Education
2008 - present Ph.D, Music Composition and Theory
Brandeis University, anticipated completion, May 2013

2007 - 08 MA, Music Composition and Theory
Brandeis University

2004 - 07 BM, Music Theory and Composition, Cum Laude, Departmental Honors
University of Miami

Principal Instructors:
Composition: David Rakowski, Melinda Wagner, Eric Chasalow, Lansing McLoskey
Electronic Music: Eric Chasalow
Theory/Musicology: Martin Boykan, Paul Wilson, Allan Keiler
Bassoon: Luciano Magnanini

Additional Studies:
Laboratorio de Investigación y Producción Musical (LIPM) Electroacoustic music composition and analysis. Buenos Aires, Argentina. May-June, 2007.

The Composers Conference and Chamber Music Center at Wellesley College:
• In 2010 as Composition Fellow: seminars with Mario Davidovsky, Melinda Wagner, and Michael Gandolfi
• In 2011 as Commissioned Composer: Seminars with Mario Davidovsky, Harold Meltzer, and Yu-Hui Chang


Grants, Awards, and Fellowships

• Barlow Endowment General Commission Award. 2011

• IBM Innovation Award for the BEAMS 2011 Marathon coordinating team. 2011

• Fellowship as commissioned composer at Wellesley Composer Conference. 2011

• Bernard Shivek Memorial Endowed Fellowship for the Arts and Sciences 2010-11

• Fellowship at the Wellesley Composers Conference. 2010

• Fellowship at June in Buffalo Composers Festival, Center for 21st Century Music. 2010

• Finalist, SEAMUS/ASCAP Student Comission, 2009

• Harry and Mildred Remis Teaching Fellowship, Brandeis University, 2008-2010

• Finalist, SEAMUS/ASCAP Student Comission, 2008

• Student Fellowship at LIPM/IEMS, el Centro Cultural Recoleta. 2007

• Co-winner, Forecast Music International Composers Competition, 2007

• First Prize, The Greater Miami Youth Symphony Composition Competition, 2007

• Cleveland Orchestra Miami Residency Reading Session Call for Scores, 2007

• Outstanding Graduating Senior, Music Theory and Composition, 2007

• Departmental Honors, University of Miami, 2007

• First Prize, Composers in Red Sneakers Young Composers Competition, 2006

• University of Miami call for scores for saxophonist Eliot Gattegno, 2006

• Honorable Mention, Frost Symphony Orchestra Competition, 2006


Conferences & Festivals

Wellesley Composers Conference 2011
• 7 Rants, (conference commission) for wind quintet and piano.

SEAMUS 2011 National Conference. Miami, Florida.
• Triptiek, for tenor sax, bassoon, and electronics.

New Music Forum 8th Annual Festival of Contemporary Music, 2010. San Francisco, CA.
• Aeromancer for bassoon and electronics.

Wellesley Composers Conference 2010. Wellesley, MA.
• Slant Apparatus for chamber orchestra.

June in Buffalo Composers Festival 2010. Buffalo, NY.
• Magana for chamber ensemble.

Leonard Bernstein Festival of the Arts 2010: BEAMS Concert:
• Triptiek for tenor sax, bassoon, and electronics.
• Crisalidas for 4-channel fixed media.

FEASt Festival (Florida Electroacoustic Student Festival) 2009. Miami, FL.
• Aeromancer for bassoon and electronics.

SEAMUS 2009 National Conference. Fort Wayne, Indiana.
• Aeromancer for bassoon and electronics.

Boston CyberArts Festival/Leonard Bernstein Festival of the Arts 2009: BEAMS Concert:
• Aeromancer for bassoon and electronics.

New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival 2009. New York, New York.
• Aeromancer for bassoon and electronics.

Spark Festival 2009. Minneapolis, Minnesota.
• Aeromancer for bassoon and electronics.

Boston CyberArts Festival/Leonard Bernstein Festival of the Arts 2008: BEAMS Concert:
• Taqsim for clarinet and electronics.

SEAMUS 2008 National Conference. Salt Lake City, Utah.
• Taqsim for clarinet and electronics.

College Music Society, Regional Conference 2007, Miami, Florida
• Pace for chamber ensemble.

Festival Miami 2007, Emerging Composers Concert
• Pace for chamber ensemble.

 

Commissions

• Impulse Control for chamber ensemble and electronics.
Commissioned by the Barlow Endowment for The Quux Collective. 2012

• Busker Fantasy for percussion ensemble.
Commissioned by the SUNY Purchase Percussion Ensemble. 2011

• 7 Rants for wind quintet+piano.
Commissioned by the Wellesley Composers Conference. 2011

• Beacons for chamber ensemble.
Commissioned by Dinosaur Annex. 2010

• Triptiek for bassoon, tenor sax, and electronics.
Commissioned by EAR Duo. 2009

• Magana for clarinet, cello, piano, and percussion.
Commissioned by the f(x). 2007


Publications, Research, and Writings

• Fine Music, Vol .3 [sound recording] includes Triptiek. PARMA Recordings. 2012

• Axiom, [sound recording] includes Triptiek. Navona/PARMA Recordings. 2011

• Composer's Comments on "Triptiek" published in the Hawaii Internationsal Conference for Arts and Humanaties Annual Proceedings, accompanying a presentation by Thomas Durham, Executive Director of the Barlow Endowment.

• Noteworthy Sheet Music, LCC has published and distributes some of my chamber works: 7 Rants, Danzas Mecanicas, and Transverse fractures.

• Concert reviews regularly contributed to The Boston Musical Intelligencer, 2008-present


Teaching Experience

Brandeis University, Fall 2008-present:

• Instructor: UWS14b: University Writing Seminar
- - Protest and Propaganda in Music. (Spring, 2011; Fall 2011)
- - Minimalist Music. (Fall, 2008; Spring, 2009; Spring 2010)

• Brandeis Electroacoustic Music Studio (BEAMS) Assistant Director. (2010-2012)

• Teaching Fellow: MUS160: Electronic Music/Laptopping (Fall, 2010; Fall 2011)

• Teaching Fellow: MUS102b: Music Theory Lab (Spring 2010)

• Guest Lecturer in Max/MSP: MUS230a: Electroacoustic Composition (Spring 2010)

• Teaching Fellow: MUS5a: Fundamentals of Music (Fall, 2009)

• Teaching Assistant: MUS107a: Intro to Electroacoustic Music (Fall 2009; Fall 2011)

Huntington Learning Center, 2008
• Tutoring for high school students in SAT/ACT prep, math, and english.

Private Instructor TakeLessons.com 2008 - 2010
• Private instumental lessons in piano, bassoon, and guitar.


Short Term Teaching Engagements:
•Dartmouth College: Visiting Guest Lecturer in Electronic Music (Mus21) and 18th Century Counterpoint (Mus9). October, 2011.
• Brandeis University: Guest lecturer in Max/MSP, February 2010.
•Teaching Assistant, Miami Summer Arts Institute, 2006-07
Music technology course for teachers in the Miami/Dade school system held at the University of Miami. Instruction given in notation software, sequencing, and basic studio mixing techniques.
• University of Miami Frost School of Music bassoon studio: contrabassoon instructor
provided first and second year undergraduate bassoonists with instruction on contrabassoon. Fall, 2006.

Other Professional Activities:

• Guest Composer: lecture/presentation on my music. University of Miami. Fall 2011.
• Guest Composer: lecture/presentation on my music. New World School of the Arts. Fall 2011.
• Adjudicator: Boston New Music Initiative 2011-12 call for scores.
• Guest Composer: lecture/presentation on my music. Gordon College. Fall 2010.
• Guest Composer: lecture/presentation on my music. University of Miami. Fall 2009.


Arts Administration/Other Work Experience

General Manager, Dinosaur Annex Music Ensemble. July 2010-present.
• Duties include concert management, development, fundraising, grant proposals, marketing, and organization of the annuals Young Composers Festival.

Founder/bassoonist. Avalerion Wind Quintet. 2009-present:
• Organized concerts in the ’09-’10 season featuring collaborations and performances with student and alumni composers at Wheaton College and Tufts University.

Member, Composers in Red Sneakers. 2008-present:
• Assist with concert organizing, recording, promotions, and grant writing.

Intern/Clerk, Composers in Red Sneakers. 2007-08
• Web-design and maintainence, concert promotions, and administrative duties for Composers in Red Sneakers, a Boston-based composers collective and non-profit organization.

President, University of Miami Society of Composers, Inc. (UMSCI) student chapter 2006-07
• Tasks included coordinating and programming concerts, guest composers, ensembles, and funding proposals.
Previous UMSCI executive positions:
• Vice President. 2005-06
• Newsletter Editor. 2003-05

Radio Host/DJ, WVUM 90.5 FM, Coral Gables, 2006
• Hosting weekly shows featuring contemporary chamber music, UM affiliated concert music, and electro-acoustic music. 2006

Lab Attendant, Multimedia Instruction and Learning Lab, University of Miami. 2005-07

Intern/Temp, Interscope/Geffen Records (Universal Music Group). Los Angeles, CA. 2005
• Assistant to Anthony Seyler, VP of Interscope Film and TV Marketing.

Intern, Warner Brothers. Burbank, CA. 2005
• Assistant to Mary Viola, Assistant Producer, Thunder Road Pictures.


Professional Affiliations

• Boston Musicians Association, local 9-535 (BMA)

• American Federation of Musicians (AFM)

• Society of Composers, Inc. (SCI)

• Society for Music Theory (SMT)

• Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the Unites States (SEAMUS)

• Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI)


Instrumental Performance Experience

Bassoon: Avalerion Wind Quintet (Boston, MA), The Falmouth Chamber Players (Falmouth, MA),
Ars Flores Orchestra (Ft. Lauderdale, FL), The Frost Symphony Orchestra (Miami, FL), The Other
Music Ensemble (Miami, FL), Altaira Contemporary Improvisational Ensemble (Boston, MA), Devil Music Ensemble (hired orchestra, Boston, MA) The Frost Wind Ensemble (Miami, FL).

As Featured Soloist (selected performances):

Lakefire Resolution for bassoon and electronics, composed by Ferdinando DeSena.
• Premiered at the 2011 Beams Marathon, also performed on the 12-Nights Electronic Music and Arts series in Miami. Fall, 2011.

Aeromancer for bassoon and electronics, world premiere:
• SEAMUS, NYCEMF, Spark, FEASt Festival, New Gallery, and other venues.

Taqsim for bassoon and electronics:
• Composers in Red Sneakers Electroacoustic Concert. Cambridge, MA. 4/18/08.
• LIPM/IEMS conference 2007 concert. Teatro Colon, Buenos Aires, Argenitna. 7/24/07.

Dream Collection, for Chamber Ensemble and Solo Bassoon by Marty Regan:
• Society of Composers, Inc. 2003 National Student Conference. Miami, FL. 11/21/03.


Software Proficiency:
Pro-Tools, Logic, Max/MSP, Pure Data, KYMA, Finale, Sibelius, various graphic and web design.