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Keith Kusterer
composer/teacher/musician/producer
Hometown: Charlotte,NC
Current Residence: Boston, MA
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (773) 971-5819
Website: www.keithkusterer.com
EDUCATION
Boston Conservatory (2011-2013) M.M Composition
Columbia College Chicago (2007-2011) B.M Composition *Valedictorian
Depaul University Community School of Music (2006-2007)
University of North Carolina-Wilmington (1999-2002) Philosophy/Jazz Studies
AWARDS/HONORS
Aaron Copland Recording Grant (Lansing McLoskey, Albany Records, 2013)
Boston Conservatory Wind Ensemble Competition Winner (2012)
Valedictorian (Columbia College Chicago 2011)
Allen Turner Composition Award (2008)
John Lennon Songwriting Award Recipient (2000)
Boston Conservatory Music Department Scholarship (2011-2013)
Columbia College Chicago Music Department Scholarship (2009-2011)
‘Overture 1312’ Columbia College Chicago Solo Piano Performance Honors Recipient (2008-2011)
EXPERIENCE
Teaching:
Boston Conservatory
Music History Graduate Teaching Assistantship (Boston, MA 2011-2013)
Songwriting for Musical Theater Majors (course substitute*)
(2013)
Columbia College Chicago Student Faculty
Music Theory/Ear Training (all levels) (Chicago, IL 2009-2011)
Private Instruction
Composition/Music Theory/Ear Training (Chicago, IL 2010-2011)
Suburban Music Center
Private lessons in guitar/piano/bass/music theory (Wheaton, IL 2003-2005)
Producing:
Devyn Cordes (songwriter) ‘In the Moonlight’, ‘Not Ready to Give Up’ (MIXONE studios, Boston, MA 2013)
Boston Conservatory ‘Songwriter Showcase Concert (Boston, MA April 2013)
The Dog Patch Ramblers (band) ‘Banjos and Melodies’ (2010) (Pieholden Studios, Chicago IL)
Moe Black (band) ‘Life’s Eternal Groove’ (1999), ‘Moe Black’ (2000) (CMO studios, Atlanta GA)
Copyist/Editor/Arrangement:
Orchestral Arranger/Assistant to Artistic Director: Fulcrum Point New Music Project/Fujitsu Ten/ Columbia College 2010-2011)
Editor/Copyist: The Courtship of Portia, Exit (chamber operas by Mae Cohen 2011)
Management/Leadership:
‘Keith Kusterer and The Goods’ (band) performance group residencies, corporate/private event booking and management (2012-present)
Moe Black (band) regional touring, production ,promotion, booking, recording (1999-2002)
Studio Performance/Recording Projects:
Kevin Siegfried (composer) ‘More Love’ guitar tracking
(MIXONE studios, Boston MA 2012)
Mar Caribe (band) ‘The Law’ (2011)
guitar tracking
(Pie Holden studios, Chicago IL 2011)
Jason Eckerson (musician) ‘Some Hearts’ (2011) guitar, vocal tracking (Pie Holden studios Chicago, IL 2011)
The Dog Patch Ramblers (band) ‘Banjos and Melodies’ (2011) guitar, vocal tracking (Pie Holden studios, Chicago IL 2010)
Moe Black (band) ‘Life’s Eternal Groove’ (1999), ‘Moe Black’ (2000) guitar, vocal tracking (CMO Studios, Atlanta GA)
Film/Dance:
Columbia College Chicago: Semester in L.A (2010 partnership with Disney Studios, Capitol Records, Raleigh Studios)
Film Score Collaboration (Jeremy Bessoff, cinematographer) Red Rider’s Lament (*Best Experimental Film 2011:
Hardacre Film Festival, *John Muir Award for Best Short Film 2011: Yosemite Film Festival)
Promotional Catalogue Score/Recording: Wilderness Society of America (2012)
Dance Collaboration (John Leonard, choreographer) In Passing (Columbia College 2009), Little Suite (Arizona State Univ. 2009)
ORGANIZATIONS
The Fifth Floor Collective: Organizational Member/Curator (Boston, MA 2013-present )
Acoustic Uproar: Advisory Council (Boston, MA 2013-present )
Juventas New Music Ensemble: Marketing/Promotion (Boston, MA 2012)
CADRE: Student Composer Organization (President/Vice President: Columbia College Chicago 2008-2011)
Boston Conservatory: New Student Ambassador (2012) /Music writer/orchestral program notes (2012-2013)
Life is Good Company: corporate entertainment performance residency (2012-present)
Society of Composers (2009-present)
American Composers Forum (2009-present)
COMPOSITIONAL
STUDY
Marcos Balter, Marti Epstein, Curtis Hughes, Ilya Levinson, Doug Lofstrom, David Reminick, Augusta Read Thomas
MASTERCLASSES
ATTENDED
Composition: Chinary Ung, Salvatore Sciarrino, Evan Ziporyn, Gunther Schuller, Mark Anthony Turnage, Ken Ueno
Piano: David Holzman, Seda Röder, Sebastian Huydts, Howard Levy, Vladimir Leyetchkiss, Bette Coulson
ENSEMBLES/ COMMISSIONS
Equilibrium Music, Acoustic Uproar, Juventas New Music Ensemble, Chicago Composers Orchestra, Transient Canvas,
TimeQuake Ensemble, Joint Venture, Trio Notturno, Fifth Floor Collective, Epstein/Walker Duo, Capitol Records Studio
Orchestra, Antwerp Conservatory Chamber Music, Boston Conservatory Orchestra, Boston Conservatory Wind Ensemble,
ensemble dal niente*, International Contemporary Ensemble*
* Columbia College Chicago ensemble in residence
CONDUCTORS
Eric Alexander Hewitt, Michael Lewanski, Christian Knapp, Matthew Kasper, Lidiya Yankovskaya, Christopher Wild,
Matt Sharrock
REPRESENTATIVE
CONCERT
WORKS
Star Owl (Dec 2013: flute, viola, harp) Doppler (June 2013: bass clarinet, marimba), Auras (May 2013: orchestra), Rouse (Apr
2013: flute, violin, cello), Trivia Surreal (Apr 2013: speaking pianist), Alive/Atone (Apr 2013: string quartet and crotales),
Pandora (Apr 2013: dramatic scene for six vocalists), Perfora (Apr 2013: two alto saxophones, bass clarinet), Of Patina (Feb 2013:
Wind Ensemble), Echelon (Feb 2013: baritone, clarinet, contrabassoon, piano, vibraphone, double bass), Ètudes Photographiques
(Oct 2012: clarinet, violin, cello, piano, percussion), Murmur (Feb 2012: flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, piano, percussion),
Branches (soprano, chorus of voices, two alto saxophones, bass clarinet, violin, two cellos, piano, electronics), Lunar Unda (Dec
2010: orchestra), Visus (May 2010: chamber orchestra), Trio for Piano, Bassoon, Percussion (Apr 2010)
R E C O R D E D/ D I S T R I B U T E D C O N C E R T W O R K S
‘Of Patina’ (2013, Wind Ensemble) appears on ‘THE UNHEARD MUSIC: New American Music for Wind Ensemble and Brass’
released and distributed by Albany Records (Oct 2013)
REFERENCES
Andy Vores
Marcos Balter
Stephen Burns
Molly Feingold
Debra Jacobs
Music History, Theory, Composition Chair (Boston Conservatory) [email protected]
Director of Composition (Columbia College Chicago) [email protected]
Artistic Director, Conductor (Fulcrum Point New Music, Chicago)
[email protected]
Managing Artistic Director (High Concepts Laboratories, Chicago) [email protected]
CEO (Chelsea C-Suite, New York) [email protected]
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