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Curriculum Vitae

EDUCATION:

1997 Cleveland State University; Cleveland, Ohio
Master of Music, Composition/Theory

1993 Cleveland State University; Cleveland, Ohio
Bachelor of Music, Composition

AWARDS:

Ohio Arts Council 2005 Individual Artist Fellowship

SELECTED WORKS:

Umwelt, sound/text 2008

Jhator, guitar and electronics 2008

A Dream Upon Waking, score for independent film (Joe Bauer, director) 2007

Dig for vibraphone, trumpet and percussion - commission for the Cleveland Institute of Art for 2006 commencement ceremony.

American Dream sound-text in collaboration text/visual artist Lane Cooper 2005

Eftah oud-based computer music in collaboration with oud performer Jeremy Bleich 2004-2005

Sum of Zero sound-text in collaboration text/visual artist Lane Cooper, performed at the 2004

Humayan solo cello 2004

Origins of Man sound-text (multi-media installation Origins of Man in collaboration with visual artist Charles Tucker and text/visual artist Lane Cooper)2003

Bloom guitar-based computer music 2003

Semiosis sound-text (part of multi-media installation Semiosis in collaboration with visual artist Charles Tucker and text/visual artist Lane Cooper) 2003

Reviving Ophelia sound-text in collaboration with text/visual artist Lane Cooper 2003

Floodplain guitar-based computer music 2002

Disputa/Text of Belief sound-text (part of multi-media installation Disputa in collaboration with visual artist Charles Tucker) 2002

Surface of Things guitar-based computer music 2001-2002

Monument trumpet, electric guitar, contrabass and electronics 1999-2000

Divided Loyalties bassoon and piano 1999

An Old Woman women's chorus, cello, harp and synthesizer 1997

Communio percussion and electronics 1993-1997

Trio clarinet, cello and piano 1994-1997

Three Pieces for Chamber Ensemble flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, trombone, two percussion, piano, contrabass 1995-1997

Family Tree chamber orchestra 1995

Fulcrum Point four pianos 1992-1993

RECENT EXHIBITIONS AND PERFORMANCES:

Contemporanea Festival: Framment Azioni Project - Udine, Italy 2008

Other Voices, Other Sounds: Radio Broadcast - Santa Fe, New Mexico 2008

Visual Connections: A History of the Moving Image - Cleveland, Ohio 2006

Ingenuity Festival - Cleveland, Ohio 2006

Cleveland Institute of Art/Commencement - comminssioned work 2006

High Mayhem Festival - Santa Fe, New Mexico 2005

NWEAMO Festival - San Diego, California 2005

NWEAMO Festival - Portland, Oregon 2005

Festival Internacional de Musica y Nuevas Tecnologias - Mexico City 2005

Silent Auction, Pandemonium, Cleveland Public Theater - Cleveland, Ohio 2005

Dissent: Political Voices, SPACES Gallery - Cleveland, Ohio 2005

Zeppelin Festival, Centre de Cultura Contempor‡nia de Barcelona - Barcelona, Spain 2004

BK Smith Gallery, Lake Erie College - Painesville, Ohio 2003

SPACElab, SPACES Gallery - Cleveland, Ohio 2003

Silent Auction, Pandemonium - Cleveland Public Theater, Cleveland, Ohio 2003

The Sculpture Center - Cleveland, Ohio 2002

TEACHING:

Lakeland Community College; Kirtland, Ohio; 1998 - Present
Music Theory I & II /Electronic Music I & II.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:

Member of the Austin New-Music Co-OP, a grass roots community organization made of up of composers and performers from the Austin area dedicated to increasing awareness and understanding of new music.

Current member of The American Music Center, a program co-founded by Aaron Copeland to promote the production, publication, distribution and performance of contemporary American music.

Former member of the Cleveland Composers Guild, a self-help organization for composers living in Northeast Ohio.