CV
EMPLOYMENT
- Portland State University [Portland, Oregon], Assistant Professor of Sonic Arts, Dec. 2020–Present
EDUCATION
- UC San Diego [La Jolla, California], PhD in Music Composition, June 2019
- UC San Diego [La Jolla, California], Master of Arts in Music, June 2014
- UMKC Conservatory of Music and Dance [Kansas City, Missouri], Bachelor of Music, May 2010
HONORS
- Lead Researcher US West Coast, Sonic Matter Festival OpenLAB, 2021
- Transient Canvas Fellowship, 2020
- Matt Marks Impact Fund Grant, Alarm Will Sound, 2020
- Guerilla Opera Composition Fellowship, 2019
- Adoptions Commission, Ensemble Adapter, 2019
- Grand Prize, ISB/David Walter Composition Competition, 2018
- Classical Commission, Chamber Music America, SPLICE Ensemble, 2018
- Audience Choice, Music from SEAMUS vol. 28, 2018
- Carolyn Applebaum Endowed Prize, 2017
- Call for Proposals Winner, SPOR Festival of Contemporary Music and Sound Art, 2017
- Best in Show Award (collaborative), Greater Los Angeles MFA, 2017
- UCIRA Grant, 2014
- Artist Residency, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, 2013
- KcEMA Commission Competition, 2009
SELECTED RECENT PERFORMANCES
- Impressions of the Sky From Underwater, Transient Canvas, Miami University, 2021
- Impressions of the Sky from Underwater, Transient Canvas, Hamilton College, 2021
- Impressions of the Sky from Underwater, Transient Canvas, Lawrence University, 2021
- Impressions of the Sky from Underwater, Transient Canvas, SCI Conference, CCM, 2021
- Impressions of the Sky from Underwater, Transient Canvas, Virginia Tech, 2021
- Vessel, T.J. Borden/Ghost Ensemble, 2021
- Hydra Nightingale, Kyle Motl, Oh My Ears New Music Festival, 2021
- At the Hour, Rory Cowal, Portland State University, 2021
- Ofelia's Life Dream, Guerilla Opera, HC Media, 2020
- Impressions of the Sky from Underwater, Transient Canvas, St. Cloud State University, 2020
- Spelunking, with Sam Wells, SPLICE festival IV, 2020
- Hydra Nightingale, Will Yager, 1:2:1 Intensive, 2020
- Hydra Nightingale, Will Yager, 5pm Series Recital, 2020
- Hydra Nightingale, Will Yager Recital, University of Iowa, 2020
- Clapping-Game Songbook, Guerilla Opera, Brandeis University, 2020
- Hydra Nightingale, Kyle Motl, UC San Diego [La Jolla, CA], March 2020
- Territories refrains, Ensemble Adapter@ExRotaprint [Berlin, Germany], February 2020
- Ansible, SPLICE Ensemble, SPLICE Festival 3, Miami University [Miami, Ohio], February 2020
- Hydra Nightingale, Kyle Motl, Spectrum [New York, NY], February 2020
- Jungles: Remix, Meridian Festival [Bucharest, Romania], November 2019
- Subsong, CemiCircles Festival, University of North Texas [Denton, Texas], October 2019
- Hydra Nightingale, Kyle Motl, University of Iowa [Iowa City], September 2019
- Ansible, SPLICE Ensemble, SPLICE Institute [Kalamazoo, Michigan], June 2019
- Hydra Nightingale, Christie Echols, International Society of Bassists Convention, June 2019
- Spelunking and Lechuguilla, The Stone with Alexandria Smith [New York, NY], May 2019
- Winter Hawthorn, Amy Advocat, SEAMUS Conference, Berklee [Boston, MA], March 2019
- Solo Composition Recital, UC San Diego [La Jolla, CA] March 2019
- Subsong, Sound and Filmbar, Heroines of Sound Festival [Berlin, Germany], December 2018
- Reductionism is a dirty word, Forest Collective [Melbourne, Australia], November 2018
- Subsong, Surround Sound at WMU [Kalamazoo, Michigan], November 2018
- Subsong, Bushwick Open Studios, MISE-en Place [New York, NY], September 2018
- Musica Ficta, Darmstadt Summer Course for New Music [Darmstadt, Germany], July 2018
- Hydra Nightingale, Kyle Motl, Darmstadt Open Space [Darmstadt, Germany], July 2018
- Berceuse et Jeux, Forest Collective [Melbourne, Australia], July 2018
- Subsong, NWEAMO Festival [San Diego, CA], April 2018
- Subsong, SEAMUS Conference, University of Oregon [Eugene, OR], March 2018
- Elliptic, SPLICE Ensemble, BEAMSfest, Brandeis University [Waltham, MA], March 2018
- SOMA, performance with Lyndsay Bloom, San Diego Art Institute, March 2018
- Subsong, WSU Festival of Contemporary Art Music [Pullman, Washington], March 2018
- Elliptic, SPLICE Ensemble, SPLICE Festival, Western Michigan University [Kalamazoo, MI], January 2018
- Elliptic, SPLICE Ensemble, Strange Beautiful Music 10 [Detroit, Michigan], September 2017
- Elliptic, SPLICE Institute, Western Michigan University [Kalamazoo, MI], June 2017
- Hydra Nightingale, Kyle Motl, Scholes Street Studio [New York, NY], June 2017
- Hydra Nightingale, Kyle Motl, Center for New Music [San Francisco, CA], May 2017
- Tarantella Carbine, Timothy Loo with Synchromy, Boston Court Performing Arts Center [Pasadena, California], June 2017
- Vivarium, performance with Anna Jalving, SPOR Festival [Aarhus, Denmark], May 2017
- Exoskeletons, ARCUS Collective, Fleisher Art Memorial [Philadelphia, PA], April 2017
- Exoskeletons, ARCUS Collective, DiMenna Center [New York, NY], April 2017
- Elliptic, SPLICE Ensemble, SCI National Conference [Kalamazoo, MI], March 2017
- Elliptic, Inoo-Kallay Duo, Boston Court Performing Arts Center [Pasadena, CA], March 2017
- Hydra Nightingale, Kyle Motl, Subtropics Festival Biennial [Miami, FL], March 2017
TEACHING
- Portland State University [Portland, Oregon]: Assistant Professor of Sonic Arts
– "Music & Media," "Studio Techniques," "Studio Production," "History of Electronic Music," "Audio Recording," "Live-Set" - UC San Diego [La Jolla, California]: Associate-In
– "Film Music," "History of Electronic Music," "Introduction to Music Theory," "Biology & Music." - UC San Diego Extension, Academic Connections [La Jolla, California]: Instructor
– "Experiments in Composition & Music Theory"
SELECTED PRESS
- "Dreamstreaming from Guerilla," Boston Music Intelligencer, Gareth Cordery. Nov. 16, 2020
Review of Guerilla Opera's production of Ofelia's Life Dream. - "Composition, Technology, and the Posthuman", Andrew Watts, Cerenem Journal Issue 7, Nov. 2020.
Interview about my installation Sound Masses for Dark Times. - "S04E03: Caroline Louise Miller, Composer and Librettist," Guerilla Opera Podcast, Tae Kim. Oct. 19, 2020.
Conversation about Ofelia's Life Dream. - “117 – Caroline Louise Miller.” Lexical Tones Podcast, Rob McClure. Nov. 25, 2019
- "SPOR Festival 2017 Call for Proposals Presents Music as Sound Art," I Care if You Listen, Amanda Cook. Jun 6, 2017
Review of Vivarium, theatrical work for amplified, magnified pomegranates. - "At UC San Diego, 'Machine' combines many voices," San Diego Union Tribune, Beth Wood. Oct. 6 2016.
Interview about creation of How to Survive a 100-hour Workweek
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