CURRICULUM VITAE HIROYA MIURA Department of Music 30 Preble Street, #253 Bates College Portland, ME 04101 75 Russell Street Mobile Phone: (917) 488-4085 Lewiston, ME 04240 [email protected] http://www.myspace.com/hiroyamusic EDUCATION 2007 D.M.A. (Doctor of Musical Arts) in Composition Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Columbia University, New York, NY Advisor: Professor Fred Lerdahl Dissertation: Cut for Satsuma Biwa and Chamber Orchestra 2001 M.A. in Composition Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Columbia University, New York, NY 1998 B.Mus. in Composition (Honors with Distinction) Faculty of Music McGill University, Montréal, QC 1995 D.E.C. (Diplôme d’études collégiales) in Pure and Applied Sciences Marianopolis College, Montréal, QC TEACHING EXPERIENCE 2005-Present Bates College Assistant Professor of Music Conductor of College Orchestra Courses Taught: Music Theory I, Music Theory III and IV, Music Composition, Music and Cinema, Introduction to Listening, Orchestration, Undergraduate Theses in Composition 1999-2005 Columbia University Teaching Fellow (2002-2005), Assistant Conductor of University Orchestra (1999-2002) Courses Taught: Introductory Ear Training (Instructor), Chromatic Harmony and Advanced Composition (Teaching Assistant) Hiroya Miura Curriculum Vitae CONDUCTING / PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE Calling ---Opera of Forgiveness---* Principal Conductor Electronic Quartet with Jorge Sad, Santiago Diez, and Matias Giuliani at CCMOCA* No-Input Mixer performer Bates College Orchestra Music Director/ Principal Conductor Columbia Composers Ensemble Guest Conductor Columbia University Orchestra Assistant Conductor Stravinsky Soldier’s Tale Production Principal Conductor Montreal International Music Camp Principal Conductor, Junior Orchestra Chorale japonais de Montréal Principal Conductor and Artistic Director Orpheus Singers Guest Conductor OTHER PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS Columbia Gagaku Ensemble Associate Composer for the Ensemble at Columbia University’s Institute of Medieval Japanese Studies at Columbia University NoOneReceiving Original Member and Improviser on keyboard, laptop, violin, and mbira COMMISSIONS Filmscore for Junko’s Shamisen (2009)* Music from Japan (2008) Institute for Medieval Japanese Studies at Columbia University (2006 and 2007) with assistance of Toshiba International Foundation American Composers Orchestra (2006) New York New Music Ensemble (2005) G-sharp Duo with assistance of Jerome Foundation (2005) TimeTable Ensemble with assistance of American Composers Forum Commissioning Grant (2004) Collegium Musicum Speculum Musicae Institute of Medieval Japanese Studies with assistance of Rohm Foundation Hiroya Miura Curriculum Vitae LECTURES AND PRESENTATIONS Concierto Didactico as part of Contemporánea! CIUDAD, lecture/concert on my musical aesthetics at Laboratorio de Sonido del Conservatorio Superior de Música de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires, May 20, 2009. Masterclass with the composition students at Conservatorio Superior de Música de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires, May 6, 2009. “Response to Junior Butterfly” conversation with Masahiko Shimada on his opera, Junior Butterfly, at Donald Keene Center,Columbia University, New York, NY, November 11, 2009. “Interview with Toshi Ichiyanagi” at Ancient Soundscapes: New Echoes at Casa Italiana, Columbia University, New York, NY, March 13, 2008. “Language and translation as compositional parameter” Music Humanities Young Asian Composers Panel, Columbia University, New York, NY, April 26, 2004. “Extrapolating musical imagery from Jan Svankmajer’s Little Otik”, Percussion Master Class, Manhattan School of Music, New York, NY, May 2, 2003. “Gestural approach in composition for writing Puncture Me”, Percussion Master Class, Manhattan School of Music, New York, NY, April 25, 2003. “On collaborative process between composer and performer.” 2002 New York City Day of Percussion in conjunction with American Composers Forum, Queens College, City University of New York, NY, April 20, 2002. FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS Freeman Foundation Grant Whiting Foundation Grant Jerome Foundation Commissioning Grant Mellon Foundation Fellowship Toshiba Foundation Grant for Research and Composition in Japanese Music Rohm Foundation Grant for Research in Japanese Music McGill University Frank Mills Scholarship Columbia University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Fellowship Columbia University Travel Grant Nominated Finalist for Columbia Presidential Teaching Award Hiroya Miura Curriculum Vitae RESEARCH INTERESTS Performance practice of contemporary music, musical notation, performance practice of Japanese biwa, recontextualization of gagaku instruments in contemporary context, restoration of ancient Japanese instruments, improvisation utilizing interactive electronic and computer systems, and audio/visual perception and production of multimedia compositions LANGUAGES Fluent in English, Japanese (mother tongue), French, and basic written and spoken knowledge of Spanish UPCOMING PROJECTS New collaborative work with video artist Fabiana Cruz for Tome Art Triennial in Japan in September 2010 New percussion sextet for Juilliard Percussion Ensemble for 2010-11 Japan/NYC Festival at Carnegie Hall New percussion quartet for Line C3 Percussion for 2010-11 Japan/NYC Festival at Carnegie Hall New string quartet for Momenta Quartet as part of the collaborative project with video artist Kanako Sasaki and astrophysicist Eiichiro Kokubo Hiroya Miura Curriculum Vitae LIST OF WORKS Large Ensemble Works Sword Dreaming work for chamber orchestra read; Nouvel Ensemble Moderne under the direction of Lorraine Vaillancourt, Amphitheater, Domaine Forget, QC, August 20, 1995 premiere; McGill Contemporary Ensemble under the direction of Denys Bouliane, Pollack Hall, Montreal, QC, April 29, 1996 Kicked work for chamber orchestra premiere; Speculum Musicae under the direction of Michael Adelson, Miller Theater, New York, NY, May 2, 2004 Wind Coils* work for nine instruments commissioned and premierd; Underground Mix Concert, American Composers’ Orchestra under the direction of Jeffrey Milarsky, Annenberg Center, Philadelphia, PA, February 4, 2006 Cut* work for chamber orchestra and Satsuma Biwa, 2007 Solo and Chamber Works Shore work for bass clarinet solo performance; Japan-U.S. Musical Perspectives Concert, Fenway Center, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, February 7, 2009* premiere; Michael Norsworthy, Tenri Cultural Institute, New York, NY, January 30, 2009* Open Passage –in memoriam Andrew Svoboda-* work for alto flute, violin, cello, and piano performance; New York New Music Ensemble Concert, Merkin Hall, New York, NY, May 25, 2005. premiere; New York New Music Ensemble Concert, Emory University Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, Emerson Concert Hall, Atlanta, GA, April 15, 2005. Pinsez work for mandolin, cello, clarinet, and piano, premiere; Joe Brent Mandolin Recital, York Theater, New York, NY, December 5, 2003. Otik Trio work for three percussionists performance; Juilliard Percussion Ensemble, Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, NY, November 25, 2009 performance; TimeTable, Wet Ink Series, The Bowery Poetry Club, New York, NY, April 20, 2005 premiere; TimeTable, Columbia Composers Concert, Merkin Hall, New York, NY, April 14, 2004. Pentaxia work for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, and piano premiere, CC Ensemble, Columbia Composers Concert, Tenri Gallery, New York, NY, May 4, 2003 Hiroya Miura Curriculum Vitae Chromatograph work for solo marimba performance; Mayumi Sekizawa, International Marimba Festival, Brussels, Belgium, August 27, 2004 performance; Mayumi Sekizawa, Rezan Hall, Nagano, Japan, September 5, 2003 premiere; Mayumi Sekizawa Recital, Manhattan School of Music, New York, NY, March 18, 2003 Puncture Me (revised 2006)* work for three percussionists performance; Rutgers Percussion Ensemble, Nicholas Music Center, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, April 18, 2010 performance; Juilliard Percussion Ensemble, Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center, New York, NY, April 19, 2006 performance; TimeTable, Paul Hall, Juilliard School, New York, NY, July 23, 2002 performance; TimeTable, Queens College, City University of New York, NY, April 20, 2002 premiere; TimeTable, Washington Square Church, New York, NY, December 5, 2001 Dreaming of a Requiem work for clarinet, cello, and piano performance; CC Ensemble, Tenri Gallery, New York, NY, October 16th, 2004 premiere; CC Ensemble, Columbia University Philosophy Hall, New York, NY, October 16th, 2004 Moon Petals work for violin and piano performance; Sachiko Kato and Airi Yoshioka, Weaving Japanese Sounds Concert, Tenri Cultural Institute, July 10, 2009 performance; Florencia Ciaffone and Sebastian Gangi, Laboratorio de Sonido del Conservatorio Superior de Música de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires, May 20, 2009* premiere; Emilie-Anne Gendron and Yelena Grinberg of G-sharp Duo, Jonathan Kramer Memorial Concert, Miller Theater, New York, NY, December 7, 2005 atardecer/a…retraced work for solo piano performance; Sebastian Gangi, Laboratorio de Sonido del Conservatorio Superior de Música de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires, May 20, 2009* premiere; Mari Asakawa, Yamaha Hall, Nagoya, Japan, May 27, 2007 Work for Japanese Instruments Koyomi (Almanac) work for sho, viola da gamba, harpsichord premiere; Mayumi Miyata, Nancy Kito, and Marie Dalby, Faculty House, Columbia University, March 24, 2006 Kasane Goshi (Gossamer Lattice) work for Gagaku Sankan ensemble (sho, hichiriki, and ryuteki) performance; Mayumi Miyata, Hitomi Nakamura, and Takeshi Sasamoto, Sogakudo