Curriculum Vitae

Vital Statistics:

Born: Morris, Illinois. Citizen - U.S.A.

Married: Father of five children

Address:

2609 Jamestown Lane, Denton, Texas 76201

Home Telephone: (940) 565-0768

University of North Texas Office Telephone: (940) 565-3763

Present Employment:

University of North Texas, Denton, Texas

Faculty Rank: Professor

Teaching Duties: Graduate Courses in Composition, 

Multimedia Techniques, and Computer Music Media; private composition

Education:

Bachelor of Music, Composition - 1960, Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, Performance Areas: trumpet (jazz & classical); piano

Master of Arts, Composition - 1963, San Francisco State University

Post-graduate study - 1961, University of California, Berkeley

Post-graduate study - 1964 Milan, Italy Conservatory of Music

Doctor of Musical Arts Program - 1965 to 1966 University of Illinois, Urbana

Supplementary Studies:

San Francisco Tape Music Center, 1961-65

Electronic Music Studio of Radio-Televisione Italiana, Milan, Italy, 1964-65

University of Illinois Experimental Music Laboratory, 1965-66

Principal Composition Teachers

Private: Luigi Nono, Venice, Italy; Sal Martirano, Robert Erickson, Wayne Peterson, Wilbur Ogdon, U.S.A.

Tanglewood (Berkshire Music Center) Seminars: Donald Martino, George Rochberg, Roger Sessions, Gunther Schuller

Composition Awards and Prizes:

Pacifica Foundation Radio Directors Award,196. (honorable mention and performance award)

Prix de Rome , 1967

Oregon College of Education Summer Arts Festival Award, 1970. (for Missa Brevis, an intermedia work)

Shell Foundation Faculty Development Award, 1979. (to compose Rondelet Concertant for orchestra)

Grand Prize, Amherst College New Choral Music Contest, 1979. (for Kyrie Eleison for double choir and tape)

First Prize Winner, Festival of Contemporary Choral Music in America, Bowdoin College, l988.

Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Study Center Artist Residency, 1996

Composition Fellowships:

Fulbright Fellowship to Italy, 1963-64

Tanglewood (Berkshire Music Center) Fellowship, Summer 1966

Darmstadt, Germany Music Institute Fellowship, Summer 1966

Rome Prize Fellowship, American Academy in Rome,1966-67

Bennington Composers Conference Fellowship, Summer 1969

Ford Foundation Fellowship in Electronic Music, 1973. (Mills College Center for Contemporary Music)

National Endowment for the Arts Composition Fellowship, 1977

National Endowment for the Arts Composition Fellowship, 1979

Illinois Arts Council Composition Fellowship, 1980

Illinois Arts Council Composition Fellowship, 1981

Local Research Grants:

UNT Faculty Research Grant for development of professional software package for algorithmic composition, 1990-1991. $1500

UNT Faculty Research Grant for applications of Iterated Functions Systems to algorithmic composition, 1992. $3000

UNT Faculty Research Grant for application of Artificial Neural Networks (with George Mobus, Computer Science Department to music composition, 1993. $1800

Regional Research Grants:

North Texas Research Institute; subvention for the publication of a new book, Automated Music Composition. $2000 awarded, 1992.

North Texas Research Institute Grant to develop and bring to market the MusicSculptor Studio System, a MIDI sequencer-based, interactive, automated composition system for IBM-PC compatibles, 1990-1992; $15,000

National Research Grants:

National Endowment for the Arts Centers for New Music Resources Grant; (with Larry Austin on behalf of the Center for Experimental Music and Intermedia).

$7500 awarded for 1988-89, to purchase equipment for a new Computer Graphics Studio, and fund the Composer Residency Program.

International Research Grants:

National Science Council Grant, Republic of China. Computer music research at the Computer Music Studio of National Chiao Tung University from January through August, 1989 $45,000

National Science Council Grant, Republic of China. Co-ordinate a two-year research program titled: Projects in Music Intelligence. Four periods of residency to supervise graduate research projects at the Computer Music Studio of National Chiao Tung University from December, 1989 to August,1992. $43,000

Taiwan International Cultural Community Foundation award to mount an exhibition of experimental photographic work, Sun Gat Gallery of Photography, Taipei, Taiwan and Kaoshung Photography Gallery, Kaoshung, Taiwan. June, 1990. NT$50,000

Articles featuring my research activites:

RESOURCE, University of North Texas Research Magazine, 1992. MusicSculptor, by Charlotte Guest

Composition Grants:

University of North Texas:

Faculty Research Grants for Intermedia Composition, 1982, 1983,1984,1986, 1987,1991, 1992, 1993, & 1994 (for works integrating computer music, computerized multi-image projections, and dance)

National Endowment for the Arts Inter-Arts Program. Collaborative Commission to compose an Intermedia work, 1984

Great Lakes Arts Alliance/Meet-the-Composer Grant for residencies in Ohio , 1983-1984

National Science Council, Computer Music Research Grants, Republic of China, 

Projects in Music Intelligence, 1989-90 funding $76,000

Projects in Music Intelligence, 1991-92 funding $52,000

Academic Employment History:

Instructor, Theory-Composition, 1964-65. San Francisco Music and Arts Institute

Assistant Professor, Theory-Composition, 1967-68. Moorhead, Minnesota State University

Assistant Professor of Composition. 1968-78. DePaul University

Associate Professor of Composition. 1979-82. DePaul University

Associate Professor of Composition. 1982 - 1987, Professor of Composition. 1988 - present. University of North Texas

Adjunct Computer Music Research Professor, 1989 - 90. National Chiao Tung University, Hsin-Chu, Taiwan, Republic of China

Visiting Professorships:

Morton Visiting Professor; Ohio University, 1978 (Composition Seminars in Experimental Intermedia)

Visiting Professor of Computer Music, Summer 1988; National Chiao Tung University, Hsin Chu, Taiwan (Intensive Seminar in Computer-Assisted Composition)

Visiting Computer Music Research Professor, 1989; National Chiao Tung University, Hsin Chu, Taiwan 

Visiting Professor of Computer Music, Summer 1990; National Chiao Tung University, Hsin Chu, Taiwan (Intensive Seminar in Computer-Assisted Composition)

Visiting Professor of Computer Music, Summer 1991; National Chiao Tung University, Hsin Chu, Taiwan (Intensive Seminar in Computer-Assisted Composition)

Visiting Professor of Computer Music, Summer 1992; National Chiao Tung University, Hsin Chu, Taiwan (Intensive Seminar in Computer-Assisted Composition)

Faculty Development Leaves:

During 1988 I was granted a Faculty Development Leave for Spring Semster, 1989 to do research in Computer Music. Passages I for piano and computer music was composed, and myfourth book, Composition by Computer, Using MIDI Synthesizers (Third Wave Publishing Group, Taipei) was written while inresidence at the Computer Music Studio of National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan.

University Courses Taught:

Graduate: Contemporary Approaches in Music Education

Contemporary Music in the Classroom

Pedagogy of Theory

Contemporary Trends

Seminar in Composition: Electroacoustic Music

Multimedia Techniques for the Classroom

Seminar in Multimedia Composition

Composition Thesis, Dissertation

Seminar in Computer Music

Computer Music Composition

Undergraduate: Comprehensive Musicianship

Composition

Electronic Music

Acoustics

Counterpoint

Form and Analysis

Orchestration

Twentieth Century History

Contemporary Music Ensemble

Harmony

Advanced Analysis

Humanities

Administrative Experience:

Director, Electronic Music Studio, 1967-68. Moorhead, Minnesota State University

Director, Electronic Music Studio 1972-77 & Chairman, Theory-Composition Department, 1968-77 DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois

Director, Contemporary Music Ensemble, 1970-79. DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois

Musical Director and Resident Composer, 1970-78. Chicago Contemporary Dance Theatre

Co-Director, Chicago Interarts Ministry, 1980-82. Chicago, Illinois

Co-Director, Center for Experimental Music & Intermedia. 1982-89, University of North Texas

Coordinator, Projects in Music Intelligence, 1989-92. National Chiao Tung University, R.O.C.

Director, Computer Music Studio, National Chiao Tung University, R.O.C., 1990-1991

Director, Center for Experimental Music & Intermedia. 1991-93, University of North Texas

Director, University Center for Interdisciplinary Research in the Arts and Sciences. 1991-93, University of North Texas

Chairman, Division of Composition Studies 1996 - 1997, University of North Texas

Other:

Consultant (1987- present) to UNT's sister institution in the Republic of China (National Chiao Tung University) in the following areas:

1) Hardware and software configuration of their new Computer Music Studio;

2) Design and construction of their new Media Arts Center, which includes a 600-seat concert hall and a 200-seat Experimental Intermedia Theater.

Computer Music Consultant (1996 - present) to National Education University, Cheong-ju, Korea

 Publications:

Books

Computer-Assisted Music Composition: A Primer in Basic, 1987

Petrocelli Books, Inc., Research Park, 251 Wall Street,

Princeton, New Jersey. ISBN 089433-262-7

The Computer Composer's Toolbox, 1989

Windcrest Books, McGraw-Hill, Inc. New York. ISBN 0-8306-3384-7

Computer Music in C: Compositional Algorithms,1990

(co-author, Gene DeLisa; )McGraw-Hill, Inc. New York. ISBN 0-8306-3384-7

Composition by Computer, Using MIDI Synthesizers , 1991

(Chinese language translation) Third Wave Publishing Group,

977 Min Sheng East Road, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Automated Music Composition, 1992

University of North Texas Press, Dallas. ISBN 0-929398-38-6

Articles About Music

Paradise Lost, Co-authored with Barney Childs.

Numus West Magazine, July, 1975.

Patt_Proc1 : An Interactive, Process-Oriented Composition Program written in BASIC

A.S.U.C. Journal, l988.

Patt_Proc2 : A Computer-assisted Composition Program

Leonardo, Journal of the International Society for the Arts, Sciences and Technology; supplemental Electronic Arts Issue, 1988. pp 122-123.

Computer Applications in Music Third Wave Magazine, October, 1989 issue, pp 211-217. Third Wave Publishing Group, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.

MIDI Protocol and Music Representation within the Computer Third Wave Magazine, November, 1989 issue, pp 206-210.

Third Wave Publishing Group, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C. Music Algorithm Implementation Using BASIC Programming Language Third Wave Magazine, December, 1989 issue, pp 209-210.

Computer Music Applications , 1991 MacMillan Encyclopedia of Computers

Papers Read & Guest Lectures

Guest lecturer, Festival of Contemporary Choral Music in America, Bowdoin College, 4/29-5/2, 1988.

Guest lecturer and visiting professor, July-August, 1988; National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan

Patt-Proc1, a paper on computer-assisted composition selected for presentation at the 1988 ASUC Annual Conference at the University of Kansas.

Patt-Proc1, a paper on computer-assisted composition delivered 10/17/91 at International Computer Music Conference, Montreal, Canada.

The Aesthetics of Computer Music: The Computer/Composer Relationship, delivered 1/21/89 at the NCTU Seminar on Contemporary Compositional Methods,Taipei, Taiwan.

Some Motive Transformation Algorithms for Implementation by Computer, delivered 3/18/89 at the NCTU Seminar on Contemporary Compositional Methods, Taipei, Taiwan.

The Twentieth Century: an Embarrassment of Riches, delivered 5/18/89 at the NCTU Seminar on Contemporary Compositional Methods, Taipei, Taiwan.

The Musical Canvas: Influence of Technology, delivered 7/18/89 at the NCTU Seminar on Contemporary Compositional Methods, Taipei, Taiwan.

Visiting Lecturer, Interarts Forum, Fine Arts Computer Lab, Ball State University, Muncie, 9/30 - 10/2/89

Guest Composer and Visiting Lecturer in Computer Music, Hochschule fur Musik und Kunst, Stuttgart, West Germany.10/15-29/89

Guest Composer and visiting lecturer in Composition, University of California, San Diego. 5/12-5/17/90.

Visiting Lecturer in Computer Music, National Institute of the Arts, Taipei,Taiwan. Present a 3-day workshop in algorithmic composiiton techniques. December 9-11, 1991.

Visiting Lecturer in Computer Music, National Chiao Tung University, Hsin-Chu, Taiwan. Present a series of lectures on Software Synthesis for the NeXT computer system. December 5-6, 16-19, 1991.

Guest Composer and visiting lecturer in Composition, University of California, San Diego. 5/12-5/17/90.

Guest Composer and visiting lecturer in Computer Music, University of Illinois, Urbana. 10/3-10/9/90

Visiting Lecturer in Computer Music, National Chiao Tung University, Hsin-Chu, Taiwan. Presented a series of lectures on Algorithmic Composition; June,1992 and August, 1992.

Visiting Lecturer, National Institute of the Arts, Taipei, Taiwan; lecture/demonstration of research developments in computer music. June 20, 1992

Visiting Lecturer, Eastman School of Music ; pre-performance lecture on Anamorphoses for Trumpet Ensemble. 4/10/92.

Visiting Lecturer in Computer Music, National Chiao Tung University, Hsin-Chu, Taiwan. Presented a series of lectures on Algorithmic Composition; May, 1993.

Visiting Lecturer in Computer Music, National Institute of the Arts, Taipei, Taiwan. Presented a series of lectures on Algorithmic Composition. May, 1993.

Visiting Lecturer in Computer Music, UCLA School of the Arts; lecture/demonstration of automated composition techniques. 4/30/93.

Professional Computer Music Software Published:

Compakb Volume I Basic Language Composition Routines

Compakb Volume II Basic Midi-compatible Download Routines

Compakc Volume I C Language Composition Routines

Compakc Volume II C Language Midi-compatible Routines

Distributed by Systems Design Associates, Dallas, Texas.

MusicSculptor Interactive & Automated Composition Environment for the IBM-PC.

Published by North Texas Research Institute, 1992. Distributed by ThinKware, Inc.,

San Francisco, CA

GenTrax Interactive Automatic Composition programs for the IBM-PC.

Published 1992 by MusTech Software Developers, Dallas, Texas.

MacroMidi Montager, Standard Midi File composition software,

Version 3.0, distributed by MusTech Software Developers

Commercial Computer Music Software Published:

CWEST for Windows 3.1, Automated Composition Software for

IBM-PC compatibles & General Midi Synthesizers.

Steinberg/Jones Marketing Group, Los Angeles; 10/94

 

Journal Reviews of my Professional & Commercial Software:

MusicSculptor Automated & Interactive Composition System for the IBM PC, (ProGenitor

Software Company); Bob Lindstrom, Electronic Musician Magazine, October, 1992.

MIDI JukeBox Arcade Musical Style Generator for the IBM PC (ProGenitor Software

Company); Steve Peha and Ben Hippen, Electonic Musician Magazine, December, 1992

Musical Compositions:

The following are published by Pembroke Music Co., Carl Fischer, Inc., sole selling agent; 62 Cooper Square, New York.

Schema for Solo Piano 1975

Coronation for four trumpets 1975

Melted Ears for two pianos 1975

Variations for Solo Piano 1975

Orgel I for pipe organ and tape 1975

Orgel II for pipe organ and tape 1975

Gorge for five doublebasses 1975

Asleep in the Deep for five tubas 1975

Flos Harmonicus I for string quartet 1975

Flos Harmonicus II for string quartet 1975

Flos Harmonicus III for woodwind quintet(s) 1975

The following compositions are available through the Carl Fischer

Rental Catalogue:

Missa Brevis for tape, dancer, slides, and percussion 1975

Station for tape, slides, and four dancers 1975

Conflations for chamber orchestra 1975

Gumbo for Julia for 2 voices and live electronics 1975

Actions for brass instrument, tape, and dancers 1975

Honeycomb for orchestra and jazz/rock combo 1976

Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night for Orchestra 1978

Septet for Mixed Instruments 1977

The following compositions are published by American Composers Edition,

American Composers Alliance

Rondelet Concertant for full orchestra 1982

Concert for Orchestra and Jazz/Rock Combo 1982

Planesong for eight winds and strings 1982

Planesong for eight unspecified instruments 1982

Kyrie Eleison for double choir and tape 1982

S(ame) T(ired) O(lde) C(hanges) for 11 Instruments 1982

Rhetorics for Clarinet 1988

Published by Mill Creek Publications, Mentone, CA. Included in anthology:

Etudes for the Twenty-First-Century Clarinet, edited by Phillip Rehfeldt, 1992

Anamorphoses for Trumpet Ensemble 1988

Published by American Composers Edition, NY

Passages for piano and Computer Music 1989

Published by American Composers Edition, NY

Passages II for piano and string orchestra 1990

Published by American Composers Edition, NY

Dulcimer Dream for Marimba-Vibraphone and Tape 1992

Published by Whole>Sum Productions Press,

Tempe, Arizona

Five Easy Pieces  for Yamaha Disklavier

Published by American Composers Alliance, New York 1993

1994 "Chi -Tan Pu Yao, Hsieh-Hsieh" , for computer-controlled synthesizer

1995 "Mandarin Cycles: The Culture Palace", for chamber ensemble

"Mandarin Cycles: The Culture Palace", for mixed symphony orchestra

"Mandarin Cycles: The Culture Palace", for symphonic wind ensemble

"Mandarin Cycles: The Culture Palace", for symphonic band

Carl Fisher, Inc., New York,publ.; (Pembroke Music Co.)

1995-96 "Twelve Etudes for Pianoforte"

Carl Fisher, Inc., New York,publ.; (Pembroke Music Co.)

1996 "Ineluctable Spaces for computer and chamber ensemble

Carl Fisher, Inc., New York,publ.; (Pembroke Music Co.)

1996 "ChinaScapes for narrator, computer music, and visual projections.

Carl Fisher, Inc., New York,publ.; (Pembroke Music Co.)

1996 "Cinematic Caricatures: Book I" (# 1-10) an intermedia work for visual projections, dancer,

and computer music

Compositions Published in Textbooks and Anthologies:

Gloria Patri for Tape, Dancer, Slides, and Percussion.

Printed in Scores: An Anthology of New Music, Johnson, R., Ed.;

Schirmer Books, Macmillan Co., New York, 1981.

Kyrie Eleison for double choir and tape drone.

Printed in An Anthology of Compositions Produced at the Mills College Center for

Contemporary Music, Ashley, Rbt., Ed., Mills College Press, Oakland, Ca., 1978.

Rage, Rage, Against the Dying of the Light for mixed ensemble.

Printed in Music for Citizen's Band....Accidentally, Parsons, Wm., Ed.;

Published by Iowa Corn Music, San Diego, Ca. 1980.

Orgel I and Orgel II for pipe organ and pre-recorded tape.

Excerpts and discussion printed in textbook New Directions in Music, Cope, David. 1976. Wm. C. Brown, Publ.

Notation Exhibits:

Examples of my compositions employing graphic notational techniques have been exhibited inart galleries, and were included in the traveling exhibition, "Eye Music", which toured European art galleries during 1986-87 under the auspices of the British Arts Council.

 

Recordings:

Melted Ears for Two Pianos. Advance FGR-14S

William Albright and Thomas Warburton,

duo-pianists.(album title: "New Piano Music")

Gorge for doublebass and pre-recorded tape. Brewster Records

Bertram Turetzky, soloist. Br-1317s

Dervish #2 and String Gam - Two Computer Music Compositions;

International Contemporary Music Exchange;

Anthology of the Music of Texas Composers - 1986.

Dulcimer Dream for amplified piano, Adam Wodnick, soloist;1988

Centaur Records Computer Music Series - Volume I. CRC 2029

Anamorphoses for trumpet ensemble; 1990

Centaur Records Computer Music Series - Volume VI. CRC 3012

 

Musical Compositions:

More than eighty works, including choral, orchestral, electronic, chamber, dance, and intermedia.

Commissions:

Chicago Contemporary Dance Theatre:

Nothing is the Thing to Fear - 1971 (electronic music, dancers, projections)

Stations - 1973 (electronic music, slides, four dancers)

Actions - 1973 (tape, tuba, trombone, actor, dancers, projections)

City - 1975 (environmental sound components, dancers, tape)

Jamboree - 1976 (instruments, dancers, tape, electronics, projections)

Sequence I - 1977 (electronic music, dancers, projections)

University of Redlands New Music Woodwind Quintet: Flos Harmonicus III - 1972 (one, two, or three woodwind quintets)

DePaul University Symphony Orchestra, Leon Stein, Mus. Dir.:

Concert for Rock Band and Orchestra - 1974 (orchestra, electronic music, and jazz combo)

Roosevelt University Contemporary Music Ensemble: Do Not Go Gentle into that Good Night..... - 1978 (large or small orchestra)

University of Redlands New Music Ensemble, B. Childs, Dir. Cindy 633 - 1979 (multiple amplified pianos)

Northwestern University Contemporary Music Ensemble: Planesong - 1980 (instrumental octet,amplified)

University of North Texas Trumpet Ensemble: Anamorphoses for 16 trumpets - 1988

The following works were commissioned by soloists:

Melted Ears for two pianos (1967); Loren Rush, R. Moran

Gumbo for Julia (1967); Julia Sentman

Variations for Piano (1968); Dwight Peltzer

Orgel I & II for organ and tape (1968); Wm. Albright

Gorge for doublebass and tape (1969); B. Turetzky

Asleep in the Deep for tuba and tape (1970);R. Weisling

Rhetorics for violin (1988); Dorothy Maritrano

Passages I for piano and computer music (1989);Wodnicki

Important Performances:

1964-1987

Rome Symphony Orchestra of Radio-Television Italy

San Francisco Museum of Art

Walker Art Center, Minneapolis-St. Paul

Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago

New Music From Chicago Series, The Art Institute

Berkshire Music Festival

Carnegie Hall, New York City

Radio Cologne, Germany

Radio Tel Aviv, Israel

Warsaw, Poland Conservatory

Copenhagen, Denmark

U.S.I.A., Milan and Rome

Chicago Society of Composers Series

New Music America Festival, Chicago

National Chiao Tung University, Hsin Chu, Taiwan, R.O.C.

National Cultural Center, Taipei, Taiwan

1988-present

University of North Texas Recital Hall; Elizabeth Abbate, soloist. 4/29/88 Rhetorics for violin

Festival of Contemporary Choral Music in America, Bowdoin College, Maine. 5/1/88 Kyrie Eleison for double Choir and Synthesizer

International Trumpet Guild Conference, University of North Texas; 5/9/88 Anamorphoses for Trumpet Ensemble.

National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan; Dulcimer Dream for Piano, July 18, 1988.

Ada Arts and Heritage Center, Ada Oklahoma; Adam Wodnicki, pianist. 9/26/88. Dulcimer Dream for solo piano

CEMI-Series, UNT; Constellations Ensemble. 11/21/88. Assemblage for Chamber Ensemble,

CEMI-Series, UNT; Geo. Rosenbaum, soloist. 3/27/89. Rhetorics for Viola.

Taichung Concert Hall, Taichung, Taiwan; Adam Wodnicki, soloist. 8/15/89 Dulcimer Dream for solo piano.

LaSalle College of Music, Singapore. Adam Wodnicki, soloist. 8/17/89; Dulcimer Dream for solo piano

Social Education Concert Hall, Taipei. Adam Wodnicki, soloist. 8/29/89; Taiwan premiere of Dulcimer Dream for solo piano

Faculty Recital, UNT. Adam Wodnicki, soloist. 9/14/89 Dulcimer Dream for solo piano

Visiting Artists Series, University of Kansas; Adam Wodnicki, soloist. 9/19/89 Dulcimer Dream for solo piano

Rice University, Houston, TX. Dorothy Martirano, soloist. 10/13/89 Rhetorics for violin

CEMI-Series, UNT. Rhetorics for violin; Dorothy Martirano, soloist. 10/16/89 University of Oklahoma;Dorothy Martirano, soloist. 10/18/89 Rhetorics for violin;

Musica Nova Series, Stuttgart, West Germany; Adam Wodnicki, pianist. 10/26/89 World Premiere of Passages I for piano and computer music.

Musica Nova Series, Stuttgart, West Germany; Adam Wodnicki, pianist. 10/26/89 European premiere of Dulcimer Dream for solo piano

Sonderveranstaltung Series, Trossingen, West Germany. Adam Wodnicki, pianist.10/25/89Passages I for piano and computer music. Dulcimer Dream for solo piano

National Concert Hall, Taipei, Taiwan; Adam Wodnicki, soloist. 7/11/90 & 7/12/90 Passages I for piano and computer music. Dulcimer Dream for solo piano 

American Voices Series, Eastman Musica Nova, Sydney Hodkinson, Conductor; Eastman School of Music; 9/21/90 Dulcimer Dream for solo piano

Merrill Ellis Intermedia Theater, UNT; Adam Wodnicki, soloist. 10/3/90 Passages I for piano and computer music. Dulcimer Dream for solo piano. 

Musical Arts Series, Southeastern Oklah. State Univ. Adam Wodnicki, soloist. 10/8/90 Passages I for piano and computer music. Dulcimer Dream for solo piano

Collabaret Concert Series, Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, University of Illinois Urbana; October 4, 5, and 6,1990. Passages I for piano and computer music. Rage, Rage Against the Dying of the Light for mixed ensemble, Kyrie Eleison for double choir and dijeridu

 Texas Composers Showcase, University of North Texas; 4/4/91 Anamorphoses for Trumpet Ensemble, Leonard Candelaria, conductor

National Chiao Tung University, Hsin-Chu Taiwan; 8/16/91 World Premiere of Algojazz for computer orchestra

Etudes for the Twenty-First Century Clarinetist Concert, University of Redlands, CA. 9/13/91Phil Rehfeldt, soloist. Rhetorics for clarinet

Lewis University Department of Music, Joliet, Illinois; Sever Tipei, pianist. 1/27/92. Passages for Piano and computer

Merrill Ellis Intermedia Theater, UNT; Octavia Brandenburg, pianist. 11/16/92. Passages for Piano and computer;

Dulcimer Dream for amplified piano and Passages for Piano and Computer. Adam Wodnicki, soloist.5/25/92 - Music Academy, Katowice, Poland. 5/28/92 - Music Academy, Warsaw 6/2/92 - Festival of the Society of Polish Composers, Krakow. 7/4/92 - Radio Broadcast, National Polish Radio 7/6/92 - Radio Broadcast, Radio Rzeszow, Poland

American Voices Series, Eastman Musica Nova Ensemble,Sydney Hodkinson, Conductor, Eastman School of Music; 4/10/92. Anamorphoses for 16 trumpets

Rice University, Houston; Sever Tipei, pianist. 1/22/93 Passages for Piano and computer

Society of Composers Annual Conference, Cleveland, Ohio; Sever Tipei, pianist. 5/1/93 Passages for Piano and computer

NOVA Ensemble Concert, University of North Texas; April 17, 1993 Five (or Maybe Six) Easy Pieces for Disclavier (computer-controlled piano)

Merrill Ellis Intermedia Theater, University of North Texas; Adam Wodnicki, pianist. 11/22/93. Passages for Piano and computer

NOVA Ensemble Concert, Joseph Klein, conductor; University of North Texas - October 16, 1995

Mandarin Cycles: The Culture Palace, for chamber ensemble (version with saxes)

Cleveland Chamber Symphony, Edwin London, conductor; Cleveland, Ohio - February 12, 1996 Mandarin Cycles: The Culture Palace, for chamber ensemble (version with brass)

Rockefeller Foundation Study and Conference Center in Bellagio, Italy. 4/21/96 preview performances of Cinematic Caricatures, Book I and Twelve Etudes for Piano

Korea National Education University in Cheong-ju; 6/3/96 preview performances of Cinematic Caricatures, Book I and Twelve Etudes for Piano

Korea National Institute of the Arts in Seoul; 6/4/96 preview performances of Cinematic Caricatures, Book I and Twelve Etudes for Piano

National Education University in Cheong-book;6/5/96 preview performances of Cinematic Caricatures, Book I and Twelve Etudes for Piano

 National Chiao-Tung University, Hsin-Chu, Taiwan. preview performances of Cinematic Caricatures, Book I and Twelve Etudes for Piano

Photographic Exhibits:

Exhibit of experimental photography, Ball State University, October 1 & 2, 1989. One-man Exhibit of experimental photography ,Sun-Gat Gallery of Photography, Taipei, Taiwan; June 16 - July 5, 1990.

One-man Exhibit of Experimental Photography, Kaoshung Gallery of Photography, Kaoshung, Taiwan; August 4 - 19, 1990.

Guest Composer Residencies:

Ohio University

University of Michigan

Indiana University

Mills College

Oberlin Conservatory

Cleveland Institute of Music

Southern Illinois University

Alaska Music Festival

Miami University

Southeastern Louisiana State University

Western Michigan University

Electronic Music Plus Festival, Nashville

Cleveland State University

California State University, Long Beach

University of Redlands, California

Bowling Green State University New Music Festival

Amherst College

Western Illinois University Contemporary Music Festival

New Music America Festival, Chicago

Rice University, Houston, Texas

University of California, San Diego

Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music

University of New Mexico, Albuquerque

Bowdoin College

National Chiao Tung University, Hsin Chu, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Ball State University

University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana

Cleveland Chamber Symphony, Cleveland, Ohio

Rockefeller Foundation Study and Conference Center, Bellagio, Italy

National Education University, Cheong-ju, Korea

National Institute of the Arts, Seoul, Korea

National Education University, Cheong-book, Korea

 

 

Guest Clinician:

International Music Educators Clinic - 1974,1976,1978

University of Vermont, Burlington (Workshop: Contemporary Music in the Classroom)

Music Educators National Conference - 1976 (Eastern Division Convention, Philadelphia

Teaching Consultant in Electronic Music, 1972-74. Chicago Board of Education

Illinois State Futuristic Education Project, Northern Illinois State University - 1977 (Multimedia Workshops)

Film Music Seminars and Experimental Intermedia Workshops presented at many universities, including the majority of those listed under Guest Composer Residencies

Seminar in Computer-Assisted Composition, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan; July, 1988.

Seminar in Computer-Assisted Composition and Synthesis Techniques, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan; August 6-25, 1989.

Membership in Professional Organizations:

Fellow, American Academy in Rome, 1966-Present

Board of Directors, Contemporary Concerts, Inc., 1972-74

Board of Directors, Chicago Contemporary Dance Theatre, 1973-77

American Composers Alliance, 1974-Present

Broadcast Music, Inc., 1969-Present

Board of Directors, Chicago Soc. of Composers, 1978-82

Regional Chairman, A.S U C., 1980

Advisory Committee, New Music Alliance, 1981-82

Member, American Music Center, 1982-

Member, Pi Kappa Lambda Honor Society, 1983-

Member, Board of Directors, Meet the Composer/Texas, 1983-85

 

Other Activities:

Final Judge, Broadcast Music, Inc. Student Composers

Awards, 1980

Final Judge, A.S U C. Publication/Recording Series, 1980

Lecturer, Museum of Contemporary Art Radio Series, 1982 (Chicago, Illinois )

Books, Periodicals, etc. Containing References to My Music:

Music and Musicians Magazine, May 1972; Pp 17-18

The International Who's Who in Music, 1980 Ed.

Music Educators Journal, March 1975; Pp 35-45

Chicagoland Magazine, November, 1969; Pp 75-76

Electronic Music, A Listener's Guide; Schwartz,E.

New Directions in Music; Cope; David, 1982

Perspectives of New Music, 1981/82 Editi

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