Education | Professional Activity | Publications | Presentations | Research  | Awards | Skills | Affiliations | References

 
Education  |top|
  • Temple University, Ph.D. - Doctor of Philosophy (2008 - present)
  • Boyer College of Music, Dance, and the Arts Department of Music Education
  • Doctoral Advisor Deborah Sheldon
  • Research emphasis in interactive music systems for music cognition
  • Studied composition with Maurice Wright and Richard Brodhead
  • Recipient of the 2010 Who's Who Award
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  • University of California, Santa Cruz, Certificate in Algorithmic Composition (2008)
  • Concentration in list processing (LISP programming language) and artificial musical intelligence
  • Studied composition with David Cope
  • Composed music and developed algorithms for musical intelligence
  • Developed list processing algorithms that integrate with previous work in modality algorithms and algorithmic composition
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  • New York University, M.M. - Master of Music (2005 - 2007)
  • Magna Cum Laude
  • Steinhardt Graduate School of Education Department of Music Technology
  • Concentration in algorithmic composition & interactive music systems
  • Studied composition with Robert Rowe, Kenneth Peacock, Luke Dubois and Joel Chadabe
  • Developed the Modal Object Library: a collection of algorithms to control & define modality
  • Developed the EAMIR project: interactive systems for music education, performance & composition
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  • Kean University, B.A. - Bachelor of Arts in Music Education (2000 - 2005)
  • Cum Laude
  • Concentration in classical guitar performance.
  • Studied classical guitar with Christopher Kenniff
  • Studied composition with Matthew Halper
  • Certified K-12 Educator by the State of New Jersey
  • Recipient of the 2005 Who's Who Award
  • Recipient of the Kean University 2005 Outstanding Student Teacher Award
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    Professional Activity |top|
     
  • Montclair State University, Cali School of Music, College of the Arts, est. 1908
  • Visiting Specialist  - Music Technology (2007 - present)
  • Director of music technology studies
  • Courses developed & taught | sample syllabus
  • Electronic Music, Music Technology
  • Composition
  • Interactive Music & Multimedia System Programming & Development
  • Film Scoring & Multimedia Composition
  • Guest lectures in Music Therapy, Music Education
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  • Music Technology Lab Coordinator / Established music tech. equipment lending system
  • view photos of lab
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  • Committees
  • Development, review, and evaluation committees for complete A/V infrastructure and program of Chapin Hall (2008-2011) | see below
  • Served on Music Therapy Master's Thesis Review Committee
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  • Music Technology Director and Consultant for the A/V construction, implementation, and design of the Cali School of Music's building project/renovation of Chapin Hall, and all technology implementations therein (2008-2009)
  • Scope included
  • 15-station music production computer lab | view photos of lab & tech specs
  • 19-station piano lab | view photos of lab & tech specs
  • Music tech. equipment lending system | view list of lending equipment
  • Leshowitz Recital Hall | view photos of recital hall & tech specs
  • 5 fully mediated classrooms
  • Audio Tech Recording Studio integrated with Leshowitz Recital Hall
  • two dedicated special purpose rooms (Ott, Rochburg) for Music Therapy & Conferences
  • two mobile A/V units for mediation
  • rehearsal halls and practice rooms
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  • Technology Implementation and Faculty/Student Training
  • Developed student lab monitor team and provided training and supportive documentation for lab usage, maintenance, and equipment borrowing procedures (2009-present).
  • Developed student recording engineer team and provided training and supportive documentation for equipment use and recording/archiving procedures (2009-present).
  • Developed MSU Music Technology Resource Group for faculty/students that provides supportive documentation for all MSU equipment/software as well as policies for lab use and borrowing equipment (2009-present).
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  • Kean University, Conservatory of Music, College of Visual & Performing Arts, est. 1855
  • Adjunct Professor of Music - Music Technology (2007 - present)
  • Courses developed & taught | sample syllabus
  • Music Technology
  • Composition
  • Music Survey
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  • Assistant Music Technology Lab Coordinator
  • view photos of lab
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  • Committees
  • Chair of Technology Committee for Educating the Creative Mind Conference with Howard Gardner (2010)
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  • Assistant Director of Ars Vitalis: the NJ New Music Forum (2008 - present)
  • Recording/Engineering
  • Production details
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  • Composer & Musical Director (Theatre Department)
  • Hamlet (2007) | view video
  • Othello (2007) | view video
  • Sleeping Beauty (2008) | view video
  • the Pillowman (2009) | view video
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  • Producer/Recording Engineer
  • Kean Concert Artists Schubert's Quintet in C (2005) at SONY Studios
  • Kean Department of Theatre: view video
  • Kean University Jazz Ensemble / Percussion Ensemble
  • Emmy-Award-Winning Craig Lindvahl's Cobb Field (2008)
  • View complete list of Kean recordings
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  • New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), Department of Information Technology, College of Computing Sciences, est. 1881
  • Visiting Specialist - Music Technology (2011 - present)
  • Courses developed & taught | sample syllabus
  • Music Technology/Interactive Music System Programming
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  • Music Technology Lab Coordinator
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    Select Publications |top|
     
    Book Publications
     
    - Max/MSP/Jitter for Music (2011) | Oxford University Press
    (Computer Science / Music / Research)
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    Research Articles
    - Multimedia-Based Visual Programming Promoting Core Competencies in IT Education (2011) | Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) / SIGITE National Conference Proceedings, pgs. 203 - 208
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    - Computer-aided Composition with High School Non-music Students (2010) | TI:ME Action Research / College Music Society (CMS) / Assoc. for Technology in Music Instruction (ATMI) National Conference
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    Conference Presentations |top|
     
    -NAfME (formerly MENC) 2012 Biennial Music Educators National Conference | St. Louis, MO
     Panel Discussion Member | (Upcoming: March 29 - 31, 2012)
     
    -New Jersey Music Educators Assoc. (NJMEA) Conference | East Brunswick, NJ
     Multiple Session Lecturer |(Upcoming: February 23 - 25 2012)
     
    -Technology Institute for Music Ed. (TI:ME) National Conference / Jazz Education Network (JEN) | Louisville, KY
     Session Lecturer & Co-Director NAMM Research Grant / TI:ME Leadership Academy (2012) | view video
     
    -Peabody Institute of the John Hopkins University / NSEME | Baltimore, MD
     Composition Performance (2011) | view video
     
    -Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) / SIGITE National Conference | West Point, NY
     Session Lecturer  (2011) | view video
     
    -College Music Society (CMS) / Assoc. for Technology in Music Instruction (ATMI) National Conference | Richmond, VA
     Multiple Session Lecturer (2011) | view video
     
    -Cycling 74's Max/MSP Expo 74 Conference | Brooklyn, NY
     Poster Session (2011) | view photos
     
    -American String Teachers Association (ASTA) Chamber Music Institute (CMI) | Union, NJ
     Instructor/Session Lecturer (2011)
     
    -New Jersey Music Educators Assoc. (NJMEA) Conference | East Brunswick, NJ
     Multiple Session Lecturer (2011) | view video
     
    -Technology Institute for Music Education (TI:ME) National Conference / OMEA | Cincinnati, OH
     Session Lecture (2011) | view video
     
    -Vermont Music Educators Assoc. (VMEA) Music & Technology Conference / Vermont MIDI Project | Vergennes, VT
     Session Lecturer (2010) | view video
     
    -College Music Society (CMS) / Assoc. for Technology in Music Instruction (ATMI) National Conference | Minneapolis, MN
     Session Lecturer & Hands-on Workshop Presentation (2010) | view video
     
    -American String Teachers Association (ASTA) Chamber Music Institute (CMI) | Union, NJ
     Instructor/Session Lecturer (2010)
     
    -International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) | Music & Tech Special Interest Group (SIGMT) | Denver, CO
     Keynote Lecture (2010) | view video
     
    -Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States (SEAMUS) National Conference | St. Cloud, MN
     Composition & Performance (2010) | view video
     
    -Technology Institute for Music Ed. (TI:ME) National Conference / NJMEA | East Brunswick, NJ
     Session Lecturer & Hands-on Workshop Presentation (2010) | view video
     
    -CMENC State Conference / Montclair State University | Montclair, NJ
     Session Lecturer (2010) | view video
     
    -Technology Institute for Music Ed. (TI:ME) Central Regional Conference / Ohio Music Ed. Assoc. (OMEA) | Cincinnati, OH
     Keynote Lecture (2010) | view video
     
    -College Music Society (CMS) / Assoc. for Technology in Music Instruction (ATMI) National Conference | Portland, OR
     Session Lecturer & Technology Showcase Participant (2009) | view video
    -Award: 2009 Best Student Presentation Award
     
    -Technology Institute for Music Education (TI:ME) NJ Conference | East Brunswick, NJ
     Session Lecturer (2009) | view video
     
    -American String Teachers Association (ASTA) Chamber Music Institute (CMI) | Union, NJ
     Instructor/Session Lecturer (2009) | view pictures
     
    -Cycling 74's Max/MSP Expo 74 Conference | San Francisco, CA
     Poster Session (2009) | view video
     
    -New Jersey Music Educators Assoc. (NJMEA) Conference | East Brunswick, NJ
     Multiple Session Lecturer (2009) |  view video
     
    -Technology Institute for Music Ed. (TI:ME) National Conference / TMEA | San Antonio, TX
     Session Lecturer (2009) | view video
     
    -American String Teachers Association (ASTA) Chamber Music Institute (CMI) | Union, NJ
     Session Lecturer (2008) | view video
     
     
     
     
     
    Guest Lectures |top|
     
    -Bergen Community College | Paramus, NJ
     Guest Lecture (2011) | Department of Information Technology | (Upcoming: March, 2012)
     
    -New York University | New York, NY
     Guest Lecture (2011) |  Seminar in Music Education (David Elliot) | view video
     
    -New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) | Newark, NJ
     Guest Lecturer (2010) | College of Computer Science & Dept. of Information Technology | view video
     
    -Rowan University | Glassboro, NJ
     Guest Lecturer (2010) | MENC Lecture | view video
     
    -Stockton College | Pomona, NJ
     Guest Lecture (2010) | Physics Dept. Natural Sciences & Mathematics | view video
     
    -New York University | New York, NY
     Guest Lecture (2009) | Graduate Seminar in Music Education (David Elliot) | view video
     
    -Teacher Development Lectures
     K-12 Teacher Development & Student Education Lectures | view complete list
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
    Research Projects |top|
     
     
  • IMTCP Interactive Music Technology Curriculum Project (2010) | view project site
  • Informal Music Learning in Non-Music Students Through Interactive Systems
  • original research endeavor with research partner Rick Dammers of Rowan University
  • developed original software for adaptive instruments and interactive music systems
  • week-long research project/music camp for middle-school non-music students
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  • TI:ME Action Research Awarded a competitive NAMM research grant (2010) | view project site
  • Informal Music Learning in Non-Music Students Through Interactive Systems
  • Continued research with the interactive music system automata (2009) authored by V.J. & Dan Manzo
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  • EAMIR Electro-acoustic Musically Interactive Room, (2007) | view project site
    Founder/Director/Developer eamir.org 
  • open-source music technology project involving alternate controllers, sensors, and adaptive instruments to facilitate music composition, performance, and instruction through a collection of interactive music systems. The EAMIR software apps have been implemented in classrooms, including special needs and disabilities populations, research projects, and composition/performance environments.
  • partnership with Korg/SoundTree (2008)
  • featured library on Cycling '74 and Max Objects (2007)
  • the EAMIR Software Development Kit (SDK) allows users to create EAMIR instruments without prior programming knowledge by connecting instrument modules to sound modules.
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  • Modal Object Library A Collection of Algorithms to Control and Define Modality, (2006)  | view project site
    Author and developer of an extensive library of objects for use primarily in algorithmic compositions and electronic music
  • Library consists of algorithms for defining modality (including all diatonic modes), modal relationships, tertian harmony and chord constructs, quartal/quintal harmony, modes of limited transposition, harmonic analysis, western functional harmony, fuzzy logic harmonization, and more, as well as numerous tools and utilities
  • Library is ported for use in Lisp (C-LISP, Open Music, Common Music), Pure Data, and Max/MSP/Jitter
  • featured library on Cycling '74 and Max Objects (2006)
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    Academic Awards |top|
  • Recipient of the 2010 Who's Who Award (Temple University)
  • Recipient of the 2009 Best Student Presentation Award (College Music Society National Conference / ATMI)
  • Recipient of the 2005 Who's Who Award (Kean University)
  • Recipient of the 2005 Outstanding Student Teacher Award (Kean University)
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    Grants |top|

  • NAMM Research/Program Grant ($10,000) / TI:ME Leadership Academy (2011) | view project site
  • Assoc. Computing Machinery Student Grant (2011)  | view research paper
  • Dean's Student Grant (2011) (Temple University) | research paper forthcoming
  • NAMM Research Grant ($2,500) / TI:ME (2010) | view project site

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    Key Skills |top|
  • Music Performance and Composition: music theory and composition, and classical guitar performance. Specialization in algorithmic and traditional compositional models of modality & modal relationships, theory, and interactive music & multimedia systems.
  • Computers & Programming: For Windows, Mac, and Linux environments, a variety of programming languages including Max/MSP/Jitter, LISP (C-LISP, Open Music, Common Music, Clojure), Objective-C, C-Sound, Arduino, Kyma, Pure Data, PHP, Flash (ActionScript) and other web-languages as well as multimedia and graphics solutions and industry-standard music production & creation software such as Pro Tools, Logic, MainStage, Live, etc. and Finale & Sibelius. Specialization in algorithmic & electro-acoustic composition & interactive music and multimedia systems/installations.
  • Instruction: Higher education professor since 2007 specializing in music technology and composition, NJ state certified K-12 music educator specializing in classical guitar instruction, theory and composition, and technology implementations to support curricular objectives.

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    Affiliations |top|
  • SEAMUS Society for Electro-acoustic Music in the United States (since 2009)
  • AIII Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (since 2008)
  • ATMI Association for Technology in Music Instruction (since 2008)
  • CMS College Music Society (since 2008)
  • NYAS New York Academy of Sciences (since 2008)
  • TI:ME Technology Institute for Music Educators (since 2008)
  • AFT American Federation of Teachers (since 2007)
  • ICMA International Computer Music Association, (since 2006)
  • AES Audio Engineering Society, (since 2006)
  • ASCAP American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers, (since 2001)
  • NJMEA New Jersey Music Education Association, (since 2000)
  • MENC National Association for Music Educators, (since 2000)
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    References |top|
    V.J. Manzo