Dissertation: Lutoslawski's Symphonic Forms (advised by Allen Forte).
1989 B.M. in Jazz Piano Performance from the University of North Texas.
Continuing Education:
2005 San Antonio Jazz Residency, Jim Cullum Jazz Band
2004 Center for Educational Technology, Music Technology Conference
2004 & 2002 Associated Colleges of the South, Music Technology Seminar
1999 College Music Society, Music Technology Seminar
"Textural Intricacy and the Auditory Scene: A New Application of Bregman's Granular Analysis,"
invited guest presentation at NITLE National Music Conference, June 2006; also read at Music Theory Midwest conference, May 2004.
"Cognitive Perception of Lutoslawski's Aleatoric Counterpoint,"
invited guest lecture at Cornell University, November 2005.
"A PCSet Primer for Jazz Students,"
invited guest lecture at the University of North Texas, February 1996.
"The Contour of Complexity in the Polish Avant-garde,"
read at the Texas Society of Music Theory conference, March 1995.
"Character and Drama in Lutoslawski's Symphony No. 3,"
read at the joint conference of the Texas Society of Music Theory/South Central Society of Music Theory, March 1994.
(This paper also was given as a classroom presentation at the University of Texas at Austin, March 1994.)
A responsibility I shared with Dr. Ross Smith in the Spring Semester 2006. I was responsible for maintaining the school finances, overseeing programming and also performing some of the administrative writing tasks such as committee correspondence and catalog copy.
Designer and Director of the Music Library computer lab at Centenary College (2002-present),
a student facility for CAI eartraining and midi notation. My work on this facility involved internet connections, installation of MIDI interfaces and controllers, software and hardware upgrades plus adjusting music curricula to take full advantage of the newly available technology.
Grant Researcher:
Currently writing grants to build new recording studio at Centenary College. I wrote $3500 in grants to update the Music Library computer lab in Spring 2003.
Webmaster,
redesigned the entire website for the Hurley School of Music to match new specifications from the College in Spring 2003.
Board Member, Texas Society for Music Theory 2003-2005
I also served on the conference program committee in 2002 and 1999.
ACS Representative,
CET/MANE Music Technology Conference 2004 at Hamilton College, NY.
Designer and Director of the music technology lab at Southwestern University,
a facility that trains students and faculty to develop digital audio, animation, scores and MIDI sequences and publish their work on the web (The lab opened in January 2000).
Assistant Editor, Journal of Music Theory 1993-4.
My job was primarily that of writing readers reports for foreign submissions that had promising subject matter but poor use of English.
Dean, The American Guild of Organists
Brazos Valley Chapter 1997-8.
Member, Society of Music Theory, Texas Society of Music Theory, College Music Symposium.
for New Orleans saxophone player Steve Allen at Shreveport Jazz Festival
2004-2006 directed "Louisiana Jazz Repertory Ensemble,"
a classic jazz chamber group who performed at the Red River Revel, Artspace the University Club, Shreveport Club, Elm Grove Middle School and a few other local venues this year. We made our radio debut on KDAQ FM in November 2004. The band performed with Jim Cullum at the Riverwalk in San Antonio during June 2005.
2004 piano accompanist
for Tony-winning vocalist Leilani Jones (in recital with Shreveport Opera).
2003-present Jazz Band Director
Centenary College of Louisiana
2003-present Organist
at All Saints Reformed Episcopal Church, Shreveport
2003 Music Director
for "Superstars Live" revue at Hollywood Casino, Shreveport