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ACADEMIC
BACKGROUND
Master's of Music in Performance (voice),
1986-90
University of Western Ontario, specialization
in early and contemporary music thesis:
R. Murray Schafer's Theatre of Confluence
in part published in winter issue of Musicworks,
Canadian Journal of Sound Exploration
Bachelor of Music, 1984-86
Concordia Univ./McGill Univ., specialization
in performance, (theory and ear-training
at McGill)
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Studio Art,
minor in literature, 1979-82
Concordia University, lithography, intaglio,
serigraphy, painting and drawing
PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE
Choeur Maha women's choir. founder,
artistic director, arranger, and composer
since 1991
Concordia University , Music Dept. instructor of
Electroacoustics and Sound for Artists, 2005-
Actors' Studio of Montreal , voice instructor,
2004
Moving Music Network project manager
for web portal for improvised music, 2003-04
NSCAD (Nova Scotia College of Art &
Design), visiting instructor of course "Inventory
of Sounds," summer 2003
Studio XX, general director, spring
2002
Rocketnetwork.com, manager of online
support, supervising an international team
of 9 professional musicians providing technical
support 2000-02
Multimedia Instructor City College
of San Francisco, 1999
Musical Director First Congregational
Church of Oakland, 1998
Sonic Choreography Workshop Piano
Store, New York, O.D.C., San Francisco,
1998
Digital Editing Workshop Interaccess,
Toronto, B.A.V.C., San Francisco, 1998
Digital Editing Workshop in Soundedit
16, Deck II, and ProTools, designed for
and instructed to professional artists through
Studio XX, Montreal, 1998
Vocal Empowerment verbal communication
instructor for PERFORMA, Dawson College'd
Professional Development Program accredited
by University of Laval FreelanceWeb Design,
including realaudio encoding, shockwave,
and basic html.
X-Radio.com realaudio encoding for
an online radio station.
Studio XX founding member and director
of a women's digital media intervention
group. Activities include: coordinating
a training program in basic Macintosh, Internet
skills, Quark. Photoshop, HTML, Director,
Premiere, Soundedit 16, Deck II, Digital
Performer, and Protools. Coordinating a
web site, homepage designing, and internet
research activities. Coordinating database
research of women's resource centres. Coordinating
various media projects including a radio
show, zine/newsletter, and lecture series.
Movement of the Voice project manager
of educational CdRom for dancers, singers,
1996
Different Angels executive producer
of CD of Choeur Maha, 1996
Canadian Electroacoustic Community
member of board of directors, 1994
Concordia University Contemporary Dance
Department Instructor of core music
course, "Sound and Silence for the
Dancer," 1993-97
Tangente Danse Inc. Quinzaine de
Montreal, International Voice Festival.
Curator, 1994
Bruits du Noir
co-curator/producer of experimental audio
series at Studio 303, 1993-5
W.E.N.C.H. Vocal Empowerment/Self
Defense Workshop co-instructor 1994
Workshop Instructor Gina Lori RileyDance
Enterprises
CKUT-FM McGill Radio host since 1992
for sons d'esprit, electroluxe: electroacoustic
music shows
Musicworks: journal of sound exploration Freelance writer and reviewer
University of Western Ontario instructor
of ear-training, 1986-88
Vocal Lessons and Vocal Empowerment Workshops Private Instructor since 1985
GRANTS
AND AWARDS
Media Arts Audio 2005 (Can.
Council) for producing an audio DVD of vocal
compositions
Media Arts Audio 2002 (Can. Council)
for reproducing lost performance works
Meet the Composer 2002, concert at Deep
Listening Space, Kingston, NY
Djerassi Foundation 1999 artist residency,
Woodside, Ca
Headlands Center for the Arts 1999
artist residency, Sausalito, Ca
Media Arts "B" 1998 (Canada
Council) for cell phone ballet
Conseil des arts et des lettres du Quebec
1998 for cell phone ballet
Training Initiatives Program 1996
(CHRC) for advanced studio engineering and
new media training
Commissions 1995 (Can. Council) for
collaboration with choreographer William
Douglas
Media Arts Audio 1995 (Can. Council)
for CD recording project of original works
with Choeur Maha
Touring Office 1995 (Can. Council)
for touring solo show Loose Connections
in Victoria and Vancouver
Western Front 1995 artist in residence
in Media Arts department, composing The
Counting Game
Artistic Practise 1994
-Ministere de la Culture et des Communications
to produce NeverAlways for 100 radios and
voices
-Research and Travel to present works
at Newfoundland Sound Symposium and Banff
Centre
Banff Center for the Arts 1997, residency
in performance art (web design coordinator
for the project)
Banff Center for the Arts 1994, 93,
full term residency in composition
Research and Development 1993, Ministere
des affaires culturelles, to participate
in Vancouver World Symposium on Choral Music
and Tuning of the World Acoustic Ecology
festival at the Banff Centre
Explorations 1991 (Can. Council)
for Contes de Quelque Parts, theatrical
conception, composition and performance
with choreographers Lin Snelling and Josee
Gagnon
Media Arts 1991 (Can. Council) for
ImMediacy by PoMo CoMo artist collective
Jeunes Volontaires 1989-90 Ministere
des Loisirs du Quebec for founding and directing
Synaesthesia, composer/performer collective
RESEARCH
AND SCHOLARLY ACTIVITIES
Islands of Resistance: Radio Pirates in Canada, chapter on my radio work:"The Power of Small" 2008
Leonardo Music Journal vol. 19,CD track of HMMM, MIT Press, 2008
Listening Bodies: performer and panSymposium on Improvisation and Interdisciplinary Collaboration, McGill University, 2008
Uncontained Body, performer and panelist for Concordia University PhD. Humanities conference on performance, 2008
Musicworks
Magazine, reviewed Journal of Critical Studies in Improvisation 2005
Where's the Beat , CKUT-FM McGill, co-hosted weekly radio show on electroacoustics 2003-06
Deep Listening Retreat,partipated 2003, received certification in 2005
Wolf Project 2002, participated in R.
Murray Schafer’s annual wildernessproject
Sound Symposium 2002, attended and wrote
review for Musicworks Magazine
Zdnet.com
(developers section) article on web audio
design, 2000
Fuse
Magazine, article "Dada to
Data" on live net performance, 1999
Transmissions
Magazine, article Digital Self-defense
(activism and inernet audio) 1999
Musicworks
Magazine, article on Pamela Z, 1999
Mills College, Oakland, Ca, guest
lecture in graduate class on women composers,
1999
University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.
lecture on internet radio, 1999
Concordia University, Montreal, Qc.
guest lecture to department of music, 1999
Wired.com, "Radio Independents'
Day" article, S.F. July 4, 1998
n.
paradoxa, journal of feminist theory,
web site review, UK, april, 1998
Workshop on Voice and Digital Technology,
Video Verité, Saskatoon, 1998
College Art Association , paper presentation
on webcasting and digital communities, Toronto,
1998
W.A.R.C. (Women's Art Resource Centre)
, paper on digital storytelling for anual
conference, Toronto, 1998
Independent Film and Video Alliance,
panel participation on "convergence"
Montréal, 1997
Women in Performance, journal of
feminist theory, article on my piece
"Echosystem" NYC, 1997
MadCat Women's Film and Video Festival,
panel moderator on new media, San Francisco,
1997
Nordic Glory, panel discussion on
new media and gender representation, Jyvaskyla,Finland
1997
Songlines, Panel speaker about cross-cultural
song, Ottawa, May, 1996
Galerie La Centrale, panel on history
of Women's Art Collectives
Mikropolyphonie online journal of new media , article "Geography
of the Voice," 1996
Convergence 96 Conference on cross-culturalism,
presentation on radio-based art in Mysore,
India
ISEA panel discussion of women electroacoustic
composers, Montreal, 1995
Retouch Conference on Gender, Technology,
and Music by Public Access in Toronto 1995
Gamelan Intensive Workshop, Simon
Fraser University, Vancouver. Playing, singing,
and notating Javanese Gamelan music 1995
Inter-Access media centre, Toronto,
Ont. Sonic Choreographies presentation 1994
MusicWorks Magazine article on "Radical
Radio, Guerrilla Performance," 1994
Frequent guest lecturer in Communications
Dept. at Concordia Univrsity, 1992-95
Perspectives Conference by York University
Graduate Dept. of Social and Political Thought,
presented recent work in a panel on The
Body and Noise, 1993
Tuning of The World, Banff, Ab, attended
a symposium on acoustic ecology 1993
Deep Listening Workshops given by
Pauline Oliveros, participant 1993-94
Contact, Journal of the Canadian Electroacoustic
Community, article on MusicBox composer
project, 1993 reviews, 1996
MusicWorks Magazine article A Phantom
of Opera about composer R. Murray Schafer
, Spring 1989
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