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EDUCATION:

Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana

Doctor of Arts Degree, in Music

Primary area: Composition/Theory
Secondary area: Music History/Musicology

Dissertation: Interactions Between Composers and Technology in the First  Decades of Electronic Music, 1948-1968  (377 pp.)
(Available from University Microfilms Inc.)

 Awards: Distinguished Dissertation Award
        BSU Alumni Association, May 1998
   Doctoral Fellowship, 1994-1995, renewed 1996-1997
   Doctoral Assistantship, 1993-1994

 Honors:  Dean’s Citation for Academic Excellence, July 1997


California State University, Northridge

Master of Music Degree, in Composition (with distinction)


 Awards: Leda Campo Memorial Award, June 1990

 Honors:  Member, Pi Kappa Lambda music honor society
   Also elected to Phi Kappa Phi


University of California, San Diego

Bachelor of Arts Degree, in Music (with high honors)

Area: Composition

 Honors:  Dean’s Honor List, December 1972, June 1973
   Provost’s Honor List, March 1974, June 1974


Ventura Community College

Lower division courses
Major: Music


EMPLOYMENT:

Ventura Community College

4667 Telegraph Road

Ventura, CA 93003


 Position: Instructor, part-time
1980-1993, 1997-present

 Current Classes taught: MUS V39, Introduction to Music Technology
MUS V08, Music Appreciation
MUS V02E,  Music Theory V: 20th century techniques
MUS V01, Fundamentals of Music
MUS V31G, Composition lessons

 Previous assignments:  MUS V42, Audio for Multimedia
MUS V09A/9B, Music History & Literature I/II
   MUS V40, Intro. to Finale
MUS V41, Intro. to Musicshop
MUS 60A, Synthesizer Basics
MUS 60B, Tape Recording Basics


Ball State University

School of Music

Muncie, IN 47306


 Positions: Full Time, 1-year Contract Faculty, 1995-1996
   Doctoral Fellow, 1994-1995 and 1996-1997
   Doctoral Assistant, 1993-1994

 Classes taught: MUSTH 125, Acoustics (three semesters)
   MUSTH 111/2, Freshman Music Theory
   MUMET 225, Introduction to Electronic Music
   MUMET 325, Introduction to Recording
   MUSTH 212L, MUSTH 111L, Ear Training
   MUSTH 311/2, 431, Composition Lessons

 Other Duties: School of Music Computer Lab, MU301
    Faculty Supervisor, 1995-1996
    Graduate Coordinator, Spring 1994

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