Education
    Doctor of Music Composition, University of Iowa

2008
    Master of Music Composition, Western Michigan University 2004

    Bachelor of Music (Magna Cum Laude), Western Michigan University

2002
   
Professional Teaching Experience:
     Instructor, Music Theory: Western Michigan University
(Basic Music II; Basic Music III; Basic Music IV; Aural Comprehension IV; Composition I; Fundamentals of Music for Dance; Music Style and Form for Dance)
2009 - present
     Instructor: WMU Summer Music Seminar (Musicianship IV: Composition) 2009 & 2010
     UI Teaching Assistant (Theory and Aural Skills) 2005-2008
     Instructor: Iowa All State Music Camp (Theory II; Forms and Ideas) 2006 & 2008
     WMU Teaching Assistant (Composition and Theory) 2003-2004
 

Composition Instructors:
      Richard Adams, WMU
      Curtis Curtis-Smith, WMU
      Robert Ricci, WMU

      David Gompper, UI
      Lawrence Fritts (electroacoustic music), UI

 
   
Piano Instructor:
      Lori Sims, WMU
 
   
Master Class Instructors:
      Samuel Adler, Eastman School of Music (Emeritus)
2008
      Jeremy Dale Roberts, Royal College of Music, London (Retired) 2006
      Adam Greene, University of Minnesota 2006
      Stephen Dembski, University of Wisconsin - Madison 2006
      Paul Siskind, State University of New York - Potsdam 2006

     

 

Honors, Awards, and Professional Affiliations:
    Shards performed
at ICF Spring Festival of New Music: Cedar Rapids, Iowa

2010

    Shards performed at CMS Great Lakes Regional Conference: Muncie, Indiana   

2010

    Shards performed at SCI Region V Conference: Dubuque, Iowa

2009
    Counterrevolution performed at College Music Society International Conference: Zagreb, Croatia              2009

    Member of College Music Society

2007-present

    Member of Iowa Composers Forum

2007-present
    Sold American! performed at Electoacoustic Juke Joint:
Cleveland, Mississippi
2007
    Ozymandias performed at Midwest Composers Symposium:
Bloomington, Indiana
      
2007
    Man and Machine performed at Imagine II Electroacoustic Music
Festival: Memphis, Tennessee
2006
     Suite for Solo Saxophone performed at Midwest Composers Symposium:
Champagne-Urbana, Illinois
2006
     Recipient of WMU Graduate College Fellowship 2002-2003
     Winner, First Annual Graduate Winds Composition Competition 2003
     Runner-up, WMUK Fanfare competition 1999
     Recipient of WMU Medallion Scholarship 1997-2002
     Elected to Membership in Phi Kappa Phi
(National Academic Honor Society)
2002
     Elected to Membership in Pi Kappa Lambda
(National Music Honor Society)
2001
     Member of Society of Composers, Inc. 2002-present

 

Commissions and Additional Creative Work:
      Underscore for All Ears radio dramas The Fall of the House of Usher, Parole to Panic, and Behind the Wall

2010

      Get Whitey arrangement commissioned and premiered by Opus 21 Ensemble 

2009

      Bone and Stone commissioned and premiered by Opus 21 Ensemble

2009

      Incidental music for Farmers Alley Theatre production of Marvin's Room    

2009

      Underscore for All Ears Theatre radio dramas The Black Cat and Hellfire

2009

      Music supervisor and composer for premiere production
of Dust Town for the Iowa New Play Festival

2008

      Incidental music for the Kalamazoo Civic Theatre production
of Elizabeth Rex

2005
      Musical advisor for Kalamazoo College production of Hair 2004
      Transcription of spirituals for Kalamazoo Civic Theatre production
of A Woman Called Truth
2002
      Arrangement of traditional hymns for Kalamazoo Civic Theatre Production of
Dark of the Moon
1999
 
Other Ensemble Experience:
     Pianist, Kalamazoo Singers
2010-present
     Pianist, Birds on a Wire New Music Ensemble 2010
     Pianist, Opus 21 New Music Ensemble 2008-2009
     Pianist, Contemporary Music Ensembles, St. Catherine of Siena, Portage, MI 2008-present
     Assistant keyboardist, St. John Bosco Church, Mattawan, MI 2003-present
     Percussionist and pianist, WMU Concert Band 2000-2001
     Harpsichordist and percussionist, WMU Collegium Musicum 1998
 
Special areas and skills:
      Active vocal and instrumental accompanist
2003-present
      Wide-ranging interest in many musical genres, including:
classical, jazz, rock, folk, country, and film music.
 
   
   
   

 

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