Composition Training and Education
Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY – 2007 to present:
Master of Arts in Composition, May 2009. GPA 3.98.
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. Overall GPA 3.65, Major GPA 3.88.
Composition with Kathryn Alexander, Mark Dancigers, Matthew Suttor and John Halle
Coursework in 20th century theory, music history; seminars on Stravinsky, the experimental rock tradition
Yale Symphony Orchestra with Toshiyuki Shimada, George Rothman, Shinik Hahm
President, Yale Symphony Orchestra, 2006-2007
Phillips Academy, Andover MA – 1999 to 2003:
Composition with Michael Gandolfi
Piano, music theory and composition with Peter Warsaw
Festivals
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
Norfolk Contemporary Music Festival, Norfolk, CT – June 2006
Studies with Martin Bresnick and Alejandro Viñao
Rehearsals with Robert Van Sice and Lisa Moore
Performances by So Percussion and the Norfolk Contemporary Ensemble
Honors, Awards and Scholarships
BMI Student Composer Award, May 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.
Paul Sacher Scholarship, Eastman School of Music, September 2008.
Eastman Computer Music Center Teaching Assistant Graduate Award,
Eastman School of Music, September 2008.
Samuel Adler Scholarship, Eastman School of Music, September 2007.
James L. Israel Yale-Andover Scholarship, Yale University, 2003-2007.
Yale Scholarship Trust of Boston Scholarship, Yale University, 2003-2007.
Beekman Cannon Friends of Music Prize, Yale College, May 2007.
Branford Arts Prize, Yale College, May 2007.
Musica Nova, Czech Radio 3 (“Vltava”), May 2007.
ASCAPlus Awards, September 2006 and September 2007.
Ellen Battell Stoeckel Fellowship, Norfolk Contemporary Music Workshop, June 2006.
Abraham Beekman Cox Prize for Composition, Yale College, May 2006.