Dayton L. Kinney, Ph.D. | Educator, Collaborator, & Composer info@daytonkinney.com | www.daytonkinney.com
Education
Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
Doctor of Philosophy in Music – Composition (2015 – 2021) Dissertation Advisor and Music Composition with John Supko (2015 – 2021) Dissertation Piece: Of My Own for Woodwind Quintet and String Quartet
Dissertation Article: “Constructing a Compositional Language through Musical Borrowing: Joan Tower’s Homage to Beethoven, Steps, and Made in America” Master of Arts in Music Composition (2015 – 2017)
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Master of Music in Composition (2013 – 2015) Inducted into Pi Kappa Lambda (PKL) Music Composition with Leonardo Balada (2013 – 2015)
Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts
Bachelor of Arts, Cum Laude with Honors in Music (2009 – 2013) Dean’s List (2009 – 2013) Studies in Piano with Judith Gordon (2009 – 2013) Music Composition with Melinda Wagner (2012)
University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts Five-College Consortium Music Composition with Salvatore Macchia (2010 – 2013)
Principal Teachers
John Supko, Leonardo Balada, Melinda Wagner, Salvatore Macchia, Alla Elana Cohen
Masterclasses and Lessons Chinary Ung, Deqing Wen, Shih-Hui Chen, Andrew List, Chet Biscardi, Phillipe LeRoux, Joshua Fineberg, Micheal Klingbeil, Kathryn Alexander, Eric Ewazen, David Macbride Larry Alan Smith, Yehudi Wyner, Peter Blanchette, Nico Muhly
Professional Memberships____
ASCAP, International Alliance of Women in Music, SCI, College Music Society, POD Network
Certifications_______________________________________________________________
Association of College and University Educators
Certificate in Effective Teaching Practices (Expected) (2022 – 2023)
QASPIR
Certificate of Achievement in the Transformative (2022) Educator Program
National Council for Mental Wellbeing
Adult Mental Health First Aid USA (Issued 2022, Expires Oct. 2025)
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Kognito
Certificate of Completion (2022) – At-Risk Mental Health for Faculty and Staff
Council of Australasian Leaders in Learning and Teaching Contemporary Approaches to University Teaching (2022)
Duke University, Durham, North Carolina Certificate in College Teaching (2021)
Faculty Development Experience______________________________________________
Texas Woman’s University Center for Faculty Excellence
Coordinator of Teaching, Learning, & Academic Excellence (April 1, 2022 - Current) Mentors, Teaches, and Provides Pedagogical Consultation Services for faculty & graduate students from All Academic Disciplines. Creates and Publishes Internal Blog Posts about faculty development and pedagogical strategies. Research current topics and approaches in higher education. Develops workshops and training. Provide representation at accreditation meetings to represent faculty support initiatives upon request.
Duke Graduate School / Duke University Learning Innovation
Bass Digital Education Fellow (Fall 2020, Spring 2021) for the 2020 Duke Summer Doctoral Academy, 2021 Duke Winter Academy, Online TA Workshop Series, & Individual Department Consultations
Provided Consultation Services for faculty and graduate students. Designed, Facilitated, Taught, and CoHosted TA Workshop Series on Online Pedagogical Practices
Duke University Learning Innovation
Teaching Fellow (Summer 2020) for Duke Learning Innovation
Provided Consultation Services for faculty and graduate students. Designed, Facilitated, Taught, and Co-Hosted TA Workshop Series & Summer Doctoral Academy on Online Teaching for both hybrid synchronous and virtual asynchronous learning. Advocated inclusive and accessible teaching for all disciplines, including the arts and humanities.
Teaching Experience_________________________________________________________
Duke University Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist
Studies Department
Bass Teaching Assistant (Fall 2021) for Introduction to LGBTQ Studies
Developed Active Learning Activities, Co-lectured, Guided Discussions, and Assisted Students.
Duke University Music Department
Bass Instructor of Record (Spring 2020) for Film, Concerts, & Gaming: Gender – Music by American Women
Designed, Taught, Developed Active Learning Activities, Mentored, and Lead Self-Designed Course.
Teaching Assistant (Fall 2019) for Hip-Hop/Rap Music Appreciation
Graded, Recorded Attendance, Assisted Students, and Managed Equipment.
Instructor of Record (Spring 2019) for Intro to Music Theory (Beginner)
Teaching & Introducing Foundational Concepts in Music Theory, including Notation, Tonality, Harmony, Analysis, Counterpoint, 4-part Chorales, & Composition.
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Teaching Assistant (Fall 2018) for Music in East Asia Graded, Recorded Attendance, Assisted Students, and Managed Equipment.
Instructor of Record (Spring 2018) for Music Theory Tonal Practice II Lab Taught Lab portion of Theory Lab Sequence, including Sight-singing, Aural Skills, Dictation, Keyboard Skills, & Score-Reading.
Instructor of Record (Fall 2017) for Music Theory Tonal Practice I Lab Taught Lab portion of Theory Lab Sequence, including: Sight-singing, Aural Skills, Dictation, Keyboard Skills, & Score-Reading.
Teaching Assistant (Spring 2017) for Hollywood Film Music Graded, Recorded Attendance, Managed Equipment, Designed Exams, and Substituted as Lecturer.
Instructor of Record (Fall 2016) for Music Theory Tonal Practice III Lab Taught Lab portion of Theory Lab Sequence, including Sight-singing, Aural Skills, Dictation, Keyboard Skills, & Score-Reading.
Carnegie Mellon School of Music Teaching Assistant (2013 – 2015) for Computer Music Tutored students in Finale, Reason, Logic, ProTools, & Max; Ran the Music Technology Center
Smith College Jacobson Center/ Music Department
Peer Tutoring Staff (2011 – 2013) for Music Theory and Piano Skills Tutored Students in Score Analysis, Four-part Harmony Writing, Composition, & Keyboard Skills.
Selected Composer Work
Composer
Freelance Composer (2011 – current) Compose individual projects and collaborations for commissions and public performances. Projects range from multimedia collaborations to notated compositions for solo, chamber, vocal, and orchestra.
Georgia Runoff Commissioning Project
Associate Composer (2019 – 2020) Donated time, Raised awareness, and Composed for the Georgia Runoff campaigns of Jon Ossoff and Reverend Raphael Warnock. Pieces were commissioned based on individual campaign donations. The project raised thousands of dollars for both democrat campaigns.
Londontown LLC
Associate Game Composer (2011 – 2013) Composed Music for Game Levels, Menu Screen, and Theme
Dayton L. Kinney, Ph.D. | Educator, Collaborator, & Composer info@daytonkinney.com | www.daytonkinney.com
Publications_________________________________
Dissertation
Of My Own for Woodwind Quintet and String Quartet; (December 2021) Constructing a Compositional Language through Dissertation on ProQuest Musical Borrowing: Joan Tower’s Homage to Beethoven, Steps, and Made in America
Recording
Playing on the Edge 2 (Fall 2020) by Navona Records Catalog Number: NV3615 Composition: The Canary Who Sang Release Date: October 23, 2020 Performed by the Sirius Quartet ISRC: USPMZ2011505
Texas Woman’s University’s Center for Faculty Excellence Blog
Living Group Work Contracts (November 8, 2022)
Level the Playing Field by Reframing the Idea of (October 4, 2022) “Weed-out” Courses Assessing Your Students’ Prior Knowledge (September 15, 2022)
Icebreakers for the 21st Century Classroom: Part 2, (August 30, 2022) Online and Hybrid Learning
Icebreakers for the 21st Century Classroom: Part 1, In-Person (August 29, 2022)
Beginning the First Day of the Semester Right (August 01, 2022)
Arts & Humanities Advocacy__________
National Humanities Alliance
Outreach and Engagement Intern (Summer 2021)
For External Experiential Duke Provost Fellowship Presented data, Collected data, Annotated a bibliography on public humanities literature, and Assisted in survey design for humanities recruitment and retention strategies.
El Sistema USA
Versatile Humanists at Duke University Summer 2018 Intern (Summer 2018)
For El Sistema USA outreach and program analysis Designed, Implemented, & Managed Annual Census Survey and Organization Information Service__________________
No Divide KC’s Come As You Are Competition Judge (2021) To select 7 pieces for No Divide KC’s Spring Concert for composers within the LGBTQ+ community
Georgia Runoff Commissioning Project
Associate Composer (2019 – 2020) (See above under “Composer Work Experience”)
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Duke University Music Department
Composer’s Meeting Coordinator (2017-2018) Organized, Coordinated, Oversaw, and Facilitated guest composers’ discussions and presentations.
Selective List of Music Awards and Recognition_____________________
2022 College Music Society International Conference
Selected for Performance in Bogotá & Medellín, Colombia (2022) Rescheduled for 2025 due of Discernible Angles to COVID
2021 College Music Society Southern Regional Conference
Selected for Performance (2021) of Hand Carved Names and Railroad Tracks
Lake George Music Festival Composition Competition
Top 20 Final Round Contender (2020) for international composition competition One of the Final 20 pieces narrowed down from the overall submission pool of 300-400 applicants.
15th Thailand International Composers Competition
International Finalist (2019) for the 2019 Rapee Sagarik Composition Prize
American Prize Finalist (2020) for Composition in Chamber Music 2nd Prize Winner (2016) for Composition in Opera Music Semi-Finalist (2014) for Composition in Choral Music
Juventas New Music Ensemble Call for Score Winner (2018) for The Canary Who Sang
Rembacher Outreach Competition at Carnegie Mellon University Awarded (2015) For the multimedia work Time and Space featuring Perspectives on An Optical Poem
International Antonin Dvorak Composition Competition Finalist (2013-2014)
Selective List of Academic Awards and Recognition_____________________
Bass Teaching Assistant Fellowship
Bass Teaching Assistant Fellow (2021) for teaching experience within secondary and adjacent specialties Course: Introduction to LGBTQ Studies
Bass Digital Education Fellowship
Bass Digital Education Fellow (2020 - 2021) Project Lead on Digital Humanities and Learning Consultation and Design Projects
Dayton L. Kinney, Ph.D. | Educator, Collaborator,
Brevard Summer Institute & School Fellowship
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Awarded (2020) Canceled due to Coronavirus Full scholarship and invitation as Composition Fellow & Music Theory TA
Duke Summer Research Fellowships for 3rd Year and Beyond Awarded (2020)
Bass Instructional Fellowship
Instructor of Record (2020) for Self-Designed Course at Duke University Course: Film, Concerts, & Gaming: Gender – Music by American Women (Initially proposed as American Women Composers of the 20th & 21st Centuries)
Preparing Future Faculty Program
Selected as Preparing Future Faculty Fellow (2019 - 2020) Host Institution: Meredith College
Dissertation Research Travel Award: Domestic Awarded by Duke University (2019) for Joan Tower Interview to support dissertation research
Duke Summer Research Fellowships for 1st & 2nd Year Ph.D. Students Awarded (2016, 2017)
Pi Kappa Lambda Inducted at Carnegie Mellon University (2015)
Recent Conferences & Festivals with Concerts and Presentations___________________
Music by Women Festival (2023, 2019) 2022 College Music Society International Conference (2022) Rescheduled for 2025 2021 College Music Society Southern Regional Conference (2021) Hypercube Composition Lab (2020) The South Central Graduate Music Consortium (SCGMC) (2016, 2020) Brevard Summer Institute & Festival (2020) Canceled due to Coronavirus Thailand International Composition Festival (2019) Space City New Music Festival (2019) Women, Feminists, and Music: Transforming Tomorrow Today (2019)
PREMIERE | Project Festival (2018)
Five College New Music Festival (2017) Zodiac Music Festival (2016) Women Composers Festival of Hartford (2014) New Music on the Point (2013-2014)
Software Proficiency____________________________________________________________________
Hypothes.is, Sakai LMS, Zoom, Panopto, Warpwire, Voice Thread, Microsoft Office Suite, Adobe Suite, Sibelius, Finale, ProTools, Max/MSP, Reason, Logic, Ableton, Audacity, Final Cut Pro
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Selected Recent Commissions
The Ciompi Quartet: An Empty Room
Nick Photinos: September Red Cathryn Cummings: A Lyrical Stutter and Unapologetic Woman Betsy Hanlon: Hopeful Murmurs New Music On the Point with support from the Robert Black Foundation: Watching the World Pass Through Glass
MISS: Long Distance Transcribed for Pipa, Erhu, Tam-tam, Guzheng, and Piano Serena Scibelli and SOSDuo: Discernible Angles
Kate Dreyfuss: Waiting for a Lullaby Hypercube: Coded Bars and Still Whispers and Tangents
Frisson Duo: Mariposa Durham Medical Orchestra: The Orchestra Pit 5 College New Music: Of Some Consequence Rela Percussion: Returning Pieces Space City Performing Arts: Obsessive Snapshots
The Zodiac Trio: Long Distance Deviant Septet: Lost Thoughts Time and Space: Perspectives on an Optical Poem
Selected Recent Performances___________________________
2023
Confinement. (from the Falling Between the Worlds Song Cycle, an ongoing collaborative project) March 2023. Poindexter Hall at the Mississippi University for Women’s Music by Women Festival, Columbus, Mississippi. Performed by Sarah Wee and Jonathan Levin.
Alone. (from the Falling Between the Worlds Song Cycle, an ongoing collaborative project) March 2023. Poindexter Hall at the Mississippi University for Women’s Music by Women Festival, Columbus, Mississippi. Performed by Sarah Wee and Jonathan Levin.
2022
The Canary Who Sang September 27, 2022. Carnegie Hall – Weill Recital Hall, New York, NY. Performed by the Sirius Quartet.
Unapologetic Woman (Postponed due to Performer’s Medical Emergency.) Texas A&M University Kingsville Music Education Complex, Kingsville, TX. To be performed by Cathryn Cummings.
An Empty Room February 8, 2022. Rubenstein Arts Center, von der Heyden Studio Theater, Durham, NC. To be performed by the Ciompi Quartet.
2021
September Red July 19, 2021. MASS MoCA. Performed by Nick Photinos
Confinement. (from the Falling Between the Worlds Song Cycle, an ongoing collaborative project) December 8, 2021. Carol Woods Music Series, Chapel Hill, NC. Performed by Sandra Cotton and David Heid.
May 7, 2021. Baldwin Hall, Durham, NC. Performed by Sandra Cotton and David Heid
Dayton L. Kinney, Ph.D. | Educator, Collaborator, & Composer
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Alone. (from the Falling Between the Worlds Song Cycle, an ongoing collaborative project)
December 8, 2021. Carol Woods Music Series, Chapel Hill, NC. Performed by Sandra Cotton and David Heid.
May 7, 2021. Baldwin Hall, Durham, NC. Performed by Sandra Cotton and David Heid.
A Lyrical Stutter
March 27, 2021 {HICO} Hartford Independent Chamber Orchestra’s Virtual Concert Series. Performed by Cathryn Cummings
Hand Carved Names and Railroad Tracks
February 25, 2021. Performed at the 2021 College Music Society Southern Regional Conference.
2020
Coded Bars
November 20, 2020. YouTube Livestream Concert from New York, New York. Performed by Hypercube
Watching the World Pass Through Glass
September 25, 2020. SCGMC Concert Digital Concert, hosted on Zoom by the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. Performed by Laura Jacyna.
July 11, 2020. NMOP 10th Anniversary Digital Concert, hosted on Facebook & YouTube. Performed by Laura Jacyna. Featured by NMOP.
The Canary Who Sang April 4, 2020. First Church, Boston, Massachusetts. – Canceled due to Coronavirus Was to performed by the Juventas New Music Ensemble.
2019
Waiting for a Lullaby November 5, 2019. Nelson New Music Room, Durham, NC. Performed by F-Plus’s Kate Dreyfuss. Featured by [dnme].
Hand Carved Names and Railroad Tracks
August 9, 2019. MACM Hall, Mahidol University College of Music, Bangkok, Thailand. Performed by the Grey Matter Ensemble
Obsessive Snapshots
July 12, 2019. Midtown Arts & Theater Center Houston: MATCH, Houston, TX. Performed by the Space City Performing Arts Ensemble and Hub New Music.
Long Distance
June 8th, 2019. Berklee College of Music for the IAWM and FT&M15 joint conference Women, Feminists, and Music: Transforming Tomorrow Today, Boston, Massachusetts. Performed by Shannon Leigh, Nicole Parks, & Kevin Madison
March 7, 2019. Poindexter Hall at the Mississippi University for Women’s Music by Women Festival, Columbus, Mississippi. Performed by Serena Scibelli, Christy Banks, & Kathryn Woodard
The Canary Who Sang
February 9, 2019. First Church, Boston, Massachusetts. Performed by the Juventas New Music Ensemble.
Dayton L. Kinney, Ph.D. | Educator, Collaborator, & Composer info@daytonkinney.com | www.daytonkinney.com
2018
2017
Still Whispers and Tangents
September 20, 2018. Nelson Music Room, Durham, NC. Performed by Hypercube
The Orchestra Pit December 10, 2017. Baldwin Hall, Durham, NC. Performed by the Durham Medical Orchestra.
Of Some Consequence September 9, 2017. Bowker Auditorium, UMASS-Amherst, Amherst, MA. Performed by UMASS-Amherst’s graduate students.
2016
Returning Pieces
December 4, 2016. Baldwin Hall, Durham, NC. Performed by Rela Percussion.
Long Distance July 13, 2016. Église Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur, La Bolline, Valdeblore, France. Performed by the Zodiac Trio
Lost Thoughts March 11, 2016. Baldwin Hall, Durham, NC. Performed by Deviant Septet.
2015
Cold Hands April 10, 2015. Pittsburgh Opera Headquarters, Pittsburgh, PA. Performed by Katelyn MacIntyre, Scott Cuva, and the Carnegie Mellon Contemporary Music Ensemble
Selective Media Coverage
2021
Rickards, Guy. “Sirius Quartet: Playing on the Edge Vol 2.” In Gramophone. https://www.gramophone.co.uk/review/sirius-quartet-playing-on-the-edge-vol-2
“The Inside Story: Dayton Kinney and Playing On The Edge 2.” Parma Recordings. https://www.parmarecordings.com/inside-story-dayton-kinney-and-playing-on-the-edge-2/
Classical Music Discoveries. “15199 Playing on the Edge.”
2020
“Sirius Quartet: Playing on the Edge 2.” On Take Effect.
https://takeeffectreviews.com/november-2020/2020/11/3/sirius-quartet
“Amazon Hot New Releases.” For Playing on The Edge 2
Grolman, Ellen K. “Featured Composers.” On the Music of Our Mothers November 4th broadcast and companion website. WFCF, Flagler College radio, 88.5 FM.
Niles, Laurie. “For the Record.” Violinist.com. https://www.violinist.com/blog/laurie/202010/28512/
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“Dayton Kinney’s Music Featured on New CD from Sirius Quartet.” Duke Music Announcements. https://music.duke.edu/news/dayton-kinneys-music-featured-new-cd-sirius-quartet
“Recent Compact Disc Releases.” In IAWM Fall 2020 Journal
2016
2015
Ruccia, Dan. “Live: Deviant Septet Dances with the Devil and Duke Composers.” In IndyWeek’s Music Blog https://indyweek.com/music/archives/live-deviant-septet-dances-devil-duke-composers/
Kernohan, Linda. “One Evening, Five New Operas!.” On Miss Music Nerd http://missmusicnerd.com/one-evening-five-new-operas/
“CMU and Pittsburgh Opera Present: CO-OPERA.” 90.5 WESA Pittsburgh NPR News Station https://www.wesa.fm/archives/2015-04-07/essential-pittsburgh-running-out-of-road
Online Pedagogical Presentations, Training, & Consultations___________________________________
Narrative Storytelling as an Approach to Teaching (April 2023)
Texas Woman’s University
Present an introduction to narrative storytelling as a teaching tool and how to incorporate it into your classroom.
Providing Constructive Feedback Effectively and Efficiently (March 2023) to Promote Professionalism
Texas Woman’s University
Lead an interactive workshop that practice good strategies on providing constructive feedback effectively and efficiently to establish an environment of professionalism for everyone to rise to the occasion.
How to Effectively Use your Classroom’s Physical Space to Enhance Learning (March 2023)
Texas Woman’s University
Present on strategies of effectively using the physical space in your classroom to enhance your teaching and improve student engagement through peer-reviewed research, designating the spaces for learning, and strategies to elicit more engagement.
Implementing A Group Work Contract from the CFE Template (February 2023)
Texas Woman’s University
Present and guide faculty in implementing the CFE template for living group work contracts to improve classroom engagement.
Course in Effective Teaching Practices
(September 2022 – April 2023)
Texas Woman’s University / Association of College and University Educators (ACUE)
Facilitate the certification of participating faculty via 25 online modules developed by ACUE about effective teaching practices and strategies.
Contemporary Approaches to University Teaching
Texas Woman’s University
(September – December 2022)
Redesigned the MOOC, originally developed by Council of Australasian Leaders in Learning and Teaching, to fit the needs of TWU adjuncts, new faculty members, and an American audience. 87% completion rate. Facilitated the 12-week course, while mentoring new TWU adjuncts and faculty.
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Empowering Our Students, Part 2: Living Group Work Contracts (December 2022)
Texas Woman’s University
Asynchronous Video Micro-lecture introducing utilizing living group work contracts to empower students.
Empowering Our Students, Part 1: Soft Skills (November 2022)
Texas Woman’s University
Asynchronous Video Micro-lecture encouraging to actively develop soft skills through activities to empower.
Assessing Your Students’ Learning - Pt. 2: Your Assessment Timeline (October 2022)
Texas Woman’s University
Asynchronous Video Micro-lecture recommending a semester-long timeline to implement a diverse array of assessments to improve student engagement and learning.
Assessing Your Students’ Learning - Pt. 1: What is Assessment? (September 2022)
Texas Woman’s University
Asynchronous Video Micro-lecture introducing faculty to different types and examples of assessment.
New Faculty Orientation (August 24, 2022)
Texas Woman’s University Co-hosted, co-facilitated, and presented at TWU’s new faculty orientation to help situate new faculty with available support and resources to begin their TWU careers.
Your First Day of Class (August 2022)
Texas Woman’s University
Asynchronous Video Micro-lecture to prepare new faculty for their first day of teaching at TWU with a checklist to connect and establish a learning community in the classroom.
Online TA Skills Spring Workshop Series (January 19 – April 27, 2021)
Duke University Co-hosted, co-designed, and presented on the topics of managing students, assessment, digital tools, active learning activities, and managing flexible virtual engagement.
Winter Doctoral Academy: Online Teaching (January 11 – 15, 2021)
Duke University
Designed, presented, hosted, facilitated, and consulted on professional development, inclusive course design, digital tools (Sakai, VoiceThread, Panopto, & Zoom), online instruction, and best pedagogical practices.
Online TA Skills Fall Workshop Series
Duke University
(August 18 – October 20, 2020)
Co-hosted, co-designed, and presented on the topics of managing students, assessment, digital tools, active learning activities, and managing flexible virtual engagement.
Music Department: TA Zoom Training Session
Duke University – Music Department Faculty, Staff, & Graduate Students
(August 19, 2020)
Taught, presented, facilitated discussions, and explored resources for Online TA training and support. Demoed Sakai and Zoom. Provided music specific assistance and solutions.
Biostatistics & Bioinformatics Department:
TA Zoom Training Session
Duke University – Biostatistics Department Graduate Students
(August 12, 2020)
Taught, presented, facilitated discussions, consulted, and explored resources for Online TA training and support. Demoed Sakai and Zoom.
Dayton L. Kinney, Ph.D. | Educator, Collaborator, & Composer
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Biostatistics & Bioinformatics Department: (August 4, 2020) Engaging Your Leaners
Duke University – Biostatistics Department Graduate Students
Taught, presented, facilitated discussions, consulted, and explored resources for Online TA training and support. Demoed Sakai and Zoom.
Online TA Skills Summer Workshop Series (June 16 – July 28, 2020)
Duke University Co-hosted, co-designed, and presented on the topics of managing students, assessment, digital tools, active learning activities, and managing flexible virtual engagement.
Summer Doctoral Academy: Online Teaching (July 6 – 10, 2020)
Duke University Designed, presented, hosted, facilitated, and consulted on professional development, inclusive course design, digital tools (Sakai, VoiceThread, Panopto, & Zoom), online instruction, and best pedagogical practices.
Selective List of Compositions _________________________ Opera
Cold Hands 2014-2015. 19 minutes. Chamber Opera featuring Soprano & Baritone with Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, French Horn, Trumpet, Trombone, Tuba, Percussion, Harp, and String Quartet)
Voice
Confinement. (from the Falling Between the Worlds Song Cycle, an ongoing collaborative project) 2021. 2 minutes. Mezzo-Soprano and Piano. Based on Ann Witherspoon’s poems from Falling Between the Worlds: Poems For Our Time
Alone. (from the Falling Between the Worlds Song Cycle, an ongoing collaborative project) 2021. 4 minutes 15 seconds. Mezzo-Soprano and Piano. Based on Ann Witherspoon’s poems from Falling Between the Worlds: Poems For Our Time
Chorus
Mariposa 2017. 4 minutes 15 seconds. Four-part Male Choir (Counter Tenor, Tenor, Baritone, & Bass). Based on Edna St. Vincent Millay’s poem, Mariposa.
Life 2013-2014. Three-part Female Choir (Soprano, Mezzo, and Alto). Based on Charlotte Brontë’s poem, Life. Orchestra
The Orchestra Pit 2017. ~10 minutes. Full Orchestra (Winds 3-2-2-2, Brass 4-3-3-1, Timpani, 3 Percussion, and Strings). Commissioned by the Durham Medical Orchestra.
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Chamber
An Empty Room
2021. 6 minutes. String Quartet. Commissioned by the Ciompi Quartet.
Of My Own 2020-2021. 20 minutes. Flute, Oboe, Bb Clarinet, Bassoon, French Horn, Violin I, Violin II, Viola, and Violoncello.
Coded Bars
2020. 6 minutes. Alto Saxophone, Percussion, Electric Guitar, and Piano. Commissioned by Hypercube.
Long Distance Transcribed for Pipa, Erhu, Tam-tam, Guzheng, and Piano 2016, 2020. 8 minutes. Pipa, Erhu, Tam-Tam, Guzheng, and Piano. Rearrangement Commissioned by MISS (Zhihua Hu) (Original Commission by the Zodiac Trio).
Hand Carved Names and Railroad Tracks 2019. ~8 minutes. String Quartet.
Discernible Angles 2019. ~5 minutes. Alto Saxophone and Violin Duo. Commissioned by Serena Scibelli and SOSDuo.
Obsessive Snapshots
2019. 6 minutes. Flute, Trumpet, Violin, Marimba, and Piano. Commissioned by the Space City Performing Arts Ensemble.
Still Whispers and Tangents 2018. ~6 minutes. Alto Saxophone, Electric Guitar, Vibraphone, and Piano. Commissioned by Hypercube
Of Some Consequence 2017. ~4 minutes. Violin Duo. Commissioned by the Five College New Music Festival.
The Canary Who Sang 2016. 7 minutes & 20 seconds. String Quartet (Violin I, Violin II, Viola, and Violincello).
Returning Pieces 2016. 6 minutes. Percussion Quartet. Commissioned by Rela Percussion.
Long Distance 2016. 8 minutes. Bb Clarinet, Violin, and Piano. Commissioned by the Zodiac Trio.
Lost Thoughts 2015. 6 minutes. Bb Clarinet, Bassoon, Trumpet, Trombone, Vibraphone, Violin, & Double Bass. Commissioned by Deviant Septet.
Solo September Red 2021. ~5 minutes. Cello. Commissioned by Nick Photinos as part of the Georgia Runoff Commissioning Project and Photinos’ Raise Project.
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A Lyrical Stutter 2021. 2 minutes and 30 seconds. French Horn. Commissioned by Cathryn Cummings as part of the Georgia Runoff Commissioning Project and as part of {HICO} Hartford Independent Chamber Orchestra’s Virtual Concert Series.
Hopeful Murmurs 2020. ~2 minutes. Alto Saxophone. Commissioned by Betsy Hanlon as part of the Georgia Runoff Commissioning Project
Watching the World Pass Through Glass 2020. 5 minutes. Cello. Commissioned by New Music On the Point with support from the Robert Black Foundation
Waiting for a Lullaby 2019. 6 minutes. Violin. Commissioned by Kate Dreyfuss.
Multimedia
Perspectives on An Optical Poem 2015. Solo Violin and Film. Commissioned by Christin Danchi for the Time and Space project. The Last Dragon 2014. Electronics. Music for the independent computer game, The Last Dragon