Curriculum vitae
Associate Professor and Head of Music Composition
Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University
Department of Music | 81 George Street, New Brunswick NJ 08901
EDUCATION
2013 Ph.D. in Music Composition, University of Pennsylvania
2011 A.M. in Music Composition, University of Pennsylvania (with conducting studies at the Curtis Institute of Music, 2009–11)
2008 M.M. in Music Composition with high honors, University of Oregon
2006 B.A. in Music & English Literature with honors, University of Puget Sound
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2014 June in Buffalo Summer Composition Course
2012 Aspen Summer Music Festival (Susan and Ford Schumann Scholarship for Composition)
2010 Freie Universität Berlin Summer Composition Course (Berlin)
2007 Accademia Chigiana Summer Composition Course (Siena)
2007 Oregon Bach Festival Composers Symposium
TEACHING & RESEARCH POSITIONS
Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University (2017—)
Associate Professor of Music (with tenure); Head of Composition; School of Graduate Studies Music Program Director
Curtis Institute of Music (2014–2017)
Musical Studies Division | Faculty in Music Theory
Bates College (2013–2014)
Department of Music | Visiting Assistant Professor of Music; Director, Bates College Orchestra
CONDUCTING & ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS
Network for New Music, Philadelphia, PA
Executive Director, 2014–2016
Syzygy New Music Ensemble, New York, NY
Principal Conductor, 2010–2013
Juventas New Music Ensemble, Boston, MA
Associate Conductor, 2008–2009
Oregon Bach Festival Composers Symposium, Eugene, OR
Assistant Director, 2007–2009
Eugene Contemporary Chamber Ensemble, Eugene, OR
Music Director & Conductor, 2007–2009
DISCOGRAPHY
Solo Albums, EPs, and Singles
2025 North Woods. Lorelei Ensemble; Beth Willer, cond. New Focus Recordings (EP, 13 minutes); forthcoming
2022 The Outer Edge of Youth. The Thirteen; Amy Broadbent, soprano; Emily Marvosh, alto; Matthew Robertson, conductor. Acis Productions
2022 The Clearing and the Forest. SOLI Chamber Ensemble. Acis Productions
2022 Quiet Music for the City of Hong Kong. Patrick Yim, Yinbin Qian, violins. Acis Productions
2021 Nineteen Movements for Unaccompanied Cello. Arlen Hlusko, cello. Acis Productions
2020 Girl in the Snow. Julia Dawson, mezzo-soprano; Anna Naretto, piano. Acis Productions
Compilations
2023 Breathmark. Suejin Jung, piano. Breathmark. TRPTK Records (Netherlands)
2023 Nineteen Movements for Unaccompanied Cello: III. [in]verse. Arlen Hlusko, cello; Fall for Dance North Festival (Toronto). Bright Shiny Things (NYC)
2016 Let There Be Not Darkness But Light. Intimacy of Creativity: The Five-Year Retrospective (Hong Kong Philharmonic, Bright Sheng). Naxos Records
AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS
Fellowships
2024 Fireline Fellowship. Patricia Valian Reser Center for the Creative Arts, Oregon State University; Corvallis, OR
2021 Margaret and Lee Echols Distinguished Fellowship. The Hambidge Center for Creative Arts & Sciences; Rabun Gap, GA
2017 Composers & the Voice Fellowship. American Opera Projects; New York, NY
2016 Composer Fellowship. Intimacy of Creativity Five-Year Retrospective Festival; Hong Kong
2015 Composer Fellowship. Intimacy of Creativity Festival; Hong Kong
2009 Benjamin Franklin Doctoral Fellowship. University of Pennsylvania; Philadelphia, PA
2012 Susan and Ford Schumann Scholarship. Aspen Music Festival and School; Aspen, CO
2008 Artist Fellowship. American Music Center; New York, NY
2006 Graduate Teaching Fellowship in Composition. University of Oregon; Eugene, OR
Artistic Grants and Awards
2024 Copland House Residency Award. Copland House; Cortlandt Manor, NY
2023 Chancellor-Provost Award for Cross-Disciplinary Research. Rutgers University; New Brunswick, NJ
2023 Research Council Individual Fulcrum Award. Rutgers University; New Brunswick, NJ
2022 Recording Project Grant. Alice M. Ditson Fund of Columbia University; New York, NY
2022 Project Grant. Sempervirens Fund; Los Altos, CA
2021 Grants for Arts Projects Award. National Endowment for the Arts (to the Cabrillo Festival for the commission of The End of Rain); Washington, DC
2021 Grand Prize, Goodmesh Concours for Interdisciplinary Art (as part of a creative team); Amsterdam, Netherlands
2021 Opus Klassik “Composer of the Year” Finalist; Berlin, Germany
2019 Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Project Grant. Harrisburg, PA
2019 Tuttle Creative Residency Award. Hurford Center for Arts and Humanities, Haverford College; Haverford, PA
2018 International Call for Scores Winner. Bold City Contemporary Ensemble; Jacksonville, FL
2017 International Call for Scores Winner, Kaleidoscope Chamber Orchestra; Los Angeles, CA
2016 ASCAP Plus Award; New York, NY
2015 Audience Prize, Intimacy of Creativity Festival; Hong Kong
2015 EarShot National Call for Scores Winner, American Composers Orchestra; NYC
2013 Community Partners Grant, American Composers Forum; Minneapolis, MN
2014 Project Grant, New Music USA; New York, NY
2014 National Call for Scores Winner, Boston Musica Viva; Boston, MA
2013 President’s and Provost’s Citation for Exceptional Commitment to Graduate Student Life, University of Pennsylvania
2012 President’s Leadership Award, University of Pennsylvania
2012 Subito Grant, American Composers Forum; Minneapolis, MN
2012 David Halstead Prize for Best Original Composition, University of Pennsylvania
2011 Hilda K. Nitzche Prize in Music, University of Pennsylvania
2010 Subito Grant, American Composers Forum; Minneapolis, MN
2010 Provost’s Award for Interdisciplinary Innovation, University of Pennsylvania
2009 Outstanding Scholar in Composition, University of Oregon School of Music
2009 University Outstanding Graduate Scholar Award, University of Oregon
2008 John Kenneth Cole Composition Prize, Oregon Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra; Portland, OR
SELECTED COMMISSIONS
2026 BalletX; Philadelphia, PA
2025 Josh Halpern and The Cultural Caravan; Boulder, CO
2025 Arneis String Quartet; Boston, MA
2024 Sasha Cooke, mezzo-soprano and Stanford Live; Palo Alto, CA
2023 Emily Marvosh, alto; Boston, MA
2022 Roomful of Teeth & Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music; Santa Cruz, CA
2020 Swarthmore (Swarthmore, PA); Haverford (Haverford, PA); Bryn Mawr (Bryn Mawr, PA); Hamilton College (Clinton, NY)
2020 Elly Toyoda, violinist; Osaka, Japan
2020 Sébastien Hurtaud, cellist; Paris, France
2020 The Thirteen; Washington, D.C.
2019 Hong Kong Baptist University; Hong Kong
2019 Hurford Center for the Arts and Humanities; Haverford, PA
2019 SOLI Chamber Ensemble; San Antonio, TX
2019 The Thirteen; Washington, D.C.
2018 Tucson Symphony Orchestra; Tucson, AZ
2018 Julia Dawson, mezzo-soprano; Frankfurt, Germany
2018 New Hampshire All State Treble Choir; Concord, NH
2017 WordSong; Boston, MA
2017 Arlen Hlusko; Philadelphia, PA
2016 University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archeology and Anthropology; Phila., PA
2016 Newburyport Chamber Music Festival; Newburyport, MA
2015 Curtis Institute of Music; Philadelphia, PA
2014 Oratorio Chorale; Portland, ME
2014 Arneis String Quartet; Boston, MA
2014 Lorelei Ensemble; Boston, MA
2013 The Michigan Recital Project; Detroit, MI
2011 Philly Fringe Festival; Philadelphia, PA
2011 American Composers Forum
2010 Syzygy New Music; NYC
2010 St. Mary’s Cathedral; Philadelphia, PA
2009 Juventas New Music Ensemble; Boston, MA
INVITED TALKS, PANELS, MASTERCLASSES, AND GUEST LECTURES
Invited Talks, Guest Lectures, & Panels
2024 University of Oregon School of Music and Dance. Three-day invited residency including lectures, masterclasses, and private lessons
2023 Universidad de Cuenca. Invited lectures, workshops, and masterclasses (delivered in Spanish). Faculty of Music; Cuenca, Ecuador
2023 Kunstverein Familie Montez. Opening reception artist talk for photography exhibition “Images from The End of Rain.” Frankfurt am Main, Germany
2023 Pontifica Universidad Javeriana. Invited pre-concert talk (delivered in Spanish). Faculty of Arts; Bogotá, Columbia
2023 World Forum on Acoustic Ecology. Juried conference presentation on The End of Rain. Atlantic Center for the Arts; New Smyrna Beach, FL
2022 Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music. Invited masterclass and panel discussion (moderated by Cristian Macelaru); Santa Cruz, CA
2021 The Juilliard School. Invited guest lecture, Composition Department; New York, NY
2021 Hambidge Center for Creative Arts & Sciences. Lecture on recent work, given as the 2021 Lee and Margaret Echols Distinguished Fellow in Music; Rabun Gap, GA.
2020 Chicago Salons. Invited panel member; Chicago, IL
2020 Swarthmore College. Invited guest lecture, Music Department; Swarthmore, PA (delivered remotely)
2020 Haverford College. Invited guest lecture, Music Department; Haverford, PA (delivered remotely)
2020 Hamilton College. Invited guest lecture, Music Department: “Co-Creation During A Pandemic.” Clinton, NY (delivered remotely)
2019 Music Teacher’s Association of California. Invited guest lecture: “Integrating Creativity into Performance Studies.” Santa Cruz, CA
2019 The Stevenson School. Invited panel member: “The U.S. Premiere of Scott Ordway’s Girl in the Snow.” Pebble Beach, CA
2019 Music Academy SOL. Invited guest lecture: “Music, Text, and the Creative Life.” Santa Cruz, CA
2019 Pacific Collegiate School. Masterclass with Pacific Collegiate Choir. Santa Cruz, CA
2019 Haverford College. Invited guest lecture, Hurford Center for Arts and Humanities and the Department of English. Haverford, PA
2018 Fred Fox School of Music, University of Arizona. Invited guest lecture, Composition Department: “Project Design and Development for Composers.” Tucson, AZ
2018 Tucson Symphony Orchestra. Invited guest lecture: “Scott Ordway in Conversation with Josep Caballé-Domenech”. Tucson Music Hall; Tucson, AZ
2018 Tucson Symphony Orchestra Young Composers Project. Invited guest lecture; Tucson Symphony Center; Tucson, AZ
2017 Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University. Invited guest lecture, Composition Department: “Music and the Texture of a Place.” Baltimore, MD
2017 Rutgers University Department of Art History. Invited guest lecture: “(In)tangible Heritage and Crowd-Interactive Composition.” New Brunswick, NJ
2017 Willapa Bay Artist-in-Residence Program. Lecture on recent work. Oysterville, WA
2016 Philadelphia Chamber Music Society. Pre-concert lecture: New Work by Shulamit Ran. Philadelphia, PA
2016 Hong Kong Institute for Advanced Study. Invited panel member: “Five Year Retrospective Composer Fellows in Discussion with Bright Sheng.” Hong Kong
2016 Newburyport Chamber Music Festival. Two invited lectures on recent work (given as the 2015–16 Composer-in-Residence). Newburyport, MA
2016 Brush Creek Foundation for the Arts. Lecture on recent work. Saratoga, WY
2015 East Carolina University. Invited guest lecture, Music Department: “Music and the Lives of Cities.” Greenville, NC
2015 Carolina Chamber Music Festival. Invited guest lecture: “Music and Landscape.” New Bern, NC
2014 SOLI Chamber Ensemble. Invited panel member, “The Future of Music.” San Antonio, TX.
2013 University of Pennsylvania Department of Music. Moderator, “Penn Musical Traditions: The Wail of the Voice.” Philadelphia, PA
2011 University of Oregon School of Music, Department of Composition. Invited guest lecture. Eugene, OR
RESEARCH GRANTS
Rutgers University
2023 Rutgers Global Travel Grant to support travel to Bogotá, Columbia to attend the world premiere of Forest / Horizon
2019 Research Council Grant (competitive, campus-wide) to support the recording and commercial release of Girl in the Snow; Rutgers Research Council
2019 Dean’s Research Award (competitive, school-wide) to support the recording and commercial release of Girl in the Snow; Office of the Dean, Mason Gross School of the Arts
2018 Dean’s Research Award (competitive, school-wide) to support travel to attend the premiere of Girl in the Snow in Frankfurt am Main;Mason Gross School of the Arts
2018 Dean’s Research Award (competitive, school-wide) to support travel to the Visby International Centre for Composers, Visby, Sweden; Mason Gross School of the Arts
Curtis Institute of Music
2016 Faculty Research Grant to support travel to the Brush Creek Foundation for the Arts, Saratoga, WY; summer 2016 artist residency.
Bates College
2014 Faculty Development Fund Grantto support research travel in Tunisia related to Spring, an opera related to the 2011 Tunisian Revolution.
2014 Faculty Development Fund Grant to support travel to attend a staged adaptation of Detroit at the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler, Berlin.
2014 Faculty Development Fund Grant (competitive, campus-wide) to support participation in June in Buffalo 2014.
2013 Faculty Development Fund Grant (competitive, campus-wide) to support two performances of the Festival Mass by the Oratorio Chorale; Brunswick, ME.
University of Pennsylvania
2013 School of Arts and Sciences Research Travel Award, to attend the premiere of Snow Elegy at Rice University
2012 School of Arts & Sciences Student Government Research Travel Award, to attend the Aspen Summer Music Festival
2011 Graduate and Profession Students Assembly, Interdisciplinary Event Funding Award for the premiere of Festival Mass
2010 Latin American and Latino Studies Program Research Grant for travel to Mexico City in preparation to compose Missa Brevis for the Virgin of Guadalupe
2010 Art of Research Symposium Award for Missa Brevis for the Virgin of Guadalupe
2009 School of Arts and Sciences Travel Award, to attend the premiere of This is the Month of Dreams, commissioned by the Lorelei Ensemble, Boston
University of Oregon
2008 Excellence in Music Research and Scholarly Activity Award, to support the composition of Symphony No. 2, “Crime in the House of Names”
ARTIST RESIDENCIES AND FESTIVAL PERFORMANCES
Juried Artist Residencies
2024 Copland House; Cortland Manor, NY
2021 Hambidge Center for Creative Arts and Sciences; Rabun Gap, Georgia
2018 Visby International Centre for Composers; Visby, Sweden
2017 Willapa Bay AiR; Oysterville, WA
2016 Brush Creek Foundation for the Arts; Saratoga, WY
Composer-in-Residence Positions
2022 Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music; Santa Cruz, CA
2016 University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archeology & Anthropology; Philadelphia, PA
2016 Newburyport Chamber Music Festival; Newburyport, MA
2015 Carolina Chamber Music Festival; New Bern, NC
2010 St. Mary’s Cathedral; Philadelphia, PA
Festival Performances
2021 Bang on a Can Summer Festival; MASS MoCA; North Adams, MA
2020 Fall for Dance North Festival; Toronto, Canada
2018 Five Boroughs Music Festival; New York, NY
2016 New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival (declined due to scheduling conflict)
2016 Hong Kong Arts Festival; Hong Kong
2016 Intimacy of Creativity Five Year Retrospective with the Hong Kong Philharmonic
2016 Twelfth Night Festival; Trinity Wall Street; New York, NY
2015 Beijing Modern Music Festival; Beijing
2015 Intimacy of Creativity Festival; Hong Kong
2014 June in Buffalo; Buffalo, NY
2014 Portland Chamber Music Festival; Portland, ME
2012 Aspen Summer Music Festival; Aspen, CO
2011 Philadelphia Fringe Festival; Philadelphia, PA
2007 Estate Musicale Chigiana; Siena, Italy
TEACHING
Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University (2017—)
Graduate
Current Issues in Contemporary Composition: “Music and Landscape”
Composition Practicum
Composition, Private Lessons
Studies in Music Analysis
20th Century Music
Undergraduate
Composition Practicum
Interplay: a first-year, cross-departmental collaborative course, 250 students
Composition, Private Lessons
Orchestration I
Orchestration II
Music Theory III
Music Theory IV
Rutgers New Music Workshop
Music, Sound, and Landscape (Co-taught with Anette Freytag, Professor of Landscape Architecture)
Curtis Institute of Music (2014–2017)
Counterpoint (16th Century)
Solfège I–IV
Advanced Dictation
Composition for Non-Majors
Introduction to Harmony
Bates College (2013–2014)
Composition (studio class)
Composition (private lessons)
Theory IV
Introduction to Listening: A History of the Symphony;
Leaving Downtown: Minimalism Beyond the New York School (special topic seminar); Conductor, Bates College Orchestra
University of Pennsylvania (2009–2013, as Benjamin Franklin Doctoral Fellow in Composition)
Theory I, 2010–2012, instructor of record
Aural Skills IV, 2011, instructor of record
University of Oregon (2006–2008, as Graduate Teaching Fellow in Composition)
Digital Music Engraving, 2008, instructor of record
Seminar: Multiple-Perspective Analysis, 2008, teaching assistant
Oregon Bach Festival Composers Symposium, 2006–2008, Assistant Director
Oregon Composers Forum, 2006–2008, Teaching Assistant
Balinese Gamelan, 2006–2008, Assistant Conductor and teaching assistant
Music Today Festival, 2006, Assistant to the Director
Waging Peace Through Text & Music, 2006, Teaching Assistant
ADVISING AND MENTORSHIP
Mason Gross School Of The Arts, Rutgers University
Ph.D. Dissertations (Primary Advisor): 8 since 2017
Doctoral Committees (Ph.D.): 5 since 2017
DMA Dissertations (Primary Advisor): 13 advisees since 2017
Doctoral Committees (DMA): 10 committees since 2017
Doctoral Oral Exam Panel Member (DMA): ten panels since 2017
LANGUAGES
English: Native
French: Reading: fluent. Speaking: very good. Writing: good.
Spanish: Reading: fluent. Speaking: very good. Writing: good.
Italian: Reading: can read with dictionary. Speaking: beginning. Writing: beginning.
German: Reading: beginning. Speaking: beginning. Writing: beginning.