Otávio Manzano Kavakama
Cellist
177 N Highland St, apt 720
Memphis, TN 38111
(857) 265-0866
otaviokavakama@gmail.com
www.otaviomk.com
Teaching Experience
- Private teaching (Cello and Guitar), 2007-present
- Teaching Fellow, Interlochen Center for the Arts, 2024
- Teaching Fellow, Memphis Music Initiative, 2022-23
- Chamber Music Coaching, GPAC Youth Symphony Program (Germantown, TN), 2022-present
- After-school Beginner Violin Class Teacher, Carpenter Art Garden (Memphis, TN), 2022-present
- Cello Mentor, Detroit Symphony Orchestra’s Civic Youth Ensembles, 2017-2019
- Teaching Instructor, OPUS Chamber Music Camp, Naperville, IL, 2018
- Teaching Assistant, Southern Miss Kids Orchestra, Hattiesburg, MS, instructor: Gladys Gonzalez, 2016-17
- Teaching Assistant, String Methods, University of Southern Mississippi, instructor: Dr. Hsiaopei Lee, 2016-17
- Teaching Assistant, Musical Initiation - Music Theory (for 6-8-year-olds), Conservatório de Tatuí-Brazil, instructor: Darli Margarete Ventura Paulillo, 2010
- Guitar Instructor, Instituto Musical Pró-Sound, Atibaia-Brazil, 2007-09
- Graduate Assistant at BGSU - [course number]/[section number]
- Theory II, MuCT 1520/1003, Spring ‘22
- Applied Cello, MusP 2830/1001 (Fall ‘19, Spring ‘20, Fall ‘20, Spring ‘21, Fall ‘21, Spring ‘22)
- String Repertoire and Pedagogy, MusP 4580/1001 (undergraduate) 5580/5001 (graduate), Spring ‘21, instructors: Dr. Brian Snow and Ms. Caroline Chin.
Education
- D.M.A., Contemporary Music Performance, Bowling Green State University, in progress (ABD)
- M.M., Cello Performance, Bowling Green State University, 2019
- B.M., Cello Performance, Highest Honors, University of Southern Mississippi, 2017
- Additional studies, Conservatório Dramático Musical “Dr Carlos de Campos” de Tatuí-SP-Brazil, 2008-2012
Private Studies
- Brian Snow (Bowling Green State University)
- Alexander Russakovsky (University of Southern Mississippi)
- André Micheletti (Private Lessons, Brazil)
PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE
- Aspen Contemporary Ensemble, 2021-23
- Iris Orchestra (Memphis, TN), 2022-present
- Memphis Free Jazz Initiative, 2023-present
- Lima Symphony Orchestra (Ohio), 2018-20
- Meridian Symphony Orchestra (Mississippi), 2014-17
- Festival South Orchestra (Mississippi), 2016-17
- OCAM (São Paulo-Brazil), 2012
- Orquestra Antiga do Brasil (Early Music Orchestra, Brazil), 2012
- Substitute cellist, Ensemble Dal Niente (Chicago, IL), 2023-24
- Substitute cellist, Memphis Symphony Orchestra (Tennessee), 2022
- Substitute cellist, Asheville Symphony Orchestra (North Carolina), 2022-23
- Substitute cellist, Mobile Symphony Orchestra (Alabama), 2016
Summer Festivals
- Aspen Music Festival and School, 2021-23
- Brevard Music Festival, 2014
- Rio International Cello Encounter (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), 2010, 2011, 2013
MISCELLANEOUS
- Languages: English, Portuguese, Spanish
- Event assistant and stage crew, FestivalSouth (Hattiesburg, MS) and Natchez Festival of Music (Natchez, MS), 2016, 2017, 2022
- String Instruments Inventory person at the University of Southern Miss, 2013-2017
- Stage and equipment crew at the University of Southern Mississippi, 2013-2017