Education
University of Chicago, Chicago, IL – 2009 to present:
§ Doctor of Philosophy in Composition, expected June 2014
§ Studies with Shulamit Ran and Marta Ptaszynska
Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY – 2007-2009:
§ Master of Arts in Composition, May 2009
§ Studies with Robert Morris, Allan Schindler and Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon
§ Studies with Howard Hanson Visiting Professor Yehudi Wyner
§ Graduate Teaching Assistant in the Eastman Computer Music Center
Yale University, New Haven, CT – 2003-2007:
§ Bachelor of Arts in Music (Intensive), May 2007
§ Composition with Kathryn Alexander, Mark Dancigers, Matthew Suttor and John Halle
§ Yale Symphony Orchestra with Toshiyuki Shimada, George Rothman, Shinik Hahm
§ President and Principal viola, Yale Symphony Orchestra, 2006-2007
Festivals and Select Performances
Contempo: Tomorrow’s Music Today I – Chicago, IL – May 2010
§ Performance of The Generator by eighth blackbird, May 14, 2010
Minnesota Orchestra Composers Institute, Minneapolis, MN – November 2008
§ Professional Development Seminars with the American Music Center, American Composers Forum, ASCAP, musicians of the Minnesota Orchestra et al.
§ Performance by the Minnesota Orchestra, Osmo Vänskä conducting, November 7, 2008.
MusicX Festival, Cincinnati, OH – June 2007 and June 2008
§ Masterclasses with eighth blackbird, Michael Nyman, and Jack Body
§ Performances of Bei Pan and Fenway
Norfolk Contemporary Music Festival, Norfolk, CT – June 2006
§ Studies with Martin Bresnick and Alejandro Viñao
§ Rehearsals with Robert Van Sice and Lisa Moore
§ Performances of Bèi Pàn and Yí Shì by So Percussion and the Norfolk Contemporary Ensemble
Honors, Awards and Scholarships
- BMI Student Composer Award, May 2009.
- ASCAPlus Awards, 2006-2009.
- Howard Hanson Large Ensemble Prize, Eastman School of Music, April 2009.
- Bernard Rogers Memorial Prize, Eastman School of Music, April 2009.
- Minnesota Orchestra Composer Institute Participant, November 2008.
- Howard Hanson Orchestral Prize, Eastman School of Music, May 2008.
- Eastman Computer Music Center Graduate Award,
Eastman School of Music, September 2008.
- Beekman Cannon Friends of Music Prize, Yale University, May 2007.
- Ellen Battell Stoeckel Fellowship, Norfolk Contemporary Music Workshop, June 2006.
- Abraham Beekman Cox Prize, Yale University, May 2006.