KENT GUSTAVSON :: CURRICULUM VITAE

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EDUCATION

2002-2007 Stony Brook University, NY

• Phd in Classical Composition awarded Spring 2007.
• Master's awarded spring, 2004.
• Studied classical composition with Daria Semegen, Peter Winkler, Perry Goldstein, Daniel Weymouth, and Sheila Silver
• Full tuition scholarship
• Teaching Assistant and Adjunct Professor in the Department of German, 2003-2007
• Teaching Assistant for Daniel Faulk, saxophonist and composer, 2002-2003
• Teaching Assistant for Peter Winkler, composer, 2005
• Many compositions for solo instrument, chamber ensemble, and orchestra
• Dissertation composition "Ruach" Spring 2007
• PhD thesis paper on Doc Watson and 'The Cuckoo' presented Spring 2005
• PhD colloquium on Ruth Crawford Seeger and the art of Transcription, and its applications to art composition, presented Fall 2005

1996 - 2000 Middlebury College, Vermont

• Bachelor of Arts, German and Music double major, High Honors in both, Magna Cum Laude.
• Wrote “ Jerusalem : A Concerto for Tape and Orchestra”, performed in May, 2000, by the Middlebury College Orchestra, Evan Bennett conducting.
• Thesis Colloquium on 'The Composer' in Thomas Mann's 'Doktor Faustus.' Presented Spring 2000.
• Studied composition with Su Lian Tan.
• Studied in Jerusalem with the Wesleyan University Program in Israeli and Palestinian Studies Spring 1999.
• Recorded and Performed with the Palestinian traditional music ensemble “Sabreen” in Jerusalem Summer 1999.

1995 - 1996 Erich Fried Gesamtschule Wuppertal, Germany

• Awarded Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange Scholarship for a year of study in Germany.

1994 - 1996 Caddo Magnet High School, Shreveport, Louisiana

• National Merit Scholarship finalist
• Principal Bass, All-State, All-South, All-City orchestras.

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FOREIGN LANGUAGES

• German: Fluent in both writing and speaking. Adjunct professor of German at SUNY Stony Brook.
• Arabic: Semi-fluent in conversation, some reading skills.
• Hebrew: Some conversation skills, some reading skills.

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MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS

•String bass, guitar, banjo, mandolin, piano, Arabic lute ('ud'), tenor banjo, voice.

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WORK EXPERIENCE

2006-present Blooming Twig Books, East Setauket, NY

• Founder, Owner
• Editor of Several Manuscripts per Week
• Graphic Designer (Book Covers, Websites, Interior Layouts, E-Books)
• Publisher (Screening Manuscripts and Advising Authors, etc.)
• Webmaster, corporate website and author website templates and sites

2005-present Ninety and Nine Records, East Setauket, NY

• Founder, Owner
• Musician on the Record Label, playing concerts, selling records
• Web Designer for corporate website and clients
• Recording Engineer
• Artist and Graphic Designer, CDs/booklets, etc.

2002–2007 Stony Brook University, NY

• Teaching Assistant to Professor Daniel Faulk.
• Teaching Assistant and Adjunct Professor in German Department.
• Teacher of private lessons on guitar, mandolin, upright and electric bass, banjo, violin, dance, improvisation in dance and music, theory, piano, voice and composition.

2002-2003 Hope Lutheran Church Selden, NY

• Youth Minister and Church Musician
• director of a youth choir.
• leading Saturday evening Eucharist services.
• writing new liturgical material and hymns for the church and for youth.

2000-2002 Holden Village, Retreat Center, Chelan, WA

• Lead Cook, Musician
• Was in charge of 25 volunteers, training them and supervising them in the kitchen.
• Was responsible to put meals on the table punctually for more than 500 hundred guests, and to problem solve when presented with complaints or suggestions.
• Organized worship music and Village musical events, performed frequently and conducted worship services.
• Composed “Mountain Vespers”, a worship service now used by thousands of people each year at Holden Village and in the hundreds of congregations in the country that have purchased a copy of the CD-ROM.

2000 Daar Al-Kalima Lutheran School, Bethlehem, Palestine

• English and German instructor

2000 “Sound Peace”, Jerusalem, Israel

• Designed and implemented curriculum for conflict resolution through music
• Forced to leave Palestine for safety reasons

2000 Music Academy of Bethlehem, Bethlehem, Palestine

• Guitar, piano, composition and theory teacher.

1999 “Sabreen”, Palestinian traditional music ensemble, Jerusalem

• Music Teacher, Recording Artist, Performing Artist,
• Played string bass with the ensemble in several performances around Palestine.
• Recorded with them on a project recording for Warner Records Europe.
• Studied Arabic lute and theory with Wissam Murad.

1998-2000 Seeds of Peace International Youth Camp Otisfield , ME

• Canoe and Music Instructor and Bunk Counselor.
• Worked in Jerusalem office in 1999.

1996 - 2000 Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont

• Language Waiter and German Tutor
• Waited on the German table at a ‘language' cafeteria.
• Tutored college students in German.

• Recording project, "Troublin' Mind " underway with Jamey Haddad, Larry Campbell, Aruna Sairam, Steve Gorn, Micah Schonberg, Nicholas Walker, Alexandra Montano and others at One Soul Studios in New York City.

September 2004

Awarded Lilly Endowment for workshops in Longmont, CO (Sept. 11, 2004), and Minneapolis, MN (Apr. 2005).

July 2004

• Live in Vermont with Micah Schonberg released by One Soul Records in New York City.

April 2004

• Recording with ensemble, "Stolen Shack," was released by One Soul Records in New York City.
• "Stolen Shack" featured on NPR's All Songs Considered.

2003-2004

• “Cook” for violin, banjo and speaker, “Red Dirt Hymn” for solo classical guitar, "Providence" for solo string bass, "Professor Merrill Nelson and His Musical Hall Tree" for trombone and ensemble, and “Lunch” for solo guitar have recently been, or will be soon, premiered in New York.

February 2003

• Commissioned by Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Longmont, CO, to write a setting of the Eucharist, “Light into the World, Hope for a New Day.” Premiered in Colorado, February 9, 2003. Published by Owl Mountain Music in Fort Collins, Colorado.

April 2002

• A musical, “The Butter Battle” based on the Dr. Seuss books The Butter Battle Book and The Lorax was performed in April, 2002.

2001-present

• "Mountain Vespers" frequently used for worship at Holden Village, the retreat for thousands of Lutherans each year. Recent recording of the service for sale at the village.