EDUCATION
2007
- Doctor of Musical Arts (composition), University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music (CCM), Cincinnati, Ohio, 2010 (anticipated)
2005
- Master of Music (composition), Brooklyn College, Conservatory of Music, The City University of New York (CUNY), Brooklyn, New York
1996
- Bachelor of Music (performance), New England Conservatory of Music, Boston, Massachusetts
AWARDS/HONORS
2008–2007
- University Graduate Scholarship, University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music (CCM)
2007–2006
- ASCAPLUS Award
- 2005. 5th 'Pierre Schaeffer' International Competition of Electronic Music Composition, Accademia Musicale Pescarese, nomination
- 32nd International Competition of Electroacoustic Music and Sonic Art, International Institute of Electroacoustic Music of Bourges (IMEB), selection
- 2004–2003
- Musica Viva 2004, Miso Music Portugal, International Society for Contemporary Music (ISCM), first prize
- The John Cage Award, Brooklyn College
1992–1996
- Scholarship, New England Conservatory of Music
EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE/CERTIFICATION
2006
- Public School Teacher Certificate in Music (Permanent), New York, New York
2005–2006
- Pratt Institute, Guest Lecturer, Brooklyn, New York
- 2004. Brooklyn Philharmonic Teaching Artist, Brooklyn, New York
2003–2004
- Brooklyn College, Teaching Assistant, Music Theory, Brooklyn, New York
2002–2006
- New York City Public Schools, Music Instructor, (CS 6, Bronx, 2001; PS 223
2004–2005
- Queens, 2001; PS 176, Brooklyn, 2002-2003; PS 163, Brooklyn, 2002-2006; PS/IS 308, Brooklyn, 2004; PS 222, Brooklyn
1999–2002
- Mercy College (Bronx House Campus), Guitar Instructor (private), Bronx, New York
- Bronx House Music School, Guitar Instructor (private), 60 students, Bronx, New York
1997–1998
- Hawaii Yamaha Music School Incorporated, Music Center of Hawaii, Guitar Instructor (private), 40 students, Honolulu, Hawaii
1996–1997
- Gordon Keller Music, Vienna, Virginia; Music Outlet, Manassas, Virginia, Guitar Instructor (private), 45 students
- New England Conservatory of Music, Teaching Assistant, Aural Training, Boston, Massachusetts
RESIDENCIES
2007
- Prairie Center of the Arts, Peoria, Illinois
- Montana Artists Refuge, Basin, Montana
- Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts, Nebraska City, Nebraska
COMPOSITIONS
2007
- Hexagonal (Facets 1-6), composition for compact disc
2005
- By Rote, multimedia composition for electric guitar, electric bass, percussion, electroacoustic soundscape and planetarium
2004
- Color of a Doubt: an urban fable, film soundtrack
- Angel of Death, film soundtrack
- Consume, multimedia composition for compact disc and video (large screen projection)
2003
- Language, multimedia composition for voice, compact disc and video (large screen projection)
2002
- Fragment, composition for 60 guitars and 6 multicolored balloons
2001
- The Chosen Letters #5, #12, #12, #9, #19, composition for guitar
- The Chosen Letters #19, #25, #2, #9, #12, composition for guitar
- Women Who Eat Meat, film soundtrack
2000
- Paola, composition for electric guitar, electric bass, percussion, organ and string quartet
1998
- H1, composition for piano
1997
- The Chosen Letters #5, #20, #8, #1, #14, composition for piano
- Trialogue, composition for treble clef instrument, bass clef instrument and percussion
1996
- Descend, composition for guitar
- Walk, multimedia composition for electric guitar, electric bass, percussion, voice, audio tape, performance art and video (large screen projection)
1995
- To Sleep, composition for audio tape
PERFORMANCES/BROADCASTS
2007
- Hipersonica, Electronic Language International Festival (FILE), SoundLAB, Sao Paulo, Brazil
- ARTRADIO at Cornerhouse, Manchester, United Kingdom
- Prague Quadrennial (PQ), Scenofest 2007, Prague, Czech Republic
- Art is Not Mute, Ersta Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden
- Futuresonic 2007, SoundNetwork, NetworkEXPOSED, Victoria Baths, Manchester, United Kingdom
- Musica Viva Electroacoustic Composition Competition CD Release Concert, Miso Music Portugal, Instituto Franco-Portugues, Philippe Friedman Auditorium, Lisbon, Portugal
- Concordia College, Electroacoustic Music Series I, Part 2: 'Voices', Moorhead, Minnesota
- ICEBOX 02, Liquid Fridge, Bell-Roberts CUBE Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
- Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Rosario (MACRO), SoundLAB, Rosario, Argentina
- Jaman (an online library of world cinema), jaman.com
- Casoria Contemporary Art Museum, SoundLAB, Naples, Italy
- Museo de Arte Contemporaneo (MAC), Universidad Nacional del Litoral (UNL), SoundLAB, Santa Fe, Argentina
- The Sound of Musing, Eyedrum, Atlanta, Georgia
- 2nd Festival Internacional de Arte Digital Rosario 2006 'Muestra 01', SoundLAB, Rosario, Argentina
- Unsafe Festival, The Lighthouse in Poole, Dorset, United Kingdom
- ://selfportrait - a show for Bethlehem - a show for Peace, SoundLAB, Performance Intermedia Festival, OFFicyna Art Space, Szczecin, Poland
- The Store, McMurdo Station, Antarctica
2006
- Memoryscapes, SoundLAB, soundlab.newmediafest.org, Cologne, Germany
- Rome International Film Festival (RIFF), Rome, Georgia
- Foldback Sound Festival 2006, Dalston, London, United Kingdom
- Fieldwork, 2SER-FM, Sydney, Australia
- AOL Moviefone Short Film Festival, aol.com
- Cinequest Film Festival, cinequest.org
- DEGEM WebRadio @ ZKM, German Association for Electroacoustic Music (DEGEM) and the Center for Art and Media (ZKM), Karlsruhe, Germany
- International Society for Contemporary Music (ISCM) World New Music Festival 2006, Electroacoustic Music Night, German Association for Electroacoustic Music (DEGEM), Stuttgart, Germany
- diffusions.org, EAR - new music collective, Dublin, Ireland
- Wilderness Information Network (A continuous, solar powered series of sound-art transmissions located at the Pine Lake Environmental Campus of Hartwick College), Oneonta, New York
- Intermedia Manifold: TechArt06 Exhibition, DeKalb, Illinois
- Signal and Noise 2006, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- 11th International Festival of Electroacoustic Music: ‘Spring in Havana 2006', Havana, Cuba
- Elektramusic - Radioshow for Experimental Music, Bourges, France
- Cinema for the Ear: The San Francisco Tape Music Festival 2006, ODC Theater, San Francisco, California
- Royal Musical Association (RMA) Research Students' Conference 2006, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
- Copilandia, A GRATIS project, Sevilla Entre Culturas Festival, Centro de Arte de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain
- It's Too Damn Early, WDBX, Carbondale, Illinois
- Sonus, Canadian Electroacoustic Community, sonus.ca, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
2005
- La Salle University Electro-Acoustic Music Festival, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Society of Composers, Inc., National Conference, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, North Carolina
- Zeppelin, Orquestra del Caos, Sonoscop, Barcelona, Spain
- Electronic Music Midwest, Kansas City Kansas Community College, Kansas City, Kansas
- Musicacoustic 2005: Mix, Beijing, China
- Foldover, WOBC, Oberlin, Ohio, USA
- Epsilonia Radio Show, Radio Libertaire, Paris, France
- Kalvos and Damian's New Music Bazaar, WGDR, Plainfield, Vermont, USA
- San Jose State University, San Jose, California
- Art Trail ‘Soundworks', Cork, Ireland
- City College of New York Planetarium, New York, USA
- CUNY TV, New York, USA
- Martian Gardens, WMUA, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA
- art@radio, WMBC, Baltimore, Maryland
- Victoria Independent Film and Video Festival 2005, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
- Workshop on Computer Music and Audio Technology (WOCMAT) 2005, Taipei, Taiwan
- Millennium Film Workshop, New York, USA
- Most Significant Bytes 2004 II, Mount Union College, Alliance, Ohio, USA
2004
- Musica Viva, Miso Music Portugal, International Society for Contemporary Music (ISCM), Lisbon, Portugal
- International Electro-Acoustic Festival at Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, New York
- Continental, New York, USA
- Lot 61, New York, USA
- ABC No Rio, New York, USA
- Living Room, New York, USA
- Two Boots Pioneer Theatre, New York, USA
- CBGB's Gallery, New York, USA
- Glenn Branca: Symphony #13 'Hallucination City' (world premiere), World Trade Center Plaza, New York, USA
- CMJ Music Festival, New York, USA
- Knitting Factory, New York, USA
- Galapagos Art Space, Brooklyn, New York, USA
- Collective Unconscious, New York, New York, USA
- Anna Bannana's, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
- Art of the States, WGBH, Public Radio International, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Zeitgeist Gallery, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
- Jordan Hall, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Berklee Performance Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Millard Auditorium, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
- Reston Festival, Reston,Virginia
DISCOGRAPHY
2007
- Electronic Music Vol. III, Musica Viva Competition Prize Winners 2004-2005-2006, Miso Records
2004
- BC Sound Serum, Brooklyn College Center for Computer Music (BCCCM)
PRIMARY MENTORS
- Mara Helmuth, Amnon Wolman, Paul Bley, Ran Blake, Hankus Netsky, Joseph Maneri, Scott Sandvik, Masashi Harada, Jackie McLean, Randy Johnston, Michael Fath, Bill Biesecker
