Robert McClure 137 Columbia Ave, Athens, OH 45701 – 740.487.5708 [email protected] - www.robertwmcclure.com

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2017 - present Assistant Professor of Composition/Theory – Athens, OH, USA School of Music, Ohio University • Director of Ohio University Electronic Music Studios • Curator of CLICK Electronic Music Concert Series • Senior Thesis Advisor • Served on CoFA Diversity Committee, School of Music Technology Committee Courses Spring 2019 MUS3080/3090/5080/5090 Composition MUS4170/5170 Computer Music Programming MUS4902/5902 Special Topics in Post-Tonal Music Theory (Reverse Engineering Theoretical Concepts into Composition Tools) Fall 2018 MUS2020 Theory V (Chromatic Harmony, Post-Tonal Materials) MUS3080/3090/5080/5090 Composition MUS4150/5150 Computers and Music Production (Stereo and 8-Ch. Acousmatic Music) Spring 2018 MUS1020 Theory II (Tonal Harmony) MUS3080/3090/5090 Composition MUS4170/5170 Computer Music Programming Fall 2017 MUS1010 Theory I (Fundamentals, Counterpoint) MUS3080/3090/5090 Composition MUS4130/5130 History and Practice of Electronic Music

2016 - 2017 Visiting Professor of Music - Shanghai, China Shanghai Conservatory of Music

Weekly lectures on topics in Electronic Music Advising four doctoral students in Applied Composition and Electronic Music

2013 – 2017 Assistant Professor of Music Composition - Suzhou, China School of Music, Soochow University • Director of Soochow University Electronic Music Studios • Composition and Theory Curriculum Design • Served on Academic Affairs, Curriculum, Outreach and Recruitment, and Advisory Committees (Chair of Advisory Committee) • Served on Composition, Theory, Solfege Search Committees Courses Spring 2017 MUPE 4016 Electronic Music II (Software Instruction, Electroacoustic and Spatial Acousmatic Compositions) Advanced Composition for Majors (Graduate Level) Advanced Orchestration (Graduate Level) MUPE 3061 Technology for Musicians (Practical Technology Skills) Fall 2016 MUPE 4017 Electronic Music I (History, Software Instruction, Acousmatic Compositions, Group Composition Projects) The New York School (Graduate Seminar on Composers, Performers, and Artists of the so-called “New York School” in the 1950-60’s) Advanced Electronic Music I (Graduate Level) Advanced Composition for Majors (Graduate Level) Spring 2016 MUPE 4016 Electronic Music II MUPE 2001 Form and Analysis II Advanced Electronic Music II (Graduate Level) Advanced Composition for Majors (Graduate Level) Fall 2015 MUPE 4017 Electronic Music I

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MUPE 2001 Form and Analysis I Advanced Electronic Music I (Graduate Level) Advanced Composition for Majors (Graduate Level) Spring 2015 MUPE 4016 Electronic Music II Spring 2014-5 MUPE 1002 Theory II (Tonal Harmony) Fall 2014 MUPE 4017 Electronic Music I MUPE 1001 Theory I (Fundamentals and Species Counterpoint) Spring 2014 Music in the Digital World for Non-Majors (Co-taught with Musicology Colleague, Software Instruction, Acousmatic Composition) Fall 2013 MUPE 1005 Lab I (Aural and Keyboard Skills)

2010 - 2013 Graduate Teaching Assistant - Houston, TX Shepherd School of Music, Rice University • Independent Curriculum Design • Specialized in Electronic Music Courses Spring 2013 MUSI 117 Fundamentals of Music Fall 2010-12 MUSI 403 Basic Electronic Music Spring 2012 MUSI 225 Bjork & Radiohead: Connections with the Past, Present, and Future (Curriculum designed as part of Classroom Pedagogy course and selected to be offered as elective to undergraduate students. Analytical study of the music of Bjork, Radiohead, composers such as Cage, Berio, Stockhausen, Lansky, Meredith Monk, Charles Mingus, Kevin Puts, Pauline Oliveros, etc.) Spring 2011 MUSI 318 Theory for Non-Majors (Chromatic Harmony)

EDUCATION

2009 - 2013 Rice University, Shepherd School of Music - Houston, TX Doctor of Musical Arts in Composition: May 2013 • Composition with Shih-Hui Chen, Arthur Gottschalk, Richard Lavenda, Kurt Stallmann • GPA: 4.01

2007 - 2009 The University of Arizona - Tucson, AZ Master of Music in Composition: May 2009 • Composition with Daniel Asia • GPA: 4.0

2003 - 2007 Bowling Green State University - Bowling Green, OH Bachelor of Music in Music Education: May 2007 • Percussion Studies with Roger Schupp • Summa cum laude / Presidential Award • GPA: 4.0

RESEARCH and CREATIVE ACTIVITY

Selected Awards and Honors

March 2018 Runner-Up of SCTI Composition Contest (Warzone for timpani and fixed media) Ann Arbor, MI

April 2016 Composer Fellow 2016 Intimacy of Creativity (Warning Colors for orchestra) Bright Sheng and Hong Kong Philharmonic, Hong Kong, China

July 2015 Winner of Bassoon Chamber Music Composition Competition (Desert Miniatures: Insects for three bassoons) BCMCC, Bowling Green, OH

October 2014 Winner of Chou’s Annual Composition Commission Award (for new chamber orchestra composition) Soochow University, Suzhou, China

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May 2014 Winner of Paul and Christiane Cooper Prize in Composition (Warning Colors for orchestra) Rice University, Houston, TX

February 2013 Director’s Choice Award (now our grief is put away for soprano and computer) Boston Metro Opera Contempo Festival 2013, Boston, MA

January 2013 Winner (Integrated Elements No. 3 “Divide by Five” for gyil and fixed media) Frame Dance Composition Competition, Houston TX

November 2012 Winner: Call for Works (Five Miniatures for flute, vibraphone, viola, cello) TEMPO New Music Ensemble, University of Maryland, College Park, MD

March 2012 Best Digital Art (…the paint while it’s dripping. for audio/visual installation) celebrateART 2012 Festival, Rice University, Houston, TX

Selected Festivals and Conferences

2019 Spaced-Out RADIA Padova, Italy Society of Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States, Boston, MA Washington State University Festival of Contemporary Music Pullman, WA Ohio Music Educators Association Cleveland, OH 2018 Festival DME Lisbon, Portugal Sound Thought 2018 Belfast, Northern Ireland Ecos Urbanos Mexico City, Mexico MUSLAB Electroacoustic Music International Exhibition Buenos Aires, Argentina International Double Reeds Society Congress, Granada, Spain Bowling Green State University New Music Festival, Bowling Green, OH Splice Festival II, Bowling Green, OH International Computer Music Conference, Daegu, South Korea New York City Electronic Music Festival, New York, NY Elektro Arts 2018, Cluj-Napoca, Romania Cube Fest 2018, Blacksburg, VA Beijing Modern Music Festival, Beijing, China Society of Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States, Eugene, OR 2017 Toronto International Electroacoustic Symposium, Toronto, Canada New York City Electronic Music Festival, New York, NY West Fork New Music Festival, Fairmont, WV 2016 Intimacy of Creativity, Hong Kong 2015 Workshop on Computer Music and Audio Technology, Hsinchu, Taiwan International Computer Music Conference, Denton, TX New York City Electronic Music Festival, New York, NY 87.9 radiophrenia, Glasglow, Scotland 2014 INTIME2014 Symposium, Coventry, United Kingdom Toronto International Electroacoustic Symposium, Toronto, Canada Charlotte New Music Festival, Charlotte, NC New York City Electronic Music Festival, New York, NY Euroclassical Festival, Oporto, Portugal Sonorities Festival of Contemporary Music, Belfast, Ireland Last Friday Listening Room, San Diego, CA Musiquem Festival, Lleida, Spain North American Saxophone Alliance Conference, Champaign, IL New Music Edmonton Now Hear This Festival, Edmonton, Canada 2013 Society of Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States, St. Paul, MN Bulldog Bytes, Orangeburg, SC CSUF New Music Festival, Fullerton, CA Espacio Sonoro, Havana, Cuba 2012 Unruly Music Festival, Milwaukee, WI Mid-American Center for Contemporary Music New Music Festival, Bowling Green, OH

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celebrateART 2012 Festival, Houston, TX 2011 Electronic Music Midwest Festival, Kansas City, KS Studio 300 Festival, Lexington, KY Society of Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States, Coral Gables, FL 2010 Electronic Music Midwest Festival, Romeoville, IL

Publications

ABLAZE Records untangle my tongue (2011) for fixed media

Albany Records the edge of still (2016) for dizi, sheng, computer

ADJ•ective New Music Publications at water’s edge (2014) for violin and percussion Desert Miniatures (2010) for piano Five Miniatures (2008) for flute, vibraphone, viola, cello Memory Variations (2013) for electric guitar and marimba a veil (2018) for piano sounding field (2017) for low brass trio sounding field: the deep (2018) for low brass trio and wind symphony

Bachovich Publications …of the Earth (2007) for percussion quartet A Natural Regression (2007) for marimba/prepared vibraphone Go! (2007) for marimba and percussion glue, tape, and other adhesives (2010) for percussion Integrated Elements No. 3 (2008) for gyil and fixed media

Imagine Publications Desert Miniatures: Insects (2012) for three bassoons

Innovative Percussion Publications Preludes (2007) for solo marimba The Dance of Wind (2005) for percussion ensemble

Media Press, Inc. Passacaglia on a theme by Mark Rothko (2008) for steel pan and fixed media

Resolute Publications in Steel (2009) for alto saxophone and percussion

New Focus Records in excess (2017) for fixed media (Upcoming in 2019)

Tapspace Publications In My Mother’s Garden (2006) for vibraphone trio Integrated Elements No. 2 (2008) for multiple percussion and fixed media Moments (2009) for marimba Warzone (2015) for timpani and fixed media Wind Chimes Beneath a Summer Rain (2005) for marimba

Research Presentation

February 2019 Recent Ideas, Techniques, and Methods on original compositions at the river and struggling in excess at Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA

May 2018 West Meets East: How Living in China Influenced My Compositions on original compositions Homologic, lingering garden, the edge of still, and in excess at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, Shanghai, China

April 2018 Recent Ideas, Techniques, and Methods on original compositions drift, and in excess at West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA

October 2017 Recent Ideas on original compositions Warning Colors, drift, and Homologic at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, USA

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Sept. 2017 Recent Ideas on original compositions Warning Colors, drift, and Homologic at West Fork New Music Festival, Fairmont State University, Fairmont, WV, USA

June 2016 Alternative Inspiration: How Biology, Mathematics, and Evolution Became My Compositional Focus on original compositions Desert Miniatures: Insects, Warning Colors, at water’s edge, and Homologic at National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan

April 2016 Alternative Inspiration: How Biology, Mathematics, and Evolution Became My Compositional Focus at Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong

January 2016 drift: and other new works at University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA

June 2015 Alternative Inspiration: How Biology, Mathematics, and Evolution Became My Compositional Focus at Soochow University Colloquium Lecture Series, Suzhou, China

October 2014 untangle my tongue: poet/composer collaboration at INTIME2014 Symposium, Coventry University, Coventry, United Kingdom

April 2014 Sound Photography: an Approach to Listening and Electronic Music on music of Luc Ferrari, Jean-Francois Laporte, Kurt Stallmann, and Robert McClure at U.S. Consulate Cultural Office Lecture Series, Shanghai, China

November 2013 Sound Photography: an Approach to Listening and Electronic Music at Soochow University Colloquium Lecture Series, Suzhou, China

March 2013 Presented The Gate in collaboration with Artifact Dance Project’s “I Wonder if My Name is Alice” at University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA

May 2011 Presented In Steel, Integrated Elements No. 3 “Divide by Five”, and glue, tape, and other adhesives at Ohio University, Athens, OH, USA

Special Events

January 2016 drift with Frame Dance Productions at Asia Society Texas Center, Houston, TX (3 shows) Presented drift (Lydia Hance, choreography), at water’s edge, lingering garden (Lydia Hance, choreography)

April 2012 untangle my tongue: a sound installation by Robert McClure at The Orange Show Center for Visionary Art, Houston, TX. Presented untangled music box (audio installation), Music Box 9 (composed specifically for the Orange Show space), untangle my tongue, in Steel

October 2011 words and music: Robert McClure and Anne Shaw at Duncan Recital Hall, Shepherd School of Music, Rice University, Houston, TX. Presented Natural Selection, untangle my tongue, untitled poetry/sound collaboration, now our grief is put away, and Selected Poems read by Anne Shaw

MUSIC PERFORMANCE and CONCERT ORGANIZATION EXPERIENCE

2017-present Concert Organizer - Athens, OH School of Music, Ohio University • CLICK Concert Series ◦ 1-2 Concerts per semester of Acousmatic/Electroacoustic/Video music from the leading composers/artists in the field • Visiting Artist Concerts ◦ Including concerts and reading sessions given by Patchwork, Trio Fibonacci, Jamie Jordan and Daniel Druckman

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2017-present Conductor/Performer – Athens, OH School of Music, Ohio University • Performer ◦ Robert McClure/T.R. Beery Duet for No-Input Mixers ◦ Pauline Oliveros, Approaches and Departures, Appearances and Disappearances ◦ Pauline Oliveros, Rock Piece ◦ Mark Philips, What If ….Every Choice Counts

2014-2017 Concert Organizer - Suzhou, China School of Music, Soochow University • Soochow New Voice Concert Series ◦ Six concerts of contemporary music featuring guest composers such as Eric Lund, Kee Yong Chong, Cole Ingraham, Jia Guoping, Jacob Sudol, Chen-Hui Jen, and others • Re:Sound Concert Series ◦ Seven concerts of new music from the SUSM Electronic Music Studios including collaborations with visual artists and creative writers

2013-2017 Conductor/Performer - Suzhou, China School of Music, Soochow University • Conductor ◦ Robert McClure, beneath, there is stirring for chamber ensemble • Performer ◦ Robert McClure, stop.watch, stop.hear for percussion ensemble ◦ Terry Riley, In C ◦ Pauline Oliveros, Approaches and Departures, Appearances and Disappearances ◦ Pauline Oliveros, Rock Piece

2009 - 2013 Freelance Conductor - Houston, TX Shepherd School of Music, Rice University • Robert McClure, 8 for wind octet • Bryce Ingmire, Sarabande for medium chamber ensemble • Ross Griffey, Rhapsody for solo cello and 11 players • Stephen Bachicha To a Soldier for soprano and chamber sextet • Stephen Bachicha, Suite for the Elements for chamber sextet

2010 - 2012 20/21 Contemporary Ensemble - Houston, TX Shepherd School of Music, Rice University • Student founded contemporary music ensemble • Co-Artistic Director, Conductor, Performer • Produced two full-length concert programs of music from 1950 through the present including commissions by Shepherd School composers Hilary Purrington and Christopher Walczak • Organized an alternative space performance of “In C” by Terry Riley • Conductor ◦ John Adams, Scratchband for 12 players ◦ Giacinto Scelsi, Pranam II for 9 players • Performer ◦ Steve Reich, Four Organs (organ) ◦ Terry Riley, In C (piano)

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LIST of WORKS and PERFORMANCES

sounding field: the deep (2018) for tenor trombone, bass trombone, tuba, and wind symphony [07’00”] Premier Performance: 12.06.18 at Memorial Auditorium, Ohio University, Athens, OH, USA Selected Additional Performance(s): 02.02.19 at Huntington Convention Center, Hall C, Cleveland, OH, USA 02.05.19 at Memorial Auditorium, Ohio University, Athens, OH, USA

F*!#face Von Clownstick (2018) for solo piano [2’00”] Composed for Nicholas Phillips’ #45Miniatures Project at the river (2018) for soprano, percussion, and computer [22’00”] Commissioned by Jamie Jordan and Daniel Druckman (New York, NY) Premier Performance: 02.08.19 at Glidden Recital Hall, Ohio University, Athens, OH, USA sounding field (2017) for tenor trombone, bass trombone, and tuba [07’00”] Commissioned by 3BASSO (Athens, OH) Premier Performance: 02.25.18 at Glidden Recital Hall, Ohio University, Athens, OH, USA Selected Additional Performance(s): 03.08.18 at WVMEA, Civic Center, Charleston, WV, USA 04.06.18 at Falbo Theater, Creative Arts Center, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA 09.29.18 at West Fork New Music Festival, Fairmont State University, Fairmont, WV, USA 10.07.18 at Glidden Recital Hall, Ohio University, Athens, OH, USA a veil (2017) for piano [06’15”] Commissioned by Lucas Wong (Suzhou, China) Premier Performance: 05.04.18 at Grand Hall, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Selected Additional Performance(s): 06.08.18 at USCI University International Piano Festival & Competition, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 06.14.18 at University of Florida International Piano Festival, Gainesville, FL, USA in excess (2017) for fixed media in stereo, 5.1, or 8-channel surround [08’00”] Premier Performance: 09.25.17 at EM|One, Sursa Hall, Ball State University, Muncie, IN, USA Selected Additional Performance(s): 01.26.18 at 101 Rehearsal Hall, Ohio University, Athens, OH, USA 03.30.18 at SEAMUS, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, USA 07.16.18 at NYCEMF, Abrons Art Center, New York, NY, USA 08.10.18 at ICMC, Daegu Concert House, Daegu, South Korea 08.11.18 at Cube Fest 2018, Virginia Tech, Blackburg, VA, USA 08.16.18 at MUSLAB Electroacoustic Music International Exhibition, Buenos Aires, Argentina 11.09.18 at Ecos Urbanos, Technologico de Monterey, Mexico City, Mexico 11.15.18 at Sound Thought, Centre for Contemporary Arts, Cinema, Glasglow, Scotland, UK 11.18.18 at Festival DME, Lisboa Incomum, Lisbon, Portugal 02.01.19 at CCRMA, Bing Concert Hall, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 05.16.19 at RADIA – Spaced-Out, Auditorium Pollini, Padova, Italy struggling in excess (2017) for oboe or soprano saxophone and fixed media [08’00”] Commissioned by Juan Manuel Garcia-Cano (Suzhou, China) Premier Performance: 12.08.2017 at Enling Lecture Hall, Soochow University, Suzhou, China

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Selected Additional Performance(s): 05.24.18 at Elektro Arts, "Gheorghe Dima" Music Academy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania 08.28.18 at IDRS 2018, Granada, Spain 11.09.18 at SPLICE II, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH, USA 11.11.18 at Glidden Recital Hall, Ohio University, Athens, OH, USA 03.02.19 at Washington State University Festival of Contemporary Art Music, Pullman, WA

The Nature of Matter (2017) for two percussion and computer [15’00”] Commissioned by Ensemble 570 (Perrysburg, OH) the edge of still (2016) for dizi, sheng, and computer [08’00”] Commissioned by Little Giant Chinese Chamber Orchestra (Taipei, Taiwan) Premier Performance: 06.26.16 at National Theater and Concert Hall Auditorium, Taipei, Taiwan Selected Additional Performance(s): 12.02.16 at Enling Lecture Hall, Soochow University, Suzhou, China 05.20.18 at Beijing Modern Music Festival, Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing, China lingering garden (2015) for fixed media [08’30”] Premier Performance: 01.28.16 Asia Society Texas Center with Lydia Hance (choreography) Selected Additional Performance(s): 01.29-30.16 Asia Society Texas Center with Lydia Hance (choreography) 11.07.16 Sursa Hall, Ball State University, Muncie, IN 12.02.16 at Enling Lecture Hall, Soochow University, Suzhou, China 06.24.17 at NYCEMF, Abrons Art Center, New York City, NY, USA 08.11.17 at TIES, Ernest Balmer Studio, Case Goods Building, Toronto, ON, CAN 03.23.19 at SEAMUS, Boston Conservatory at Berklee, Boston, MA, USA

Warning Colors (2013, rev. 2015) for orchestra [09’40”] Premier Performance: 02.13.15 Shepherd School Symphony Orchestra at Stude Hall, Rice University, Houston, TX Selected Additional Performance(s): 04.20.15 Intimacy of Creativity, Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra at HKUST Multipurpose Hall, Kowloon, Hong Kong 04.21.15 Intimacy of Creativity, Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra at Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall, Kowloon, Hong Kong drift (2015) for 3-4 players (violin, viola, cello) [indeterminate] Premier Performance: 01.28.16 Axiom String Quartet at Asia Society Texas Center with Lydia Hance (choreography) Selected Additional Performance(s): 01.29-30.16 Axiom String Quartet at Asia Society Texas Center with Lydia Hance (choreography) 04.09.16 at at Concert Hall, Soochow University School of Music, Suzhou, China beneath, there is stirring (2015) for chamber ensemble [10’00”] Commissioned by Chou New Music Composition Commission Award (Suzhou, China) Premier Performance: 11.26.15 at School of Music Concert Hall, Soochow University, Suzhou, China warzone (2015) for timpani and fixed media [09’00”] Co-composed with Alex Singer (Suzhou, China) Premier Performance: 09.19.15 Percussive Arts Society Italy Competition, Moderna Hotel, Montesilvano, Italy Selected Additional Performance(s): 04.23.16 at Shanghai Symphony Chamber Hall, Shanghai, China 10.30.17 at Tritico Theatre, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA, USA 03.16.18 at Video Studio, Dunderstadt Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

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stop.watch, stop.hear (2015) for percussion quartet [10’00”] Premier Performance: 05.08.15 at Concert Hall, Soochow University School of Music, Suzhou, China Selected Additional Performance(s): 12.03.15 at Kobacker Hall, BGSU, Bowling Green, OH

Homologic (2015) for bass flute, clarinet, and computer [09’30”] Premier Performance: 03.17.15 at 601-1101 Soochow University School of Music, Suzhou, China Selected Additional Performance(s): 06.04.15 at Shanghai Symphony Chamber Hall, Shanghai, China 11.28.15 at WOCMAT 2015, National Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan

Travelscapes (2015) for fixed media [09’00”] Premier Performance: 12.04.14 at Concert Hall, Soochow University School of Music, Suzhou, China Selected Additional Performance(s): 12.13.14 at FaceArt Music Internations, Shanghai, China 01.07.15 at Concert Hall, Soochow University School of Music, Suzhou, China at water’s edge (2014) for violin and percussion [10’00”] Premier Performance: 09.13.15 at Vivace Music Auditorium, Brisbane, Australia 11.20.15 at School of Music Concert Hall, Soochow University, Suzhou, China 01.28-30.16 Asia Society Texas Center with Lydia Hance (choreography)

The Lightning Field (2014) for baritone, bass clarinet, trumpet, trombone, computer [12’00”] text by Anne Shaw Premier Performance: 06.22.14 Loadbang at Charlotte New Music Festival, Charlotte, NC Selected Additional Performance(s): 12.04.14 Loadbang at Stage Left Studios, New York, NY

Memory Variations (2013) for electric guitar and marimba [08’00”] Commissioned by Liminal Space Contemporary Music Ensemble (Houston, TX) Premier Performance: 12.11.13 Liminal Space at The Barn, Houston, TX

Desert Miniatures: Insects (2012) for three bassoons [10’00”] Commissioned by Trio Sonora (Tucson, AZ) Premier Performance: 03.10.13 Trio Sonora at University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN Selected Additional Performance(s): 04.12.14 ADJective New Music Ensemble at Leso Gallery, Toledo, OH 03.26.16 BCMCC at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 06.22.17 at IDRS 2017, Stansbury Theatre, Lawrence University, Appleton, WI, USA 10.18.18 at BGSU New Music Festival, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH, USA

Music Box 9 (2012) for chamber ensemble and female vocalists [20’00”] Premier Performance: 04.13.12 at The Orange Show Center for Visionary Art, Houston, TX Selected Additional Performance(s): 04.12-3.13 at The Orange Show Center for Visionary Art, Houston, TX

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Break Point (2011) for percussion quintet [08’15”] Commissioned by the Bowling Green State University Student Percussion Association and the Mid-American Center for Contemporary Music Premier Performance: 10.18.12 at Bryan Recital Hall, MACCM New Music Festival, Bowling Green, OH Selected Additional Performance(s): 11.27.12 at Kobacker Hall, BGSU, Bowling Green, OH

…the paint while it’s dripping. (2011) for audio and video installation [indefinite] Premier Installation: 03.09.12 at celebrateART 2012 Festival, Rice University, Houston, TX Selected Additional Installation(s): 06.22.15 at Soochow University Art Gallery, Soochow University, Suzhou, China 11.16.16 at SArPA - Sweet Briar College, Sweet Briar, VA

The Gate (2011) for string quartet and computer [33’00”] Premier Performance: 09.17.11 at Duncan Recital Hall, Shepherd School of Music, Rice University, Houston, TX Selected Additional Performance(s): 03.29-31.13 at Stevie Eller Dance Theater, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ untangle my tongue (2011) for fixed media [10’00”] text by Anne Shaw Premier Performance: 09.17.11 at Duncan Recital Hall, Shepherd School of Music, Rice University, Houston, TX Selected Additional Performance(s): 04.13.12 at The Orange Show Center for Visionary Art, Houston, TX 09.15.12 at DaCamera John Cage Musicircus, Menil Collection, Houston, TX 10.27.12 at Electric LaTex Festival, Louisiana State University, Baton Rogue, LA 04.11.13 at Bulldog Bytes, South Carolina State University, Orangeburg, SC 04.12-3.13 at The Orange Show Center for Visionary Art, Houston, TX 04.18-20.13 at SEAMUS 2013, McNally Smith College of Music, St. Paul, MN 03.21.14 at New Music Edmonton Now Hear This Festival, Edmonton, Canada 04.25.14 at Last Friday Listening Room, CPMC Experimental Theater, San Diego, CA 04.30.14 at Sonorities Festival of Contemporary Music, Belfast, Ireland 08.21.14 at Toronto International Electroacoustic Symposium, Toronto, Canada 10.19.14 at INTIME2014 Symposium, Coventry, United Kingdom 04.15.15 at 87.9 Radiophrenia, Glasglow, Scotland 09.30.15 at International Computer Music Conference, Denton, TX 11.17.17 at Glidden Recital Hall, Ohio University, Athens, OH, USA glue, tape, and other adhesives (2010) for solo percussion [09’30”] Commissioned by Aaron Levy (The Plains, OH) Premier Performance: 05.14.11 at Glidden Recital Hall, Ohio University, Athens, OH Selected Additional Performance(s): 03.15.12 at Gifford Hall, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY

Natural Selection (2010) for chamber ensemble and two narrators [07’00”] text by Anne Shaw Premier Performance: 11.30.10 at Hirsch Rehearsal Hall, Shepherd School of Music, Rice University, Houston, TX Selected Additional Performance(s): 10.13.11 at Duncan Recital Hall, Shepherd School of Music, Rice University, Houston, TX

Desert Miniatures (2010) for solo piano [10’00”] Premier Performance:

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10.16.10 at Duncan Recital Hall, Shepherd School of Music, Rice University, Houston, TX Selected Additional Performance(s): 04.14.12 at Hirsch Rehearsal Hall, Shepherd School of Music, Rice University, Houston, TX 12.07.13 at Shanghai Symphony Chamber Music Hall, Shanghai, China 12.09.13 at Central Conservatory Preparatory School, Beijing, China 01.26.16 at Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall, Kowloon, Hong Kong 06.16.16 at Enling Lecture Hall, Soochow University, Suzhou, China 12.03.17 at Glidden Recital Hall, Ohio University, Athens, OH. USA 01.07.17 at Steinway Hall, Dallas, TX, USA now our grief is put away (2010) for soprano and computer [14’00”] text by Anne Shaw Premier Performance: 10.16.10 at Duncan Recital Hall, Shepherd School of Music, Rice University, Houston, TX Selected Additional Performance(s): 09.29.11 at Electronic Music Midwest Festival [EMM] Kansas City Kansas Community College, Kansas City, KS 11.12.11 at Electric LaTex Festival, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 10.18.12 at Unruly Music Festival, Center for Performing Arts, Milwaukee, WI 10.27.12 at Spectrum New Music, New York, NY 12.08.12 at Barnes Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 02.07.13 at Bryan Recital Hall, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH 02.21.13 at Avant Garden, Houston, TX 04.14.15 at Casa Rustica, The American Academy in Rome, Rome, Italy 06.25.15 at New York City Electronic Music Festival, New York, NY 05.05.17 at Enling Lecture Hall, Soochow University, Suzhou, China 11.30.18 at The Cell Theatre, New York City, NY, USA

Passacaglia on a theme by Mark Rothko (2009) for steel pan and fixed media [08’00”] Commissioned by Eric Hines (Tucson, AZ) Premier Performance: 02.28.10 at Crowder Hall, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ Selected Additional Performance(s): 05.04.12 at Shearman Performing Arts Theatre, McNeese State University, Lake Charles LA

Failing to Resist (2009) for fixed media [06’00”] Premier Performance: 11.14.09 at Electric LaTex Festival, Fallout Theater, Texas A & M University, Bryan,TX Selected Additional Performance(s): 04.17.10 in 5.1 Surround at Wortham Opera Theater, Shepherd School Music, Rice University, Houston, TX 10.15.10 in 5.1 Surround at Electronic Music Midwest Festival [EMM], Philip Lynch Theater, Lewis University, Romeoville, IL 10.29.10 in 5.1 Surround at Electric LaTex Festival, Dixon Concert Hall, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 09.16-17.11 at Studio 300 Festival (Byte Gallery), Transylvania University, Lexington, KY 11.18.12 at Foundation for Modern Music: Introductions, Houston, TX 02.28.13 at Espacio Sonoro, Casa de Las Americas, La Habana, Cuba 06.07.13 at ARTos Cultural and Research Foundation, Nicosia, Cyprus 11.08.13 at Suzhou Culture and Arts Center, Suzhou, China 06.03.14 in 5.1 Surround at New York City Electronic Music Festival, New York, NY 06.21.14 at Charlotte New Music Festival, Charlotte, NC 12.13.14 at FaceArt Music Internations, Shanghai, China

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Integrated Elements No. 3 “Divide by Five” (2009) for gyil and fixed media [08’00”] Commissioned by Kyle Maxwell-Doherty (Tucson, AZ) Premier Performance: 02.01.10 at Crowder Hall, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ Selected Additional Performance(s): 03.15.10 at Christensen Recital Hall, Concordia College, Moorehead, MN 04.17-19.10 and 04.23-25.10 at Stevie Eller Dance Theater, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ [Doug Nielsen, Professor of Dance, University of Arizona, choreography] 01.21.11 at SEAMUS 2011, Gusman Hall, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL 03.15.12 at Gifford Hall, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY 09.25.13 at Studio 101, Houston, TX in Steel (2009) for alto saxophone and vibraphone with percussion [09’30”] Commissioned by Becky Morris and Joshua Priest (Boulder, CO) Premier Performance: 03.15.10 at Grusin Music Hall, UC Boulder, Boulder, CO Selected Additional Performance(s): 02.25.11 at Northeastern Illinois University North American Saxophone Alliance Conference, Region 5, Chicago, IL 04.13.12 at The Orange Show Center for Visionary Art, Houston, TX 02.07.14 in_keys Duo at Salon de Plenos Ayuntamiento de Garanada, Granada, Spain 02.08.14 in_keys Duo at Casa Condesa de Torre-Isabel Motril, Spain 02.09.14 in_keys Duo at Casa de Cultura Molvizar, Spain 03.22.14 at 2014 North American Saxophone Alliance National Conference, Champaign, IL 04.10.14 in_keys Duo at Musiquem Festival, Lleida, Spain 05.07.14 in_keys Duo at Thetro Helena Sa e Costa, Euroclassical Festival, Oporto, Spain 10.29.14 in_keys Duo at Sociedad Bilbaina, Bilbao, Spain 10.30.14 in_keys Duo at Auditorio de la Universidad de León, Leon, Spain 10.31.14 in_keys Duo at Museo Casa Natal de Jovellanos, Gijon, Spain 11.01.14 in_keys Duo at Auditorio de la Casa de Cultura de Sober, Sober, Spain 03.21.18 at Departamento de Comunicação e Arte, Universidade de Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal 05.23.18 at Departamento de Comunicação e Arte, Universidade de Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal

Lying in Wait (2009) for violin, clarinet in Bb, and piano [08’00”] Premier Performance: 10.16.10 at Duncan Recital Hall, Shepherd School of Music, Rice University, Houston, TX Selected Additional Performance(s): 03.10.13 at Hirsch Rehearsal Hall, Shepherd School of Music, Rice University, Houston, TX 09.15.13 at Grand Hall, Suzhou Cultural Center, Suzhou, China 12.05.13 at Academy for Performing Arts Recital Hall, Hong Kong

Moments (2009) for solo marimba [08’00”] Commissioned by Alex Wier (Tucson, AZ) Premier Performance: 04.16.09 at Crowder Hall, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ Selected Additional Performance(s): 03.15.12 at Gifford Hall, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY

Integrated Elements No. 2 “Not a Haiku” (2008) for percussion and fixed media [10’00”] Premier Performance: 11.19.08 at Holsclaw Hall, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ Selected Additional Performance(s): 04.10.10 at Hart Recital Hall, University of Central Missouri NMF, Warrensburg, MO 04.04.13 at Strauss Performing Arts Center Recital Hall, University of Nebraska, Omaha, NE 10.26.14 at University of Tennessee-Martin, Martin, TN

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Five Miniatures (2008) for flute, vibraphone, viola, and cello [07’00”] Premier Performance: 02.25.09 at Crowder Hall, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ Selected Additional Performance(s): 11.05.12 at Gildenhorn Recital Hall, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 10.27.14 at Concert Hall, Soochow University, Suzhou, China

Fanfare and Farewell (2007) for concert band [04’00”] Premier Performance: 02.29.08 Clyde High School Concert Band at Clyde High School Auditorium, Clyde, OH Selected Additional Performance(s): 05.03.08 Clyde High School Concert Band at Findlay High School, Findlay, OH (OMEA State Band Contest) 05.14.08 Sonora Winds at St. Philips in the Hills Church, Tucson, AZ 10.28.14 at Cheyenne Civic Center, Cheyenne WY

…of the Earth (2007) for percussion quartet [08’00”] Premier Performance: 05.03.08 University of Arizona Percussion Ensemble at Crowder Hall, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ Selected Additional Performance(s): 11.21.08 Bowling Green State University Percussion Ensemble at Bryan Recital Hall, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH 11.19.09 CSU Long Beach Percussion Ensemble at Daniel Recital Hall, CSU Long Beach, Long Beach, CA 04.02.12 Shepherd School of Music Percussion Ensemble at Stude Concert Hall, Rice University, Houston, TX 10.28.12 CSU Long Beach Percussion Ensemble at Daniel Recital Hall, CSU-Long Beach, Long Beach, CA

Go! (2007) for marimba and percussion [12’00”] Premier Performance: 10.12.08 IronWorks Percussion Duo at Daniel Recital Hall, CSU Long Beach, Long Beach, CA Selected Additional Performance(s): 05.03.09 at Weigel Hall, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 03.06.10 IronWorks Percussion Duo at CSU Fresno, Fresno, CA PAS Central California Day of Percussion 08.03.10 IronWorks Percussion Duo at California Institute for the Arts (CalArts) California State Summer School for the Arts Workshop 01.28.11 at Thorley Recital Hall Southern Utah University, Cedar City, UT 04.14.12 IronWorks Percussion Duo at Thorley Recital Hall Southern Utah University, Cedar City, UT Southern Utah Percussion Festival

Preludes (2007) for marimba solo [25’00”] Premier Performance: 11.08.07 at Choral Rehearsal Hall, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH Selected Additional Performance(s): 03.22.08 at Bryan Recital Hall, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH 02.17.09 at Holsclaw Hall, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 04.05.12 at Heyde Center for the Arts, Chippewa Falls, WI 07.14.13 at University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, Eau Claire, WI

In My Mother’s Garden (2006) for three vibraphones [11’00”] Premier Performance: 04.25.08 at Holsclaw Hall, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ Selected Additional Performance(s):

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04.20.09 at CSU Fresno Concert Hall, CSU Fresno, Fresno, CA 05.09-10.09 at Stevie Eller Dance Theater, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ [Claire Hancock, Art.if.Act Dance Project Founder, choreography] 02.28.11 at Nabenhauer Recital Room, Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY 03.15.12 at Gifford Hall, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY

Fanfare for Orchestra (2003) for orchestra [03’30”] Commissioned by The Toledo Symphony Orchestra (Toledo, OH) Premier Performances: 03.05-6.04 Toledo Symphony Orchestra at The Peristyle, Toledo, OH (Classics Series)

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REFERENCES

Shih-Hui Chen Associate Professor of Composition and Theory Shepherd School of Music, Rice University (713) 348-3742 / [email protected]

Arthur Gottschalk Professor of Composition and Theory Shepherd School of Music, Rice University (713) 348-2567 / [email protected]

Elainie Lillios Associate Professor of Composition and Theory / Coordinator of Music Technology Bowling Green State University (419) 372-9482 / [email protected]

Yen-Ling Annie Liu Associate Professor of Musicology / Academic Department Chair / Head of Graduate Studies School of Music, Soochow University +86 158-5003-3412 / [email protected]

Kurt Stallmann Associate Professor of Composition and Theory / Director of Rice Electroacoustic Music Labs Shepherd School of Music, Rice University (713) 348-8387 / [email protected]