Trevor Weston’s music has been called a “gently syncopated marriage of intellect and feeling.” (Detroit Free Press) Weston’s honors include the George Ladd Prix de Paris from the University of California, Berkeley, a Goddard Lieberson Fellowship and the Arts and Letters Award in Music from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and residencies from the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, the MacDowell Colony and a residency with Castle of our Skins at the Longy School of Music. Weston co-authored with Olly Wilson, chapter 5 in the Cambridge Companion to Duke Ellington, “Duke Ellington as a Cultural Icon” published by Cambridge University Press. Weston’s work, Juba for Strings won the Sonori/New Orleans Chamber Orchestra Composition Competition.

Weston won the first Emerging Black Composers Project award sponsored by the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and the San Francisco Symphony. The resulting work, Push, premiered by the San Francisco Symphony under the direction of Esa-Pekka Salonen in Davies Symphony Hall. Push was noted for, “Working in terse, delicate strokes, Weston covers a range of references from the African American musical tradition,” by the San Francisco Chronicle. “…an energetic and colorfully orchestrated mini-symphony, is the kind of work that makes you want to hear more of Weston’s music,” according to San Francisco Classical Voice. Weston’s Flying Fish, co-commissioned by Carnegie Hall for its 125 Commission Project and the American Composers Orchestra, was described as having, “…episodes of hurtling energy, the music certainly suggested wondrous aquatic feats. I was especially affected, though, by an extended slower, quizzical episode with pensive strings and plaintive chords.” (New York Times). Subwaves, a musical tribute to the NYC Subway, premiered at David Geffen Hall by the Music Advancement Program orchestra and the New York Philharmonic.

Recordings and performances of Weston’s chamber music include the honor of a JACK Quartet Studio Recording Project for his string quartets Juba and Fudo Myoo. Dan Flanagan commissioned Notre Dame au Millieu for solo violin to appear on the recording The Bow and The Brush. Weston’s Pinkster Kings and Shape Shifter are featured on Ensemble Pi’s recording Reparations Now. The Bang on a Can All-Stars premiered Weston’s composition Dig It, commissioned by the group for the Ecstatic Music Festival in NYC. The Etchings Festival presented a portrait concert of Weston chamber works in preparation for future recording project.

The Boston Globe described Weston’s choral music as having a “knack for piquant harmonies, evocative textures, and effective vocal writing.” Weston’s catalog includes numerous works for choir using secular and sacred texts. His first cantata, A New Song, commissioned by the early music ensemble Washington Bach Consort under the direction of Dana Marsh, explores the nature of music using original text by the composer.  American Lamentation, composed for Choir of St. Thomas Church Fifth Avenue, Jeremy Filsell director, is an oratorio engaging the history of slavery in the NYC area and its connection to the church. The work, “establishes a distinct voice even as it incorporates a variety of traditions.” Trevor Weston’s other dramatic compositions include a 50-minute dramatic work, “4,” honoring the lives of the four girls killed in the 1963 Birmingham AL church bombing. The Grammy-nominated Choir of Trinity Church Wall Street recorded a CD of Trevor Weston’s choral works. Weston’s Rivers of Living Water appears in Oxford Book of Choral Music by Black Composers. 

A list of ensembles performing Trevor Weston’s compositions include Roomful of Teeth, The Boston Children’s Chorus, St. Thomas Church Fifth Avenue Choir, Washington National Cathedral, The Starling Chamber Orchestra, Castle of our Skins, Mallarme Chamber Players, The Providence Singers, The San Francisco Girl’s Chorus, Chicago Sinfonietta, Seraphic Fire, Sacred and Profane, The Overlook Quartet, The Boston Landmarks Orchestra, The American Symphony Orchestra Quartet, The Yale Choral Artists, Harvard University Choirs,  The Tufts Chamber Chorus, Ensemble Pi, The Amernet String Quartet, The UC Berkeley Chamber Chorus, The Washington Chorus, Trilogy: An Opera Company, and The Manhattan Choral Ensemble. In addition to his creative work, Weston completed the re-orchestration of Florence Price’s Piano Concerto for the Center for Black Music Research in 2010.

Trevor Weston’s musical education began at St. Thomas Choir school in NYC at the age of ten.  He received his BA from Tufts University and continued his studies at the University of California, Berkeley where he earned his MA and PhD in music composition. His primary composition teachers were T. J. Anderson, Olly Wilson and Andrew Imbrie and Richard Felciano. Dr. Weston is currently a Professor of Music and Chair of the Music Department at Drew University in Madison, NJ and an instructor for the Music Advancement Program and Pre-College at The Juilliard School, NYC.

Trevor Weston’s Curriculum Vitae

TREVOR WESTON

EDUCATION

            Ph.D. Music Composition, University of California, Berkeley CA 1997

                        Composition teacher: Olly Wilson

            M.A. Music Composition University of California, Berkeley CA 1991

                        Composition teachers: Richard Felciano and Andrew Imbrie

            B.A. Music and History, Tufts University, Medford MA, 1989 cum laude

                        Composition teacher: Thomas Jefferson Anderson

PRIZES, GRANTS, AND HONORS

[2023]                          2023 Rome Prize Composition Juror

[2023]                          BMI Composer Award Preliminary Judge

[2021]                          Winner of the first Emerging Black Composers Project, San Francisco Conservatory of

Music and San Francisco Symphony

[2021]                          Arts and Letters Award in Music American Academy of Arts and Letters

[2021]                          Preliminary Panelist BMI Student Composer Awards

[2019]                         Composer in Residence – Castle of our Skins/ Longy School of Music of Bard

[2019]                         Juba for Strings winner, 2019 Sonori/New Orleans Chamber Orch. Competition

[2016]                         Flying Fish Co-commissioned by Carnegie Hall and American Composers Orchestra

[2013]                         3Arts Artist Award Judge in Music, Chicago, IL

[2013]                         Triad Grant from the Casement Fund, New York, NY

[2011]                         Reconstructed the orchestration for Florence B. Price’s Piano Concerto

[2010]                         Article: Chamber Music America July/Aug. “American Composer: Trevor Weston”

[2009]                         New Music for a New Age, Washington Chorus, an entire concert of my music         

[2009]                         Truth Tones Boston Children’s Chorus, MLK Jr. Concert, National ABC Broadcast

[2008]                         MacColl Johnson Fellowships in Composition Panelist

[2008]                         Outstanding School of the Arts Faculty, College of Charleston ExCEL Award

[2006]                         Faculty Research and Development Grant, College of Charleston

[2004]                         Composition Fellow at the MacDowell Colony

[2004]                         Visions of Glory premiere at Carnegie Hall

[2003]                         Goddard Lieberson Fellowship from the American Academy of Arts and Letters

[2003]                         Composition Fellow at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts

[2002]                         Charles Ives Center Winner, Piccolo Spoleto Festival

[1998]                         Detroit Symphony Unisys African-American Reading Session finalist

[1994-1996]                George Ladd Prix de Paris: A fellowship to study in Paris

[1994-1996]                Auditor in the Pedagogy School of IRCAM

[1991, 1993  & 1997] Nicola De Lorenzo Prize in Music Composition

 [1989-1991]                Graduate Minority Fellowship, U.C. Berkeley

[1988]                         Mabel Daniels Prize in Music, Tufts University

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

Most of my teaching experience comes from courses in music theory and composition, but I have taught a variety of courses in music and history.  I taught all levels of Music Theory at UC Berkeley. Except for first semester Music theory for majors, I taught all theory courses for majors and non-majors at the College of Charleston, which included modal/tonal counterpoint, and aural skills. I helped redesign the theory curriculum at the College of Charleston.  My teaching experience also includes Private Composition lessons at Wabash College, the College of Charleston and Drew University. At every institution, I have offered a survey course on African American music history and a special topics course examining the commonalities between Concert Music, Jazz and Popular music after 1950.  For two semesters I participated in a campus-wide Honors College course in Western Civilization, which included discussion sessions covering primary course reading of classical literature and philosophy from Greece to the Renaissance. At Drew University, I redesigned the Music Theory sequence and have taught courses in music theory, music composition, and African American music history. 

[2019 –present]             The Juilliard School, New York, NY

Music Advancement Program

Music Theory and Ear Training

[2009-present]               Drew University, Madison, New Jersey

                                          Professor of Music

                                          Chair, Music Department (2011-2014, 2018-present)

service to drew university

As a member of the Drew University Faculty, my responsibilities have included:  University Senate [Spring 2011-Spring 2013] Chair, Music Department Search Committee [2011-2012] Chair, Music Department [2011-2014] Member of the Arts and the Common Good Committee [2012-2014] Baldwin Advisory Committee [2013-present]

Courses

Music Department Capstone

            Course for all senior music majors

College Seminar: The Power of Music

            Freshman seminar course that examines the numerous ways music can affect our lives

Drew Seminar: Music and Meaning

            The course will explore various questions surrounding definitions and criticisms of different types of music

Music Fundamentals

            Remedial music theory course

African American Music History

            A survey course covering historical developments in African American Music

Techniques of Twentieth and Twenty-First Century Music

            A composition course that teaches important technical developments in the 20th and 21st Century Music

Music Theory I

Diatonic Harmony

Music Theory II

            Chromatic Harmony and early Twentieth Century Music

Music Theory Labs I and II

            Sight singing, musicianship and ear training for majors and minors

Music Composition

            Composition for non-music majors

Music Imagination and Technique

             A course that encourages non-majors to listen to music with more intellectual attention

[2000-2009]                        College of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina

                                                         Associate Professor of Music

Twentieth-Century Music Theory

            late 19th century chromaticism and compositional techniques of the 20th century

Counterpoint

Modal and Tonal Counterpoint

Second Semester Theory

Chromaticism: secondary dominants, modulation and ends with extended chromatic techniques of the late romantic period

Private lessons in Music composition

            Junior and Senior independent study for composers

Seminar in composition

Theory Lab

Musicianship and ear training for Music majors

Music Appreciation

Music After 1950

A survey of the Avant-garde, Jazz and Popular genres. The course also explores commonalities between different genres

Music Fundamentals

Beginning theory for minors and non-majors  

African American Music History

The history of African-American music from the end of the 19th century to the present

Honors course: Western Civilization

A team-taught course structured with discussion sections covering important works of literature in Western civilization from the Ancient World up to 1600, Honors College

Service to the College of Charleston

As a member of the College of Charleston Faculty, my responsibilities have also included serving on various committees: Department of Theatre Dance search committee [Spring 2007] Department of Music representative to the Faculty Senate [2003-2006] By-laws Committee [2004-2005] Chair of the By-laws committee [2005-2006]  Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Committee [2000-2006] Long Range Planning Committee group 5 [Spring 2001] Avery Research Center Advisory Board [2001-present] Advisor to Music Majors [2000-present]

[1998-2000]                  Wabash College Crawfordsville, Indiana

Visiting Assistant Professor

Director of the Chamber Orchestra

A survey of African-American Music

                  The history of African-American music from the end of the 19th century to the present

Private lessons in music composition

Musicianship for first semester theory students, majors and non-majors

Musicianship for third semester theory music majors

Representin’ America

A freshman course that surveys genres of African-American Music directly influential on the emergence of Rap Music and the stylistic developments of rap music

Introduction to Music

 [1991-1998]        University of California, Berkeley, California

Adjunct Instructor 1997-1998

Second year Harmony for Majors

            19th century and 20th century harmony

Graduate Student Assistant 1991-1997

As a graduate student instructor, I had complete responsibility

 for organizing first and second year harmony and musicianship non-majors

 First Year Harmony for Major Scales to early 19th century harmony

Second Year Harmony for Majors 19th century and 20th century harmony

Musicianship for Non-Majors Beginning theory and musicianship for minors and non-majors

Teaching Assistant: African-American Music Civil War to the present

Teaching Assistant: Introduction to Music A course in music appreciation

Reader:  African-American Music African Music to the Civil War

[1990-1997]                The Young Musicians Program, Berkeley, CA

Faculty member

A summer program teaching music to talented middle school and high school students in the Bay Area. Courses taught: all levels of Music Theory and Musicianship. Jazz History. Beginning Composition

[2007 - 2009]  Fusion Arts Exchange Program in Music. Boston MA.

The United States State Department created this program to invite 15 students, 3 each from Brazil, India, Ireland, Mali and South Africa to study American Music History with 5 American Music students over a 6-week program presented at Northeastern University. The experience included educational trips to New York City, The Tanglewood Festival of Contemporary Music and Washington DC.

 [2009] Director of the Fusion Arts Ensemble/Mentor The Ensemble met every day over the course of the 5-week class schedule.  Through various assignments and exercises, participants created over 30 short works for solo, duos, quartets and quintets. A few of these works were presented at a final concert in Boston, and as a special noon hour concert at the State Department.

 [2008] Director of the Fusion Arts Ensemble/Mentor/Lecturer The goal of the ensemble was to create an environment so that the students could write pieces collectively, mixing their different musical backgrounds. At the end of the Program in Boston and also in our final trip to Washington DC, the Fusion Arts Ensemble presented their compositions. I gave a lecture on my music a lecture on the history of Hip Hop.

[2007] Mentor/ Lecturer. My contributions were as an instructor in African American Music history, especially focusing on Blues, Ragtime and Jazz.  I was also a mentor, chaperone for the educational trips taken by the students. I gave a lecture on my music compositions.

MUSIC COMPOSITION: (2000-PRESENT)

A list of 1) Commissioned works, original and arrangements, 2) performances and 3) completed pieces

1) COMMISSIONS 

     Original Compositions:

[2019] A.N.S.                                      Elizabeth Janzen and Jason Kihle

[2019] Dig It                                       Bang on a Can All-stars

[2016] Flying Fish                               Carnegie Hall and the American Composers Orchestra

[2014] Griot Legacies                          Boston Landmarks Orchestra, Boston, MA

[2012] Arma Lucis                              St. Michael’s College, VT

[2012] Paths of Peace                         The Manhattan Choral Ensemble, NYC

[2012] Messages for chamber ensemble          Chamber Music Charleston, Charleston, SC

[2010] 4                                              Trilogy: An Opera Company, Newark, NJ

[2008] Truth Tones                             Boston Children’s Chorus, Boston, MA

[2008] Psalm Memories                      First (Scots) Presbyterian Church, Charleston, SC

[2008] Messages                                 Gibbes Museum Foundation, Charleston, SC

[2007] Eurythmy Variations                Tufts University, Medford, MA

[2007] Given Sound                            Tufts University Chamber Singers, Medford, MA

[2007] Hymn Tune                             Circular Congregational Church, Charleston, SC

[2006] O Deadalus, Fly Away Home   The Providence Singers Providence, RI

[2006] Life Goes                                 Eleanor Eisenmenger and 20th Century Unlimited, Santa Fe, NM

[2005] Mary’s Verses                          Eric Wilkinson and Sumter High School, Sumter SC

[2005] Ma’at Musings                        The Providence Singers Providence, RI

[2004] The People Could Fly              Starling Chamber Orchestra, Cincinnati, OH

[2004] Verve Music                             Charleston Chamber Players, Charleston, SC

[2004] Pools of Living Water              The Cathedral of St. Luke and St. Paul, Charleston SC

[2004] Three Moods                           Charleston Symphony Orchestra and Chamber Singers

[2004] Visions of Glory                       Sumter High School, Sumter SC

[2003] Rivers of Living Water             American Guild of Organists 2003 Region IV Convention

[2002] Love Senses                             Jill Lewis, Carolina State University

[2002] Ashes                                       Carolina Chamber Chorale, Charleston, SC

[2001] Magnificat and Nunc dimittis St. Thomas Church, Fifth Avenue, NYC

Arrangements:

[2011] F. Price Piano Concerto         New Black Music Repertory Ensemble

[2007] “In the Giving”                                    Charleston Symphony Orchestra Gospel Choir

[2002] “O come, o come Emanuel”    Charleston Symphony Orchestra Gospel Choir            

[2002] “The Greatest Gift”                 Charleston Symphony Orchestra Gospel Choir

[2002] “Here’s to Life”                      Lee Pringle/ Charleston Symphony Orchestra Pops     

[2002] “Why Should I Care?”                       Lee Pringle/ Charleston Symphony Orchestra Pops

[2001] “Christmas is Jesus Christ”      Charleston Symphony Orchestra Gospel Choir            

Recordings:  

Trevor Weston Choral Works – Trinity Wall Street Acis Productions APL72290

This is Thy Hour O Soul Centaur CRC2773  Magnificat and Nunc dimittis

              Co-producer

 Seeking Arts Advocacy, LLC Charleston, SC Messages

 Florence B. Price Concerto in One Movement/Symphony in E Minor

               Albany Records Troy 1295 Re-orchestrated the Concerto from surviving rehearsal and solo scores.

2) COMPOSITION PERFORMANCES (2000-Present)

[Sept. 10, 2021] Ashes Studio de Musique Ancienne de Montreal, National Arts Centre Orch. Ottawa, Canada

[Aug. 19, 2021] Verve Music The Etchings Festival 2021, Northampton Center for the Arts, Northampton, MA

[July 31, 2021] Rainbows and Butterflies Mark Stewart, Bang on a Can Loud Weekend Mass MoCA

[July 8, 2021] A Fantasy on America, Min Kwon, piano Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, NY

[June 24, 2021] Juba - The Overlook Quartet Dyckman Farmhouse Museum, New York

[June 19, 2021] The People Could Fly – Harlem Chamber Players, WQXR The Greene Space, Online

[June 14, 2021] Rivers of Living Water The National Cathedral Choir, Association of Anglican Musicians, Online

[June 6, 2021] Rainbows and Butterflies for Mark Stewart, Bang on a Can Marathon of Song, Online

[May 19, 2021] Pools of Living Water Yilun Wang, Masters Degree Recital Online

[May 9, 2021] My Heart Hath Trusted in God The Polyphonists, Online

[May 1, 2021] Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis The Chapel Choir of Girton College, Cambridge, UK, Online

[Apr. 15 2021] Juba - The Overlook Quartet Kaufman Music Center’s Musical Storefronts series, Online

[Mar. 20 2021] Maryrs – Sacred and Profane Berkeley, CA, Online

[Mar. 5 2021] My Heart Hath Trusted in God Third Practice, St. David’s Church, Baltimore, MD, Online

[Feb. 23 2021] Variations on a Theme by Ellie – Brian Harlow, Music of the Somerset Hills, Online

[Feb. 22 2021] Fudo Myoo – Harlem Chamber Players WNYC Greene Space, Online

[Feb. 21 2021] Preces and Responses Trinity Cathedral Choir, Columbia, South Carolina, Online

[Feb. 7 2021] Preces and Responses Trinity Cathedral Choir, Columbia, South Carolina, Online

[Jan. 30 2021] Spring Clouds, Wade in the Water Meridian Chorale Atlanta Music Festival, Online

[Jan. 22 2021] Juba for String Quartet MET Museum Balcony Bar From Home – The Overlook Quartet, Online

[Dec. 3, 2020] Shape Shifter, Mihai Marica Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center New Milestones I, Online

[Nov. 14, 2020] Stars, Musiqa Houston, Online performance

[Oct. 29, 2020] Martyrs, C4, Online performance

[Oct. 24, 30, Nov. 7 2020] Responses The Chapel Choir of Girton College, Cambridge, UK, Online

[Oct. 29, 2020] Pinkster Kings, Ensemble Pi, Online performance

[Oct. 22, 2020] Juba for string quartet, The Overlook Quartet, Morris-Jumel Mansion for Gather NYC

[Oct. 20, 2020] Messages for Chamber Ensemble Manhattan School of Music Camerata Nova, Online performance

[Oct. 17, 2020] Juba, members of The American Symphony Orchestra, Morris Museum, Morristown, NJ

[Oct. 10, 2020] Messages, The Oberlin Chamber Orchestra, Raphael Jimenez, conductor, Online concert

[Sept. 27, 2020] Juba for string quartet, The Overlook Quartet, The Honey Well, New York, NY

[Sept. 22, 2020] Shape Shifter, Composers Now Composer Curator, Hosted By Eleonor Sandresky, Online concert

[March 13, 2020] Freedom and Stand by Me, arrangements for Grammy Award Winning Ranky Tanky

with the Charleston Symphony Orchestra, Gaillard Center, Charleston, SC

[March 7, 2020] Voices Live Forever The Manhattan Choral Ensemble, New York, NY

[March 6, 2020] Juba for string quartet EHTEL Tutti New Arts Festival, Denison University, Granville, OH

[Feb. 7, 8] Dig It TURNMusic, ZenBarn in Waterbury Center, Burlington’s FlynnSpace, Burlington, VT

[Dec. 14, 2019] Portrait Concert By Fire and Sword, Wafting Clouds, Fudo Myoo, Evening Songs, Eurythmy

Variations, Renouveler, Juba, Castle of our Skins Pickman Hall, Cambridge MA

[Dec. 12, 2019] “Have You Heard,” Aria from 4 Longy Conservatory Orchestra Pickman Hall, Cambridge, MA

[Nov. 23, 2019] Fudo Myoo Urban Playground String Quartet, St. Theresa Church, New York, NY

[Oct. 26, 2019] A.N.S. for flute and marimba Elizabeth Janzen fl,  and Jason Kihle, mar.

College Music Society 62nd National Conference Louisville, KY

[Sept. 20, 2019] Nut: Goddess of the Night Sky Tiffany Ng, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

[Sept. 12, 2019] Given Sound The Choir of Trinity Wall Street, St. Paul’s Chapel, New York, NY

[June 29, 2019] Juba for Strings, New Orleans Chamber Orchestra, New Orleans, LA

[June 2, 2019] Ashes, C4 Judson Memorial Church New York, NY

[March 26, 2019] I Walk, Cheah and Chan Duo, Church of S. Luke in the Fields, New York, NY

[Mar. 6, 2019] Dig It, The Bang on A Can All-Stars, Merkin Hall, New York, NY

[Jan. 20, 21, 2019] The People Could Fly, Chicago Sinfonietta, Wntz Concert Hall, Symphony Hall, Chicago, IL

[Jan. 15-20, 2019] Nigra Sum Seraphic Fire, Naples, Miami Beach, Boca Raton, Coral Gables, Ft. Lauderdale,

Culter Bay, FL

[Jan. 6, 11, 2019] Images, TURNMusic, Axel’s Gallery, Westburym, VT, Mahaney Arts Center, Middlebury College,

            Middlebury, VT

[Nov. 13, 2018] Seed of Peace, Cheah and Chan Duo, Church of St. Luke in the Fields, New York, NY

[Oct. 24, 2018] Shape Shifter Mazumal, Boston Sculptures Gallery

[Oct. 13, 2018] Legacy Works, En Root, DiMenna Center for Classical Music, New York, NY

[July 10, 2018] I Walk, Cheah and Chan Duo, The Chapel of St. Bartholomew’s Church, New York, NY

[Aug. 11, 2018] Legacy Works, Madison New Music Festival, Bethel Lutheran Church, Madison, WI

[Jun. 3, 2018] Rivers of Living Water, Harmonium Choral Society, Grace Episcopal Church, Madison, NJ

[May 5, 2018] Shape Shifter, Ensemble Pi, Alexis Gerlach, Tenri Culture Center, New York, NY

[Apr. 21, 2018] Water Songs  Mazumal, CNMAT, Berkeley, CA

[Apr. 21, 2018] Zed, Six, Six, One, One, One, Annmieke McLane, St. McCarthy Center Recital Hall, Saint Michael’s College, Colchester, VT

[Oct. 22, 2017] Unburied, Unmourned, and Unmarked Colour of Music Festival Orchestra, Gaillard Auditorium,

            Charleston, SC

[Sept. 21, 2017] UUU for string quartet Mellon Auditorium, Carnegie Mellon University. Pittsburgh, PA

[Apr. 22, 2017] Griot Legacies Harvard Choruses, BMOP, and the Boston Children’s Chorus

            Sanders Theatre, Harvard University

[Mar. 24, 2017] Flying Fish, American Composers Orchestra, Carnegie Hall

[Nov. 10, 2016] Shape Shifter and There is a Balm, Ensemble Pi La Roulette, Brooklyn, NY

[Feb. 12, 2016] Given Sound The Choir of Trinity Wall Street, ACDA Eastern Conference Plenary Concert 2,

            Jordan Hall, Boston, MA

[Feb. 11, 2016] Bond Music Boston Children’s Chorus and Roomful of Teeth, ACDA Eastern Conference Plenary

            Concert 1, Sander’s Theatre, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

[Jan. 18, 2016] Bond Music Boston Children’s Chorus and Roomful of Teeth, Raw Truth Concert, Jordan Hall,

            Boston, MA

[Nov. 14, 2015] Mvts 2/4 from Ma’at Musings, Visions of Glory and The Gentlest Thing

            UC Berkeley Chamber Chorus, Berkeley, CA

[Oct. 2, 2015] Sylvan Sounds Drew University Chorale, Madison, NJ

[May 9, 2015] Composer Portrait Concert Trinity Wall Street Choir, New York, NY

[Mar. 18, 2015] Magnificat Trinity Wall Street Choir, New York, NY

[Mar. 7&8, 2015] Ashes The Harmonium Choral Society, Morristown, NJ

[Mar. 1, 2015] Magnificat Philadelphia Episcopal Cathedral, Philadelphia, PA

[Dec. 8, 2014] Magnificat College of Charleston Concert Choir, Charleston, SC

[Oct. 26, 2014] Bloom for String Trio and Images for Piano trio Poné Ensemble for New Music New Paltz, NY

[Oct. 25, 2014] Eurythmy Variations Mikael Darmanie, piano,  Charleston Museum, Charleston, SC.

[Oct. 23, 2014] Fudo Myoo, Kaj Trio, Charleston Museum, Charleston, SC. 

[Oct. 22, 2014] Aurorean Air, Colour of Music Virtuosi, Charleston Museum, Charleston, SC. 

[Aug. 13, 2014] Griot Legacies Boston Landmarks Orchestra, New England Spiritual Ensemble, and One City Junior

Choir, Church of the Covenant, Boston, MA

[Jun. 11, 2014] Ashes The Washington Chorus, The Choral Arts Society of Washington and the Children’s Choir of

Washington, Chorus America National Convention Opening Concert, Kennedy Center, Washington, DC

[Apr. 11, 2014] Comfort Songs Pamela Stein and Jonathan Katz, Old Stone House, Brooklyn, NY

[Mar. 21, 2014] Ashes UC Berkeley Chamber Chorus, Carnegie Hall, New York, NY

[Feb. 8, 2014] The People Could Fly Ensemble Du Monde, New York, NY

[Oct. 26, 2013] The People Could Fly Colour of Music Festival Orchestra, Charleston, SC

[Oct. 6, 2013] Flute Commute Uptown Flutes, Drew University Concert Hall, Madison, NJ

[May 27, 2013] Ashes, UC Berkeley Chamber Chorus, Bach at One, Trinity Wall Street, NYC

[Dec. 4, 2012] Fudo Myoo, Amernet String Quartet, Drew University Concert Hall, Madison, NJ

[Nov. 30, 2012] Arma Lucis, St. Michael’s College’s “O Great Mystery” Colchester, VT

[Oct. 20, 2012] Shape Shifter Timothy Holley, B. N. Duke Auditorium, Durham, NC

[Nov. 4, 2012] Ashes, UC Berkeley Chamber Chorus, Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, CA

[Sept. 30, 2012] Ashes, UC Berkeley Chamber Chorus, Hertz Hall Cal Performances Free for All, Berkeley, CA

[Sept. 29, 2012] Shape Shifter Timothy Holley, Cellist North Carolina Central Univ. Faculty Recital. Durham, NC

[Apr. 28. 2012] Messages for chamber ensemble, Chamber Music Charleston, Charleston, SC

[Mar. 10, 2012] Paths of Peace, The Manhattan Choral Ensemble, New York, NY

[Jan. 15, 2012] The Gentlest Thing, Trinity Church Wall Street, New York, NY

[Sept. 17, 2011] 4, Trilogy an Opera Company, Science Theater, Newark, NJ

[June 19, 2011] Ashes, River to River Concert, St. Paul’s Chapel, Trinity Church Choir, New York, NY

[May 7, 2011] Shape Shifter, Jason Calloway, Drew University Concert Hall, Madison, NJ

[Apr. 30, 2011] Ashes, UC Berkeley Chamber Chorus, Hertz Hall, Berkeley, CA

[Mar. 28, 2011] Montage and Thanks from Water Songs, Mary Hubbell, CUNY Grad. Center, New York, NY

[Mar. 13, 2011] Ashes, Trinity Church Wall Street, New York, NY

[July 31, 2010] 4, Trilogy an Opera Company, Science Theater, Newark, NJ

[July 29, 2010] Songs of the Anonymous Lover, Mary Hubbell, Symphony Space, New York, NY

[May 23, 2010] Rivers of Living Water St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Morristown, NJ

[Apr. 20, 2010] Songs of the Anonymous Lover, Mary Hubbell CUNY Graduate Center, New York, NY

[Mar. 6, 2010] Ma’at Musings, Cantori Singers, New York City

[Feb. 10-13 2010] Original music for the play Sleep Study, Drew University Theatre Department. Madison, NJ

[Jan. 17, 2010] Original music for SEARCH, a short film by Brad Jayne.  BET Network

[Aug. 4, 2009] Magnificat, Nunc dimittis, and Preces and Responses The Piedmont Singers,

Canterbury Cathedral, England (http://www.youtube.com/user/PiedmontSingers#p/a/u/0/mZnzuwwECUs)

[July 14, 2009] Magnificat, Nunc dimittis, and Preces and Responses The Piedmont Singers, Purcellville, VA

[May 3, 2009] Songs of the Anonymous Lover, Henriët Fourie Artist Certificate Concert, Charleston, SC

[Mar. 16, 2009] Ditty RAM Charleston Winds Concert, Charleston SC

[Mar. 11, 2009] The Washington Chorus, New Works for a New Age. Featuring 7 works* Washington, DC

[Jan.19, 2009] Truth Tones The Boston Children’s Chorus, Jordan Hall, Boston, MA (National Broadcast ABC)

[Dec. 2, 2008] Ma’at Musings McGill University, Montreal, Canada

[Oct. 4 2008] Eurythmy Variations, New Blues for TJ, New Music Honoring TJ Anderson, Tufts University

[Oct. 2, 2008] Suite Bimshire Lviv Academy, Kiev Music Fest, Kiev, Ukraine

[Sept. 27, 2008] Suite Bimshire Lviv Academy, Contrasts Fesitval, Lviv, Ukraine

[May 24, 2008] Psalm Memories First (Scots) Kirk Choir, Charleston, SC, Piccolo Spoleto Festival

[March 8, 2008] Messages Charleston, SC Jonathan Green Week

[Jan. 14, 2008] Verve Music, My Heart Hath Trusted in God College of Charleston, Charleston, SC

[Nov. 15, 2007] Residency at Tufts University, Choral works, Medford, MA

[Nov. 13, 2007] Residency at Tufts University, Instrumental works, John McDonald, piano. Medford, MA

[Jun. 2, 2007] Images, Piccolo Spoleto Festival, Charleston, SC

[Mar. 23, 2007] Sirens, In Freundschaft duo, Charleston, SC

[March 9, 2007] Ashes, Tufts University Chamber Singers, Medford, MA

[Mar. 4, 2007] O Deadalus, Fly Away Home NEA American Masterpieces Concert, Providence, RI

[Jan. 28, 2007] Life Goes The Mallarme Players, Durham, NC

[Oct. 26, 2006] The Gentlest Thing College of Charleston Concert Choir, Charleston, SC

[Oct. 15, 2006] Bop from Verve Music The Charleston Chamber Players, Pawley’s Island, SC

[Oct. 1, 6, 2006] Lumen, from Images Moja Arts Festival, Charleston, SC

[Sept. 11, 2006] Knell Jens Barnieck, pno, Atlantiche Akademie, Kaiserslautern, Germany

[Apr. 17, 2006] The Gentlest Thing College of Charleston Concert Choir, Charleston, SC

[Dec. 7, 2005] Mary’s Verses Sumter High School Choir, Sumter, SC

[Nov. 12, 2005] The People Could Fly The Starling Chamber Orchestra, Kennedy Center, Washington, DC

[Nov. 11, 2005] The People Could Fly The Starling Chamber Orchestra, Cincinnati, OH

[June 25, 2005] The Gentlest Thing, My Heart Hath Trusted in God, Taylor Festival Choir, Charleston, SC

[Apr. 24, 2005]  Pools of Living Water, A Fountain of Springs, Bill Gudger, organ, New Brunswick, NJ

[Apr. 19, 2005]  A Fountain of Springs, Trevor Weston organ, Charleston, SC

[Apr. 14-19, 2005] Incidental Music to Metamorphoses, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC

[Feb. 25, 27, 2005] Ma’at Musings  The Providence Singers, Providence, RI

[Dec. 2004] Bendigamos, Trio Brio, Bridgetown, Barbados

[Nov. 7, 2004] Love Senses, Stephanie Pan, Soprano Westerkerk Amsterdam, The Netherlands

[Nov. 5, 2004] Bleue  Charleston Symphony Orchestra, Charleston, SC

[Oct. 10, 2004] The People Could Fly The Starling Chamber Orchestra, Cincinnati, OH

[Sept. 21, 2004] Pools of Living Water Bill Gudger St. Luke’s Chapel Series, Charleston, SC

[July 6, 2004] Rivers of Living Water First (Scots) Presbyterian Church Choir, Budapest, Hungary

[Jun. 7, 2004] Verve Music The Charleston Chamber Players Piccolo Spoleto Festival Charleston, SC

[Jun. 2, 2004] Three Moods Charleston Symphony Orchestra Chamber Singers Piccolo Spoleto Festival

[May 29, 2004] Rivers of Living Water College of Charleston Concert Choir Piccolo Spoleto Festival

[May 16, 2004] Visions of Glory and Ashes South Carolina Symphonic Chorus. Columbia, SC

[April 4, 2004] Visions of Glory Sumter High School Concert Choir Carnegie Hall, New York City

[Mar. 14, 2004] Three Moods, Charleston Symphony Orchestra and Chamber Singers

[Feb. 24, 2004] In Thee, O Lord/ Rivers of Living Water ACDA 2004 Ecumenical Service College of Charleston Concert Choir, Nashville, TN

[Feb. 8, 2004] Nunc dimittis Cathedral of St. Luke and St. Paul, Charleston, SC

[Feb. 8, 2004] Magnificat Church of St. Andrew and St. Paul, Montreal, Canada

[Nov. 3, 2003] Songs of the Anonymous Love, Margaret Cooke, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC

[Oct. 17, 2003] Images presented with paintings by Arne Strasser, Charleston, SC

[Oct.  16, 2003] Rivers of Living Water, College of Charleston Concert Choir, Charleston, SC

[Jul. 13, 15, 17, 2003] Magnificat and Nunc dimittis, Taylor Festival Choir, Little Rock, Fayetteville, AK, Tulsa, OK

[Jun. 8, 2003] Rivers of Living Water, Cathedral of St. Luke and St. Paul Charleston, SC

[Jun. 4, 2003] Fanfare of Changes, opening ceremony for the American Guild of Organists Region IV Convention, Charleston, SC

[Apr. 27, 2003] Magnificat and Nunc dimittis, Choir of St. Thomas Church Fifth Avenue New York, NY

[Apr. 27, 2003] Magnificat and Nunc dimittis, Charleston Symphony Orchestra Chamber Singers, SC

[Apr. 24, 2003] Spring Clouds, University Chorus, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC

[Feb. 3, 2003] Love Senses, Jill Lewis, Monday Night Concert Series, Charleston, SC

[Jan. 21, 2003] Fanfare of Changes, MLK jr. Memorial Celebration, Charleston, SC

[Nov. 24, 2002] Ashes, The Providence Singers, Providence, RI

[Nov. 22, 2002] Ashes, The Providence Singers, Bristol, RI

[Nov. 10, 2002] The Gentlest Thing, San Francisco Chamber Singers, San Francisco, CA

[Nov. 9, 2002] The Gentlest Thing, San Francisco Chamber Singers, Berkeley, CA

[Oct. 1, 2002] Magnificat and Nunc dimittis, Choir of St. Thomas Church Fifth Avenue New York, NY

[Sept 4-Nov. 5, 2002] Knell an exhibit at Savannah College of Art and Design           Savannah, GA

[May 31, Jun. 2, 7, 8, 2002] Ashes, Carolina Chamber Chorale, Charleston, SC

[Jun. 6, 2002] Bleue, Charles Ives Center Concert, Piccolo Spoleto Festival, Charleston, SC   

[Nov. 9, 2001] Evening Songs, Lowcountry Heritage Concert Fall Event, Charleston, SC

[Jul.  23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 2001] The Gentlest Thing, Taylor Festival Choir, Arkansas and Oklahoma

[Jun. 16, 2001] Songs of the Anonymous Lover Stephanie Pan Soprano, Berkeley, CA

[Mar. 31, 2001] Broad Street Variations and Même La Lune Robin Zemp piano, Wadmalaw Island, SC

[Dec 10, 2000]  Messe Ancienne, Choir of St. Thomas Church Fifth Avenue New York, NY

[Nov. 10, 2000]  Suite Bimshire, Lowcountry Heritage Concert Fall Event, Charleston, SC

3) LIST OF WORKS (Composed 2000-Present)

[2019] a.n.s. for flute and marimba 6 min.

[2019] nut: goddess of the night sky for carillon 7 min.

[2019] dig it for clarinet/bass clarinet, percussion, electric guitar, cello, double bass, and piano 6 min.

[2018] nigra sum for SATB choir 7 minutes.

[2017] unburied, unmourned, and unmarked for orchestra 10 min.

[2017] uuu for string quartet 10 min.

[2017] flying fish for orchestra 15 min.

[2016] bond music for amplified choral octet and youth choir 7 min.

[2015] sylvan sounds for SATB choir and piano 5 min.

[2015] o maria for countertenor and viol consort.  9 min.

[2014] griot legacies for SS youth choir, SATB adult choir and orchestra. 18 min.

[2014] aurorean air for string ensemble. 4 min.

[2014] comfort songs for soprano and piano 10 min.

[2013] bloom for string trio 3 min.

[2013] flute commute for flute ensemble 4 min.

[2012] fudo myoo for string quartet 7 min.

[2012] arma lucis for 2 trumpets and organ. 8 min.

[2012] Paths of Peace for SATB choir and chamber orchestra 10 min.

[2011] Water Songs for soprano, percussion and cello 13 min.

[2011] shape shifter for solo cello 8 min.

[2010] 4 a musical drama for four solo voices, female choir, and chamber orchestra, 55 min.

[2010] incidental music to Sleep Study Drew University Theatre Department production 50 min.

[2009] PRECES and RESPONSES for a cappella choir 6 min.

[2009] ditty ram for 2 oboes and English horn 10 min.

[2008] truth tones for children’s choir and cello 3 min.

[2008] psalm memories for oboe, harp, organ and SATB choir 6 min.

[2008] messages for chamber orchestra 13 min.

[2007] eurythmy variations for solo piano 6 min.

[2007] given sound for SSATB choir 6 min.

[2007] sirens for cello and trombone 9 min.

[2007] Hymn Tune for liturgical use. Congregation and organ 4 min.

[2006] o daedalus, fly away home for SATB choir and SS children’s choir 9 min.

[2006] life goes for soprano, flute, clarinet, percussion, harp, and cello 25 min.

[2006] Original music for the short film Search by Brad Jayne 22 min.

[2005] mary’s verses for SATB choir, three soprano soloists, string orchestra, and harp 9 min

[2005] incidental music to metamorphoses computer realization 50 min.

[2005] ma’at musings for SSAATTBB choir and two percussionists 20 min.

[2004] three moods for SATB choir an orchestra 16 min.

[2004] visions of glory for SSAB choir 4 min.

[2004] verve music for flute, oboe, and cello 15 min.

[2004] the people could fly for solo violin, narrator and string orchestra 15 min.

[2004] pools of living water for organ 4 min.

[2003] fanfare of changes for two trumpets 3 min.

[2003] spring clouds for SAB choir and piano 5 min.

[2003] rivers of living water for SATB choir and organ 4 min.

[2003] rouge for string quartet 5 min.

[2003] images for piano trio 14 min.

[2003] my heart hath trusted in god for SATB a cappella choir 4 min.

[2002] ashes   for SATB Choir and SATB Semi Chorus 7 min. 

[2002] variations on a theme by ellie for organ. 4 min.

[2002] breathe for Harmonium and Accordion 7 min.

[2002] knell for solo piano 3 min.

[2002] love senses for soprano and organ 18 min.

[2001] songs of the anonymous lover 3 songs for Soprano, viola and Cello 10 min.

[2001] magnificat and nunc dimitis for SATB Choir and Organ 7 min.

[2001] the gentlest thing for SATB choir 4 min. 

[2001] evening songs five songs for Baritone and piano 10 min.

[2000] suite bimshire for Piano Quintet 15 min.

[2000] i walk for Mezzo Soprano and Piano 4 min.

[2000] messe ancienne for SATB choir 9 min.

RESEARCH:

PUBLICATIONS

The Cambridge Companion to Duke Ellington: Cambridge University Press

Co-authored chapter 5, “Edward Kennedy Ellington as a Cultural Icon” with Olly Wilson.

Published February 2015. My contribution includes analysis of Ellington’s early extended works before World War II.

PAPERS PRESENTED

[March 18, 2002] “A Musical Dawn: African American Musicians in Charleston, 1900-1930”

This paper documents the long tradition of African American Classical Music Musicians in Charleston.  Through discussions of Concerts presented during the first three decades of the twentieth century, the paper clearly demonstrates that Charleston had a vibrant musical community performing contemporary classical music by African American Composers.  Various churches, The Avery Normal School, and the Aurorean

Coterie, an organization dedicated to the mission of presenting the work of African American Classical composers, presented these concerts to the Charleston community.

[February 21, 2005] American Guild of Organists meeting Charleston, SC

[May 11, 2002] Symposium in Celebration of the Career of Olly Wilson University of California, Berkeley

[March 22, 2002] Carolina Lowcountry and the Atlantic World Faculty seminar series. College of Charleston

Other Research

University of California at Berkeley

[1997-1998] Post-Doctoral Researcher School of Public Health Rap and Alcohol Project

This project examined the impact of alcohol marketing on rap music and its effect on African-American Youth.  Our work included the content analysis and coding of a 400 popular song sample to identify a shift in language and subject matter in these songs after Malt liquor companies more actively supported the genre between 1979 and 1997.

Lectures, Symposiums, and Concert Presentations

The following list contains concerts that I have organized, including Synaesthesia at the Gibbes Museum of Art, Ensemble X and In Freundschft Duo at the College of Charleston.  Also various lectures on music including the Charleston Symphony pre-concert talks, composer/performer symposiums and interviews for Spoleto USA Festival and Piccolo Spoleto Festival, radio interviews, and public talks/lectures on African American Music. 

November 13, 2015    Composition Colloquium – University of California, Berkeley

October 22, 2014        Charleston’s Contribution to Classical Music Around the World, Charleston, SC

October 4, 2013          Why the Blues Matters - Alumni College Lecture, Drew University

October 2, 2013          Panel participant Arts in the Liberal Arts. Baldwin Honors, Drew University

December 4, 2012       Master Class with the Amernet Sting Quartet and students in MUS 324: 20th and 21st Century Techniques in Composition. Concert Hall, Drew University, Madison, NJ

October 20, 2012        Pre-concert talk for the Chamber Music Society at Lincoln Center. Concert Hall,

Drew University

September 24, 2012    Lecture on Music and Mysticism, St, Michael’s College, Colchester, Vermont

September 14, 2012    Pre-concert talk for Harpist Bridget Kibbey in the Drew University Concert Hall

September 23, 2011    Pre-concert talk for the ARTEK concert in the Drew University Concert Hall

October 4, 2008          A Symposium on Contemporary African American Composers

                                    A discussion by Scholars and Composers at Tufts University

May 22, 2008 Artist Talk Moderator for a pre-concert talk with composer Anthony Davis and director

Sam Helfrich about the opera Amistad, Spoleto Festival USA, Charleston, SC

May 27, 2007  Pre-performance discussion, Pascal Dusapin, David Herskovits,

Spoleto Festival USA, Charleston, SC

March 23, 2007           In Freundschaft Duo Concert, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC

March 3, 2007 American Vision: Composer’s Panel Discussion American Masterpieces Choral

Festival 2007, Providence RI

January 26, 2007         Graduate Composition Seminar, Duke University, Durham, NC

January 25, 2007         Composition course, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC

January 21, 2007         WCPE 89.7 FM Wake Forest, NC: Life Goes/the Mallarme Chamber Players Concert

February 25, 2005       “Putting Power into the Music” Sponsored by Meet the Composer,

Community MusicWorks Providence, RI

February 10, 2005       “What is so African About African American Music?” The Rededication of the McKinley Washington Auditorium, Avery Research Center Charleston, SC

January 17, 2005         “The Music of Trevor Weston” Charleston Music Club, Charleston, SC

December 2004           Radio Interview “Conversations with Joan Mack,” Local NPR Station WSCI 89.3 FM Charleston, SC

November 30, 2004    “History of African American Music” Introduction to African American Studies Course, The Citadel

October 8, 2004          Lecture on “The People Could Fly” University of Cincinnati

College-Conservatory of Music, Cincinnati, OH

October 8, 2004          Radio Interview “The People Could Fly” WCIN 1480 AM, Cincinnati OH

January 17, 2004         Organized a free concert of contemporary music by   Ensemble X

from Ithaca College and Cornell University

March 30, 2004           "My Life as a Musician" Center for Creative Retirement, Charleston, SC

March 17, 2004           “Composers influenced by the Impressionists Painters” Bishop Gadsen

February 18, 2004       "Aurorian Coterie" lecture presented at the Charleston County Public Library          

October 10, 2003        Presentation for Graduate and Undergraduate Composition Seminar at

The University of South Carolina      

October 3, 2003          Panelist for "The Souls of Black Folk": A Centenary Symposium    

College of Charleston, Charleston, SC

April 12, 2003             Synaesthesia concert/lecture connecting The Gibbes Museum of Art’s Sight of Music exhibit with a performances of twentieth century music, Charleston, SC        

March 31, 2003           “The Life and Music of George Gershwin” Recital Hall, College of Charleston

June 3, 2002                Conversations with Composers Symposium Piccolo Spoleto Festival, SC   

March 16, 2002           Pre-Concert Lecture for the Charleston Symphony Orchestra, Charleston, SC

February 26, 2002       Lecture on Rap Music Black Student Union, College of Charleston, SC                   

February 2, 2002         Carter G. Woodson Awards Luncheon Presentation, Charleston, SC

January 12, 2002         Pre-Concert Lecture for the Charleston Symphony Orchestra, Charleston, SC

October 22, 2001        Charleston Music Study Club Meeting Charleston, SC                                             

October 13, 2001        Pre-Concert Lecture for the Charleston Symphony Orchestra, Charleston, SC

June 2, 2001    Pre-concert Symposium “C3 Composer/Community Conversations” Piccolo Spoleto

Festival, Charleston, SC

March 3, 2001             Pre-Concert Lecture for the Charleston Symphony Orchestra, Charleston, SC

February 13, 2001       “The Progressive Era in Music” Lecture at the Center for

Creative Retirement Charleston, SC               

March 24, 1999           Music in the Harlem Renaissance Wabash College, Crawfordsville, IN

October 13, 1998        Music in the Harlem Renaissance, Wabash College, Crawfordsville, IN

October 12, 1998        The Blues and Jazz, Wabash College, Crawfordsville, IN

November 1997          “A Brief History of Jazz” lecture, Hillel “Collective Spontaneity” Concert

            University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA

April 1995                   “American Opera” Institute of European Studies

Istituto Universitario Di Lingue Moderne - Milano, Italy

CONDUCTING, CHORAL, AND ORGAN EXPERIENCE:

                        [2003-2009]    Organist and Director of Music, St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, Charleston, SC

                        [2002–2003]   Organist of St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, Charleston, SC

                        [2000-2002]    Organist of Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Charleston, SC

                        [2000-2002]    Charleston Symphony Orchestra Chorus and Chamber Singers, Charleston, SC

                        [2000-2004]    Ars Subtilior/Vox Aeterna Chorus, Charleston SC

                        [1998-2000]    Conductor for the Wabash Chamber Orchestra, Crawfordsville, IN

                        [1997-1998]    Music Director and Choirmaster of St. Joseph of Arimathea Chapel, Berkeley, CA

                        [1996-1997]    Organist and Music Director of St. Joseph of Arimathea Chapel, Berkeley, CA

                        [1993-1994]    Organist and Music Director of St. Joseph of Arimathea Chapel, Berkeley, CA

                        [1991]             GSI Assistant:   U.C. Berkeley University Chorus, Berkeley, CA   

                        [1990]         GSI Assistant:          U.C. Berkeley Chamber Chorus, Berkeley, CA

                        [1990-1994]    Member of the U.C. Berkeley Chamber Chorus, Berkeley, CA

                        [1996-1997]    Member of the U.C. Berkeley Chamber Chorus, Berkeley, CA

                        [1988-1989]    Organist for Episcopal Services at Goddard Chapel, Tufts University Medford, MA

                        [1988-1989]    President of Tufts University Chorale Medford, MA

                        [1984-1988]    Substitute Organist at Grace Episcopal Church, Plainfield, NJ

                        [1977-1981]    St. Thomas Choir School, New York, NY

recordings with  U.C. Chamber Chorus:

                        [1990]             Rothko Chapel by Morton Feldman on New Albion

                        [1990]             Messiah by George Frederick Handel on Harmonia Mundi

                        [1991]             Theodora by George Frederick Handel on Harmonia Mundi

                        [1992]             Judas Maccabeus by George Frederick Handel on Harmonia Mundi

                        [1996]             Music of Orlando Gibbons on Centaur

                        [2007]             Beethoven Symphony No. 9 By Ludwig van Beethoven on American Bach Soloists

language skills:

                        French Reading and spoken proficiency

affiliations:

                        American Composers Forum

BMI

                        Center for Black Music Research

                        Chamber Music of America

                        Chorus America