Fred Morden

Instrumental Music Teacher/Orchestra, Conduct Pit Orchestra

Email: mordenf@davenportschools.org

Phone: (563) 323-9900

Education

• BM University of Michigan
• MM University of Maryland
• Post Master’s Degree Conservatory of Music, Vienna, Austria
• Austro-American Institute, Vienna, Austria

Professional Experience

• K-12:
  • Midland, Michigan
  • Greenbelt and Bowie, Maryland
• College Teaching:
  • University of Maryland
  • Gettysburg College
  • Temple University
  • Penn State University
• Education related:
  • Prince George’s Senior Youth Orchestra
  • Founder of the Central Pennsylvania Youth Orchestra
• Professional Appointments:
  • Prince George’s Symphony
  • Altoona Symphony
  • Nittany Valley Symphony
• Composer of over ten published works and over 100 arrangements
• Author: Facing the Music: Lessons with Leonard Bernstein

Hobbies and Interests

• Sailing, golf, cooking, and fishing

Other Information

• President of the Brian Morden Foundation which
  1. Funds childhood cancer research
  2. Supports staff and patient care at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
  3. Awards scholarships for higher education
• Mr. Morden also counsels parents with terminally ill children battling Ewing’s Sarcoma.