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Chuck Mancuso
EDUCATION
State University of New York at Buffalo (UB) M.A. / Arts and Humanities (Media Studies) / "DOCTORAL EQUIVALENCY in POPULAR CULTURE" (established by Buffalo State College President, Dr. Bruce Johnstone and the Performing Arts Department) – 1982
State University of New York at Buffalo (UB)
M.A. /Arts and Humanities (Media Studies) – 1978
Buffalo State College
M.A. /Learning and Behavior Disorders – 1969
Buffalo State College
B.A. / History – 1966
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
1997-2009 Full Professor, Performing Arts Department (BSC)
1982-1996 Associate Professor, Performing Arts Department (BSC)
1976-1981 Instructor, Performing Arts Department (BSC)
1971-1975 Teacher, Baker Hall (Special Education)
1970-1971 Instructor, Music Department/SEEK line (BSC)
1966-1970 Teacher, Baker Hall (Special Education)
Part-time courses:
1979-1980 Laurentian/Huntington University, Sudbury, Canada
1976-1979 Brock University, St. Catherines, Canada
1976 Hilbert College, Hamburg, New York
1973 Villa Maria College, Cheektowaga, New York
Courses taught:
Mus 206 Jazz Rock Foundations
Mus 305W Modern Jazz
Mus 306W Urban Blues and Rock
Mus 319W Country & Folk
Par 350W American Musicals
Par 351W Film Noir
SCHOLARSHIP (edited selections)
Buffalo Spree Magazine, May-June 2005; "Buffalo Songwriters and Tin Pan Alley; 1900-1950"? Entries on Buffalo & New York State (excluding New York city) for: THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF POPULAR MUSIC OF THE WORLD, VOL.2:LOCATIONS, 2005
JACKIE JOCKO:PIANO PLAYER-SINGER-ENTERTAINER, video documentary 2005
DAVID X. SHARPE:BEAT GENERATION POET, booklet, 2005
“Does the Music Really Set You Free?” Diversity grant /workshop panal/vocal workshop & concert with jazz great, Shelia Jordan, 2004
THE AL TINNEY PROJECT, radio documentary, 2003
THE GOLDEN AGE OF HOLLYWOOD MUSICALS AND POPULAR SONG,
Book project (six chapters completed) 1998 to present
Coordinated and participated in Bob Dorough’s SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK presentation at the Burchfield-Penney Arts Center, 2002
“PanAm Centenial:Pop Music in Buffalo” presentation, Buffalo Historical Society, 2001
“Stories and Sounds of an Era: Club Jazz in Buffalo, 1940-1970”
Advisory Board member and contributor – Cornell University’s Industrial and Labor
Relations’ 50th Anniversary at the Calumet Arts Caf?, 1998
Coordinated and led workshop and panal discussion “Bebop and Al Tinney: A Jazz Conversation and Performance,” 1998
“President’s Award for Excellence in Research, Scholarship, and Creativity” for nationally scholarship on popular music ($3,000 award), 1997
POPULAR MUSIC AND THE UNDERGROUND: FOUNDATIONS OF JAZZ, BLUES, COUNTRY AND ROCK, 1900-1950. Published by Kendall-Hunt, 1996
“To Create a ‘User Friendly’ Finding Aid for The Niagara Frontier Folklore Archive”; Faculty Fellowship Program Awardee (CDHS Partner-Dennis Pines) – Center for Development of Human Services, 1996
“Sex, Drugs and Soul…Past, Present, and Future”; Keynote speaker and panal member, Erie Community College, 1995
“Popular Music and the Underground:Foundations of Jazz, Blues, Country and Rock”; Paper/presentation for The Society for Ethnomusicology-Niagara Chapter (Buffalo State College), 1994
“Cabaret Music:The World of John Wallowitch”; coordinated workshop and discussant with John Wallowitch and Bertram Ross (Buffalo State College), 1993
“Teaching Excellence in the Classroom”; Presentation and panal respondent, Butler Library (Buffalo State College), 1985
“Harold Arlen and the Buffalo Connection”; Program notes/coordinator for sellout concert at the Buffalo Philharmonic with Mark Murphy and Ernestine Anderson at Klienhans Music Hall, 1981
“Jazz Vocalese: The Music of Jackie and Roy”; discussant and demonstration with singers Jackie Cain and Roy Kral (Buffalo State College), 1980
“Neo-Rockabilly: The Rockabilly Revival”; Paper/presentation for The Society for Ethnomusicology-Niagara Chapter (Edinboro College, Pennsylvania), 1979
“Jazz Vocalese: A Short History and Educational Implications”; Paper/presentation for The Society for Ethnomusicology-Niagara Chapter (Bowling Green University, Ohio), 1979
“John Coltrane: Myth and Poetry” and “Black Music in Hollywood Films”; Chairman and respondent for the Black Educators Forum (Buffalo State College), 1978
“The Power Pop Movement”; Paper/presentation for the Concert Hour Series, Brock University (St. Catherines, Canada), 1978
“A Brief History of Jazz Vocal Music”; Workshop: discussant and demonstration with jazz singer Mark Murphy (Buffalo State College), 1978
“Punk Rock and the New Wave”; Paper/presentation for The Society for Ethnomusicology-Niagara Chapter (Kent State University, Ohio), 1978
“Where’s the Melody?”; Paper/presentation for the Concert Hour Series, Brock University (St. Catherines, Canada), 1977
“The Elvis Presley Story”; Paper/presentation at the College B Lecture Series (University of Buffalo), 1977
“Jazz Vocalese: A Comparative History”; Paper/presentation for The Society for Ethnomusicology-Niagara Chapter (Buffalo State College), 1976
“The Popular Music Scene”; Paper/presentation for the Concert Hour Series, Brock University (St. Catherines, Canada), 1976
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