Curriculum Vitae
Becky Brown
email: me@becky-brown.org
web: https://becky-brown.org
Education
August 2018 – May 2023
Ph.D. candidate in Composition and Computer Technologies
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
May 2015
BA/BS in Music/Computer Science
University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg, VA
Teaching
August 2018 – May 2022
Graduate Assistant
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
- As instructor: Art of the Living Web (2021), Basic Musical Skills (2019), Musicianship II (2018, 2021)
- As TA: Technosonics (2017, 2018, 2020, 2022), Intro to Composition (2020), Intro to Music and Computers (2019)
Summer 2021
Technical Director
SPLICE Institute, online
Intro to Live Performance (co-taught with Flannery Cunningham)
2015 – 2016
Substitute Teacher
Stafford County Public Schools, VA
Responsible for classroom management with any age range or course, including students with autism and other intellectual disabilities.
2008 – 2010
Private Teacher and HARPS Foundation Intern
Academy of Music, Richmond, VA
Taught harp in a studio of 15, with students aged 5-65; set up for rehearsals and led them when necessary; managed the nonprofit’s webpage and helped it start using MailChimp for HTML emails; performed with the organization’s Touring Ensemble, which included performances in London, England; Vienna, Austria; Charleston, SC; and Carnegie Hall in NY
Employment
Summer 2018 – present
Technical Director
SPLICE Institute, Kalamazoo, WI
Responsible for managing individual composer-performer sessions, and running concerts in multiple performance spaces. During the pandemic, this mainly included managing streaming. Assistant Technical Director before Summer 2021.
2016 – 2017
Music Technology Specialist
University of Richmond; Richmond, VA
Responsible for a 15-seat iMac music technology lab, 16-channel recording studio, and managing seven student lab aides/engineers. Duties include recording and distributing all concerts of faculty-led ensembles held in Camp Concert Hall, assisting students with Logic Pro X, Ableton Live 9 Suite, Pro Tools 12, and Finale 2014.
2015 – present
Freelance Web Developer/Designer
Various clients
Builds and maintains sites and webapps. Works with a variety of frontend frameworks (mainly Wordpress, Jekyll, NodeJS, and NuxtJS), alongside a number of frontend libraries, develops backend services (using Python and Express in Node), and does some degree of server administration.
Event Administration
Fall 2019 –
Spring 2021
Arts Board Co-Chair
UVA Music Arts Board, Charlottesvile, VA
Brought the progressive folk band Arcadian Wild in for a five-day residency, which included two in-person concerts, three in-person songwriting workshops, class visits, a radio interview, a career panel, an improv workshop, and individual student lessons. Reached approximately 200 people in person, and 2500 more via the livestream of their main concert. In addition to planning and running all the events, this included interviewing and managing a board of 9-11 students and running the production committee.
Summer 2018 – Summer 2019
Assistant Technical Director
SPLICE Institute, Kalamazoo, WI
Responsible for managing individual composer-performer sessions, and running concerts in multiple performance spaces.
Aug 2018 – Feb 2019
2019 N_SEME Executive Director
University of Virginia; Charlottesville, VA
Duties included adjudicating pieces and mediating the group adjudication process; booking spaces for concerts, paper sessions, indoor/outdoor installations; working with guest artist, Aaron Dilloway; building/updating the website; delegating within the planning team
2016 – 2017
Assistant Technical Director
Third Practice New Music Festival, University of Richmond; Richmond, VA
Helped with publicity, scheduling student stagehands, creating audio/video recordings of all concerts, planning stage plots/changes, lighting, and video.
2012 – 2016
Technical Director
Electroacoustic Barn Dance, Jacksonville University, Jacksonville, FL; University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg, VA
Helped organize and run a three-day electroacoustic music festival. Duties included assisting with adjudication of submitted works, scheduling concerts and adjusting programming for technical efficiency, web design/maintenance, communicating with composers and performers, planning stage plots and tech rehearsals, running sound for 5–9 concerts each year, and managing a stage crew of 2–6 students.
Works
Solo
voice and live electronics, 2023
body controller and live electronics, 2018
voice and live electronics, 2017
processed harp and fixed media, 2016
live art and electronics, 2015
Chamber
chamber ensemble and video, 2022
orator and mixed instrumentation, 2021
browser-based telematic piece for voices, 2021
six hands, one harp, 2021
open score for chamber ensemble, 2020
combined chamber and electronics ensembles, 2019
reed quintet and fixed media, 2019
saxophone quartet and fixed media, 2018
voice and string quartet, 2013
voice and piano/harp, 2013
Film
experimental short film, 2021
experimental short film, 2020
experimental short film, 2019
Projects
curated online gallery exhibit, 2022
browser-based installation, 2022
tape-based experimental DJ set, 2022
browser-based interactive art/music piece, 2021
article from a speculative parallel reality, 2020
semi-political solo set, 2019
Recordings
2022
Music from SEAMUS, vol. 31
SEAMUS Records
Composer. "dark parts" selected for inclusion by attendees of the SEAMUS 2021 national conference.
2017
Music from SEAMUS, vol. 26
SEAMUS Records
Composer. "Hold Still" selected for inclusion by attendees of the SEAMUS 2016 national conference.
2017
Los Wemblers de Iquitos - Sonido Amazonico
Barbes Records
Assistant engineer
2016
Shades of Opal - Fluorescence
Assistant engineer, performer (harp and vocals)
2016
Mark L. Snyder - The Invalid's Sonnet
Royal Livermush Recording
Assistant engineer, performer (harp)
2015
Aaron Taylor - Millcreek
Millcreek Records
Recording engineer
2014
Nature Boy Explorer - One of These Days
Royal Livermush Recording
Performer (harp and vocals)
2012
bell monks - let the waves carry us
Mine All Mine Records
Performer (harp and vocals) on "cold winds (staffco remix)"
2012
Nature Boy Explorer - self-titled
Royal Livermush Recording
Performer (harp and vocals)
Web Design
2019 – 2021
components.one
view site
Articles about data, made with NuxtJS.
2020
James Lam Scheuren
view site
Site rebuild for photographer James Scheuren. Made with Wordpress.
SEAMUS 2020 Digital Conference
view site - view code
An online version of the SEAMUS 2020 conference, created after the conference was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Made with Jekyll.
2019
Listening to the Virginia Barrier Islands
view site - view code
A webapp that allows listeners to virtually navigate the bird species present on the two of the Virginia Barrier Islands in 1990. Made with NodeJS, Leaflet, Web Audio API. Made in collaboration with Eli Stine.
2018 – 2019
N_SEME 2019
view site - view code
Site for the National Student Electronic Music Event, hosted at UVA. Made with Jekyll.
2017
Andrea Cheeseman
view site
Site for new music clarinetist, Andrea Cheeseman. Made with Wordpress.
Sound Design
2022 - 2023
Sound Designer
Exercises for the Digital Age, online
Sound designer for the web series Exercises for the Digital Age, produced by visual artists Gabriel Hensche and Ashlee Conery.
2021 - 2022
Theatrical Sound Designer
Live Arts, Charlottesville, VA
Sound designer for productions of Every Brilliant Thing, Pipeline, Accidental Death of an Anarchist, and Love and Information.
Publications
Brown, R., Vasquez J.C. (2020) Autoethnography and Emotional Exposure as an Approach for Electroacoustic Music Composition, Proceedings of the International Computer Music Conference (ICMC) 2020, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Chile
Awards, Grants and Scholarships
2022 – 2023
Scholar's Lab Fellowship
University of Virginia
Awarded to continue work on my dissertation.
2021
BROWSER Music commission
BROWSER Music, Stuttgart, Germany
Grant awarded to create "Packetsphere: An Internet Travelogue" with composer Zak Argabrite, as part of the BROWSER Music Festival in June 2021.
2019
UVA Maker Grant
University of Virginia
Grant awarded for an ongoing project.
2018
Rote Hund/Dawg Bytes commission
University of Georgia, Athens, GA
Commission from the combined Rote Hund and Dawg Bytes Music ensembles, to write a work for chamber and laptop ensemble.
2015
Mu Phi Epsilon Sterling Silver Achievement Award
University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg, VA
2013 – 2015
Henry & Grace Spicer Scholarship in Music
University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg, VA
2011 – 2014
James E. Baker University-Community Orchestra Scholarship
University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg, VA
2012 – 2013
John William and Anne Hamilton Hudachek Scholarship in Computer Science
University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg, VA
2011 – 2013
Martha Johnson Orchestra Scholarship
University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg, VA
Service
- Assistant Director of the UVA New Music Ensemble (2020 - 2022)
- Co-chair of the UVA Music Arts Board, responsible for bringing a musical group in residence to the UVA student population (see Event Administration)
- WTJU Live Engineer for live radio performances of artists including Randy Johnston, Harmonica Blowout, Michaela Anne, Hiroya Tsukamoto, Rosier
- SEAMUS Director of Technical Development (2021 - present)
- SEAMUS National Conference adjudicator (2021, 2019, 2018, 2017)
- N_SEME Executive Director (2019)
- SEAMUS Interactions CD adjudicator (2018)
- Composition mentor for undergraduate composition students at UVA (2018)
- Science Ficta artist residency organizer (2019-2020)
Panels & Presentations
- Paper presentation of "Enter the Packetsphere: Environment-Aware Web Art" with Zak Argabrite, as part of ACMC 2021
- Paper presentation of "Autoethnography and Emotional Exposure as an Approach for Electroacoustic Music Composition" with Juan Carlos Vasquez, as part of ICMC 2021
- "Electroacoustic Music Tools" panel, as part of SPLICE 2020
- Presentations on my compositional aesthetics (2020, 2019, 2018, 2017)
- "Recording Technology," for Technosonics 2018
- Presentation on music technology topics for students in the Orange County Scholars program (2018)
- "Electronic Voices," for Technosonics 2017
- Presentation on writing for harp (2020, 2018, 2012, 2011)
Collaborations
- fake and far away, installation collaboration with co-artist Matias Vilaplana Stark
- Sound Designer for community productions of Every Brilliant Thing, Pipeline, and Accidental Death of an Anarchist with Live Arts in Charlottesville, VA
- Packetsphere: An Internet Travelogue, collaboration with co-artist Zak Argabrite as part of the BROWSER Festival, 2021
- rebuild of Listening to the Virginia Barrier Islands, with Eli Stine, 2019
- the body is/isn't extraordinary, collaboration with co-composer Heather Mease and choreographer Katie Schetlick, 2018
- 👄👂🏻👁️ very close to me 👁️👂🏻👄, collaboration with co-composer and multimedia artist Heather Mease
- audio specialist/programmer with conceptual artist Clint Bagwell for his work, Open Source, as part of his solo exhibition, Ghosts, 2014
- Music director, composer, and performer (synthesizer) for Mountain View High Schools' production of Dracula, 2014
- Music director, co-composer, and performer (harp) for the Fredericksburg Rude Mechanicals' production of Sweeney Todd, 2013
Broadcasts
Interviews
- Week-long feature with WTJU in Charlottesville in April 2021
- Lexical Tones, ep. 72: Live from SEAMUS 2018
- Patch In Podcast, ep. 44: Talking Into a Head, 2018
Songwriting
- Formaldehyde on With Good Reason from RADIO IQ, Oct 8 - 14, 2016
- Live set with Nature Boy Explorer on Time Is Tight from WRIR 97.3FM Richmond, December 5, 2014
- Formaldehyde on Time Is Tight from WRIR 97.3FM, November 28, 2014
- Formaldehyde on Time Is Tight from WRIR 97.3FM, September 26, 2014
- Formaldehyde on Time Is Tight from WRIR 97.3FM, April 5, 2014
- Formaldehyde on Time Is Tight from WRIR 97.3FM, February 19, 2014
Skills and Technology
- Audio: Logic Pro, Ableton Live, Pro Tools, Max 8, VCV Rack, Finale, Musescore
- Video: Final Cut, DaVinci Resolve, Jitter
- 3D: Blender (modeling, rigging, animating)
- Web Development: NodeJS, Vue, Nuxt, Wordpress, Jekyll, Flask
- Programming Languages: JavaScript, Python, PHP, C, Java
Events
2023
New Thread Sax Quartet
New York City, NY
BROWSER Festival
Stuttgart, Germany and online
SPLICE Institute
Western Michigan University - Kalamazoo, MI
Digitalis
Old Cabell Hall - Charlottesville, VA
SEAMUS 2023
DiMenna Center - New York City, NY
Technosonics
UVA Rotunda - Charlottesville, VA
Stuttgarter Filmwinter Festival for Expanded Media
Kunstbezirk Stuttgart - Stuttgart, Germany
2022
PIKSELFest
Bergen, Norway
Ammerman Arts & Technology Symposium Exhibition
Connecticut College - New London, CT
Love and Information
Live Arts - Charlottesville, VA
Convergence 2022
De Montfort University - Leicester, UK
SCGMC 2022
Duke University - Durham, NC
Accidental Death of an Anarchist
Live Arts - Charlottesville, VA
Bird Call
Freyberger Gallery - Reading, PA
Making Noise in the Library
University of Virginia - Charlottesville, VA
SEAMUS 2022
Kalamazoo, MI
Shane Parish Concert
Visible Records - Charlottesville, VA
PIPELINE
Live Arts - Charlottesville, VA
2021
Technosonics
Charlottesville, VA
PIKSELFest
Bergen, Norway
WMU Multimedia Concert
Western Michigan University - Kalamazoo, MI
EVERY BRILLIANT THING
Live Arts - Charlottesville, VA
Squeaky Wheel's 18th Animation Fest
Albright-Knox Art Gallery - Buffalo, NY
SCI Student National
online
Telemetry
The Bridge Progressive Arts Initiative - online
Digital America, vol. 17
online
VisualContainerTV
Milan, Italy
2020
VASTLAB Experimental Festival 2020
Los Angeles, CA
Outdoor Film Series: In Communication with the Unknown
McGuffey Art Center - Charlottesville, VA
Telemetry
The Bridge Progressive Arts Initiative - Charlottesville, VA
'The Other Side' exhibition
anonymous waves
Digitalis
University of Virginia - Charlottesville, VA
Science Ficta @ UVA
University of Virginia - Charlottesville, VA
Technosonics
The Bridge Progressive Arts Initiative - Charlottesville, VA
2019
Third Practice New Music Festival
University of Richmond - Richmond, VA
SCGMC 2019
Duke University - Chapel Hill, NC
Digitalis
University of Virginia - Charlottesville, VA
Danczfest
University of Georgia - Athens, GA
Click
Ohio University - Athens, OH
Root Signals
Georgia Southern University - Statesboro, GA
Splinter Reeds @ UVA
University of Virginia - Charlottesville, VA
2018
Guest Artist Recital: Live Electronics
Western Michigan University - Kalamazoo, MI
Fall Dance Concert
Culbreth Theater - Charlottesville, VA
Telemetry Concert Series
The Bridge Progressive Arts Initiative - Charlottesville, VA
Electroacoustic Barn Dance
Jacksonville University - Jacksonville, FL
Technosonics - Concert 2
The Bridge Progressive Arts Initiative - Charlottesville, VA
Telemetry Concert Series
The Bridge Progressive Arts Initiative - Charlottesville, VA
Digitalis
Old Cabell Hall - Charlottesville, VA
West Virginia Mountaineer Film Festival
WVU School of Art and Design - Morgantown, WV
Virginia X
University of Mary Washington - Fredericksburg, VA
SEAMUS 2018
University of Oregon - Eugene, OR
Technosonics XVIII - DIY
The Southern Cafe - Charlottesville, VA
Root Signals
Georgia Southern University - Statesboro, GA
New Thread at Spectrum
Spectrum - Brooklyn, NY
Electroacoustic Barn Dance
Jacksonville University - Jacksonville, FL
New Thread Sax Quartet @ UVA
University of Virginia - Charlottesville, VA
2017
Telemetry Concert Series
The Bridge Progressive Arts Initiative - Charlottesville, VA
Third Practice New Music Festival
University of Richmond - Richmond, VA
InLight Richmond
1708 Gallery - Richmond, VA
SCGMC 2017
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill - Chapel Hill, NC
West Fork New Music Festival
Fairmont State University - Fairmont, WV
SEAMUS 2017
St. Cloud State University - St. Cloud, MN
West Liberty University
West Liberty, WV
SCI National
Western Michigan University - Kalamazoo, MI
University of North Carolina, Greensboro
Greensboro, NC
Hamilton College
Clinton, NY
University of South Carolina Upstate
Spartanburg, SC
Francis Marion University
Florence, SC
2016
Electroacoustic Barn Dance
University of Mary Washington - Fredericksburg, VA
Third Practice New Music Festival
University of Richmond - Richmond, VA
West Fork New Music Festival
Fairmont State University - Fairmont, WV
Chatham University
Pittsburgh, PA
Penn State University
State College, PA
Susquehanna University
Selinsgrove, PA
Dave Watkins, Becky Brown, Mark Snyder, + Dead Gaze
Balliceaux - Richmond, VA
Virginia to Beijing
University of International Business and Economics - Beijing, China
Classical Revolutions RVA: Night of the Living Composer
Balliceaux - Richmond, VA
Brooklyn College Electro-Acoustic Music Festival
Brooklyn College - Brooklyn, NY
Electric Cafe
Rutgers University - Camden, NJ
La Laboratoire Cambridge
Boston, MA
Ball State New Music Festival
Ball State University - Muncie, IN
Women Composers Festival of Hartford
Charter Oak Cultural Center - Hartford, CT
Indeterminacies Series
Zeitgeist Gallery - Nashville, TN
Georgia Southern University
Statesboro, GA
Eyedrum Art & Music
Atlanta, GA
SCI Region III 2016
Marshall University - Huntington, WV
UVA/UMW Composer Exchange
Open Grounds - Charlottesville, VA
SEAMUS 2016
Georgia Southern University - Statesboro, GA
2015
Ohio University
Athens, OH
Capital University
Columbus, OH
Marietta College
Marietta, OH
West Virginia Craft Week
Marshall University - Huntington, WV
Electroacoustic Barn Dance
University of Mary Washington - Fredericksburg, VA
West Fork New Music Festival
Fairmont State University - Fairmont, WV
Root Signals Electronic Music Festival
Georgia Southern University - Statesboro, GA
2013
In the Mix Faculty & Student Dance Concert
University of Mary Washington - Fredericksburg, VA
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