Education

COMPOSITION, University of Oregon School of Music with Rob Kyr and David Crumb

ORCHESTRATION, seminar with Steven Scott Smalley, The Art and Craft of Orchestration For Film and Television

CONDUCTING, Seminar with Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor of the Eugene Symphony Orchestra

PIANO, 10 years private instruction with Ronald Cole, 4 years academic instruction with Victor Steinhardt at the University of Oregon

Experience

CROWDED FIRE THEATER COMPANY, San Francisco, CA Resident Composer. Composed and arranged music for theater. Projects ranged from composing short songs and incidental music, to full theatrical underscoring and musicals. Music direction, conducting and performing from the piano were frequent tasks.

MUSIC FOR TWO CELLOS AND TWENTY-FOUR TELEVISIONS, Berkeley, CA Developer, composer, conductor, recording engineer. This high intensity project involved intricate music composed for two synced cellos and manipulated found-footage displayed on twenty-four found televisions sets. This project required developing the concept, composing the music, gathering and editing the film, administering the rehearsals and performances, conducting the performances, and engineering a post- performance recording.

ST. JOHN'S UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST, San Francisco, CA Composer, music director, pianist, organist. This position included performing weekly composed preludes, postludes, and service music. Music was composed for piano, organ, and congregational singing. Texts were often provided by members of the congregation.

Additional

• Exceptionally high quality orchestral and solo music for low and high budgets
  
• Traditional and MIDI orchestration and sequencing with Logic
  
• Transcription and notation with Finale
  
• Recording capabilities
  
• Conductor, director, and accomplished pianist

Film/Theater

Concert Works

Directing