Dr. John Carter
Director of Bands and Music Department Chair
Dr. John Carter is a versatile music educator and clinician, having conducted bands, orchestras, choirs, operas and musicals at the elementary, secondary, university, community and professional levels. He currently serves as Director of Bands and chair of the Music Department at Loma Linda Academy, where he conducts four bands grades 5–12, several chamber groups, and teaches private lessons in French Horn.
Dr. Carter has held a number of academic positions, including Director of Orchestral Studies at La Sierra University, Music Director at Milo Adventist Academy, Adjunct Professor of Music at both Lewis & Clark College and Marylhurst University, and String Ensemble Director at Portland Adventist Academy. He has also directed various community ensembles, including the Oregon Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra, Sunnyside Brass Ensemble, Advent Trombone Choir, Oregon Adventist Mens Chorus, and the Jewish Community Orchestra. Dr. Carter has conducted full productions of The Sound of Music, Strauss's Die Fledermaus, and Stravinsky's L'Histoire du Soldat, musical premieres with Trueheart Productions, and as a student at Loma Linda Academy he conducted the school's first-ever musical theater production.
Dr. Carter earned his Masters and Doctorate in Conducting at UCLA, his undergraduate degree in music at La Sierra University, and has participated in over half a dozen music festivals and workshops, including the Aspen Music Festival, Cabrillo Festival of Music, Conductor's Institute at Bard, California Conducting Workshop, Rose City Conducting Workshop, and the Conductor's Guild 2012 Workshop.
As a clinician, Dr. Carter has led workshops for the Loma Linda Academy and My Smilin' Violin String Music Festivals. In 2012 he led a three-day music education clinic and rehearsal demonstration at the Universidad Adventista de Chile in Chillán, Chile. Dr. Carter has also organized several tours, conducting at Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles and Grace Cathedral in San Francisco.
An advocate of new music, Dr. Carter has premiered over two dozen new works for orchestra, brass ensemble and horn ensemble, including several pieces by notable film composers and two fully staged musicals. He has also had his own compositions and arrangements premiered by the La Sierra University Orchestra, Portland Adventist Choir and String Orchestra, Sunnyside Brass Ensemble, Advent Trombone Choir, UCLA Philharmonia Orchestra, Jewish Community Orchestra, Loma Linda Academy Symphonic Band, and the My Smilin' Violin String Music Festival.
Dr. Carter studied conducting with Dr. Jon Robertson, Neal Stulberg, Miguel Harth-Bedoya, and Dr. Steven Tucker, and French Horn with Mary Keays and Jerry Folsom (former co-principal horn of the Los Angeles Philharmonic). As a horn player, John attended the Aspen Music Festival, was a participant in the Los Angeles Philharmonic's Corwin Masterclass, and performed with the Pacific Brass Ensemble, the Redlands Symphony, and the Moreno Valley Wind Symphony. Dr Carter also studied piano with Rhona Hodgen, winning First Place in the Inland Empire Piano Competition.
Dr. Carter lives in Rancho Cucamonga with his wife (a Loma Linda Academy alum), and has three sons—Rowan, Ashton, and Brandon. He is a volunteer firefighter and enjoys backpacking and photography.
Dr. Carter has held a number of academic positions, including Director of Orchestral Studies at La Sierra University, Music Director at Milo Adventist Academy, Adjunct Professor of Music at both Lewis & Clark College and Marylhurst University, and String Ensemble Director at Portland Adventist Academy. He has also directed various community ensembles, including the Oregon Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra, Sunnyside Brass Ensemble, Advent Trombone Choir, Oregon Adventist Mens Chorus, and the Jewish Community Orchestra. Dr. Carter has conducted full productions of The Sound of Music, Strauss's Die Fledermaus, and Stravinsky's L'Histoire du Soldat, musical premieres with Trueheart Productions, and as a student at Loma Linda Academy he conducted the school's first-ever musical theater production.
Dr. Carter earned his Masters and Doctorate in Conducting at UCLA, his undergraduate degree in music at La Sierra University, and has participated in over half a dozen music festivals and workshops, including the Aspen Music Festival, Cabrillo Festival of Music, Conductor's Institute at Bard, California Conducting Workshop, Rose City Conducting Workshop, and the Conductor's Guild 2012 Workshop.
As a clinician, Dr. Carter has led workshops for the Loma Linda Academy and My Smilin' Violin String Music Festivals. In 2012 he led a three-day music education clinic and rehearsal demonstration at the Universidad Adventista de Chile in Chillán, Chile. Dr. Carter has also organized several tours, conducting at Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles and Grace Cathedral in San Francisco.
An advocate of new music, Dr. Carter has premiered over two dozen new works for orchestra, brass ensemble and horn ensemble, including several pieces by notable film composers and two fully staged musicals. He has also had his own compositions and arrangements premiered by the La Sierra University Orchestra, Portland Adventist Choir and String Orchestra, Sunnyside Brass Ensemble, Advent Trombone Choir, UCLA Philharmonia Orchestra, Jewish Community Orchestra, Loma Linda Academy Symphonic Band, and the My Smilin' Violin String Music Festival.
Dr. Carter studied conducting with Dr. Jon Robertson, Neal Stulberg, Miguel Harth-Bedoya, and Dr. Steven Tucker, and French Horn with Mary Keays and Jerry Folsom (former co-principal horn of the Los Angeles Philharmonic). As a horn player, John attended the Aspen Music Festival, was a participant in the Los Angeles Philharmonic's Corwin Masterclass, and performed with the Pacific Brass Ensemble, the Redlands Symphony, and the Moreno Valley Wind Symphony. Dr Carter also studied piano with Rhona Hodgen, winning First Place in the Inland Empire Piano Competition.
Dr. Carter lives in Rancho Cucamonga with his wife (a Loma Linda Academy alum), and has three sons—Rowan, Ashton, and Brandon. He is a volunteer firefighter and enjoys backpacking and photography.
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Ensembles and Chamber Groups
Wind Symphony Concert Winds Concert Band 5th Grade Band (brass and percussion) Brass Quintet Horn Quartet Private French Horn Lessons |
Education
D.M.A. Conducting, University of California, Los Angeles M.M. Conducting, University of California, Los Angeles B.A. Music (Horn emphasis), La Sierra University |
Kirk Udvardi
Assistant Director of Bands
Kirk Udvardi is a freelance saxophone soloist and woodwind doubler. He has taught as an adjunct faculty member at La Sierra University, San Bernardino Valley College, and the University of Redlands. He presently is assisting Dr. John Carter in the Loma Linda Academy band program by directing the fifth and sixth grade bands, giving private saxophone, flute and clarinet lessons, and coaching saxophone and clarinet quartets.
Mr. Udvardi is also an active performer. He was highly praised by Saxophone Journal for his performance at the 1990 New Sounds Music Festival and was a frequent performer with The Barney Child's New Music Ensemble. He can be heard on Rastascan Records in performance with Dave Tohir and the Anything Goes Orchestra. He has made numerous appearances as a soloist with orchestras and wind ensembles in both California and Indiana. His book, The Complete Guide for the Musical Saxophonist, is published by Saxophobia Productions.
Mr. Udvardi is originally from Indiana, where he earned a bachelor's degree in saxophone and music education at Indiana University, South Bend. He subsequently completed master’s degrees in saxophone and woodwind doubling at the University of Redlands. In 1988, Mr. Udvardi was the recipient of lUSB's Excellence in Music Award. At the University of Redlands, he received the Performance Award in 1992 and was elected to membership in Pi Kappa Lambda. Mr. Udvardi previously won the 1986 IUSB concerto competition, was a finalist in the National Association of Composers Young Performers' Competition, and a semi-finalist at the Fischoff Chamber Music Competition with the St. Alfonzo Saxophone Quartet
Mr. Udvardi is also an active performer. He was highly praised by Saxophone Journal for his performance at the 1990 New Sounds Music Festival and was a frequent performer with The Barney Child's New Music Ensemble. He can be heard on Rastascan Records in performance with Dave Tohir and the Anything Goes Orchestra. He has made numerous appearances as a soloist with orchestras and wind ensembles in both California and Indiana. His book, The Complete Guide for the Musical Saxophonist, is published by Saxophobia Productions.
Mr. Udvardi is originally from Indiana, where he earned a bachelor's degree in saxophone and music education at Indiana University, South Bend. He subsequently completed master’s degrees in saxophone and woodwind doubling at the University of Redlands. In 1988, Mr. Udvardi was the recipient of lUSB's Excellence in Music Award. At the University of Redlands, he received the Performance Award in 1992 and was elected to membership in Pi Kappa Lambda. Mr. Udvardi previously won the 1986 IUSB concerto competition, was a finalist in the National Association of Composers Young Performers' Competition, and a semi-finalist at the Fischoff Chamber Music Competition with the St. Alfonzo Saxophone Quartet
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Ensembles and Chamber Groups
5th Grade Band (woodwinds) 6th Grade Band Woodwind Ensembles Private Woodwind Lessons |
Education
M.M. Saxophone and Woodwind Doubling, University of Redlands B.Mus Music Performance and Education, Indiana University, South Bend |
