Dr. Howard Jonathan Fredrics
e-mail: howard@howardfredrics.com
AHRB Small Grant for the Creative and Performing Arts (5000) – (2004-05) for the
composition of a new multimedia opera, The Whitechapel Whirlwind
Kessler Foundation Grant (750) to support the performance of The Whitechapel
Whirlwind opera (2005)
BIAS, Inc. In-kind Grant (10,000) – software licenses in consideration of the companys
right to distribute impulse response recordings with their products (2003).
Kingston University Blackboard Development Grant (350) to support development of
electronic curriculum materials (2003)
ASCAP special awards (1992-93, 1993-94, 1994-95, 1995-96, 1996-97, 1997-98, 1998-99. 1999-
2000, 2000-2001, 2001-2002, 2002-2003, 2003-2004, 2004-2005, 2005-2006) ($1000 each award)
Audioease, Inc. Research Grant for development of impulse response data set. -
$4400 awarded in software licenses (Altiverb MAS Plug-in)
Center For Humanities Research Fellowship ($1000), Texas A&M University (2000-2001)
Scholarly and Creative Activities Research Grant ($7500) for composition and research
in Sweden, Texas A&M University (2000)
Computing Equipment Grant ($85,000), College of Liberal Arts, Texas A&M University,
for development of a Music Computing Lab (2000)
Luigi Russolo Competition Jury Prize for Vagvisa Fr Mitt Ofdda Barn (1998)
National Endowment For The Arts Grant for residency at Atlantic Center for the Arts
(1995)
Meet The Composer Grant for performances of Vagvisa Fr Mitt Ofdda Barn (1995)
Tampa
Bay Composers' Forum International Competition - for Vagvisa Fr Mitt
Ofdda Barn (1995)
Musica Nova Special Prize for The Raven's Kiss (1995)
Luigi Russolo Jury Prize for The Raven's Kiss (1995)
`` Hutchinson Fellowship for one year, University of Texas at Austin (1994-95).
Telly Award for PBS series theme, Texas Parks And Wildlife (1994)
Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States award (1994)
Bourges International Electroacoustic Music jury award for The Raven's Kiss (1993)
Emmy Award for PBS series theme, Texas Parks And Wildlife (1993)
Fulbright Grant to Sweden for Music Composition (1992-1993)
Selected Commissions and Publication of Compositions
"Not From This Anger," for baritone and piano, Jomar Press (1980)
"Woodwind Quartet," Jomar Press (1981)
"Baby With The Bathwater," for tape commissioned by Theatre Collective,
Auracle
Music (1987)
"The Open Road," for chamber ensemble, Franklin-Douglas Music (1988)
"Moonlight," for chamber ensemble, Franklin-Douglas Music (1988)
"Robots," for tape, Franklin-Douglas Music (1988)
"The Mockingbird," for baritone and tape, Auracle Music (1988)
"Out in Left Field," for tape, commissioned by Debbie Butts, Auracle Music (1988)
"As The Spirit Wanes," for solo piano, Jomar Press (1988)
"Inventory," for tape, commissioned by Chicago House, Auracle Music (1988)
"The Laundromat," for tape commissioned by Theatre Collective, Auracle Music
(1988)
"Laundry and Bourbon," for tape, commissioned by Theatre Collective, Auracle
Music (1988)
"Chaotic Structures," for interactive electronics, Auracle Music (1989)
"Down," for chamber ensemble with electronics - film score, commissioned by
Michael Cohn, Auracle Music (1989)
"The Accidental Death of An Anarchist," for orchestra, commissioned by Capitol
City Playhouse, Auracle Music (1989)
"Endangered Plants," for chamber ensemble, commissioned by Texas Parks &
Wildlife TV series, Auracle Music (1989)
"Inevitable Conflicts," for soprano and string orchestra, Auracle Music (1991)
"No Help for That," for narrator and tape, Auracle Music (1991)
"The Tragedy of The Leaves," for tape Auracle Music (1991)
Psalm 42,for chorus and organ, Jomar Press (1991)
"The Raven's Kiss," for tape, Auracle Music (1993)
"Vagvisa Fr Mitt Ofdda Barn," for soprano and tape, Auracle Music (1994)
"Octte," for chamber ensemble, Auracle Music (1995)
"Variations for Flute Duet," commissioned by G. Margadant, Auracle Music (1995)
"New Horizons," for orchestra and chorus, Commissioned by Burlington Northern
Railroad, Auracle Music (1995)
"Music in the Age of Iron," for flute, tape and video, commissioned by Nathaniel
Bobbitt, Auracle Music (1996)
"Screams From Lima," commissioned by Diffusion i Mdia,
Auracle Music (1998)
"Anarchist Suite," University Microfilms, Inc. and Auracle Music (1998)
"Music from Wedekind's Lulu," commissioned by Pacific Resident Theatre, Auracle
Music (1999)
"2 Flies," commissioned by Capitol University, Auracle Music (2000)
"Grodorna," for soprano and tape, Auracle Music (2000)
"The Purple Locket," ballet for orchestra, commissioned by the Brazos Valley
Symphony, Auracle Music (2001)
"Northern Lights," for soprano, mezzo-soprano, percussion and tape
commissioned by Duo Sonnekus (2001), Auracle Music (2001)
Texas Parks & Wildlife Series Theme – Revised, commissioned by the Texas
Parks & Wildlife Department (2002)
The Unpardonable Sin for mezzo-soprano and piano, Auracle Music, 2003
The Whitechapel Whirlwind multimedia opera-in-progress. (2005)
Macbeth – incidental theatre music for electronic sounds, commissioned by Red Shark
Productions and White Rabbit Theatre, NYC, directed by Kelly Johnston. (2011)
Screams From Lima, for computer generated tape, commissioned by Diffusion i Mdia
CD label, on "Miniatures Concrtes" IMED 9837 (1998).
Vagvisa Fr Mitt Ofdda Barn, for soprano and tape on SEAMUS #5, EAM 9601 (1996)
and on ISMEAM 1997 CD, HEAR 103 (1997).
The Raven's Kiss, for tape on the 1994 ICMC CD, DIEM. Also on SEAMUS # 4, EAM
9501 (1995) and as part of the music literature text, Selvt Svelet, Otava Publishing
P6771, (1997).
Bukowski Songs, a cassette & CD of works for chamber ensemble, voices, and
electronics on the Auracle label, distributed by Water Row Press, Auracle 9601 (1996)
The Tragedy of The Leaves, for tape - CDCM Computer Music Series, v. 20, Centaur,
CRC 2245 (1995). Co-producer and Digital Mastering Engineer for all selections on CD.
Hypnosis for chamber orchestra on the Omnimusic series, "Spoof," OM 83 (1995).
Pantomime for chamber orchestra on the Omnimusic series, "Spoof," OM 83 (1995).
Out of Whack for chamber orchestra on the Omnimusic series, "Spoof," OM 83 (1995).
Clowning Around for chamber orchestra on the Omnimusic series, "Spoof," OM 83
(1995).
Texas Hill Country, for mixed ensemble on the Omnimusic series, "The Natural World,"
OM 66 (1993).
Texas Wildrice for mixed ensemble, on the Omnimusic series, "The Natural World,"
OM 66 (1993).
Underwater Flow for mixed ensemble on the Omnimusic series, "The Natural World,"
OM 66 (1993).
The Open Road, for mixed ensemble, on the Omnimusic series, "American Images,"
OM 28 (1988)
Moonlight, for chamber ensemble, on the Omnimusic series, "Candlelight," OM 31
(1988)
Robots, for electronic media on the Omnimusic series, "Living in The Future,"
OM 33 (1988).
Music For Martha Clarke's Vienna Lusthaus - Orchestrator for Richard Peaslee's music, Musical Heritage Society - MHS 912098Z (1987)
Selected
Publications
Kid Berg,
Uneven Steps. Vol. 2, 2004, p. 6-8.
In The Ring, Jewish Renaissance. Vol. 3, Issue 4, 2004, p. 22.
Review of Studio in a Box, Electronic Musician. September, 2002
Review of Bias Deck 3.01, Electronic Musician, Summer, 2002
Bouncing Off Walls, Electronic Musician, March, 2002, p. 98-103.
Review of NoTAM DSP 1.0, Electronic Musician, May, 2001, p. 188, 190.
Review of
International Computer Music Conference: Evening Concert 3 Array: The
Journal of The International Computer Music Association, Fall, 2000.
Intervallic Symmetry as Metaphor for A Cybernetic Age, Proceedings
of the International
Computer Music Conference, 2000, p. 32-37, reprinted in the Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States, Vol. XV No. 2 Fall/Winter 2000-2001, p. 5-13.
Lars
Gunnar Bodin's 'Anima': An
Analysis of The Relationship Between Intervallic
Symmetry And The Philosophies of Herbert Marcuse and Carl Jung, accepted for 2002 publication in expanded form (expected Fall, 2005) in Ex Tempore: A Journal of Compositional and Theoretical Research in Music.
The Fredrics Impulse Response Archive, audio soundfiles published in The Csound Book,
Richard Boulanger, ed., MIT Press, March, 2000.. Published by Berkley Interactive Audio Systems (BIAS, Inc.) in conjunction with their Peak 4 audio editing and signal processing software, November 2002.
The
Fredrics Collection, a set of Csound software instruments published in The
Csound Book, Richard Boulanger, ed., MIT Press,
March, 2000.
Review of
International Computer Music Conference: Evening Concert 6 Array: The
Journal of The International Computer Music Association, Winter, 2000.
CD Review of Acousmatica I, SAN Diffusion, September, 1999, p. 10-11, reprinted in
eContact: The Journal of The Canadian Electroacoustic Community 2.2. ix, 1999.
Bukowski, Charles, Reach For The Sun: Selected Letters 1978-1994, Volume 3, ed.
Seamus Cooney, Black Sparrow Press, 1999. Includes correspondence with the
author.
Present and Future Methods for Archiving and Storage of Sound Recordings, Proceedings of the Second Symposium of Music (September, 1993). Revised and reprinted in Journal of the Society of Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States (Winter, 1999).
The History of Compositional Aesthetics in the 20th Century: Polarity and
Reconcilliation, Proceedings of the Second Symposium of Music (September, 1993).
Revised
and reprinted in Shoptalk: The Journal of the Texas Computer Musicians
Network, 1:1 (January, 1997).
Charles Bukowski: An Annotated Bibliography of Poems 1982-1993, Sure 11 (1996)
Liner Notes to Music From SEAMUS Volume 5, EAM 9601 (1996).
Liner Notes to CDCM Volume 20: Music From The University of Texas,
Centaur 2245 (1995).
Liner Notes to Music From SEAMUS Volume 4, EAM 9501 (1995).
Liner Notes to ICMC 94, DIEM, (1994).
Granular Synthesis Orchestra, Csound Magazine, Winter 2000,
http://www.csounds.com/ezine/Winter2000/synthesis/ - citation
Selected Conference Papers
Crosscurrents in Popular and
Experimental Music: A New Model
for Teaching
Electroacoustic
Music Literature, presented at the Technology Institute for Music
Education (TiME) National Conference, Columbus, OH, February, 2001. Also
presented at the North Carolina Computer Music Festival, Raleigh,
NC, March 18, 2002, and at the Annual Meeting of the College Music Society,
September 26-29, 2002
Intervallic Symmetry as Metaphor for A Cybernetic Age, presented at the
International
Computer Music Conference, Berlin,
Germany, August, 2000.
Lars
Gunnar Bodin's 'Anima': An
Analysis of The Relationship Between Intervallic
Symmetry And The Philosophies of Herbert Marcuse and Carl Jung, presented at the
New England Conference of Music Theorists, Brandeis University, March, 2000.
The
History of Compositional Aesthetics in the 20th Century: Polarity and
Reconciliation, Second Symposium of Music, Salvator, Bahia, Brazil, September,
1993.
Present and Future Methods for Archiving and Storage of Sound Recordings, Second
Symposium of Music, Salvator, Bahia, Brazil, September, 1993.
Timbre as A Structural Process, presented at Musikhgskolan, Stockholm (October, 1992),
The Sibelius Academy, Helsinki (February, 1993), and EMS, Stockholm (May, 1993).
Significant
Peformances and Broadcasts
Macbeth, incidental theatre music and sound design for electronic sounds.
Wings Theatre, NYC (3/2011)
The Whitechapel Whirlwind, a multimedia opera with interactive electronics, voices and instruments.
The Bloomsbury Theatre, London – work-in-progress performance of 45
minutes in duration. (3/2005)
Excerpts broadcast on BBC London Radio. (3/2005)
Additional performance scheduled for October, 2006 at York Hall, London
Northern Lights for soprano, mezzo-soprano, percussion and tape
International Computer Music Conference, Miami (11/04)
Broadcast on Resonance FM, London (3/03)
SEAMUS National Conference, Tempe, AZ (3/03)
MidAmerican Center for Contemporary Music New Music & Art Festival
(10/02)
Duo Sonnekus Concert, Wayne, NJ by Duo Sonnekus (11/19/2001)
Ball State University Electroacoustic Concert, Muncie, IN (2/9/2002)
Kristin Norderval concert, Oslo, Norway, (May, 2002)
VonDrei Trio concert, Oslo, Norway, (Fall, 2002)
The Purple Locket ballet for orchestra and interactive electronics
Brazos Valley Symphony, Rudder Theatre, College Station, TX (January,
2001)
Kalvos and Damian's New Music Bazaar, WGDR-FM, Plainfield, VT and
www.kalvos.org internet simulcast, 12/8/01
2 Flies for narrator and MIDI ensemble
NOW Festival, Columbus, OH by Capital University MIDI Ensemble (2/00)
Music for Wedekind's Lulu for orchestra
Pacific Resident Theatre, Venice, CA, (continuous run from 3/99-5/99)
Kalvos and Damian's New Music Bazaar, WGDR FM 91.1,
North Plainfield, VT/Real Audio Internet Cybercast (7/00)
Grodorna for mezzo-soprano and tape or tape alone
Fylkingen EAM Festival (10/2003)
SEAMUS Conference (3/2001)
Screams From Lima for tape
40th Anniversary of Edgard Varese's Poeme Electronique Festival, Mills College, Oakland, CA (5/98)
Electromusica radio program broadcast, Radio Argentina (8/98)
Musica Nova radio program broadcast, Londrina, Brazil (9/98)
First Symposium on Music and Computers, Corfu, Greece (10/98)
CEMI 35th Anniversary Concert, Denton, TX (11/98)
International Computer Music Conference, Beijing, China (10/99)
Arts NOW Series, North Carolina State University (10/99)
Kennedy Center, Washington, DC by Contemporary Forum (11/99)
Beckonings Listening Forum, KZSU 90.1 FM, Stanford, CA (12/99)
NOW Festival, Columbus Ohio (2/00)
SEAMUS National Conference, Baton Rouge, LA (3/2001)
University of Illinois Electroacoustic Music Concert, Urbana, IL (4/2001)
Mappings, Antenna Radio, Internet Radio Broadcast,
www.antennaradio.com/avant/mappings/, 9/18/01
Fylkingen Festival of EAM (10/2003)
Vagvisa Fr Mitt Ofdda Barn for soprano and tape
Sarus Ensemble concert, Helsinki, Finland by Lori Joachim (1/95)
New Jersey New Music Ensemble, Wayne, NJ by Lori Joachim (1/95)
1995 SEAMUS Conference at Ithaca, NY by Lori Joachim (3/95)
1995 Banff Arts Festival at Banff, Alberta, Canada - Broadcast on the Canadian Broadcast Corp. 's "Two New Hours" radio program (9/95)
Korean Electro-Acoustic Music Society Festival (10/95)
Florida Electroacoustic Music Festival, Gainesville, FL (3/96)
Tampa Bay Composer's Forum, Tampa, FL by Shelly Cuthbertson (4/96)
JIM '96 Festival, Caen, France by Lori Joachim (5/96)
"20th Century VOX" radio broadcast, KPBX-FM, Spokane (7/96)
American Composers Forum Concert Series -- various performances
throughout 1996-7 season
HEAR Festival, Sarvar Hungary by Zsuszanna Skoff (8/97)
ISCM World Music Days, Seoul, Korea by Lori Joachim (10/97)
Swedish Radio P2 "Music News" radio broadcast (10/97)
International Computer Music Festival, Kobe, Japan by Hashiramoto
Megumi (9/98)
SCI National Conference, New York, NY by Erika Sunnegardh (4/99)
NOW Festival, Columbus Ohio by Lori Joachim (2/00)
Foldover, WOBC-FM, Oberlin, OH 1/20/01
North Carolina Computer Music Festival, Raleigh, NC by Lori Joachim
Fredrics, (3/19/02)
The Raven's Kiss for tape
1993 Skinkan Festival, Skinnskateberg, Sweden (6/93)
Swedish National Radio P1 broadcast (9/93)
Sibelius Academy Electronic Music Concert Series, Helsinki, Finland (4/94)
1994 Society for Electro-Acoustic Music (SEAMUS) Conference at
Middlebury, VT (4/94)
KUT-FM radio broadcast, Austin, TX (7/94)
1994 International Computer Music Conference, rhus, Denmark (9/94)
SEAMUS 10th Anniversary Concert, S.U.N.Y., Stonybrook, NY(9/94)
KPFK-FM radio SCREAM series broadcast, Los Angeles, CA (11/94)
University of Illionois Electroacoustic Music Series, Urbana, IL (1/95)
1995 South Bank "Plugged" International Tape Music Festival, London, UK (2/95)
Janacek Hall, Prague, Czech Republic (11/95)
Corcoran Gallery, Washington, DC, Contemporary Music Forum of
Washington (11/95)
Birmingham ElectroAcoustic Sound Theatre (BEAST) Rumours '96
Festival, Birmingham, UK (2/96)
MediaMix96
Festival, York, UK (5/96)
ISCM World Music Days 1996, Copenhagen (9/96)
Brooklyn College Gallery of Art, Brooklyn, NY (11/96)
Groupes de Rechrches Musicales Son Mu 97, Maison Du Radio France, Paris (1/97)
Soundbox 2.0, KIASMA, Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland
(on exhibition 3/99-9/99)
NOW Festival, Columbus Ohio (2/00)
Mappings, Antenna Radio, Internet Radio Broadcast,
www.antennaradio.com/avant/mappings/, 9/18/01
No Help for That for narrator, tape and dancers
Ventures in Computer and Electronic Music (VICEM) festival, Asheville,
NC (3/92)
KUT-FM radio broadcast, Austin, TX (7/92).
Sarus Ensemble concert, Helsinki, Finland with Craig Nazor (9/94)
Choreographed by Ma Bo for The Guangdong Modern Dance Company,
International Computer Music Conference, Hong Kong (8/96)
NOW Festival, Columbus Ohio (2/00)
The Tragedy of The Leaves for tape
KUT-FM radio broadcast, Austin, TX (7/92)
1992 International Computer Music Conference at San Jose, CA (10/92)
1993 Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in The U.S. (SEAMUS) Conference
at Austin, TX (3/93)
Sibelius Academy Electronic Music Concert series (11/93)
Radio Argentina Broadcast (12/95)
Groupes de Rechrches Musicales Son Mu 97 concert, Maison Du Radio
France, Paris (1/97)
Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT (4/99)
NOW Festival, Columbus Ohio (2/00)
The Mockingbird for baritone/actor and tape
International Electronic Music Plus Festival, Oberlin, OH by Gerald
Crawford
(9/89)
Ventures in Computer and Electronic Music (VICEM) festival, Asheville,
NC (3/92)
Sarus Ensemble concert, Helsinki, Finland (9/94)
NOW Festival, Columbus Ohio by Mark Baker (2/00)
Meadows Museum of Art,
by Howard Fredrics, March, 24, 2002.
Recital by Kurt Ollmann, Santa Fe, NM (12/02)
Chaotic Structures for interactive electronics
Sarus Ensemble multimedia concert at The Oberlin Conservatory, Oberlin,
OH (4/92)
1993 Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in The U.S. (SEAMUS) Conference
at Austin, TX (3/93)
Sarus Ensemble Concert, Helsinki, Finland (9/94)
Lecture-Recital, College Music Society/ATMI Conference, San Juan, PR
(10/98)
NOW Festival, Columbus Ohio by Howard Fredrics and Rocky Reuter
(2/00)
TEACHING/ADMINISTRATION
EXPERIENCE
Kingston
University:
Sr.
Lecturer of Creative Music Technology (9/02 - 7/06)
Activities:
Route Leader of Creative Music Technology
Module leader – supervise teams of module tutors
Provide leadership in curriculum design of Creative Music Technology and Composing for New Media pathways.
School of Music representative to the EC-funded MUSICWEB Project, including conducting sensitive negotiations for allocation of grant funds to member institutions, as well as providing training presentations for European Conservatory representatives.
Member of Faculty ICT Strategy Group – represented the School in negotiations for successful Capital Bid Award.
School of Music Liason to Gateway School – BA course validation representative.
Member of School of Music ICT Working Group
School of Music ICT Workshops Coordinator
BMus Course Committee Member
Panel Member for Popular Music and Creative Music Technology searches
Deliver lectures and tutorials in Creative Music Technology, Music Since 1945 and Composing for New Media
Conduct COOTer Ensemble – Contemporary and Electroacoustic Music
Perform research
Texas
A&M University:
Assistant Professor of Composition, Theory and
Music Technology (9/99
– 5/03)
Classroom and
private instruction in undergraduate instrumental and electroacoustic music
composition, sound recording, electroacoustic music literature and history, 20th
century music history, and first year music theory.
Activities:
Implemented plans for a music computing lab and media recording studio, with
construction budgets in excess of $500,000.
Director of Music Computing Lab and Media Recording Studio.
Music Program B.A. Curriculum Committee member.
Music Program Technology Lab and Recording Studio Development Committee member.
Music Theory Search Committee member.
College of Liberal Arts Facillities and Planning Committee member.
University Graduate Council Representative
Thesis Adviser for three graduate students in Visualization Science.
Concert Producer for Ear Candy Electroacoustic Music series.
Coordinator of Artist Residency program.
Brown
University:
Assistant Professor of Theory
,Composition and Computer Music (9/97 - 5/99)
Classroom and private instruction in undergraduate music theory, composition, and interdisciplinary studies.
Associate Director of Computer Music Studios
Activities:
Supervisor of three teaching assistants.
Assisted Computer Music Studio Director in management and long range planning of studio activities, resulting in improved student
productivity and satisfaction.
Served as Departmental Computer Coordinator, with direct supervision of student
assistant.
Member of Theory and Computer Music Curriculum committees charged with
developing a new computer music major program and with revising the current theory
program.
Invited and hosted guest residencies by composer, Richard Peaslee and by The Sarus Ensemble.
Director of Original Music Group concert series.
Developed new methods for network backup of computer to CD-R.
Western
Carolina University:
Assistant Professor of Music
Synthesis, Theory and Music Industry (9/96 - 5/97)
Director of Electro-Acoustic Music Studios and Music Synthesis and Industry programs.
Conducted significant program review designed to raise curriculum standards and improve facilities for music making.
Designed and implemented two new CAI lab/classrooms for the Music Department
Developed two lab/classrooms with $100,000 budget for teaching class piano, music theory, ear training, music synthesis, orchestration, and
computer music notation.
Activities:
Undergraduate advisor for Synthesis and Music Industry Majors.
Co-Director of Music Department Reference Library/Computer Workstation Room with direct supervision of graduate assistants.
Developed and implemented new database system for cataloguing of recordings and scores using Windows 95 MS Access software.
Member of Music Theory Curriculum Committee -- Coordinated three semester theory program which resulted in improved continuity between
each course level.
Member of Arts & Sciences Technology Committee -- Designed and authored funding successful proposals for newly developed University
high-technology lab/classroom facility.
Member of Learning Styles project team -- Developed methodologies for evaluating
student and faculty learning styles.
Member of Technology in Education project team -- Identified and evaluated goals for introduction of new technology curricula.
Austin
Community College:
Instructor
of Music- (9/95 -
8/96)
Classroom instructor for music courses, consisting of lectures and laboratory instruction
in MIDI systems, sequencing, synthesis, composition, digital recording, and interactive multimedia applications.
Private lessons in Electronic Composition and Synthesizer Performance.
Developed methodologies for teaching synthesis to visually impaired students.
Activities:
Member of Multimedia Development Committee:
Developed collaborative relationships among students working in various media.
Assisted in long-range facilities planning and equipment purchasing.
The
Oberlin Conservatory of Music:
Visiting
Instructor of Electronic and
Computer Music (7/91 - 6/92)
Designed and implemented curriculum for undergraduate courses.
Organized and coordinated guest artist residencies -- Authored successful grant proposals
to obtain funding for residencies. Organized guest artist concerts and master classes.
Served on TIMARA committee.
Advised undergraduate TIMARA students.
Successfully increased applications and enrollment in TIMARA by 50% through
Summer Workshops in Computer Music.
Instructor of Music (7/86- 7/91 -- Summer Sessions)
Designed and implemented curriculum for Summer Electronic Music course, consisting
of lectures and hands-on instruction in analog and digital synthesis, MIDI sequencing, sampling, multimedia applications, electronic music
composition and recording techniques.
Designed and developed system for connecting audio and MIDI lines between three
studios.
Directed student and faculty concerts.
Supervised staff of three teaching assistants.
The
University of Texas at Austin:
Assistant
Instructor - (9/88 -
5/89; 9/93 - 5/94)
Designed and implemented curriculum for undergraduate and graduate introductory
and intermediate Electronic Music Composition courses, consisting of classroom lectures
and hands-on instruction in electroacoustic music literature, analog and digital
synthesis, recording technology, MIDI sequencing and programming, sampling and
classical studio techniques.
Activities:
Facilities Coordinator of electronic and computer music studios.
Responsibilities include presenting topical lectures on digital synthesis and signal
processing for graduate and undergraduate students, designing a digital audio patchbay
network system, production and mastering of CDCM computer music series CD vol. 20,
assisting graduate and undergraduate students during lab times, supervising a staff of
two teaching assistants and coordinating studio maintainence.
Teaching Assistant - (9/87- 5/88)
Taught one section of first year undergraduate Musicianship and Theory courses
consisting of harmony, counterpoint, form & analysis, sight-singing and ear-training.
Taught undergraduate course in jazz/commercial electronic music consisting of lectures
and hands-on instruction in synthesis, recording, MIDI sequencing, and film and video scoring techniques.
Activities:
Tutor for undergraduate Jazz Theory course
Guest lecturer and teaching assistant for undergraduate Jazz Appreciation course
SELECTED
INVITED LECTURES AND RESIDENCIES
William Paterson University (11/01)
Masterclasses for composers and percussionists during 2-day residency.
University of Texas at San Antonio (11/01)
Masterclasses for music majors during 1-day residency.
EMS, Stockholm (8/00)
Presented lecture on original compositions during a three-month residency.
Sder Latin Gymnasium (Stockholm, Sweden) (6/00)
Presented
lectures on Musical Form for high school music theory students.
Capital University (2/00)
Composer-in-Residence for the week-long NOW Festival of Contemporary Music.
Presented several concerts of original musical compositions. Presented lectures on original compositions for music theory and electronic music students. Gave masterclasses and private lessons for composition students.
University of Richmond (3/99)
Presented lectures on Sound Spatialization and Film Scoring Techniques for
undergraduate music students during two-day residency
Virginia Commonwealth University (5/98)
Presented lectures, "Modulation: An Examination of Techniques in Popular and Concert Music" and "Compositional Diversity: Recipies for
Career Success." Gave masterclasses and
private lessons in composition during two-day residency.
The
University of Massachusettes at Lowell (4/97)
Presented public lectures on "Sound Spatialization: New Vehicles for Structure" for students in the Sound Recording Technology program.
Moorhead State University (7/95)
Presented public lectures, "Film Music History: The Evolution of Function" and "Fundamentals of Digital Sampling" during two-day
residency.
Sibelius Academy, Helsinki (2/93 & 9/94)
Presented guest lecture entitled, "Timbre as A Structural Process."
Gave master classes and private lessons for composition students during two one-week residencies.
EMS, Stockholm (5/93)
Presented public guest lecture entitled, "Timbre as A Structural Process."
Musikhgskolan, Stockholm (10/92)
Presented public guest lecture entitled, "Timbre as A Structural Process."
The University of North Carolina at
Asheville (3/92)
Presented public lectures, "Algorithmic Composition: An Overview of Approaches," "Multimedia Collaboration Techniques," and a concert of
original works during a one-week residency.
RELEVANT
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
External
Examining:
Guildhall School of Music
– External Examiner for BMus in Music Technology (2004 and 2005)
London Metropolitan
University – External Advisor for validation of BSc in Sound Design for
Media (2005)
Composition/Orchestration/Performance:
Artistic Director - The Sarus Ensemble, Austin, TX (9/93 – 9/02)
Performing
as baritone and synthesizer soloist.
Coordinator of concert and master class events.
Authoring
grant proposals.
Creative Co-Director
- Auracle Productions, Austin, TX (9/87 – 9/02)
Manager of staff composers and administrative and marketing team
Selected Commercial Composing Credits:
Series theme and 30-minute episode, "Endangered Plants" of Texas Parks &Wildlife PBS television series.
Music for "Outdoor Roundup" and "The Naturalist Journal" weekly segments of Texas Parks &Wildlife series
Music for ABC TV series, Raven
Black
Music for ABC TV Wide World of Sports and Tour de France broadcasts.
Music for Nintendo games, Wordhai and Qbert, and New World Computing's Might & Magic III and Planet's Edge interractive
computer games.
Music and sound effects for 7th Level's Dominion interractive CD-ROM game.
National radio and TV commercials for Chrysler and Lincoln Mercury corporation, "Jeep Eagle Surprise"
Music
for Advanced Micro Devices educational CD-ROM, Smock Change and Facilities
Contractor.
Music for Burlington Northern's, New Horizons multimedia CD-ROM featuring the
Dallas
Symphony Chorus
Music for nationally televised, Easter Seals 1995 telethon.
Music for feature film trailer, The Distance, produced by Granite House Films.
Music
for regional commercial, Thundercloud Subs "Get Real."
PROFESSIONAL
MEMBERSHIPS
British Academy of Composers
and Songwriters
ASCAP
Sonic Arts Network
International Computer Music
Association
Society for Electroacoustic
Music in the United States
National Academy of Recording
Arts and Sciences
American Music Center
Computer Game Developers
Association
EDUCATION
University of California at Berkley/CNMAT (Summer, 2004) – Advanced Workshop in
Max/Msp/Jitter
The
University of Texas at Austin
D.M.A. (1998) in Composition with concentration in Computer Music
Dissertation -- "The Anarchist Suite," a suite of nine movements for chamber
orchestra
M.Mus. (1991) with major in Composition and concentration in Computer Music
Principal teachers include Russell Pinkston, Karl Korte and Donald Grantham.
Master classes with Jacob Druckman, Gunther Schuller and Lukas Foss.
Atlantic Center for The Arts (1995):
Composition study with Mario Davidovsky during two-week residency
Musikhgskolan Stockholm (1992-93):
Guest studies in Composition with
William Brunson
EMS, Stockholm (1992-1993):
8-week course in MAX programming with Rolf Enstrm
3-day workshop on the KYMA system with Carla Scaletti
1-day workshop on the Pro Tools 2.0 system
Oberlin Conservatory :
B.Mus.(1985) with majors in Composition and TIMARA
Principal teachers include Gary Nelson and Conrad Cummings for electronic music
and Richard Hoffmann, Randolph Coleman and Joseph Wood for composition.
Languages:
Fluent in Swedish, reading
knowledge of French.