SUNY at Alfred
TEACHING
EXPERIENCE
DeSoto Middle School, Arcadia, FL August 1996 - May 2003
Director of Bands: 6th, 7th and 8th grade band; Select Band; Beginning
Band; Heartland Honor Band; small ensembles; all FBA events. Numerous
local events.
Nazareth College of Rochester, NY January 1996-May 1996
Adjunct faculty. Taught Orchestration and Electronic Music, private
lessons in composition. Conducted orchestral reading sessions.
Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY August 1992-May 1994
Graduate assistant. Tutored undergraduate theory and sightsinging.
Maintained electronic music studios.
RELATED
EXPERIENCE
Classical Music: Third Ear--The Essential Listening Companion
A comprehensive guide to classical music recordings. Contributed
twenty-eight articles on various composers to this classical CD
guide. Alex Morin, editor.
Published by Backbeat Books: July 2002. 1200pp. ISBN 0-8793 0-638-6.
Gloria Musicae September 1999 - present
Baritone in professional chorus, Sarasota FL. Three major concerts
annually, plus outreach and educational projects. Writes program
notes and serves on chorus s Artistic Committee.
Freelance Music Copyist, Rochester, NY February 1993 - present
Prepared scores and musical excerpts in Finale¨ for many composers,
songwriters and publishers, including Yale, Oxford and University
of Rochester presses.
Record Archive, Rochester, NY May 1994-December 1995
Buyer and manager. Maintained classical inventory for two store
locations.
City Newspaper, Rochester, NY July 1990-March 1991
Music Writer. Articles, reviews, musician profiles.
Colorblind James Experience September 1987-May 1992
Clarinetist/saxophonist. Performed throughout Northeast and Europe
with this well-known group. Made several commercial recordings, BBC
sessions.
Recorded Classics, Inc., Rochester, NY October 1987-August 1992
Manager. A/R, A/P, inventory, hiring and training.
COMMISSIONS/
MAJOR WORKS
- Soliloquy for bass clarinet solo 1985
- Sanctuary for electronic tape 1986
- Third Psalm for mixed chorus and electronic tape 1987
commissioned by the Nazareth College Chamber Choir
- Ends for electronic tape 1987
- Maps Without Grids for electronic tape 1992
- Five Poems of Paul Celan for soprano, oboe, bass clarinet 1992
and piano
- Each New Departure for bassoon solo 1993
- Archilochus Hedgehog for saxophone quartet 1993
commissioned by Focus Saxophone Quartet
- Grisaille for string trio 1994
- Chronomosaic for five percussionists 1994
- KANTHOS for four percussionists 1996
commissioned by NY Percussive Arts Society and the
West Point Percussion Ensemble
- D'Ung Altre Amer for organ 1997
- Still Figures, Unfolding for wind ensemble and percussion 1999
- Meditation on Let All Mortal Flesh Keep SilenceÓ for clainet 1999
solo
- Arcadia Landscape for electronic tape 2000
- A Way Forward for violin, clarinet and bassoon 2003
- Second Skein for solo cello 2004
- Landscape of Retrieval for electronic sounds 2004
AWARDS
- 2004 Research Fellow, GAP Project, UMKC
- 2003 Research Fellow, Barr Institute of American Music, UMKC
- 2003 Chancellor s Scholarship, UMKC
- 1994 Percussive Arts Society composition contest
- 1994 Louis Smadbeck Composition Prize
- 1993 Kappa Gamma Psi Composition Contest
- 1987 Outstanding Senior Award (Nazareth College of Rochester)