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Education
The University
of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas
DMA Candidate in
Composition (ABD)
Expected date of graduation: May 2003
Dissertation: “Spring Symphony”, a
three-movement symphony for orchestra
Supervisor: Dr. Russell Pinkston
State Academy
of Music “Pancho Vladigerov”, Sofia, Bulgaria
MM in
Composition, 1996
MM in Theory,
1992
Main subjects:
composition, harmony, counterpoint, analysis, orchestration score reading, solfege, piano, choral conducting etc.
Master’s Thesis
in Composition: Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra
Supervisor: Prof.
Alexander Raitchev, Honorary Member of the Belgian Royal Academy of Music
Master’s Thesis
in Theory: “Theoretical and Practical Aspects of Modulation”
Supervisor: Prof. Bentzion Eliezer
Teaching Experience
The University
of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, 2001 - present
Full-time teaching
assistant in theory and ear training - Teach 3 Labs of the undergraduate
course MUS 605A/B Introduction to Tonal Music which covers theory, ear
training, sight singing, and basic piano skills.
The University
of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, 2000-2001
Full-time instructor in
theory and ear training - Taught the undergraduate course MUS 115/116
Introduction to Tonal Music which covered theory, ear training, sight
singing, and basic piano skills.
Self-employed,
Sofia, Bulgaria, 1994-1999
Private teaching studio
- instructor in harmony, counterpoint, solfege, formal analysis, and
orchestration to both undergraduate and graduate students of The State
Academy of Music “Pancho Vladigerov”, Sofia, Bulgaria
Community
Center of Culture, Botevgrad, Bulgaria, 1989-90
Instructor of piano,
classical guitar and solfege to students ages 8-16
Professional
Experience
Community Center
of Culture, Botevgrad, Bulgaria, 1992-97
Conductor of the
children’s choir “Bonka Golemanova”
Self-employed,
Sofia, Bulgaria, 1996-99
Composer and arranger of
pop music, using Cakewalk Pro and Sound Forge
Selected Public
Appearances and Performances
Guest Lecturer at the Texas State University
School of Music, with “The Craft of Harmonizing a Melody”, San Marcos,
September, 2003.
Participant in the International Music Festival “Varna Summer” with Trio for
Clarinet, Violin, and Piano, Varna, Bulgaria, July, 2003.
Participant in the annual series of symphonic and chamber concerts “New
Bulgarian Music”, Sofia, Bulgaria, 1992-2003.
Recital of original works, School of Music, The University of Texas at
Austin, March, 2003.
Participant in Williams Bolcom’s master class in composition with
“Recitative and Toccatina” for clarinet and piano, School of Music,
UT-Austin, Austin, TX, September 2002.
Participant in the concert series “Wet Ink” with Rondo for Piano, School of
Music, The University of Texas at Austin, November, 2001.
Participant in Joan Tower’s master class in composition (open to public)
with “Recitative and Toccatina” for clarinet and piano, School of Music, USC,
Columbia, SC, October, 1999.
Recital of original works in “Bulgaria Hall”, Sofia, Bulgaria, December,
1996.
Participant in the International Festival “Prague Spring” with “Small Suite
for String
Orchestra”, Prague, Czech Republic, April 1995.
Participant in the National Festival “Young Composers, Conductors and
Performers” with “Small Suite for String Orchestra”, Sofia, Bulgaria, April,
1994.
Recital of original works in Musical Theater “Stefan Makedonsky” Sofia,
Bulgaria, May 1991.
Honors/Awards
Fourth prize at
the International Music Festival “Universe Talent” with the song “White
Love”, Prague, Czech Republic, 2001
Winner of the
“Verder Trio” Reading Session Contest with “Trio” for violin, clarinet and
piano, USC School of Music, Columbia, SC, 2000
Third prize at
the National Competition “Songs about Varna”, with the song “Song About
Varna”, Varna, Bulgaria, 1997
State Academy of
Music “Pancho Vladigerov” Continual Scholarship for excellence in pursuing
studies in music, 1987 through 1992
Research
Some
Structural And Harmonic Issues in the First Movement of Shostakovich’s
String Quartet No.9, 2002
Mahler’s song
cycle “Song of a Wayfarer”, analysis and comments, 2001
Caplin’s formal
categories and their questionable application to contemporary tonal
compositions, 2001
Rimsky-Korsakov’s Development as a Composer, Theorist, and Orchestrator,
2000
Theoretical and
Practical Aspects of Modulation, Thesis, 1992
Membership
Union of Bulgarian Composers
American Composers Forum
The College Music Society
The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi
Languages
English - fluent speaking, reading and writing
French - average speaking level, very good reading
and writing level
Russian - average speaking level, very good reading and writing level
Bulgarian - native language
Computer Skill
Finale 2003
Cakewalk Pro Audio
Sound Forge
Protools
MacGAMUT
Word 2000
Musical Instruments
Major instrument: piano
Secondary instruments:
classical guitar and bass guitar
Representative Compositions
For Orchestra
Concerto for Clarinet and
Orchestra, Op. 8 (1996)
Sketches for String Orchestra, Op. 7 (1994)
Symphonic Allegro, Op. 11 (2001)
Spring Symphony, Op.12 (2003)
For Piano
Piano Album for Children, Op. 1 (1989, revised in 2003)
Rondo, Op. 6 (1992, revised in 2003)
Chamber Music
Sonata for Oboe, Clarinet and Bassoon, Op. 2
(1991)
Wind Quintet, Op. 4 (1992)
Recitative and Toccatina for Clarinet and Piano, Op. 5 (1992)
Three Songs for High Voice and Piano, Op. 3 (1991)
Fugue for String Quartet, Op. 9 (1999)
Trio for Violin, Clarinet and Piano, Op. 10 (2000)
Reflections, Quintet for Flute, Clarinet, Violin,
Violoncello, and Piano, Op. 13 (2003)
Cinderella, for Flute, Violin, Harp, and
Percussion, Op. 14 (2003)
Revelation, Trio for Violin, Violoncello, and
Piano, Op. 15 (2004)
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