CHARLES HALKA Fine Arts 312 – [email protected]

EDUCATION

The Shepherd School of Music, , , TX Doctor of Musical Arts, 2013 • Robert A. Yekovich Endowed Scholarship in Music • 3 years (18 semester hours) of independent classroom teaching experience • Composition studies with Richard Lavenda, Kurt Stallmann, Pierre Jalbert, and Arthur Gottschalk • Piano studies with Brian Connelly • Special courses in music business and law, classroom pedagogy, and electronic music • Special independent project: organize, curate, and emcee a series of house concerts featuring Shepherd School students and hosted by private individuals in the Houston community • Richter Fund for Music Outreach Project 1: partner with three other students and the Houston Symphony to present at five area universities (approx. 250 total students reached) about the orchestra's upcoming performances of Wozzeck. Included musicological details and musical and dramatic analysis • Richter Fund for Music Outreach Project 2: collaborate with two other composer colleagues to present two outdoor "un-concerts" at Houston's Orange Show Monument, including performances of original works. Included a visit to Yes Prep West middle school to talk about music, sound, and site-specific works.

Fulbright Program, Vilnius, Lithuania U.S. Fulbright Student, Music Composition, 2008-09 • Research Lithuanian music and compose an opera in collaboration with a Lithuanian librettist and director (The opera, Julius, was fully staged and filmed on March 23, 2010 in Vilnius, Lithuania.) • Composition studies with Osvaldas Balakauskas at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theater • Special courses in Lithuanian folk and art music, Lithuanian language

The Peabody Institute, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD Master of Music in Composition, May 2008 Master of Music in Music Theory Pedagogy, May 2008 • Member, Pi Kappa Lambda • P. Bruce Blair Award in Composition • Composition studies with Michael Hersch • Special courses in orchestration, contemporary music, and ethnomusicology

The Peabody Institute, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD Bachelor of Music in Piano, May 2006 • Pauline Favin Memorial Award in Piano • Piano studies with Brian Ganz • Special courses in accompanying, continuo, and piano literature

Saint Petersburg Conservatory, Saint Petersburg, Russia Certificate of Study, June 2004 • Piano studies with Nina Seryogina • Conducting studies with Mikhail Kukushkin • Special courses in counterpoint, solfege, and Russian language

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TEACHING AND WORK EXPERIENCE

Adjunct Faculty, Music Composition and Theory, Fall 2014-Spring 2015 Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX • Composition: Teach private composition lessons to undergraduate and graduate composition majors, including contribution to weekly composition studio classes • Theory I: Teach music fundamentals, harmony, and voice-leading to undergraduate music majors • Theory II: Teach harmony, analysis, and voice-leading to undergraduate music majors • Theory III: Teach advanced chromatic harmony and analysis to undergraduate music majors

Teacher, Music Theory and Composition, Summer 2014 American Festival for the Arts, Houston, TX • Teach composition to festival student composers (high-school students) • Give lectures in Electronic Music, Minimalism, and Neoclassicism to festival student composers • Teach accelerated music theory and to festival student performers • Teach a Russian Orchestral Masters course to festival student performers

Private Teacher, Composition, Spring 2014-present Individual private lessons, Houston, TX • Teach weekly composition and orchestration lessons to two private students

Artist in Residence, Fall 2011-present Foundation for Modern Music, Houston, TX • Assist with concert planning and programming, contracting musicians, and concert presentation • Manage a full orchestra, score rental, and parts distribution for FMM’s annual “Premieres” concerts

Teacher, Music Theory for Non-Majors I-II, Fall 2011-Spring 2013 The Shepherd School of Music, Rice University, Houston, TX • Theory I: Teach music fundamentals, counterpoint, and harmony to undergraduate students • Theory II: Teach form and analysis, chromatic harmony, and twentieth-century techniques

Composition Fellow, Summer, 2011 San Miguel de Allende International Festival, Summer 2011 (Mexico) • Assist with organization, promotion, and other duties related to the festival and its composition program, including concert production, audio recording, and Spanish translation

Teacher, Aural Skills III and IV, Fall 2010-Spring 2011 The Shepherd School of Music, Rice University, Houston, TX • Teach aural skills to second-year Shepherd School music students

Teacher, Composition, Spring 2008 The Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD • Through Peabody’s Junior Bach outreach program, teach weekly after-school composition lessons to students at the nearby St. Ignatius Loyola Academy

Teacher, Music Theory Fundamentals, Fall 2007 The Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD • Teach music theory fundamentals to incoming conservatory freshmen

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RESIDENCIES, FESTIVALS, AND WORKSHOPS

The MacDowell Colony, January 2014 • Two-week residency to compose a new song cycle for voice and piano

SICPP (Summer Institute for Contemporary Performance Practice), Summer 2014 () • Workshop an original composition with participating performers and teachers • Master classes and private lessons with Roger Sessions and Nicholas Vines

Baltic Chamber Opera Theater, August-September 2013 (Kražiai, Lithuania) • One-month residency at the M.K. Sarbievijaus Cultural Center to compose a new chamber opera for the Baltic Chamber Opera Theater’s performances in several cities in Lithuania.

The Intimacy of Creativity, Spring 2013 (Hong Kong) • One of six composers selected to workshop and revise compositions with composer Bright Sheng • Premiere performance of revised composition in Hong Kong

FUBiS Music Composition Course with , Summer 2013 (Berlin, Germany) • Private composition lessons with composer Samuel Adler and master classes with other guest composers. • Conducting lessons with Dr. Emily Freeman Brown

highSCORE Festival, Summer 2012 (Pavia, Italy) • Daily master classes with Christopher Theofanidis and private lessons with Mario Garuti, Dmitri Tymoczko, and Amy Beth Kirsten • Lectures on contemporary techniques, advanced music theory and writing for ancient instruments • Premiere of a new work for

San Miguel de Allende Chamber Music Festival, Summer 2011 (Mexico) • Performances, private lessons, master classes, and professional development • Readings with the Parker and Henschel String Quartets

San Miguel de Allende Chamber Music Festival, Summer 2010 (Mexico) • Performances, private lessons, master classes, and professional development • Readings with the Synergy Brass Quintet

3rd International Keyboard Institute and Festival, Summer 2001 (New York) • Master classes with Pavlina Dokovska, Victor Rosenbaum, Vladimir Shakin, and Mordecai Shehori

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PRIZES, COMMISSIONS, RECORDINGS, AND HONORS

Prizes and Calls for Scores:

• Foro Internacional de Música Nueva (Mexico City, 2013 and 2014) • Aries Composers Festival Call for Scores (2013) • Electronic Music Midwest Call for Scores (2013) • ASCAP Foundation Rudolf Nissim Prize (2013, Special Distinction) • SCI National Conference Call for Scores (2013) • Lake George Music Festival Composition Competition (2012, 2nd Place) • ISCM World Music Days 2012 (Belgium, 2012) • Frame Dance Productions Composition Competition (2012, Winner) • Boston Metro Opera Composers’ Competition (2012, Winner) • Boston New Music Initiative Call for Scores (2011 and 2013) • Northridge Composition Prize (2011, Winner) • Saint Petersburg Contemporary Music Center Composition Competition (2011, 4th Place) • Robert Avalon International Competition for Composers (2011, 2nd Place) • Vox Juventutis competition for choral works (2009, 2nd Place and Choir’s Favorite Award)

Commissions and Grants:

• Aaron Copland Fund for Music – Imaginary Spaces (2014), a music/dance project with Frame Dance Productions • Baltic Chamber Opera Theater (Lithuania) – And Jill Came Tumbling After (2013, 30’), chamber opera in one act for four soloists, , , and piano • Liminal Space (Houston) – Kegrugolee (2014, 8’) for electric guitar and marimba • Frame Dance Productions (Houston) – To the Brim (2012, 10’) for solo violin • Musiqa (Houston) – Street (2012, 5’) for clarinet and percussion • Benjamin Mitchell, clarinet – Chuchichäschtli (2012, 5’) for bass clarinet and percussion • Linda Angkasa, pianist – Panji Fantasy (2011, 14’) for solo piano • Quartus Chamber Players – Chorale and Congregation (2011, 8’) for string quartet • Da Camera of Houston – The Painting Makes Me Want to Run Naked (2010, 5’) for trombone, cello, and contrabass • ÓNIX Ensamble – Por la Fuerza las Tierras (2010, 12’) for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, and piano • U.S. Department of State/Fulbright (grant) – Julius (2009), opera in two acts • Pictures on Silence – Rhapsody (2008, 12’) for soprano saxophone and harp

Recordings

• (TITLE TBA). [Mexico] – Por la Fuerza las Tierras will be part of ÓNIX Ensamble 7th CD in late 2014 • Intimacy of Creativity 2013. [Hong Kong] – featuring a live performance of Round and Round in Hong Kong City Hall Theatre (to be released via Naxos streaming services) • Contemporary Art Music in . [Nacogdoches, Tex]: Stephen F. Austin State University Press, 2012 – featuring a live performance of Dipukų Rauda • Voyage. [Baltimore]: Pictures on silence, 2011. – Pictures on Silence’s debut album, featuring a studio recording of Rhapsody.

Other Honors and Activities:

• Selected to represent the Shepherd School of Music in the United States Library of Congress’ Insights: Exploring the Collections program in 2010-11 • Selected to compose site-specific works and participate in music outreach programming as part of Da Camera of Houston’s 2010-11 Young Artist Program • Co-Artistic Director of the 20/21 Contemporary Ensemble, the Shepherd School of Music’s volunteer and student-run new music concert series (2010-12) • Performed concertos as piano soloist with the Oklahoma City and Tulsa Philharmonic Orchestras (2001 and 2002) • Composed for and directed The Blue Collars, a nine-piece ska/jazz band which toured extensively in Oklahoma and Kansas and released two full-length albums from 1997 to 1999 • Accompanied (at the piano) Yevgeny Yevtushenko’s live poetry performances at venues in the U.S. and Russia, including the Saint Petersburg Philharmonic, the Moscow Polytechnic Museum and Boris Pasternak’s home

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LIST OF WORKS Large Ensemble

Impact (2013, 8’) for orchestra • Premiere performance by the Mexican National Symphony Orchestra on May 16, 2014 • Additional performance by the Shepherd School Symphony Orchestra scheduled during the 2014-15 season

Scherzo (2008, 8’) for orchestra • Premiered April 27, 2012 at California State University Northridge

Venice of Death (2005, 15’) for bass, male chorus, orchestra and narrator • Based on the poem of the same name written by Yevgeny Yevtushenko in response to the Hurricane Katrina crisis • Premiered in piano score form with the poet as narrator on October 22, 2005 at the Tulsa Performing Arts Center

Solo and Chamber

Kegrugolee (2014, 8’) for electric guitar and marimba • Commissioned by Liminal Space Contemporary Music Ensemble

Hittorf (2013, 4’) for solo trumpet • Premiered July 3, 2013 at the Centrum Jadaicum in Berlin

To the Brim (2012, 12’) for solo violin • Commissioned by Frame Dance Productions (Houston) to accompany a dance performance • Premiered by Micah Ringham on January 26, 2013 at Houston Choreographers X6

Rupture (2012, 5’30”) for string quartet • Premiered by Quartetto Maurice on July 31, 2012 at the highSCORE Festival (Pavia, Italy)

Street (2012, 5’) for clarinet and percussion • Commissioned by Musiqa (Houston) • Premiered May 17, 2012 at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston

Chuchichäschtli (2012, 6’) for bass clarinet and percussion • Commissioned by clarinetist Benjamin Mitchell • Premiered May 28, 2013 by Duplum Dúo (Fernando Domínguez and Iván Manzanilla) in Mexico City

Panji Fantasy (2011, 14’) for solo piano • Commissioned by pianist Linda Angkasa • Premiered March 14, 2012 at Duncan Hall, Shepherd School of Music, Rice University

Chorale and Congregation (2011, 8’) for string quartet • Commissioned by Quartus Chamber Players (Houston) • Premiered September 25, 2011 at Duncan Hall, Shepherd School of Music, Rice University

Duet (2011, 2’30”) for bassoon and cello • Premiered August 10, 2011 at the Angela Peralta Theater, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico

Six Miniatures (2011, 12’30”) for brass quintet • Premiered November 13, 2012 in Hirsch Hall, Shepherd School of Music, Rice University

Round and Round (2011, 7’30”) for violin, cello, and piano four-hands • Written for performance in the Coolidge Auditorium of the Library of Congress • Based on a work by Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge and her relationship with Rebecca Clarke • Premiered March 5, 2011 in the Coolidge Auditorium

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The Painting Makes Me Want to Run Naked (2010, 5’) for trombone, cello, and contrabass • Commissioned by Da Camera of Houston’s Young Artist Program for performance in the Cy Twombly Gallery of the Menil Collection in Houston, TX • Premiered November 20, 2010 in the Cy Twombly Gallery

Por la Fuerza las Tierras (2010, 12’) for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, and piano • Commissioned by ÓNIX Ensamble (Mexico) – Alejandro Escuer, flute; Fernando Domínguez, clarinet; Abel Romero, violin; Edgardo Espinosa, cello; Edith Ruíz Zepeda, piano • Premiered May 3, 2010 at the Festival Barroquísimo in Puebla, Mexico

Rhapsody (2008, 10’) for soprano saxophone and harp • Commissioned by Pictures on Silence – Jaqueline Pollauf, harp; Noah Getz, saxophone • Premiered April 10, 2009 at the University of Baltimore in Baltimore, MD • Recording by Pictures on Silence released on CD in 2012

Miniatures (2007, 6’30”) for piano • Premiered April 16, 2010 at the Shepherd School of Music by pianist Linda Angkasa

Trio (2007, 14’) for violin, cello, and piano • Premiered October 7, 2009 by the Armonas Trio at the Kaunas Philharmonic in Kaunas, Lithuania • Premiered in the U.S. on March 28, 2010 by counter)induction at the Tenri Cultural Institute in New York, NY

Fantasy (2006, 6’30”) for solo cello • Recorded September 2007 (Alicia Ward) and February 2010 (Lachezar Kostov)

Opera and Vocal

And Jill Came Tumbling After (2013, 30’), opera in one act for four soloists, clarinet, bassoon, and piano • Commissioned by the Baltic Chamber Opera Theater • Written while in residency at the M.K. Sarbievijaus Cultural Center in Kražiai, Lithuania.

Julius (2009, 80’), opera in two acts for soloists, chorus, and chamber orchestra • Funded by a 2008-09 U.S. Fulbright Grant • Based on Lithuanian folk music, including the songs the composer’s grandfather sang • Premiered March 23, 2010 at the 3rd annual NOA (New Opera Action) Festival in Vilnius, Lithuania

Dipukų Rauda (2009, 4’) for SSAATTBBB chorus • Standalone concert excerpt from the opera Julius • Premiered June 18, 2009 at St. Catherine’s Church (Vilnius) by Jauna Muzika

Layover (2008, 20’), opera scene for two sopranos and piano • Premiered April 28, 2008 in Friedberg Hall, Peabody Conservatory of Music

Metamorphoses (2005, 6’) for soprano and piano • Premiered January 15, 2006 in Cohen-Davidson Theater, Peabody Conservatory of Music

Electroacoustic

Live Bass Improv (2010, 2’) for fixed media • Premiered September 25, 2011 at the Shepherd School of Music, Rice University

Melodica NV (2010, 7’) for melodica and live electronics • Premiered April 17, 2010 at the Shepherd School of Music, Rice University

Into the Jungle (2009, 3’) for fixed media • Premiered October 2009 at Texas A&M University www.CHARLESHALKA.com CHARLES HALKA PAGE 7 OF 8

SELECTED PERFORMANCES (venue, performers, work performed)

2014: 6.21.2014 Summer Institute for Contemporary Performance Practice, Erin Cameron and Colin Frank, Chuchichäschtli 5.16.2014 Foro Internacional de Música Nueva (Mexico), Mexican National Symphony Orchestra, Impact

2013: 11.10.2013 Tenri Cultural Institute (New York), counter)induction, Trio 10.26.2013 Electronic Music Midwest (Kansas City), Live Bass Improv 10.21.2013 Aries Composers Festival (Colorado State University), CSU faculty ensemble, Por la Fuerza las Tierras 5.28.2013 Foro Internacional de Música Nueva (Mexico), Duplum Dúo, Chuchichäschtli 5.22.2013 Saint Petersburg International New Music Festival (Russia), PRO-ARTE eNsemble, Rupture 5.10.2013 Vale of Glamorgan Festival (Wales), ÓNIX Ensamble, Por la Fuerza las Tierras 5.5.2013 Hong Kong City Hall (The Intimacy of Creativity), Charles Halka and others, Round and Round 3.30.2013 The Hobby Center for the Performing Arts (presented by the Foundation for Modern Music, Houston), Pictures on Silence, Rhapsody 2.26.2013 Casa de las Americas (Havana, Cuba), Live Bass Improv 2.15.2013 SCI National Conference (The Ohio State University), Kerry Haberken and Elisabeth Jeramica, Duet

2012: 12.8.2012 David Brower Center (Berkeley, CA), Volti, Dipukų Rauda 12.7.2012 St. Mark's Lutheran Church (San Francisco), Volti, Dipukų Rauda 11.4.2012 deSingel (Antwerp – ISCM World Music Days), Aquarius Chamber Choir, Dipukų Rauda 10.17.2012 Fonoteca Nacional (Mexico City), ONIX Ensamble, Por la Fuerza las Tierras 9.15.2012 Menil Collection (Houston), presented by Da Camera of Houston, Live Bass Improv 8.20.2012 Lake George Music Festival (NY), Hee Sagong, Margaret Conley, Yue Chu, and Guy Katz, Round and Round 8.12.2012 Angela Peralta Theater (San Miguel de Allende, Mexico), ONIX Ensamble, Por la Fuerza las Tierras 6.9.2012 Lily Pad (Cambridge), Boston New Music Initiative, Trio 5.10.2012 Contemporary Americana Festival, Boston Metro Opera, Dipukų Rauda 4.27.2012 Valley Performing Arts Center, CSU Northridge Symphony, Scherzo (premiere performance) 3.29.2012 Stella Adler School (New York), Pictures on Silence, Rhapsody 2.28.2012 The Southwest Chamber Players (Washington DC), Pictures on Silence, Rhapsody

2011: 8.10.2011 Angela Peralta Theater (San Miguel de Allende, Mexico), Duo Tempo Dificile, Duet 7.28.2011 Thomas Mann Museum (Lithuania), Indrė Anankaitė and Edvardas Šumila, “O Viešpatie!” 6.25.2011 New Dischord Festival (Chattanooga), New Dischord, Trio 6.10.2011 Mikhail Shemyakin Foundation (Saint Petersburg, Russia), Kirill Kurshakov, Fantasy 5.25.2011 Fluxus Ministerija (Vilnius), Viktorija Smailytė and Irmantas Andriūnas, Rhapsody 3.5.2011 Coolidge Auditorium of the Library of Congress, Jeewon Lee, Makiko Hirata, Tracy Wu, and Clara Yang, Round and Round 1.23.2011 Music on the Lake series (Lake Barcroft, VA), Pictures on Silence, Rhapsody

2010: 11.20.2010 Cy Twombly Gallery (Houston), Ben Zilber, Eva Lymenstull, Annabella Leslie, The Painting Makes Me Want to Run Naked 11.5.2010 Kaunas Philharmonic, Iš Arti Festival (Lithuania), Armonas Trio, Trio 10.19.2010 Vilnius Town Hall (Lithuania), Armonas Trio, Trio 5.3.2010 Teatro de la Ciudad (Puebla, Mexico), ONIX Ensamble, Por la Fuerza las Tierras 4.21.2010 Lithuanian National Philharmonic, Armonas Trio, Trio 3.23.2010 Russian Drama Theater (Lithuania), New Opera Action Festival, Julius 3.11.2010 Stella Adler Studio (New York), Pictures on Silence, Rhapsody

2009: 10.7.2009 Kaunas Philharmonic (Lithuania), Armonas Trio, Trio 6.18.2009 St. Catherine's Church (Vilnius, Lithuania), Jauna Muzika, Dipukų Rauda 4.14.2009 University of Baltimore, Pictures on Silence, Rhapsody

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PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

ASCAP, American Composers Forum, SCI, SEAMUS, NACUSA, College Music Society

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Spanish: fluent in reading, writing, speaking, and comprehension Russian: intermediate in reading, writing, speaking, and comprehension Lithuanian: intermediate-advanced in reading, writing, speaking, and comprehension

ADDITIONAL SKILLS

Computer: Pro Tools, Logic, Adobe Audition, Finale, MAX/MSP, Microsoft Word and Excel

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