Education:
Graduate School of New Brunswick, Rutgers University
Ph.D. - Music Theory and Composition
Graduate School of New Brunswick, Rutgers University
M.A. - Music Theory and Composition
Mason Gross School of the Arts
B.M. - Jazz Studies
Graduated with academic honors
Principal Teachers:
Charles Wuorinen - composition and theory
Gerald Chenoweth - composition and theory
Nancy Rao - theory and analysis
Kenny Barron - jazz composition
William Fielder - jazz theory
Keith Copeland - jazz drums
Teaching Experience:
William Paterson University (Wayne, NJ)
September 2004 - present
Courses taught: Theory I and II, Ear Training I and II
Westminster Conservatory (Princeton, NJ)
September 1999 - present
Courses taught: Modal Counterpoint, Tonal Harmony, Tonal Analysis, Survey
of Classical History, Sight-singing, Private Composition Lessons
Rutgers University (New Brunswick, NJ)
September 1995 - May 2000
Courses taught: Tonal Harmony, Modal Counterpoint, Fundamentals of Musicianship
I and II, Rudiments of Music, Introduction to Music Theory, Introduction
to Music Analysis
Rider University (Lawrenceville, NJ)
September 2003 - December 2003
Courses taught: Music Theory, Music and Society
Union County College (Cranford, NJ)
March 2000 - present
Courses taught: Music Appreciation, Music Theory
Bergenfield Summer Music Workshop (Bergenfield, NJ)
Summer, 2001 - present
Percussion instruction
Honors and Achievements:
Western Illinois University New Music Festival
Participating Composer, March 2003
Zoom: Composers Close Up Concert Series
Featured Composer, May 1999
June in Buffalo Young Composers Workshop (S.U.N.Y.)
Participating Composer, June 1997
Graduate School of New Brunswick
Fellowship Recipient, 1994-5, 1995-6, and 2000.
Montclair State University Eastern European Concert
Tour (Slovakia, Slovenia, Hungary)
Touring Percussionist
Named "Ambassador of Goodwill" by New Jersey Governor Christine
Whitman, May 1994
Lectures and Presentations:
New Music Insights: A Coversation with Composers and Performer
Rider University, November 2003
Composer's Roundtable Discussion
Western Illinois University, March 2003
The Art of Improvisation
Westminster Conservatory, April 2002
"Contemporary Text-setting and Elliott Carter's
A Mirror on Which to Dwell"
Bucknell University, February 2002
Composer's Roundtable Discussion
Merkin Concert Hall, May 1999
What it's Like to be a T.A. in the Mason Gross School
of the Arts
Rutgers University, August 1998
Committees:
Teaching Assistant Liaison Committee
September 1997 - May 1999
Graduate Music Lecture Series Committee
September 1997 - May 1999
Affiliations:
Co-Founder and Artistic Director, The Society for Chromatic Art
Founder and Drummer, Groove Apparatus Jazz Ensemble
Commissioned Works:
Voices in the Night
Commissioned by Ashlee Mack and John McMurtery, 2005
Soliloquy
Commissioned by John McMurtery, 2003
Partitions for Saxophone
Commissioned by Scott Robert Avidon, 2002
Parousia
Commissioned by the Elaine Kaufman Cultural Center, 1999
Three Pieces for Clarinet
Commissioned by The Society for Chromatic Art, 1998
Liturgical Setting
Commissioned by Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 1995
The Dream/The Nightmare
Commissioned by Inter-Campus Ministries, Rutgers University, 1992
Performances of Works (selected):
The New York New Music Ensemble and Harvey Sollberger
The N.Y.U. New Music Ensemble
The Society for Chromatic Art
Helix! New Music Ensemble
Fred Sherry
Ashlee Mack
Lynne Raley
Anna Lim
John Vana
Grace Lin
Christopher Sumner
John McMurtery
Scott Robert Avidon
Paul Hoffmann
Recordings (jazz drums):
Brazilian Sunflower, The Jim Josselyn Group, 2000
The Enlightened Ones, Groove Apparatus, 2001
Live at Kavehaz, Groove Apparatus, 2002
Epstein Does Carlebach, Maury Epstein and Endless Light, 2003
Diatribe, Diatribe, 2003
Illyria, The Shakespeare Theater of New Jersey, cast
recording, 2005
