CV (SHORT)
EMPLOYMENT
- Portland State University [Portland, Oregon], Assistant Professor of Sonic Arts, Dec. 2020–Present
EDUCATION
- UC San Diego [La Jolla, California], PhD in Music Composition, 2019
- UC San Diego [La Jolla, California], Master of Arts in Music, 2014
- UMKC Conservatory of Music and Dance [Kansas City, Missouri], 2010
HONORS AND GRANTS
- Portland Arts Project Grant, with New Wave Opera, for "Deep Water." Regional Arts and Culture Council, 2026
- Featured Composer, Seattle Modern Orchestra, 2025
- Featured Composer, Soundbox 8, 2025
- Faculty Development Grant, Portland State University, 2023-2026
- Lead Researcher US West Coast, Sonic Matter Festival OpenLAB, 2021
- Transient Canvas Fellowship, 2020
- Matt Marks Impact Fund Grant, Alarm Will Sound, 2020
- Guerilla Opera Composition Fellowship, 2019
- Adoptions Commission, Ensemble Adapter, 2019
- Grand Prize, ISB/David Walter Composition Competition, 2018
- Classical Commission, Chamber Music America, SPLICE Ensemble, 2018
- Audience Choice, Music from SEAMUS vol. 28, 2018
- Carolyn Applebaum Endowed Prize, 2017
- Call for Proposals Winner, SPOR Festival of Contemporary Music and Sound Art, 2017
- Best in Show Award (collaborative), Greater Los Angeles MFA, 2017
- UCIRA Grant, 2014
- Artist Residency, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, 2013
- KcEMA Commission Competition, 2009
TEACHING
- Portland State University [Portland, Oregon]: Assistant Professor of Sonic Arts
– Music and Visual Media, Electronic Music Composition, Songwriting, Studio Techniques, Studio Production, History of Electronic Music, Audio Recording, Live-Set. - UC San Diego [La Jolla, California]: Associate-In
– Film Music, History of Electronic Music, Introduction to Music Theory, Biology and Music. - UC San Diego Extension, Academic Connections [La Jolla, California]: Instructor
– Experiments in Composition and Music Theory
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