Education
- DMA in Music Composition • University of Missouri-Kansas City • May 2010 • Principal composition teachers: James Mobberley, Paul Rudy, Chen Yi, Zhou Long, Joao Pedro Oliveira • 4.0 GPA
- MM in Music Composition • University of Arizona • May 2006 • Principal composition teachers: Daniel Asia, Craig Walsh
- BA in Print Journalism with a minor in Music Theory • American University • May 2002
Teaching Experience Summary
- Western Michigan University • Assisstant Professor of Digital Composition • August 2011—present
- Iowa Western Community College • Full Time Instructor • August 2010 – May 2011
- University of Missouri-Kansas City • Preparing Future Faculty Fellow and Various Teaching Appointments • August 2006 - May 2010
- Kansas City, Kansas Community College • Adjunct Instructor • Spring 2007
- University of Arizona • Music Theory • Fall 2005
Teaching Experience Specifics
Courses Taught and Curriculum Developed
Iowa Western Community College
- Sound Technology • Course for Technical Music Majors, Technical Theatre Majors, and an Elective Course • Fall 2010 and Spring 2011
- Pro Tools 101 • Course for Technical Music Majors and an Elective Course • Fall 2010 and Spring 2011
- MIDI • Course for Technical Music Majors and an Elective Course • Fall 2010
- Recording Ensemble • Course for Technical Music Majors and an Elective Course • Fall 2010 and Spring 2011
- Applied Music Lessons • Elective • Music Composition Lessons • Two Sections • Fall 2010 and Spring 2011
- Notation • Course for Technical Music Majors and Music Majors • Spring 2011
Courses Created
University of Missouri-Kansas City
- Composition Pedagogy • Graduate course • Created and taught with James Mobberley • Spring 2008 and Spring 2010
- Electronic Music Composition • Upper level undergraduate course • Developed due to student requests as an undergraduate max/msp course • Fall 2009
Courses Taught
University of Missouri-Kansas City
- Computer Programming for Musicians • Graduate and undergraduate sections • Taught with Paul Rudy • Fall 2008
- Orchestration • Upper level undergraduate course • Spring 2009
- Creative Collaborations • Graduate and undergraduate sections • Taught with Mara Gibson • Spring 2009
- Electronic Music Techniques I • Undergraduate course • Fall 2008
- Electronic Music Techniques II • Undergraduate course • Spring 2008
Kansas City, Kansas Community College
- Applications for Computer Music • Undergraduate Course • Spring 2007
University of Arizona
- 20th Century Form and Analysis • Upper level undergraduate course • Fall 2005
Additional Teaching Experience
- University of Missouri-Kansas City Academy’s Summer Composition Workshop • 2010
- Private lessons in composition and technology • 2007-10
- University of Missouri-Kansas City Composer Mentorship program • 2006-8
- University of Missouri–Kansas City Composers in the Schools program • 2006-7
- Music theory and musicianship tutor • University of Arizona • 2004-6
Awards/Honors
- 2011 Truman State University/Macro Analysis Creative Research Organization Composition Competition Award and Commission • Object Metamorphosis • 2010
- SCI Journal of Scores • MHCHAOS • 2010
- Finalist for a Charlotte Street Award for Performing and Generative Artists • 2010
- SEAMUS/ASCAP Student Award (1st Prize) • 2009
- Preparing Future Faculty Fellowship • University of Missouri, Kansas City • 2007-10
- Runner-up for Sheppard Distinguished Composer Award • Music Teacher’s National Association • 10-33 • 2009
- Nominated for a Charlotte Street Award for Performing and Generative Artists • 2009
- Finalist for a Charlotte Street Award for Performing and Generative Artists • 2008
- Missouri Composer of the Year • Missouri Music Teacher’s Association • 2008
- Grant • Northern Trust/Piper Enrichment Fund • 2006
Guest Composer
- Truman State New Music Festival • Guest Composer—Master Classes and Lectures • 2011
- Electroacoustic Juke Joint • 2010
Conference/Festival Presentations
- SEAMUS • 2011, 2010, 2009, 2007, 2006
- New Music Festival of the University of Nebraska at Kearney • 2011
- Noise Floor • 2011
- Navy Band Symposium Saxophone Festival • 2010
- Electronic Music Midwest • 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2005
- Spark Festival of Electronic Music and Art • 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006
- Electroacoustic Juke Joint • 2009, 2008, 2007
- SCI Regional Conferences • 2009, 2007
- University of Central Missouri New Music Festival • 2009
- Missouri Music Teacher’s Association Conference • 2008
- SCI Student National Conference • 2008
- June in Buffalo • 2008, 2006
- 6th Annual Conference of Arts and Humanities • 2008
- Bellingham Electronic Arts Festival • 2006
- California Ear Unit Composer’s Workshop • 2006
- National Saxophone Association Annual Conference • 2006
- Imagine2 • 2006, 2005
- NWEAMO • 2005
Adjudication Experience
- Society for Composers, Inc. CD Series • 2010
- Kansas City Electronic Music and Arts Alliance Commission • 2010
- Kansas City Electronic Music and Arts Alliance Call for Scores • 2010
- SEAMUS Conference • 2010
- Missouri Music Teacher’s Association Composer of the Year Award • 2009
- Missouri Music Teacher’s Association Student Awards • 2009
- Kansas City Electronic Music and Arts Alliance Newbie Commissions • 2009
- Kansas City Electronic Music and Arts Alliance Newbie Commissions • 2008
Guest Lectures/Presentations
- Analysis of “Object Metamorphosis” • Macro Musicians Workshop• Madison, WI• 2011
- Presentation on My Music • University of Wisconsin-Whitewater • Composition Class • 2010
- Electro<>acústico lecture recital • Roosevelt University Composition Seminar• 2010
- Writing for Electronics • University of Missouri-Kansas City Academy’s Summer
Composition Workshop • 2010
- Fast Fourier Transforms and Processing • University of Missouri-Kansas City • Graduate Electronic Music Composition Class • 2010
- Perceptual Confluence: Cognitive Issues Relating to Multimedia Works • University of Missouri-Kansas City • Creative Collaboration Course • 2010
- Presentation/Master Class • Kansas City Art Institute • Senior Thesis Course • 2009
- Multimedia Collaboration • Kansas City Art Institute • Collaboration Class • 2008
- Developing Variation in Berg’s Op. 1 • University of Arizona • 20th Century Music Theory Course • 2006
Entrepreneurial Initiative and Management Experience
- Co-founder of a Non-profit • The Kansas City Electronic Music and Arts Alliance
Music Production, Ensembles, Live Sound, and Studio Work
Electro<>Acústico: duo for clarinet and electronics
- Member, Electronics and Sound Reinforcement
- Fall 2010 Tour
- University of Columbia-Missouri • 2010
- University of Dubuque • 2010
- University of Wisconsin-Whitewater• 2010
- Northern Illinois University • 2010
- Illinois State University • 2010
- Elmhurst University • 2010
- Roosevelt University • 2010
Quadrivium: flute, clarinet, cello, piano, and electronics
- Electroacoustic Sound Artist for the Ensemble • 2010-11
NewEar Contemporary Music Ensemble
- Production Manager, 2008-9
- Beyond Minimalism • 2008
- Kansas City Connections • 2008
- Crossing Acoustic Spaces • 2009
- Music of Györgi Ligeti • 2009
- Technical Assistant, 2007-8
- Sounds of the Northwest Hemisphere • 2007
- Climbing Parnassus • 2007
- Three English Gentlemen • 2008
- Pacific Rim • 2008
Kansas City Electronic Music and Arts Alliance
- Board of Directors • 2010-11
- Vice-President, Artistic Director, Production Manager, Board of Directors •2009-10
- ArtSounds: ElectroKatharsis • 2009
- Call and Response with Kansas City Jazz Museum • 2009
- KcEMA at Electronic Music Midwest • 2009
- KcEMA Newbie Commissions • 2009
- KcEMA KcEnnections with Paul Rudy • 2010
- Quadrivium Novem with Quadrivium Ensemble • 2010
- Production Manager, Artistic Director, Incorporation Director, 2008-9
- KcEMA and Friends • 2008
- ArtSounds: e-motion • 2008
- I See a Cat with Paul Rudy • 2008
- I See You with Sonict Ensemble • 2009
- Minima • 2009
- (Re)Structured with Brad Baumgardner • 2009
- Production Manager, Artistic Director, Cofounder, 2007-8
- ArtSounds: Synthaestic Spaces • 2007
- Life Like Driftwood • 2007
- Wit(ness) with Eric Honour • 2008
- Awesome Box • 2008
- Experimental with Mark Snyder • 2008
- Interactive Gestures with Joao Pedro Oliviera • 2008
University of Missouri, Kansas City Academy’s Summer Composition
Workshop
University of Missouri, Kansas City
- Studio Manager, 2006-7
- Student Composer’s Concerts
- Musica Nova Concerts
University of Arizona
- Studio Assistant, 2004-6
- Assist with studio maintenance
- Assist students working in the studio
Primary Research Interests
- Perception and Multimedia Works
- Aesthetic Considerations for Digital Media Art
- Music Composition Pedagogy
- Post-Tonal Music Theory
Graduate Papers in Music Courses
- Medieval Associations from a Postmodern Mind: Michel Chion’s “Requiem”
- Facilitating Change: Jean-Baptiste Lully and The Oboe
- Textural, Pitch, and Harmonic Conflict and Synthesis in the Exposition of Mozart’s Symphony No. 35
- Deconstructing the Boulez-Cage Correspondence
- Precedents and Innovations: Framing Issues Surrounding György Ligeti’s Claims of Artistic Autonomy
- Perceptual Reconciliation of Live Instruments and Digital Media
- Process and Structure in Ligeti’s “Sting Quartet No. 1”
- Developing Variation in Berg’s “Piano Sonata in B-Minor, Op. 1”
- Materials, Function, and Form in the 1st Movement of Ligeti’s “Piano Concerto”
Selected Software/Programming
Software
- Digital Audio Workstations
- Digital Performer
- Logic
- Pro Tools
- Cubase
- Garage Band
- Object-Based Programming
- Audio Editing Software
- Notation Software
- Synthesis Software
- Software Samplers
- Plug-in and Specialty Software
- Metasynth
- Spear
- Spectron
- Waves
- Hipno
- Pluggo
- Soundsoap
- Kyma
- NI Komplete
- Bias Master Perfection Suite
- Video and Photo Software
- Adobe Production Suite
- Final Cut Express
- Processing
- Website Software
Programming
- James Mobberley • Vox Inhumana • for NewEar
- Jorge Sosa • Refraction I • for Electro<>Acústico
- James Mobberley • Going with the Fire • for Rebecca Ashe
- Alvin Lucier • Ever Present • for NewEar
- Harold Budd • Children on the Hill • arranged by Kyle Gann • for 2nd International Minimalist Conference
Recordings
- MHCHAOS • SEAMUS CD Series • 2010
- Exterminate all the Brutes • Eric Honour solo CD (forthcoming)
- S**p Crackle *O* • Christopher Biggs • Metatexts • 2009
- P.S. My Uncle Helped Develop the Patriot Missile • Christopher Biggs and Pangea Piano Project • Metatexts • 2009
- New Years • Christopher Biggs • Metatexts • 2009
Master Class Participation
- Hans Tutschku • 2008
- Charles Dodge • 2008
- Cort Lippe • 2008
- Roberto Morales • 2008
- Morton Subotnick • 2008
- Ben Thigpen • 2008
- Frederic Rzewski • 2007
- David Felder • 2006
- Bernard Rands • 2006
- Harvey Sollberger • 2006
- Augusta Read Thomas • 2006
- Charles Wuorinen • 2006
Selected List of Compositions
Electronics and Instruments
- The BFG • toy piano and live electronics • commissioned by Keith Kirchoff • 2010
- P.S. My Uncle Helped Develop the Patriot Missile • piano duo and digital audio • commissioned by Pangea Piano Project • 2009
- Sunbathing Galaxy • guitar and live electronics • written for Magnus Andersson to perform at June in Buffalo • 2007-8
- MHCHAOS • flute and live electronics • commissioned by Rebecca Ashe • 2007-8
- The Role of Fruit and Alchemy • harp and digital audio • commissioned by Shuri Okajima • 2006
- Inconspicuous Impulses • piano and digital audio • commissioned by Shu-Cheng Ching • 2006
- Exterminate all the Brutes • saxophone and digital audio • commissioned by Elizabeth Bunt • 2006
- The Capgras’ Patience Wanes • saxophone and quadraphonic digital audio • written for Elizabeth Bunt •2005
Multimedia
- Amass • clarinet and interactive digital audio and video • written for Mauricio Salguero • 2011
- Externalities • cello and digital audio and video • written for Madeline Shapiro • 2011
- The Ends of Histories • piano, digital video, and live electronics • commissioned by Kari Johnson • 2010
- Mindreaders • flute, clarinet, digital video, and live electronics • commissioned by Sophia Tegart and Gabrielle Buffoni • 2010
- Bioluminescence • flute, clarinet, piano, digital audio and video • commissioned by SEAMUS/ASCAP • 2009-10
- 10-33 • clarinet and fixed media audio/video • commissioned by the Missouri Music Teacher’s Association and Music Teacher’s National Association • 2008/10
- Promethea • alto saxophone, digital and video • collaboration with Barry Anderson, video artist • commissioned by Elizabeth Bunt • 2009
- S**p Crackle *O* • fixed media audio and video • 2008/09
- S**p Crackle *O* • fixed media audio and dance • collaboration with Paula Weber, choreographer• 2008
- Radiation • live electronics—video and audio • collaboration with Tyler Galloway, video artist • 2007
- Unbalanced • trs cable, guitar amplifier, human subject, live electronics, and video • 2006/09
Digital Audio
- New Years • digital audio • 2008
- Three Places in my Room • digital audio • 2005
Large Ensemble (with and without electronics)
- Object Metamorphosis II • wind ensemble and digital audio • commissioned by Macro—Macro Analysis Creative Research Organization • 2011
- Object Metamorphosis • wind ensemble and digital audio • written for UMKC Wind Symphony • 2009-10
- Impromptu Waterpark • wind ensemble • 2008
- As Quietly they Calculate • chamber orchestra • 2006
- Little Side Steps • orchestra • 2005
Chamber Music
- Bioluminescence, 37 • flute, viola, harp • commissioned by the Alati Ensemble • 2007
- Special Anxieties • flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, percussion • written for the
- California Ear Unit’s Composer Symposium • 2006
- Nommo Spacecraft or Interplanetary Spore • guitar • written for Magnus Andersson • 2006
- Five Sections • saxophone quartet • 2005
- Premonition of an Afterthought • viola and piano • 2004
- Ping-Pong Variations • piano • 2003-6
Professional Memberships
- Macro Analysis Creative Research Organization
- Society for Electroacoustic Music in the United States
- College Music Society
- Society for Composers, Inc.