Kyle Bruckmann's Résumé/C.V.

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Festivals & Select Performances

  • 1/2008 Berkeley, CA. With Quinteto Latino. The music of Mario Lavista, including "Marsias para Oboe y Copas de Cristal." Trinity Chamber Concert Series.
  • 11/2007 Stanford, CA. U.S. premiere of "Shore for Oboe and Electronics" by Hans Tutschku. CCRMA, Stanford University.
  • 10/2007 San Jose, CA. With Quinteto Latino. Contemporary Latin American compositions, including the world premiere of "Tenue" by José Luis Hurtado. Presented by MACLA.
  • 6/2007 Detroit, MI. With Wrack. Bohemian National Home 2nd Annual Festival of Jazz and Improvised Music.
  • 5/2007 Boston, MA. With EKG. Performance of Morton Feldman's "Oboe and Orchestra" (1976), with an analog electronic realization of the orchestral score, and collaborative compostions (w/ Ernst Karel) for English horn, trumpet, and live analog electronics. Non-Event performance series.
  • 5/2007 New York, NY. With EKG. (As above). The Stone.
  • 5/2007 Philadelphia, PA. With EKG. (As above). Bowerbird Something Else More Festival.
  • 5/2007 New York, NY. With Bill Horvitz Expanded Band. Roulette.
  • 4/2007 Berkeley CA. With Quinteto Latino. Compositions by P. d'Rivera, A. Marquez, M. LaVista, a. Piazzolla, and H. Villa-Lobos. Trinity Chamber Concert Series.
  • 2/2007 Seattle, WA. Seattle Improvised Music Festival.
  • 10/2006 Milwaukee, WI. Unruly Music Series, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. Solo recital featuring "Gasps & Fissures" (composition for oboe/English horn with amplification and recorded material) and works by Luciano Berio, Mary Jane Leach, and Elliott Carter.
  • 10/2006 San Francisco, CA. Soundfield 2006, with Gene Coleman, Wu Wei, and Melody of China.
  • 9/2006 Baltimore, MD. High Zero Festival of Improvised Music.
  • 8/2006 San Francisco Electronic Music Festival. With Shudder (Lance Grabmiller and Phillip Greenlief).
  • 8/2006 San Francisco, CA. "Gasps & Fissures." sfSound series.
  • 2/2006 Somerville, MA. With sfSound Group. Compositions by Anthony Braxton, John Cage, Matt Ingalls, John Ingle, and Christopher Jones. Non-Event performance series.
  • 2/2006 Middletown, CT. With sfSound Group. Wesleyan University. Ensemble in Residence; CFA Performance Series.
  • 2/2006 New York, NY. With sfSound Group. Interpretations #17, Merkin Hall.
  • 1/2006 St. Louis, MO. "Gasps & Fissures." Live performance for oboe/English horn with amplification and recorded material. New Music Circle concert series.
  • 10/2005 Austin, TX. "Gasps & Fissures." AMODA concert series.
  • 10/2005 Indianapolis, IN. With LOZENGE. Allotrophy 8, Mythopeic Industries.
  • 6/2005 Berkeley, CA. Trinity Chamber Concert Series, with Lara Bruckmann, soprano, and Miles Graber, piano. Compositions by R. Schumann, R. Vaughan Williams, C. Saint-Saens, and J.S. Bach.
  • 5/2005 Berkeley CA. Trinity Chamber Concert Series, with Quinteto Latino. Compositions by P. d'Rivera, M. Ponce, A. Piazzolla, A. Ginastera, C. Meléndez Romero, and E. Lecuona.
  • 4/2005 Boston, MA. With EKG. Collaborative compostions (with Ernst Karel) for English horn, trumpet, and live analog electronics. Non-Event performance series.
  • 4/2005 Chicago, IL. With Wrack. Compositions for oboe/English horn, bass clarinet, viola, bass and percussion. Chicago Cultural Center, New Millenium/New Music series.
  • 4/2005 Houston, TX. KTRU-FM Outdoor Show 14. With David Dove, trombone, and Vic Rawlings, cello/electronics.
  • 3/2005 Austin, TX. No Idea Festival of Improvised Music.
  • 1/2005 Los Angeles, CA. With Cube of Force. Collaborative composition (with David Rothbaum) for oboe/English horn, clarinet/bass clarinet and live electronics. Line Space Line performance series.
  • 9/2004 San Francisco, CA. "Divagation: An Internal Cabaret." Wth Lara Bruckmann, soprano, David Arend, bass, and Miles Graber, piano. San Francisco Fringe Fest.
  • 8/2004 San Francisco, CA. "Gasps & Fissures." SfSound series.
  • 6/2004 San Francisco, CA. "Hommage a Berio." With sfSound Group. Performance of Sequenza VII and other L. Berio compositions.
  • 5/2004 Big Sur, CA. Soundshift: Big Sur Festival of Experimental Music.
  • 2/2004 Los Angeles, CA. Line Space Line Festival of Improvised Music.
  • 10/2003 Chicago, IL. With Wrack. Compositions for oboe/English horn, viola, trombone, bass and percussion. Phrenology Fest at the Hungry Brain.
  • 10/2003 Chicago, IL. With Michael Zerang, percussion, and Jim Baker, synthesizer. Wire Magazine's Adventures in Modern Music Festival at the Empty Bottle.
  • 3/2003 Berkeley, CA. ACME Observatory Contemporary Music Series. Solo improvisations and compositions for oboe/English horn, bass clarinet, electric guitar, bass and percussion.
  • 9/2002 Chicago IL. With Wrack. Mostly Music at Northeastern Illinois University concert series.
  • 5/2002 Szczecin, Poland. Musica Genera Festival of Improvised Music.
  • 11/2001 Chicago, IL. Outer Ear Festival of Sound. Composition by Olivia Block; radio broadcast of "Gasps & Fissures."
  • 4/2001 Houston, TX. With LOZENGE. KTRU-FM Outdoor Show 10.
  • 5/2000 Chicago, IL. With Pos/Neg (Werner Dafeldecker, Michael Moser, Burkhard Stangl, Gene Coleman and Ernst Karel). Sound Field 2000.

Grants and Awards

  • Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs Community Arts Assistance Program. Project-specific grant for "emerging artists." Funded recording of Wrack's debut album, 2003.
  • Experimental Sound Studio's 2001 Artists' Residency Program. Awarded forty hours of studio time to complete gasps & fissures, which was premiered as a radio piece in the 2001 Outer Ear Festival of Sound.
  • Meet the Composer. Awarded in conjunction with ACME Observatory Contemporary Music Series (Oakland, CA), 3/03.

Orchestral Experience

  • San Francisco Symphony Orchestra. Second oboe substitute, 7/06 - present.
  • Stockton Symphony Orchestra. Second oboe, 6/06 - present.
  • Golden Gate Opera, San Rafael. Principal oboe, 9/05 - present.
  • Pocket Opera, San Francisco. Principal oboe, 7/04 - present.
  • Oakland Opera Theater. Principal oboe, 9/04 - 12/04.
  • Contra Costa Musical Theater, Walnut Creek. Principal oboe, 3/04 - present.
  • San Jose Chamber Orchestra. Principal oboe substitute, 3/04 - present.
  • Carmel Bach Festival. 2nd oboe/English horn substitute, 7/05.
  • Marin Symphony, San Rafael. 2nd oboe substitute, 3/06 - present.
  • Napa Symphony, Yountville. 2nd oboe substitute, 5/05 - present.
  • California Symphony, Walnut Creek. 2nd oboe substitute, 3/05 - present.
  • Berkeley Symphony. 2nd oboe/English horn substitute, 2/04 - present.
  • Santa Cruz County Symphony, 2nd oboe/English horn substitute, 4/04 - present.
  • Santa Rosa Symphony. 2nd oboe/English horn substitute, 4/04 - present.
  • Symphony Silicon Valley, San Jose. 2nd oboe substitute, 7/04 - present.
  • Monterey County Symphony, Carmel. 2nd oboe/English horn substitute, 10/04 - present.
  • Rockford Symphony, Illinois. 2nd oboe/English horn, 12/99 - 10/03.
  • Elgin Symphony, Illinois. 2nd oboe/English horn substitute, 3/00 - 10/03.
  • Civic Orchestra of Chicago. Associate member, '97-'98 season.
  • Festival Orchestra, Music Academy of the West. Santa Barbara, CA. Summer of '96 and '97.
  • Bowdoin Summer Music Festival Orchestra. Brunswick, ME. Performing associate, '93 and '95.
  • Music School Festival Orchestra, Chautauqua Institute. Chautauqua, NY. Summer of '94.

Contemporary Music Ensembles

  • sfSound, San Francisco, CA. New music collective specializing in exploring and re-contextualizing the post-war European avant-garde and the American maverick tradition. Performed works of Andriessen, Berio, Braxton, Cage, Cardew, Carter, Feldman, Penderecki, Stockhausen, Tenney, Webern, Xenakis, and local composers. 3/03 - present.
  • Wrack. Improvising creative music quintet, currently featuring Timothy Daisy, Anton Hatwich, Jen Clare Paulson, and Jason Stein. Composer and performer. 7/02 - present.
  • EKG. Electroacoustic improvisation duo with Ernst Karel, 3/00 - present.
  • Lozenge. Experimental rock/avant-punk band; composer, lyricist and performer. 5/92 - present.
  • Ensemble Noamnesia, Chicago, IL. New music collective; Gene Coleman, director. Performed compositions of Cage, Cardew, Crumb, Gregorio, Ives, Sciarrino, et al. 4/97 - 10/03.
  • Rosenberg Skronktet. Improvising creative music quintet; Scott Rosenberg, director. 12/00 - 6/01.
  • Corvus. Improvising double reed trio with Robbie Hunsinger and Tim McLoraine, 2/97 - 6/98.
  • Creative Arts Orchestra. University of Michigan; Ed Sarath, director. 9/94 - 5/96.

Select Discography

  • Anthony Braxton: Nine Compositions (DVD) 2003. Large ensemble Creative Music compositions. Rastascan Records, 2007.
  • Wrack: Intents & Purposes. Creative Music compositions for quintet. 482Music, 2006.
  • EKG + Giuseppe Ielasi: Group. Electroacoustic improvisations and compositions. Formed Records, 2006.
  • Lozenge: Undone. Sickroom Records, 2005.
  • EKG: No Sign. Electroacoustic duo with Ernst Karel. Sedimental Records, 2005.
  • Gasps & Fissures. Multi-tracked, digitally edited solo composition for double reeds. 482Music, 2004.
  • Wrack. Creative Music compositions for quintet. Red Toucan Records, 2003.
  • Grand Mal. Quartet with Ernesto Diaz-Infante, John Shiurba, and Karen Stackpole. Barely Auditable Records, 2003.
  • Six Synaptics. Trio with Scott Rosenberg and Michael Zerang. Barely Auditable Records, 2002.
  • EKG: Object 2. Locust Music, 2002.
  • And (duo improvisations). With Jim Baker, Jeb Bishop, Gene Coleman, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Scott Rosenberg, Weasel Walter, and Michael Zerang. Musica Genera, 2002.
  • Entymology (solo improvisations). Barely Auditable Records, 2000.
  • Lozenge: Mishap. Sickroom Records, 2002.
  • Lozenge: Doozy. ToYo Records, 2000.
  • Lozenge: Plenum. Farrago Records, 1995.
  • Guillermo Gregorio: Coplanar. New World Records, 2005.
  • Guillermo Gregorio: Faktura. Hat[now]Art, 2002.
  • Olivia Block: Mobius Fuse. Sedimental Records, 2001.
  • Olivia Block: Pure Gaze. Sedimental Records, 1999.

Teaching Experience

  • Guest Lecturer. University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, 10/06; Wesleyan University, 2/05.
  • Oboe instructor, chamber music coach, and sectional leader. Private studio; also at Harper Community College (Palatine, IL), First Conservatory of LaGrange, IL, Hoover Middle School (San Francisco), and Chicago area high schools: Glenbrook North (Northbrook) and South (Glenview); Maine West (Des Plaines) and South (Park Ridge); Schaumburg and Conant (Schaumburg); Hoffman Estates; Carl Sandburg (Orland Park). 9/96 - present.
  • Classroom teacher and tutor. Kaplan Test Preparation and Admissions; SAT, ACT, GMAT, and GRE instruction. San Francisco, CA & Chicago, IL, 9/96 - present.
  • Improvisation workshop leader. Interactive explorations of sound and structure, designed to develop discipline, attune listening, and unlock creativity. As part of the Seattle Improvised Music Festival ('07), and in academic settings for college (Chicago, '02, and Ann Arbor, '05), high school (Houston, '05), and elementary (Lagrange, IL, '03) students.
  • Educational concert performer. With Quinteto Latino, a Bay Area woodwind quintet specializing in music reflecting a Latino cultural heritage. K-6 school assembly programs and classroom music residencies. Participants in the San Francisco Symphony's 2005-2006 and 2007-2008 Adventures in Music program. 8/04 - present.

Education and Honors

  • M.A. Oboe performance/Contemporary Improvisation. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. 1996.
  • B.A. Music/Psychology. Rice University, Houston, TX. 1994.
  • Phi Beta Kappa. Beta of Texas branch. 1994.

Teachers

  • Grover Schiltz, Chicago. 9/98 - 4/02.
  • Harry Sargous, University of Michigan, Music Academy of the West. 8/94 - 8/97.
  • Ed Sarath, Jazz and Contemporary Improvisation, University of Michigan. 8/94 - 5/96.
  • Robert Atherholt, Rice University. 8/90 - 5/94.
  • Lisa Kozenko, Bowdoin Summer Music Festival. Summer of   '93 and '95.
  • Jan Eberle, Chautauqua Institute. Summer of '94.
  • Albert Golzer, Westport, CT. 6/86 - 6/89.

 

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