Nicholas Oberg Deyoe
Curriculum Vitae
858.699.6544 - nicholasdeyoe [at] gmail [dot] com
Education
Ph.D. Composition. UC San Diego [June 2012] | Primary Teacher: Roger Reynolds
M.A. Composition. UC San Diego , San Diego, June 2008 | Primary Teacher: Roger Reynolds
M.M. Orchestral Conducting. University of Northern Colorado, May 2006 | Primary Teacher: Russell Guyver
Exchange Program. Carl von Ossietzky Universität; Oldenburg, Germany, Spring/Summer 2004 | Primary Teacher: Violeta Dinescu
B.M. Music Theory and Composition. University of Northern Colorado, December 2004 | Primary Teacher: John McLaird
Recent / upcoming Performances
12 May 2012: New work 17 players: WildUp, Chris Rountree: Pasadena, CA
13 April 2012: Lullaby2 for piano – Brendan Nguyen - UCSD
24 February 2012: new work for amplified bass flute – Berglind Maria Tomasdottir - UCSD
11/12 February 2012: still getting rid of for soprano, mezzo-soprano and orchestra – Stephanie Aston, Leslie Leytham; La Jolla Symphony, Steven Schick - UCSD
6 September 2011: Lullaby solo percussion - Brian Archinal - Utrecht, The Netherlands - Gaudeamus Muziekweek
4, 5 June 2011: Conducted Shostakovich Symphony No. 1 and Brahms Haydn Variations with La Jolla Symphony: La Jolla, CA
26 May 2011: wouldn’t need you for amplified tuba with loop pedal – Jonathan Piper - UCSD
29 April 2011: 5 McCallum Songs – Stephanie Aston and Kate Lukacs - UCSD
13 April 2011: …for every day is another view of the tentative past – Formalist Quartet - UCSD -
25 February 2011: feel you painful longing – CalArts Ensemble, Mark Menzies – Valencia, CA
9 February 2011: What I can remember from last night – Trio Kobayashi - UCSD
11 December 2010: for someone else that it seems you’ve always wanted - Cal Arts Orchestra, Andrew Tholl. Cal Arts, Valencia, CA
5 November 2010: Useless (for speaking percussionist), Brian Archinal - Musik Akademie der Stadt Basel - Hochschule für Musik - Basel, Switzerland
1 October 2010: - sitzt schweigend neben mit gelöstem Haar (vn, A cl, pno), Charles du Preez, clarinet; Mark Menzies, violin; Richard Valitutto, piano CalArts - Valencia, CA
2 July 2010: 3 Dickinson Songs - Masumi Yoshikawa and Masami Aikou, voices; Reiko Manabe, alto flute; Norio Satoh, guitar - Shibuya Koen-Dori Classics: Tokyo, Japan
12 June 2010: …for every day is another view of the tentative past – string quartet – The Formalist Quartet – Los Angeles, California
6 June 2010: …for every day is another view of the tentative past – string quartet – The Formalist Quartet - Selid Stokkalaekur, Iceland
4 June 2010: Images from a sleepless night – string quartet – The Formalist Quartet - Reykjavik Iceland
28 April 2010: - for someone else that it seems you’ve always wanted – for 18 musicians – commissioned by Palimpsest – La Jolla, California
14 March 2010: - wir aber sind schon anders - for Percussion Quartet – commissioned for Usinesonore Festival – Bévilard - Malleray, Switzerland
12 February 2010: 3 Dickinson Songs – Susan Narucki, Stephanie Aston, John Fonville, and Pablo Gomez – La Jolla, CA
17 August 2009: - feel you painful longing - for violin, brass trio, and percussion; both performed by Le Nouvel Ensemble Moderne, Domaine Forget, Quebec, Canada
9 July 2008 - Conductor of Marta Gentilucci's radix ipsius, Ensemble Ascolta - Darmstadt, Germany
17 July 2008 - Conductor of Marco Momi's Iconica II (Kranichsteiner prize winner), IMD Preisträgerensemble - Darmstadt, Germany
1 May 2008: Conductor of Helmut Lachenmann’s “…zwei Gefühle…” – La Jolla, California. Lachenmann in attendance
Publications
Spectral World Musics: Proceedings of the Istanbul Spectral Music Conference (review)
Notes, Volume 66, Number 3, March 2010, pp. 531-533 (Review)
Ensembles Conducted
Red Fish Blue Fish
IMD Preisträgerensemble Ensemble
Ascolta
Noise
La Jolla Symphony
U. of Northern CO Symphony Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra, Sinfonietta Orchestra, and Opera Theater;
Colorado Contemporary Music Consort;
Ad hoc ensembles – San Diego, California; Oldenburg, Germany; Greeley, Colorado
Recordings
Nicholas DEYOE – with throbbing eyes (portrait album): Formalist Quartet - Red Fish Blue Fish - Stephanie Aston - Brendan Nguyen.
Populist Records PR001 [Release date 17 January 2012].
POS BTR – INTERSECTIONS: Eliot Gattegno and Eric Wubbels. Spektral Records SRL4-08039
Charlie Wilmoth - sixteen soundbytes on "New Music from San Diego" Carrier Records 2009
Awards, Fellowships, Scholarships
2011/2012 La Jolla Symphony Orchestra / Tom Nee commission
2008 BMI Student Composer Award
Scholarship to the Conductor's Forum: 44th Internationale Ferienkurse für Neue Musik Darmstadt, Germany - studies with Lucas Vis
Performance Research Assistant, UC San Diego – Music Department, current
Teaching Assistant, University of California, San Diego – Music Department, current
Bank One Technology Fellowship 2005/2006 academic year
Graduate Assistant, University of Northern Colorado Orchestras, Russell Guyver, 2005/2006 academic year
Other Related Experience
September 2007 – present – Assistant Conductor, La Jolla Symphony Orchestra, under Steve Schick
2007/2008 Academic year – Coordinator for two-part composer workshop residency with the The Kenners.
August 2005 - May 2006 – Orchestral Manager: University of Northern Colorado Orchestras
- Assistant conductor: University of Northern Colorado Orchestras
May 2005 - May 2006 – Assistant Manager: University of Northern Colorado Music Technology Center
August 2004 - August 2005 – Producer/Director: Colorado Contemporary Music Ensemble
Summer Festivals
9-22 August 2009 – New Music Session 2009 at Domaine Forget; Quebec, Canada
5-20 July 2008 – 44th Internationale Ferienkurse für Neue Musik Darmstadt, Germany
5-20 August 2006 – 43rd Internationale Ferienkurse für Neue Musik Darmstadt, Germany
References
Roger Reynolds | UCSD | reynolds@rogerreynolds.com
Rand Steiger | UCSD | rand@ucsd.edu
Steven Schick | UCSD | sschick@ucsd.edu