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audio and music programming for new musical video game

Greater New York City Area

Composer specializing in chamber, orchestral and electroacoustic music for concerts, stage and immersive multimedia experiences. Music educator with focus on theory, composition, harmony and improvisation. Available for original composition, arrangements, works for film, remixes and sound design.SELECTED RECENT WORKS:"Pocket Universe" (2018) - Arrangement of original piece by Aivi and Surasshu, commissioned and performed by Awesöme Orchestra Collective."Angel Bait" (2018) - Electronic music for aerialist choreography commissioned and composed for Ildiko Polony. "until we dissolve" (2017) - Electronic album and immersive art experience. Performed at the Brooklyn Preserve in Oakland."The Permanent" (2017) - Composed for and performed by Andrew Van Tassel and the Awesöme Orchestra Collective."A Sleeptalker Describes the Rising of the Seas" (2016) - String quartet, commissioned by the Friction Quartet in San Francisco."The Appearance of Islands of Memory" (2016) - flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, piano, and percussion composed for the Empyrean Ensemble in residence at UC-Davis."Some Famous Landmarks" (2015) - rock quartet (voice, guitar, electric bass, drums) and chamber orchestra. Arrangement for Carletta Sue Kay, performed by Awesöme Orchestra Collective."CRUDA (after Monteverdi)" (2015) - composed for William David Cooper and the UC-Davis Early Music Ensemble."Lake Tahoe Sonification Project" (2014) - Collaborative sound art installation using Max/MSP. Composed by graduate students with a grant from UC-Davis."Three Moons" (2013) - Soprano and ensemble for Tony Arnold and the Empyrean Ensemble at UC-Davis."a dot in space" (2013) - viola and MAX/MSP composed for Ellen Ruth Rose and with Sam Tarakajian."cosmic dancer, blade of fire" (2013) - Composed for UC-Davis Symphony Orchestra. Winner of the UC-Davis Symphony Orchestra Award.

Oakland, California

Company composer for The Bonfire Makers, an Oakland-based theatre company making physical, place-specific, audience-interactive works. Most recent project, PLACE to LAND (an oakland love story), explores the histories of displacement, resistance, and change-making in Oakland and received the Dresher Ensemble Resident Artist (DEAR) award.SELECTED WORKS:"PLACE to LAND (an oakland love story)" (2016) - a musical/theatrical setting for The Bonfire Makers performance group in Oakland. Electric double bass, violin, piano, seven voices, and electronics."We Go Boom" (2014) - Theatrical score for double bass, electronics, and six voices. Composed for The Bonfire Makers in Oakland.

Beginning and Intermediate Ear Training/Musicianship for music majors; Music Theory for non-majorsTeaching Assistant: Jazz History, Music History, Film MusicLectured: History of Jazz, Film Music, and Music of the BeatlesCoordinated performances and rehearsals of in-house new music ensemble, theEmpyrean Ensemble.

San Francisco, California

Executive Director of the Shambhala Center, a nonprofit community centerproviding education and training in mindfulness meditation skills andcontemplative arts.

San Francisco Bay Area

Organized and led an international community dedicated to fostering good human society through social justice, the arts, and meditation.

Ph.D., Music Theory And Composition

Dissertation: An analysis of Allen Anderson’s All These Are Scenes of Life In and Around the Rectangle With An Opportunity for Mischief

Bachelor Of Music, Double Bass Performance, Jazz Performance, Composition

Graduated with with Distinction and Highest Honors.