Dr. James (Jim) Buckland

Guitar, Guitar Class, Guitar Ensemble
Belk Auditorium, room 201
Office Phone: 833-8473
E-mail: jbucklan@presby.edu

James Buckland is Professor of Guitar at Presbyterian College and Converse College in South Carolina. He received his training at the University of Toronto under Eli Kassner, the University of Akron under Steve Aron, and the University of South Carolina under Christopher Berg and Michael Cedric Smith. Jim was the first guitarist to graduate with the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in guitar performance, where his doctoral research on the nineteenth-century terz guitar earned him the Dean's Award for Distinguished Graduate Endeavors. Since graduating in 1998, Jim has specialized in the field of nineteenth-century performance practice.

Dr. Buckland recently premiered his reconstruction of Mauro Giuliani's second concerto Op.36, a lost version featuring the terz guitar and string orchestra, with Sinfonia de Camera conducted by Ian Hobson. The performance was featured in a broadcast on Illinois Public Radio. Jim has since performed the work numerous times with various orchestras.

On a recent trip to Italy, Jim conducted post-doctoral research on nineteenth-century performance practice in cooperation with Paolo Pugliese, Claudio Maccari and the Accademia Internazionale della Musica in Milan. In addition, Jim is co-founder of Ludlamshohle, a chamber ensemble dedicated to nineteenth-century music.

Dr. Karen Buckland

Piano, Piano Pedagogy, Piano Literature, Music History, Piano Ensemble
Belk Auditorium, room 103
Office Phone: 833-8467
E-mail: kbuck@presby.edu

KAREN WISSER BUCKLAND is Associate Professor of Music and the Director of Keyboard Studies at Presbyterian College. She received a Bachelor of Music degree in Piano Performance from Mansfield University, and earned a Master of Music degree and a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Piano Pedagogy from the University of South Carolina. Her teachers include William Goode, Raymond Dudley, John Kenneth Adams, and Max Camp.

Dr. Buckland has been recognized as an educator in the 2004-2005 Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers, in the 2006 Who’s Who in America, in the 2007 Who’s Who in American Women, and in the upcoming 2008 Who’s Who in America. She is a member of the Music Teachers National Association, the South Carolina Music Teachers Association, the Music Educators National Conference, and the South Carolina Music Educators Association.