically underprivileged communities, as well as train and coordinate the teaching techniques of one hundred teachers. In this position, he helped to develop the program from two centers and 450 students to 30 centers and 22,000 students.
Also in Brazil, Oliveira was a member of the São Caetano do Sul Art Foundation String Quartet. He served as violin teacher and string coordinator at Tom Jobim School of Music and as professional violinist/violist in orchestras in his native country.
During his doctoral degree, Oliveira was manager of the University of Iowa Orchestras and co-director of the All-University String Orchestra. He was also the music director of the Greater Cedar Rapids Youth Symphony Orchestras after serving one year as conductor of their Philharmonic orchestra. In addition, Oliveira served as music director of Saint Ambrose University Community Symphony Orchestra. At the University of Iowa, he was privileged to conduct each of the four orchestras including The University of Iowa Symphony Orchestra, as well as the UI Dance Gala and Mostly Mozart – concert production of scenes from four Mozart’s operas. Oliveira was recently an active member in the Gustav Meyer Masterclass with the Göttingen Symphony Orchestra, Germany. Oliveira also has had the privilege of participating in masterclasses with Marvin Rabin, DMA and Henry Charles Smith.