Education
2014 B.M. Music Composition, The University of Alabama
2017 M.M. Music Composition, The University of Alabama
2021 D.M.A. Music Composition, Arizona State University
Principal Teachers
C.P. First
Garth Paine
Jody Rockmaker
Kotoka Suzuki
Peter Westergaard
Amir Zaheri
Selected Works
Selected Works List
Force of Friction | multichannel audio | 6’
Wishing Fountain | installation for coins, wishes and water | indeterminate
a light. a fluid. a. | alto fl., sop. sax., perc., and live elec. | 7’
A Thread Submerged In Horizon | fixed media and pastel panel | 6’
con moto | interactive web and mobile audio | 8’
through seed salt soil and root | solo viola | 10’
gentian violet | violin, clarinet, cello, and piano | 6’
The Wax Garden | solo flute | 8’
Asterism | multimedia installation | 20’
Subsurface | fixed media | 7’
seep, unwrought | string quartet | 9’
seashell inhaling | two pianos | 6’
Opus I–V | voice, clarinet, horn, tuba, and piano | 22’
Birdseed and the Four Pianos | reed trio | 7’
two Souls for the Space of one | piano solo | 5’
Shroud, the Shadow | violin solo | 9’
Rest Now, Entangled | horn solo | 4’
...and so she longed | stereo electronics | 8’
Anti-Counter | chamber ensemble (fl, cl, 2 tpt, tbn, 4 perc) | 7’
References
Sabine Feisst
Evelyn Smith Professor of Musicology
Arizona State University
Music Building
50 E Gammage Pkwy, Tempe, AZ 85281
480-965-3114
Sabine.Feisst@asu.edu
Kristina Knowles
Assistant Professor of Music Theory
Arizona State University
Music Building
50 E Gammage Pkwy, Tempe, AZ 85281
480-965-6453
klknowl1@asu.edu
Garth Paine
Associate Professor
Arts, Media, and Engineering
Arizona State University
Stauffer Communication Arts
950 S Forest Mall, Tempe, AZ 85281
480-965-9438
Garth.Paine@asu.edu
experience
Teaching
2017–2020 Music Theory Graduate Assistant, Arizona State University
2014–2017 Music Theory Graduate Assistant, University of Alabama
2015–2017 Private Composition Lessons/Tutor
2015–2017 Alabama Contemporary Ensemble Assistant Director
Other Experience
2018–2019 Arts, Media, Engineering EcoSonic Assistant, Arizona State University
2018–2019 Arizona State University Society of Composers, Inc. Vice President
2018 Arizona State University Society of Composers, Inc. Treasurer
2016 Recording Engineer, The Song Sound radio, University of Alabama
2016 Recording Engineer, Early Musings: New Music for Violin by Davis Brooks
2015–2016 Electronic Music Studio Endowed Chair and Assistant
2010–2015 University of Alabama Music Library Assistant
Listen and Scroll Below! if Score Given
You can explore more works on my main Works page HERE
Awards, Commissions
2020 | Selected Composer | Delian Academy, Mykonos, Greece
2020 | Recipient |Arizona Commission on the Arts, Opportunity Grant
2020 | CAPLTER Summer Funding | Arizona State University and National Science Foundation
2019 | Recipient | Eirene Peggy Lamb Memorial Scholarship in Composition
2019 | Selected Composer | VIPA, Valencia, Spain
2019 | Selected Presenter | TEDxASU, Arizona State University - EcoSonics
2019 | 2nd Prize | Mykytyn Distinguished Composition Competition
2018 | Recipient | Arizona Commission on the Arts, Professional Development Grant
2018 | Recipient | GPSA Travel Grant Award, Arizona State University
2018 | Selected Composer | 2018 Space City New Music Festival, Houston, TX
2016 | Finalist | 2016 Alfred Schnittke Composers’ Forum and Competition, Lviv, Ukraine
2016 | Recording released on Navona Records album through PARMA Recordings
”Shroud, the Shadow”, on Early Musings: New Music for Violin by Davis Brooks
2016 | Selected Composer | International Symposium of New Music, Curitiba, Brazil
Software and tools
Adobe Audition
Adobe Illustrator
AudioSculpt
AudioStellar
Arduino
Bela
BITalino R-IoT
CataRT
CoMo Elements
Finale
GRM Tools
iZotope Ozone
iZotope RX
Kaleidoscope
Kyma
Logic Pro
Max MSP
OpenMusic
Pure Data
Reaper
Sonic Visualiser
SPEAR
Wave Agent