Mara Gibson maragibson.com 5652 Burgundy Ave
[email protected] Baton Rouge, LA 70806 (913) 957-6876: cell Education 1996--2001 Ph.D. Music Composition, State University of New York at Buffalo; Buffalo, NY Committee Members: David Felder, Martha Hyde, Erik Oña, Michael Long; Outside Reader: Stephen Jaffe, Duke University; Dissertation: mirar 1990--1994 Bachelor of Arts, Music Composition and Piano Performance, Bennington College; Bennington, VT Positions 2017—present Louisiana State University, Associate Professor of Composition (starting 2018) Visiting Assistant Professor: Composition (2017-18), Composition Forum, Laptop Orchestra, Constantinides New Music Ensemble, Orchestration (CxC certified), Contemporary Musical Practices PhD Committees: William Montgomery (chair), Landon Viator, Shane Courville, Christopher McCardle; MM Committee: Austin Franklin; Honors Thesis Committee: Hollyn Slykhuis, Mikeila McQueston (National Board of Sigma Phi Chapter Scholastic Award, LSU Presser Award) 2004--2017 Conservatory of Music and Dance, University of Missouri-Kansas City Associate Teaching Professor (2013- present), Instructor (2004-2013): Composition (133-433), Creative Strategies for Collaboration, Composition Forum, Ensembles for Composers, MUSE, graduate faculty (committee member), Musicianship IV, Composition Coordinator for Undergraduate Recruitment (2016), supervise all teaching artists for Conservatory in the Schools, Composition Workshop founder and director. Recent DMA committees: Dylan Baker, Tatev Amiryan, AMao Wang, MM Committees: