Resume

EDUCATION:

• PhD Music Composition and Theory. Brandeis University. 2008

• MFA Composition and Theory. Brandeis University. 2003-05

• BM Piano Performance with Honors. University of Arizona. 1998-2003

• Private Piano Study with Marilyn Nonken. 2004-07

• Masterclasses at French Piano Institute. 2001

• Private Composition Studies with Frank Sikora, Lucerne Conservatory. 2001

GRANTS AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS:

• Commission from the Serge Koussevitzky Foundation at the Library of Congress. 2011

•  American Academy of Arts and Letters. Goddard Lieberson Fellowship. 2011

• Harvard University. Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. Fellowship. 2011-12

•  Fulbright Faculty Research Grant. Berlin, Germany. 2011-12 (Declined)

• Tanglewood Music Festival. Patricia Plum Wylde Fellowship. 2011

• Paul Sacher Stiftung, Research Fellowship, Basel Switzerland. 2010

• Selection for National Arts Center Composing Apprentice. Ottowa, Canada. (Declined). 2010

• Resident Artist, Moulin a Nef, Auvillar, France 2009

• International Society of Contemporary Music (ISCM) Composition Prize. 2008

• Paul Sachar Stiftung, Research Fellowship. Basel Switzerland. 2008

• Virginia Center for Creative Arts Residency. 2008 /2006

• MacDowell Artist Colony Residency.  2007

• Brandeis University Prize Instructorship (for innovative teaching). 2007

• Brandeis Dissertation Research Grant. 2006

• Wellesley Composers Conference Fellowship. 2005

• Doctoral Fellowship, Brandeis University. 2003- 08

• Aspen Music Festival. Ford Schumann Composition Fellowship. 2004

• Honors College. University of Arizona. 1998-2003

• Creative Achievement Award. University of Arizona. 2002

• Medeci Foundation, for study at French Piano Institute. 2001

TEACHING POSTS:

• Clark University. 2008-Present. 

Assistant Professor, Music Composition and Theory.

• Tufts University. 2007-08

Lecturer: Music Theory.

• Brandeis University. 2004-2008

Lecturer: Undergraduate Composition,
A Capella Choral Arranging, Ear Training,
The Life and Music of Miles Davis.

• Boston University. 2007

Online Course Facilitator:
Analytical Techniques for Tonal Music.
Graduate Level. Online Class.

• University of Campinas at Sao Paulo, Brazil. Nov. Dec. 2006

Guest Lecturer:
Undergraduate Seminar in the Music of Olivier Messiaen.
Undergraduate Composition Lessons.

• Aracaju Conservatory, Sergipe, Brazil. June. July. 2003

Guest Lecturer:
Piano Performance. Private Lessons and Masterclasses.

 

ADMINISTRATIVE POSTS

• Founder, Artistic Director, The Etchings Festival, Auvillar, France.

• Artistic Director, East Coast Contemporary Ensemble.  2005- present