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Education
 

Princeton University, (2008-present) Princeton NJ. 
PhD in Music Composition, Expected 2012.

Yale University, (1998-2002) New Haven, CT. 
B.A. Music, May 2002. Graduated Cum Laude, Distinction in the Major.

Goldsmiths College, University of London, (2002-2003) London, UK.
MMus Composition, Electro-Acoustic Pathway.

The University of Havana, Cuba in conjunction with The School for International Training. (2001)Studies in Afro-Cuban music, Spanish, and Cuban history.

 
Teaching Experience
 

Princeton University; (2009) Teaching Fellow
Teaching assistant for introductory music theory class (MUS 104 - When Music Is Made, Prof Paul Lansky, and MUS 105/6 Music Theory with Dmitri Tymoczko)

Yale University; (2003-2008) Research Assistant and Teaching Fellow.
Individual undergraduate composition lessons (Music 312), and beginning and advanced classes in audio sequencing, MIDI, and interactive programming using Max/MSP/Jitter (Music 295, Music 390).

Harvestworks Digital Media Arts Center; (2005-present) Engineer, Instructor.
Project-based Engineering and Individual tutorials in Max/MSP/Jitter; Moderator for the monthly NY Max User group.

The New School, Jazz and Contemporary Studies. (2004-present) Instructor.
Individual lessons in audio and MIDI sequencing and live audio processing using Max/MSP/Jitter.

Temple University; (2005) Guest lecturer and technical consultant.
Class in live image processing and motion/color tracking.

Litchfield Performing Arts; (1998-2001) Teaching Assistant.
Summer jazz workshops in theory, ensemble playing, and piano master classes

 
Programming/Work Experience
 

Laurie Anderson / Tide (2009-present) Creating a custom software emulation of the Eventide H8000 Audio Processing Unit for the artist's live performance rig.

Matthew Suttor / The Trial of the Cannibal Dog, (2007-2008) New Zealand International Arts Festival, Programming and live audio processing for the commissioned opera.

Matthew Suttor and David Chambers / Don Juan in Prague, (2006) The National Theater, Prague (Oct. 2006); Brooklyn Academy of Music Next Wave Festival, New York (Dec. 2006).  Computer programming and live audio processing for the multi-media adaptation of the Mozart Opera Don Giovanni.

Martin Bresnick / Caprichos Enfaticos, (2007) Programming the triggered video playback for the composer's piano and percussion piece.

Coco Fusco / A Room of One’s Own, (2007) Maidment theatre, Auckland, New Zealand; The Painted Bride and the Arden Theatres, Philadelphia; Programming and operation of live video.

The Builders Association / Continuous City, (2007) Programming and live video processing for the company's workshop at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

ARTEC Consultants Inc.; (2001) Summer internship in concert hall acoustics design, and research in material acoustic absorption properties.  New York City.

Steinway & Sons; (2004-2005) Technical consultant for the Steinway Artist iTunes music project.
 
Awards / Honors
 

STEIM, (2007) Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Awarded a two-week composer’s residency to work on electroacoustic piano and bass piece.

Sonic Arts Research Centre, (2007) Queens University, Belfast Northern Ireland. 
Performed piece 32_grains as part of the Sonorities Festival.

The Banff Centre, (2006) Alberta, Canada.
Awarded a three-week composer’s residency to record and work on Max/MSP programming.

Atlantic Center for the Arts, (2006) New Smyrna Beach, FL.
Associate Artist-in-Residence with composer William Duckworth at the Atlantic Center for the Arts .

Yale University, (2002) New Haven, CT.
Stanton Wheeler Award For Music.

Acoustical Society of America; (2001) Chicago, Illinois.
Presented the paper “Using your ears to learn about the acoustics of metal tubes,” at the 141st ASA meeting.

Jazz at Lincoln Center; (1998) New York, NY.
Outstanding Soloist Award from Wynton Marsalis. Essentially Ellington Competition.

Berklee College of Music, (1997-1998) Boston, MA.
Outstanding Musicianship Award.

   
 
Compositions / Installations
 

Points on a Line (2011) Piano and Live Electronics for solo dance performance with Rebecca Stenn. Premiered at the Joyce SoHo as part of the SONiC festival.

On Three, Or Three Then Go? (2011) Piano, Flute, Clarinet, Violin, Cello, and Percussion.
Premiered By Psappha.

I Should Have Known (2011) Piano and Live Electronics.
Premiered during solo set at The Stone.

asdlkjasdlkjasdlkjasdlkj (2010) Laptop Ensemble. Premiered by PLOrk (the Princeton Laptop Ensemble) and performed at the 2011 Open Ears Festival in Kitchener ON.

32_reeds (2010) Clarinet and Live Electronics.
Performed By Barbara White.

Bar Talk (2010) String Quartet. Responce piece to Bartok's 2nd String Quartet.
Premiered By ACME String Quartet.

Trapped Arc (2009) Piano, Flute, Clarinet, Bass, Electric Guitar.
Premiered By The NOW Ensemble.

Not So Giant (Pico) (2009) Harp, Flute, Viola.
Premiered By Janus.

Transfigured Pianos (2008/2009) Piano, Live Electronics, Multi-Channel Sonic Display.
Installation consisting of a prepared piano and live electonics created for the SoundBytes Festival, Halifax NS.

Falling Out (2008/2009) Piano.
Premiered By Kate Campbell.

piano+bass+ (2007) Piano, Bass, and Live Electronics
Collaborative piece with bassist Sean McClowry using the computer program Meta_Gest.

Thing with No Name, (2007) Piano and Electronics.
Sound design and score for the feature length documentary by filmmaker Sarah Friedland.

32_grains_toypiano, (2007, 2005) Schoenhut toy grand piano and live electronics.
Extensible Toy Piano Project, Clark University, Worcester MA and University of Albany, NY. Invited to perform live electronics with Steven Drury’s Callithumpian Consort and to perform the original composition, 32_grains_toypiano.

32_grains, Feeding_Pitch, Freezing_Pitch, & Combing_beats (2006) Piano and Live Electronics.
live improvisations with computer processing created in real time with the computer program Meta_Gest.

kk_disklavier, (2006) Interactive piece for live audio input and computer generated ‘jazz’ accompaniment on a MIDI acoustic piano.  Disklavier Open Studios, Brooklyn College. 

‘Multi-Channel Sound Installation’, (2004) Eight-channel sound installation mixing pre-composed sound design and real-time audience feedback. Chelsea Art Museum, New York City.

Lost Lake, (2003) Multi-channel electro-acoustic composition premiered at the Stanley Glasser Electronic Music Studios (EMS) Spring Concert, Goldsmiths College,  University of London.

Sustain (2002) & taptaptap (2003) Fixed medium tape pieces created with processed piano recordings.

fragmented_melody, pulse, snapsnap, fifths, pitch_follow, pitch_envelope, tapbang, chords, melodies, & moving_filters. (2002) MIDI grand piano with live audio processing.
Open Day, Stanley Glasser Electronic Music Studios (EMS) Goldsmiths College, University of London.

Stony Creek (2002) Interactive Sound and Video Installation (collaboration with video artist Gabriel Winer). Premiered at Interfaced Culture - Conference on Interactivity and Globalization in Music, Dance, Theatre, and Video.  Yale University New Haven, CT.