EDUCATION 2000                   WELLESLEY COMPOSERS CONFERENCE                         Summer course.                         Principal teacher: Mario Davidovsky 2000                   STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, STONY BROOK                          Ph.D. in music composition.                          Principal teacher: Daniel Weymouth. 1999                   VOIX NOUVELLES SESSION DE COMPOSITION                          Summer course.                          Principal teacher: Brian Ferneyhough. 1996                   STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, STONY BROOK                          M.A. in music composition.                          Principal teacher: Daria Semegen. 1992                   EASTMAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC                           B.M. in music theory cum laude. FELLOWSHIPS AND RESIDENCIES 2001                    JOHN SIMON GUGGENHEIM MEMORIAL FOUNDATION                           Fellowship in music composition. 2001, 2002          THE MACDOWELL COLONY                           Residency. 1999                    COMPOSERS CONFERENCE AT WELLESLEY                           Fellowship. 1994-1997           STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, STONY BROOK                           Humanities and Fine Arts Fellowship. (University-wide Fellowship) 1988-1992           EASTMAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC                           George Eastman Scholarship. RECENT GRANTS, AWARDS AND HONORS 2005                    SWARTHMORE COLLEGE                           Stott Commission. 2002                    FROMM MUSIC FOUNDATION                           Commission. 2002                    MEET THE COMPOSER                           Meet the Composer Fund Grant. UNIVERSITY TEACHING EXPERIENCE 2005                    STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY                           Adjunct instructor. 1998-2005           LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY SOUTHAMPTON COLLEGE                           Adjunct Associate. 1995-1999           STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, STONY BROOK                           Teaching Assistant. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Spring 2002         College Music Society Northeast Chapter Conference                              Participating composer. Spring 2001         Society of Composers National Conference, Syracuse, New York                              Participating composer. Summer 2000      Wellesley Composers Conference, Wellesley College, Massachusetts                              Composition fellow. Spring 2000         Society of Composers National Student Conference, Ann Arbor, Michigan                              Participating composer. Fall 1999              Society of Composers Region I Conference, Bowdoin College, Maine                              Participating composer. Fall 1999              Fondation Royaumont Voix Nouvelles Session de Composition, France                              Participating composer. Fall 1998              Society of Composers Region II Conference, Stony Brook, New York                              Participating composer. July 1998              California State University Summer Arts Composer’s Workshop                              Participating composer. June 1998            Music 98 Festival at University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio                              Participating composer.                 June 1996            June in Buffalo, Buffalo, New York                              Participating composer.   June 1995            June in Buffalo, Buffalo, New York                              Participating composer.   Fall 1994              Society of Composers Region II Conference, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania                              Participating composer and performer.    COMMISSIONS Commissioned by the Oracle Trio for new work for piano trio. Commissioned by Paul Vaillancourt and Jeffery Meyer for piano and percussion duet.   Commissioned by Swarthmore College for string quartet. (Intelligent Design) Commissioned by Charles Matz for two song settings for soprano and organ.  (St. Charles Songs) Commissioned by Steve Paysen and Dominic Donato for a marimba duo.  (Marimbiature) Commissioned by the Fromm Music Foundation to write a piece of any type. (Causerie) Commissioned by the Choral Society of the Hamptons for work for chorus and organ. (The Life of Towns) Commissioned by the Nieuw Ensemble (Netherlands) for large chamber work for performance and broadcast on Dutch radio.  (Holding Patterns) Commissioned by Ensemble 21 to write a saxophone and piano piece for their 2000-2001 concert series.  (Attack Mode) Commissioned in 1997 by Paul Vaillancourt and Andree Martin for a flute and percussion piece for their 1998 Summer tour of Canada.  (Elevations) Commissioned by the Stony Brook Contemporary Chamber Players, a contemporary music ensemble directed by Gilbert Kalish and Raymond Des Roches, for their 1999 Premieres Concert in New York City.  (Entanglement) Commissioned in 1997 by Simon Docking for a set of piano miniatures. (Improvements Book 2) OTHER EXPERIENCE             I am an organist with ten years of professional experience.  In 2007, I passed the             examination to become a Colleague of the American Guild of Organists.  I am currently             organist and director of music at Christ Episcopal Church in Sag Harbor, New York.  My             duties include weekly performance on the organ and piano, planning music for             services, choosing hymns, preparing anthems with the choir, and administering a             series of concerts. MEMBERSHIPS              Member of American Music Center since 1999.              Member of Society of Composers since 1997.              Writer member of ASCAP since 1996. LANGUAGES              German: Speaking and reading ability.