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Carlo Vincetti Frizzo

Composer | Conductor
Vincetti@me.com

 

Education

 

DOCTORATE OF MUSIC IN COMPOSITION AND CHORAL CONDUCTING

Indiana University, Bloomington, IN,

GPA: 4.0, Expected Graduation: May 2017

 

MASTER OF MUSIC (COMPOSITION)

Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA,

GPA: 4.0, August 2006

 

BACHELOR OF ARTS IN MUSIC (KEYBOARD STUDIES), BACHELOR OF ARTS IN FRENCH STUDIES

Murray State University, Murray, KY,

Summa Cum Laude GPA: 3.97, May 2001

 

Teaching Experience

 

ASSOCIATE INSTRUCTORSHIP - INDIANA UNIVERSITY, Bloomington, IN, August 2012 – May 2015

• MUS-X 070 University Choral Ensembles: NOTUS Contemporary Vocal Ensemble

• MUS-G 370 Techniques for Conducting

• MUS-G 371 Choral Conducting I

• MUS-G 372 Choral Conducting II

 

LECTURER - SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY, Huntsville, TX, August 2007 – May 2010

• MUS 111X Applied Composition

• MUS 122 Music Theory I

• MUS 113X Applied Composition

• MUS 124 Musicianship I

• MUS 362 Orchestration and Analysis

• MUS 123 Music Theory II

 

LECTURER - OUR LADY OF THE LAKE COLLEGE, Baton Rouge, LA, June 2004 – August 2004

• Music Appreciation

 

 

Professional Work Experience and Services

 

CONDUCTING POSITIONS

• Music Director of New Voices Opera, (NVO) May 2014-2016

IU student-run opera company focused on premiering new operas (www.newvoicesopera.com)

• Conductor of Indiana University Cinema, Double Exposure, Spring 2013 and Spring 2014

Features newly produced films by IU students accompanied by live chamber music by IU student composers

 

SACRED MUSIC POSITIONS

• Music Director at First United Church, Bloomington, IN, May 2014-Present

• St. Thomas Lutheran Church, Bloomington, IN

• St. Paul United Methodist Church, Bloomington, IN

 

ARTS ADMINISTRATION

• New Music Assistant for Accent12, Cincinnati, OH, 2012

• Co-coordinator of 48th Annual Sam Houston State University Contemporary Music Festival, Huntsville, TX,

• Music Copyist for David Stock, Composer, Pittsburgh, PA, 2006-2007

Responsibilities included professionaly engraving handwritten manuscripts for publication

• Administrative Assistant for Louisiana Sinfonietta, Baton Rouge, LA, 2003-2004

 Responsibilities included assisting in grant writing, creating concert program, and setting up for rehearsals and concerts

• LSU Middleton Library Graduate Assistant, Carter Music Resources, Baton Rouge, LA, 2002-2004 

Responsibilities indcluded pre-cataloguing materials, digitizing audiotapes and records using software interface Pro Tools, and assisting the head librarian in any number of tasks and projects

 

• MUS 363 Structure and Analysis

• MUS 125 Musicianship II

• MUS 161 Introduction to the Study of Music

• MUS 222 Music Theory III

• MUS 223 Music Theory IV

Published Works
 

SYMPHONIC REVELATIONS, Louisiana State University Press, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 2006 

• Thesis Publication by Louisiana State University Press.

 

COMPOSER USA CONCERT REVIEW ARTICLE, National Association of Composers/U.S.A., Los Angeles, California

• Article published in NACUSA national bulletin ComposerUSA 

 

 

Honors and Awards

 

• Second Place Winner for 2014-15 CF Commissioning Project

• 2013 Winner of the Indiana University Contemporary Vocal Ensemble Choral Composition Competition

• Selected composer for the 2010-2011 Kids Compose, Bloomington, IN

• Selected for the 2007 Pittsburgh Symphony Student Composition Reading Session

• Third Place Region IV of the 2006 SCI/ASCAP Student Commission Competition

• First Place 2004 Music Teachers National Association National Student Composition Competition

• First Place Region IV of the 2004 SCI/ASCAP Student Commission Competition

• Outstanding Student Composition in the College Music Society Southern Chapter 2004 Annual Meeting

• First Place 2004 South Central Division of MTNA Young Artist Composition Competition

• First Place 2003 Louisiana Music Teachers Association (LMTA) Young Artists Composition Competition

• Second Place 2003 Music Teachers National Association National Student Composition Competition

• First Place 2003 South Central Division of MTNA Collegiate Composition Competition

• First Place 2002 LMTA Collegiate Composition Competition

Workshops and Festivals

 

FIVE FRIENDS MASTER CLASS SERIES,  Jacobs School of Music, Indiana University 

• Edward Maclary, conductor (Fall 2014)
• Matthew Halls, conductor (Fall 2014)

• Vance George, conductor (Spring 2014)

• Simon Carrington, conductor (Spring 2014)

 

NEW MUSIC ASSISTANT, ACCENT12, Cincinnati, OH, Summer of 2012

• Studied Composition under Claude Baker

• Organized concerts and rehearsals

 

CONTEMPORARY MUSIC FESTIVAL, Sam Houston State University, Hunstville, TX

• Co-coordinator for the 48th annual festival

 

EUROPEAN AMERICAN MUSIC ALLIANCE, Paris, France, 2007-2008

• Studied Composition under Robert Beaser, Narcis Bonet, and Phillip Lasser

 

BOWDIEN INTERNATIONAL MUSIC FESTIVALS, Brunswick, ME, 2005-2006

• Studied Composition under Samuel Adler, Simone Fontanelli, Robert Rodriguez, and Bright Sheng

 

INTERLOCHEN COLLEGE OF CREATIVE ARTS, COMPOSER'S INSTITUTE, Interlochen, MI, Summer 2005

• Studied Composition under Daniel McCarthy, David Gillingham, and Michael Daugherty

Professional Activities and Organizations

 

● American Society for Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP)

● New Terian Composers’ Collective • Co-Founder, New Tertian Recordings, Inc., 2004 - Present

● Society of Composers, Inc. (SCI)

● National Association of Composers USA (NACUSA)

● College Music Society (CMS)

● American Music Center (AMC)

● Pi Kappa Lambda

● Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia National Fraternity

● Southeastern Composers League

2010 - present

2010 - present

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