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Curriculum Vitae (Abridged version [click here for complete CV])

Jonathan Fielder
jonfieldermusic@gmail.com

http://jonfielder.weebly.com

Education
University of Texas at Austin, D.M.A. Composition in progress
            Composition teachers: Russell Pinkston, Bruce Pennycook, Don Grantham, Yevgeniy Sharlat
            Anticipated graduation: May 2017

Bowling Green State University, M.M. Composition
            Composition teachers: Elainie Lillios, Mikel Kuehn, Christopher Dietz
            Composition thesis title: Ex Nihilo for chamber orchestra
                    Thesis chair: Mikel Kuehn
                    Committee members: Christopher Dietz

Ohio University, B.M Composition and B.M. Music theory
        Composition teacher: Mark Phillips
        Theory teachers: Allyn Reily, Elizabether Sayrs, David Smooke (2006-7)
                Composition thesis title: Visions of the Apocalypse for baritone and chamber ensemble
                Theory thesis title: Breaking the Lorca Cycle: An Analysis of George Crumb's Lux Aeterna
                        Thesis advisors:   Mark Phillips, Composition
                                                            Allyn Reily, Theory
                        Additional committee members: Elizabether Sarys, theory
                                                                                            Richard Wetzel, theory/composition



Employment

Graham Reynolds Music LLC (August 2015 - present), Studio assistant and score copyist
                Duties: score copywork, assisting with studio maintenance, assisting with recording sessions, system backups, record keeping, project archiving, software and hardware
                           troubleshooting, setup for recording and live performances, any and all technology-related needs

University of Texas at Austin (August 2013 - present), Assistant Instructor - Electronic Music Studios
                Courses: MUS 319D (Spring 2014, Fall 2015, Spring 2015) - Foundations of digital sound and music (created the curriculum)
                                     - Instructor of Record
                               MUS 329E (Fall 2015, Fall 2016) - Introduction to Electronic music
                                     - teaching assistant, primary day-to-day teaching and grading duties
                               MUS 329G (Spring 2016, Spring 2017) - Intermediate Electronic composition
                                     - teaching assistant, primary day-to-day teaching, lecturing, grading
                 Other duties: maintenance of electronic music studios
                                      running live sound and electronics for the UT New Music ensemble and student composition concerts
                                      running live sound and electronics (building sound systems and mixing systems) for the Electro-Acoustic Recital Series (EARS)

Bowling Green Sate University (Fall 2012-Spring 2013 ), Adjunct instructor of music technology
                - Courses: MUCT 4440/5440 (Fall 2012) - Music Technology 1: Foundations, MIDI and Synthesis
                                MUCT 4450/5450 (Spring 2013) - Music Technology 2: Digital Audio, Advanced Processing

Bowling Green State University (2011-12), Graduate teaching assistant    
                - Courses: MUCT 4440/5440 (Fall 2011) - Music Technology 1
                                        - teaching assistant, grading and attendance, occasional teaching duties
                                MUCT 4450/5450 (Spring 2012) Music Technolog 2
                                        - teaching assistant, grading and attendance, occasional teaching duties
                 Other duties: assisted with tech setup for concerts and masterclasses, studio maintenance and software updates, running electronics for the BGSU New Music Festival



Sound diffusion
6/17/2012  "       ", Thomas Rosenkraz, piano recital, Bowling Green State University.
5/7/2012  Music Technology IV Final Concert. Bowling Green State University. Set up 4 interactive electronics
            stations, mixing and soundboard
4/7/2012  Electronics for "Narcissus" by Thea Musgrave. Colleen O'shea Jones, graduate flute recital. Setup and 
            diffusion of live interactive electronics.
3/26/2012 Lindsey Goodman, flute and electronics. Guest recital, Bowling Green State University. Setup and
            diffusion of live electronics.
1/26/2012 "Edentia" by Karlheinz Stockhausen - Jim Fusik, DMA recital, Bowling Green State University. In charge
            of constructing an 8.1 surround sound environment and running sound diffusion for performance.
10/14/2012  Premiere of "Once Again to the Light" by Jim Mobberley. MACCM New Music Festival, Bowling Green 
            State University. Setup and mixing for performance.



Composition
Compositions in Chronological Order:
            Images from the Black Swamp (Transformations IVa), 2012 (solo soprano saxophone, 5')
            Vous L'inaccessible, 2012 (soprano and live electronics, 7')            
            On the Behavior of Smoke Rings (Transformations III), 2012 (flute and live electronics, 5.5')
            Reeding Session, 2012 (English horn and oboe reeds, 3.5')
            Reflections from Within, 2012 (electric guitar and computer, 4')
            Time is of the Essence, 2012 (trombone and piano 6')
            Ex Nihilo, 2011 (chamber orchestra, 11')
            Rust and Sandstorms, 2011 (interactive electronics (Max/MSP and Akai APC40), 7.5')
            Transformations II, (2011 (interactive electronics, 3')
            Chain(s) [Reactions], 2011 (flute, cello and piano, 10')
            C12H16N2, 2011 (fixed media electronics, 5.5')
            effort resistant, 2011 (fixed media electronics, 4')
            Transformations I, 2011 (solo trombone, 7')
            Saros Cycle 125b, 2011 (solo guitar, 1')
            Saros Cycle 125, 2010 (guitar and oboe, 4')
            ...Beneath the Mystic Moon, 2010 (piano and percussion, 24')
            Pagan Dances and Incantations, 2010 (alto saxophone and percussion, 3')
            5 Miniatures for Oboe, 2010 (solo oboe, 8')
            Visions of the Apocalypse, 2010 (baritone and chamber ensemble, 25')
            Dance Music, 2010 (flute and piano, 3.5')
            Icarus, 2009 (wind esemble, 5')
            Nocturnal Whispers, 2009 (flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano and percussion, 8')
            Hit and Miss, 2009 (trumpet ensemble (7 players), 7')
            Lucid Dreams, 2009 (bassoon and fixed electronics, 4')
            Metamorphosis, 2009 (string quintet and piano, 13')
            Mission Accomplished?, 2008 (fixed media electronics
            Portraits of Athens, 2008 (oboe, piano and percussion, 8.5')



Performances

By composition (title, location/event, date)
    
Images from the Black Swamp (Transformations IVa)
                -
Cambridge, MA; recital by Noa Even
    
Vous L'inaccessible
                 - 
Bowling Green State University; Music Tech 4 final concert; May 3, 2012
    
Reflections from Within
                
- Bowling Green State University; Composer's Forum 2; April 2, 2012
    
Time is of the Essence
                
- Bowling Green State University; Praecepta Concert 1; February 27, 2012
    
Rust and Sandstorms
                - 
Bowling Green State University; Composer's Forum 1; January 26, 2012
                - Bowling Green State University; Music Tech 3 final concert; December 15, 2011
    
Chain(s) [Reactions]
                - 
Bowling Green State University; Composer's Forum 2; November 16, 2011
    
C12H16N2
                - 
Bowling Green State University; Composers' Forum 1, September 8, 2011
                - Ohio University; Composition recital (guest performance), May 31, 2011
    
Transformations I
                -
Olmsted Festival of the Arts, Cleveland, OH; August 14, 2011
                - Bowling Green State University; Praecepta Concert 1; February 2011
    
effort resistant
                
- Bowling Green State University; Praecepta Concert; April, 2011
    
...Beneath the Mystic Moon
                
- Bowling Green State University; Composers' Forum 2; April 2011

    5 Miniatures for oboe
                
- Oberlin, OH; Northern Ohio Music Exchange; February, 2011
                - Bowling Green State University; Composers' Forum 1; September 2010
    
Dance Music
                
- Bowling Green State University; Praecepta Concert 2; November 2010
                - Ohio University; Composition SLAM!; January 2010
    
Visions of the Apocalypse
                
- Ohio  University; Strings Unbound concert; May 31, 2010
    
Cosmic Voyage
                
- Ohio University; OU Percussion ensemble concert; April 2010
    
Nocturnal Whispers
                -
Ohio University; Composition recital; November 2009
    Lucid Dreams 
                - Ohio University; Composition recital; November 2009
    
Icarus
                
- Ohio University wind ensemble reading session; May 2009
    
Metamorphosis
                -
Ohio University; Composition recital; May 2009
    Septet for Winds, Strings and Percussion
                
- Ohio University; Alarm Will Sound reading session; May 2009
    Portraits of Athens
                
- Ohio University; Composition recital; May 2008



Honors/Awards

2016 ASCAP/SEAMUS Student Commission (for Dissociation Sequences [C23H28O8])
Finalist in Bowling Green State University Concerto Competition for Composition, 2011
Mark Phillips Dinstinguished Professor Award for Composition, OU, 2009-10
Don and Ethel McVey Scholarship, OU, 2007, 2008, 2009
Ohio University Talent scholarship, OU, 2005-10
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