Recent Work:
Ongoing “Sound Salon” sonic collaborations since the onset of the 2020 Covid-19 pandemic with interdisciplinary artists J$Fur, Paige Naylor, Briana Marela, Darcy Neal, and Henna Chou
It’s Women’s Work - Radio show highlighting the work of female composers throughout history, SAIC
Interview with Annea Lockwood - 2020 (link coming soon)
Acoustic Perfume Field Recording project, 2019
1 Square Inch of Silence field recording project - Took recordings of the Hoh Rainforest in Washington State, deemed as one of the quietest places in the US by acoustic ecologist Gordon Hempton - 2019
Interview with Pamela Z - 2019 (link coming soon)
New Media Arts and Sound Summit, (Performance) ATX, 2019
Performance collaboration with sound installation artist Chris Han
Recording collaborations/Support for:
Session singer for Allie n/ Steve Mullen, film score composer/ producer
Session singer / collaborator for David Snyder’s True Colors single Stop
Ryan Packard’s Experimental Choir, High Concept Labs, 2017
Thor and Friends (Thor Harris, Swans) Clarinet Improv for set at Hotel San Jose
Calvin Johnson (K Records, Beat Happening)
Arrington De Dionyso (championed by Yves Saint Laurent)
Music Consultant / Original Composition for Janique Robillard's Pilot Episode - Stranded by Vanity
Music consultant / Original Composition for award winning WMMA documentary 1000 times by Janique Robillard
Bands
Ruby Fray - songwriter, band leader, tour manager
Christmas - songwriter, vocals, keyboard
Georgy - songwriter, bass player
Legs the Crab - songwriter, bass player
Accomplishments:
Studied with Meredith Monk at her “Voice as Practice” workshop, 2018
Competed in "Music Maker" Competition hosted at Capital Factory in ATX, team won 1st place for best song collaboration, 2016
International sets in England, opening for Ultimate Painting
2 music video collaborations with French Cinematographer Pablo Caraballo Sierra. One of these, a video for the Ruby Fray song called "Photograph" awarded "Best Original Song" for Music Meets Video competition 2016
200 Hr Yoga Certification 2016
Contribution to “Your Favorite Band” on vice.com
7" Lathe Cut collaboration with Electricity Lust Lathe Cut - Ruby Fray
7" collaboration, Endless Latino - Christmas debut single
7" Dub Narcotic Disco Plate collaboration with Calvin Johnson K Records - Christmas - Namiot
EP Collaboration with High Fives and Handshakes/ TYZED - Christmas
Interviews/Mentions on
Entertainment Weekly, / Tiny Mix Tapes / Bust (print) /Vice /Austin Town Hall / Indie Band Guru/
Coordinated /installed "Art and Architecture in Illinois" traveling art exhibit for Carlinville Public Library Branch / She Shreds / Golden Mixtape / GrungeCake/ For the Rabbits / glamglare /Beehive Candy / A Soulful Sound / Stereogum / Impose /The Norman Transcript / Secretly Important, / Verbicide
Work Experience
Instructional materials assistant for SAIC Professor Emeritus Bob Snyder - created animated notational and graphic scores for instructional purposes currently used in SAIC classes
Live sound recording /sound mixing for video for Dear Steve…It’s Allie, a multi-disciplinary performance piece by Allie n Steve Mullen
Mixing/mastering for sound composition NeverWhere:|:Visions of Alternate Worlds immersive installation by Valerie Xanos
Sound Tech assistant, SAIC - 2018 - 2020
Soapmaker, Beanblossom Soaps - created handmade, organic soaps and sold in stores and online - 2011 - present
PR for Polish Film Festival, 2017
Arts Administrator for City of Austin, 2016
Gallery Attendant, Lion's Nest Printmaking Studio and Gallery 2015
Digital Archives, Assistive Technologies, Special Collections - Evergreen State College 2007-2009
Circulation Assistant, Carlinville Public Library 2005-2006
Volunteer Work
Seattle Polish Film Festival, 2011 - 2012
Mandible Gallery - volunteer run artist space/gallery/venue in Olympia, WA; Hosted a one day "Mini-Movies" festival showcasing local filmmakers, as well as DIY shows and art gallery openings
Volunteer Coordinator at Northern Gallery (Olympia, WA); gallery attendant
Organized a successful soap drive 2017, donated hundreds of bars of soap to women's shelters and homeless shelters
Created and taught “Experimental Sounds” workshop at virtual Girl’s Rock! Chicago 2020
College Courses:
MFA: Sound Art 2020 The School of the Art Institute Chicago
Analog Synthesis / Video Game Music Composition / Digital Sound / Rhythm / Sound Installation / Art in the AIC / Beauty and Ugliness / Programming Sound for Raspberry Pi / Acoustic Ecology and Soundscape / John Cage: Concepts and Ideas; TA for: Sound and Image / Analog to Digital / Studio Techniques/ Text, Sound, Transmission / Ears for Cinema
BA, Liberal Studies 2009 Evergreen State College
Printmaking (intaglio, lithography) /Book binding/ Paper making / Fashioning the body /Women and gender studies / Digitizing movements