Curriculum Vitae

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Education

• • Boston Conservatory, 2005-2007 M.M. Composition
• • University of Missouri-Columbia, 2000-2005 B.M. Composition and Flute Performance

Principal Teachers

• • Bowdoin International Music Festival: Samuel Adler, 2008; Claude Baker, 2008; Simone Fontenelli, 2008; Don Freund and David Crumb, 2009
• • Boston Conservatory: Ken Ueno, 2008; Andy Vores, 2006-2007; Dana Brayton, 2005-2006
• • European American Musical Alliance: Michel Merlet, 2006; Narcis Bonet, 2005 & 2006; Claude Baker, 2005
• • Boston: Flute: Steven P. Finley, 2005
• • University of Missouri-Columbia:
• -Composition: Stefan Freund, 2003-2005; Thomas McKenney, 2001-2005; Leonard Mark Lewis, 2001
• -Flute: Steven Geibel, 2002, 2004-2005; Edward Dolbashian, 2004-2005; Lisa Thill, 2002-2004; Carolyn Hoyer, 2001

Awards

• • Resident Assistant, Bowdoin International Music Festival, 2008
• • Music Division Scholarship, The Boston Conservatory, 2005-2007
• • Michael Iovenko Scholarship, European American Musical Alliance, 2006
• • Excellence in Composition, First Music 23 for Contravention for chamber orchestra, 2006
• • Honors in Counterpoint, European American Musical Alliance, 2005 & 2006
• • Ellen Taaffe Zwilich Prize, International Alliance for Women in Music’s (IAWM) for The Elements for flute, violin, & cello, 2004
• • Third Place Recipient, Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) Student Composition Competition for Trials of Tubilation for tuba ensemble, 2004
• • Honorable Mention, Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) Student Composition Competition for Searching for chamber orchestra & two sopranos, 2003
• • National College Website Honorable Mention Award, Sigma Alpha Iota - Iota Lambda, 2003
• • “Bright Flight” Missouri Higher Education Academic Scholarship, University of Missouri-Columbia for placing in the top three percent of all Missouri high school students taking the ACT, 2000-2005
• • Curators Scholar Award, University of Missouri-Columbia for graduating from high school in the top 5% of the class with ACT score of 28+, 2000-2005

Commissions and Selected Performances

• • Commission for Surely Happiness is Reflective, Lorelei Ensemble and Juventas New Music Ensemble, 2009
• • Commission for A Protest for four women’s voices, Anthology Voices, 2009
• • Chamber Opera Commission for The Year of the Serpent, Juventas New Music Ensemble, 2009
• • Commission for poetry settings and incendental music for “Life” audio book project, Cathy Smith, 2009
• • Gamper Festival of Contemporary Music, Bowdoin International Music Festival selected meditation for flute and loop pedal for performance, July 2008
• • Brave New Works read means: the processing of for flute, piano, and loop pedal, 2007
• • Xanthos New Music Ensemble selected means: the processing of for flute, piano, and loop pedal for performance, November 2007
• • Juventas New Music Ensemble selected Misfortune for soprano and piano for performance, May 2007
• • Society of Composers, Inc. (SCI) Region VI Conference selected When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer for a cappella SATB choir for performance, February 2007
• • Commission for The Supermarket, Timothy Patrick Norman an original film score for an independent film, 2007
• • Commission for Chelsey’s Waltz, David & Chelsey Crawford, 2007
• • Commission for Meditation & Groove, Brandy Blakely, 2007
• • Interlochen Academy for the Arts selected le metro for flute, bassoon, violin, violoncello, and percussion for performance by The Interlochen composer’s ensemble, August 2006
• • European American Musical Alliance selected When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer for SATB choir for performance at L’Ecole Normale de Musique in Paris, France, July 2006
• • Commission for At the point, Bo Kyung Kim, 2006
• • Commission for The Four Conditions for Happiness, Heather Lee Ash, 2006

Master Classes and Summer Programs

• • Bowdoin International Music Festival: studied with Samuel Adler, Claude Baker, and Simone Fontenelli, 2008; Don Freund and David Crumb, 2009
• • The Interlochen Composer’s Institute: classes with Daniel McCarthy and David Dzubay, and performed in the composers ensemble on flute, 2006
• • European American Musical Alliance, Inc., participated in master classes through the Juilliard School where she worked with Claude Baker, Narcis Bonet, Michel Merlet, Philip Lasser, and Mark Shapiro in the style of Nadia Boulanger, 2005 & 2006
• • Conductors Institute at Bard Composer-Conductor Program, took master classes for conducting and composing led by Maestro Harold Farberman, 2005
• • Karel Husa: selected for a master class led by Karel Husa at the University of Missouri-Columbia – The Elements for flute, violin, and violoncello, 2004
• • Songfest: studied with John Harbison, Dorothy Chang, Daniel Crozier, N. Lincoln Hanks, Stephen Hartke, Sally Lamb, Erica Muhl, Forrest Pierce, James Primosch and Anna Weesner, 2004

Teaching

• • Teaching Stage Direction and Interpretation, Boston Arts Academy, 2009
• • Teaching Assistant in Theory & Ear training, The Boston Conservatory, 2006-2007
• • Music Theory & Ear training Tutor, The Boston Conservatory, 2006-2007
• • Music Theory Tutor, University of Missouri-Columbia, 2004-2005
• • Community Music Program, University of Missouri-Columbia, flute teacher, 2004-2005

Stage Directing and Choreography

• • dreimaldrei gleich unendlich, Assistant Stage Director, Juventas New Music Ensemble, 2009-2010
• • Der Zwerg, Stage Director, OperaHub, 2009-2010
• • Opera Scenes: Die Zauberflöte, Candide, Dido and Aeneas, Hänsel und Gretel, Stage Director/Teacher, Boston Arts Academy, 2009
• • The Crucible, Assistant Stage Manager, Boston Opera Collaborative, 2009
• • L’Incoronazione di Poppea, Choreographer, OperaHub, 2009

Arts Administration

• • Co-founder, Executive Director, & Flutist, Juventas New Music Ensemble, 2005-present

  Juventas new music ensemble is a non-profit organization with the mission to perform and promote music by young, living composers. Based in Boston, Massachusetts, the ensemble is a collective of several dozen musicians that form a wide array of instrumentations - both traditional and non-traditional. Since its founding in 2005, Juventas has performed the work of over 40 composers in exhilarating concerts that showcase the diversity of contemporary music. Responsibilities include: producing 10-12 concerts per season; selecting music for programming; creating and updating all paperwork including policies, bylaws, standing rules, etc.; administering all tasks executed by a minimum of 25 volunteers involved in the staff and musicians, managing a $5,000+ budget; PR/advertising

• • General Manager, The Boston Cecilia, 2008-present

  The Boston Cecilia is a 50-piece choir with a reputation for its period-instrument performances of baroque music, especially the oratorios of Handel and works of Bach. For this non-profit organization, responsibilities include: producing 3-4 concerts a year at such venues as New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall; managing a $200,000+ budget; creating and graphically designing programs and PR materials; negotiating contracts with venues and vendors

• • Operations Manager, The Boston Cecilia, 2008

  Responsibilities included: performed all ticket sales; managed concert setup and breakdown; maintained an up-to-date database; wrote and dispersed acknowledgement letters

• • Executive Assistant, Boston Youth Moves, 2008

  Boston Youth Moves (BYM) is a pre-professional dance training program for teens from the Greater Boston Area, and a non-profit organization with the aim to enhance dance students’ development in a career as a dancer, or in a dance- or arts-related field. Responsibilities included: supported Executive Director Jeannette Neill with any assistance necessary to administer the 2008 Swellegance Gala; graphically designed ads for the Swellegance Gala program

• • Assistant to the Audio Visual Director, The Boston Conservatory, 2007-2008

  Responsibilities included: Managed and scheduled over 20 student employees; supervised all office operations; completed all bills and financial responsibilities of the Boston Conservatory Audio Visual Department; created a new database with excel to backup and store all recorded media; transferred media across a variety of formats in preparation for archives in the Boston Conservatory library

Performing Organizations

• • Flutist, Wood Wind Quintet, August 2009-present
• • Alto Ringer, The Boston Cecilia, 2008
• • Flutist, Harvard-Radcliffe Dramatic Club’s The Tempest, Jean Sibelius: The Tempest incidental music, 2008
• • Flutist, Juventas New Music Ensemble, 2005-2007
• • Flutist, The Boston Conservatory Chamber Music Ensemble, 2006-2007
• • Undergraduate Research Forum, University of Missouri-Columbia, 2005
• • Sigma Alpha Iota, Iota Lambda Music Fraternity, University of Missouri-Columbia, 2003-2005
• • -Webmaster, 2003-2005
  • -Editor, 2003-2004
  • -VP Membership, 2002-2003
  • -Publicity Chair, 2002
• • University Philharmonic Orchestra, University of Missouri-Columbia, 2003-2005

Principal Flutist

• -March 10, 2005 - Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68
• -November 18, 2004 - Anton Bruckner: Te Deum
• -October 28, 2004 - Pytor Illych Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker Suite
• -April 3, 2004 - Camille Saint-Saëns: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2 in G minor, Op. 22
• -March 13, 2004 - Johannes Brahms: Academic Festival Overture; Camille Saint-Saëns: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 22
• -November 4, 2003 - Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 73
• -September 26, 2003 - Felix Mendelssohn: The Hebrides (“Fingal’s Cave)

• • Woodwind Quintet, University of Missouri-Columbia, 2003-2005
• • -Aglaia Quintet, 2004-2005
  • -The Other Quintet, 2003
• • Symphonic Wind Ensemble, University of Missouri-Columbia, 2003-2005
• • Symphonic Band, University of Missouri-Columbia, 2003-2004; Principal flutist, 2004
• • Mid-Missouri Teachers Association Collegiate Woodwinds Competition, Aglaia Woodwind Quintet, 2004
• • University Singers, University of Missouri-Columbia, 2003
• • Marching Mizzou, University of Missouri-Columbia, 2000-2003
• • Mizzou Winter Guard, University of Missouri-Columbia, 2002
• • Concert Band, University of Missouri-Columbia, 2000, 2002
• • University Band, University of Missouri-Columbia performed on bassoon, 2001-2002
• • Concert Chorale, University of Missouri-Columbia, 2001
• • Show-Me Opera Company, University of Missouri-Columbia, 2000-2001
• • Residential Hall Association Representative Lathrop Hall, University of Missouri-Columbia, 2000

Technical Skills

• • Information and Access Technology Services (IATs), University of Missouri-Columbia, 2003-2005
• • Support Specialist (supervisor), 2004-2005; Computer Consultant, 2003

  • Responsibilities included: supervised over 30 computer consultants throughout at least ten computing sites; diagnosed and resolved numerous technical malfunctions in a large university system; set-up and organized over ten computing sites, including PCs, Macs, printers, projectors, scanners, etc.; attended over 15 classes on computing skills, including networking, databases, Microsoft Office, Windows and OS X operating systems; answered technical questions from students and faculty; catalogued all inquiries and problems in the IATs database

• • Software Tools

  Microsoft Office, Adobe Creativity Suite, Filemaker, QuickBooks, Ticket Turtle, Patronmail, Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, Safari, Mozilla FireFox, OpenOffice, Epson Creativity Suite, Finale, Audacity, Csound, Cubase, GigaStudio, etc.

• • Operating Systems

  Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, Unix

• • Programming Languages

  XHTML, CSS, Java