Christian Kaltwasser Email & Phone Number

Portland, Oregon Metropolitan Area

• Print and digital product publishing music notation expert.
• Collaborate with composers to prepare new songs for publication as choral octavos or PDF sheet music.
• Apply house styles to ensure accurate and consistent presentation of music and copyrights for choral octavos, collections, hymnals, and large accompaniment resources (hundreds of songs).
• Participate in sing-throughs of new products to ensure integrity and usability.
• Maintain ERP data on thousands of IP assets presented in print and digital products.
• Advise on the musical and liturgical merits of newly submitted compositions.

Portland, Oregon Area

• Consult with composers to prepare new songs for publication as choral octavos or PDF sheet music.
• Ensure accurate and stylistically consistent presentation of music notation for choral octavos, songbooks (8–12 songs), hymnals, and large accompaniment resources (hundreds of songs).
• Review proofs and attend sing-throughs of new products to ensure integrity and consistency.
• Maintain ERP data on thousands of IP assets for inclusion in print and digital products.
• Advise on the musical and artistic merits of newly submitted compositions.

Portland, Oregon

• Coordinated production and release of eBook music publications.
• Created and modified music engravings in Finale and Adobe design software for choral, hymnal, missal, and songbook products, both print and digital.
• Produced large and small-scale documents for publication with Adobe InDesign, incorporating both music and text elements per house style guidelines and templates.
• Reviewed proofs and attended sing-throughs in cooperation with editors to ensure integrity and consistency across products.
• Maintained ERP data in OCP’s custom FileMaker database.
• Reviewed and updated work instructions and product templates.

Salem, Oregon And Portland, Oregon Area

• Vox Capitolio choir, Western Hemisphere Voices and Orchestra, WOU Chamber Singers, and other ensembles.
• Compose original music; orchestrate and arrange for ensembles up to full symphony orchestra.
• Score music cues for film and other media to capture emotion and engage the audience.
• Produce studio recordings; mix and process audio tracks in Logic Pro X.
• Engrave full scores and parts in Finale notation software.
• Sing and perform improvised or notated parts on violin in classical and contemporary styles.

Corvallis, Eugene, Salem, And Monmouth, OR

• Design posters, postcards, and print ads with Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator to promote concerts and music festivals to donors and community members.
• Create websites and guide community support and advocacy groups in building online presence.
• Designed and managed large, complex website with back-end database of political facts.
• Honored for “Best Political Web Site” by the American Political Science Association, 1998.
• Hired, trained, and managed up to three interns and associate staff.

Monmouth, OR

• Designed 12 to 20 clear and eye-catching event posters per quarter for the WOU Music Department using Adobe Photoshop.
• Collected requirements from ensemble directors and performing artists.
• Drew illustrations based on existing photographs and line art.
• Researched historic artwork and backgrounds of musicians and repertoire.

Monmouth, OR

• Designed lesson plans and explained musicology and music theory concepts to college students.
• Tutored individual students in fundamental music concepts.
• Ensured students were provided approved accommodations during exams and classroom laboratories.

Monmouth, OR

• Composed original music; orchestrated and arranged for full symphony orchestra.
• Copyist duties: adapted, transposed, and engraved written parts to available instruments.
• Assisted director during rehearsals of classical symphony orchestra.

Eugene, OR

• Directed video and audio production of live cable TV broadcasts for college distance learning courses.
• Controlled video compositing workstation for simultaneous live cable TV broadcast and recording.
• Mixed, edited, and produced audio recordings for educational podcasts with Audacity DAW software.
• Designed graphics for retail DVD covers and promotional collateral in Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator.

• Analyzed student loan data and correlated financial demographics to support design of the Pathway Oregon scholarship for resident Pell Grant recipients.
• Promoted on-campus student job funding by designing reports in Microsoft Excel on resource use.
• Assisted the Director with illustrations and reports for the state legislature, coordinating efforts with staff in key OUS offices.
• Documented methods and trained office staff on processes for maintaining reports.

Eugene, OR

• Led small interdisciplinary team on numerous complex online software projects including early social networking applications and CRM.
• Guided nonprofit clients in use of online media to achieve advocacy and fundraising goals.
• Clarified internal processes as part of cross-disciplinary management team.
• Advised on the values and direction of a small company of creative professionals as it grew from about 20 to over 60 associates, with offices in Oregon, California, and Washington, DC.

Master Of Music, Contemporary Music, Music Composition

Activities and Societies: Staff composer/arranger for WOU SymphonyWOU Graduate Merit Scholarship

B.Mus, Contemporary Music, Music Composition

Activities and Societies: Spectrum! Composer's forum, student recitals, Singer-Songwriter ensemble, Chamber Singers, Concert Choir, violin.

Music Transfer Coursework, Music (Voice, Violin, Composition)

Activities and Societies: Chamber choir, Chamber orchestra• 4.0 GPA (including A+ grading) • Completed Lane's two-year program in music. •.

B.S., Philosophy

Activities and Societies: Campus orchestra – 1st violin section4.03 GPA

B.S., Computer Science, Mathematics

Activities and Societies: Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society, Philosophy department writing award, math tutorsumma cum laude (3.96 GPA)