Employment
Professor of Ear-Training,
Peabody Conservatory; 2003 - 2004
Chamber music coach, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, 2001-2003
Instructor, chamber music, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, 2001-2002
Private teacher of composition, 2001- 2002
Teacher of music theory, composition, and violin, The Cambridge School, Weston, MA,
1999-2000
Violinist, appearing with:
Stages Bloomington (Bloomington, IN)
Voces Novae (Bloomington, IN)
The Bloomington Chamber Singers (Bloomington, IN)
The Annapolis Chorale (Annapolis, MD)
The Lyra Chamber Ensemble (Washington, DC)
The Portland Symphony (Portland, ME)
The Nashua Symphony (Nashua, NH)
The Vermont Symphony (Burlington, VT)
The Boston Aria Guild (Boston, MA)
The Cape Cod Symphony (Yarmouth, MA)
The Syrinx String Trio (Boston, MA)
The New England Conservatory Yiddish Music Ensemble (Boston, MA)
The Balvyanos Ensemble (Boston, MA)
The Wallingford Symphony (Wallingford, CT)
Recordings
The Castle-Builder and Of Molluscs, "Food of Love", Music to My Ears
Trio for Brass, "University of Maryland Brass Trio", Albany Records
Christmas Bells, "A Boy's Will", The Longfellow Chorus
Fugue, "Jon Sigurdsson, Piano", Polarfonia
Snow-flakes, "Songs
for All Seasons", Litchfield County Children's Choir
The Devil's
Dermish, "Slide of Hand", Brian Diehl
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Grants
and Awards
Grant, Composer Assistance Program, American Music Center, 2008
Honorable Mention, Composition Contest for String Orchestra; Texas Orchestra Directors Association, 2008
The Longfellow Chorus Award of Distinction, 2007
Winner, Dalai Lama Composition Competition, 2007
Grant, Composer Assistance Program, American Music Center, 2006
Excellence in Composition Award, Brass Chamber Music Forum Composition Contest, 2004
Astral Career Grant, National Foundation for the
Advancement of the Arts, 2003
Grant, Community Partners
Project, American Composers Forum, 2002
Travel grant, American Embassy
in Norway, 2001
Recognition cum laude, The Third Diana Barnhart
American Song Competition, 2000
Grant, Jory Copying Assistance Program,
American Music Center, 1999, 2000
Grant, American Composers Forum,
Boston Area Chapter, 1999
Astral Career Grant, National Foundation for the
Advancement of the Arts, 1998
Finalist, American Festival for the
Arts, Houston, TX, 1997
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Guest
Lectures/Workshops
Lecture, Festival Spanish Brass, Alzira Spain, 2010
Lecture, Southside Elementary, Andover, MA; 2009
Guest appearance, Sarasota Young Voices, Sarasota, FL; 2009
Guest Lecture, Bloomington High School North, Bloomington, IN, 2006
Guest Lecture, Department of English, University of Maryland Baltimore County, 2005
Ear-training workshop, Frederick Children's Chorus, Frederick, MD, 2005
Lecture, NEW-CUE Writers' Conference and Workshop, Boothbay Harbor, ME, 2004
Guest Lecture, Tonlistarskoli Mosfellsbaejar, Reykjavik, Iceland, 2003
Guest Lecture, Del Mar College, Corpus Christi, TX, 2002
Guest Lecture, Newton Free Library, Newton, MA, 1999
Guest Lecture, Wheelock College, Boston, MA, 1995, 1997
Guest Lecture, Buckingham, Browne, and Nichols
School, Cambridge, MA, 1995
Guest Lecture, Interlochen National Music Camp, Interlochen, MI, 1989
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Major
Composition Performances
Festival Spanish Brass, Alzira, Spain, 2010
The Rheinland-Pfalz International Choir, Enkenbach, Germany, 2010
West End Brass Quintet, Women Composers Festival, West Hartford, CT, 2010
The Ni Ensemble, Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, UK, 2009
Frank Kaderabek and Tomoko Kanamaru, The College of New Jersey, 2009
Stanford Thompson, Atlanta Academy of Music, 2008
Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod, Wales, UK, 2007
The Harford Ballet, Joppa, MD, 2006
Peabody Camerata, Griswold Hall, The Peabody Institute, 2005
Penn State Viola Ensemble, Esber Recital Hall, Penn State University, 2005
Ana Milosavljevic, recital, Carnegie Hall, 2005
Schoeneberger Kammerorchester, Rathaus Schoeneberg, Berlin, Germany, 2004
Gary Peterson with the Halsnoy Musikksommerskole Symfoniorkesteret, The Grieg Hall, Bergen, Norway, 2001
Newton Free Library, 2000
Sinfonia Calcania of Boston,
1999
Litchfield County Children's Choir, Watertown, CT, 1998
SAI
Concert, Ward Hall, Catholic University, Washington, DC, 1998
First
Birthday Benefit Celebration, Ellison Center for the Arts, Duxbury, MA,
1998
Mostly-Modern Music Fest, Holly Hall, Symphony Center, Sarasota,
FL, 1998
Lecture/Demonstration, University of Nebraska, 1997
Public Works, Harvard University, 1996, 1997, 1999
Rivers Music
School, Weston, MA, 1996-99
The Sage School, Foxboro, MA, 1996
Longy Chamber Orchestra, Cambridge, MA, 1996
Faculty recital of K.
Amis, Empire Brass, Boston University, 1995
Harmony Ridge Brass
Center, Poultney, VT, 1995
New World Symphony Musicians' Forum,
Sarasota, FL, 1995
Recital of J. Redman, Queensland Symphony,
Brisbane, Australia, 1996
The Music School, Providence, RI, 1995
Concerts in the Garden, Madison, WI, 1994
Tanglewood Empire Brass
Seminar set work, 1993, 1994
MIT Premiere Orchestra, 1992, 1993
Mostly Modern Duo, East Coast Tour, 1991
Honors Brass Quintet
recital, New England Conservatory, 1991
National Youth Orchestra of
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