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Nicholas Anthony DiBerardino 2031 Locust St, Apt 504 (203) 216-9552 Philadelphia, PA 19103 [email protected] - works list, additional information, scores, and recordings available at http://nickdiberardino.com - 2011 US Rhodes Scholar Education: Curtis Institute of Music, Post-Baccalaureate Diploma, Class of 2018 Yale School of Music: M.M. in Music Composition, Class of 2015; Cumulative GPA: 4.0 New College, Oxford University: MPhil with Distinction in Music (Composition), Class of 2013 Princeton University: A.B. in Music (Composition), Class of 2011; Cumulative GPA: 3.95 Composition Instruction: Principal instructors have included Jennifer Higdon, Richard Danielpour, and David Ludwig at the Curtis Institute of Music, Martin Bresnick, David Lang, Chris Theofanidis, and Aaron Jay Kernis at the Yale School of Music, Robert Saxton at the University of Oxford, Steven Mackey and Dmitri Tymoczko at Princeton University. Musical Leadership: Community Artist Fellow, Curtis Institute of Music, Philadelphia, PA 2018 - present Curtis’ Community Artist Fellowships, offered to three Curtis alumni each year, allow musicians to bring their artistry to underserved communities across Philadelphia. Personal projects include: one, a research study and composition workshop in partnership with the Penn Memory Center on the impact of music compositional activity on anxiety, depression, and self-isolation in early-stage Alzheimer’s patients; and two, a children’s opera project, which takes inspiration for its libretto from the Akan character Anansi the Spider. The opera is being created in collaboration with K-12 students at Girard College and will premiere on Curtis’ Family Concert Series with tenor Aaron Crouch, soprano Lindsey Reynolds, and mezzo-soprano Amanda Bottoms at both Curtis and Girard College on 3/30 and 3/31/18. “Cityscaping” Director and Composer-in-Residence, The Brass Project, Philadelphia, PA. 2015 - present The Brass Project is a sextet of outstanding brass musicians from the Curtis Institute of Music united around a shared set of multifaceted goals: to expand the repertoire for chamber brass, to record and distribute new works, and to engage with a wide community through outreach and educational programs. The Brass Project has proudly presented over 100 pop-up concerts and educational programs in addition to their many traditional concert performances. For their inaugural season, The Brass Project commissioned 32 new works as part of their “Cityscaping” initiative; participating composers included Pulitzer Prize winner Aaron Jay Kernis, Rome Prize winner Sean Friar, and Princeton Professor Emeritus Paul Lansky. This endeavor, initially produced under the auspices of Curtis’ Community Artists Program, presented these new works in concert at the Philadelphia Art Alliance, in schools both in Philadelphia and New Mexico, and in Philadelphia’s Reading Terminal Market. The project received critical acclaim in the Philadelphia Inquirer and led to The Brass Project’s debut studio album. Co-Founder, President, and Conductor, Oxford Laptop Orchestra, University of Oxford 2012 - 2013 The Oxford Laptop Orchestra (OxLOrk), modeled after the Princeton Laptop Orchestra, is a performance ensemble that operates with six hemispherical speakers and an assortment of digital controllers. In its inaugural year, OxLOrk presented five concerts, including a feature at the Barbican Centre in London and a collaboration with the Ashmolean Art Museum. The concept behind OxLOrk is that each player controls musical parameters in real time, such that each piece is performed live with novel digital instruments. Hemispherical speakers allow sonic localization so that each performer is perceived individually, which creates the possibility for an “orchestra” of individually expressive players. Roles as president, co-founder, and conductor were both creative and administrative, including tasks as varied as concert planning, fundraising, rehearsing, programming—both in the digital and musical sense—and working to acquire and maintain the orchestra’s array of software and hardware. Founder and President, Undergraduate Composers Collective, Princeton University 2007 - 2011 The Undergraduate Composers Collective is a collaborative group of composers dedicated to helping each other improve their work and expand their musical ideas. The organization holds weekly meetings for a variety of purposes, most often to workshop compositions, and presents two concerts each year in collaboration with performers from the Juilliard School. Graduate student composers attend these meetings biweekly to share their compositions and offer feedback on undergraduate work. Other special events have included conducting seminars, opportunities to attend open rehearsals of professors’ works, and commissions from various ensembles on campus. Co-Founder and Director, Back in Tune, Waltersville Elementary, Bridgeport, CT 2005 - 2008 Back in Tune was an initiative designed to collect, refurbish, and distribute used instruments, as well as to provide musical instruction to underprivileged students in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Over 50 instruments were donated, totaling an approximate value of $11,470. The project received two grants from the United Way. Selected Musical Awards: Intimacy of Creativity Festival, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology -2018 composer fellow Greater Bridgeport Symphony -2nd place, Emerging Composer Competition, 2018 Nashville Symphony Composer Lab -2017 finalist for “Of All This Unintelligible World” The Chamber Orchestra of New York’s Respighi Prize -2017 and 2018 finalist for “To the Colors” American Composers’ Orchestra Underwood New Music Readings -2017 participant for “Mercury-Redstone 3” California Symphony Young American Composer-in-Residence -2017 finalist Minnesota Orchestra Composer Institute - 2016 participant for “Asphodel” New York Youth Symphony First Music Commissions - 2016 Honorable Mention PARMA Student Composer Competition - 2015 finalist for “Asphodel” Frances E. Osborne Kellogg Memorial Prize, Yale School of Music - 2015 winner of the award, given for best composition written in a contrapuntal style ASCAP Foundation Morton Gould Young Composer Awards - Named a finalist for “Asphodel,” 2015 - Named a finalist for “Home Suite,” 2011 - Named a finalist for “Orpheus,” 2006 Horizon Award, Westport (CT) Arts Advisory Committee - Named the 2014 recipient of the award for work with the Oxford Laptop Orchestra Portland Chamber Music Festival Composition Competition - Named the overall winner for “27 Morningside” in 2013 soundSCAPE Composition Prize - 2013 winner, resulting in a commission from Tony Arnold and the festival’s faculty instrumentalists Boston New Music Initiative Call for Scores - “A Compo Sunrise” selected for performance on the 2013-14 concert season John Lowell Osgood Memorial Prize for Composition, University of Oxford - Named the 2013 winner for “A Compo Sunrise” Definiens Project Composition Competition - Named a finalist for “A Compo Sunrise” and “After the Dazzle of Day,” 2012 Edward T. Cone Memorial Prize, Princeton Department of Music - 2011 winner of the award, which is given annually by Princeton University to a graduating senior who exhibits a breadth and depth of musical interests and an exceptional ability both in composition and music theory New York Art Ensemble Young Composer Competition - Named an Emerging Artist for “Sparkplug,” 2010 - Named an Emerging Artist for “Harmonia,” 2009 Music Teachers’ National Association Student Composition Competition - First place in Connecticut; Eastern Division Honorable Mention, “Sextet for Strings,” 2008 National Federation of Music Clubs Composition Competition - First Place in New England Region, “Poem for Orchestra,” 2008 Other Academic Honors & Awards: Rhodes Scholarship Recipient, United States District 2 2011 Marshall Scholarship Recipient (offer declined), New York Region 2011 Early Inductee, Phi Beta Kappa, New Jersey Beta Chapter 2010 Early membership was awarded to the 17 members of Princeton’s Class of 2011 who displayed the most exceptional academic achievement across all their fields of academic interest. Two Time Winner, Shapiro Prize for Academic Excellence, Princeton University 2008 and 2009 The Shapiro Prize recognizes outstanding underclassmen based on their annual academic performance and the range, depth, and difficulty of their academic program. 2 Orchestral Works: Caladrius (2018) 11’. 2, 2, 2(II=Bcl), 2(II=Cbn) - 4, 3, 2+bass, 1 - timp, 3 perc, hp, pf=cel, str. Performed by the Curtis Symphony Orchestra on 3/31/18. Of All This Unintelligible World (2017) 9.5’. 2(II=picc), 2, 2(II=Bcl), 2(II=Cbn) - 4, 3, 2+bass, 1 - timp, 3 perc, hp, cel, str. Performed by the Curtis Symphony Orchestra on 4/1/17. To the Colors (2016) 3.5’. 2, 2, 2, 2 - 2, 2, 0, 0 - timp, str. Commissioned by the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia. Premiered 5/15 and 5/16, 2016 at Philadelphia’s Kimmel Center. Programmed by the Spectrum Symphony of New York for 1/26/18. Mercury-Redstone 3 (2016) 7’. 2+picc, 2+Ehn, 2+Bcl, 2+Cbn - 4, 3, 2+bass, 1 - timp, 3 perc, hp, cel=pf, str. Performed by the American Composers’ Orchestra for the 2017 Underwood New Music Readings, 6/23/17. Performed by the Curtis Symphony Orchestra, 4/2/16. Asphodel (2014) 12’. 2(II=picc), 2(II=Ehn), 1+Bcl, 2(II=Cbn) - 4, 3, 2+bass, 1 - timp, 3 perc, hp, cel, str. Performed by the Minnesota Orchestra for the 2016 Composer Institute, 1/29/16. Performed by the Yale Philharmonia Orchestra, 12/11/14. Chamber Works: Oracle (2018)