Mike Solomon's Curriculum Vitæ

Education

Ph.D., Music Composition and Mathematics 11.10
University of Florida

Masters of Arts, Music Composition 12.06
Queen’s University, Belfast

Bachelors of Arts, Music & Bachelors of Arts, Public Policy 06.05
Stanford University

Work Experience

Artistic Director, Composer, Contralto 10.11–present
Ensemble 101, Paris, France

• Composer of the repertoire of the ensemble.
• Residencies, concerts, and workshops in Paris (Maison de la Poésie, Bibliothèque nationale de France, La Loge, Théâtre de la Jonquière, les déchargeurs), Hazebrouck, Nevers, Montreuil, and Grenoble.
• Benificiary of a Google Grant as well as French local, regional and national arts funding.
• Winner of the Second Prize in the Barlow Composition Competition.
• Winner of the Audience Prize, Rautavaara Choral Composition Competition, Helsinki Chamber Choir.
• www.ensemble101.fr.

Researcher 06.12–present
Grame, Lyon, France

• Creation of a SVG interface for the Faust Digital Signal Processing language.
• Creation of a HTTPD server for compiling Faust DSP applicaitons.
• Creation of a HTTPD server for compiling scores written in the GUIDO programming language.

Visiting Professor in Composition and Theory 08.10–05.11
School of Music, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

• Artistic creation and research in computer-aided composition and contemporary analytic methods.
• Classes taught include Theory 1 (foundations of Western diatonic harmony), Theory 4 (contemporary trends in music theory), Composition Skills, Modal and Tonal Counterpoint, Graduate Theory Review, and Graduate Seminar in early Twentieth Century Styles.

Visiting Scholar 09.09–07.10
Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris

• Research in the use and creation of digital devices for the interactive organization of creative musical thought.

Graduate Alumni Fellow 09.06–09.09
School of Music, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

• Classes taught include Theory 2 (chromatic harmony), Freshman Composition Skills, and the Graduate Theory Review.
• General Manager of the Florida Electroacoustic Music Festival.

Residencies

Maison de la Musique 10.12–02.13
Hazebrouck, France
Six full-length concerts of works.

Ecole de Musique 12.11–02.12
Saint-Chamond, France.
Concert of works, workshop with contemporary improvisation ensemble.

Conservatoire de Dunkerque 11.11–12.13
Dunkirk, France.
Five commissions, workshops with students.

Select Works

Sit Ozfårs Wyser 04.15
chamber opera for five singers

• Joint commission from several theaters in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais.
• excerpt

OVERTIME 03.14
chamber opera four singers, percussion and tape

• Production at the Théâtre des Déchargeurs, Paris.
• Commissioned by the Festival Rencontres Inouïes de Montreuil.

et qu’ils peuplent en abondance la terre 07.13
for five singers, organ and tape

• Commissioned by the festival Nevers les Orgues.
• excerpt

Prélude to Sueños del Mundo 06.13
for wind ensemble

• Commissioned by Coup de Vents (Nord-Pas-de-Calais).

Domerò la tua fierezza ch’il mio trono 06.13
for alto, piano and percussion

• Commissioned by the Festival VOX de Montreuil.

SO PRETTY 05.13
collection of madrigals for five singers, percussion and video

• Recipient of the ACTISCE Jeunes Talents award.
  • j-sho
  • les demoiselles
  • Lucky Wok
  • KITTYKAT
  • norman (age 29) wakes up

The Stockholm Syndrome 05.13
for electric guitar and alto

• Commissioned by the Lieu d’Art et Action Contemporaine (Dunkirk).

ocar 03.13
for drum kit, trombone and baritone

• Commissioned by the Conservatory of Dunkirk as a companion piece to Poulenc’s Cocardes.

Kerqueball 01.13
for six electric guitars and four badminton players

• Commissioned by the City of Dunkirk.

Chamber symphony 01.13
for harp, viola, cello, clarinet, oboe, trumpet, two sopranos and live electronics

• Commissioned by the Maison de la Musique Jean-Claude Casadesus (Hazebrouck).

95 lettres d’amour 06.12
for contralto, piano, percussion and live electronics

• Commission and performance subsidy from the Eric Stokes Fund.

Lieder ohne Worte 05.12
for contralto, piano, percussion and live electronics

• Commissioned by the OuLiPo (Ouvroir de Littérature Potentielle).
• On YouTube

Prelude and Fugue 05.12
for piano 88 hands

• Commissioned by the Lieu d’Art et Action Contemporaine (Dunkirk).

couprins et reflets 02.12
for jazz band

• Commissioned by the OuLiPo.
On the website of the
• Bibliothèque nationale de France.

patchy the autobot 02.12
for three instruments

• Commissioned by City of Saint-Chamond.
• On YouTube

LATER 08.11
for chamber choir

• Official selection, International Rautavaara Workshop, Helsinki, 2011.

Das Zauberbuch 04.11
for chamber choir

• Official selection, Juventas New Music Ensemble, 2011.
• Official selection, Boston New Music Initiative, 2011.
• Finalist, Simon Carrington Chamber Singers’ Chorale Composition Competition.
• On YouTube

Anonymous Student Compliment or Complaint 04.11
for tenor and piano

• Winner of the Left Coast Chamber Ensemble 2011 Composition Competition.
• On SoundCloud

norman (age 1) 11.10
for clarinet solo

• Official selection, International Computer Music Conference, Huddersfield.
• Performance at Unbalanced Connection, University of Florida, 2011.
• Performance at Aural Architecture, SUNY Stony Brook, 2011.
• www.mikesolomon.org/norman1

MUB atrium — 2:21am 11.10
for cello solo, flute, clarinet, percussion, string ensemble, and prerecorded tape

• This is an e-score that only exists on-line at .
• Premiered at the University of Florida Society of Composers, Inc. Fall Show.

man pile + ear training 10.10
for voice, cello, piano, percussion, mime, and live electronics

• Premiered at the University of Florida 48 Hour Show.

norman (age 7) dreams of being a violin 10.10
for chamber ensemble

• UK premiere organized by Sounds New Contemporary Music Festival, Canterbury, December 2010.
• French premiere organized by Coups de Vent, Dunkirk, December 2010.

contresens 06.10
for percussion, electric guitar, and live electronics

• Premiered at the Conservatoire Charles Munch, Paris.

granini di luce beccucciati da uccelli di silenzio 10.09
for chamber ensemble

• Winner of the Unique Forms of Continuity in Space International Composition Competition.
• Winner of the Society of Composers, Inc. Southeast Region Student Composition Competition.
• Honorable Mention, Finale National Composition Contest.
• Premiered by the Quiver Ensemble, Melbourne.
• On SoundCloud

seven pieces for seung hye 05.09
for piano solo

• Honorable Mention, International Music Prize for Excellence in Composition, Thessaloniki, Greece.
• On SoundCloud

aux Eppes 08.08
for string quartet

• Finalist, Fast Forward Austin String Quartet Competition.
• Honorable Mention, Friends and Enemies of New Music Composition Competition.
• On SoundCloud

Una passeggiata per la Piazza San Marco 01.08
for clarinet nonette

• Official selection, International Computer Music Conference, Belfast.
• Performed at the University of Florida Unbalanced Connection Concert Series.
• Performed at the Society of Composers, Inc. Student Conference.
• Recorded by Jorge Variego on the album Necessity.
• On SoundCloud

Kourema 07.07
for hairstylist, chorus, and live electronics

• Performed at the Twelve Nights Festival, Miami.
• Performed at the CHASM Festival, Tallahassee.

the hive 04.07
for trombone quartet

• Performed at the Society of Composers, Inc. National Conference.
• Finalist in the ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composers’ Awards.
• Finalist in the MATA Festival.
• On SoundCloud

ce que le grillon a dit à sa sauterelle 08.06
for one-channel tape

• Performed at the University of Huddersfield
• Performed at the Florida Electroacoustic Music Festival.
• On SoundCloud

norman (age 11) visits the optometrist 01.06
for clarinet in B♭, horn, and electronics

• Performed at the University of Florida Baughman Center Concert Series.

Big Game Gaieties 11.05
musical for six soloists and big band

• Produced as part of the Ram’s Head Theatrical Society 2005-2006 Season.

Pinkertons 02.05
musical for ten soloists and orchestra

• Produced as part of the Ram’s Head Theatrical Society 2004-2005 Season.
• Recipient of $5,000 Stanford University President and Provosts’ Grant.

Performance Experience

Contralto 08.13
Emo Ensemble, Espoo, Finland.

Bass soloist 10.12
Helsinki Chamber Choir, Helsinki, Finland.

Baritone 09.10–12.11
University of Florida Near Eastern Orchestra.

Contralto and Bass 09.09–09.12
Ensemble Palais Royal, Paris.

Choral accompanist and pianist 09.07–08.09
First United Methodist Church of Newberry.

Vocal soloist 09.05–06.06
Queen’s University Belfast Big Band.

French horn 09.05–06.06
COBRA NI Contemporary Improvisation Collective.

Head Composer 09.02–11.05
Ram’s Head Theatrical Society. In this capacity, composed three original musicals for the Stanford University Big Game Gaieties celebration.

Director 09.03–09.04
Stanford University Fleet Street Singers
Lead composer and arranger on Fleet Street, the first album in collegiate a cappella history to feature all original compositions.

Piano 01.03–04.05
[sic], the Stanfjord [sic] Improvisation Collective.
Included performances with the Merce Cunningham Dance Company.

Bass 09.01–07.02
Stanford Chamber Chorale.

Publications

Structuring music in recorder playing: 04.10
a hydrodynamical analysis of blowing control parameters
Proceedings of the 20^th International Congress on Acoustics.

Stability space and the below-n threshold: 10.08
a computational approach to music analysis
International Computer Music Conference Proceedings.

Papers Presented

The Horizontal Spacing of Graphical Notation 05.11
Journées d’Informatique Musicale, Saint-Etienne.
International Computer Music Conference, Huddersfield.

Stability Space and the Below-n Threshold 05.08
Music Theory Midwest, Bowling Green State University.
Theory and Analysis Graduate Symposium, Cambridge University.

Conservative Curvature and Bins of Radicalism: 04.08
Algorithmic Measurements of Pitch Distribution in Debussy
Music Theory and Musicology Society Annual Conference, Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music.

Administrative Experience

GNU LilyPond Round Table Chair 03.11–05.11
Journées d’Informatique Musicale, Saint-Etienne.

President 09.07–05.08
University of Florida Fine Arts College Council.

President 09.06–05.07
University of Florida Society of Composers, Inc..

Awards

LoMus 05.12
Association française d'informatique musicale

Best Student Paper 02.08
Music Theory Southeast.

Mitchell Scholarship 11.04
US-Ireland Alliance.

Community Service

Faculty Advisor 08.10–present
University of Florida Chapter of the Society of Composers, Inc.

English → French Translator 12.09–present
International Journal of Music Education.

French → English Translator 10.09–05.10
Conference on Interdisciplinary Musicology.

Pro bono French horn tutor 09.04–06.05
Tutti Palo Alto Music Tutoring Collective.

Founder and Director 09.09–07.10
East Brunswick Young Adult Charity Players, an annual musical theater review.

Languages

English (native), French (fluent).

Computer Skills

Python, Scheme, C, C++, Java & Javascript, HTML, SuperCollider, ProTools, Logic, Audacity, Lilypond, L^AT_EX, Gimp, Inkscape.