New York City, New York, United States
Curriculum Vitae



Educational Background

November 1996 Musicology Ph.D. Free University Berlin
Dissertation: "Die Symbolik als kompositorische Methode in den Werken von
Karlheinz Stockhausen"
Evaluation: Both dissertation and oral examination: magna cum laude

May 1982 Music Composition M.F.A. California Institute of the Arts

June 1980 Music Composition B.M. University of Southern California

Academic Appointments

September 2000 (currently) Adjunct Assistant Professor Music Composition Purchase College
Composition Teachers

Morton Subotnick, Mel Powell (deceased), Morten Lauridsen, James Hopkins, Robert Linn (deceased), Robert Moore.

Awards

June 1994 Initiativ Neuer Musik für Gitarre und Kammermusik Third Place
June 1992 Initiativ Neuer Musik für Gitarre und Kammermusik Third Place
1996-2005 ASCAP Awards Special Award/Music Plu$
1987-1992 ASCAP Awards Special Award
June 1980 Departmental Award of University of Southern California Music Composition
1979-1980 Alchin Scholarship Stipend

Related Professional Experience

December 1998 to Bowne Translation Services Translator German to English
February 2000 New York, New York

September 1989 to Learning Tree University Instructor German classes
June 1991 Chatsworth, California

October 1984 to Los Angeles Times Music Critic Over 280 Publications
June 1991 Los Angeles, California

February 1984 to Robert Jani Productions Pianist/Arranger Over 100 performances
August 1984 Rancho Palos Verdes, California




Language Certification

June 1992 German State Proficiency Exam (PNdS) Free University Berlin

Other language proficiency includes basic skills in modern Greek, French, Latin and Korean.

Membership

1982 (currently) ASCAP

2002 (currently) The Authors Guild

Musical Works, selective list (complete list at Website)

Astralis (1995) for guitar and orchestra (premiered serially, Schauspielhaus Berlin, 1992 and 1994)
String Quartet #2 (1993) (fourth movement read through by Arditti Quartet in Berlin, 1995)
In Space and Time (1987) for 27 players (premiered in part at Los Angeles New Music Festival, 1987)
Image and Process (1982) for chamber orchestra (premiered at CalArts, 1982)
String Quartet #1 (1978) (premiered at USC, 1978)

Publications, selective list (complete list at Website)

"Stockhausen's New Piece (of a Piece of a Piece of a Piece)." Musical America. 1 Mar. 2006.

"Symbolische Aspekte der Formel-Komposition." Neue Zeitschrift für Musik. No. 4, Jul./Aug. 2003: 42-4.

"Jazzing Up Numbers With High School Chemistry." Interview with Roy Wooten (a.k.a. "RoyEl") et al. Tools of the Trade. Relix. Dec.-Jan. 2002: 18-9.

"Going The Way of the Victrola." New York Times. Vol. 150, No. 51,661, 11 Feb. 2001: Sec. 2, 32+.

"Vasquez, Levan: Paradise Glossed." New York Observer, Vol. 14, No. 41, 30 Oct. 2000: 22.

"Bang on a Can's Hybrid Playground." Newsday, Vol. 59, No. 243, 2 May 1999: B9.

Symbolism as a Compositional Method in the Works of Karlheinz Stockhausen. College Park, MD. 1998.

"Tracing the Origins of Alabama Song: A look at the meaning of a song by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill as interpreted by The Doors." Doors Collectors Magazine. Ed. Kerry Humphreys. Apr.-Oct. 1996: 15-20.

"A Composer's 'Aura': The Musical Language of York Höller." Chicago Symphonic Times. Ed. John Henken. Fall 1995: 4-7.

"Perlman's 1st O.C. Recital." Izthak Perlman interview. Los Angeles Times. 11 Jan. 1991, Orange County ed.: F25.

"Composer Knows the Score." Maurice Jarre interview. Los Angeles Times. 14 Nov. 1990: F8.

"Riccardo Chailly Maintains a Romantic Vision." Riccardo Chailly interview. Los Angeles Times. 21 Sep. 1990: F24.

"Electronic Composer Morton Subotnick Has a Vision for Music in the Future." Los Angeles Times. 16 Mar. 1990, Orange County ed.: F30.

"L.A. Joins the Celebration of Elliott Carter's Music." Elliott Carter interview. Los Angeles Times. 10 Dec. 1988, part V: 7.

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