Dr. Curt Dallace Miller
3777 4th Ave, San Diego, CA 92103 630.335.4908 | [email protected] www.curtdmiller.com www.curtmillerclarinetstudio.comEducation University of California, San Diego
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
Teaching Experience 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 University of California, San Diego
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 University of California, San Diego 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 ensemble et cetera
Performance San Diego/Los Angeles, CA, 2010-present
Experience 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 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
Bibliography 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
