Experience:
Harmonix Music Systems; 2008 to present
Position: Sound Designer/Composer
Contributions:
• The Beatles: Rock Band
• LEGO Rock Band
• The Rock Band Network
• Rock Band 2
• AC/DC Live: Track Pack
• Rock Band: Unplugged
• Rock Band downloadable content
Boston University Distance Education; 2007 to 2008
Position: Group instructor
• Taught MU600 – Analytical Techniques in Tonal Music
• Taught MU766 – Jazz Arranging
Massachusetts Institutes of Technology; 2006 to 2008
Position: Piano lab/Theory Instructor/Guest Lecture
• Theory, keyboard harmony, music appreciation and music literacy.
University of Missouri-Kansas city; 2004 to 2006
Position: Non-western music teaching assistant
• Introduced music instruments and history in Asian culture.
Paseo high school, Liberty high school, Liberty middle school, Antioch middle school, Blue Valley high school;
2004 to 2006
Position: Local music program teacher
•Conducted/assisted Orchestra rehearsals, chamber rehearsals; offered basic music literacy classes, music theory, ear
training, solfege, composition lessons.
University of Missouri-Kansas City; 2005
Position: Listening lab/Composition teaching assistant
•Introduced contemporary music repertoire and techniques.
Taiwanese Association of America Chinese School of Kansas City; 2004 to 2005
Position: Music teacher
•Taught music appreciation, folk singing and music theory.
Hsiao-Kang District middle school, Kaohsiung, Taiwan; 2002
Position: Summer program music teacher
• Introduced film scoring, basic music theory and music appreciation.
Education:
University of Missouri-Kansas city, 2004-2009
DMA, music composition
• Studied with Chen-Yi, James Mobberly, Paul Rudy and Zhou-Long
• DMA Dissertation: Good things to Eat for mixed ensemble, robots and electronic sounds
Boston University, 2002-2004
MM, music composition
• Studied with Lukas Foss and Steven Weigt.
• Master’s Thesis: Prefabricated Element for string orchestra
Berklee College of Music, 1999-2002
BM, music composition
• Studied with Marti Epstein, Greg Fritze and John Bavicchi.
Awards and Honors:
First prize at the Accent03/Music03 Composition Competition, Three Memories; 2003
Ellen Taaffe Zwillich Prize, IAWM, Three Movements for solo violin; 2003
Invited as fellow composer to University of California, Davis summer festival; 2003
Boston Symphony Hall young composer award; 2002
Fifth prize in the Taiwan Ministry of Education music competition. Instrument: Er-Hu Young adult category; 1998
Second prize in the Kaohsiung city Education Bureau music competition. Instrument: Er-Hu young adult level; 1998
Fifth prize Taiwan Ministry of Education music competition. Instrument: Zheng young adult category; 1997
First prize in the Kaohsiung city Education Bureau music competition. Instrument: Zheng young adult level; 1996
Fifth prize in the Taiwan Ministry of Education music competition. Instrument: Zheng young adult category; 1995
First prize in the Kaohsiung city Education Bureau music competition. Instrument: Zheng young adult category; 1994
Upcoming performances:
Awakening for Anthology Voices; March 2010; Cambridge, MA
Recent performances:
Postune; Alea III; March 2, 2010 at the Tsai Performance Center, Boston University; Boston, MA
Rice Combo ; Ensemble Robot; May 9, 2009 at the Axiom Gallery; Jamaica Plain, MA
Rice Combo ; Gamelan Galak Tika and Ensemble Robot; November, 22, 2008 at the Broad Center, MIT; Cambridge, MA
Rice Combo ; Gamelan Galak Tika and Ensemble Robot; Octover, 30, 2008 at the David Friend Recital Hall,
Berklee;Boston, MA
Gamelan Galak Tika (C.W. Performing); December 9, 2007 at the Broad Center, MIT; Cambridge, MA
Gamelan Galak Tika (C.W. performing); January 7, 2007 at the Peabody Essex Museum; Salem, MA.
Three Forms & Five Repetitions ; Fall 2006 at Royal College, UK
Three Forms; July 30, 2005 at RTHK radio 4, Hong Kong
MM Recital; February 21, 2004 at Boston University.
Featuring the premieres of Five Repetitions, Trio and Electric Guitar Quartet.
Other featured works: Three Memories, Three forms and Nil.
Accent 03; Summer 2003 at Cincinnati Conservatory. Featuring the premiere of Three Memories for string quartet.
Other Experience:
Concert Coordinator: Gamelan Galak Tika, 2007 (member 2006 to present)
Arranger: Evita; Concord Carlisle High School, 2007
Adjudicator: Missouri Elementary School Composition Competition; 2005
Recent Works:
Postune for clarinet, viola, bass and percussion 2009
Chicken Timbales for organ, bass, timbales and electronic sounds 2009
À la mode for balinese gamelan, robots and electronic sounds 2009
People Like Salsa for violin, bass, organ, and electronic sounds 2009
Steakhausen for violin, viola, robots and electronic sounds 2009
Rice Combo for balinese gamelan, robots and electronic sounds 2008
Story Telling for Er-Hu, Shamisen and Koto 2008
Recite for viola and piano 2008
Ting Tan Chin(Listen to the music) for a cappella chorus 2007
Chun Xiao (Awaken in the Spring) for a cappella chorus 2007
Memories for flute, cello and piano 2006
Contrapuntal for electronic sounds 2005
Prefabricated Element for string orchestra 2004
Three forms for solo piano 2004
Three movements for solo violin 2003
Five repetitions for solo piano 2003
Nil for string quartet 2003
Instrumental Experience:
Balinese Gamelan – Galak Tika, MIT; 2006 to present
Erhu – Time’s Arrow, Boston University; 2002 to 2004
Piano – Time’s Arrow, Boston University; 2002 to 2004 Qualified in level five piano performance by Kawai
Zheng – 1997 tour of ten Southern Taiwan Universities
Software Skills:
Audio/Music:
Cubase
Finale
Digital Performer
Kontakt
Absynth
Massive
Sound Forge
Reason
Adobe Audition/ Cool Edit
Reaper
Design/Productivity:
Word
Excel
Dreamweaver
Photoshop
Fireworks
Acrobat
References:
Available upon request