Resume

(Updated 3/99)

Education:

  • 1997-present - D.M.A. Candidate in Music Composition
    Columbia University
  • M.A. - Music Composition
    Columbia University; 1997
  • B.M. - Music Composition and Theory
    Rowan University; 1995

    Studies With:

    Milton Babbitt, Fred Lerdahl, Jonathan Kramer, Harold Oliver, George Edwards

    Awards/Honors:

    2000 - Standard Award, ASCAP
    1999 - Aaron Copland Award
    1999 - American Academy of Arts and Letters; Charles Ives Scholarship
    1998 - Recipient; Fritz Reiner Foundation Grant
    1997 - Winner; BMI Young Composers Award
    1995-present - Columbia University Mellon Foundation Scholarship Recipient
    1995 - Winner; Bearns Prize in Composition
    1994 - Winner; Rowan University Clark W. Pfleeger Award for Outstanding Musical Achievment
    1994 - Winner; New Jersey Composers Guild Student Composer Competition
    1993 - Rowan University Friends of the Arts grant for further studies (2 times)
    1993 - Rowan University Vice President's Grant
    1993 - First New York University Composer's Summer Seminar
    1993 - Atlantic Center for the Arts Fellowship
    1993 - Winner; New Jersey Composers Guild Student Composer Competition
    1993 - Winner; Rowan University Orchestra Soloist Competition (for conducting)
    1992 - Winner; New Jersey Composers Guild Student Composer Competition

    Positions/Appointments:

    2000 - Contributing Author; New York Concert Review
    1998-present - Editorial Board; Current Musicology
    1997-1998 - Executive Director; League of Composers/ISCM
    1996-1997 - Administrative Assistant; League of Composers/ISCM
    1994-1995 - President; Rowan University Bureau of Musical Organizations
    1994-1995 - Assistant Conductor; Rowan University Orchestra
    1993-1995 - President; Rowan University Contemporary Music Ensemble
    1992-94, 96-97 - Student Representative; American Composer's Orchestra

    Teaching Experience:

    1998 - Adjunct Professor; Kean University (Orchestration)
    1997-present - Adjunct Professor; Fordham University Rose Hill (Music History)
    1997-present - Adjunct Professor; Fordham University Lincoln Center (Music History & Opera History)
    1996-present - Professor; Columbia University (Music History)
    1995-present - Private Instructor of Computer Music Notation and Copying
    1993-95 - Tutor of Music Theory; Rowan University (all levels)