curriculum vitae
 
  Jeff Roberts  

                               红莲北村9楼号1508室                                 80 Forest Road
                                北京, 中国 10092                                         Salisbury, MA 02140
                              (+86) 159 1091 2371                                          (617) 395-8929   
                                                                                                      roberts14@hotmail.com  

     
    Education 2007 Ph.D. Composition/Theory, Brandeis University (Expected-Summer 2007)
1999 M.M. Composition, Boston University School for the Arts
1996 B.M. Contemporary Improvisation, New England Conservatory of Music
        
    Special Studies 2006-07 Fulbright Fellowship
 Beijing Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing, China
Senior Scholar in guqin(古琴), studies with Li Xiangting (李祥霆)
  2000-01 Franz Goethe Stiftung Grant
Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst, Frankfurt am
Main, Germany - Composition studio of Hans Zender
           
    Teaching 2007 Lectures on Chinese Aesthetics and Music, Dulwich College
2005-06 American Experimental Music, Tufts University
2004-05 American Experimental Music, Brandeis University
   2004-05 Undergraduate Composition, Brandeis University
    2002-05 Solfege, Brandeis University
2003-06 Jazz & Classical Guitar Instruction, Brandeis University
1997-99 Solfege and Keyboard Harmony, Boston University
1996-97 Class Piano Instruction, University of Pittsburgh
1995-00 Private Instruction in Guitar, Piano & Music Theory, Boston, MA
    Scholarships 2001-05 Full Scholarship/Teaching Fellowship,  Brandeis University
2001 Scholarship, Ecoles d’Art Americaines, Fontainebleau, France
2000-1   Grant, Franz Goethe Stiftung, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
2000   Stipendium, Darmstadt Internationale Ferienkurse für Neue Musik, Darmstadt, Germany
1997-99 Teaching Assistantship, Boston University School for the Arts
1996-97 Full Scholarship/Teaching Assistantship, University of Pittsburgh
1994-96 Merit Scholarship, New England Conservatory of Music
    Awards 2006-07 Fulbright Fellowship, China
  (awarded a Fulbright Extension through the fall of 2007)
2007 Composition Jury Selection, Bent Frequency Composition Competition
2007 Finalist, Music07/Eighth Blackbird Composition Competition
2006 MacDowell Colony (waitlist), Peterborough, NH
2006 Composition Jury Selection, Columbia Music Scholarship Conference
2005 Experimental College Lecturer Award, Tufts University
2005 Beijing Outstanding Scholar Award, CET Academic Programs
2004 Finalist, International Composition Contest, Città di Udine, Italia
2004 University Prize Instructorship, Brandeis University
2004 Kaske Fellowship Prize, Wellesley Composers Conference
2003-04 Irving Fine Memorial Fellowship, Brandeis University
   Commissions 2006-7 Martin van der Heydt - New work for Solo Piano
 (premiere: expected 2007, Cologne/Berlin, Germany)
2003 Dinosaur Annex  - Wandering (in the footsteps of Li Po)
  (premiere: 1.25.04, Boston, MA)
2002 Ensemble E-mex - Skimming
 (premiere: 9.9.03, Cologne, Germany)
2000 Boston Chamber Orchestra - Emerging Plain
 (premiere: 11.19.00, Boston, MA)
   Lectures / Papers 2007 International Society of Improvising Musicians Conference, Chicago, IL
  Li Xiangting and Guqin Improvisation: Expression, Poetic Impression
  and the Ambiguities Between Composition and Improvisation (12.14.07)
2007 Dulwich College, Beijing, China
Lectures on Chinese Music: Aesthetics and Philosophy in Chinese Painting, Poetry and Music, The Guqin Tradition, Folk Music of Yunnan, Chinese Rock Music of the 1990's. (12.11.2007)
   Special Projects 1998-2007 Founder,  Walden Percussion Orchestra Project
An experimental found object percussion ensemble designed to allow people from diverse backgrounds explore their creativity in music and participate in the co-composition and performance of works for found objects and percussion. The ensemble was integrated into a course on American Experimental Music in 2005. Projects, collaborations and concerts in the US and Europe. 
   Arts Management 1998-00 General Manager, Dinosaur Annex Music Ensemble, Boston, MA
1998-99 Office Manager, ALEA III, Boston, MA
   Principal  
   Teachers		 Composition David Rakowski, Eric Chasalow, Yehudi Wyner, Martin Boykan, Hans Zender, Marjorie Merryman, Theodore Antoniou, Matthew Rosenblum, Lyle Davidson
Improvisation Ran Blake, Hankus Netsky, Scott Sandvik
Guitar Scott Sandvik
Guqin 古琴
  Li Xiangting (李祥霆) Beijing, China
 Yang Shinyi, Boston, MA
     
    Languages Mandarin Chinese (fluent)   German (fluent)     French (basic)
    Research &
    Creative Interests		  China





 Chinese Guqin （古琴）
 Performance and Improvisation, Timbre and Form, Relationships
between guqin performance/repertoire and Chinese Poetry

Stringed Instruments in Chinese Minority Folk Music Traditions
Yi minority San Xian (三弦）improvisation tradition
Sugudu (速古笃）in Naxi Folk music tradition

Aesthetics and Philosophy
Influences and relationships between Chinese and Japanese Philosophy (Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism), New England Transcendentalism and American Experimental Music
 

Creativity
Studies
   		Cross-Cultural Study of Creative Process: Preschool and Elementary School Children
Timbre Haydn and the Origins of Modern Orchestration

Timbral Integration: Chinese and Western Stringed Instruments

Timbre and Sound Gesture of Found-Object Instruments
Education General Education in Music
Teaching Music Appreciation to the non-professional through creative work and performance in Experimental Music