Resume/CV

Education:

Ph.D in Music Composition, University of California, Berkeley, Spring, 2003.

• Dissertation: Scenes and Events for Orchestra.
• Dissertation advisors: Dr. Olly Wilson (chair), Professor Edwin Dugger, Dr. John Thow.
• Qualifying Exam Topics:
  • Twentieth Century Literature and its Development
  • The Chief Problems Occupying Composers Today
• Discussion and analysis of the following pieces:
  • Lutoslawski: Mi Parti
  • Stravinsky: Agon
  • Varese: Octandre
  • Ravel: Chansons Madecasses
  • Webern: Symphonie Opus 21
  • Ellington: Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue

Master of Music in Composition, California State University, Northridge,1995.

• Thesis: Expansions for Orchestra
• Thesis committee: Dr. Daniel Kessner (chair), Dr. William Toutant, Professor George Heussenstamm
• Primary instructors were Daniel Kessner, Aurelio De la Vega, Beverly Grigsby, Frank Campo, and George Skapski

Bachelor of Fine Arts, City College of New York, 1982.

• Majored in Jazz performance, composition and arranging. Primary instructors were John Lewis, Edgar Summerlin, Roger Verdesi, Ruth Rowen, Jack Shapiro, Robert Norden

Teaching Experience:

• 2017-present-Adjunct Professor, University of Miami, Frost School of Music
• Courses taught:
• Musicianship Skills
• Music Theory
• Orchestration
• 2007-2013-Private Music Instructor
• Courses taught:
  • Midi Sequencing
  • Trumpet
  • Fundamentals of Music

Additional Teaching Experience:

• 2000-2003-Music Instructor and Program Director, Camp William Mendenhall
• Courses taught:
  • Midi Sequencing
  • Audio Recording
  • Music Fundamentals
  • Music Appreciation
  • Small Instrumental Combo/Percussion Ensemble

• 1999-2003; Graduate Student Instructor, U.C.Berkeley
  • • Introduction to Music History
    • Musicianship
    • Piano
    • Music Fundamentals

Additional Administrative And Performance Experience:

• 2016-present:
• Member of Symphonic Band of the Palm Beaches and Orchid City Brass
• 2006-2013-Member of Officer’s Council and National Treasurer, National Association of Composers, USA
• 2005-2006-Treasurer, National Association of Composers, USA, Los Angeles Chapter
• Personnel Manager, U.C. Berkeley Symphony Orchestra, 2001
• 1982-1987: Performances with McCoy Tyner, Joe Henderson, Kenny Burrell, Charlie Palmieri

Fellowships, Honors and Awards:

• Selected Artist, American Composers Forum, Music of the Unsung America, 2021
• James Irvine Foundation Honorary Fellowship, 2005
• ASCAPlus Awards, ASCAP, 2005 thru 2020
• Winner, Detroit Symphony Orchestra Emerging Composers
• Program, for orchestral piece Pupil of the Eye, March 2002
• Composition Selection Committee, Artists Enclave at I-Park, 2007
• Resident Artist Fellowship, Artists Enclave at I-Park, September, 2006
• Resident Artist Fellowship, Djerassi Resident Artists Program, May 2005
• Louise Patterson Award for Academic Achievement 1998, 1999
• Graduate Opportunity Program Fellowship 1997-1999
• Graduate Opportunity Program Dissertation Fellowship 2001-2002

Primary Trumpet Instructors:

• William Fielder (Professor Emeritus of Trumpet, Rutgers University)
• Malcolm Mc Nab (Professor of Trumpet, UCLA and studio musician)
• Roy Poper (Professor of Trumpet, Oberlin College, former principal trumpet, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra )
• William Bing (Professor Emeritus of Trumpet, California State University, Northridge, former co- principal trumpet, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra)
• Roy Stevens
• Bob Mc Coy (former lead trumpet, N.B.C. Orchestra and studio musician)
• Vincent Penzarella (Professor of Trumpet, Manhattan School of Music, Mannes School of Music, former second trumpet, New York Philharmonic)
• Melvyn Broiles (Professor Emeritus of Trumpet, Juilliard School, Manhattan School of Music, former principal trumpet, Metropolitan Opera)
• Carmine Caruso

Selected Conferences, Papers and Presentations:

• Presentation of compositions and performance of electroacoustic work, Leeway, for trumpet and electronics, Artists Enclave at I-Park, October, 2006
• Presentation on Compositional Techniques of Witold Lutoslawski, Society of Composers Inc. National Conference, September, 2006, Hawaii Inter national Conference on Arts and Humanities, January, 2006
• Presentation of My Compositions, Djerassi Resident Artists Program, May, 2005
• Presentation on Duke Ellington and his Extended Works, Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities, January, 2005
• Presentation and Performance of Tre for Flute, Piano and Cello, Society of Composers Inc. Region VI Conference, January, 2004
• Witold Lutoslawski: A Comparison of Compositional Techniques in Mi Parti, Epitaph for Oboe and Piano and Chain 3, University of California, Berkeley, 2000
• A Study of Duke Ellington’s Approach to Extended Form From 1935-1937 With an Emphasis on Reminiscing in Tempo and Diminuendo and Crescendo i n Blue, University of California, Berkeley, 2000. Research included analyses of Ellington’s original manuscripts at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D.C.
• The Emergence of the Third Stream Movement in America, University of California, Berkeley, 1998
• Ludwig van Beethoven String Quartet Opus 131: An Analysis of Movements Six and Seven. University of California, Berkeley, 1998
• The Great Trilogy: An Analysis of Symphonies 39, 40 , and 41 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, California State University, Northridge, 1994
• An Analysis of String Quartet in B Flat Major Opus 130, First Movement by Ludwig Van Beethoven, California State University, 1993.
• Analysis of String Quartet #4, First Movement, by Bela Bartók, California State University, Northridge, 1993
• The Harmonic Concept of Olivier Messiaen’s Musical Language, California State University, 1992

Professional Affiliations:

• ASCAP
• The College Music Society
• American Composers Forum
• National Association of Composers,USA
• Center for Black Music Research
• American Music Center
• Society of Composers, Inc.

Additional Information:

• Knowledge of Finale, Digital Performer, Pro Tools, MAX/MSP, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Powerpoint, Macintosh and Windows operating systems.
• Experience as a performer in a diversity of musical styles with specialization in classical and jazz.  Instruments: B-flat trumpet, C trumpet, piccolo trumpet, fluegelhorn

Representative List of Compositions:

• On the Other End of the Spectrum for Flute, Viola and Harp, 2021
• Quadrilateral Equation for Four Trumpets, 2020
• Connect the Dots for Brass Quintet, 2020

• Episode Variations, For Symphonic Band, 2017
• Thinking Outside of the Box, for Chamber Orchestra, 2016
• Triple Endeavors for Three Trumpets, 2013
• Three Etudes for Solo Trumpet, 2012
• Convergences for Chamber Orchestra, 2009
• On A Conveyor Belt for Small Ensemble, 2007
• Tablets for Mixed Chorus and Piano, 2006 (7 min)
• LEEWAY for Trumpet and electronics, 2006 (7 min)
• String Quartet #2, 2005 (9 min)
• ANCHORS for Flute, Bass Clarinet, Violin, Piano and Percussion, 2005 (7 min)
• Composite Sketches 2 for Trumpet, Clarinet, Cello, Piano and Percussion, 2003 (7 min)
• Scenes and Events for Orchestra, 2003 (17 min)
• Pupil of the Eye, 2001 (12 min) – Premiered by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, 2002; additional performance by the South Arkansas Symphony, 2003
• Songs for Unity for Mezzo Soprano and Piano, 2000 (6 min) – Premiered at NACUSA Los Angeles Chapter concert, April, 2006
• Tre, for Flute, Cello and Piano, 1999 (9 min)
• Piano Suite, 1998 (7 min)
• Tentet for Wind and Percussion Ensemble, 1997 (8 min)
• Miniature Suite for Wind and String Quintet, 1997 (10 min)
• Expansions for Orchestra, 1995 (17 min)
• Triplex, for Clarinet, Cello and Piano, 1994 (11 min)
• Composite Sketches, for Oboe and Bassoon, 1993 (10 min)
• Interactions for Trumpet and Vibraphone, 1993 (9 min)
• String Quartet, 1992 (17 min)
• Music For Brass Quintet and Percussion, 1992 (10 min)
• Light Invocation, for electronics,1992 (6 min)
• Blue Magic Dance, for electronics,1991 (7 min)

References:

Letters of Reference File is available upon request from:

The Chronicle of Higher Education

The following persons have written letters of recommendation on my behalf and may be contacted for reference:

Dr. Olly Wilson, Professor Emeritus
C/O Music Department
University of California, Berkeley
104 Morrison Hall #1200
Berkeley,CA 94720-1200
(510) 642-2678
ollywil@socrates.berkeley.edu

Edwin Dugger, Professor Emeritus
C/O Music Department
University of California, Berkeley
104 Morrison Hall # 1200,
Berkeley, CA 94720-1200
(510) 642-2678
edugger@socrates.berkeley.edu

Dr. John Thow, Professor
Music Department
University of California, Berkeley
104 Morrison Hall # 1200,
Berkeley, CA 94720-1200
(510) 642-2678
jthow@socrates.berkeley.edu

Additional References:

Dr. Deon Price
Professor Emeritus, El Camino College
DeonPrice@aol.com

Dr. Daniel Kessner
Professor Emeritus, California State University, Northridge
dkessner@csun.edu