BIOGRAPHY
Composer Troy Wayne graduated from the New England Conservatory of Music, earning his Bachelors, Masters (cum laude) and Graduate Diploma in Composition while studying with Malcolm Peyton. After a year studying with Lukas Foss in Boston, he moved to Houston in 2001 where he continued graduate studies at Rice University's Shepherd School of Music.
During his time as a teacher with the Michael P. Hammond Preparatory Program at Rice University's Shepherd School of Music, Troy taught classes in music fundamentals and music theory for pre-college students. He has also served on the faculty of the Summer Institute for Piano teaching courses in Form & Analysis for pre-college students as well as teaching music fundamentals classes for undergraduate college students during the academic year.
Troy also has maintained a private studio, tutoring and teaching private lessons in composition, ear training, voice, piano, literature, and history for over ten years. Students who have studied with him come from a wide range of backgrounds with different goals. Those who have continued with musical studies in college have consistently placed out of at least the first semesters of music theory and achieved advanced placement in their chosen fields of study. Those who chose a different path continue to benefit from the education and training they received from taking music lessons.
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2001 - Present | Private Studio in composition, theory, piano, voice, and aural skills. Students ages 6 - 70.2008 - 2011 | Elderhostel / Exploritas Program - University of Texas, Austin / Houston
Lecturer in Musicology - present lecture series on various topics. Past lecture series topics include
"A Brief History of Opera," "The American 20th Century," and "The Life and Music of Mozart."
2008 - 2010 | Shepherd School of Music Preparatory Division - Rice University, Houston
Faculty - Summer Institute for Piano. Instructor "Form and Analysis."
2004 - 2007 | Shepherd School of Music - Rice University, Houston
Graduate Instructor - MUSI 117 "Music Fundamentals for Non-Majors"
2001 - 2007 | Shepherd School of Music Preparatory Program - Rice University, Houston
Instructor of Composition, theory, and aural skills in class room and private lesson settings.
2000 | New England Conservatory School of Continuing Education, Boston
Adjunct Faculty - Course taught "Music and Technology"
1999 | New England Conservatory of Music, Boston
Guest Lecturer and Speaker - Topics in 20th Century Music