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Education
University of
California, Berkeley, 1999 – 2006
Post-Doctoral
Fellowship at the Townsend Center for the Humanities, 2005 – 2006
Ph.D.,
Music Composition, Fall 2004
-----------Edmund
Campion, dissertation advisor
M.A.,
Music Composition, Spring 2001
-----------Study
of Composition and New Technology with David Wessel and Cindy Cox
-----------Study
of Ethnomusicology with Benjamin Brinner and Bonnie Wade
University of
California, San Diego, 1995 – 1999
B.A.,
summa cum laude in Music with honors in Composition, Spring 1999
-----------Study
of Composition with Roger Reynolds, Rand Steiger, and Brian Ferneyhough
-----------Study
of Contemporary Trumpet Technique with Edwin Harkins
-----------Study
with Harvey Sollberger and Thomas Nee (conducting), George Lewis and
Bert Turetzky
(improvisation), and Steve
Schick (contemporary performance practice)
Teaching
Experience
University of North
Texas – Assistant Professor
of Composition, 2006 – present
Developed and
taught the following courses: Introduction to
Electro-Acoustic Music, Intermedia
Performance Art, doctoral seminars in composition and
technology including “Transcription,
Quotation, and the Art of Musical Re-Use” and “Physical Computing
for Experimental Music and Intermedia”, graduate and
undergraduate composition studio lessons, and thesis advising.
UC Berkeley Music
Department – Lecturer, 2005 –
2006
Taught
Counterpoint and designed a new undergraduate course Art as Research:
Experimental Music Theater and Multimedia Composition in
conjunction with the Townsend Center for the Humanities.
Pomona College – Lecturer of Music Theory, Spring 2005
Taught Music Theory I and III,
the first and last semesters of the music major theory sequence,
covering traditional forms, diatonic and chromatic harmony, and
including an introduction to species counterpoint and early 20th
Century techniques.
UC Berkeley Music
Department – Graduate Student
Instructor, 2000 – 2004
Designed and
taught seven semesters of music minor courses including Introduction to Music
Theory and Basic Musicianship
and led sections of American Musical
Cultures and Introduction to
Western Music. Attended graduate seminars in
undergraduate pedagogy, 2000 – 2003
Outstanding Graduate
Student Instructor Award,
Spring 2002
ArtsBridge Instructor at Mira Vista Elementary School, Spring
2002
Private Instructor in trumpet and composition for beginning
and advanced students, 1996 – 2006
Music
Composition
Recent Projects (for a complete list of works see the
attached List of Compositions):
“The Liminal Surface”,
a hardware environment for the performance of interactive music
theater. Long-term collaborative project with Ali Momeni,
Assistant Professor of Art at the University of Minnesota.
Portions premiered at the Ghent International Film Festival and
demonstrated in a workshop given at the Royal Academy of Fine Art in
Belgium, October 2008. New work for this environment commissioned
by the Ammerman Center for Arts and Technology at Connecticut College
for the 12th Annual Symposium on Arts and Technology (March 2010).
“Whistle from Above”,
for two percussionists, musical robotics, lighting, and computer sound.
Premiered at the SPARK Festival of Electronic Music and Art by the
NYC-based percussion duo Hunter/Gatherer in March 2008 with upcoming
performances at SUNY Stony Brook, the sfSoundSeries, and the Tenri
Cultural Center in New York City. (Supported in part by a
American Composers’ Forum Encore Grant).
“the eye (unblinking)”,
for 6 performers with computer controlled lighting. First
performed on the sfSoundSeries (sfSoundEnsemble) in June 2007 and again
at the University of North Texas (NOVA Ensemble) and the San Francisco
Electronic Music Festival (sfSoundEnsemble). (Supported in part
by a University of North Texas Faculty Research Grant)
“The President has his
Photograph Taken”, for trumpet, video, and interactive
electronics. Premiered at the IS ARTI Festival in Kaunas,
Lithuania, November 2005. Subsequently performed at the
University of the Pacific, the ODC Theater, Texelectronica 2006, the
International Computer Music Conference (ICMC 2006) in New Orleans,
2007 SPARK Festival of Electronic Music and Art, University of Texas at
Austin, Miami Art Central, the Painted Bride Art Center in
Philadelphia, SUNY Stony Brook, and Princeton University.
“Lumen”,
an evening-length experimental music theater work for trumpet (David
Bithell), assistants, four percussionists, live interactive
electronics, portions of which were premiered on the Strictly Ballroom
Series, Stanford University, April 2004. Complete version
premiered on the sfSoundSeries at the ODC Theater, San Francisco,
January 2005.
Reviewed
by San Francisco Classical Voice:
“Situations
[plural/fixed]”, for trumpet (David Bithell), two
trombones, slide projection, and live electronic sound premiered at the
24th Annual Festival International des Musiques d’Aujourd’Hui MANCA in
Nice, France with support from the Centre National de Creation Musicale
(Nice), the Center for New Music and Audio Technologies (Berkeley), and
the France/Berkeley Fund, France, November 2003. Subsequent performance
on the sfSoundSeries San Francisco, California, February 2004. Solo
version premiered on the Strictly Ballroom Series, Stanford University,
April 2004.
Other premieres
include those on the sfSoundSeries (San Francisco, CA), WORKS/San Jose,
Berkeley New Music Project, ACME Observatory Series (Berkeley, CA), UC
Berkeley Noon Concert series, UC San Diego New Music Forum, and UC San
Diego Undergraduate Performers’ Forum.
Commissions
from the Ammerman Center for Arts and Technology, UC Berkeley’s Center
for New Music and Audio Technolgy, the intermedia performance group
Double Vision, percussionist Russell Greenberg and the percussion duo
Hunter/Gatherer, violinist Mark Menzies, and UC San Diego Carillonneur
Scott Paulson.
Music
Performance
Trumpet
player specializing in contemporary music and improvisation:
Major
Performances include:
----------San
Francisco Contemporary Music Players, the sfSoundGroup, ROVA Saxophone
Quartet, Nova Ensemble, SPARK Festival, Berkeley Contemporary Chamber
Players, Berkeley New Music Project, Cal Performances, Berkeley Edge
Festival, Berkeley TEMPO Festival, Stanford Edge Festival, California
Institute for the Arts “Vexations” Festival, and those with Matt
Ingalls, John Schott, Hugh Livingston, Larry Ochs, and John Butcher.
Premiered
works for Trumpet and Electronics by:
----------Olly
Wilson, Ali Momeni, Per Bloland, Jan Maresz (US Premiere), Ronald Bruce
Smith (US Premiere), and David Bithell.
Trumpet
player with the La Jolla Symphony and Chorus, La Jolla, California,
1995 – 1999
Gamelan
Sari Raras: member of traditional Javanese ensemble, Berkeley,
California, 2000 – 2004
Art
and Technology
Faculty
Member with the UNT Center for Experimental Music and Intermedia, 2006
– present
-----------Develop
laboratory for Multimedia Physical Computing
Head
Programmer for UC Berkeley’s Space Science Laboratory Sonification
Project, 2004 – 2005
UC
Berkeley’s Center for New Music and Audio Technologies (CNMAT), 1999 –
2004
-----------Graduate
Student Composer researching real-time interaction and multimedia
composition.
-----------Specializing
in Max/MSP, Jitter, ProTools, Peak, AudioSculpt, as well as
standard and non-
traditional
music notation programs.
Conducting,
Organizing, and Administration
Coordinator
for the Initiative for Advanced Research in Technology and the Arts
(iARTA), 2008 – present
-----------Founding
principal investigator for an interdisciplinary research cluster at the
University of North Texas
-----------Coordinate
and facilitate interarts + technology research across 8 departments and
4 colleges
-----------Oversee
hiring process for three new faculty lines generated by this initiative
-----------Oversee
development of a new academic journal, MOEBIUS, focused on arts,
technology, and critical
theory
-----------Lead
an innovative new music ensemble and performance series producing 10
concerts a year.
-----------Organize
residencies at the ODC Theater, Community Music Center of San
Francisco, and
Wesleyan
University as well as an east-coast tour including Merkin Hall, NYC
Orchestra
Manager for the La Jolla Symphony and Chorus, La Jolla, California,
1997 – 1999
Conductor
and Music Director for the John Muir Musical Ensemble, UC San Diego,
1995 – 1999
Coordinator of the
Undergraduate Performers’ Forum at UC San Diego, 1997 – 1999
Awards
and Honors
American
Composers’ Forum Encore Grant (with the percussion duo
Hunter/Gatherer), 2008
University
of North Texas Faculty Research Grants, 2006 - 2007 and 2007 - 2008
Meet
the Composer “Creative Connections” Award, 2005
UC
Berkeley Eisner Prize for Excellence in the Creative Arts, 2004
Nichola
DeLorenzo Prize for Music Composition, 2004
CalSpace
Summer Fellowship to develop solar sonification software, 2004
Regents
Intern Fellowship, UC Berkeley 1999 – 2000 and 2003 – 2004
UC
Berkeley Department of Music’s Christofilos Prize for academic
achievement, 2002
Silicon
Graphics/Cray Undergraduate Research Scholarship for the analysis of
experimental musical instruments and the construction of new
instruments, 1998 – 1999
UC
San Diego John Muir College Most Outstanding Senior Award, 1999
UC
San Diego Department of Music Peter Farrell Award for Most Outstanding
Senior, 1999
UC
San Diego Thomas Nee Award for Outstanding Contribution to the La Jolla
Symphony, 1999
Phi
Beta Kappa, Golden Key National Honor Society, and Caledonian Society
of John Muir College
Publications
David Bithell, “Image,
Engagement, Technological Resource: An Interview with Roger Reynolds”,
Computer Music Journal, Volume 31 Issue 1, Spring 2007.
Laura
Peticolas, Roberto Morales Manzanares, David Bithell, Nahide Craig,
Janet Luhmann, Stuart Bale, “Space Weather Sonification for scientists,
educators, and musicians” American Geophysical Union, Spring Meeting
2005.
David
Bithell,
“East Meets West: 4th Annual San Francisco Electronic Music Festival”
Essay-review published in the Computer Music Journal, Volume 28 Issue
1, Spring 2004.
Various
reviews for the San Francisco Classical Voice, January 2004 – 2005
Lectures,
Presentations, and Workshops
Hanyang University,
Seoul, Korea - Seminar on my work with Music, Multimedia, and
Technology - Department of Music Composition - November 12, 2008.
Royal
Academy
of Fine Art Belgium / Higher Institute for Fine Arts Flanders-Ghent
- “Physical Computing for Music Theater” - Three Day Intensive
Workshop co-taught with Ali Momeni. October 13-15, 2008.
2008
SPARK
Festival of Electronic Music and Art - “Influences of New Technologies
on Theatre, Dance, and Music Traditions” - Panel Discussion - March 1,
2008.
Princeton
University - Lecture/Demonstration of my work with Music, Multimedia,
and Technology - SlashArts Series - November 14, 2007.
SUNY
Stony
Brook - Lecture/Demonstration of my work with Music, Multimedia, and
Technology - November 12, 2007.
2007
International Digital Media and Art Association (iDMAA) Conference -
“Improvisation and the Happy Accident” - Panel Discussion - November 9,
2007.
University
of
North Texas - Music Now Series - “A Composer’s Survival Guide” - Panel
Discussion - April 2, 2007.
Florida
International University School of Music- “Toward Musical Intermedia:
Structuring Medial Connectivity” - March 26, 2007.
Texas
A&M
University Center for Humanities Research and the Department of
Performance Studies - "Toward Musical Intermedia: Structuring Medial
Connectivity" - March 5, 2007.
Texelectronica
2006 Festival of Art, Music, Technology, Society and Culture - Fort
Worth Museum of Modern Art - “Interactivity” - Lecture and Panel
Discussion - October 28, 2006.
University
of
North Texas - Music Now Series - “Lumen:Aria - A Case Study in
Improvisation and Interactivity” - September 25, 2006.
Wesleyan
University - “Collaborative Performance and Composition” - Talk as a
part of an sfSound residency - February 22, 2006.
University
of
California, Berkeley - Composition Colloquium Series - Talk and Panel
Discussion with Ali Momeni and Roberto Morales - January 24, 2003.
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