EDUCATION
University of Southern
California
Doctor of Musical Arts - Composition, 2010.
Eastman School of
Music
Master of Music - Composition, 2006.
University of Colorado at
Boulder
Bachelor of Music w/High Honors -
Composition, 2004.
Bachelor of Music w/High
Honors - Classical Guitar Performance, 2004.
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
University of Southern
California
Adjunct Instructor of Music Theory. 2010 -
2011.
Responsible for teaching MUCO 130ab: "Basics of Music
Theory."
West Chester University of
Pennsylvania
Instructor of Theory & Aural Skills -
Sabbatical Replacement, Fall
2009.
Taught courses in Music Theory and Aural Skills, including MTC
113, 115 & 214,
during
Prof. Alexander Rozin's fall semester sabbatical leave.
California Lutheran
University
Instructor of Applied Composition -
Sabbatical Replacement, Spring
2009.
Taught composition lessons to students from the studio of
Dr. Mark Spraggins during his spring semester
sabbatical leave.
University of Southern
California
Assistant Lecturer, 2007-
2009.
Taught sophomore aural skills labs and regularly lectured in
Dr. Erica Muhl's sophomore music theory class,
teaching
tonal and post-tonal theory and analysis.
University of Colorado at Boulder, Department of
Continuing Education
Guitar Instructor, 2002 -
2004.
Taught
private guitar lessons in rock, folk, classical and jazz
styles.
ADDITIONAL TEACHING EXPERIENCE
American Composers' Forum: Los Angeles
Chapter
Music in the Schools Program, Composition
Teacher, Spring 2010.
Led an after-school program, teaching
composition and improvisation to students at
Mountain View High School in El Monte, CA.
Eagle Rock Music
Studio
Guitar Instructor. 2010 -
present.
Camp Ballibay, Pennsylvania
Guitar Instructor & Lead Camp Counselor,
Summers 2005 - 2006.
Taught private guitar lessons in rock, folk, classical and
jazz styles. Coached rock bands.
Courses Taught:
Applied Composition
Basics of Music Theory
Music
Theory
Aural Skills
Applied Guitar
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE
University of Southern
California
Departmental Assistant, 2007-
2009.
Managed and promoted concerts for the composition department.
Maintained the Composition Department
website.
Initiated and produced the USC Composition Website's
"Achievement" page.
Produced and administered USC’s graduate entrance examinations.
Eastman School of Music, University of
Rochester
Departmental Assistant,
2004-2006.
Managed and promoted monthly concerts of student works for
the Composition Department.
University of Colorado at
Boulder
Research Assistant,
2002-2004.
Scanned and
archived manuscript of the composer George Crumb for preservation in a digital
archive, as part
of
Dr. Steven Bruns’ research on
the composer’s work.
American Music Research
Center
Scanner & Archivist,
2003.
Scanned and archived early 20th Century ragtime score for
preservation in a digital archive.
PUBLICATIONS
VP Music Media,
Rome, Italy
Publication of a composition, “Four” for
guitar quartet. 2006.
www.vpmusicmedia.com
GUEST APPEARANCES
West Chester University of Pennsylvania, Composition
Studio
Guest Lecturer. Presented two compositions,
"Banging(,) Pots & Pans" for two marimbas and
"Wanderings of
the Mind While Attempting
to Ruminate on a Painting of Dali" for orchestra for
listening and discussion
with
composition
studio. October 2009.
Pepperdine University, Composition
Studio
Guest Lecturer.
Presented two compositions,
"Wanderings of the Mind While Attempting to Ruminate on
a Painting of
Dali" for orchestra and
"Flatiron" for
guitar for listening and discussion with the composition
studio.
January
2009.
California Lutheran University, Post Modern LA
Concert
Guest Panelist. Discussed issues
and answered questions from Dr. Mark Spraggins regarding composition and
new
music performance in Los Angeles. April 2008.
RADIO BROADCASTS OF COMPOSITIONS
Classical KUSC, 91.5 FM - Los
Angeles
Broadcast of "Wanderings of the Mind While
Attempting to Ruminate on a Painting of Dali," for orchestra, on KUSC's
"Thornton Center
Stage" program hosted by Alan Chapman, episode “New Music for Orchestra VI,”
broadcasted
Sunday, March 29th,
2009.
Performance by
the USC Symphony, Donald Crockett, conductor, recorded at the USC Bovard Auditorium,
February 5th, 2009.
HONORS & AWARDS
2010 Society of Composers, Inc. Region VIII
Conference
University of Puget
Sound
Selected Participant. 2010.
Chamber Music Conference and Composers Forum of the
East
Composition Fellowship. 2009.
University of Southern
California
Jimmy McHugh Composition Prize. 2009.
Aspen Music Festival &
School
Selected Participant. 2008.
Phi Kappa Phi Honor
Society
Inducted 2008.
N.E.O.N. Festival - Nevada Encounters of New
Music
University of Nevada at Las
Vegas
Selected Participant. 2008.
University of Nebraska at
Kearney
2007 New Music Festival.
Selected Participant. 2007.
Eastman School of
Music
Louis Lane Prize for Excellence in Composition.
2006.
2005 Society of Composers, Inc. Region VIII
Conference
University of Montana
Selected Participant. 2005.
University of Colorado at Boulder, College of
Music
Outstanding Graduating Student. 2004.
Phi Kappa Lambda Honor
Society
Inducted 2004.
Bowdoin International Music
Festival
Selected Participant. 2003.
University of Colorado at Boulder, College of
Music
Howard Waltz Music Scholarship, 1st Composer Recipient.
2003.
University of Colorado at Boulder, College of
Music
Outstanding Freshman of the Year. 2001.
University of Kansas, KU Jazz
Festival
Outstanding Jazz Soloist. 1999.
Missouri PTA, Arts
Competition
1st Place in State, Music
Composition Category. 1998.
SELECTED PERFORMANCES OF COMPOSITIONS
California Lutheran University - Faculty Recital,
Thousand Oaks, CA
Performance of "Scarff Street Soliloquies"
by the faculty of California Lutheran
University.
Faculty Recital. September 2010.
8th Annual Festival of Contemporary Music, San
Francisco, CA
Performance of “Flatiron” by Alex
Miller at the San Francisco Community Music Center.
July
2010.
ASTO Museum of Art, Los Angeles,
CA
Performance of "Flatiron" by Alex Miller at the ASTO
Museum of Art. April 2010.
2010 Society of Composers, Inc. Region VIII
Conference, Tacoma, WA
University of Puget
Sound
Performance of "Piano Quartet no. 1." March
2010.
7th Annual Festival of Contemporary Music, San
Francisco, CA
Performance of "Actions & Resonances"
at the San Francisco Community Music Center.
August 2009.
Chamber Music Conference and Composer’s Forum of the
East, Bennington, VT
Performance of a work commissioned for the
festival, “Fall Color” at Bennington College.
August 2009.
Los Angeles Percussion Quartet, Los Angeles,
CA
Provided electronic music for aleatoric passages of
the Los Angeles Percussion Quartet’s performance of
Istvan Marta’s “A Dollhouse Story.”
2009-2010 Season.
What's Next: The Los Angeles Composers' Project, Los
Angeles, CA
Performance of "Piano Quartet no. 1."
June 2009.
Fisher Museum of Art, Guitar: Original Music for
Guitar, Los Angeles,
CA
Performance of 'Flatiron" by Alex Miller. April
2009.
Quintet Attacca - Center for Chicago Programs, Lake
Forest, IL
Lake Forest College,
Illinois
Performance of "The Moments in Between" for wind
quintet. March 2009.
University of Southern California, Los Angeles,
CA
Performances of “Wanderings of the Mind While Attempting to
Ruminate on a Painting of Dali” by the
USC Symphony, as well as “Two
Autumns” by the USC Contemporary Music Ensemble. February
2009.
Aspen Music Festival & School, Aspen,
CO
Performance of a work commissioned for the festival, “The
Moments in Between” for wind quintet.
August 2008.
California Lutheran University, Post Modern LA New
Music Concert, Thousand Oaks, CA
Performance of “Flatiron” by Alex Miller. April
2008.
N.E.O.N. Festival - Nevada Encounters of New Music,
Las Vegas, NV
University of Nevada at Las
Vegas
Performance of “Actions & Resonances,” for solo
piano. February 2008.
University of Nebraska at Kearney, Kearney,
NE
2007 New Music
Festival
Performance of “Actions & Resonances,” for solo
piano. April 2007.
Washington University, St. Louis,
MO
Performance of “Actions & Resonances,” for solo
piano. March 2007.
2005 Society of Composers, Inc. Region VIII
Conference, Missoula,
MT
University of Montana
Performance of “Triple Sonata,” for three cellos.
October 2005.
Bowdoin Summer Music Festival, Brunswick,
ME
Performance of
“Three Sketches” at Bowdoin College.
July 2003.
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