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
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