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Curriculum vitae

Objective

To pursue a career as a composer, educator, and researcher in higher education to apply my teaching experience and skills in composition, music theory, aural skills, and conducting to enlighten and inspire students and foster their growth as musicians.

Skills

Music Composition, Electronic Music Composition, Music Theory, Aural Skills, Music Education, Music Engraving, Guitar, Music History, Arranging, Music Production, Conducting

Education

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2022

Doctorate of Musical Arts in Music Composition, Music Theory Concentration

Dr. Carlos Carrillo, dissertation advisor

Syracuse University, 2017

Master of Music in Music Composition

Nazareth College of Rochester, 2014

Bachelor of Arts in Music

Work Experience

Kaskaskia College, Centralia, IL (August 2023 – Present)

Assistant Professor of Music and Program Coordinator

  • Instructed and evaluated undergraduate students in music theory, aural skills, guitar, piano, conducting, and general music topics

  • Conducted both the school's instrumental ensemble and concert choir

  • Organized and led a small team of adjunct professors to achieve student learning outcomes

  • Collaborated with the administration to communicate the needs and goals of the music department

  • Submitted purchase orders for necessary instructional equipment and music pieces

  • Drove community engagement through connections with local high schools, music performances, and career fairs

  • Collaborated with IT, marketing, advising, and facilities departments to ensure the smooth operation of both long-term and day-to-day operations within the music department

  • Executed administrative program reviews and budget proposals for the music department

  • Served on hiring committees to recruit, evaluate, and appoint new faculty members and student workers

 

Music Freelancer (March 2021 – Present)

Composer, Educator, Producer, and Music Engraver

  • Provided music consulting, editing, and engraving services for Oregon-based ensemble Pink Martini

  • Instructed Pink Martini members in arranging, composition, and orchestration

  • Proposals and compositions selected for multiple New Music Mosaic concerts

  • Self-produced two electronic pop albums, Pressure’s Off and [Insert Game to Continue] 

  • Completed concert, film, and other media commissions for academic and private parties

 

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL (August 2018 – May 2021)

Music Theory and Musicianship Graduate Teaching Assistant

  • Planned and taught undergraduate lectures in music theory (I-III), and aural skills (I-IV)

  • Taught harmony, counterpoint, form, 20th-century music, electronic music, and ear training

  • Developed lesson plans, completed grading, and performed clerical and evaluating tasks for department professors 

  • Consistently featured on the student evaluation-based "List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent"

  • Designed and taught a Music Composition and Theory elective class for the ISYMP

 

Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY (August 2015 – May 2017)

Music Theory Teaching Graduate Assistant 

  • Planned lessons and taught classes on music theory to undergraduate students

  • Assisted in teaching harmony, form, and counterpoint

  • Completed grading, clerical, and administrative tasks for department professors

  • Served as graduate representative for the Society for New Music
     

Nazareth College, Pittsford, NY (December 2014 – May 2015)

Aural Skills Teaching Assistant 

  • Assisted in grading, clerical, and administrative tasks for the department professor

  • Taught sight-singing and transcription to students in supervised and unsupervised conditions

Specialized Study

Private Composition Instruction

Heinrich Taube, January 2020 – May 2020       

Erik Lund, January 2019 – December 2019

Reynold Tharp, August 2018 – December 2018   

Nicolas Scherzinger, August 2016 – May 2017

Andrew Waggoner, January 2016 – May 2016    

Stephen Ferre, August 2015 – December 2015

Nancy P. Strelau, August 2014 – December 2014   

Jennifer Bellor, August 2011 – April 2014

Private Guitar Instruction

Kenneth Meyer, August 2016 – May 2017

Petar Kodzas, August 2011 – December 2014

Professional Affiliations

ASCAP, SCI, New Music Mosaic

Adjudicating Experience

2019 Martirano Composition Award – Preliminary Judge

2021 Martirano Composition Award – Preliminary Judge

Honors Received

Brian Israel Composition Award – Syracuse University, 2017

Induction to Pi Kappa Lambda, National Music Honor Society – Syracuse University, 2017

Certificate in University Teaching – Syracuse University, 2017

Classes Taught

Kaskaskia College
Concert Choir – MUSC-100
Instrumental Ensemble – MUSC-119
App. Music Class Voice – MUSC-160

App. Music: Private Voice I – MUSC-164

App. Music: Private Voice II – MUSC-166
App. Music Class Strings – MUSC-110
App. Music Private Strings I – MUSC-185
App. Music: Private Strings II – MUSC-186
Class Guitar I – MUSC-180
Class Guitar II – MUSC-181
Class Piano I – MUSC-141
Class Piano II – MUSC-142
Intro to Music in America – MUSC-101
Music Appreciation – MUSC-107
Music Theory I – MUSC-122
Music Theory II – MUSC-123
Music Theory III – MUSC-222
Music Theory IV – MUSC-223
Aural Skills I – MUSC-137
Aural Skills II – MUSC-138
Aural Skills III – MUSC-201
Aural Skills IV – MUSC-202
AFA Portfolio – MUSC-299

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Music Theory and Practice I – MUS-101
Music Theory and Practice II – MUS-102
Music Theory and Practice III – MUS-201
Musicianship I – MUS-107
Musicianship II – MUS-108
Musicianship III – MUS-207
Musicianship IV – MUS-208


Works Conducted

Kaskaskia College Instrumental Ensemble

Blue Ridge Reel – Brian Balmages
The Music of James Bond – arr. Michael Brown

Three Bach Chorales  J.S Bach, arr. William Eller
Byzantine Dances 
Carol Brittin Chambers
Sun Dance
Paul Clark
Nimrod from Enigma Variations 
Edward Elgar, arr. Jay Bocook

I Got Shoes – arr. Stacey V. Gibbs
“Aase’s Death” from Peer Gynt
Edvard Grieg, arr. Cody Paul
Suite from The Planets
Gustav Holst, arr. Johnnie Vinson
Early Music Set
arr. George T. Kirck
Exhale
Sean O’Loughlin

Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye – Cole Porter, arr. Frank Mantooth
Closin’ Time 
Howard Rowe

Waltz No. 2 – Dmitri Shostakovich, arr. Michael Brown
Send in the Clowns
Stephen Sondheim, arr. Dave Barduhn

Kinetic Dances – Randall D. Standridge
Disney Film Favorites
arr. Johnnie Vinson

Kaskaskia College Concert Choir

Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep – Laura Farnell
And So It Goes
Billy Joel, arr. Kirby Shaw
Dirait-on
Morten Lauridsen
Will the Circle Be Unbroken 
Traditional, arr. J. David Moore
Now is the Month of Maying
Thomas Morley, arr. Theron Kirk
Rest, Sweet Nymphs 
Francis Pilkington

The Night is Young – Colum Sands, arr. Paul Carey
Too Late, Sinnuh 
Spiritual, arr. Eugene Thamon Simpson
Shut de Dō
Randy Stonehill, arr. Mark Hayes
Why Fum’th in Fight
Thomas Tallis
Just as the Tide Was Flowing
Ralph Vaughan Williams

Seven Bridges Road – Stephen T. Young, arr. Kirby Shaw

Combined Ensembles

Ave verum corpus W.A Mozart, arr. Cody Paul

Last Scenes from Dido and Aeneas – Henry Purcell, arr. Cody Paul

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