Nicholas Oberg Deyoe
Curriculum Vitae
7120 Shoreline Drive #2312 – San Diego, CA 92122, USA
858.699.6544 - nicholasdeyoe@gmail.com
www.nicholasdeyoe.com
Education
Ph.D. Composition. University of California, San Diego (June 2013)
Primary Teacher: Roger Reynolds
M.A. Composition. University of California, 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 and 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
April 28: New Work for 15 players (winds, brass, piano, percussion) for Palimpsest. (Commissioned as a companion to Varése' Desèrts.) La Jolla, California.
March 14: New Work for percussion quartet - Usinesonore Festival - Malleray, Switzerland.
August 2009: -feel you painful longing - for violin, brass trio, and percussion; both performed by Le Nouvel Ensemble Moderne, Domaine Forget, Canada
17 May; 4, 5, 6 June 2009: Neither Here nor There for soprano saxophone, for Eliot Gattegno, Choreographed by Alicia Peterson Baskel, with video/projection by Ross Karre. La Jolla Playhouse, Potiker Theater.
17 May 2009: -forced through- ECHOI – UCSD Festival of New Music – La Jolla, California
Late April 2009: -waiting, despondently- Red Fish Blue Fish – performance following public recording session – La Jolla, California
20 November 2008 - Conductor of Giacinto Scelsi's Rotativa - Red Fish Blue Fish - La Jolla California (also recorded for Mode records)
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
21 June 2008: -fl/vln- Lisa Cella, flute; Mark Menzies, violin - SoundOn Festival of Modern Music - La Jolla, California
9 May 2008: ...some new equation, given... Stephanie Aston, Reiko Manabe, and Paul Bowman – La Jolla, California
1 May 2008: Conductor of Helmut Lachenmann’s “…zwei Gefühle…” - Music of Helmut Lachenmann – La Jolla, California. Lachenmann in attendance
2 March 2008: -fl/vln- Lisa Cella, flute; Mark Menzies, violin - UMBC - Baltimore, MD
13 October 2007: -fifteen players- Nicholas DeMaison, conductor – La Jolla, California
18 May 2007: Conductor of – Gérard Grisey – Vortex Temporum – La Jolla, California
4 April 2007: -2fl- Reiko Manabe and John Fonville - La Jolla, California
27 January 2007: -fl/vln- John Fonville and Peter Clarke – La Jolla, California
Publications
Epiphany for double bass and piano (2002) – Mesa Music Publishers (2004) (http://home.tiscali.be/mesamus)
Ensembles Conducted
University of Northern Colorado Symphony Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra, Sinfonietta Orchestra, and Opera Theater
Colorado Contemporary Music Consort
Red Fish Blue Fish
IMD Preisträgerensemble
Ensemble Ascolta
Noise
Ad hoc contemporary music ensembles in: San Diego, California; Greeley, Colorado; and Oldenburg, Germany
Recordings
POS BTR – INTERSECTIONS: Eliot Gattegno and Eric Wubbels. Spektral Records SRL4-08039
Awards, Fellowships, Scholarships
2008 BMI Student Composer Award
Scholarship to the Conductor's Forum: 44th Internationale Ferienkurse für Neue Musik Darmstadt, Germany
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
Teaching Experience
September – December 2008 – TA – Music 9 – The Symphony - UCSD
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January – March 2008 – TA – Music 1B – Music Fundamentals - UCSD
aaaaaResponsibilities include: grading, one section meeting twice weekly, outside assistance to students
September – December 2007 – TA – Music 1A – Music Fundamentals - UCSD
aaaaaResponsibilities include: grading, one section meeting twice weekly, outside assistance to students
March – June 2007 – TA – Music 13AF – Music of Africa - UCSD
aaaaaResponsibilities: Grading, two sections meeting weekly, outside assistance to students
January – March 2007 – TA – Music 15 - Ragtime: Slavery to Stravinsky - UCSD
aaaaaResponsibilities: Grading, two sections meeting weekly, outside assistance to students
September – December 2006 – TA – Music 1A – Music Fundamentals - UCSD
aaaaaResponsibilities include: grading, one section meeting twice weekly, outside assistance to students
18-22 July 2006 – Instructor – 17th annual Rocky Mountain Music Technology Workshop – University of Northern Colorado
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12-16 July 2005 – Instructor – 16th annual Rocky Mountain Music Technology Workshop – University of Northern Colorado
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Other Related Experience
September 2007 – present – Assistant to Steven Schick, conductor of La Jolla Symphony Orchestra
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
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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
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
University of California, San Diego
La Jolla, CA 92037
info@rogerreynolds.com
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Steve Schick
University of California, San Diego
La Jolla, CA 92037
sschick@ucsd.edu
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Rand Steiger
University of California, San Diego
La Jolla, CA 92037
rand@ucsd.edu
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Russell Guyver Professor of Music, Director of Orchestras
University of Northern Colorado
Greeley, CO, 80639
russell.guyver@unco.edu
Robert Ehle Professor of Music, Theory and Composition, Chair
University of Northern Colorado
Greeley, CO, 80639
robert.ehle@unco.edu
Jonathan Bellman Professor of Music, Music History, Chair
University of Northern Colorado
Greeley, CO, 80639
jonathan.bellman@unco.edu