Curriculum Vitae

 

Included below are selections from from my CV.  For a complete copy, please contact me.

Current Position

    Director of Percussion Studies, Longwood University (2004 - present)

 

Education

    Northwestern University, 2004

  • Master of Music in Percussion Performance, Master of Music in Music Technology
  • Thesis topic:Visual influence on auditory perception of marimba tones

    Pennsylvannia State University, 2002

  • Bachelor of Musical Arts, Percussion Performance
  • Bachelor of Science, Computer Science
  • Schreyer Scholar, graduating with honors in Computer Science and Music
  • Thesis topic:Computer Aided Analysis of Post-Tonal Music

Major Solo Performances

  • Guest Artist (soloist/conductor), Penn State University (2007)
  • Soloist, Concerto for Marimba (David Long), Longwood University Wind Symphony (2007)
  • Invited soloist, Alvin Lucier Festival (2006)
  • Guest Artist/Soloist, University of Virginia Percussion Ensemble (2006)
  • Longwood University Faculty Recitals (2005, 2006)
  • Digitalis – New Electronic Music in Charlottesville (2005)
  • Virginia/DC Day of Percussion (2005)
  • Soloist with Penn State Mallet Ensemble, MENC National Convention (2001)
  • Solo recital, Pennsylvania Music Teachers Association State Convention (2000)

Major Orchestra/Opera Performances

  

Select Chamber/Percussion Ensemble Performances

  • PASIC 2006 Focus Day – Time to Burn (by Judith Shatin, co-commissioned with I-Jen Fang)
  • Project:Percussion - Richmond Percussion Festival (2007)
  • Musser Marimba Orchestra Tribute with Gordon Stout, She-e Wu, and Bob Becker (2006)
  • Flute/Marimba Duo, Sally Irwin faculty recital (2005)
  • Elliot Carter 95th Birthday Celebration, conducted by Jan Williams (2004)
  • New Music Marathon: from A to Z! (2003)
  • New Music Northwestern – A Boulez Celebration (2002)
  • Lakeside Brass, Lake Forest, Illinois (2002)
  • Music Educators National Convention, Penn State University Mallet Ensemble (2001)
  • Pennsylvania Day of Percussion with Penn State University Percussion Ensemble (1999)

Recordings

  • Northwestern University Percussion Ensemble (to be released in 2007 by Resonator Records)
  • Charlottesville Symphony Orchestra 30th Anniversary Season Album (2004)

Major Research Presentations

  • 2007 Society for Music Perception and Cognition (Montreal, Canada)
  • 2007 Acoustical Society of America (Salt Lake City, Utah)
  • 2007 KTH Sound and Music Computing Summer School (Stockholm, Sweden)
  • 2007 Vision Sciences Society 6th Annual Conference (Sarasota, Florida)
  • 2006 International Conference on Music and Gesture (Royal Northern College of Music, UK)
  • 2006 9th International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition (Bologna, Italy)
  • 2005 Vision Sciences Society 4th Annual Conference (Sarasota, Florida)
  • 2004 8th International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition (Evanston, IL)
  • 2003 Midwest Graduate Music Consortium Conference (Evanston, Illinois)
  • 2002 Association for Technology in Music Instruction / CMS Conference, (Kansas City, Missouri)

Select Publications

  • Hearing Gestures, Seeing Music, Perception (2007)
  • Do We Hear Silent Gestures? Invited lay-language version of technical paper presented at the 153rd meeting of the Acoustical Society of America (2007)
  • Visual influence on music performance is dependent upon inter-modal relationship. Proceedings of the Society for Music Perception and Cognition conference (2007)
  • Vision influences judgments of acoustic duration, proceedings of the 153rd meeting of the Acoustical Society of America (2007)
  • Musical use of Visual Gesture: the importance of contextual information in sensory integration: proceedings of the Vision Sciences Society (2007)
  • Visual Gestures: perceptual costs and benefits of gestures, proceedings of ICMPC9 (2006)
  • Music Perception and the computer aided analysis of music, proceedings of ICMPC9 (2006)
  • Percussive Gestures, proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Music & Gesture (2006)
  • CrossTalk: Technology in the College Percussion Curriculum, Percussive Notes (2005)
  • Seeing Music, Hearing Gestures, proceedings of Vision Sciences Society (2005)
  • Influence of Visual Information on Stroke Type Perception, proceedings of ICMPC8 (2004)
  • Computer Aided Analysis of Post-Tonal Music, Pittsburgh Undergraduate Review (2002)
  • Princeton Marimba Festival, Percussive News (November, 2001)
  • Composer of “Reflections for Percussion” Per-Mus Publications (1997)

Select Premiers/Commissions

  • Time to Burn (Judith Shatin), co-commissioned with I-Jen Fang and premiered at PASIC 2006
  • Magnificat (Gordon Ring), premier conducted by the composer (2006)
  • Made In America (Joan Tower), co-premiered by the Charlottesville Symphony (2006)
  • Ground Loops - For Percussion and Internet (Peter Traub), premiered at Digitalis 2005
  • Overture for Orchestra (James Gammon), premiered by the Charlottesville Symphony (2004)
  • Experimental Pavement (Brett Dietz), premiered by NU Contemporary Music Ensemble (2003)
  • Dancing Hanumann (Mekara Chaipruk), premiered by NU Contemporary Music Ensemble (2002)
  • Lucifer, Angel of Light (Rob Reinhart), premiered by NU Contemporary Music Ensemble (2002)
  • Matrix, Peter Dawson Buck, premiered by the Penn State Mallet Ensemble (2001)

Product Endorsements

  • Sabian Cymbals (2005 - present)

Awards/Honors

  • Northwestern Eckstein Grant for graduate study, $26,000 (2002 - 2004)
  • Brewster Scholarship Recipient for graduate study in music, $9000 (2001)
  • Research Grants from Penn State University, $1200 (2001 – 2002)
  • Penn State University Creative Achievement Award (2002)
  • Edythe Portz Prize for outstanding publication in Pittsburgh Undergraduate Review (2002)
  • First Runner-up, Music Teachers National Association Percussion Competition (2000)
  • Winner, Phi Mu Alpha Wind Ensemble Concerto Competition (1998)
  • Bryce Jordan Music Excellence Scholarship (1997-2002) Academic Excellence Scholarship (1997-2001)

Additional Teaching Experience

  • Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp, Percussion Faculty (2003, 2004)
  • Preparing Future Faculty Program, Northwestern University (2002-2003)
  • Percussion Consultant, McHenry County Youth Orchestra (2002-2003)
  • Marching Percussion Instructor, Lake Braddock High School (1997-2002)

Service

  • Chair, Percussive Arts Society Music Technology Committee (2007 – present)
    • Lead annual committee meetings at PASIC (international conference)
    • Assist with planning/selections of Music Technology sessions at PASIC
    • Plan future directions of Music Technology Committee
  • Chair, Percussive Arts Society Percussive Notes Music Technology Subcommittee (2003 – present)
    • Solicit, recruit, and edit articles for Music Technology Column of Percussive Notes
    • Report to Committee Chair at annual PASIC meetings
  • Farmville area representative, Virginia chapter of the Percussive Arts Society (2007 – present)
  • Simkins Lecture Series, proposal and organization for campus vist of David Huron (2007)
  • High School outreach concerts/visits, both as soloist and with the Longwood Percussion Ensemble

Affiliations

  • Phi Beta Kappa Honors Fraternity
  • Pi Kappa Lambda Music Fraternity
  • Tau Beta Pi Honors Engineering Fraternity
  • Percussive Arts Society
  • Delta Omicron Music Fraternity
  • Golden Key Honor Society
  • National Society of Collegiate Scholars
  • Acoustical Society of America
  • Vision Sciences Society
  • Society for Music Perception and Cognition

High School Clinics/Runout Concerts

  • Youth Orchestra of Prince William Percussion Ensemble, David Salisbury director (2008)
  • Midlothian High School, hosted by Chris Thomas and Gordon Rawls (2007)
  • Thomas Edison High School, hosted by Dan Booth and Erik Richards (2007)
  • Monacan High School, hosted by Jennifer Ryan (2006)
  • Atlee High School, hosted by Matt McCutchen (2006)
  • Monticello High School, hosted by Susan Nothnagle (2006)
  • Lake Braddock High, hosted by Roy Holder (2005)

 

References

 

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