Personal
Contact: 3136 Garfield Ave.
Minneapolis,
MN.
USA
55408
(612)
270 - 6461
web:
http://www.janthonyallen.com
email:
j@janthonyallen.com
Education
•
PhD in Composition: (in progress)
University of Minnesota (2003-)
Preliminary Exams Passed March 2006
•
Centre de Creation Musicale Iannis Xenakis (CCMIX), Paris, France (summer, 2005)
•
Aspen Music Festival and School (summer, 2004 and 2005)
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Masters of Music Composition: Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins
University (2001-2003)
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Masters of Electronic Music: Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University
(2001-2003)
•
Bachelor of Arts (Music Major):
Grand Valley State University (1996 - 2001)
Awards
•
Minnesota Orchestra New Music Reading Sessions: Sunder
selected for reading, 2006.
•
Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States (SEAMUS)
Electro-clips 20th Anniversary Contest Winner
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Arts Quarter Collective Grant: ArtsMosis 2005.
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Susan and Ford Schumann Fellowship (Aspen Music Festival, 2004)
•
University of Minnesota
College of Liberal Arts Technology Fellowship (2004 - 2007)
•
ASCAP Standard Award (2004)
•
SCI/ASCAP Student Commission Prize
(Regional Winner, 2004)
•
Zeitgiest Lowertown Listening Sessions: Featured Composer (2004)
•
Lloyd Ultan Advanced Composition and Electronic Music Fellowship,
University of Minnesota (2003)
•
Harvey V. Berneking Graduate Fellowship,
University of Minnesota (2003)
•
Macht Orchestra Prize: First Prize, Tears of Eros (2003)
•
Peabody Conservatory of Music
Career Development Grant (2002)
•
Prix d'Éte Composition Competition: First Prize, Requiem (2002)
•
P. Bruce Blair Award in Composition,
Peabody Conservatory of Music
(2002)
•
Graduate Assistantship in
Computer Music, Peabody Conservatory of Music (2001, 2002)
•
Yamaha Featured Composer Series,
Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts:
Recital given of
original works (2000)
•
Composition Scholarship, Grand Valley State University (1999)
•
Chamber Music Scholarship,
Grand Valley State University (1996, 1997, 1998)
Commissions
•
Untitled (concerto for vibraphone, chamber orchestra, and electronics),
commissioned by Andrew Martin (Minneapolis, MN.) [2007]
•
Untitled (for saxophone and interactive electronics),
commissioned
by Cory Kasprzyk (Baltimore, MD.) [2007]
•
Untitled (for guitar), commissioned by Matt Dorn [2007]
•
Electra and Iphegania(for piano
four-hands), commissioned by The Renegade Ensemble
•
Untitled (for flute and electronics), commissioned by Kyungmi Lee [2007]
• Untitled
(for violin, cello, piano, percussion, and interactive electronics),
commissioned by the NeXT Ens
(University of Cincinnati College Conservatory
; of Music) [2007]
• Evoked Potentials (for guitar, violin, and tape), commissioned by
Duo46, (Cyprus),
[in progress - 2006]
•
Where I Should Look (for soprano and piano), commissioned by the
Aspen
Music Festival and School Individual Studies Program, 2004
•
Metro (for brass quintet), commissioned by
Grand Valley
State University, 2001
•
Still Life (for steel drum/pan
ensemble), commissioned by
Grand Valley State University
Steel Drum Ensemble, 2000
•
El poeta pide a su amor le escriba (for mezzo-soprano and 2 guitars),
commissioned by Andrea Coates, 2000
•
Hyperacusis (for alto saxophone and tape), commissioned by Scott Jones, 2000
•
Three Pieces from the Tomato Collection
(for mezzo-soprano, TTBB chorus, tape,
and guitar), commissioned by
Cooperfly Books and Music, 1999
Conference/Festival Presentations & Performances
•
Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States,
2006 (University of Oregon, Eugene, OR.):
Presented Lazarus for video and stereo sound
•
Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States,
2006 (University of Oregon, Eugene, OR.):
Presented Rhapsody for stereo sound, winner for the SEAMUS 20th Anniversary
Electro-Clips Contest
•
Spark Festival of Electronic Music and Art,
2007 (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.):
Performances of Hyperacusis and
Trance for saxophone and electronics by
Brian Sacawa
•
Temple University,
2006
Performance of Hyperacusis by
Brian Sacawa.
•
Aspen Music Festival and School, 2005
Performance of String Quartet No. 3
•
Electronic Music Midwest, 2004 (Lewis College, Romeoville, IL.):
Panelist: "Globalization Roundtable"
•
Electronic Music Midwest, 2004 (Lewis College, Romeoville, IL.):
Performance: Saturations
III-B
•
Electronic Music Midwest,
2003 (Conservatory of
Music-University of
Missouri, Kansas
City, MO.): Performance: Saturations III-A
•
Aspen Music Festival and School, 2004 (Aspen, CO.): Festival Attendee,
Performance: Where I Should
Look(for soprano and piano)
•
Aspen Music Festival and School,
2004 (Aspen, CO.): Reading: Sunder (for
orchestra) by the
American Academy of Conductors Orchestra
•
International Computer Music Conference (ICMC) "off ICMC concert", 2004
(University of
Miami, Miami, FL.) Performance: Krupa (for data gloves
and trumpet)
•
Music at the Anthology Festival (MATA)
, 2003 (New York City, NY.):
Performance:
440 (for 8 sensor controllers)
•
SCI National Student Conference,
2004 (University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA.):
Performance: Saturations III-A (for 8-channel tape)
•
Society of Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States (SEAMUS), 2005 (Ball
State University, Muncie, IN.): Performance: Saturations III-B
(for 2- channel tape)
•
Society of Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States (SEAMUS), 2003
(Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ.): Performance: Saturations III-A
(for 8-channel tape)
•
Spark Festival of Electronic Music and Art (Minneapolis, MN.)
2005:
Performance: Lazarus (for 2-channel audio and DVD)
•
Spark Festival of Electronic
Music and Art (Minneapolis, MN.) 2005:
Panelist/Panel Moderator: The Polarized Composer: Addressing the
Conflict of Musical Upbringings of Today's Young Composers.
•
Spark Festival of Electronic Music and Art
(Minneapolis, MN.) 2005:
Paper
Presentation: Jonathan Harvey's Mortuos Plango, Vivos Voco: A
Method for
Timbre Analysis and Notation
•
Spark Festival of Electronic Music and Art
(Minneapolis, MN.) 2004:
Performance: Firewire (for fire-dancer and live electronic processing)
•
Spark Festival of Electronic Music and Art (Minneapolis, MN.) 2004:
Performance: 440 (for 8 sensor controllers)
•
June in Buffalo, 2002 (City University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY.)
Festival Attendee,
Performance: Metro (for brass quintet)
•
Johns Hopkins University Film Festival (Baltimore, MD.) 2002: Performance:
Lazarus (for 2-channel audio and DVD)
•
University of Minnesota Alumni Association 100th Anniversary Gala
(2004):
Performance: Yhinx Remix
•
San Diego State University Film Festival (2001): Performance: Fingers (for solo
piano, performed as the soundtrack to the Andy vanBaal film "Fingers")
•
Yamaha Featured Composer Series at the Urban
Institute for Contemporary Arts
(2001): Recital
of works including: Saturations II-A, Saturations II-C,
Letters from K., En SouvenirÉ, To The Deepest Depths I Peered,
and ...Or Not To Be
Radio
and TV Performances/Appearances:
•
Minnesota Public Radio, (2006): Interview and story by Chris Roberts.
Available Online Here.
•
Fox TV Morning News:
Interview and performances of Trance and Hyperacusis (for alto saxophone and tape .
•
WBZ/CBS News Radio, Boston, MA.: Interview and story by Jon MacLean.
•
NewMusicBox (online publication): Interview and Story about the Spark Festival by Justin Schell.
Available Online Here.
• Showcased on
University of Maryland Radio "
art@radio" program (2003),
featuring Saturations III-A, Hyperacusis, Requiem, Saturations
II-A, II-B, and Letters from K.
•
Interviewed for WETA (National Public Radio,
Washington DC.) (2001) for a
feature on artist reactions to September 11, 2001.
•
Showcased on WGRD (Grand Rapids, MI) "RadioActive" program (1999).
Interview and two pieces performed on air.
Reviews
On Saturations III-A, Saturations III-B, and Saturations III-C:
"J. Anthony AllenÕs sound installations are like an aural hallucinogen. T
hey have a pleasurably disorienting, even slightly disturbing effect
inside your head."
(Chris Roberts, Minnesota Public Radio, 2006)
On the Rock Rite events:
"J. Anthony AllenÕs thick tectures and intense bursts of rhythm morphed from
intense soundscapes to an exhilarating climax, and his second movement had the
kind of pulse that sends most children into epileptic ecstasy."
(Erin Belling, The Wake Magazine, 2006)
On the
Peabody Symphony Orchestra's performance of "Tears of Eros":
"A study in ominous sound and motion...thickly orchestrated
chords churn their way slowly through underlined emotions before reaching a
fade-out tinged with sad resignation.
(Tim Smith, Baltimore Sun Music Critic, 10/28/03)
On the Yamaha Feature Composer Recital at the Urban
Institute for Contemporary Arts:
"A Standing Ovation"
(GVSU Lanthorn)
Organizational/Administrative
Projects
•
Co-Founder and Co-Editor of
ComposersOnline.Org
•
Assistant Director of the 2004, 2005, and 2006
Spark Festival of Electronic Music and Art
(University of
Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.)
•
Co-founder of the Dal Niente Composers Group
•
Co-founder and organizer of the
Salon3136 Concert Series
•
Assisted
Dr. Mark Katz in publications for the
Beethoven Journal
•
Judge:
Baltimore County Schools ÒReflectionsÓ Composition Contest (county
and state
divisions)
Publications & Recordings
•
The Living Music Journal
"Interview with Sydney Hodkinson", Forthingcoming issue.
•
Organized Sound, Cambridge University Press:
"Playing with Fire: An Unexpected Collaboration", Organized Sound, Cambridge
University Press, 2005. Volume 9, Number 3. [In Print].
•
Precedings of the Third Annual
Spark Festival of Electronic Music
and Art:
"The Polarized Composer: Addressing the Conflict of
Musical Upbringings of
Today's Young Composers".
Precedings of the third annual Spark Festival of Electronic Music and Art,
University of Minnesota, pp. 78-79.
•
Precedings of the Third Annual
Spark Festival of Electronic Music and Art:
"Jonathon Harvey, Mortuos
Plango, Vivos Voco: An Analytical Method
for Timbre Analysis and Notation",
Precedings of the third annual Spark Festival
of Electronic Music and Art,
University of Minnesota, pp. 78-79.
•
Adolf Meets the Mad Machine: New Works for Saxophone and Electronics
[sound recording] Two compositions
included, produced by the Dal Niente Composers Group.
Tentative release: Fall 2005.
•
ComposersOnline.Org
"Review: The Aspen Music Festival and School Composition Program".
ComposersOnline.Org, 9/2004. Available online:
http://www.composersonline.org/articles.php?sid=51
•
ComposersOnline.Org
"Style Tips for a Professional Website".
ComposersOnline.Org. 6/2004. Available online:
http://www.composersonline.org/columns.php?artid=9
•
The Tomato Collection Songbook: 50 Songs for Children
Co-editor, Transcriptionist, Copyist, Published by
Cooperfly Books (in progress)
•
The Tomato Collection - The Big Album
[Sound Recording] Full length CD featuring the poetry of Kevin
Kammeraad;
contributed four compositions and two performances.
Released 2001, Cooperfly Books and Music.
•
Anxiety: Compositions by
J. Anthony Allen
[Sound Recording] Full length album of original compositions, released
2001, Hyperacusis Music.
•
WGRD Live Broadcast
Interview and two pieces performed live on the air.
•
Radioactive Vol. IV
Compilation album featuring one
original work, released in 1998 by
WGRD radio,
Grand Rapids, MI.
Principal Instructors
Composition and Orchestration
Bruno Amato
Paul Mathews
McGregor Boyle
Robert Schectman
Benjamin Broening
Pieter Snapper
Chin-Chin Chen
Christopher Theofanidis
Kurt Ellenberger
George Tsontakis
Douglas Geers
Judith Lang Zaimont
Guitar
Earl Haynes
Mike Hyde
Brian
Morris
Pat Sheppard
Voice
Margaret Vredeveld
Masterclasses
David Felder
Bernard Rands
Brad Garton
Bruce Saylor
John Harbison
Gunther Schuller
Jonathan Harvey
Judith Shatin
Philip Manoury
Jøran Rudi
Stephen Paulus
Selected Compositions
Acoustic Solo Works
|
Title
|
Instrumentation
|
Duration
|
Year
|
Significant Performances
|
|
PHX-T2-G11
|
Solo Bass
|
7:23
|
2005
|
[In progress]
|
|
Piano Sonata
|
Solo Piano
|
14:00
|
2003
|
University of Minnesota (2); Zeitgiest Lowertown Listening
Sessions; Weisman Museum of Art
|
|
Fingers
|
Solo Piano
|
8:23
|
2001
|
San Diego State Univ. Film Festival; Various others in
film soundtrack
|
|
E
|
Solo Cello
|
8:34
|
2000
|
Grand Valley State U. (2)
|
|
Marjoram
|
Solo Clarinet
|
7:05
|
1997
|
Grand Valley State U.
|
|
12 Canons
|
Solo Piano
|
20:00
|
1997
|
Grand Valley State U.
|
Solo Works with Electronics
|
Title
|
Instrumentation
|
Duration
|
Year
|
Significant Performances
|
|
Perpetual I
|
Alto Saxophone and Signal Processing
|
9:00
|
2005
|
[in progress]
|
|
Firewire
|
Firedancer and Signal Processing
|
6:20
|
2004
|
Spark Festival of Electronic Music and Art (Second
Annual), resulting paper published in Organized Sound
|
|
Beat Species Counterpoint
|
Drums and Signal Processing
|
9:20
|
2003
|
Peabody Conservatory of Music, Johns Hopkins Univ.
|
|
Helen Valnliere
|
Narrator and Signal Processing
|
4:45
|
2003
|
Salon3136 (upcoming)
|
|
Mulligrub
|
Alto Saxophone and Signal Processing
|
5:10
|
2003
|
Upcoming Studio recording for new works for saxophone CD
|
|
Point/Line
|
Also Saxophone and Signal Processing
|
6:40
|
2002
|
Upcoming Studio recording for new works for saxophone CD
|
|
Hyperacusis
|
Alto Saxophone and Tape
|
7:21
|
2001
|
Temple University (Philadelphia); Grand Valley State Univ. (2); Peabody Conservatory (3).;
Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts; Oberlin Conservatory of Music
|
|
Echoes of Gondwana
|
Guitar and Tape
|
7:00
|
1998
|
Grand Valley State Univ. (2)
|
Acoustic Chamber Works
|
Title
|
Instrumentation
|
Duration
|
Year
|
Significant Performances
|
|
String Quartet No.3
|
String Quartet
|
16:00
|
2005
|
[in progress]
|
|
Where I Should Look
|
Soprano and Piano
|
12:00
|
2004
|
Aspen Music Festival; University of Minnesota; Weisman
Museum of Art
|
|
Dark Days
|
Piano Trio
|
16:33
|
2003
|
Salon3136 (Mpls)
|
|
Disquietude
|
4 Electric Guitars & 2 Vc
|
9:22
|
2003
|
University of Minnesota, Ultan Hall
|
|
Mix Tapes
|
3 Narrators
|
6:45
|
2003
|
Salon3136 (upcoming)
|
|
Metro
|
Brass Quintet
|
5:20
|
2002
|
City University of New York, Buffalo; June in Buffalo
Festival
|
|
Sonata for Viola and Piano
|
Viola and Piano
|
12:40
|
2002
|
Salon3136 (upcoming)
|
|
El Poetapide a su amor que le escriba
|
Mezzo-Soprano & 2 guitars
|
4:30
|
2001
|
Grand Valley State U. (2); Urban Institute for
Contemporary Arts (Grand Rapids, MI.)
|
|
En Souvenir...
|
Electric Guitar & Violin
|
5:00
|
2001
|
Grand Valley State U. (2); Urban Institute for
Contemporary Arts (Grand Rapids, MI.) Included on CD from Hyperacusis Music.
|
|
Fanfare for Brass
|
Brass Quintet
|
5:05
|
2001
|
Grand Valley State U.
|
|
I Meant You Have Blue Eyes
|
2 Narrators
|
5:20
|
2001
|
Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts; Central Michigan
Univ.; Grand Valley State Univ.; Peabody Conservatory; Included on CD from
Hyperacusis Music
|
|
Saturations II-A
|
Cello Quartet
|
4:23
|
2001
|
Grand Valley State Univ.
|
|
Saturations II-B
|
Cello Quartet
|
3:30
|
2001
|
Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts
|
|
Saturations II-C
|
Cello Quartet
|
5:02
|
2001
|
Contemporary Arts; Include on ÒAnxietyÓ CD release
|
|
Still Life
|
Steel Drum Ensemble
|
7:00
|
2001
|
Grand Valley State Univ.; Urban Institute for Contemporary
Arts
|
|
To My Family and Friends
|
Mezzo-Soprano & Guitar
|
6:07
|
2001
|
Studio recording available on Cooperfly Books and Music
|
|
To The Deepest Depths I Peered
|
Saxophone Quintet
|
18:00
|
2000
|
Grand Valley State Univ. (2); Urban Institute for
Contemporary Arts
|
|
Saturations I-A, I-B, I-C, I-D
|
String Quartet
|
19:34
|
1999
|
Grand Valley State Univ.
|
|
Shift
|
Percussion Trio
|
14:00
|
1997
|
Grand Valley State Univ.
|
Chamber Works with Electronics
|
Title
|
Instrumentation
|
Duration
|
Year
|
Significant Performances
|
|
Evoked Potentials
|
Violin, Guitar, & Tape
|
6:30
|
2006
|
[in progress]
|
|
Krupa
|
Data Gloves & Meta-Trumpet
|
15:00
|
2004
|
International Computer Music Conference (ICMC)(Miami,
FL.); University of Minnestoa, Coffman Union; Spark Festival of Electronic
Music and Art
|
|
Yhinx Remix
|
Voice, Signal Processing, Data Gloves, Keyboard & Tape
|
6:23
|
2004
|
University of Minnesota, Northrop Auditorium
|
|
440
|
8 Sensor Controllers
|
8:12
|
2003
|
Music at the Anthology (MATA) Festival, New York City;
Peabody Conservatory; Spark Festival of Electronic Music and Art
|
|
Jamming with Jake
|
Jazz Piano & Signal Processing Improvisation
|
10:00
|
2003
|
Hasmier Gallery, Minneapolis
|
|
String Quartet #2
|
String Quartet, Tape & Signal Processing
|
37:00
|
2003
|
tentative
|
|
Requiem
|
SSAATTBB Choir & Tape
|
7:31
|
2001
|
Peabody Conservatory; Winning work for the 2002 Prix
dÕƒte
|
|
Letters from K.
|
Mezzo-Soprano, Piano, Tape & Signal Processing
|
32:15
|
2000
|
Grand Valley State Univ.; Urban Institute for Contemporary
Arts
|
Fixed Media Electronic Works
|
Title
|
Instrumentation
|
Duration
|
Year
|
Significant Performances
|
|
Lazarus
|
DVD Video and Stereo Audio
|
8:12
|
2003 (revised 2005)
|
Spark Festival of Electronic Music and Art; Johns Hopkins
Univ. Film Festival
|
|
Five Steps to Positive Thinking
|
Two-Channel Tape
|
6:08
|
2004
|
Univ. of Minnesota LiveWire Concert Series
|
|
Saturations III-C
|
Eight-Channel Tape
|
4:40
|
2003
|
Society of Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States
(SEAMUS) Conference; Electronic Music Midwest Conference; Univ. of Minnesota
LiveWire Concert Series
|
|
Saturations III-B
|
Eight-Channel Tape
|
6:33
|
2003
|
Society of Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States
(SEAMUS) Conference; Electronic Music Midwest Conference; Univ. of Minnesota
LiveWire Concert Series
|
|
Portrait of a Homeless Man
|
DVD video with Stereo Audio
|
6:10
|
2002
|
Peabody Conservatory (2); Oberlin Conservatory
|
|
Saturations III-A
|
Eight-Channel Tape
|
6:08
|
2001
|
Society of Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States
(SEAMUS) Conference; Peabody Conservatory (2); Univ. of Minnesota; radio
broadcasts (Univ. of Maryland); Others
|
|
S.C.M.P.
|
Two-Channel Tape
|
4:01
|
2001
|
Peabody Conservatory
|
|
Diner (from the Tomato Collection)
|
Two-Channel Tape
|
3:05
|
2000
|
Commercial Recording Available on Cooperfly books and
Music
|
|
Virtual Intertia
|
Two-Channel Tape
|
12:45
|
1999
|
Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, Grand Valley State
Univ.
|
|
...Or Not To Be
|
Two-Channel Tape
|
6:30
|
1997
|
Grand Valley State University (3); Peabody Conservatory
|
Orchestra
|
Title
|
Instrumentation
|
Duration
|
Year
|
Significant Performances
|
|
Sunder
|
Orchestra: 2,2,2,2; 4,3,3,1, hrp, piano, 3 perc, timp,
strings
|
16:00
|
2004
|
2005 Aspen Music Festival and School: reading by American
Academy of Conductors Orchestra
|
|
Tears of Eros
|
Orchestra: 2,2,2,2; 4,3,3,1, hrp, piano, 4 perc, strings
|
14:30
|
2003
|
Peabody Symphony Orchestra: First Prize 2003 Macht
Orchestra Prize; Reading by Peabody Symphony Orchestra
|
|
Petro Loa: L'Inglesou
|
Concerto for Percussion Ensemble and Orchestra
|
10:30
|
1998
|
Excerpts read
|
Wind Ensemble
|
Title
|
Instrumentation
|
Duration
|
Year
|
Significant Performances
|
|
Down Springer Mountain
|
Wind Ensemble
|
7:00
|
1998
|
Reading: Grand Valley State Univ. Wind Ensemble
|
Jazz Ensemble (Big Band)
|
Title
|
Instrumentation
|
Duration
|
Year
|
Significant Performances
|
|
A Night of Some Antics
|
Jazz Ensemble/Big Band
|
7:00
|
1999
|
Aquinas College Jazz Festival, Grand Valley State Univ.
(3), Radio Broadcast
|
Mixed Media Collaborative Works
|
Collaborator(s)
|
Work(s)
|
Instrumentation
|
|
Michael Walter (poet)
|
Helen Valnliere;
I Meant You Have Blue Eyes; Mix Tapes
|
Narrators, percussionists, electronics
|
|
Chris Baker (engineer)
|
Coffee Cantata
|
Electronics, wireless networks, Projections, actors
|
|
Noah Keesecker (composer)
|
Krupa, Digits, Rebel Song, 440, others
|
Data Gloves, Meta-Trumpet, Drums and Bass
|
|
Kajsa Brown (video artist)
|
Lazarus
|
DVD with Stereo Audio
|
|
Kathrine Glover (poet)
|
Letters from K., Where I Should Look
|
Song cycles
|
|
Jake Sturtevant (jazz pianist)
|
Jamming With Jake
|
Keyboards and Signal Processing
|
|
X-Performance Group
|
Oh Baby, 24 Hour Theatre
|
Musical Productions
|
Teaching Experience
University Courses:
• Instructor
:
University of Minnesota, School of Music
MUS
5950: Introduction to Music Software and MIDI (Spring 2006) Graduate and Undergraduate
Level Course
Course
Description:
A course which introduces the basic
concepts of music software and Musical Instrument Digital Interface. Topics also
include digital recording and editing.
students.
• Instructor
:
University of Minnesota, School of Music
MUS
5950: Finale Notation Software (Spring 2005, Fall 2005, Spring 2006) Graduate and Undergraduate
Level Course
Course
Description:
A course which introduces the
basic concepts of music notation using computer software, focusing on the
Finale application from Coda Music Technology. No prerequisite, open to all
students.
•
Teaching Associate:
Peabody Conservatory of the Johns Hopkins University
350.871:
Music Notation Software (Fall 2003 & Spring 2004) Graduate and
Undergraduate
Level Course
Course
Description:
"This course is designed to address issues concerning the notation
and layout of musical scores using computer technology, focusing
on a basic introduction to
Finale, the industry standard in
notation software for both the Windows and Macintosh operating
systems. By working gradually through the functions of the program,
the class will give you an overview of the skills that you will need
to begin using it efficiently."
• Teaching
Assistant:
Peabody Conservatory of the
Johns Hopkins University
350.835:
Studio Techniques (Fall 2002) Graduate Level Course
•
Tutoring Center: Grand Valley State University
Music
Theory and Aural Skills tutor at University Tutoring Center
Individual Instruction:
• Composition and Guitar Instructor:
Mount Cavalry Academy of Music
Responsibilities:
Individual instruction of students of all ages on Guitar, Music
Theory and
Composition. Approximately 15-20 students. (Fall 2003 -
present)
• Guitar
Instructor: Hanson's Music House
Responsibilities:
Individual instruction of students of all ages in all styles of
Guitar.
Approximately 10-18 students. (1999-2001)
• Guitar and Music Theory/Composition
Instructor:
Marshall Music
Responsibilities:
Individual instruction of students of all ages in all styles of
Guitar and Bass
Guitar. Approximately 7-15 students (1998-2001)
• Guitar, Theory, and Composition Instructor: Private Home Studio
Responsibilities:
Individual instruction of students of all ages in all styles of
Guitar, Bass Guitar, Theory, and Composition. Appriximately 2-7
students. (1999-present)
• Jazz Faculty Assistant:
Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp
Responsibilities:
Assist in director of big bands and smaller jazz combo
groups in teaching
high school guitar students. (1997)
• Guitar Instructor: Russ' Music
Responsibilities:
Individual instruction of students of all ages in all styles of
Guitar.
Approximately 4-9 students. (1994-1996)
Guest Lectures and Presentations
•
Guest Lecturer: University of Minnesota
"Emerging Digerati" (2003)
"Software
Based Instruments for Real-Time Improvisation"
• Guest Lecturer:
Peabody Conservatory
of Music Orchestration Seminar (2003)
"Orchestrational
Concepts in 'Tears of Eros'"
• Guest Lecturer:
Peabody Conservatory
of Music, Composition Seminar and
Electronic Music
Seminar (2003)
•
Guest Presenter: Using the Finale Notation
Program
Various
recurring engagements including:
Johns Hopkins University,
Grand Valley State
University, University of Minnesota, others)
•
Guest Speaker/Performer:
various high school music programs in Michigan,
Minnesota, and
Maryland
Performing Experience
Classical
Guitar
•
Grand Valley State University - Principal
Instrument
• Performance
at the
Guitar Foundation of America National Conference (1999)
• Various
Solo Concerts (weddings, guest recitals, hired work for
Kramer
Entertainment)
• Studio
Work for commercial purposes
Jazz
•
LSL Quartet
•
GVSU Steel Band
•
John Henry Quartet
• GVSU
Large Jazz Ensembles
• GVSU
Small Jazz Ensembles
• Studio
Work for commercial purposes
Electronic
Gadgets and Software
Laptop performances on original compositions and
improvisation sessions with
various groups, including:
•
Zeitgiest Contemporary Music Ensemble (Minneapolis)
•
Kurt Snyder (Washington D.C.)
•
Peabody Conservatory Computer Music Department (Baltimore)
Performances on self-made wearable
sensor controllers, recurring engagements
including:
•
Ballet Méchanique (Minneapolis)
•
Paula Cooper Gallery (New York City)
•
University of Minnesota, S.T.R.U.M Studios (Minneapolis)
•
Other
Improvisation based performances and collaborations
Music Technology &
Recording Experience
•
College of Liberal Arts Instructional Technology Fellowship (2004-5)
Responsibilities: Encourage and aid faculty in implementing pedagogical software into
music curriculums. Specifically: WebCT, Course Management Software, Notation Software,
Recording and Analysis software, etc.
•
Various performances on self-built wearable sensor controllers and
self-
designed software
•
Orchestrations for pop-music artist
Angela Taylor performed on primetime
national syndicated FOX television program, as well as public access Eclipse
Magazine TV program
•
Concert Setup: In charge of the technical work for a large scale, historic
performance of the original version of George Antheil's "Ballet Méchanique" (2003)
•
Independent work as Audio Engineer, Studio Consultant, Technical Support and
Studio Design
•
Audio Engineer: Claudia Metzko "The Teacher" installation. Shown:
Weatherspoon Art
Gallery, UNC at Greenshore; Angles Gallery, Santa Monica, CA.)
•
Graduate Assistantship in Computer Music: Peabody Conservatory of Music
(2001, 2002)
•
Web Design for various composers and arts organizations
•
Grand Valley State University Music Technology Lab Monitor (4 years)
•
Grand Valley State University
Recording Services Enginner (2 years)
•
Hourglass Productions: Location Recording Engineer, Mastering and Post-
Production work
•
Farrows Music: Music Software and equipment sales
Music Copyist Experience
•
Washington D.C. Opera
(Kennedy Center)
•
Judith Lang Zaimont
•
Dr. Mark Katz
•
Dr. Kurt Ellenberger
•
The Tomato Collection (Cooperfly Books)
•
Transcriptions for The Light Inbetween Music, Inc.
•
Various composers and authors
Professional Affiliations
•
University of Minnesota Composers Alliance (President 2003-4)
•
American Society of Composers, Authors, and
Publishers (ASCAP)
•
International Association of Jazz Educators (IAJE)
•
Society of Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States (SEAMUS)
•
Society of Composers, Inc. (SCI)
•
American Composers Forum
•
Dal Niente Composers Group (co-founder)
Languages
•
English (native speaker)
•
French (reading)
Computer Languages
•
Max/MSP/Jitter
•
SuperCollider
•
HTML
•
Javascript
•
PHP
•
C, C++ (moderate proficiency)
•
Flash
Known Software Applications
•
Csound
•
Office Suite (Microsoft)
• Cubase (Steinberg)
• Peak, Peak VST (Steinberg)
•
Digital Performer (MOTU)
•
Photoshop (Adobe)
•
Final Cut Pro (Apple)
•
Pro Tools (Digidesign)
• Finale (MakeMusic)
• Sibelius
• Flash (Macromedia)
• Soundhack (Tom Erb)
• Illustrator (Adobe)
• SuperCollider
• Max/MSP/Jitter (Cycling74)
• Turbosynth
References
Contact information available upon request.
Dr. E.C. McGregor Boyle
Chair, Composition Department
Peabody Conservatory of Music of the Johns Hopkins
University
Dr. Alex Lubet
Professor, Theory / Composition
University of Minnesota
Dr. Douglas Geers
Assistant Professor, Composition and Computer Music
University of Minnesota
Dr. Pieter Snapper
Ucer Center for Advanced Musical Research
Istanbul Technical University
Istanbul, Turkey
Dr. Christopher Theofanidis
Professor of Composition
Peabody Conservatory of Music of the Johns Hopkins
University
Professor of Orchestration
Julliard School
Dr. Geoffrey Wright
Chair, Computer Music Department
Peabody Conservatory of Music of the Johns Hopkins
University
Dr. Judith Lang Zaimont
Professor of Composition, retired
University of Minnesota
