|
Awards and Honors
BMI Foundation - Student Composer Award, 2010
BMI Foundation - Student Composer Award, 2007
ASCAP Foundation - Morton Gould Young Composer Award, 2008
ASCAP Foundation & Lotte Lehmann Foundation - Art Song Award and Commission, 2009
New York Youth Symphony - First Music Orchestral Commission, 2010
New York Youth Symphony - First Music Choral Commission, 2007
Michigan Music Teachers Association - Chamber Music Commission, 2010
Delaware Youth Symphony - Orchestral Commission, 2005
Presser Foundation - Presser Music Award ($10,500 Grant), 2010
Society of Composers, Inc. - Commission Competition, First Place, Region VII, 2010
Austin Peay State University - Young Composers Competition 3rd Prize
Quey Percussion Duet - Percussion Duet Competition 2nd Prize
New England College Film Festival - Best Original Score Nomination, 2005
Fauxharmonic Orchestra - Concerto Composition Contest Honorable Mention
University of Southern California
Outstanding Graduate, Class of 2008
Teaching Assistantship, 2007-2011
Jimmy McHugh Endowed Music Award, 2010
Sayde J. Moss Endowed Music Award, 2009
Hans J. Salter Endowed Music Award, 2008
Pi Kappa Lamba Award, 2008
Alfred Newman Scholarship, 2006-2007
Indiana University
Dean’s Prize in Composition, 2006
Two Performer’s Certificates for Percussion Performance, 2005, 2006
Indiana University School of Music’s Hans Tischler Scholarship (2002-2006)
Indiana University Hutton Honors College Scholarship (2002-2006)
Teaching Experience
University of Southern California Thornton School of Music
Introduction to Composition, Aural Skills I and II, Music Theory I and II, Aural Skills Graduate
Review, Contemporary Music Ensemble, 2007-2011
Aspen Music Festival and School
Private Instructor for PALS outreach program, 2009
Columbus Each High School (Columbus, Indiana)
Instructor and Conductor for Wind Ensemble and Percussion Ensemble, 2004-2007
Brandywine High School (Wilmington, Delaware)
Instructor and Conductor for Wind Ensemble and Percussion Ensemble, 2005-2007
Private Tutoring
Composition, Music Theory, Aural Skills, and Counterpoint at graduate and undergraduate levels
Private Percussion Instruction (High School Level)
Bloomington, Indiana and Columbus, Indiana, 2005-2006
Education
University of Southern California Thornton School of Music
Currently pursuing Doctor of Musical Arts Degree in Composition (Expected 2011)
Master of Music in Composition (2008)
Indiana University Jacobs School of Music
Bachelor of Music in Composition (2006)
Bachelor of Music in Percussion Performance (2006)
Conference/Festival Presentations
Society of Composers, Inc. - 2010 National Conference
First Athens Composer/Performer Conference - 2009
Aspen Music Festival - 2009
European American Musical Alliance - 2007
Compositions have been performed by
University of Southern California Thornton Symphony
University of Southern California Contemporary Music Ensemble
Young People’s Symphonic Orchestra, St. Louis, Missouri
Delaware Youth Symphony Orchestra, Wilmington, Delaware
Los Angeles Percussion Quartet, Los Angeles, California
Quey Percussion Duo, East Hartford, Connecticut
New York Symphony Singers, New York, New York
Indiana University Chamber Orchestra
Indiana University Percussion Ensemble
Sakuyo University Percussion Ensemble, Okayama, Japan
Compositions Conducted by
Cliff Colnot, Principal Conductor, Civic Orchestra of Chicago
Don Crockett, Director, University of Southern California Contemporary Music Ensemble
Vince Lee, Assistant Director, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Richard Holmes, St. Louis Symphony Orchestra; Director, Young People’s Symphonic Orchestra
Timothy Clinch, Director, Delaware Youth Symphony Orchestra
Composition Teachers
Stephen Hartke, University of Southern California
Donald Crockett, University of Southern California
Tamar Diesendruck, University of Southern California
Claude Baker, Indiana University
P.Q. Phan, Indiana University
David Dzubay, Indiana University
Don Freund, Indiana University
Principal Percussion Teachers
Gerald Carlyss, Former Principal Timpanist, The Philadelphia Orchestra (1967-1988)
Anthony Cirone, Former Percussionist, The San Francisco Symphony (1965-2001)
Erik Forrester, Former Principal Percussion, Opera Pacific Orchestra, USC Faculty
Further Study with
Raynor Carroll, Principal Percussion, Los Angeles Philharmonic
Richard Holmes, Principal Timpanist, St. Louis Symphony Orchestra (1969-Present)
Jack Van Geem, Principal Percussionist, The San Francisco Symphony (1981-Present)
Steve Houghton, Jazz Drummer, Percussionist, Clinician, Educator
Craig Hetrick, Percussionist, The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra (1992-Present)
Performance Experience
Monday Evening Concerts, Los Angeles, (2009)
Soloist with USC Thornton Symphony (2008)
Principal Timpani, YMF Debut Orchestra (2007 - Present)
Assistant Principal Timpani, American Youth Symphony (2006 - 2008)
Assistant Principal Timpani, Columbus Indiana Philharmonic Orchestra (2005)
Section Percussion, Bloomington Indiana Symphony Orchestra (2005)
Commissioned and Premiered BMI-Award-winning work I Can’t Sleep by Jeffrey Stanek (2005)
University of Southern California Orchestras, Wind Ensembles, Percussion Ensemble
Indiana University Orchestras, Wind Ensembles, New Music Ensemble, Percussion Ensemble
Indiana University Opera, Ballet, and Contemporary Vocal Ensemble
Student Composition Recitals at Indiana University and University of Southern California
2006 Midwest Composers Symposium in Champaign-Urbana, IL
2005 Midwest Composers Symposium in Ann Arbor, MI
Guest Performer at Kurashiki Sakuyo University, Okayama, Japan
Marching Wind and Percussion Ensemble Clients
Brandywine High School, Wilmington, Delaware, 2005-2007
Columbus Each High School, Columbus, Indiana, 2004-2007
Columbus Each High School Winter Percussion, Columbus, Indiana, 2004
Independence High School, Charlotte, North Carolina, 2007
Shepherd University, Shepherdstown, West Virgina, 2010
Northeast Dubois High School, Dubois, Indiana, 2005-2007
|
