Curriculum Vitae

Education
Composition Studies
Commissions, Grants, and Fellowships
Research and Creative Interests
Teaching Experience
Research Experience
Multimedia Works
Electroacoustic Works
Instrumental Works
Writings, Research, Guest Lectures and Presentations
Festivals, Exhibitions and Conferences
Production and Performing Experience

Education

  • Doctor of Musical Arts in Music Composition, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University (1998-2004); Dissertation: Blurred Deviations for 11 instruments; Essay: Conceptual Strategies for Compositional Remixing and Transformation: Sonic Gestures and Contextual Intersections
  • Master of Arts in Music Composition, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University, (1996-1998)
  • Bachelor of Arts in Music, Columbia College, Columbia University, (1992-1996); Graduated with departmental honors, summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa
  • Private Piano Study (1977-1987, 1995-1999)
  • Private Jazz Bass Performance Study (1988-1992)

Composition Studies

  • with Tristan Murail (1998-1999), Fred Lerdahl (1996-1998), Brad Garton (1998-2000), Jean-Baptiste Barrière (1998), Thanassis Rikakis (1997-1998), Joseph Dubiel (1995-1996), Allen Anderson (1994-1996)

Commissions, Grants, and Fellowships

  • Project Funding from École Nationale Supérieure d’Art de Nancy and Les presses du réel, (for DVD Poursuite, included in the collection Import), Paris, France (2008)
  • Commissioned Work for the QUB Silver Collection Soundscapes, Queen’s University Belfast, Sonic Arts Research Centre and Naughton Gallery (for soundscape Concatenated Spheres Obscured), Belfast, Northern Ireland (2007)
  • Teaching Fellow, Columbia University (2001-2004)
  • Project Funding from Le Ministère Français de la Culture, programme DICREAM (for multimedia installation Si J’Etais Toi), Paris, France (2001, 2004)
  • Project Funding from La Société Civile des Auteurs Multimédias (for multimedia installation Si J’Etais Toi), Paris, France (2001)
  • Music Research Grant from l’Ambassade de France aux Etats-Unis, Service Culturel, (2000)
  • Residency at Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France (2000)
  • Project Funding from La Fondation Daniel Langlois: pour l’art, la science et la technologie (for multimedia installation Si J’Etais Toi), Montréal, Canada (2000)
  • President’s Fellow, Columbia University (1997-2000)
  • Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Summer Fellowship, Columbia University (1999, 2002)

Research and Creative Interests

  • Music Composition
  • Computer Assisted Composition
  • Computer Music Concepts and Digital Audio Signal Processing Techniques
  • Aesthetic Issues and Sound Design for Electroacoustic Composition and Multimedia
  • Interactive Technology and Performance Systems for Music, Dance, Visual Arts
  • Analysis and Criticism of Music Post-1945
  • Aesthetics and Analysis of Music from the Late Romantic Period
  • Integration of Concepts from Avant-garde, non-Western and Popular Music Culture
  • Development of Online and Multimedia Pedagogical Tools
  • Techniques, Styles, and Concepts of Improvisation
  • MIDI, Recording and Production Techniques

Teaching Experience

  • Assistant Professor, Department of Media Arts, College of the Arts, Tamagawa University, Tokyo, Japan (2006–present)
    • Composition
    • Tonal Harmony I & II
    • Computer Music I & II
    • Interactive Sound A & B
    • MIDI Music Production Techniques II
    • Art Research Projects/Graduation Projects
    • Arts In English: History of Electronic/Computer Music
    • Group Projects
    • Stylistic Studies
    • Study-Abroad Program Preparation Research Course
  • Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Music, Columbia University, New York, USA (2004–2005)
    • History of Electronic and Computer Music
    • Rock
  • Adjunct Professor, Department of Music, Adelphi University, New York, USA (2003–2005)
    • Independent Study in Electronic Music Composition
    • Development of Western Music
    • Music Technology I & II
  • Teaching Assistant, Department of Music, Columbia University (1997–2004)
    • Undergraduate Composition (2003–2004)
    • Basic Electroacoustics (2002–2003)
    • OpenMusic Online Course Instructor (2001–2002)
    • Music Humanities Instructor (1999–2001)
    • Ear Training Instructor (1997–1998, 2001–2002)

Research Experience

  • Online Course Head Project Developer, l'Institut de Recherche et Coordination Acoustique/Musique (IRCAM), Paris, France (2000-2001)
    • Planned and developed online course for OpenMusic, a second generation computer aided composition software
    • Designed and implemented online presentation of course materials
  • Research Assistant, Computer Music Center, Columbia University (1998-2006)
    • Developed and implemented designs for interactive performance sound systems with various software/hardware configurations
    • Investigated and developed transformational models from FFT analyses of audio
  • Software Developer, Computer Music Center, Columbia University (1997-1998)
    • related developments online: http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/5355
    • Implemented signal-processing and interface revisions and extensions in C and XWindows for Ceres2 (for IRIX), based on the signal processing program Ceres, by Oyvind Hammer at Norsk nettverk for Akustikk, Teknologi og Musikk (NOTAM); Ceres3, developed by Stanko Juzbasic, is also currently available http://www.music.columbia.edu/~stanko/About_Ceres3.html
    • Developed and implemented online help documentation for Ceres2
    • Provided consultation for development of Linux port of Ceres2 by Dave Phillips
  • Guest Researcher, Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics, Stanford University (1997-1999)
    • Investigated and developed transformational models from FFT analyses of audio
    • Implemented models in sound design and electroacoustic and instrumental compositions.

Multimedia Works

  • Magic If (2009) live electronics and dance, in collaboration with Saya Tamagawa (choreography)
    • premiered; synapse/fractured landscapes, Kawasaki City Art Center, Mar. 3, 2009
  • In The Shadows (2008) music for live multimedia performance in collaboration with Alex Abreu and Theresa Ling
    • premiered; ITP On The Big Screens, IAC headquarters building, NYC, Dec. 12, 2008
  • Poursuite de Poursuite (2008) work commissioned by École Nationale Supérieure d’Art de Nancy and Les presses du réel, (for DVD Poursuite de Poursuite, included in the collection Import), in collaboration with Samuel Bianchini (video), Paris, France, sound and video
    • released; Nov. 2008
  • Flexible Spaces (2007) work for music and dance in collaboration with Saya Tamagawa (choreography), Electroacoustic sound with dance
    • premiered; 生, Tamagawa University, Tokyo, Japan, Jul. 12-16, 2007
  • Amorphous Resonances, Diffused Spaces （不定形、共鳴、拡散、空間）(2007) work for music, dance, and video/laser projection, in collaboration with Hitoshi Akayama (computer graphics), Akira Takaoka (music), Saya Tamagawa (choreography), Keiichi Tanaka (light art), multimedia performance
    • premiered; Media Project ‘07-2, ZAIM, Yokohama, Japan, Jul. 7, 2007
  • Ambient Tide (2006) work for music and video/laser projection, in collaboration with Hitoshi Akayama (computer graphics), Akira Takaoka (music), Keiichi Tanaka (light art), multimedia performance
    • performed; V for Venice, International Electronic and Media Arts Festival, Venice, Italy, Sept. 5-6, 2008
    • performed; NWEAMO 2007, Roulette, New York, NY, Oct. 27, 2007
    • performed; Spark Festival of Electronic Music and Art 2007, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, Feb. 22-24, 2007
    • performed; Media Project ’06, ZAIM, Yokohama, Japan, Nov. 23, 2006
    • premiered; Performing Arts Fair in Aoyama, Aoyama Theatre, Shibuya, Tokyo, Jun. 7-11, 2006
  • Pignut (2004-2005) work commissioned by Ellis Wood Dance for music and dance in collaboration with Ellis Wood (choreography), Electroacoustic sound with dance
    • performed; Dance Place, Washington, DC, June 25-26, 2005
    • performed; Tribeca Performing Arts Center, New York, NY, March 24, 26, April 3, 2005
    • premiered; Cowell Theater, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, CA, February 5, 2005
  • Pacifica (2004) work commissioned by Columbia University’s C250 for Re:NEW: Frontiers in Creativity symposium for music and dance in collaboration with Theresa Ling (choreography), Electroacoustic sound with dance
    • performed; 2004 d.u.m.b.o. dance festival, WHITE WAVE, Brooklyn, NY, Oct. 16, 2004
    • performed; Re:NEW: Frontiers in Creativity symposium, Low Library Steps, Columbia University, New York, NY, September 30, 2004
    • premiered; WAX (Williamsburg Art neXus), Brooklyn, NY, September 10-11, 2004
  • Etude for Escapists (2004) work commissioned by Columbia University’s C250 for Re:NEW: Frontiers in Creativity symposium for music and dance in collaboration with Theresa Ling (choreography), Electroacoustic sound with dance
    • premiered; Re:NEW: Frontiers in Creativity symposium, Low Library Steps, Columbia University, New York, NY, September 30, 2004
  • Ritual Roundabout (2004) work for music and dance in collaboration with Theresa Ling (choreography), Electroacoustic sound with dance
    • performed; Cool New York 2004 DANCE Festival, John Ryan Theater, WHITE WAVE, Brooklyn, NY, January 29, 31, 2004
    • premiered; Four-Course ArtFlow, The Tank, New York, NY, January 24, 2004
  • Deconstructed Symbologies (2003) work for music and dance in collaboration with Theresa Ling (choreography), Electroacoustic sound with dance
    • performed; Four-Course ArtFlow, The Tank, New York, NY, January 24, 2004
    • premiered; Listening in the Sound Kitchen ’03, Taplin Auditorium, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, Nov. 13, 2003
  • Constructed Deviations (2003) work for music and dance in collaboration with Theresa Ling (choreography), Electroacoustic sound with dance
    • premiered; 2003 d.u.m.b.o. dance festival, WHITE WAVE, Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park, Brooklyn, NY, Oct. 18-19, 2003
  • Repeat/Deviations (2003) multimedia work in collaboration with R. Luke DuBois (real-time digital video and sound), Real-time digital video and sound performance
    • premiered; The International Placard Festival of Experimental/Electronic Music 2003 NYC, The Spaceworks Gallery, The Tank, New York, NY, July 19, 2003
  • Ceaskaepe (2002-2003) multimedia theatre work in collaboration with Theresa Ling (choreography) and David Sun (visual design), Electroacoustic sound with dance
    • premiered; WAX (Williamsburg Art neXus), Brooklyn, NY, April 6, 2003
  • Accidental Misanthropes (2001) multimedia installation in collaboration with visual artist David Sun
    • installed; Columbia University MFA Thesis Show, New York, NY, May 13-27, 2001
  • The Stumble Thicket (2001) work for music and dance in collaboration with choreographer Meg Wolfe
    • performed; Philadelphia Fringe Festival, National Dance Showroom, Philadelphia, PA, Sept. 11-12, 14-15, 2001
    • performed; "vernissage-danse #95" series, Studio 33, Montréal, Canada, June 9, 2001
    • performed; IV Festival Concurso Alas de la Danza, Teatro Universitario, Quito, Ecuador, May 15, 2001
    • premiered; Danspace Project at St. Mark’s Church, New York, NY, April 21, 2001
  • A History of Obstetrical Forceps (2000) multimedia installation in collaboration with David Sun (visual design) and Mikki del Monico (filmography)
  • Si J’Etais Toi (If I Were U) (work in progress) (2000-present) multimedia multi-user installation/game for internet/network distribution in collaboration with Samuel Bianchini (visual and conceptual design), Peter Hanappe (conceptual design and audio programming) and Yann Creac’h (conceptual design and visual programming), reference materials at http://www.iiwu.org
    • public distribution of IIWU synthesizer, 2001
    • public distribution of FluidSynth 2003
  • Jungle (1999-2000) multimedia installation in collaboration with visual artist Jan Kopp
    • installed; Nous Nous Sommes Tant Aimés, Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France, Dec. 14, 1999- Feb. 13, 2000
  • Inverting the Ordinary (1999) work for music and dance in collaboration with choreographer Theresa Ling
    • premiered; Barnard Dance: Composer/Choreographer Showcase, Miller Theatre, New York, NY, March 5, 1999

Electroacoustic Works

  • Dislocated (2009-2010)
    • released on full-length album; Dislocated, Johnathan F. Lee, Comatonse Recordings, 2010
  • Poursuite d'un corps urbain (2008) ambient soundscape
    • installed (extended version); Asia Network Beyond Design 2008, Sapporo, Aug. 20-27, 2008
    • premiered; Media Project Vol. 6, ZAIM, Yokohama, Jul. 6, 2008 (premiere),
  • Poursuite d’un mirage mécanique (2008)
    • performed (with video and lasers by Keiichi Tanaka); V for Venice, International Electronic and Media Arts Festival, Venice, Italy, Sept. 5-6, 2008
    • premiered (with video and lasers by Keiichi Tanaka); Media Project Vol. 5, ZAIM, Yokohama, Japan, Mar. 15, 2008
  • Concatenated Spheres Obscured (2007) commissioned soundscape for QUB Silver Collection Soundscapes, Queen’s University Belfast, Sonic Arts Research Centre and Naughton Gallery, Belfast, Northern Ireland
    • exhibited; Silver Sounds: A reinterpretation of Queen’s University Silver Collection, The Naughton Gallery at Queen’s, Belfast, Northern Ireland, Apr. 15, 2008 – Dec. 31, 2008
  • Praeludium Ex Caelum (2007)
    • performed; ICMC 2007, Copenhagen, Denmark, Aug. 30, 2007
  • CONSTRUCT_alpha (2002-2003)
  • onyx_rinse (2001) single, remix of Svengali by the Freight Elevator Quartet (Svengali released on full-length album, Becoming Transparent, The Freight Elevator Quartet, Caipirinha Records, 2000)
    • performed; SoundCheck, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY, Jan. 3, 2003
    • performed; Galapagos, Brooklyn, NY, Oct. 27, 2001
    • performed; CMJ Festival, Knitting Factory, New York, NY, Oct. 12, 2001
  • contingency_zero (2001)
  • downtime is becoming less of an option (1999) single co-produced and mixed in collaboration with Stephen Krieger and the Freight Elevator Quartet
    • released internationally on full-length album; Becoming Transparent, The Freight Elevator Quartet, Caipirinha Records, 2000
    • featured on soundtrack for short film, billy528, SeeThink Productions, 2001
    • performed; Tonic (with Elliot Sharp), New York, NY, Mar. 3, 2001
    • performed; Baby Jupiter, New York, NY, June 23, 2000
    • performed; Alterknit, Knitting Factory, New York City, USA, Aug. 27, 1999
  • vindication (1999) single co-produced and mixed in collaboration with Stephen Krieger, R. Luke DuBois and the Freight Elevator Quartet
    • released internationally on full-length album; Becoming Transparent, The Freight Elevator Quartet, Caipirinha Records, 2000
    • performed; Tonic (with Elliot Sharp), New York, NY, Mar. 3, 2001
    • performed; Baby Jupiter, New York, NY, June 23, 2000
  • duplicity (1999) single co-produced and mixed in collaboration with Stephen Krieger, R. Luke DuBois and the Freight Elevator Quartet
    • released internationally on full-length album; Becoming Transparent, The Freight Elevator Quartet, Caipirinha Records, 2000
  • exasperation (1999) single co-produced and mixed in collaboration with Stephen Krieger, R. Luke DuBois, Josh Druckman, and the Freight Elevator Quartet
    • released internationally on full-length album; Becoming Transparent, The Freight Elevator Quartet, Caipirinha Records, 2000
  • Semblance of Ritual II (1997-1998)
    • performed; Media Project ‘07-1, ZAIM, Yokohama, Japan, Mar. 25, 2007
    • performed; Zoobizarre, Bordeaux, France, Feb. 1, 2003
    • excerpt available on full-length album released by Columbia University: go.go.go: music from the computer music center, columbia university, 2000
    • premiered; International Computer Music Conference 1998, Power Center, Ann Arbor, MA, Oct. 6, 1998
  • Semblance of Ritual I (1997)
    • premiered; Columbia Composers’ Series, Miller Theatre, New York, NY, May 1997
    • featured on soundtrack for short documentary, Shangri-La Revisited: Perspectives on Non-Violence, Dill Cut Pictures, 1997
  • Uneasy Trances (1996)
    • premiered; Garden of Computer Musiks, Columbia University, New York, NY, Dec. 16, 1996

Instrumental Works

  • Ascendant/Descendant (2011) for piano and sho, with video by Elaine Thomazi Freitas
    • premiered; Mari Asakawa (pf) and Hanako Nakamura (sho), sonorium, Tokyo, Japan, January 30, 2011
  • Trilekta (work in progress) (2009) for chamber ensemble and electronics
  • Blurred Deviations (2003) chamber work for 11 instruments
    • premiered; Speculum Musicae, Merkin Concert Hall, New York, NY, May 5, 2003
  • Ritual Traces (1998-1999) for large chamber ensemble
    • premiered; Columbia Composers’ Series, Columbia New Music Ensemble, Marcus Bittencourt (cond.), Miller Theatre, New York, NY, April 18, 1999
  • Weight and Mass (1997) for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano and percussion
    • read; Speculum Musicae, New York, NY, May 1997
  • In the Rising Depths, Aflame (1996-1997) for flute, clarinet, violin and cello
    • premiered; Columbia Composers’ Series, Columbia New Music Ensemble, Miller Theatre, New York, NY, Feb. 23, 1997
  • Fragment for Orchestra (1996)
    • read; Riverside Symphony, George Rothman (cond.), Merkin Hall, New York, NY, May 1997
  • Movement for Large Orchestra (1996)
  • Movement for Large Chamber Ensemble (1995)
  • Whirlwinds (1995) for flute, violin and violoncello
    • premiered; Columbia Undergraduate Contemporary Music Ensemble, Sulzberger Parlor, New York, NY, April 1996
  • Fall (1995) for bass-baritone and piano, text by Jimmy Santiago Baca
    • premiered; Columbia Undergraduate Contemporary Music Ensemble, Sulzberger Parlor, New York, NY, April 1996
  • Three Studies for Piano (1995)
    • premiered; Columbia Undergraduate Contemporary Music Ensemble, Ryuchi Yamauchi, Sulzberger Parlor, New York, NY, April 13, 1995
  • Portraits (1994) for solo bassoon

Writings, Research, Guest Lectures and Presentations

  • “吹雪の中のアート・テクノロジー” (Art Technology in a Snow Storm), published essay in Zenjin No. 708 (July/August 2007)
  • “Contemporary Applications of Music Technology”, presented for the Tama Region University Lecture Series, 共同授業「アートと対話」、首都圏西部大学単位互換協定会, Tokyo, Japan (July 14, 2007)
  • “Introduction to Collaborative Arts”, presented at the College of Liberal Arts, Tamagawa University, Tokyo, Japan (June 2005)
  • “Issues of Continuity and Discontinuities in Sibelius’ Tapiola”, presented at the Music Department, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA (March 2005)
  • “Intersections: Investigating the Sonic Gesture”, presented at the Music Department, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA (March 2004), the Music Department, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA (April 2004), and the Music Department, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA (March 2005)
  • “Distinctive Characteristics of Lassus’ Sancti Mei, motet from Cantiones duarum vocum” (2004)
  • “Personal Sound Design and Concepts of Interactive Performance”, presented at The Fifth Annual Sidney Kahn Summer Institute: New Practices in Performance and Technology, The Kitchen and Sarah Lawrence College, The Kitchen, New York, NY (June 2003)
  • “Creating a Collaborative, Interactive Performance Work: From Conception to Performance”, presented at the Institute for the Studies in the Arts, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ (April 2003)
  • “Design Concepts in Interactive Performance Systems: Cellular Remixing and Transformation” (2001-2004)
  • “Review of Columbia University Interactive Arts Festival: Interactive Technologies in Jazz, Rock, and Improvisatory Works, The Kitchen”, published in Computer Music Journal 24/2 (2000)
  • “Masterpieces of 20th Century Electronic Music: A Multimedia Perspective – Concert Presentation of Jean-Baptiste Barriere’s Chreode”, Text and Multimedia Program Notes Edited and Annotated, Columbia University (2000) (http://music.columbia.edu/masterpieces/notes/barriere/)
  • “Formal and Thematic Designs of Bruckner’s Symphony No. 9, mvt. 1” (2000)
  • “Pitch Organization and Orchestration in Ligeti’s Atmospheres” (2000)
  • “Motivic Organization in Webern’s Variations for Orchestra, Op. 30” (2000)
  • “Jean-Baptiste Barrière’s Chreode: An Examination of Processes” (1998)
  • “Stockhausen: Tierkreis: Scorpion” (1998)
  • “Characterization and the Influence of Rhythm and Meter in the Second Movement of Bruckner’s Ninth Symphony” (1996)
  • “Issues of Form, Flow and Connection in the First Movement of Sibelius’ Fourth Symphony” (1995)

Festivals, Exhibitions and Conferences

  • The 2009 International Computer Music Conference (ICMC2009), Centre for Research in Music Media and Technology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Review Committee member (2009)
  • 9th International Conference, New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME), Carnegie Mellon School of Music, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Review Committee member (2009)
  • Spark Festival of Electronic Music and Arts 2009, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA; Review Committee member (2009)
  • V for Venice, International Electronic and Media Arts Festival, Venice, Italy (2008); Performed electroacoustic multi-channel work with video and lasers by Keiichi Tanaka, poursuite d’un mirage mécanique and multimedia work in collaboration with Hitoshi Akayama, Akira Takaoka, Keiichi Tanaka, Ambient Tide
  • Asian Network Beyond Design 2008, Sapporo, Japan (2008); Installed ambient soundscape poursuite d'un corps urbain
  • 8th International Conference, New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME), Université degli Studi di Genova, Genova, Italy (2008); Review Committee member
  • Silver Sounds: A reinterpretation of Queen’s University Silver Collection, The Naughton Gallery at Queen’s University, Belfast, Northern Ireland, (2008); Exhibited soundscape Concatenated Spheres Obscured
  • 2007 Intercollege Computer Music Concert + Intercollege Media Art Exhibition + SIGMUS, インターカレッジ・コンピュータ音楽コンサート+インターカレッジ・メディアアート展+第73回音楽情報科学研究会（SIGMUS）研究発表会, Tama Art University, Tokyo, Japan (Dec 2007); Supervised student presentations and performances
  • NWEAMO 2007, New West Electronic Arts & Music Organization, New York, NY (2007); Performed multimedia work in collaboration with Hitoshi Akayama, Akira Takaoka, Keiichi Tanaka, Ambient Tide
  • International Computer Music Conference 2007, Copenhagen, Denmark (2007); Performed electroacoustic work Praeludium Ex Caelum
  • 7th International Conference, New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME), New York University, New York, NY (2007); Review Committee member
  • Spark Festival of Electronic Music 2007, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (2007); Installed multimedia work in collaboration with Hitoshi Akayama, Akira Takaoka, Keiichi Tanaka, Ambient Tide; Panel discussion member, “Electronic Music Performance”
  • 2006 Intercollege Computer Music Concert + Intercollege Media Art Exhibition + SIGMUS, インターカレッジ・コンピュータ音楽コンサート+インターカレッジ・メディアアート展+第68回音楽情報科学研究会（SIGMUS）研究発表会, IMI University, Kyoto Seika University, Geothe-Institut Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan (Dec 2006); Supervised student presentations and performances
  • 2004 d.u.m.b.o. dance festival, WHITE WAVE, Brooklyn, NY (2004); Performed electroacoustic work for dance in collaboration with Theresa Ling, Pacifica
  • Re:NEW: Frontiers in Creativity symposium, Columbia University, New York, NY (2004); Performed electroacoustic works for dance in collaboration with Theresa Ling, Etude for Escapists and Pacifica
  • Cool New York 2004 DANCE Festival, WHITE WAVE, Brooklyn, NY (2004); Performed electroacoustic work for dance in collaboration with Theresa Ling, Ritual Roundabout
  • Listening in the Sound Kitchen ’03, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ (2003); Performed electroacoustic work for dance in collaboration with Theresa Ling, Deconstructed Symbologies
  • 2003 d.u.m.b.o. dance festival, WHITE WAVE, Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park, Brooklyn, NY (2003); Performed electroacoustic work for dance in collaboration with Theresa Ling, Constructed Deviations
  • The International Placard Festival of Experimental/Electronic Music 2003 NYC, The Spaceworks Gallery, The Tank, New York, NY (2003); Performed electroacoustic and video work in collaboration with R. Luke DuBois, Repeat/Deviations
  • Philadelphia Fringe Festival, Philadelphia, PA (2001); Designed music for dance work in collaboration with Meg Wolfe, The Stumble Thicket
  • IV Festival Concurso Alas de la Danza, Quito, Ecuador (2001); Designed music for dance work in collaboration with Meg Wolfe, The Stumble Thicket
  • Columbia University MFA Thesis Show, New York, NY (2001); Installed multimedia work in collaboration with David Sun, Accidental Misanthropes
  • Nous Nous Sommes Tant Aimés, Paris, France (1999-2000); Installed multimedia work in collaboration with Jan Kopp, Jungle
  • International Computer Music Conference 1998, Ann Arbor, MI(1998); Performed electroacoustic work, Semblance of Ritual II
  • Nominated for International Computer Music Association Commission Awards for 1998

Production and Performing Experience

  • Music Director, Narratrope Performance Projects, performance collective, New York, NY (2003-2005)
    • Organized and designed music for multimedia performances (music, dance and visual design)
  • Music/Conceptual Producer, Si J’Etais Toi (If I Were U), multi-user computer multimedia installation/game, Paris, France (2000-2005)
    • IIWU Website
    • Support from La Foundation Daniel Langlois, Le Ministère Français de la Culture (programme DICREAM), and la Société Civile des Auteurs Multimédias
    • Designed sound and music for computer multimedia project in collaboration with Samuel Bianchini, Peter Hanappe and Yann Creac’h
    • Co-developed conceptual design for project content and user interface
    • Co-developed conceptual and technical design for implementation of sound system for project, released as the IIWU synthesizer (currently named FluidSynth)
    • Produced recordings for use in project
  • Producer and Curator, Four-Course ArtFlow, multimedia microfestival, The Tank, New York, NY (2004)
    • Co-organized multi-tiered event for multimedia performances involving dance, music and video at gallery space
  • Assistant Producer, Bass Performance, The Freight Elevator Quartet, electronic music group, New York, NY (1999-2005)
    • Co-wrote, mixed, and produced various tracks on full length album Becoming Transparent, released worldwide in 2000 by Caipirinha Music. Includes collaboration with Paul D. Miller, a.k.a. DJ Spooky
    • Performed bass for live performances, some of which were collected on full length album Fix It In Post (Live, 1997-2000), released in 2001 by Cycling ’74
    • Bass performance venues in New York City area include: Whitney Museum of American Art, Knitting Factory, Tonic, Galapagos, Baby Jupiter
  • Technical Consultant/Production Assistant, New York, NY (2000-2005)
    • Provided technical and consulting services for various New York composers and aided in the production of electro-acoustic works
  • Digitization Archivist, New York Public Library and Columbia University, New York, NY (1997-2000)
    • Preserved historic recordings through digital and analog transfers for archival purposes
  • Bass Performance, Columbia University New Music Ensemble, New York, NY, (1998-1999)
  • Music Producer, Shangri-La Revisited: Perspectives on Non-Violence, documentary short by David Coustan, New York, NY (1997)

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