Curriculum Vitæ

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Last updated: 18 May 2008

Education

2005–2007
University of California, San Diego. M.A. in Composition
Composition study with Chinary Ung and Philippe Manoury.
 
2002–2005
University of Toronto. B.Mus. in Composition (Additionally: Jazz Performance, 2002–2003)
Graduated with honours. Composition study with Chan Ka Nin, John Hawkins, and Alexander Rapoport; percussion study with Bob McLaren.
 
1999–2002
University of Alberta. B.A. in Composition
Composition study with Howard Bashaw; percussion study with Brian Jones. Transferred to the University of Toronto in 2002.
 
1998–2001
Grant MacEwan College. Music Diplomas in Composition and Jazz Performance
Graduated with honours. Composition study with Gordon Nicholson; percussion study with Brian Thurgood.
 

Awards, Scholarships, and Grants

2008
Alberta Foundation for the Arts Grant, to develop an amplified, evening-length piece to be performed in non-traditional venues.
2007
Canada Council for the Arts Commissioning Grant, for Ensemble Toca Loca.
2006
International Gaudeamus Music Week, Amsterdam; finalist in chamber music category.
SOCAN Foundation Young Composers Competition:
First Prize, Pierre Mercure Award: Solo or Duet Composition.
Canada Council for the Arts Grant to Professional Musicians, to complete M.A. at UC San Diego.
UC San Diego Travel Grant, to attend the première of The Enslavement and Liberation of Oksana G.
SOCAN Foundation Composer Residency Grant, with the Ensemble contemporain de Montréal.
2005
Neil D. Graham and William Erving Fairclough Graduating Scholarships (University of Toronto).
2004
SOCAN Foundation Young Composers Competition:
Second Prize, Serge Garant Award: Chamber Music;
Third Prize, Godfrey Ridout Award: Vocal Music.
George Coutts and Gwendolyn Grant Academic Scholarships (University of Toronto).
2003
TrypTych Young Composers’ Competition, First Prize.
Monica Ryckman and Ben McPeek Academic Scholarships (University of Toronto).
2000
Jazz Band Most Valuable Member Award (Grant MacEwan College).
1999
Louise McKinney Scholarship and entrance scholarship (Grant MacEwan College).
Study Grant, Alberta Foundation for the Arts.
1998
Study Grant, Alberta Foundation for the Arts.
 

Professional Affiliations and Experience

member
Society of Composers, Authors, and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN).
member
Canadian New Music Network.
member
Canadian Music Centre, Associate Composer.
2007
Professional development residency in the Hague, Netherlands; Koninklijk Conservatorium.
Culture no.3 selected by the ISCM Canadian Section as part of their submission to the 2008 ISCM World Music Days in Lithuania.
Domaine Forget Academy’s new music seminar, 13–25 August, St-Irénée, QC.
Residency with the Arditti Quartet, as part of the UC San Diego visiting artist programme.
2006
Ensemble contemporain de Montréal’s Generation 2006 programme, including a commission from the ensemble, a workshop, and a cross-Canada tour.
2005
Tapestry New Opera Works’ Composer-Librettist Laboratory .
2004–2005
Research and analysis on compositional processes in the music of Guillaume de Machaut, with the assistance of Professor Andrew Hughes.
Selected composer for the University of Toronto Contemporary Opera Showcase programme.
2004
Composition Masterclass with Gilles Tremblay.
Organized a student-run exchange between composition students at the University of Toronto and Harvard University.
Organized a concert of new music for saxophone in Toronto (May).
2003
Composition masterclasses with Mario Davidovsky and Joseph Schwanter.
2002
Organized a concert of new music for student composers at the University of Alberta (July).
Composition and folkloric Cuban percussion studies in Havana, Cuba (May–June):
Composition: Guido López-Gavilán, Instituto Superior de Arte;
Batá drumming: Tony Urdaneto, Ballet Folklórico Nacional;
Rumba drumming: Raul González, Conjunto Clave y Guaguancó.
 
Masterclass in Ewe Music with Kwasi Dunyo.
 

Compositions and Performances

See Works and Performances sections respectively.

 

Presentations and Publications

2008
"Anti-Elitism versus Anti-Intellectualism: What the CBC is Doing Right and Wrong". Stand On Guard For CBC. www.earsay.com/standonguardforcbc.
2007
Culture no.1. SCI Journal of Music Scores. Vol. 40.
2006
Featured composer on music promoter Frans Waltmans' website: www.franswaltmans.nl.
Radio broadcast of Culture no.3 on Radio-Canada's Espace Musique, 7 December, 8:00pm.
Radio broadcast of Culture no.3 and interview on CBC Radio Two, 5 November, 10:00pm.
"Gaudeamus Music Week Review". Canadian New Music Review. cnmr.earsay.com.
Interview and concert of my music for the Ensemble contemporain de Montréal's Generation 2006 series at the École de musique Vincent d'Indy, Montréal.
2005
Radio interview, CIUT, Music Factory. Feature broadcast on my music: Flüsse-Einflüsse, Nothing, Four Pieces for Accordion and String Quartet, Argument in Ternary Form; 1:00–2:00pm, 31 May, Toronto.
2004
Guest lecturer, Composers’ Seminar, University of Toronto. Gave a presentation highlighting the parallels between rhythmic constructs in Cuban music and functional tonality.
 

Teaching Experience

2007
Teaching assistant for MUS1B Music Theory (Winter) and MUS12 Intro to Opera (Spring); UC San Diego.
Grading assistant for LTEN159 Popular Music of the 60s (Winter); UC San Diego.
2006
Teaching assistant for MMW2 The Great Classical Traditions (Winter), MMW3 The Medieval Heritage (Spring), and MUS4 Introduction to Western Music History (Fall); UC San Diego.
2005
MMW three-month intensive pedagogy seminar (Fall); UC San Diego.
1995–
Private music instructor in percussion, composition, music theory, and history.
 

Languages

English
Mother tongue, completely fluent, principal language of study.
French
Spoken at home since childhood, completely fluent, used for research and study.
Spanish
Strong reading, writing, and oral fluency; used for research and study.
German
Basic reading, writing, and oral fluency.
 

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