Profiles
BIOGRAPHY: With a lifelong passion for music composition and a deeply held belief in the power of music to enhance mutual understanding between differing cultures, my training and career as a composer is focused on exploring the music of other cultures while continually discovering and refining the individuality of my emerging voice. My music has been performed throughout the United States with recent premieres in South Korea, China, Serbia, Italy and France.
EDUCATION: University of California, Santa Cruz, Doctor of Musical Arts, Composition and World Music; University of Missouri, Kansas City, Master of Music, Composition; University of Texas at Austin, Bachelor of Music, Theory
PRINCIPAL INSTRUCTORS: DMA Composition - David Cope, Karlton Hester, David Evan Jones, Hi Kyung Kim, Paul Nauert, Peter Elsea; MM Composition - James Mobberley, Paul Rudy, Chen Yi, Zhou Long; BM Theory - Stefan Kostka, David Neumeyer, Forrest Pierce
MASTER CLASSES AND WORKSHOPS: 2008-09 Sofia Gubaidulina, Michel Merlet, Narcis Bonet, Philip Lasser, Roy Howat; 2007-08 Chan Eung-Park, Ben Carson, Dan Becker, Belinda Reynolds; 2006-07 Chou Wen-Chung, Geonyong Lee, Stefano Scodanibbio, Franklin Cox, Nikolay Kolev, Francois Rose; 2005-06 John Hilliard, Zu-chiang Wu; 2004-05 Yehudi Wyner, Tania Leon; 2003-04 Mario Davidovsky, Jaoa Pedro Oliveira
CONFERENCES AND FESTIVALS: Dec. 3-6, 2009 - UCSC/ISIM Festival and Conference, University of California; Santa Cruz, CA; Jun. 25-28, 2009 - Zimfest 2009, University of Colorado; Boulder, CO; Mar. 8-15, 2009 - 9th Annual Woman Composers Festival, University of Hartford; Hartford, CT; Feb. 20-21, 2009 - NACUSA Texas Chapter Annual Conference; Stephen F. Austin State University; Nacogdoches, TX; Aug. 15-16, 2008 - New Music Forum, 6th Annual Festival of Contemporary Music, San Francisco Community Music Center; San Francisco, CA; Aug. 1-10, 2008 - Festival MusicAlp, studio of Michel Merlet, Courchevel Academie Internationale de Musique; Courchevel, FRANCE; Jul. 1-31, 2008 -European American Musical Alliance Summer 2008 Composition Program, studio of Michel Merlet, Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris; Paris, FRANCE; Jul. 15-25, 2008 - SoundScape Composition and Performance Exchange, Instituto Superiore di Studi Musicali Franco Vittadini; Pavia, ITALY; Apr. 12-29, 2008 - April in Santa Cruz Festival of New Music, University of California; Santa Cruz, CA; Apr. 18-22, 2008 -Beijing International Congress on Women in Music, China Conservatory of Music; Beijing, CHINA; Apr. 10-13, 2008 - Rocky Mountain/Pacific Northwest SuperRegional Conference of The College Music Society, University of Montana; Missoula, MT; Aug. 24-26, 2007 - Zimfest 2007, South Puget Sound College; Olympia, WA; June 16-23, 2007 - Festival for Korean Gayageum and Western Instruments, Ewha Womens University; Seoul, SOUTH KOREA; Apr. 14-29, 2007 - April in Santa Cruz Festival of New Music, University of California; Santa Cruz, CA; Dec. 18-31, 2006 - Pamushana kuZimbabwe Marimba and Mbira Immersion Program; Zimbabwe, AFRICA; Aug. 1-7, 2006 - The Walden School Teacher Training Level II, The Dublin School; Dublin, NH July 10-16, 2005 - The Walden School Teacher Training Level I, Keene State College; Keene, NH; June 18-21, 2004 - Walden Music Educators Forum, Santa Clara University; Santa Clara, CA; July 5-31, 2002 - Les Cours de Civilisation Française de la Sorbonne, Certificat de langue et civilisation françaises (Niveau Intermédiaire); Paris, FRANCE
HONORS AND AWARDS: 2010-11 Finalist, International Music Prize for Excellence in Composition, National Academy of Music with The Municipal Conservatories of Neapolis and Sykies, Greece; 2009-10 UCSC Grant; ASCAP Award; 2008-09 European American Musical Alliance, Lindsay and Brian Shea Fellowship; Brevard Institute Scholarship Award; selected composer, South Oxford Six, Summer in Sombor, SERBIA; finalist, California Summer Music Festival, San Francisco, CA; finalist, College Music Society SuperRegional Conference, Santa Barbara, CA; UCSC Grant; ASCAP Award; 2007-08 UCSC Graduate Student Association Scholarship Award; UCSC Doctoral Tuition and Fee Fellowship; 2006-07 UCSC Chancellors Doctoral Fellowship Award, UCSC Doctoral Tuition and Fee Fellowship, UCSC Porter Graduate Arts Research Grant, UMKC Student Government Association Scholarship Award; 2005-06 George D. Martin III Scholarship Award, Mary Margaret Miller Graduate Assistance Endowment Fund Award, Presidents General Assembly of Greater Kansas City Award, Virginia French Mackie Award, The Walden School Scholarship Award; 2004-05 Jarene Stanford Graduate Achievement Fellowship, Nancy Kassebaum Baker Graduate Achievement Fellowship, UMKC Chancellors Fellowship Award, The Walden School Scholarship Award; 2003-04 William L. and Caroline M. French Graduate Achievement Fellowship, UMKC Chancellors Fellowship Award
POSITIONS OF LEADERSHIP: 2011-13 Board Member At-Large, National Association of Composers USA; Honorary Associate of the National Academy of Music; 2009-10 President, National Association of Composers USA, San Francisco; Administrative Associate, UCSC/ISIM Festival and Conference; Director of Fundraising, Interdisciplinary Artists Aggregation, Inc.; 2008-09 President, National Association of Composers USA, San Francisco; 2007-08 President and Founder, UCSC Composers Guild; Orchestra Assistant, University of California, Santa Cruz; Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of California, Santa Cruz; SCI Representative for UCSC; 2006-07 Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of California, Santa Cruz; 2004-05 President, UMKC Composers Guild; 2003-04 Vice President, UMKC Composers Guild; Chairman, UMKC Composers Guild Publicity Committee; Adjudicator, Missouri Reflections Composition Competition
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS: American Composers Forum, American Music Center, American Society of Composers Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), Center for the Promotion of Contemporary Composers, Chamber Music America, College Music Society, International Alliance of Women in Music, National Association of Composers USA, Society of Composers Inc., Sonic Arts Network, UCSC Composers Guild, UMKC Composers Guild
PUBLISHER: Willow Oak Press