Faculty Guide

Title

Associate Professor of the Practice of Music and Director, Brandeis University Orchestra

Music

Expertise

Conductor, Brandeis Orchestra. Jazz history. Music Theater Composition

Profile

Neal Hampton is the conductor of the Brandeis Orchestra and is a composer of songs and of musical theater. He has also written music for ballet and stage productions in the U.S. and Canada.

Awards and Honors

Norman Grant for Faculty Research and Creative Projects (2008)

Norman Grant for Faculty Research and Creative Projects (2007)

Courses Taught

MUS	7b	Broadway Bound: The Craft of Composing Songs for Musical Theater
MUS	14a	Orchestra
MUS	14b	Orchestra
MUS	15a	Wind Ensemble
MUS	15b	Wind Ensemble

Scholarship

CARMINA BURANA. By Carl Orff. Hampton, Neal. Brandeis Usdan Center, Wellesley College Houghton Chapel, Brandeis Wellesley Orchestra, Brandeis University Chorus, Wellesley Chorus, Youth pro Musica, April 25, 26, 2009. (forthcoming)

Sense and Sensibility The Musical. By Neal Hampton, Music; Book and Lyrics, Jeffrey Haddow. Musical Theater Equity Staged Workshop presented by the Berkshire Musical Theater Workshop at Shakespeare and Co. Lenox, MA. 5/9/2009. (forthcoming)

BMI Lehman Engle Musical Theater Workshop - Music from Sense and Sensibility. By Neal Hampton, Jeffrey Haddow. Composer/Pianist Hampton, Neal. BMI Studios, NYC, 3/30/2009.

Fully staged production of Riders to the Sea in collaboration with Intermezzo Opera. By Ralph Vaughan Williams. Conductor Hampton, Neal. Wellesley College Houghton Chapel, Brandeis-Wellesley Orchestra, March 7, 8, 2009.

A German Requiem. By Brahms. Conductor Hampton, Neal. Brandeis University Levin Ballroom, Brandeis Wellesley Orchestra and Brandeis University Chorus, May 2, 2007.

Brandeis-Wellesley Orchestra November Concert. Program: Beethoven Symphony No. 2, Dvorak Cello Concerto, Mvt 1; Bellini: "Oh! quante volte". Conductor Hampton, Neal. Slosberg Recital Hall and Wellesley College Houghton Chapel, Brandeis-Wellesley Orchestra, November 22, 23, 2008.

Every Good Boy Deserves Favour. By Andre Previn and Tom Stoppard. Conductor Hampton, Neal. Town Hall, New York City, Boston University, March 14, 2008.

October 2008 Concert - Brandeis Wellesley Orchestra - Tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliette Overture-Fantasy, Mozart Flute Concerto #1 Mvt 1, Beethoven Piano Concerto No 4, Mvt 3, Barber Knoxville Summer of 1915. Conductor Hampton, Neal. Slosberg Recital Hall and Wellesley College Houghton Chapel, Brandeis Wellesley Orchestra, October 4 and 5, 2008.

Symphony No. 3 "Eroica" and Selections from "Swan Lake". By Beethoven and Tchaikovsky. Conductor Hampton, Neal. Slosberg Hall, Brandeis Wellesley Orchestra, November 18, 2007.

Catch a Rising Star! Featuring the winners of the 2006 Brandeis and Wellesley concerto competitions: Strauss Horn Concerto No.1 Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 2 mvt 1, Mozart Aria: Vado ma dove?, Mussorgsky Night on Bald Mountain. Conductor Hampton, Neal. Slosberg Hall, Brandeis Wellesley Orchestra, March 3 and 4 2007.

Four songs from THE PEACOCK ROOM: "Have I Caught You?", "Art for Art", "The Way I Love You", "The Most Beautiful Thing". By Music by Neal Hampton Lyrics by Felicity La Fortune. Composer/Pianist Hampton, Neal. BMI Studios, New York City, May 30, 2006.

Hampton, Neal. Composer/Arranger. Carols for a Cure CD Volume 8: Something Must Be Wrong With My Mistletoe. Sold at all Broadway shows during the holiday season and available on Amazon.com. Broadway Cares, 2007.

Brahms Tragic Overture,Eckhardt-Grammatte Bassoon Concerto: Isabelle Plaster, soloist, Shostakovich Symphony No. 5. conductor Hampton, Neal. Wellesley College Houghton Chapel, Brandeis Slosberg Hall, Brandeis-Wellesley Orchestra, November 18 and 19, 2006.

Gershwin Concerto in F with internationally renowned jazz pianist Marcus Roberts and Bernstein's Overture to Candide. Conductor Hampton, Neal. Brandeis Spingold Theater, Brandeis-Wellelsey Orchestra, April 30, 2006.

Brandeis Wellesley Orchestra Concert: "Catch a Rising Star" - featuring winners of the student concerto competition: Hindemith Der Schwanendreher. Hampton,Neal. Waltham, Massachusetts

Brandeis Wellesley Orchestra Spring Concert: Ravel Piano Concerto, Brahms Haydn Variations, Bernstein Pax de Deus from 3 Dances from On The Town. Hampton,Neal. Waltham, Massachusetts

Brandeis Wellesley Orchestra Concert featuring Adam Marks '00 performing Gershwins Rhapsody in Blue Beethoven Overture to Egmont, Gershwin Rhapsody. Hampton,Neal. Waltahm, Massachusetts

Brandeisl Wellesley Orchestra Beethoven 9 Concert. Hampton,Neal. Waltham, Massachusetts

Concert with Rhode Island Philharmonic. Conductor Hampton,Neal. Rhode Island Philharmonic

Concert with Springfield (MA) Symphony featuring works by John Williams on a concert with Olivia Newton John. Hampton,Neal. Springfield

Concert with Tallahassee Symphony and Marcus Roberts, Pianist. Hampton,Neal. Tallahassee

Cover Conductor with Rhode Island Philharmonic. Hampton,Neal. Rhode Island

Musical Adaptation of Charles Dicken's "The Chimes" featured at 2004 Birth of Musical Festival. Hampton,Neal