Experience Level
Language
English
Fluent
Work Experience
Senior Technical Writer at Avid (previously Digidesign)
January 1, 2001 - PresentAuthored and edited manuals across the entire Avid/Digidesign product line, including multiple editions of the Sibelius and Pro Tools Reference Guides, plug-ins guides, and audio hardware guides; provided musical expertise for Pro Tools and Sibelius software development.
Technical Writer at Submersible Music
January 1, 2004 - January 1, 2008Authored manuals for DrumCore and KitCore product line.
Technical Support Specialist at Rocket Network, Inc.
January 1, 2000 - January 1, 2001Provided technical support and authored manuals for online collaboration.
Technical Support Engineer and Technical Writer at Berkley Integrated Audio Software (bias-inc)
January 1, 1999 - January 1, 2000Authored and edited manuals for all BIAS products, provided end-user support and training, and created product demonstrations at major international trade shows; and performed technical writing.
Technical Writer at Berkley Integrated Audio Software (bias-inc)
January 1, 2000 - January 1, 2002Technical writing and end-user support for Bias products and manuals (contract).
Lecturer at San Francisco State University
January 1, 2006 - January 1, 2016Graduate Composition Workshop; Survey of Electronic Music; Repertoire for Composers; and related courses.
Visiting Scholar at Reed College
January 1, 2005 - January 1, 2006Lectured on techniques of contemporary composition and electronic music.
Assistant Professor at Tulane University
January 1, 2003 - January 1, 2005Harmony (MUSC -151/152); Tonal Analysis (MUSC -201); Twentieth-Century Techniques (MUSC -202); Beginning Composition (APMS -221); Introduction to Computer Music (MUSC -230 -Honors); Counterpoint (APMS -302); Intermediate Composition (APMS -321); The Music of Elliott Carter and Stravinsky; Interactive Computer Music Systems (MUSC -492) and related courses.
Assistant Professor at Tulane University
January 1, 2005 - December 31, 2005Harmony; Tonal Analysis; Twentieth-Century Techniques; Beginning/Intermediate Composition.
Instructor at University of California, Berkeley
January 1, 1996 - January 1, 1998Beginning Musicianship; Introduction to Music; First-Year Harmony.
Instructor at Solano College
January 1, 1998 - December 31, 1998Music Fundamentals; Jazz and Popular Music in America.
Berkeley Young Musicians Program Instructor at UC Berkeley
January 1, 1998 - January 1, 1998Composition, Music Theory, Piano Class, and Secondary Piano Assistantships.
Reader at University of California, Berkeley
September 1, 1998 - December 31, 1998Counterpoint (Music 154A), fall 1998.
Graduate Research Assistant at University of California, Berkeley
January 1, 1995 - January 1, 1996Co-Research with Professor David Wessel; Assistant Director University Chorus (1995–1996).
Education
Ph.D. Music Composition at University of California, Berkeley
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 1999M.M. Music Composition at San Francisco Conservatory of Music
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 1993B.A. Music at Reed College
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 1990Qualifications
Subito Grant (American Composers Forum)
January 1, 2010 - April 17, 2026Grants from Meet the Composer
January 1, 2008 - January 1, 2009Fromm Foundation Commission, Harvard University
January 1, 2003 - April 17, 2026Finalist in the ASCAP Foundation Morton Gould Awards
January 1, 1997 - April 17, 2026Graduate Division Fellowship, University of California, Berkeley
January 1, 1995 - January 1, 1997Helen Williams Wallace and Morton Walker Scholarship, UC Berkeley
January 1, 1995 - April 17, 2026Bella Zellerbach Cross Scholarship, UC Berkeley
January 1, 1994 - April 17, 2026Composition Fellow, Oregon Bach Festival
January 1, 1994 - April 17, 2026Prix Maurice Ravel, Fontainebleau, France
January 1, 1993 - April 17, 2026Finalist in the ASCAP Foundation Grants to Young Composers
January 1, 1989 - April 17, 2026Reed Summer Creative Scholarship Grant
January 1, 1988 - April 17, 2026Industry Experience
Media & Entertainment, Education, Professional Services, Software & Internet, Other
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