Welcome
Welcome to my (one)page! Here you will find a lot about my work—all on a single page!
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BioAs both a composer and software developer, I am an avid do-it-yourselfer, author of several works for piano as well as open-source music applications including Fixations (solo piano), Bike Ride (solo piano with graphic), Rail Roa Di Ana (double piano trio); and Brick (audio processing), Belle, Bonne, Sage (notation), and Chorale Composer (music theory), and have presented my work at the International Computer Music Conference in 2009 and 2010. I received a B.M. in Composition from Bucknell University in 2007, and an M.M. in Composition and Theory from University of Illinois in 2009, where I am currently pursuing doctoral work. I have recently studied with Zack Browning, Mei-Fang Lin, Erik Lund, Heinrich Taube, and Scott A. Wyatt.
Composition
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Piano Performance
- Drag, J. Bunch (2011)
- A Song To Beauty, Li Ren Xing (2011)
- I'll tell you about it because I am here and you are distant, Q. Collins (2009)
- Split, Q. Collins (2009)
- 707 High St., J. Seo (2009)
- Quatuor pour la fin du temps, I II III IV V VI VII VIII, O. Messian (2008)
- Cello Sonata, Ia Ib II & III IV, D. Shostakovich (2008)
- A Voice Seldom Heard, K. Rowan (2007)
- Makrokosmos: Volume I, G. Crumb (2007)
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Projects
- Belle, Bonne, Sage—The “Beautiful, Good, Wise” C++ Vector-Graphics Library for Music Notation
- Brick—a high-quality audio resampler and pitch-shifter
- Chorale Composer—Software for Teaching Music Theory
- prim.cc—the prim and proper C++ utility library
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Notation
My piece Bike Ride for solo piano. |
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Rail Roa Di Ana—for double piano trio |
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Publications and Essays
- Music Notation as Music Composition, Presentation, 2011
- Real-Time Voice Conversion: A Multirate 8kHz LPC Vocoder, Project Paper, 2011
- Introducing Belle, Bonne, Sage, ICMC 2010 Proceedings, 4pp., New York City-Stony Brook, NY
- Notation in the Works of Luciano Berio, Essay, 28pp., 2009
- Functional Analysis of Claude Debussy's Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum, Essay, 18pp., 2009
- Software for Teaching Music Theory, ICMC 2009 Proceedings, 4pp., Montreal, QC
- Rewriting History: Recontextualization in the Music of Dmitri Shostakovich, Essay, 12pp., 2009
- Dmitri Shostakovich and 1-5-6-5: The History of a Motive 1950-1967, Undergraduate Thesis, 129pp., Bucknell University, 2007
- Messiaen's Modes, Composition Study, 2006
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Photo
A picture of me sometime around December 2010 |
Events
- Rail Roa Di Ana performed in Columbia, SC at the Society of Composers, Inc. Nat'l Conference 2010 (11.13.2010)
- Rail Roa Di Ana performed in Smith Hall (4.28.2010)
- Reflex played at the Foellinger Great Hall at the Krannert Center for Performing Arts (9.26.2009)
- Chorale Composer 1.0 is released! (9.21.2009)
- Demonstration of Chorale Composer at ICMC 2009 (8.16.2009)
- M.M. Composition Concert (5.1.2009)
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Engraving
I specialize in high-end publication quality music engraving. Feel free to contact me about your project.
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Education
- D.M.A. student in Music Composition and Theory (University of Illinois)
- M.M. Music Composition and Theory (University of Illinois, 2009)
- B.M. Music Composition (Bucknell University, 2007)
- Fulfilled requirements for B.A. Russian (Bucknell University, 2007)
- Studies abroad in St. Petersburg, Russia (CIEE/St. Petersburg State University, 2005)
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Contact
609 W White St Apt 4,
Champaign, IL 61820
1.570.205.9966
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