1995

Guest Lecturer at Oberlin Conservatory of Music TIMARA Center (Technology in 
Music and Related Arts), three lectures on 1) The Aesthetics and Philosophy of 
Computer Music, 2) Application of the I-Ching to Music Composition and 
3) Extending Frequency Modulation Synthesis, 1/95;  La Grange College, 
La Grange GA., Department of Music,  Infinite Instruments: New Ways of 
Looking at Emusic, 5/95.
  
Juried and organized Electroacoustic Music Concert at the College Music 
Society National Conference in Savannah, GA. 
  
Lecture at SciTrek - The Science and Technology Museum of Atlanta as part of 
the "Weekend of Wonder" held in conjunction with the Franklin Institute 
exhibit "What Makes Music", lecture: A brief history of synthesizers. 12/94
  
Fulton County Arts Council Independent Artists Review Panelist (1995).  
Selected to review over 100 independent artist grant  proposals for funding.
   
Assistant Professor of Music, School of Music, Georgia State University -  
(See 1992-Present)
  
Audio Restoration Specialist for the William Russell Pullen Library, Special 
Collections Department. (See 1992-94)
  
Member of the Graduate Committee, Member of the Technology Committee, 
Member of Executive Committee. Member of the Composition, Theory and Music 
Industry faculties, Georgia State University, School of Music, 
Member of the Music Industry Advisory Board.

Member of the Gerogira State University TLTR Team, Summer 1995.

Member of the Instruction and Information Technologies Committee and the
Computing Services Network Administration Group.  College of Arts and Sciences,
Georgia State University.
   
Director of the Georgia State University New Music Festival
  
Associate Editor of the GAMUT (Georgia Association of Music Theorists) 
Journal, 1995.
  
1992 - 1994
  
Georgia State University Distinguished Honors Professor - 1994 - Georgia State 
University, Honors Program - College of Arts and Sciences
  
Assistant Professor of Music Composition and Music Theory, School of Music, 
Georgia State University.  Teaching responsibilities include: graduate and 
undergraduate courses in composition, orchestration, music theory, electronic 
music using microcomputers,  the Honor's Seminar: Introduction to World Music,  
various seminars such as Notation (1992, 93, 94), (John) Cage and (Inter) 
Connections (1993)and Psychoacoustics (1993) independent students in music 
composition, computer applications to music, and contemporary music theory.
  
Audio Restoration Specialist for the William Russell Pullen Library Special 
Collections Department. Research in the use of digital signal processing 
techniques for signal enhancement, archiving and publication of historic 
recordings. Digital recording, mastering and editing.

Member of the Undergraduate Curriculum Committee (1992),  Member of the 
Graduate Faculty and Curriculum Committees (1993-1994), Member of the 
Technology Committee, Member of Executive Committee. Member of the 
Composition, Theory and Music Industry faculties. 

Director of the Georgia State University, School of Music New Music Festival.   
 
Board member of Composer's Resources Incorporated, Atlanta Georgia (1994).  
Arts advocacy group serving contemporary music composers.  Involved in 
establishing cultural exchange with various electroacoustic centers and 
associated composers abroad and in the development of future electroacoustic 
concert programming.
  
Fulton County Arts Council Independent Artists Review Panelist (1994).  
Selected to review over 100 independent artist grant proposals for funding. 
  
1991

Fulbright Scholar to Denmark.  Project: create the first state-of-the-art 
software computer music system in Denmark on the NeXT microcomputer in 
cooperation with the Danish Institute of Electroacoustic Music (DIEM), the 
University of Alborg Department of Music, and the University of Aarhus 
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science. Three complete computer music 
systems were created based on NeXT Cube 040 microcomputers featuring 550MB 
audio specific software developed at the Computer Audio Research Laboratory 
(CARL) of the University of California, Stanford University's Center for 
Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA) and France's IRCAM, among 
other sites.  Spring/Summer, 1991, Aarhus Denmark.

Composer in Residence at the Danish Institute of Electroacoustic Music at the 
Concert Hall Aarhus, Aarhus Denmark. (Spring/Summer, 1991). Composed and 
recorded The Strong Eye, 67' minute computer music work for compact disc using 
the AudioFrame DMR.  Subsequently published on CD by Aucourant Records 
Computer Music Series (1992), widely broadcast. This work was featured at the 
Synthese-24 Festival in Bourges, France. (AUREC 9201-1-CMS)
  
Assistant Professor of Music Composition and Music Theory, School of Music, 
Georgia State University. Teaching responsibilities include: graduate and 
undergraduate courses in composition, orchestration, music theory, electronic 
music using microcomputers, music industry,  the Senior Research and Writing 
Seminar, independent study in music composition, computer applications to 
music, and contemporary music theory.
  
Chairman of the Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, School of Music, 
Georgia State University. Member of Executive Committee, School of Music, 
Georgia State University. Member of the Composition, Theory and Music 
Industry faculties.
  
1990
  
Fulbright Scholar Fellowship for research in computer music and music 
composition at the Danish Institute of Electroacoustic Music (DIEM) in Aarhus 
Denmark. Grant period from 10/90 to 8/91.
  
Completion of Ph.D. requirements at the University of California San Diego.  
Dissertation: Metanoia - for chamber ensemble (flute, string quartet, double 
bass, piano and  percussion - 2 players) and stereo computer generated sound, 
32' duration.  Alternate versions for video and computer generated sound,
and tape alone. Premiered at the Koriyama Techno-music Bienalle, Koriyama, 
Japan.
  
Appointment as Assistant Professor of Music Composition and Theory in the 
School of Music at Georgia State University.
  
1989
  
Appointment as Assistant Professor and Director of Music Technology in the 
Department of Commercial Music and Recording at Georgia State University.  
Teaching responsibilities include courses in music industry business, 
senior research seminar, recording techniques, recording production seminar, 
courses in electronic music and MIDI synthesis.

On-going research in computer music composition emphasizing digital signal 
processing, sound spatialization and compositional algorithms focusing on 
cmusic and the CARL digital music system.
  
1988
  
Dissertation research in composition for computer generated and processed 
sound and chamber ensemble (fl. (c, alto, bass), piano, 2 vln, vla, vc, cb and 
2 percussion) utilizing graphic composition methods.  
	Title of the dissertation: Metanoia. (completed in 1990)
  
Owner and artistic director of Aucourant Records, Hollywood California.  
Company reformed in 1988, originally structured in 1986.
  
Co-Instructor for Music 40 Introduction to Electroacoustic and Computer Music, 
for the Department of Music, University of California, San Diego.  
Responsibility for classroom instruction using micro-computers and MIDI 
synthesizers, lectures in digital synthesis, and laboratory work with the 
VAX 11/780 computer at the Computer Audio Research Laboratory.
  
Founding member of the computer music performance ensemble Virtual Memory.  
A performance group which utilizes a number of independent computer 
workstations (IBM XT based, using the Roland MPU-401 midi interface) to 
control MIDI synthesis stations in real-time for both live performance and 
studio recording projects.

Instructor of English composition and rhetoric for the Revelle College Special 
Courses in the Humanities, University of California, San Diego.  Responsibility 
for curriculum development, classroom lectures and student evaluations, 
examinations and research papers.
  
Reader for the Subject A program in English composition proficiency for the 
University of California, San Diego.

1987
  
Research Assistant at the Center for Music Experiment (CME) and the Computer 
Audio Research Laboratory (CARL) at UCSD.  Worked over a period of approximately
12 months as computer music synthesist, sound designer, computer programmer and 
technical support for composer Joji Yuasa for his work A Study in White.  
Engineered and produced the final studio recording.  Specialized areas of 
research included the design of compositional algorithms, additive synthesis 
of band-limited noise, time-varying filtering and dynamic stereo sound 
spatialization.  This work has been released on a compact disc collection of 
computer music from around the world published by Wergo Records as part of 
their Digital Music Digital series.  Funding for my work on this project was 
provided by the Systems Development Foundation. 
  
On-going research in computer music composition emphasizing digital signal 
processing, sound spatialization and compositional algorithms focusing on 
cmusic and the CARL digital music system.
 
Technical support for premiere of Roger Reynolds' Symphony Vertigo-Davies 
Symphony Hall, San Francisco, California.
  
Synthesist, recording engineer and sound designer for commercial music company 
Godfrey and Company, Chicago.  Specialized areas of research included sound 
design using the Synclavier II Digital Music System and the development of and 
integrated  MIDI synthesis and recording studio.
  
Instructor for Revelle College Special Courses in the Humanities, University 
of California, San Diego. (see 1988)
  
1986
  
Research Assistant at the Center for Music Experiment (CME) and the Computer 
Audio Research Laboratory (CARL), UCSD.  Worked over a period of approximately 
17 months as computer programmer, technical support, sound designer and 
computer music synthesist for composer Roger Reynolds for his work Vertigo for 
quadrophonic computer generated tape and orchestra.  Areas of specialized 
research for this project included digital transformation of sampled piano 
source recordings, sound spatialization in a virtual quadrophonic space, 
algorithmic editing using two specialized programs conceptualized by the 
composer (Splitz and Spirlz) analog multi-track assembly in 24 channels and 
digital mastering.  Funding for my work on this project was provided by the 
Systems Development Foundation.
  
On-going research and composition in computer music emphasizing frequency 
modulation synthesis, additive synthesis and time-varying filtering focusing 
on cmusic and the CARL digital music system. 1984 and 1985
  
Research Assistant at the Center for Music Experiment (CME) and the Computer 
Audio Research Laboratory (CARL), UCSD.  Responsibilities included sound 
engineering and lighting for performances,  equipment maintenance, technical 
assistance to visiting researchers, composers and performers from the U.S. 
and abroad, software audio synthesis using cmusic and original software, design 
and coding of special digital signal processing routines and computer music 
production.
  
Archivist for the Center for Music Experiment, La Jolla, California.

1982 and 1983
  
Musical Associate Department of Music, University of California, San Diego.  
Responsibilities included developing the curricula for Music 104 Basic 
Electroacoustics and Music 105 Electronic Music, lecturing on studio recording 
techniques and electronic music synthesis, and supervising the electronic music 
and recording studios.
  
Laboratory Assistant Level II in recording for the Department of Music, UCSD.  
Responsibilities included recording, editing and mastering of compositions and 
performances (both live concert recordings and studio productions) by faculty 
and visiting musicians such as Bernard Rands, Roger Reynolds, Janos Negyesy, 
Julio Estrada, Pauline Oliveros, Bertram Turetsky, and Joji Yuasa, among others.
  
Lecturer for Music 132 Pro-Seminar in Electronic Music Technology.  Organized 
and lead the seminar. Supervised student research and composition  projects.  
Supervised use of the advanced electronic music studio.  Evaluated student work.
  
Member of the UCSD Music Department Space and Equipment Committee, a faculty 
committee charged with the purchase of new equipment for the electronic music 
and recording facilities and the allocation of space within the music 
department generally.
  
Lecturer for the University of California, San Diego Summer Session in 
electronic music and recording technology.
  
1981
  
Hawkins Musical Fellowship for graduate research,  University of California, 
San Diego.  Independent research in composition, analog electronic music 
synthesis and musique concrete.
  
Senior degree recital (B.Mus.) in composition and electronic music at the 
School of Music, University of Oregon (June 1981).
  
1979 and 1980
  
Founding member of  EARE - The Eugene Aleatoric Realization Ensemble, concert 
performance quintet, in real-time electronic music synthesis and sound 
modification.

Senior Electronic Music Synthesist for Devarahi Electronic Music Studios, 
Eugene, Oregon. Responsibilities included sound design, recording, mastering 
and equipment maintenance.
  
Apprentice Recording Engineer, Producers Studio, Eugene Oregon.  
Responsibilities included setting microphones, editing, tape duplication, 
tape machine calibration, and "go-for".

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