Curriculum Vita

education
degree	focus	institution	year
Doctor of Music	Composition	Northwestern University	2003
Master of Music	Composition	Bowling Green State University	1999
Master of Music	Percussion Performance	Bowling Green State University	1999
Bachelor of Arts	Music	Illinois Wesleyan University	1996

teaching experience
institution	title	classes	year
West Liberty State College	Assistant Professor	Music Technology and Percussion	2005 -
Stetson University	Visiting Professor	Music Technology, Analysis and Theory	2003 - 2004
University of Wisconsin - Parkside	Associate Lecturer	Appreciation and Theory	2001-2003
Northwestern University	Adjunct Professor	Music Appreciation	2001

professional development
event	description	location	date
Full Load Festival	Improvised laptop music and video with MPG	The Loft Building, design district, Miami, FL	04.23.05
Stetson University Faculty Recital	Performance of live electronic music	Stetson University, DeLand, FL	03.20.05
Florida Electro-acoustic Music Festival	Concert (attended, did not participate)	The University of Florida	04.07.05
College Music Society Technology Institute	Week-long technology workshop	Illinois State University	June 2002

recognition
piece	instrumentation	award	year
Chin Music	sax quartet, perc quartet	Northwestern's Faricy Award for Music Composition	2000
Skies of Couple Color	fl, cl, vcl, 2 perc, pno	MTNA Composition Competition Winner at State and Division levels	1998
Catharsis	orchestra	Programmed on the "Young and Emerging Composers Concert" by the Cleveland Chamber Symphony	December 1998
Skies of Couple Color	fl, cl vcl, 2 perc, pno	ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer Awards - Finalist	1998

special presentations
name	content	school	date
Computer Music	History of computers in music, examples of current applications and programs, examples of my own creative work	Stetson University	March 2005
Music of Indonesia	History and demonstration of Gamelan music	Stetson University	March 2005
Music of Ghana	Drumming and Dance of the Ewe people of Ghana, West Africa	Stetson University	September 2004
Computer Music	Concert and presentation of my own computer music	University of Wisconsin - Parkside	October 2003

Sunday, Jul. 6th, 2008