c.v. : teaching
education : teaching : expertise : recognition : professional service
performances : publications/presentations : reviews : commissions : etc.

  • University of Virginia McIntire Department of Music (2003-2006)
    • Seminar Director
      • Jefferson Scholars National Undergraduate Selection Weekend (Spring ’06): Selected readings, developed essay questions, organized UVA faculty involvement, and led discussion sessions for 100 prospective students on "Hurricane Katrina and the Arts"
    • Independent Instructor
      • Introduction to Music Technology (Summer ’03 & ’04): New course of my design on fundamentals of recording, MIDI, digital audio, and electroacoustic music history and composition for fifteen undergrad and graduate students
      • Basic Musical Materials and Skills (Fall ’03 & Spring ‘04): Sixty-person undergraduate course on Western music notation, rhythm, harmony, melody, & ear training; new class format & size required substantial redesign
    • Teaching Assistant
      • Introduction to Computers in Music (Spring ’05, with Judith Shatin): Course focused on music technology, composition/sound design, & the history/aesthetics of computer music
      • Making Musical Things (Fall ’04, with Matthew Burtner): Course focused on building interactive performance interfaces using sensors, microprocessors, & video tracking
    • Invited Guest Lecturer for Intro to Computer and Music (on interactive performance), Opera Then and Now (on New Media Opera), Interactive Media (on live video techniques and trends in interactive performance), and Piano Skills (on prepared piano techniques)

  • Oslo, Norway (2006-2007)
    • Invited speaker, Titan Teaterskole (on sound generation/design for live theater) and NoTAM Forum Lecture Series (on recent compositional strategies and outcomes)

  • Charlottesville/Albemarle Community (2002-2006)
    • Invited speaker, Music and Mind Series: program for 250 students at Monticello High School
    • Community outreach teaching through VA Center for Computer Music and Prospect Dance Group through local after-school programs, multiple school districts, and the UVA art musuem and summer programs office

  • Oberlin Conservatory of Music (1997-2003)
    • Summer Workshops Faculty in Electronic Music and New Media for high school/college students and professionals focused on electronic music composition, studio recording, and media production

  • Mills College Center for Contemporary Music 1999-2001
    • Teaching Assistant for Advanced Audio Recording (Spring ’00 & ’01, with Maggi Payne): Fifteen-person course for undergrad and grad students focused on multi-track recording, advanced microphone, equalization, processing techniques, & mixing
    • Teaching Assistant for Intro to Electronic Music (Fall ’99 & ’00, with Maggi Payne): Fifteen-person undergraduate course focused on techniques and theory of electro- acoustic music, musique concrθte, and basic recording techniques
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