DR. CHRISTOPHER J. HOPKINS CHRISTOPHERJHOPKINS.COM

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1 DR. CHRISTOPHER J. HOPKINS CHRISTOPHERJHOPKINS.COM EDUCATION Doctor of Musical Arts in Music History and Literature Five Towns College 305 North Service Road Dix Hills, New York GPA: 4.0 May 2015 Master of Arts in Music Theory and Composition with Performance Emphasis Brookville, New York GPA: 4.0 January 2010 Master of Science in Game Design and Development Brookville, New York Master of Science in Information Technology Education Brookville, New York GPA: credits completed 9 credits completed Bachelor of Arts in Music Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts GPA: May 2008 Bachelor of Arts in Computer Science Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts GPA: 3.4 May 2008 Master Classes Christopheren Nomura, voice William Merrill, voice Duncan Cumming, piano Principal Piano Teachers Jebediah Patton, Five Towns College Stephanie Watt, / Linda Papatopoli, Principal Composition Teachers Demetrius Spaneas, Five Towns College Jill Miller-Thorn, Five Towns College Carl Strommen, / 1

2 Principal Voice Teachers Barbara Fusco, / Hanni Myers, CERTIFICATION Specialist Certificate in Audiokinetic Wwise - End User Conservatory of Recording Arts and Sciences 1205 North Fiesta Boulevard Gilbert, Arizona March 2015 Specialist Certificate in Orchestrating and Producing Music for Film and Games Berklee College of Music 1140 Boylston Street Boston, Massachusetts GPA: June 2014 Specialist Certificate in Mobile Apps and Tablets March 2014 eportfolios for Learning April 2014 The Online Learning Consortium, Inc. PO Box 1238 Newburyport, MA Specialist Certificate in Blended and Online Courses Brookville, New York November 2013 TEACHING EXPERIENCE Professor of Music Course Creator and Designer, History of Video Game Music A course on the technological and compositional advances in game audio Five Towns College 305 North Service Road Dix Hills, New York Fall 2015-present Private Instructor, Piano and Voice 2010-present Instructor, Game Design and Development, Science and Technology Entry Program Farmingdale State College 2350 Broadhollow Road Farmingdale, NY July 2015 Instructor, Game Design and Development, Summer Honors Institute Brookville, New York July 2015 Professor of Music Sightsinging and Ear Training 1-4 Elementary Musicianship Harmony and Counterpoint 1-2 Brookville, New York

3 Professor of Music Suffolk County Community College Grant Campus Crooked Hill Road Brentwood, New York Fall 2010 Course Creator and Designer, SOUNDS Like Fun and Games A course on the video game music industry and compositional strategies Brookville, New York Summer 2010 Academic Assistant to the Chairperson Academic Assistant to the Director of Music History Brookville, New York Director, Music Director, Choreographer, All's Fair in Love, Original Composition Brookville, New York Assistant Director and Founder of the Early Music Collegium Chestnut Hill, MA Director and Coordinator, Piano Repertory Workshop Series Chestnut Hill, MA Music Director, Batboy the Musical Chestnut Hill, MA PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Principal Organist, Latino & Youth Ministry Music Leader & Accompanist, St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church, Bay Shore, New York Bay Shore, New York present Presenter, Chapter Meeting of the American Musicological Society A presentation on the compositional process of chiptunes for video games past and present The Julliard School 60 Lincoln Center Plaza New York, NY April 2015 Guest Speaker A presentation on the responsibilities of audio designer and programmer in the video game industry Archimedes Academy for Math, Science and Technology Applications 456 White Plains Road Bronx, NY April

4 Game Showcase Exhibitor, IndieCade East, Independent Game Festival Museum of the Moving Image th Avenue, New York, NY February 13-15, 2015 Presenter, North American Conference on Video Game Music A presentation on the compositional process of chiptunes for video games past and present Texas Christian University 2800 South University Drive Fort Worth, TX January 2015 Programmer, Composer, and Sound Designer, Beam Master A free casual game for Android devices on the Google Play marketplace December 18, 2014 Presenter, Teaching with Technology Institute A presentation on the synthesis of interactive audio, video games, and education Brookville, New York June 2013 PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE Solo Organist and Vocalist St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church Bay Shore, New York July 22, 2015 Solo Pianist and Vocalist St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church Bay Shore, New York April 19, 2015 May 4, 2014 April 14, 2013 Accompanist, Trumpet Recital St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church Bay Shore, New York December 28, 2014 December 29, 2013 December 30, 2012 Composer, Pianist, and Singer, National Association of Pastoral Musicians Composer Showcase Our Lady of Lourdes Church 455 Hunter Avenue West Islip, New York October 10, 2014 October 4, 2013 Accompanist, Long Island Sound Vocal Jazz Brookville, New York Accompanist, Theater Department Brookville, New York

5 Solo Vocalist and Accompanist Ursuline Sisters of Tildonk St. Ursula Center 186 Middle Rd Blue Point, New York May 20, 2012 Solo Pianist and Vocalist American Association of University Women Our Lady of Grace 29 Shelter Rock Road Manhasset, New York April 26, 2012 April 14, 2011 Accompanist, Hibernian Festival Singers Bay Shore, New York Solo Pianist and Vocalist Southold Historical Society Main Road, P.O. Box 1 Southold, New York November 13, 2010 March 10, 2009 Ballet Accompanist, USDAN Center for the Creative and Performing Arts USDAN Long Island Office 185 Colonial Springs Road Wheatley Heights, New York Solo and Piano 4-Hand Pianist, Keyboard Club Brookville, New York Guest Solo Pianist, Hillwood Art Museum Brookville, New York Solo Pianist and Vocalist, Benefit Concert St. Paul's Reformed Church 158 Phelps Lane North Babylon, New York August 22, 2009 Solo Artist, Long Island Youth Orchestra Martin Dreiwitz, Director and Conductor May 3, 2009 Accompanist and Tenor Soloist, Benefit Concert St. John's Episcopal Church 12 Prospect Street Huntington, New York January 11, 2009 Tenor Soloist and Dancer, Broadway Night Brookville, New York February 1, 2009 Guest Collaborative Pianist, Long Island Youth Orchestra Martin Dreiwitz, Director and Conductor June 8,

6 Vocal Coach and Staff Accompanist, C.W. Post Summer Music Festival Brookville, New York Vocal Accompanist Chestnut Hill, MA PUBLICATIONS 2015 Chiptune Music: An Exploration of Compositional Techniques as Found in Sunsoft Games for the Nintendo Entertainment System and Famicom from , available from ProQuest SCHOLASTIC RESEARCH 2010 Tommy Dorsey: the Sentimental Gentleman of Swing, Five Towns College 2010 Robert Russell Bennett: the Orchestrator of the Broadway Sound, Five Towns College 2009 "Sonata Form as Employed by Beethoven and Sessions," C.W. Post 2008 "Unity Within the Variations of Aaron Copland and Ralph Shapey," C.W. Post 2008 "The Shift in Aaron Copland's Compositional Style from the Piano Variations to the Orchestral Variations," 2007 "Musical Innovation and the Roles of Music in Video Games," 2007 "The Implications of the Ratings System in Video Gaming," HONORS AND AWARDS 2015 Recipient of the Graduate Music Studies Award for Outstanding Scholarship, Five Towns College 2010 Graduate Student Marshal, / 2010 Recipient of the Department of Music Award for Outstanding Piano Performance, Long Island University/ Recipient of the Samuel X. DiFeo Academic Scholarship Fund, 2008 Recipient of the Golden Key Honor Society Local Chapter Scholarship, 2008 Recipient of the Laetitia M. Blain Award for Excellence in Music Performance, 2007 Recipient of the Arts Council Award President, branch of Golden Key International Honor Society PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS College Music Society American Guild of Organists Game Audio Network Guild ASCAP Piano Technicians Guild SKILLS Computer Programming Languages Java, Javascript, C#, Applescript, HTML, CSS, PHP, 6502 Assembly, Actionscript, Unityscript Music and Audio Software Finale, Sibelius, Encore, Noteflight, MusicXML, Logic, Wwise, Garageband Video Software imovie, Final Cut Pro Game Development Software Unity, Construct, Stencyl, Flash 6