Dr. Curt Dallace Miller 3777 4 th Ave, San Diego, CA 92103 630.335.4908 curtdmiller@gmail.com www.curtdmiller.com www.curtmillerclarinetstudio.com Education Teaching Experience Doctor of Musical Arts in Contemporary Music Performance, 2015 Master of Arts in Music Performance, 2011 Clarinet studies with Anthony Burr Digital media studies with Amy Alexander and Michael Trigilio Popular music and ethnography studies with Eun-Young Jung Master classes with Charles Curtis, Susan Narucki Chamber music coaching with Steven Schick Principal Clarinet and Soloist, Palimpsest New Music Ensemble Oberlin Conservatory of Music Bachelor of Music in Clarinet Performance, 2009 Clarinet studies with Richard Hawkins Recipient, Gail Heilman-Smith '89 Scholarship for Woodwind Performance (2008-2009) Master classes with Alex Klein and Anthony McGill Chamber music instruction with Michel Debost, George Sakakeeny, Geraldine Walther, Tim Weiss New music studies with Lewis Nielsen, Josh Levine, Jason Eckardt Principal Clarinet, Oberlin Chamber Orchestra, Oberlin Symphony Orchestra, Contemporary Music Ensemble Villa Musica Community Music School Clarinet Faculty, December 2015-Present Attract students and maintain clarinet studio Develop age-appropriate curriculum for a variety of skill levels Associate-In-Teaching, Music Department, Fall 2014 Developed curriculum and taught MUS101A: Music Theory and Practice: Renaissance Counterpoint
Responsibilities included: delivering several lectures per week, managing teaching assistant, creating and proctoring exams, coordinating curriculum and placement testing with other music theory faculty Teaching Assistant, Visual Arts Department, Winter 2015 Taught beginning programming in Processing to sections of VIS145: Digital Media Responsibilities included: aiding in the development of programming curriculum, grading written and creative work, leading artist critiques. Teaching Assistant, Music Department, 2010-2015 Assisted in upper division courses in music theory and history and lower division courses in popular music and ethnomusicology Responsibilities included leading discussion sections and aural skills classes, holding office hours, grading papers and theory assignments, and assisting with classroom setup. Guest Lectures, UC San Diego Music Department Early Electronic Music to 1956, August 2015 Form in Telemann s Flute Fantasias, March 2014 History of Music in Western Culture: Aaron Copland, May 2013 Undergraduate Composition Seminar: Composing for the Clarinet, Yearly 2010-2015 Oberlin College Secondary Lessons Instructor, 2008-2009 Provided clarinet instruction to music majors and minors Adjudication San Diego Clarinet Society Young Artist Competition, 2011 Experience Staff Research Associate, 2015 - Present Collaborate with Professor Amy Alexander in the development of audiovisual performances using her Percussive Image Gestural System (PIGS) Assist in the software development and debugging of PIGS Responsible for the creation of a clarinet and computer performance paradigm for improvisational performances Experiment through improvisation into visual-music collaborative performance modalities
Flux Aeterna Music Series Music Director, 2014 Developed a short series of performances with executive director Eric Moore and artistic director Nichole Speciale at an unconventional venue in San Diego Curated concerts of contemporary music in tandem with visual art performances and installations Recruited ensembles and performers Festivals Lucerne Festival Academy Pierre Boulez, Artistic Director Lucerne, Switzerland, August-September 2009 Radio broadcast solo with electronics masterclass with IRCAM Various positions, Lucerne Festival Academy Orchestra Member and Soloist, Lucerne Festival Academy Ensemble, Jean Deroyer, conductor Coachings with Alain Billard and Didier Pateau Festival de Música de Santa Catarina (FeMuSC) Alex Klein, Artistic Director Santa Catarina, Brazil, January 2007 Guest woodwind ensemble in residence, invited by Alex Klein Master classes with Jon Manasse Chamber music coachings with Michel Debost, Kathleen Chastain Brevard Music Center Institute Brevard, North Carolina, June-August 2006 Clarinet studies with Steve Cohen and Eric Ginsberg Second clarinet, Brevard Music Center Orchestra Principal clarinet, Brevard Sinfonia and Brevard Festival Orchestra Chamber Music/Solo Performance Experience ensemble et cetera San Diego/Los Angeles, CA, 2010-present Dustin Donahue, percussion, Scott Worthington, Bass Composer workshops at UC Santa Barbara, UC San Diego Recitals at : wasteland, Los Angeles, 2014 Carlsbad Music Festival, Carlsbad, CA, 2013 UC San Diego, UC Santa Barbara, 2015 Created and adjudicated a composition competition which drew over 250 entries and selected 4 winners
Miller/Dunscombe Duo San Diego, CA, 2014-present with Samuel Ekkehardt Dunscombe, bass clarinet Performances of Pierluigi Billone s 1 + 1 = 1: wasteland, Los Angeles, 2014 Boston University Center for New Music, Boston MA, 2015 Extensive coachings and discussion with Pierluigi Billone Ensemble Echoi (mixed sextet) Oberlin, OH, 2006-2009 Workshops and recitals at Oberlin Conservatory, University of Buffalo, UC San Diego Selected to represent Oberlin Conservatory at the Kennedy Center s Conservatory Project, New York, NY Other Selected Performances: Hear Now Music Festival, Soloist with Argus Quartet, Venice, CA, 2015 Transfiguration, Intersection New Music Ensemble, Nashville, TN 2015 Roger Reynolds: Submerged Memories, Calit2, San Diego, CA, 2013 Monday Evening Concerts, Los Angeles, CA, 2012 Fromm Players at Harvard, Cambridge, MA, 2011 Art of Élan, San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, CA, 2010 Camera Lucida, Conrad Prebys Music Center, San Diego, CA, 2009 SEAMUS 2009 National Conference, Sweetwater, Fort Wayne, IN, 2009 Concerto Performances: Mozart: Clarinet Concerto, UCSD Chamber Orchestra, 2015 Donald Martino: Triple Concerto, Palimpsest Ensemble, 2014 Stravinsky: Ebony Concerto, La Jolla Symphony Orchestra, 2012 Digital Media 2015 Performance Rockets Red Glare (with Amy Alexander), Initiative for Digital (* = collaborations with Exploration of Arts and Sciences (IDEAS) at Calit2, San Diego, CA artist Nichole Speciale) United Society of Believers in Christ s Third Appearing, for Solo Feedback and Video at Are We Alone?, Arthur C Clarke Center for Human Imagination, San Diego, CA Polyester, Immersive Sound Installation and Cassette Performance Conrad Prebys Music Center, San Diego, CA* 2012 Boulez: Dialogue de l'hombre double, clarinet and electronic processing, Conrad Prebys Music Center, San Diego, CA
2011 Performer in Childhood, for instrumentalists and music boxes, Unusual Encounters Experimental Arts Festival, Descanso, CA Solo Exhibitions Polyester, Conrad Prebys Music Center, La Jolla, CA, 2015* The Sky Calls to Us, Visual Arts Gallery, UCSD, 2014* Repeat After Me II, San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, CA, 2013* Group Exhibitions 2015 Response, Space4Art, San Diego, CA* Via Negativa, South Bay Contemporary, San Pedro, CA* Transduction, Canvas Gallery, San Diego, CA* 2014 GLAMFA 2014, Cal State Long Beach, Long Beach, CA* Mux Demux, Commonwealth & Council, Los Angeles, CA* Graphic Score: Drawing in Musical Practice, Experimental Drawing Studio, La Jolla, CA 2013 Kinoptovision, Visual Arts Performance Space, UCSD, La Jolla, CA* Discography Bibliography Allusions to Seasons and Weather, Oberlin Contemporary Music Ensemble, Oberlin Music, 2014 Even The Light Itself Falls, ensemble et cetera, Populist Records, 2013 Veranda, Joe Garrison and Night People, Night Tunes, 2013 Amanda Caniglia, That's What SHE Said: We're Not in This Business for the Money, San Diego Magazine, August 27, 2015. Steve Smith, BU showcases Pierluigi Billone s dramatic innovations, Boston Globe, March 23, 2015. Paul Muller, Scott Worthington: Even the Light Itself Falls, Sequenza 21, March 3, 2015 Will Bowen, UCSD Visual Arts students open their doors for special exhibit La Jolla Light, March 20, 2014 Steve Smith, Classical Playlist: Jenny Lin, Joshua Rubin, David Aladashvili and More New York Times, February 19, 2014