CARLO VINCETTI FRIZZO: COMPOSER | CONDUCTOR
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