El Dr. Howard afinó su primer piano en 1966, año en que comenzó la carrera de música en San Francisco State College. Él ha estado afinando desde entonces con una perspectiva especial sobre las necesidades e intereses de los profesores de música, ya que fue profesor de clases particulares en el piano y otros instrumentos 1966-1977 y 2010-2011. Obtuvo una B.A. en Educación Primaria de la Brigham Young University, una maestría en Educación Musical de la Eastern Washington University, una maestría en Educación Multicultural de la Universidad de Nuevo México, y un doctorado en Educación Bilingüe y la música en la Universidad de Nuevo México. Se jubiló de la Western New Mexico University (Centro de Estudios de Posgrado de Gallup), Gallup, Nuevo México en 2008. Vita Académica
Afinador/Técnico de Piano
Wichita, Kansas: Afinador/técnico de piano desde 2009 con The Piano Man.
Afinador/técnico de piano para Wichita State University, 2014-1015.
Mayo 2010 - Agosto 2011: Misionero del Templo de Guayaquil, Ecuador. Clases de piano, afinación de pianos, curso para capacitar afinadores
Gallup, Nuevo México: afinador/técnico de piano para el Gallup, NM Facilities Management Group and Gallup-McKinley County School District (about 70 tunings/year) 1998- 2008. También afinaciónes en hogares e instituciones (300+ per year)
Thatcher, AZ: afinador/técnico de piano para el Thatcher, AZ Preventive Maintenance Group (about 180 tunings/year) 1995-1997 (También 300+ afinaciónes en hogares e instituciones in SW Nuevo México and SE Arizona 1992-1997)
Albuquerque, Nuevo México: afinaciónes en hogares e instituciones 1985 - 2008
Silver City, NM: afinador/técnico de piano para Western New Mexico University (50 afinaciónes cada año) 1992 - 1997
Lubbock, TX: afinador para BODE Enterprises - taller, hogares, e instituciones 1985-1992 (25 afinaciones mensual, y también trabajo de taller (contacto: Bob Johnson, RPT, 18003 County Road 1640, Wolfforth, TX 79382, (806) 863-4812
Bloomfield, NM: afinador para dos tiendas en Farmington, NM, hogares e instituciones, etc. 1979-1995
Spokane, Washington. Afinador/técnico, Howard Piano Service, 100 pianos cada mes; 1978-1982; afinador/técnico para tiendas, hogares, e instituciones en el este de Washington
Tuner/technician, Squires, the Organ and Piano Center, Spokane, WA; tiempo completo, 1977-1978
Afinador, California, Venezuela, Utah, Maine, 1966-1977
Cémbalo. Curso en mantenimiento, afinación y regulación, Universidad de Nuevo México, 1983.
Asociaciones Profesionales
Presidente, Asociación Mundial de Luthiers desde 2013. Capacitación, Glosario Multilingüe, Reconocimiento de luthiers, Acreditación de cursos técnicos, Labor Humanitaria
Piano Technicians Guild (PTG Associate Member. Exams passed 1989: tuning, written. National Bylaws committee, 1993; Local Chapter monthly Journal Editor 1989-92, 2009-presente); state conference committee 1989, National newsletter committee, 1991; chapter president elect, 1991-92). Special training: PTG conferences 1988, 1989, 2009, 2014, 2015; Steinway factory orientation in action regulation, 1977.
Publicaciones
Howard, Roy E.
"The Future of the Piano"
Howard Roy E. "Concerto for Piano Tuner and Orchestra"
Howard, Roy E. "How to Keep Your Upright Sounding Grand", Music Educators Journal, November, 1985, pp. 52-56.
Howard, Roy E. (Editor). Texas Piano Tech. Northwest Texas
Chapter, Piano Technicians Guild, Lubbock, Texas. Editor, columnist,
cartoonist, of monthly journal 1987- 90.
Howard, Roy E. "Piano Man", The Piano Quarterly. Various issues in 1989. (Instructional Cartoons).
Howard, Roy E. Piano History, Selection, and Care for the Musician, Teacher, Student. http://www.cantos.org/Piano/PianoHistory.html
Howard, Roy E. Editor, The Voicing Tool, Newsletter of the Wichita Chapter, Piano Techncians Guild. Index
Howard, Roy E. Director de la Conferencia 2015 en Ecuador.
Howard, Roy E. Director del Congreso Nacional para la restauración de instrumentos musicales patrimoniales.
Howard, Roy E. "Canal de YouTube"
Video: "A Demonstration of Vertical Action Regulation"
Howard, Roy E. "Music Lessons en Ecuador"
Howard, Roy E. "Pianos en Ecuador"
Howard, Roy E. "Bartolomeo Cristofori"
Howard, Roy E. "Afinar el Piano"
Sinceramente,
Andrew Trechak
Director de WSU de Estudios de teclado
E-mail: andrew.trechak@wichita.edu
Teléfono: 316.978.6235
B205 Duerksen
Universidad Estatal de Wichita
1845 Fairmount
Wichita, KS 67260
June 8, 2015
To Whom It May Concern,
I am writing on behalf of the distinguished piano technician Roy E. Howard who has been the interim piano technician for the School of Music of Wichita State University from November 2014 to June 2015.
Roy has been in charge of tunings, voicings and repairs for pianos in faculty studios, student practice rooms, classrooms, choral and orchestral rehearsal rooms, and two large concert halls. Many of his assignments of work have been in preparation for concerts, festivals, recitals and competitions. Artists have counted on him to prepare the pianos before high-intensity live concerts as well as the special demands brought by recording sessions. Additionally he has done the regular maintenance tunings demanded by daily student practice sessions and faculty teaching.
His work has been uniformly at a high level of expertise. Faculty and students have been unanimously positive about having their pianos worked on by Roy and it has been a pleasure and joy to work with him in arranging the schedule of assignments. His tunings have always been excellent and he has been diligent in seeing that things like broken strings and minor repairs are promptly and well taken care of.
In March WSU hosted the Naftzger Young Artist Auditions which draws a significant number of outstanding young artists from the surrounding states and is a major outreach sponsored by the Wichita Symphony. Roy’s duties were spread over four concert hall venues and included four Steinway concert grands in the concert halls and two additional Steinway grands used in the smaller rehearsal rooms. In speaking with orchestra administrators after the event I found them unanimous in their praise of his work.
In January, Steinway technician Peter Krauss, after examining one of the WSU concert grands, commented positively on the quality of workmanship the piano had received and enquired on the name of the technician – that technician was Roy Howard.
Again I must state what a pleasure it has been to work with Roy in setting up the assignment of work on the pianos at WSU. He is always punctual, very well organized, professional and gracious. Dedication to excellence in piano tuning, maintenance and repair are his ever-present goal. I recommend him to you without reservation.
Yours sincerely,
Andrew Trechak
WSU Director of Keyboard Studies
E-mail: andrew.trechak@wichita.edu
Phone: 316.978.6235
B205 Duerksen
Wichita State University
1845 Fairmount
Wichita, KS 67260
Me acosté cansado, rendido,
medio satisfecho por trabajo cumplido.
Al cerrar los ojos me olvidé del pasado
a otro plano me sentí trasladado.
Llegué a Quito donde me esperaban
para dar aliento a pianos que faltaban...
una cuerda, un ajuste, o limpieza,
pero al llegar tuve una sorpresa.
Sentí el aire y el ritmo de la calle,
vi el cerro, el rio, el hermoso valle.
Oí un pasillo por un piano entonado;
en un instante yo fui cambiado.
Cada escala que dejé bien templado
hizo posible repertorio variado.
Cada octavo que dejé estirado,
soltó el alma de un pianista ya inspirado.
Cada unísono que dejé perfeccionado
resonaba en un corazón calmado.
Cada tecla nivelada, ya ajustada
facilitó una canción bien interpretada.
Vi que en conjunto andamos
cual sea la canción que entonamos
sea fuerte o sea suavecito,
sea Bach o un pasillo en Quito.
Es un sueño del doctor Roy E. Howard,
compositor y afinador del piano,
que todos acepten su papel muy profundo
de traer armonía al mundo...
...en conjunto con él que interpreta,
él que provee, y él que aprecia,
que sea con la melodía, bajo, o segundo,
sea el técnico, el maestro, o el alumno.