Andrew Earle Simpson
Composer and Pianist
Education
1995 DM, Music Composition, Indiana University, Bloomington (hereafter “IUB”)
Principal teachers: Claude Baker, Frederick Fox, Eugene O’Brien
Dissertation piece: “Petruchio,” tone poem for orchestra
1992 MusM, Composition, Boston University
Principal teachers: Lukas Foss, Joyce Mekeel
Thesis piece: “Open Air: An Outdoor Fantasy for Orchestra”
1990 BM, Music Theory & Composition, Butler University
Principal teacher: Michael Schelle
Teaching Experience
1997-date Associate Professor of Music, The Benjamin T. Rome School of Music,
The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC (hereafter “CUA”)
Teaching of undergraduate and graduate theory, analysis, composition, counterpoint,
orchestration, and computer music notation
Director, Contemporary Music Ensemble, 1999-2001
Co-Director, Composition Seminar
Academic Advisor for Composition Department, Undergraduate and Graduate Divisions
Instructional Computing Liaison, School of Music
New academic program designed: Master of Music (MM) in Composition with an Emphasis in
Stage Music
New courses designed:
MUS/CLAS 300: Greek Tragedy and Opera, CUA, fall 03 (team-taught with
Sarah B. Ferrario)
MUS 2XX: Composing a Rock Song (I and II), approved spring 03
MUS 573: Introduction to Music Notation Software, CUA, taught spring 03
MUS 724: Music of Messiaen
MUS 5XX: Interdisciplinary Music Practicum, approved fall 03
1995-97 Assistant Professor, The Crane School of Music, State University
of New York College at Potsdam (hereafter “Crane” and “SUNY”)
Co-Director, 1997 Crane National Student Solo Performer Competition
Teaching of undergraduate and graduate composition and theory
Faculty advisor for Crane student chapter of the Society of Composers, Inc. (SCI)
1992-95 Associate Instructor, Indiana University School of Music
Undergraduate aural skills and harmony instruction
Designed aural skills course, wrote supplementary course text
Supervised five graduate teaching assistants
Major Performances of Compositions
2004 Premiere: Four Views of Pompeii. Cedar Rapids Symphony Orchestra Chamber Players, Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids, IA, 9/18
Premiere: Where Four Roads Meet – Asian Folk Song Variations for Chamber Orchestra. Washington Korean Symphony Orchestra, Samuel Bill, cond, Terrace Theater, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, DC, 5/17
Premiere: Tesserae – Six Mosaics of Ancient Rome. The Red Cedar Trio, Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, 4/16-17
Concert Workshop Premiere: The Libation Bearers (Chamber Version), opera in one act. Benjamin T. Rome School of Music, Ward Recital Hall, CUA, 3/19-20
2003 University Premiere: Agamemnon (Orchestral Version), opera in one act. Benjamin T. Rome School of Music, Mark Jolin, dir, Robert Garofalo, cond, Hartke Theatre, CUA, 4/25, 26, 27
Premiere: Three Songs on Ancient Greek Lyrics. Lyraylos Ensemble, Panagiotis Stefos, dir, Greek Composers Union, Goethe Institute, Athens, Greece, 2/14
2002 Premiere: Klytemnestra Songs. Jessi Baden, sop, Andrew Simpson, pno, The American School of
Classical Studies at Athens, Greece, 3/2
2001 European Premiere: Flower-terrible Memories. Brian Ganz, pno, Amalfi Coast Festival, Italy, 7/01
Premiere: In the Gloaming: Twilight Music for Chamber Orchestra. Trinity Chamber Orchestra, Richard Fazio, cond, Washington, DC, 4/01
Premiere: phos. Contemporary Music Forum: Jeffery Watson, pno, Barry Dove, pc, Washington, DC, 3/01
Candelas. Ball State University Wind Ensemble, Joseph Scagnoli, cond, Andrew Simpson, pno,
Muncie, IN, 2/13. Society of Composers, Inc. (SCI) Region V Conference
2000 Flower-terrible Memories. Brian Ganz, pno, National Chamber Orchestra Recital Series, Rockville, MD, 9/00
1999 Premiere: Nebula. Contemporary Music Forum: William Wright, cl, Claudia Chudacoff, vn, Lori Barnet, vc, Jeffery Watson, pno, Washington, DC, 12/99
Premiere: Applets. Michael Cameron, db, Andrew Simpson, pno, Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-
Champaign (UIUC), 9/99
Premiere: Candelas. CUA Chamber Winds, Robert Garofalo, cond, Andrew Simpson, pno, CUA,
Washington, DC, 4/99
Song to the Stars. The National Children’s Choir, Henry Leck, cond, Carnegie Hall, New York City, 3/99
1998 Premiere: Petruchio. IUB Concert Orchestra, Daniel Allcott, cond, IUB, 4/98.
SCI National Conference
1997 Premiere: Cloisters. Douglas Rubio, gt, University of San Diego, CA, 10/97
1996 Premiere: Exhortation III. Michael Cameron, db, SUNY Potsdam, 11/96
Chamber Concerto. Tampa Bay Composer’s Forum, Vernon Taranto, Jr., cond, St. Ptsbg., FL, 3/96
1993 Premiere: Magnificat, Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra (ICO), Butler University Chorale (BUC),
Indianapolis Children’s Choir (ICC), Henry Leck, cond, Sts. Peter and Paul Cathedral, Indianapolis, IN, 12/93
Other Significant Performances of Compositions
2004 Klytemnestra Songs. Jessi Baden, sop, Andrew Simpson, pno, Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids, IA, 4/17
2003 Incidental Music for Twelfth Night (Shakespeare), The Catholic University of America Department of Drama, production premiere 11/13, Hartke Theatre, Washington, DC
Klytemnestra Songs. Jessi Baden, sop, Andrew Simpson, pno, Classical Association of the Atlantic States regional conference, Wilmington, DE, 10/03
Klytemnestra Songs (excerpts) Deidra Kirkland, sop, Andrew Simpson, pno, CUA, Washington, DC, 2/03
2002 Premiere: Summer-Night Songs (oboe-piano version). Lori Choi, ob, Myung-Ae Chung, pno, Korean-American Composers Society concert, CUA, Washington, DC, 10/02
Klytemnestra Songs. Jessi Baden, sop, Marvin Mills, pno, Levine School of Music, Washington, DC, 4/02
Summer-Night Songs. Timothy McAllister, sop sax, Jessica Suchy-Pilalis, hp, SUNY Potsdam, 3/02
2001 Workshop Premiere: Agamemnon (Chamber Version), opera in one act. Benjamin T. Rome School
of Music Opera Workshop, Ellwood Anaheim, dir, Jean Hsu, cond, Ward Recital Hall, CUA, 4/20-21/01
Flower-terrible Memories. Brian Ganz, pno, Embassy Series, Washington, DC, 4/01
Harvest Variations. Jen Cieplak, vn, Andrew Simpson, pno, CUA, Washington, DC, 3/01
2000 Flower-terrible Memories. Brian Ganz, pno, Allegheny College, PA, 10/00
Flower-terrible Memories. Brian Ganz, pno, Santa Rosa College, CA, 10/00
Flower-terrible Memories. Brian Ganz, pno, St. Mary’s College, Baltimore, MD, 10/00
Premiere: Ave Maria. Victoria Vibbert, mzo-sop, Thomas Weisflog, org, St. Cletus Church,
LaGrange, IL, 9/00
A Song of Loves (version for sop/mzo-sop duet). Najwah Loh, sop, Victoria Vibbert, mzo-sop, Thomas Weisflog, pno, St. Cletus Church, LaGrange, IL, 9/00
Premiere: scenes from Agamemnon. Benjamin T. Rome School of Music Opera Workshop, CUA,
Washington, DC, 4/00
Cloisters. Douglas Rubio, gt, CUA Contemporary Music Ensemble, CUA, Washington, DC, 4/00
Premiere: Solitude. Joy of Motion Dance Company, Douglas Yeuell, choreography, CUA Festival of
Religious Arts, Washington, DC, 3/00
Premiere: Incidental Music for Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead. Elmhurst College, Elmhurst, IL, 3/00
Cloisters. Douglas Rubio, gt, Hampton University, Hampton, VA, 2/00. SCI Region III conference
1999 Applets. Michael Cameron, db, Andrew Simpson, pno, IUB, 9/99
Applets. Michael Cameron, db, Andrew Simpson, pno, Butler University, Indianapolis, 9/99
Flower-terrible Memories. Brian Ganz, pno, Capital Composers Alliance, Washington, DC, 7/99
Premiere: Flashpoint. CUA Contemporary Music Ensemble, CUA, Washington, DC, 3/99
Premiere: Incidental music for The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe (Jane
Wagner). Elmhurst College, Elmhurst, IL, 3/99
1998 Exhortation I. Contemporary Music Forum: William Wright, alt sax, Washington, DC, 10/98
Premiere: Song to the Stars. Indianapolis Children’s Choir, Henry Leck, cond, Circle Theater,
Indianapolis, IN, 10/98
A Song of Loves. The Phoenix Club, Rebecca Reames, cond, SUNY Potsdam, 3/98
Cloisters. Douglas Rubio, gt, Faculty Recital, Potsdam, NY, 2/98
1997 Cloisters. Douglas Rubio, gt, Saranac Lake, NY, 12/97
Cloisters. Douglas Rubio, gt, SUNY Potsdam, Potsdam, NY, 11/97. SCI Region II Conference
Summer-Night Songs. Rebecca Blow, sop sax, Jessica Suchy-Pilalis, hp, Student Recital, SUNY
Potsdam, 4/97
Summer-Night Songs. Robert Faub, sop sax, Jessica Suchy-Pilalis, hp, SUNY Potsdam, 3/97
Chamber Concerto. Crane student/faculty ensemble, SUNY Potsdam, 3/97
1996 Premiere: Winter-Night Canticles. Jill Rubio, fl, Douglas Rubio, gt, SUNY Potsdam, 12/96
Premiere: Exhortation II. Glenn Guiles, ob, SUNY Potsdam, 10/96
Premiere: Tortured Hearts (film soundtrack). Somewhere Productions, Boston, MA
Reading: Freezing Winter Night. Gregg Smith Singers, Festival of American Music, Saranac Lake,
NY
Exhortation I. Robert Faub, alt sax, Wellesley College, MA, 9/96. SCI Region I Conference
Chamber Concerto. Crane student/faculty ensemble, SUNY Potsdam, 3/96
Flower-terrible Memories. Andrew Simpson, pno, Faculty Recital, SUNY Potsdam, 3/96
Harvest Variations. John Lindsey, vn, Andrew Simpson, pno, Faculty Recital, SUNY Potsdam, 3/96
Premiere: A Song of Loves. The Phoenix Club, Andrew Simpson, cond, Faculty Recital, SUNY Potsdam, 3/96
1995 Flower-terrible Memories. Andrew Simpson, pno, UMass Amherst, Amherst, MA, 10/95
Teamwork. New York Life Orchestra, Marvin Hamlisch, cond, Madison Square Garden, NYC, 7/95
Harvest Variations. Jeffery Howard, vn, Andrew Simpson, pno, IUB, 3/95
Flower-terrible Memories. Andrew Simpson, pno, Shelby Arts Council Recital Series, Shelbyville, IN, 2/95
1994 Premiere: Summer-Night Songs. Robert Jones, sop sax, Isabel Moreton-Achsel, hp, D.M. Degree Recital, IUB, 10/94
A Profane and a Sacred Song. Victoria Vibbert, mzo-sop, Andrew Simpson, pno, Indiana Arts Commission, Waldron Arts Center, Bloomington, IN, 10/94
Premiere: Scaramouche (tape). IU Center for Electronic and Computer Music (CECM) Composer’s
Concert, IUB, 10/94
Premiere: A Profane and a Sacred Song. Victoria Vibbert, mzo-sop, Andrew Simpson, pno, IUB, 10/94
Electric Mist (tape). D.M. Degree Recital, IUB, 10/94
Flower-terrible Memories. Susan Becker, pno, D.M. Degree Recital, IUB, 10/94
Under the Greenwood Tree; Who is Silvia?; O Mistress Mine! Eastern Michigan University Chamber Singers, Nena Nash Robertson, cond, Ypsilanti, MI, 4/94
Harvest Variations. Jeffery Howard, vn, Andrew Simpson, pno, IUB, 9/94
Chamber Concerto. IUB student ensemble, Tim Hankewich, cond, IUB, 10/94
Chamber Concerto. IUB student ensemble, Mark Menzies, cond, IUB, 4/94
Through Crystals and Glass Eyes. Victoria Vibbert, mzo-sop, Andrew Simpson, pno, Butler University, Indianapolis, IN, 3/94
Premiere: Electric Mist (tape). CECM Composer’s Concert, IUB, 3/94
Premiere: Incidental Music for The Miraculous Birth (Joyce Carol Oates). University of Wisconsin- Madison Oates Festival, 3/94
Premiere: Acclame Deus. Greensburg United Methodist Church Choir, Greensburg, IN, 4/94
Reading: The Electric Landscape on a Winter Night (excerpt from Open Air). Indiana University Concert Orchestra, Gunnar Harms, cond, IUB, 2/94
1993 Premiere: The Holly and the Ivy. BUC and ICO, Michael Shasberger, cond, Sts. Peter and Paul Cathedral, Indianapolis, IN, 12/93
Premiere: Little Town. ICC and ICO, Henry Leck, cond, Sts. Peter and Paul Cathedral, Indianapolis,
IN, 12/93
Premiere: Annunciation and Finale. BUC, ICC, ICO, Henry Leck, Michael Shasberger, conds., Sts. Peter and Paul Cathedral, Indianapolis, IN, 12/93
Electric Mist (tape). CECM Composer’s Concert, IUB, 11/93
Harvest Variations. Mark Menzies, vn, Andrew Simpson, pno, IUB, 11/93
Premiere: Harvest Variations. Mark Menzies, vn, Andrew Simpson, pno, Hanover College, Hanover, IN, 10/93
Premiere: Chamber Concerto. IUB student ensemble, Mark Menzies, cond, IUB, 3/93
Flower-terrible Memories. Andrew Simpson, pno, Central Christian Church Recital Series, Indianapolis, IN, 2/93
Mountain Sunday. Mark Menzies, James Wallick, vns, Andrew Simpson, tnr, IU Student Composition Concert, IUB, 2/93
1992 Premiere: Flower-terrible Memories. Andrew Simpson, pno, IUB, 11/92
Bleak Autumn. Mark Menzies, vn, Andrew Simpson, pno, IUB, 11/92
Premiere: Mountain Sunday. Mark Menzies, James Wallick, vns, Andrew Simpson, tnr, Bloomington, IN, 11/92
Reading: The Electric Landscape on a Winter Night (excerpt from Open Air). Indiana University University Orchestra, Yair Samet, cond, 11/92
Premiere: Incidental music for The Apollo of Bellac (Jean Girardoux). Emerson College, Boston, MA, 5/92
String Quartet. Boston University (BU) student quartet, Crosscurrents, Boston College, MA, 4/92
Premiere: String Quartet. BU student quartet, MusM Degree Recital, BU School for the Arts, Boston,
MA, 2/92
Premiere: Portraits of Love and Longing. Martha Sullivan, sop, Dana Whiteside, tnr, Gary Wallis, perc, Andrew Simpson, pno, MusM Degree Recital, BU School for the Arts, 2/92
Premiere: Wake-up Prelude. BU student ensemble, MusM Degree Recital, BU School for the Arts, 2/92
1991 Premiere: Septet for Winds. Millennium Ensemble, Theodore Antoniou, cond, BU School for the Arts, Boston, MA, 11/91
Premiere: Incidental music for Herod the Great (medieval mystery play). Emerson College, Boston, MA, 11/91
1990 Reading: Adagio for Orchestra. Boston University Symphony Orchestra, David Hoose, cond, 11/90
Premiere: The Entrance Through Fire. Butler University student brass/percussion ensemble, BM Degree Recital, Butler University, Indianapolis, IN, 4/90
Through Crystals and Glass Eyes. Victoria Vibbert, mzo-sop, Andrew Simpson, pno, BM Degree Recital, Butler University, Indianapolis, IN, 4/90
Prelude for Piano. Andrew Simpson, pno, BM Degree Recital, Butler University, Indianapolis, IN, 4/90
Bleak Autumn. Chin Mi Kim, vn, Andrew Simpson, pno, BM Degree Recital, Butler University, Indianapolis, IN, 4/90
Under the Greenwood Tree; Who is Silvia?; O Mistress Mine! Butler University Madrigal Singers,
BM Degree Recital, Butler University, Indianapolis, IN, 4/90
1989 Under the Greenwood Tree; Who is Silvia?; O Mistress Mine! Butler University Madrigal Singers, Art Institute of Chicago, IL, 10/89
Performances As Pianist
2004 Pianist, Klytemnestra Songs, Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids, IA, 4/17
Pianist, The Libation Bearers, concert workshop production, Benjamin T. Rome School of Music, Ward Hall, CUA, 3/19-20
2003 Pianist, Klytemnestra Songs, Classical Association of the Atlantic States regional conference, Wilmington, DE, 10/03
Performed Frances McKay’s river tree: mourning music, for violin and piano. Joel Berman, vn.
Capital Composers Alliance, Washington, DC, 6/03
2002 Premiere, Klytemnestra Songs, with Jessi Baden, soprano. The American School of Classical Studies at Athens, Greece, 3/02
2001 Soloist, World Premiere of Joseph Santo’s Concerto for Piano and Orchestra.
Washington Symphony Orchestra, Kirk Wilke, cond, Washington, DC, 6/01
Premiere, Allan Segall’s Requiem for a Sonatina. Faculty Recital, CUA, Washington, DC, 3/01
Performed Washington, DC Premiere of Claude Baker’s Flights of Passage: From Silent Sun to Starry Night. Faculty Recital, CUA, Washington, DC, 3/01
Soloist, Candelas, with Ball State University Wind Ensemble, Joseph Scagnoli, cond., Ball State University, Muncie, IN, 2/01
2000 Performed Premiere of Steven Strunk’s Clones. CUA Contemporary Music Ensemble, Washington, DC, 2/00
1999 Premiere, Applets, with Michael Cameron, db. Guest Artist Recital, University of Illinois, Urbana- Champaign, 9/99
Guest Artist Recital, with Michael Cameron, db. Butler University, Indianapolis, IN, 9/99
Guest Artist Recital, with Michael Cameron, db. Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, 9/99
Soloist, Premiere of Candelas. CUA Chamber Winds, Robert Garofalo, cond, Hartke Theatre, CUA, Washington, DC, 4/99
Additional Experience as Pianist
Accompanist, “Exploring Ballet with Suzanne Farrell,” residency at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, DC, 2000-02, 2004
Accompanist, Dance Theater of Harlem Residency at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, DC, 2000-2002
Staff Accompanist, The Washington School of Ballet, 1998-2001, 2002
Text Publications
2004 “Kassandra as Operatic Heroine,” in Ion Zotos, ed., Four Modern Kassandras (forthcoming) Book
chapter
Review of Wendy Heller, Emblems of Eloquence: Opera and Women’s Voices in Seventeenth-Century Venice, New England Classical Journal (forthcoming) Review
2003 “An Operatic Agamemnon Premieres in Washington, DC,” Amphora, Winter 2003 Article
Sheet Music Publications
1999 Candelas, for piano solo and wind ensemble. Whirlwind Publications, Silver Spring, MD
Exhortation I, for alto saxophone solo. Arizona University Publications, Tucson, AZ
1998 Exhortation II, for oboe solo. Jeanné Publications, Minneapolis, MN
Song to the Stars, for children’s choir SSA and piano. Colla Voce Music, Indianapolis, IN
1997 A Song of Loves, for treble choir SSA and piano. Plymouth Music Company, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
1996 Little Town, for children’s choir SSA and piano. Plymouth Music Company, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Little Town, for children’s choir SSA and strings. Plymouth Music Company, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
1995 Under the Greenwood Tree, for SSATB unaccompanied. Moon of Hope Publishing, Galesburg, IL
Who is Silvia?, for SSATB unaccompanied. Moon of Hope Publishing, Galesburg, IL
O Mistress Mine!, for SATB unaccompanied. Moon of Hope Publishing, Galesburg, IL
Recordings
forthcoming A Fiery and Still Night (solo recording of chamber music, in progress). Capstone Records, Brooklyn, NY (negotiations in progress, expected release date 2005)
1999 Exhortation I, for alto saxophone solo. Robert Faub, saxophone. America’s Millennium Tribute to
Adolphe Sax, Volume II. Arizona University Recordings, Tucson, AZ. AUR CD 3068
1998 Exhortations: Virtuoso Solo Instrumental and Chamber Music of Andrew Earle Simpson. Athena
Records, New York, NY. Athena 106
Song to the Stars, for SSA chorus and piano. Passport to a World of Song, Indianapolis Children’s Choir, Henry Leck, cond. ICC, Indianapolis, IN.
Invited and Refereed Talks: Scholarly Audience
2005 “The Oresteia Project: New American Operas from Greek Tragedy.” American Philological Society annual meeting, Boston, MA (January 2005). Panel paper, sponsored by the Committee on Ancient and Modern Performance (forthcoming)
2004 “The Oresteia Project Continues: Challenge and Change in The Libation Bearers.” Classical Association of the Middle West and South (CAMWS) conference, 11/4 (joint presentation with Sarah. B. Ferrario)
2003 “Agamemnon and The Oresteia Project: New American Operas on Greek Tragedy,” The Opera Studies Group, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 9/03 (joint presentation with Sarah B. Ferrario)
“The Music of Agamemnon,” Coe College Composer’s Seminar, Cedar Rapids, IA, 5/03
“Agamemnon: from Greek Tragedy to American Opera,” Coe College, Cedar Rapids, IA, 5/03
(joint presentation with Sarah B. Ferrario)
“Agamemnon: from Greek Tragedy to American Opera,” American Composers Forum, Washington DC chapter works-in-progress series, Strathmore Hall, Rockville, MD, 4/03
“The Music of Agamemnon,” University of Maryland College Park School of Music, 4/03
“Agamemnon: from Greek Tragedy to American Opera,” University of Maryland College Park,
2/03 (lecture/performance, joint presentation with Sarah B. Ferrario)
2002 “The Oresteia Project: A Case Study of Expanding Audiences for a Contemporary Opera,”
College Music Society National Conference, Kansas City, MO (joint presentation with Sarah B. Ferrario)
“Musical Characterization in the Opera Agamemnon,” Work-in-Progress Talk, The American School of Classical Studies at Athens, Greece
2000 “Candelas, For Piano Solo and Wind Ensemble: The Composer as Soloist,” Guest composer/lecturer,
Elmhurst College, IL
Invited Talks and Interviews: Non-Scholarly Audience
2004 Interview by Joan Kjaer, KSUI radio (University of Iowa), for premiere of Tesserae at the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, 4/14
“The Compositional Process for Tesserae,” Cedar Rapids Museum of Art “Art Sandwiched In” lecture series, 4/15
Interview by Gail Wein, WAMU radio, Washington, DC, for “Metro Connection,” on The Oresteia Project (interview aired 2/13-14/04)
2003 “From Silence to Sound: Ancient Roman Music and Contemporary Reflections,” Coe College Thursday Forum, Cedar Rapids, IA, 9/03
“The Lure of Italy: Musical Tributes to Ancient and Modern Rome,” pre-concert lecture, The Cedar Rapids Symphony Orchestra, Cedar Rapids, IA, 9/03
Interview by Joan Kjaer, KSUI radio (University of Iowa), for “Know the Score!,” on composer residency at the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, 9/03
Interview by Andrea Murray, WETA radio, Washington, DC, for “The Program,” on Agamemnon
(interview aired 4/27/03)
“The Making of the Operatic Agamemnon,” pre-concert lectures, Hartke Theatre, The Catholic University of America, April 25, 26, 27 (joint presentation with Sarah B. Ferrario)
2002 “The Role of the Hero and of Tradition in Richard Strauss’ Ein Heldenleben,” Washington Performing Arts Society, Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, DC
2001 “The Making of the Operatic Agamemnon,” pre-concert lecture, Benjamin T. Rome School of Music, April 20, 21 (joint presentation with Sarah B. Ferrario)
1999 Interview for Voice of America radio, Washington, DC, as consultant for “Classical Music Year in Review” (interview aired internationally 12/99)
Major Awards, Grants, and Commissions
2004 Composer-in-Residence 2004-06, Cantate Chamber Singers, Washington, DC (includes two commissions: one for children’s choir, one for SATB chorus, orchestra, and children’s choir)
Composer-in-Residence 2004-05, Red Cedar Trio, Cedar Rapids, IA
2003 Commission from Red Cedar Trio, Cedar Rapids, IA, “Grant Wood Suite,” for flute, viola, guitar, premiere Summer 05
Composer-in-Residence, American Composers Forum’s “Museums, Composers and Communities” residency program: Cedar Rapids Museum of Art and the Museum Loan Network
Commission for chamber work for Red Cedar Trio, premiere 4/04
Commission for chamber work for Cedar Rapids Symphony Chamber Players, premiere 10/04
Educational and outreach activities and programming
Grant from the Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation, for the university production of Agamemnon, CUA
2002 Commission from Greek Composer’s Union, Athens, Greece, Three Songs on Ancient Greek Lyrics
American Music Center Margaret Fairbank Jory Copying Assistance Fund Grant, for CUA university production of Agamemnon
2001 Individual Artist Award, Maryland State Arts Council
2000 Commission from Trinity Chamber Orchestra, Washington, DC, Richard Fazio, Music Director, In
the Gloaming: Twilight Music for Chamber Orchestra
CUA Research Fund Grant, to support CD recording Mirrors and Symmetries (in progress)
1999 Individual Artist Award, Maryland State Arts Council
Other Significant Awards, Grants, and Commissions
2003 Commission for Asian Chamber Music Festival, Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center for the Performing
Arts, Washington, DC, premiere 5/04
Commission from pianists Chiara Selby and Ivo Kaltchev for a two-piano work, premiere spring 04
2002 CUA Research Fund Grant, to support university production of Agamemnon, CUA
Classical Association of the Atlantic States (CAAS) Public Program Award, to support CUA full-
stage production of Agamemnon
2001 CAAS Public Program Award, to support CUA workshop production of Agamemnon
2000 Commission from the New Century Saxophone Quartet: Coventry, for saxophone quartet and
percussion
Commission from Elmhurst College, IL, incidental music for the play Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
are Dead, by Tom Stoppard
1999 Commission from choreographer Heather Pultz, funded by the District of Columbia Commission
on the Arts and Humanities: Jinn Spirals
CUA Research Fund grant, to support CD recording: Exhortation I, included on America’s
Millennium Tribute to Adolphe Sax, Volume II; also to support recording and editing of Applets
1998 CUA Research Fund travel grant, to support travel to IBLA International Music Competition,
Ragusa-Ibla, Italy, as an international jury member
Finalist, ASCAP Morton Gould Grants to Young Composers
CUA Research Fund grant, to support CD recording: Exhortations
Commission from Elmhurst College, IL, incidental music for the play The Search for Signs of
Intelligent Life in the Universe, by Jane Wagner
1997 SUNY Potsdam Research and Creative Endeavors grant, to support CD recording: Exhortations
Commission from CUA Chamber Winds, Robert Garofalo, Director, Candelas, for piano solo and
wind ensemble
1996 Crane Professional Presentation Grant, SUNY Potsdam, to support attendance at Society of
Composers, Inc., National Conference, Miami, FL
Crane Professional Presentation Grant, SUNY Potsdam, to support performance of Chamber
Concerto at SCI Region VI Conference, St. Petersburg, FL
Commission from double bassist Michael Cameron, Exhortation III, for double bass solo
Finalist, ASCAP Grants to Young Composers
1995 Winner, New York Life International Music Competition
Commission from Somewhere Productions, Boston, MA: soundtrack for film “Tortured Hearts”
1994 Individual Artist Fellowship, Indiana Arts Commission
1993 Commissions from Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra, Butler University Chorale: Magnificat, Little
Town, The Holly and the Ivy
Professional Memberships
1998-date Board of Directors, Contemporary Music Forum, Washington, DC
American Composers Forum, Baltimore-Washington chapter
1997-date Capital Composers Alliance, Washington, DC
1996-date College Music Society
1994-date Broadcast Music, Incorporated (BMI)
1993-date The American Music Center
1990-date The Society of Composers, Incorporated (National Council Member, 1996-97)
Professional, University, and Community Service
2003 Director, “The Composer Speaks: CUA Visiting Composer Series, 2003-04” (first of an annual series)
Director, D.M.A dissertation: Andrew Sangcheol Lee (D.M.A, Composition, 2004)
2002 Faculty Secretary, Benjamin T. Rome School of Music, CUA
Member, Brass-Woodwind Committee, Benjamin T. Rome School of Music, CUA (fall 02)
2001 Supervised installation of Computer-Assisted Instruction lab, CUA
2000 Resident Artist with Kennedy Center/District of Columbia Public Schools Partnership
Task Force on Revision of the Graduate Curriculum, School of Music, CUA
University Library Committee, CUA (service continues to present)
Curriculum Committee, School of Music, CUA
Faculty Advisor in Composition, School of Music, CUA (continues to present)
Second Reader, Ph.D. dissertation: Brenda Posey: “The Piano Compositions of Arnold Bax” (Ph.D.,
Musicology, 2000)
First Reader, M.M. thesis: Mario Adkin, “Childhood Fantasies,” for orchestra (M.M., Composition,
2000)
Reader, Ph.D. dissertation in progress: Jayne Lucas, “An Analysis of Olivier Messiaen’s Le Livre du Saint Sacrement”
1999 Preparation of musical examples, Debussy in Performance, ed. James R. Briscoe. New Haven: Yale
University Press, 1999
Task Force on Facilities, School of Music, CUA
1998 International Jury Member, IBLA Grand Prize Competition, Ragusa-Ibla, Italy
1997 Co-host, SCI Region II conference, SUNY Potsdam
Co-Director, Crane Festival of New Music, SUNY Potsdam (1996-97)
SUNY Potsdam Faculty Assembly Representative, 1995-97