Christiana L. Rose 3 Vox Lane, Hanover, NH 03755 | (303) 502-6382 [email protected] | www.christiana-rose.com
EDUCATION Dartmouth College | M.A. Digital Musics | Hanover, NH | expected (June 2020) Oberlin Conservatory of Music | B.Mus. Technology in Music and Related Arts (TIMARA) | Oberlin OH | 2012-17 Oberlin College | B.A. in Cinema Studies | Oberlin OH | 2012-17 Prague Film School | Professional Diploma in Narrative Filmmaking | Prague CZ | 2014
TEACHING EXPERIENCE Dartmouth College | Introduction to Sonic Arts (MUS 25) | Teaching Assistant | 2018 BreckCreate | Sound Art Workshop Instructor | 2017 Digistars, Make a Movie Workshop Ltd. | Lead Instructor | 2016-17 Oberlin College | Cinema Studies Department | Media Associate | 2016 Oberlin College | Video Production I (CINE 298) | Teaching Assistant | 2016 Oberlin College | La Comédie Humaine (FREN 311 / SOCI 338) | Teaching Assistant | 2016 Oberlin College | Book of Hours (FYSP 021) | Teaching Assistant | 2016 Oberlin College | Media Center | Media Associate | 2015-16 DIY Electronics and Arduino Workshop, Introduction to Adobe Premiere CC, Music Video Editing Practices, Color Correction and Compositing Techniques in DaVinci Resolve Oberlin Community Music School | Introduction to Computer Music | Teacher | 2015-16 Oberlin College | Time and the Human Condition (CINE 361) | Teaching Assistant | 2015 Tutor Doctor | Piano, Voice and Recording Technology Private Lesson Teacher | 2010-15 Evergreen Park and Recreation District | Gymnastics Coach (preschool - team) | 2008-17
AWARDS & HONORS Dartmouth College | Dartmouth Graduate Fellowship | 2018-2020 Atlanta Docufest | Best Documentary Short for “the American Skin” | 2017 Oberlin Conservatory | Flint Initiative Grant | 2017 Oberlin College | XARTS Grant | 2016 & 2017 Stanford University | Women in Computer Music Scholarship | 2015 Trinity College | Finalist in Trinity Film Festival | 2015 Oberlin College | Julie Taymor '74 Student Support Fund for Arts and Culture Abroad | 2014 Oberlin Conservatory | Conservatory Dean Scholarship | 2012-16 Oberlin College | John Frederick Oberlin Scholarship | 2012-16 Oberlin College | Oberlin College Grant | 2012-16
FESTIVALS, RESIDENCIES & CONFERENCES BreckCreate | Sound Artist Residency | Breckenridge CO | 2017 New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival | Installation Artist | New York NY | 2017 New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME ’17) | Research Paper Presentation | Copenhagen DK | 2017 (FESTIVALS, RESIDENCIES & CONFERENCES cont.) NoTAM (Norwegian Center for Technology in Music and Art) | Research Residency | Oslo NO 2017 Elektronmusik Studion (EMS) | Composer Residency | Stockholm SE | 2017 FireFish Festival | Performance Artist | Lorain OH | 2016 Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA) | New Music Controller Workshop | Stanford CA | 2015 Insane Animation Film Festival | Sound Design Finalist | Malmø SE | 2015 PlayFest | Composer | Oberlin OH | 2015 Threshold Festival | Composer | Oberlin OH | 2014
TALKS & VISITS Dartmouth College | Digital Musics | Performance Demo | 2018 Oberlin College | Senior Symposium | Research Presentation | 2017 Oberlin College | Lab Crawl | Presentation and Demo | 2016 Oberlin Conservatory | TIMARA Department (TECH 101) | Artist Talk | 2016 Oberlin Conservatory | TIMARA Department (TECH 170) | Artist Talk | 2016 Laurel School Cleveland | Tinkering Week | Sound Design for Theater Instructor | 2016 Aberdeen University | Sound Emporium Research Group (SERG) Studios (MU5506) | Presentation and Demo | 2016 Aberdeen University | Sound Emporium Research Group (SERG) Studios (MU5509) | Presentation and Demo | 2016 Oberlin College | Lab Crawl | Presentation and Demo | 2015 Laurel School Cleveland | STEAM InKNOWvation Festival | Workshop Instructor | 2013
RESEARCH & WRITINGS Optimizing interactive systems for musical expressivity in contemporary circus disciplines | preliminary work towards a master’s thesis in Digital Musics at Dartmouth College | 2018 Exploring the In-between Topographies of Laetitia Sonami’s “Magnetic Memories” and the Spring Spyre | 2018 Salto: a system for musical expression in the aerial arts, published in Proceedings of the international conference on new interfaces for musical expression, Copenhagen, Denmark, pp. 302-306 | 2017
SELECTED COMPOSITIONS Volumetric | fixed media | 2017 Four Suns in Space | percussion, live computer processing with multichannel diffusion | commissioned by Hunter Brown and Louis Pino | 2016 Interaction | fixed media | 2015 Rust | percussion & live electronics | Master Class with George Lewis | 2014 At Least I Got To See Vegas | 8 Channel fixed media | 2014
SELECTED SOUND DESIGN Peter Pan and Wendy | devised play, directed by Lillian White | 2017 the American Skin | documentary, with Elana Meyers and Woody Tucker | 2016 R.S.V.P. | documentary, with Elana Meyers | 2016 Communicycle | animated short, with Elana Meyers | 2015 Sprcha (The Shower) | narrative short, with Manpriya Makhni | 2014 SELECTED VIDEO DESIGN the American Skin | documentary, with Elana Meyers and Woody Tucker | winner of Cinema Studies Award for Outstanding Documentary | 2016 The First of Mays | silent short, with Linnea Kirby and Molly Barger | 2015 Last Fall | narrative short, with Maya Mariner | 2014
SELECTED PERFORMANCES & INSTALLATIONS Rope Study 2.0 | Abrons Art Center | New York NY | 2017 le corps électrique | Wilder Main Space | Oberlin OH | 2016 A Laughing Matter | The Hive Dalston | London GB | 2016 append | Warner Dance Center | Oberlin OH | 2015 Counterpoints | Fischer Gallery | Oberlin OH | 2013
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Hardware Engineering Intern, QSC LLC, Boulder, CO: December 2017 to December 2018 Test and qualify prototype and existing product firmware and hardware. Work daily in scrum environment. Update and install hardware and software for various labs within Research and Development.
Owner/Creative Technologist, CirqueIT, Evergreen, CO: March 2017 to Present Design, build and program new musical interfaces for movement artists. Interfaces developed include The Box, Strings Attached and SALTO (sensory aerialist electroacoustic interface) and are featured in evening length works “append” and “le corps électrique”.
Cinematographer, Freelance: October 2014 to May 2017 Director of photography for music videos, narrative and documentary films. Notable works include award winning documentary “the American Skin” with Woody Tucker and Elana Meyers and “Last Fall” with Maya Mariner.
Sound Design/Film Scoring, Freelance: August 2013 to Present Created sound design and music for short films, and theater productions, Recent works include “Peter Pan and Wendy”, “the American Skin”, and “R.S.V.P”.
Sound Engineer, Concert Sound, Oberlin, OH: August 2013 to May 2017 Set up audio visual equipment. Mixed and recorded live sound for concerts, conferences, convocations. Designed lighting for performances. Performed maintenance on sound and lighting equipment. Managed video broadcast of the events. Provided audiovisual support for conferences and meetings.
SKILLS Sound: ProTools, MaxMSP, Audition, Reaper, Logic, Sibelius, Ableton, analog synthesis, live and studio-based sound engineering Image: Premiere Pro, Avid Media Composer, Aftereffects, Photoshop, Illustrator, DaVinci Resolve, DragonFrame, DSLRs, RED, Blackmagic, 16mm film, 35mm black and white film Hardware: physical computing / Arduino, circuit design/building, Myo Armband Programming Languages: Python, HTML/CSS, Processing, Arduino, Javascript, Lua General: Microsoft Office Suite, Omeka, Mac OS, Windows OS, Linux Conferencing/Educational: Polycom, Cisco, Extron, Creston, Q-Sys