Curriculum Vitae

EDUCATION & TRAINING

Degrees

2019   Ph.D. in Music Composition; University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT

2024   M.M in Music Technology; Southern Utah University, Cedar City, UT (Expected)

2013   M.M. in Music Composition; University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT

2011   B.M. in Music Composition; Boise State University, Boise, ID

2011   B.M. in Piano Performance; Boise State University, Boise, ID

Magna Cum Laude

CURRENT TEACHING APPOINTMENTS

2024 –   Adjunct Faculty – Music Technology; Salt Lake Community College

2023 –   Adjunct Faculty – Music Theory; Utah Valley University; Orem, UT

2021– Adjunct Faculty – Humanities (Global Focus); Utah Valley University; Orem, UT

2019– Faculty Member – Music Theory and Composition; The Gifted Music School; Salt Lake City, UT

2018– Adjunct Assistant Professor – Music Theory; The University of Utah; Salt Lake City, UT

PAST TEACHING APPOINTMENTS

2016–2018       Graduate Instructor – Music Theory; The University of Utah; Salt Lake City, UT

2011–2016       Teaching Assistant – Music Theory; The University of Utah; Salt Lake City, UT

2021–23           Adjunct Faculty – Humanities (Music); IvyTech Community College; Lawrenceburg, IN

AWARDS & COMMISSIONS

2023 – International Trombone Festival, Salt Lake City, Utah – Featured guest composer

2023 – The American Prize for Music Composition – Orchestral Division, finalist

2022 – The American Prize for Music Composition – Chamber Division, finalist

2021 – The American Prize for Music Composition – Chamber Division, finalist

2021 – Outstanding Eagle Scout Award – National Eagle Scout Association; recognition for regional and national level service to youth, teaching, and academic achievement in music

2021 – Commission from Beverly Dooley of the Skagit Symphony for bass flute

2021 – Alfred Lambourne Prize – winner in sound category; live performance at Sugar Space Arts Warehouse, Salt Lake City, UT

2016 – Commission from University of Nevada-Reno Horn faculty DeAunn Davis for new Horn/Tuba/Piano work; performed at faculty recital; University of Nevada-Reno, Reno, NV

2015 – Alfred Lambourne Prize – finalist in sound category; live performance at Salt Lake Community College, Salt Lake City, UT

2014 – Commission from the Natural History Museum of Utah for music based on museum exhibits; performed live at museum, Salt Lake City, UT

COMMERCIAL RECORDINGS & PUBLICATIONS

Sonata for Flute and Piano – by ALRY Publications, 2024

River of No Return – by Trevco Music Publishing, 2024

Terram Inter Lunas – by Waterton Brass Music, 2023

Creations for Trombone Choir - by Waterton Brass Music, 2018

Postcards from the Inland Sea - by Trevco Music Publishing, 2015

Excursions for Solo Piano. Felt: Striking Works for Piano; Karolina Rojahn; Navona Records; NV5987, 2015

Exhibits - by TrevCo Music Publishing, 2014

Quintet No. 1 - by Trevco Music Publishing, 2014

Quintet No. 2 - by Trevco Music Publishing, 2014

Sonata for Trombone and Piano - by Cherry Classics, 2011

FELLOWSHIPS AND RESEARCH

2020-2022 – Research assistant – Mozart and Epilepsy. 1U4U research grant. The University of Utah.

2019 – Dissertation: “New Wine in Old Bottles: Structural and Aesthetic Innovation in the

Lamento Movement of György Ligeti’s Horn Trio”

2016 – Leroy Robertson Fellowship for Composition; The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT.

PUBLIC PERFORMANCES

Sonata for Flute and Piano

2023 – University of St. Francis; Joliet, Illinois

2022 – Stephen F. Austin University; Nacogdoches, Texas

2022 – Flute Day; Indianapolis, Indiana

2022 – Society of Composers, Inc. Online National Conference

River of No Return

2023 – Trio de Bois – Ladies Reeding Society, International Double Reed Society Convention; Mahidol University, Thailand

2022 – Trio de Bois – Ladies Reeding Society, Brigham Young University – Idaho; Rexburg, Idaho

Creations for Trombone Choir

2023 – International Trombone Festival; University of Utah; Salt Lake City, Utah

2012 – SCI Region VI Conference; West Texas A&M University; Canyon, Texas

2011 – MENC All-Northwest Conference, Seattle, Washington (Fanfare only)

Gunnison Island

2023 – VU Symposium for Electronic and Experimental Music; Park City, Utah

2021 – 8th annual Alfred Lambourne Prize; Salt Lake City, Utah

Arsenic Requiem

2023 – 10th annual Alfred Lambourne Prize; Salt Lake City, Utah

2023 – Research on Contemporary Composition Conference; University of North Georgia, Dahlonega, Georgia

Terram Inter Lunas

2022 – Boise State Faculty and Friends Brass Quintet, Craters of the Moon National Monument, Idaho

Desert Music

2018 – Utah Composer’s Collective Concert; University of Utah (fourth movement only)

The Land of Standing Rocks

2018 – Grand Circle New Music; Dixie State University; St. George, Utah

2016 – Open Space Festival of New Music; University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, Colorado

2015 – On display with film at Kimball Arts Center; Park City, Utah

2015 – North/South Consonance – Rumbles of Spring concert; New York City, New York

2015 – Salty Cricket Composer's Collective – Cirque du Pierrot; Salt Lake City, Utah (1st movement only)

2014 – TEMPO X; California State University-Northridge – The Epicenter Music Performance Organization; Northridge, California

2014 – Utah Contemporary Museum of Art; Salt Lake City, Utah

2013 – Critical Rediscovery of the Northern Rockies Conference; Montana State University; Bozeman, Montana

2012-2015 – Score for Inland/Outland Utah film project in collaboration with Svavar Jonatansson of Iceland

Postcards from the Inland Sea

2017 – Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah

2015 – 2nd annual Alfred Lambourne Prize; Salt Lake City, Utah

Panoramas

2016 – University of Nevada-Reno; Reno, Nevada

Exhibits

2014 – Natural History Museum of Utah; Salt Lake City, Utah

Quintet No. 2

2014 – Midwest Graduate Music Consortium; University of Wisconsin-Madison; Black Marigold Quintet; Madison, Wisconsin

2012 – Utah Composer's Collective Concert; University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah (Scherzo only)

Quintet No. 1

2013 – SCI Region IV Conference; Eastern Kentucky University; Madison Winds; Richmond, Kentucky

Sonata for Trombone and Piano

2009 – New Music Festival; University of Nebraska-Kearney; Kearney, Nebraska

Excursions for Piano

2008 – New Music Festival; University of Nebraska-Kearney; Kearney, Nebraska

COMPOSER-IN-RESIDENCE POSITIONS AND INVITED GUEST LECTURES

2021-2022 – Craters of the Moon National Monument; Artist in Residence

2014 – Boise State University – invited guest presenter for composition seminar.

COURSES TAUGHT

The University of Utah

MUSC 1100 – Music Fundamentals

MUSC 1110 – Music Theory I (in person/online)

MUSC 1120 – Music Theory II (in person/online)

MUSC 1130 – Musicianship I

MUSC 1140 – Musicianship II

MUSC 2110 – Music Theory III (in person/online)

MUSC 2130 – Musicianship III

MUSC 2140 – Musicianship IV

MUSC 3560 – Form & Analysis

MUSC 4560 – Baroque Counterpoint

MUSC 4565 – Special Topics in Music Theory

IvyTech Community College

HUMA 118 – Music Appreciation (Online)

Utah Valley University

HUM 1010 – Humanities Through the Arts

HUM 101G – Humanities Through the Arts (Global Focus)

MUSC 1120 – Music Theory II

MUSC 1130 – Aural Skills I

MUSC 1140 – Aural Skills II

Salt Lake Community College

THEA-COMM-MUSC 1515 – Basics of Audio Production

Gifted Music School

Intermediate Music Theory

Composition and Songwriting

Elements of Composition

Composition and theory lessons

Techniques of Orchestration

Sandy Music Academy

Private Piano Lessons

Musically Inclined, LLC

Private Piano, trombone, and composition lessons

COMPLETE CATALOGUE OF WORKS

Orchestral Works

2023   Suite No. 2 for Strings. String Orchestra [20 minutes]

2022   Suite for Strings. String orchestra [17 minutes]

2020-2023 Copper Basin Concerto. Woodwind Quintet/String orchestra/Percussion [20 minutes] (in progress)

Chamber Ensemble

2022   Terram Inter Lunas. Brass Quintet [13 minutes]

2021   Expatriate Dances. Bass Flute/Cello [7 minutes]

2020   River of No Return. Oboe/Clarinet/Bassoon/Piano [13 minutes]

2018   Desert Music. String Quartet [18 minutes]

2016   Panoramas. Horn/Tuba/Piano [9 minutes]

2013   The Land of Standing Rocks. Flute/Clarinet (w/bass)/Violin/Cello/Piano [16 minutes]

2012   Quintet No 2. Woodwind Quintet [11 minutes]

2011   Fanfare and Memorial for a Friend. Brass Quintet [10 minutes]

2010   Quintet No 1. Woodwind quintet [11 minutes]

2010   Creations.  Trombone choir [9 minutes]

Solo Instrument with Accompaniment

2021   Sonata No. 2. Trombone/Piano [4 minutes] (in progress)

2020   Sonata. Flute/Piano [13 minutes]

2015   Postcards from the Inland Sea. Oboe/Piano [14 minutes]

2013   Exhibits. Bassoon/Piano [18 minutes]

2010   Thoughts. Clarinet/Piano (revised 2019) [13 minutes]

2009   Sonata. Trombone/Piano [17 minutes]

Solo Instrument

2020   Quarantined Improvisations. Solo piano [12 minutes]

2015   Sonata in F Major (in the classical style). Solo piano [ 5 minutes]

2008   Excursions. Solo piano [ 8 minutes]

Electronics

2023   Arsenic Requiem. Fixed Electronics [9 minutes]

2021   Rozell Improvisation. Fixed electronics [10 minutes]

2021   Gunnison Island. Fixed electronics [7 minutes]

2018   Gemini Bridges. Fixed electronics [5 minutes]

2015   Electric Fun. Fixed electronics [3 minutes]

2013   White Antelope. Trumpet/Interactive electronics [5 minutes]

2012   Throb. Bass Clarinet/Fixed electronics [5 minutes]

SERVICE TO THE PROFESSION

2024 –               National Communications Team (Blog Editor) - NACUSA

2014-2015        Vice-President – University Composer’s Collective

2013-2014        Secretary – University Composer’s Collective

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS & AFFILIATIONS

American Society of Composers Authors and Publishers (ASCAP)

Society of Composers, Inc. (SCI)

Music Teachers National Association (MTNA)

College Music Society (CMS)

National Association of Composers/USA (NACUSA)

OTHER CERTIFICATIONS

Avid Pro Tools Specialist Certification – 2024

Online Teaching Academy Certification – Utah Valley University – 2024

LANGUAGES

Tagalog             Advanced – speak, read, and write.

German             Intermediate – read, write. Beginner – speak.