Susanna Hancock Curriculum Vitae 11 Maysville Ave. susannahancockmusic.com Mt. Sterling, KY 40353 [email protected]
(321) 759-2594 [email protected]
B I O G R A P H I C A L O V E R V I E W
Susanna Hancock is an Asian-American composer whose works explore color, process, and acoustic phenomena. Her music draws from a wide array of influences including minimalism, spectralism, folk, and electronic mediums. Susanna’s music has been played by the JACK Quartet, ZAFA Collective, and Metropolis Ensemble, and members of the St. Louis Symphony. Her compositions have been featured in concerts and festivals throughout the world including the Bang on a Can Summer Music Festival and Dimitria Festival in Thessaloniki, Greece.
Susanna is currently an Artist in Residence at National Sawdust with Kinds of Kings, a composer collective dedicated to making the music community a more equitable and inclusive space. She is also Co-Founder and Co-Artistic Director of Terroir New Music, a concert/event series that pairs the music of living composers with craft food and drink.
E D U C A T I O N
2016 Master of Music Music Theory & Composition New York University | Steinhardt GPA: 4.0, Summa Cum Laude
2014 Bachelor of Music Acoustic/Electronic Composition, Bassoon Performance University of South Florida GPA: 3.97, Summa Cum Laude, With Honors
2010 Associate of Arts Eastern Florida State College (Formerly Brevard Community College) GPA: 4.0, Summa Cum Laude, With Honors *Conferred upon high school graduation
P R I V A T E I N S T R U C T I O N
C O M P O S I T I O N
2015 – 2016 JULIA WOLFE | Associate Professor of Music Composition, NYU 2014 – 2015 MICHAEL GORDON | Artist Faculty Member, NYU 2010 – 2014 BALJINDER SEKHON | Assistant Professor of Composition (Former), USF 2010 – 2014 PAUL RELLER | Associate Professor of Composition / Director of SYCOM, USF 2010 CHAN JI KIM | Associate Professor of Music, Eastern Florida State College 2010 MICHAEL DEALL | Visiting Professor of Music (Former), Eastern Florida State College SUSANNA HANCOCK | CURRICULUM VITAE | PAGE 2 B A S S O O N
2014 – 2016 GINA CUFFARI | Artist Faculty Member, NYU 2010 – 2014 JOHN KEHAYAS | Adjunct Professor, USF; Bassoon/Contra, The Florida Orchestra 2008 – 2010 MICHAEL SPERR | Adjunct Professor, Columbia College
R E C E N T C O M M I S S I O N S
2021 [untitled] | Eighth Blackbird & The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra – concerto for Pierrot ensemble and full orchestra 2021 [untitled] | Evan Runyon & Large Furniture - double bass quartet (opt. solo bass + pre-recorded tape) 2021 super heavy | Adam Groh & Western Carolina University - percussion quartet 2020 [untitled] | The Penn State Glee Club - TTBB chorus 2020 Towards Home | Rubiks Collective - fl, vnc, perc, pno 2020 YELLOW | The Nouveau Classical Project - pierrot ensemble + percussion + soprano 2019 thunder splits the rift | Jonathan Payne - solo tuba 2019 HIATUS | ~Nois - saxophone quartet (SATB)
A W A R D S & H O N O R S
2019 Awarded: “Best Weird Fruit”- Critic’s Choice for Terroir New Music Programming 2018 Awarded: Arts Council of Hillsborough County Individual Artist Grant 2017 Awarded: ShoutHouse Call for Scores Finalist 2017 Awarded: Bang on a Can Summer Music Festival Fellowship (ASCAP) 2017 Awarded: ASCAP Morton Gould Finalist 2016 Selected: LA Philharmonic’s National Composers Institute 2016 Awarded: NYU Graduate Professional Development Grant 2016 Awarded: ASCAP Plus Award 2016 Selected: Vox Novus / Composers Voice Concert Series 2015 Selected: NYU Orchestral Commission 2014 Selected: NYU Orchestral Reading Call for Scores 2013 Selected: Dissonart Ensemble Call for Scores 2013 - 2014 Awarded: Emma and Julius Hawkins Music Theory Scholarship 2013 Selected: Composer-in-Residence, Taneycomo Music Festival 2012 Inducted: Pi Kappa Lambda (Music Honor Society) 2010 - 2013 Awarded: Fred and Kay Meyer Scholarship in Musical Excellence 2010 - 2014 Awarded: USF School of Music Talent Grant 2010 Awarded: USF School of Music Composition Merit Award 2010 - 2014 Awarded: USF Tradition of Excellence Scholarship 2010 - 2014 Awarded: Bright Futures Scholarship 2010 Inducted: Phi Theta Kappa 2010 Awarded: National Merit Scholar (Honor Society) SUSANNA HANCOCK | CURRICULUM VITAE | PAGE 3 R E C O R D I N G S (COMPOSITION)
2020 Towards Home Rubiks Collective (New Amsterdam) - [Untitled] (2019)
2019 Afterimage (Cedille Records) ~Nois Saxophone Quartet - HIATUS (2019)
F E S T I V A L S / R E S I D E N C I E S
2019-2020 National Sawdust : Artist in Residence 2017 Bang on a Can Summer Music Festival : Composition Fellow
M E D I A / P R E S S C O V E R A G E
23 Oct 2019 Podcast : New Music with Susanna Hancock and Tyler Kline Garine Adams for Women Who Art 6 Nov 2019 Review : ~Nois Celebrates Music by Kinds of Kings at Roulette Aaron Wolf for I Care if You Listen 29 Oct 2019 Review : Afterimage: Kinds of Kings, ~Nois, and Wide-Ranging Musical Styles at Roulette Vanessa Ague for The Road to Sound 24 July 2019 Announcement : National Sawdust Artist Residency 15 July 2019 Podcast : Upper Middle Classical / Susanna Hancock Michael Vince for Adagio for Things 6 Feb 2019 Profile : Tampa's Terroir New Music embraces Bay area composers, culinarians in tasty ways Ray Roa for Creative Loafing Tampa 9 Dec 2018 Review : In Review – Kinds of Kings Brin Solomon for National Sawdust Log 17 Oct 2018 Listing : Desdemona Quartet (Goings on About Town) Steven Smith for the New Yorker
T E A C H I N G E X P E R I E N C E
2016-2019 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA: Instructor of Aural Theory Courses taught: Aural Skills I (MUT1241) : Fall, 4 Sections Aural Skills II (MUT1242) : Spring, 4 Sections SUSANNA HANCOCK | CURRICULUM VITAE | PAGE 4 Aural Skills III (MUT2246) : Fall, 1 Section Aural Skills IV (MUT2247) : Spring, 1 Section Approx. Number of Students per Semester: 90
Duties include: - Designing syllabi and curricula for a full course sequence (Aural Theory I – IV). - Researching and preparing a wide variety of musical material to be implemented in class. - Teaching and demonstrating to students through lecture, singing, and playing piano. - Facilitating active learning through guided and self-guided activities such as group singing and game-based activities. - Drafting, assigning, and grading a variety of assignments and exams, including dictation, prepared singing, sight singing, transcribing projects, and computer-based modules.
Textbook Familiarities: - Murphy, Phillips, Marvin, and Clendinning: The Musician’s Guide to Aural Skills (Third Edition - Karpinski and Kram: Anthology for Sight Singing (First and Second Editions) - Rogers and Ottman: Music for Sight Singing (Ninth Edition)
Software Familiarities: - Auralia (Rising Software) - MacGAMUT 6 (Ann K. Blombach, MacGAMUT Music Software International)
2016- 2019 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA: Young Composers Program, Instructor 16-week music composition course offered to high school students. 3 terms (Fall, Spring, Summer), 1 section ea. Duties include: - Designing a syllabus and curriculum, with consideration to interests of the students. - Teaching students how to properly notate and digitally engrave music. - Teaching students how to sketch musical ideas and expand them through various techniques of transformation and development. - Teaching a survey of musical periods, composers, and techniques (Baroque – present). - Teaching orchestration and instrumentation. - Compiling and providing listings of potential opportunities for young composers. - Producing a final concert for students’ works to be performed and recorded with high quality audio and video.
2018 ARTS4ALL (Formerly VSA of FLORIDA) | Artist-Teacher in Residence Duties included: - Creating a concentrated, effective, and accessible music curriculum for students with special abilities. - Teaching and managing a classroom of students with a broad range of physical, mental, emotional, and sensory capabilities and needs. - Facilitating musical learning and participation in both sung and instrumental formats through targeted and integrative approaches such as learning by rote, by ear, and SUSANNA HANCOCK | CURRICULUM VITAE | PAGE 5 through call and response. - Encouraging musical exploration and team building through musical games. - Conducting and producing a final concert for friends and family of students in the course.
2010-2014 PRIVATE MUSIC THEORY TUTOR Duties included: - Teaching high school and college level students music theory at various levels, ranging from basic musical knowledge through advanced musical analysis.
2011, 2012 THE GREAT AMERICAN TEACH-IN Duties included: - Educating elementary students on classical music and bassoon through musical performances, lecture, and open discussion. - Curating and assembling a musical program suitable and appealing to young audiences by selecting musical pieces, composing new pieces, and arranging pop songs. - Recruiting performers, and scheduling and conducting rehearsals.
2012 RICK ROBINSON’S CUT TIME EDUCATIONAL SEMINAR Duties included: - Educating elementary students on classical music literature and instruments through musical performances, demonstration, lecture, and open discussion.
R E L A T E D E X P E R I E N C E
2017-present TERROIR NEW MUSIC | Co-Founder and Co-Artistic Director Duties include: - Curating and producing a full series of 5 – 6 concerts per year. - Fundraising and monitoring finances of entire organization. - Overseeing logistics of each concert by booking venues, scheduling rehearsals, recruiting performers, and coordinating equipment transportation. - Creating and distributing press materials via media outlets. - Maintaining active social media presence and increasing interest in projects. - Designing graphics to be used in logos, posters, merchandise, etc. - Building relationships and corresponding with performers, composers, chefs, and brewers involved in projects.
Curated Concerts Include: - May 4, 2017 | terroir001: starter at c.1949 Florida Beer Garden (Tampa, FL) Florida beers paired with the music of Florida composers. - November 9, 2017 | terroir002: (kick)starter t c.1949 Florida Beer Garden (Tampa, FL) Florida beers paired with the music of Florida composers, as a launch to a 60-day Kickstarter campaign that successfully raised $10,000. - December 31, 2017 | terroir003: shibui in collaboration with Noble Rice at Noble Rice (Tampa, FL) A five course dinner paired with five movements of fixed media written in response to the menu. The progression and pacing of the playback followed each table of diners/audience members as their meal progressed for a personalized experience. SUSANNA HANCOCK | CURRICULUM VITAE | PAGE 6 - March 11, 2018 | terroir004: mothertongue in collaboration with Kinds of Kings (composer collective) and Bake’n Babes at CAVU (Tampa, FL) The music of living female composers paired with desserts made by a female-owned bakery in celebration of International Women’s Day. This was also the inaugural concert of Kinds of Kings. - April 5, 2018 | terroir005: solera at c.1949 Florida Beer Garden (Tampa, FL) Florida beers paired with the music of Florida composers, serving as the opening event of the 3rd biannual USF New Music Festival. - April 22, 2018 | terroir006: to the earth in collaboration with Hidden Springs Ale Works at Fancy Free Nursery (Tampa, FL) A pairing of music and beer inspired by nature, in honor of Earth Day. - October 22, 2018 | terroir007: digital juice in collaboration with Null-state, Inc. (electroacoustic duo) and Hidden Springs Ale Works, at Hidden Springs Ale Works (Tampa, FL) Avant-garde music and visuals created by the sensor-augmented chaosflote and electronics, paired with extremely experimental flavors of beer in the tank room of the brewery. - February 13, 2019 | terroir008: deep heart’s core in collaboration with the Tampa Museum of Art, SaltBlock Catering, and Eunmi Ko, pianist (Tampa, FL) Music and food inspired by love and life, responding to exhibits such as Yayoi Kusama’s “Love is Calling” and a sculptural retrospective of Robert Indiana.
More information can be found at terroirnewmusic.org .
2016-present KINDS OF KINGS (Composer Collective) | Co-Founding Member Duties include: - Overseeing the logistics of various concerts (shared). - Corresponding with collaborators (performers and other artists). - Maintaining active social media presence and increasing interest in projects. - Designing graphics to be used in logos, posters, merchandise, etc. - Ordering and organizing merchandise. - Recording and documenting each concert in audio, video, and photo formats.
Chief Financial Officer Duties include: - Creating and managing budgets for the organization. - Maintaining bank and business accounts for the collective. - Distributing payments to collaborators and vendors. - Ordering and organizing merchandise, and overseeing sales via in person and online outlets. - Overseeing all fundraising efforts, including grant writing and recent successful $25,000 Kickstarter.
Past/Upcoming Concerts Include: - March 11, 2018 | terroir004:mothertongue presented by Terroir New Music at CAVU (Tampa, FL) - October 15, 2018 | Kinds of Strings presented by Metropolis Ensemble at 1 Rivington St (New York, NY) - October 17, 2018 | Kinds of Strings presented by Desdemona Ensemble at Spectrum (New York, NY) - December 6, 2018 | ZAFA Collective & Kinds of Kings presented by the U.Chicago (Chicago, IL) - December 9, 2018 | FURL presented by Metropolis Ensemble at 1 Rivington St (New York, NY) SUSANNA HANCOCK | CURRICULUM VITAE | PAGE 7 - April 30, 2019 | Kinds of Kings & St. Louis Symphony at the Pulitzer Foundation (St. Louis, MO) - October 24, 2019 | Afterimage presented by ~Nois at Roulette (New York, NY) - December 3, 2019 | Afterimage presented by ~Nois at Evanston Space (Evanston, IL) - December 13, 2019 | Real Loud esented by Kinds of Kings and performed by the Real Loud at National Sawdust (New York, NY) - February 27, 2020 | Afterimage presented by ~Nois at Roulette (New York, NY) - March 19, 2019 | Equilibrium and Disturbance presented by Kinds of Kings and performed by the Nouveau Classical Project at National Sawdust (New York, NY) - May 3, 2020 | Afterimage presented by Bang on a Can Loud Weekend and performed by ~Nois (New York, NY) - May 20, 2020 | Refraction presented by Kinds of Kings and performed by the Nouveau Classical Project at National Sawdust (New York, NY) - June 13, 2020 | Towards Home presented by Kinds of Kings and performed by Rubiks Collective at National Sawdust (New York, NY) - January 2021 | [untitled] presented by Eighth Blackbird and the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra at Symphony Hall (Cincinnati, OH)
More information can be found at kindsofkings.com .
2014 - 2017 GLOBAL PREMIERE CONSORTIUM COMISSIONING PROJECT | Public Relations Manager Duties included: - Creating and distributing press materials via social media and media outlets. - Graphic design for website and social media pages. - Maintaining active social media presence on websites such as Facebook and Twitter. - Creating and maintaining “Artist Spotlight” series to highlight featured performers. - Increasing social media following and interest in projects. - Building relationships and corresponding with performers and composers involved in projects.
2014 - 2016 URBAN ANIMALS | Artistic Director (2015 –2016) Duties included: - Overseeing entire organization and duties of various production boards. - Organizing and developing concert series, audience engagement outreaches, calls for scores, and other projects. - Monitoring budgets and authorizing purchases.
PR Manager (2014 – 2015) Duties included: - Creating and distributing press materials via social media and media outlets. - Graphic design for website and social media pages. - Maintaining active social media presence on websites such as Facebook and Twitter. - Increasing social media following and interest in projects. - Maintaining relationships and corresponding with performers and composers involved in projects.
2014 HOT SPRINGS MUSIC FESTIVAL | Arts Administration Assistant Duties included: - Providing general assistance to executive director, artistic director, and conductors. SUSANNA HANCOCK | CURRICULUM VITAE | PAGE 8 - Creating multimedia installation at local art gallery to advertise festival. - Maintaining relationships with patrons and local businesses. - Preparing promotional materials for local media outlets, such as press releases and radio segments. - Serving as liaison between management and instrumental apprentices, mentors, and guest artists. - Performing librarian duties, including printing, binding, and cataloging of music when needed. - Assisting with production logistics and equipment handling for several dozen rehearsals and concerts.
2014 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA: NEW-MUSIC FESTIVAL | Assistant Director Duties included: - Leading the creation of USF’s first ever New-Music Festival. - Planning, promoting, and executing an international call for scores (200 submissions from 20 countries). - Supervising panel selection of scores to program a series of four concerts. - Overseeing recruitment of performers and organization of rehearsals. - Organizing travel and lodging for 25 guest composers from around the world. - Overseeing promotion of festival via social and local media outlets. - Planning a three-day schedule of concerts, masterclasses, lectures, and receptions.
2011 - 2014 NEW-MUSIC CONSORTIUM | President, Chief Financial Officer (2013 – 2014) Duties included: - Overseeing entire organization and duties for staff of 10. - Organizing and developing concert series, audience engagement outreaches, calls for scores, and other large-scale projects. - Monitoring budgets and authorizing purchases. - Increasing operating budget by 20% from 2013-2014 to 2014-2015 fiscal years.
PR Representative (2012 – 2013) Duties included: - Designing and distributing posters and programs for all concerts programmed by the NMC. - Drafting and releasing press releases for all concerts. - Maintaining social media presence with updates on upcoming concerts, call for scores, etc. - Influencing composition selections for concerts programmed.
Personnel Manager (2011 – 2012) Duties included: - Recruiting performers and scheduled/coordinated rehearsals for pieces programmed. - Influencing composition selections for concerts programmed.
2011 - 2014 SYCOM (Systems Complex for the Recording and Performing Arts) | Facilities Monitor Duties included: - Monitoring individual students’ studio time. - Maintaining electronic music facilities at SYCOM. - Serving as resource for younger and/or less experienced students in the program. SUSANNA HANCOCK | CURRICULUM VITAE | PAGE 9
M A S T E R C L A S S E S A N D S E M I N A R S
C O M P O S I T I O N
Adams, Daniel Grant, James McLoskey, Lansing Timpson, Michael Akiho, Andy Hallman, Joseph Morris, Robert Thomas, Augusta Read Andriessen, Louis Jenkins, Danny Newborn, Ira Tower, Joan Barber, Matt King, Kaki Rice, Steven Yoon, Bora Bresnick, Martin Kline, Phil Schelle, Michael Yun, Du Browning, Zack Lang, David Schwartz, Francis Zohn-Muldoon, Ricardo Chattah, Juan Lee, Chan-Hee Smith, Stuart Saunders Coleman, Paul Lewis, George Suozzo, Mark Dennehy, Donnacha Lifschitz, Max Thompson, Augusta Read
B A S S O O N
Keesecker, Jeffrey LeClair, Judith Mann, Jennifer Venturini, Maurizio
L I S T O F P E R F O R M A N C E S (INCL. UPCOMING)
DATE TITLE PERFORMER(S) LOCATION
1/21 [untitled] Eighth Blackbird and the Cincinnati Symphony Hall Symphony Orchestra Cincinnati, OH
11/20 [untitled] Penn State Glee Club (TTBB Chorus) Penn State University College Station, PA
06/13/20 Towards Home Rubiks Collective National Sawdust New York, NY
05/20/20 YELLOW The Nouveau Classical Project (Pierrot National Sawdust ensemble) + Jess Tsang, percussion New York, NY and Fay Wang, soprano
05/03/20 HIATUS ~Nois (saxophone quartet) Bang on a Can LONG PLAY Marathon New York, NY
03/07/20 platforms Mivos Quartet (string quartet) Women’s Composer SUSANNA HANCOCK | CURRICULUM VITAE | PAGE 10 Festival Washington, DC
02/27/20 HIATUS ~Nois (saxophone quartet) California State University Fullerton, CA
12/03/19 HIATUS ~Nois (saxophone quartet) Evanston Space Evanston, IL
10/24/19 HIATUS ~Nois (saxophone quartet) Roulette New York, NY
10/24/19 platforms Constantinides New Music Ensemble College of Art and (string quartet) Design Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, LA
08/10/19 platforms Tampa Homegrown (string quartet) Dade City Heritage and Cultural Museum Dade City, FL
06/25/19 blossom & furl Metropolis Ensemble Public Records New York, NY
4/30/19 platforms St. Louis Symphony (chamber players) Pulitzer Foundation St. Louis, MO
4/05/19 limbic resonance USF New-Music Consortium Barness Recital Hall Tampa, FL
12/09/18 blossom & furl Metropolis Ensemble 1 Rivington Place New York, NY
12/06/18 platforms ZAFA Collective ??? Chicago, IL
10/22/18 platforms Desdemona Ensemble (String Quartet) Greenwich House New York, NY
10/17/18 platforms Desdemona Ensemble (String Quartet) Spectrum New York, NY
10/15/18 platforms Desdemona Ensemble (String Quartet) 1 Rivington Place SUSANNA HANCOCK | CURRICULUM VITAE | PAGE 11 New York, NY
3/11/18 platforms String Quartet CAVU Tampa, FL
12/31/17 Shibui Fixed Electronics Noble Rice Tampa, FL
08/03/17 blue/green Bearthoven (bass, piano, percussion) Mass MoCA North Adams, MA
08/2/17 blossom & furl Aaron Garcia and Barry O’Halpin, Mass MoCA electric guitars North Adams, MA
07/31/17 now from now Ensemble C (clarinet, e. guitar, cello, Mass MoCA bass, piano, percussion) North Adams, MA
07/27/17 pink mist Vicky Chow Mass MoCA North Adams, MA
07/26/17 blossom & furl Aaron Garcia and Barry O’Halpin, Mass MoCA electric guitars North Adams, MA
05/04/17 original sin Susanna Hancock, bassoon c.1949 Tampa, FL
05/17/16 badwater Charles Page, flute and electronics Loewe Theater New York, NY
05/16/16 badwater Charles Page, flute and electronics Provincetown Playhouse New York, NY
05/16/16 chimera The Annex (bassoon, guitar, cello, Provincetown piano) Playhouse New York, NY
05/16/16 platforms NYU String Quartet Provincetown Playhouse New York, NY
05/16/16 minimal pair Susanna Hancock, bassoon and Provincetown Shelley Washington, bari sax Playhouse New York, NY
SUSANNA HANCOCK | CURRICULUM VITAE | PAGE 12 05/16/16 blossom and furl Aaron Garcia and Andrew Noseworthy, Provincetown electric guitars Playhouse New York, NY
05/04/16 blossom and furl Aaron Garcia and Andrew Noseworthy, Black Box Theater electric guitars New York, NY
04/25/16 limbic resonance NYU Contemporary Ensemble Loewe Theater (Pierrot+, viola, and double bass) New York, NY
04/04/16 beghilolia NYU Symphony Orchestra Symphony Space New York, NY
03/03/16 minimal pair Susanna Hancock, bassoon and Loewe Theater Shelley Washington, bari sax New York, NY
01/14/16 minimal pair Susanna Hancock, bassoon and Gallery MC Shelley Washington, bari sax New York, NY
12/09/15 minimal pair Susanna Hancock, bassoon and Black Box Theater Shelley Washington, bari sax New York, NY
10/24/15 chimera The Annex (bassoon, guitar, cello, Weirfield Place piano) Brooklyn, NY
05/12/15 relinquere Susanna Hancock, bassoon and Provincetown Brendan Littlefield, piano Playhouse New York, NY
05/10/15 chambra Montclair New-Music Ensemble (voice, Leshowitz Recital Hall bassoon, violin, harp, piano, Montclair, NJ percussion)
05/06/15 chimera The Annex (bassoon, guitar, cello, Provincetown piano) Playhouse New York, NY
04/26/15 platforms JACK Quartet Provincetown Playhouse New York, NY
12/10/14 relinquere Susanna Hancock, bassoon and Provincetown Brendan Littlefield, piano Playhouse New York, NY
SUSANNA HANCOCK | CURRICULUM VITAE | PAGE 13 05/04/14 Where Worlds Collide USF New-Music Ensemble, Barness Recital Hall Quadraphonic Audio Playback Tampa, FL
05/04/14 Xeno USF New-Music Ensemble Barness Recital Hall Tampa, FL
05/04/14 deep USF New-Music Ensemble Barness Recital Hall Tampa, FL
05/04/14 Totems Quadraphonic Playback Barness Recital Hall Tampa, FL
04/23/14 Where You Hide Susanna Hancock, USF Concert Hall Secrets Stereo Audio Playback Tampa, FL
04/19/14 deep USF New-Music Ensemble The Springs Theatre Tampa, FL
04/19/14 Xeno USF New-Music Ensemble The Springs Theatre Tampa, FL
04/19/14 Totems Quadraphonic Playback The Springs Theatre Tampa, FL
2/14/14 Xeno USF New-Music Ensemble Barness Recital Hall Tampa, FL
02/13/14 Roto USF Chamber Ensemble, Audio USF Contemporary Art *In collaboration with Playback Museum composers Michael Frazier and Clayton Prather Tampa, FL
12/04/13 Superfluous Stereo Audio Playback Barness Recital Hall Adjectives Tampa, FL
11/22/13 PreyLuxury Eli Ponder-Twardy, trombone Barness Recital Hall Tampa, FL
11/08/13 Xeno USF New-Music Ensemble Barness Recital Hall Tampa, FL
11/05/13 Reverie Daron Kirsch, cello Waterworks Tallahassee, FL
11/02/13 Pacific Polaroid USF Tuba-Euphonium Ensemble USF Concert Hall Tampa, FL SUSANNA HANCOCK | CURRICULUM VITAE | PAGE 14
10/18/13 Body Constructs Quadraphonic Audio Barness Recital Hall Playback Tampa, FL
10/16/13 Are You Legal? USF New-Music Ensemble Barness Recital Hall Tampa, FL
10/14/13 Split Second dissonArt ensemble 48th Dimitria Festival Recollection Thessaloniki, Greece
06/27/13 Wanderlust Taneycomo Woodwind Quintet Taneycomo Music Festival Branson, Missouri
04/24/13 Xeno USF New-Music Ensemble Barness Recital Hall Tampa, FL
04/19/13 Milk and Honey Agnes Kline, cello and audio playback USF Concert Hall Tampa, FL
03/01/13 Don’t Worry, Just Audio Playback Barness Recital Hall Continue Tampa, FL
02/07/13 Roto USF Chamber Ensemble, Audio USF Contemporary Art *In collaboration with Playback Museum composers Michael Frazier and Jeremy Adams Tampa, FL
12/07/12 Sound Unloading Audio Playback Barness Recital Hall, Tampa, FL
12/05/12 A Title You Can’t Alex Stening, horn Barness Recital Hall, Pronounce Tampa, FL
11/27/12 Fibonacci Friday Audio Playback The Vault Tampa, FL
10/19/12 Fearfully Entranced Audio Playback Barness Recital Hall, Tampa, FL
04/27/12 Echoes and Shadows Alex Stening, horn and Audio Playback Barness Recital Hall, Tampa, FL
03/01/12 Election Inflection Audio Playback Barness Recital Hall, Tampa, FL
SUSANNA HANCOCK | CURRICULUM VITAE | PAGE 15 02/10/12 Extravagant Audio Playback and Multiple USF Contemporary Art Abundance Performers Museum *In collaboration with composer Tampa, FL Michael Frazier
11/30/11 Cloudburst Audio Playback Barness Recital Hall, Tampa, FL
11/30/11 Fall Back Audio Playback Barness Recital Hall, Tampa, FL
11/21/11 Reverie Michael Amos, cello Barness Recital Hall, Tampa, FL
10/14/11 Paradigm Crankcase Audio Playback Barness Recital Hall, Tampa, FL
03/11 Stockholm Lullaby Virginia Collins, piano Barness Recital Hall, Tampa, FL
04/11 Optimum BCC Woodwind Trio Simpkins Recital Hall, Performance Cocoa, FL
S E L E C T E D W O R K S
TITLE (YEAR) DURATION PERFORMER(S) PREMIERE DATE/LOCATION
L A R G E E N S E M B L E
[UNTITLED] 2020 7’ Eighth Blackbird + Cincinnati 2021 [IN PROGRESS] Symphony Orchestra Symphony Hall Cincinnati, OH
[UNTITLED] 2020 5’ The Penn State Glee Club Nov. 2020 [IN PROGRESS] (TTBB chorus) College Station, PA beghilolia Full Orchestra April 4, 2016 (2015) 7’ Symphony Space New York, NY
Catharsis USF Symphony Orchestra 2014 (2013) 7’ Tampa, FL
Pacific Polaroid USF Tuba/Euphonium 2013 SUSANNA HANCOCK | CURRICULUM VITAE | PAGE 16 (2013) 5’ Ensemble Tampa, FL
The Third and the Seventh USF Wind Ensemble 2013 (2012) 7’ Tampa, FL
Are You Legal? USF New-Music Ensemble October 16, 2013 (2013) [Ind. Length, ca. 10’] Barness Recital Hall Tampa, FL
C H A M B E R
[untitled] (2019) 10’ Double Bass Quartet, 2019 [IN PROGRESS] commissioned by Evan Runyon New York, NY super heavy (2020) 8’[IN CONSORTIUM 2020 PROGRESS] Lead Commissioner: Adam Western Carolina University Groh, Western Carolina Cullowhee, North Carolina University (percussion quartet)
Towards Home (2020) 15’[IN Rubiks Collective (fl, vnc, pno, June 13, 2020 PROGRESS] perc) National Sawdust New York, NY
YELLOW (2020) 25’ The Nouveau Classical Project May 20, 2020 [IN PROGRESS] + Jess Tsang, percussion and National Sawdust Fay Wang, soprano New York, NY
HIATUS (2019) 8’ ~Nois (saxophone quartet) October 24, 2019 Roulette New York, NY blue/green Bearthoven (bass, piano, August 3, 2017 (2017) 3’ percussion) Mass MoCA North Adams, MA now from now Ensemble C (clarinet, e. guitar, July 31, 2017 (2017) 6’ cello, bass, piano, percussion) Mass MoCA North Adams, MA limbic resonance NYU Contemporary Ensemble April 25, 2015 (2016) 7’ Loewe Theater New York, NY
SUSANNA HANCOCK | CURRICULUM VITAE | PAGE 17 chimera The Annex (bassoon, guitar, May 6, 2015 (2015) 7’30” cello, piano) Provincetown Playhouse New York, NY chambra Montclair New-Music Ensemble May 10, 2015 (2015) 7’15” (voice, bassoon, violin, harp, Leshowitz Recital Hall piano, percussion) Montclair, NJ platforms JACK Quartet (string quartet) April 26, 2015 (2015) 7’00” Provincetown Playhouse New York, NY
Split Second Recollection dissonArt ensemble (fl, cl, vln, 2013 (2013) 1’ vnc, db, pno) 48th Dimitria Festival Thessaloniki, Greece
Wanderlust Taneycomo Woodwind Quintet 2013 (2013) 5’ (ww quartet + alto sax) Taneycomo Music Festival Branson, Missiouri
Xeno USF New Music Ensemble 2012 (2012) 5’ Tampa, FL
Quinate Genesis USF Trombone Ensemble 2012 (2012) 5’
Tohuku Form Five Cents Sharp, Brass Quintet May 2012 (2012) 6’
Namesake USF W.W. Quintet April 2012 (2012) 5’
Black and Blue String Quartet December 2011 (2011) 12’
A Dream Within A Dream Soprano and Chamber May 2011 (2011) 6’ Ensemble
Twelve is an Odd Number Woodwind Quartet 2010 (2010) 5’
Optimum Performance Woodwind Trio 2009 (2009) 4’
SUSANNA HANCOCK | CURRICULUM VITAE | PAGE 18 S O L O A N D D U O plant catalogue (2020) 60’[IN CONSORTIUM 2020 PROGRESS] Lead Commissioner : Kevin von Lexington, KY Kampen (infinite solo percussion) thunder splits the rift (2020) Jonathan Payne, tuba 2020 5’[IN PROGRESS] Washingon, D.C. pink mist Vicky Chow, piano July 27, 2017 (2017) 3’ Mass MoCA North Adams, MA original sin Solo Bassoon May 4, 2017 (2017) 5’ c.1949 Tampa,FL blossom and furl Two Electric Guitars May 4, 2016 (2016) 10’ Black Box Theater minimal pair Bassoon and Bari Sax December 9, 2015 (2015) 6’ Black Box Theater New York, NY wisp Solo Cello 2015 (2015) 1’ grey noise Solo Bassoon 2015 (2015) 1’ relinquere Bassoon and Piano December 10, 2014 (2014) 5’ New York, NY
Deep Solo Piano April 2014 (2014) 7’ Tampa, FL
Red Letter Words: Solo Voice and Piano 2013 Apomakrysmenophobia (2013) 3’
The Summer Poison Solo Voice and Piano 2012 (2012) 4’
Reverie Michael Amos, Solo Cello November 2011 SUSANNA HANCOCK | CURRICULUM VITAE | PAGE 19 (2011) 5’ Tampa, FL
Transformations Multiple Percussion Solo 2010 (2010) 4’
Night and Day Flute and Marimba 2010 (2010) 5’
Stockholm Lullaby Virginia Collins, Solo Piano 2010 (2010) 4’ Tampa, FL
E L E C T R O A C O U S T I C
Shibui (2017) 60’ Fixed Media (stereo) December 31, 2017 *In collaboration with composer Tyler Kline Noble Rice Tampa, FL badwater (2016) 9’ Flute and Electronics (stereo) May 16, 2016 Provincetown Playhouse New York, NY
Where Worlds Collide Ind. Quartet and Live April 2014 (2014) [Ind. Length, ca. 20’] Electronics (quadraphonic) Tampa, FL
Where You Hide Secrets Bassoon and Live Electronics April 2014 (2014) 10’ (quadraphonic) Tampa, FL
Totems Fixed Media (stereo) April 2014 (2014) 7’ Tampa, FL
Transfiguration USF Chamber Ensemble and February 2014 (2014) 30’ Fixed Media (stereo) Tampa, FL *In collaboration with composers Michael Frazier and Clayton Prather
26 Fixed Media (stereo) February 2014 (2014) 5’ Tampa, FL
Superfluous Adjectives Fixed Media (stereo) December 2013 (2013) 3’33” Tampa, FL
Body Constructs Fixed Media (quadraphonic) October 2013 (2013) 7’ Tampa, FL
SUSANNA HANCOCK | CURRICULUM VITAE | PAGE 20 Milk and Honey Agnes Kline, cello and Fixed April 2013 (2013) 8’ Media (stereo) Tampa, FL
Don’t Worry, Just Continue Fixed Media (stereo) March 2013 (2013) 8’ Tampa, FL
Roto USF Chamber Ensemble and February 2013 (2013) 24’ Fixed Media (stereo) USF Contemporary Art *In collaboration with composers Michael Museum Frazier and Jeremy Adams Tampa, FL
Sound Unloading Fixed Media (stereo) December 2012 (2012) 6’15”
Fibonacci Friday Fixed Media (surround: 5.1) November 2012 (2012) 16’ The Vault Tampa, FL
Fearfully Entranced Fixed Media (stereo) October 2012 (2012) 5’34”
Echoes and Shadows Alex Stening, Horn and Fixed March 2012 (2012) 7’ Media (stereo) Tampa, FL
Election Inflection Fixed Media (stereo) February 2012 (2012) 5’
Extravagant Abundance USF Chamber Ensemble and February 2012 (2012) 20’ Fixed Media (stereo) *In collaboration with composer Michael Frazier
Cloudburst Fixed Media (stereo) November 2011 (2011) 6’
Fall Back Fixed Media (stereo) October 2011 (2011) 3’
Paradigm Crankcase Fixed Media (stereo) October 2011 (2011) 5’
SUSANNA HANCOCK | CURRICULUM VITAE | PAGE 21 P E R F O R M A N C E E X P E R I E N C E
O R C H E S T R A / W I N D E N S E M B L E
2015 - 2016 NYU SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 2015 NYU WIND ENSEMBLE 2014-2016 THE CHELSEA SYMPHONY
2012 - 2014 USF SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA | ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL BASSOON - FMEA Convention Featured University Ensemble (2012) 2013 , 2014 FMEA INTERCOLLEGIATE BAND | BASSOON/CONTRABASSOON 2012 - 2013 TANEYCOMO FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA 2012 - 2013 HOT SPRINGS FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA
2010 - 2014 USF WIND ENSEMBLE | PRINCIPAL BASSOON - USF Conducting Symposium (2011, 2012) - American Bandmasters Association Convention Featured Wind Ensemble (2013)
C H A M B E R
2015 - 2016 BASSLADY DUO (bassoon and baritone saxophone) | BASSOON
2015 -2016 THE ANNEX QUARTET (bassoon, guitar, cello, piano) | BASSOON
2012 –2014 THE CALORE WINDS (WW QUINTET) | BASSOON - Music Teachers National Association Chamber Music Competition, Runner-up (2012) American Bandmasters Association Convention Featured Chamber Group (2013) 2011 - 2012 USF WOODWIND QUINTET | BASSOON
2010 - 2014 USF CHAMBER ENSEMBLE | BASSOON/CONTRABASSOON
2010 - 2014 USF NEW-MUSIC ENSEMBLE | BASSOON
S O L O
2014 Senior Bassoon Recital - Performed solo, duet, and chamber pieces: o Concerto for Bassoon in E minor, Antonio Vivaldi o Third Suite in C Major, J.S. Bach o Sonata for Bassoon and Cello in Bb Major, Mozart o Six Bagatelles for Wind Quintet, György Ligeti o Sonata for Bassoon and Piano, Camille Saint- Saëns
SUSANNA HANCOCK | CURRICULUM VITAE | PAGE 22 2013 Junior Bassoon Recital - Joint recital with Alex Stening, horn - Performed solo, duet, and chamber pieces: o Twelve Duets for Horn and Bassoon, Alec Wilder o Piece en Forme de Habanera, Maurice Ravel o Wind Quintet Op. 43, Carl Nielsen o Bassoon Concerto in Bb Major (K.191), Mozart o Six Bagatelles for Horn, Bassoon, and Piano, Paul Basler
F E S T I V A L S / R E S I D E N C I E S
2016 Ash Lawn Opera Festival : Second Bassoon 2013 Hidden Valley Music Seminar : Basoon Masterclass with Judith LeClair 2012, 2013 Hot Springs Music Festival : Bassoon/Contrabassoon 2012, 2013 Taneycomo Festival Orchestra : Bassoon
R E C O R D I N G S ( P e r f o r m a n c e )
2015 Plot: Music for Unspecified Instrumentation McCormick Percussion Group (Ravello Records) Featured as: Bassoon Soloist - Winter, Stuart Saunders Smith (2011)
2013 American Bandmasters Association Conference 2013 University of South Florida Wind Ensemble (Mark Records) Featured as: Principal Bassoon - O Canada / Star Spangled Banner - Lauds and Tropes Mvt. I , Francis Macbeth - Firefly, Ryan George - Korean Dances Mvt. III Rondo, Chang Su Koh - Symphony No. 2 Mvt. II Dreams Under a New Moon, Frank Ticheli - Polonaise from Pan Voyevoda, Nickolai Rimsky-Korsakov - Hymnal, Morton Gould - Concerto for Saxophone Mvt. III Rondo, Ingolf Dahl
2012 At Long Last... University of South Florida Wind Ensemble (Mark Records) Featured as: Principal Bassoon - Mr. Atlas (2006), Andrew Rindfleisch - Hanedans (1906), Carl Nielsen/Trans. Paul Ivan Miller - Popcopy (2009), Scott McAllister
SUSANNA HANCOCK | CURRICULUM VITAE | PAGE 23 A D D I T I O N A L S K I L L S
ARTS ADMINISTRATION see related experience WRITING press releases, grant applications, music review, GRAPHIC DESIGN posters, programs PHOTOGRAPHY headshots/group shots, promotional, artistic/abstract VIDEO promotional and concert recording, editing, and production NOTATION / ENGRAVING all aesthetics of works, including graphic notation
S O F T W A R E P R O F I C I E N C I E S:
NOTATION Finale Sibelius
DAW Logic Pro Ableton ProTools MaxMSP PureData
GRAPHIC / ARTISTIC Adobe Creative Suite | (PhotoShop, Illustrator, InDesign, etc.)
FILM Final Cut Pro iMovie
TEXT / PRESENTATION Microsoft Office Suite | Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook Apple iWork Suite | Pages, Keynote, Numbers Google Drive Suite | Docs, Sheets, Slides, Forms, Drawings
I N S T R U M E N T A L P R O F I C I E N C I E S:
Bassoon Contrabassoon Piano
M E M B E R S H I P S / A F F I L I A T I O N S
ASCAP (Composer and Publisher, The Hush Press) Pi Kappa Lambda Phi Theta Kappa SUSANNA HANCOCK | CURRICULUM VITAE | PAGE 24 R E F E R E N C E S
Julia Wolfe Co-Founder, Bang on a Can Associate Professor of Music Composition, NYU [email protected]
Michael Gordon Co-Founder, Bang on a Can Artist Faculty Member, NYU [email protected]
Baljinder Sekhon, II Assistant Professor of Composition, PSU (814) 863 - 0419 [email protected]