Michael Klingbeil

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Education

Columbia University, New York, NY, D.M.A. in music composition, ABD
composition studies with Tristan Murail, computer music with Brad Garton

University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, IL, M.M. in music composition, 2000
composition studies with Heinrich Taube, computer music with James Beauchamp, horn with Kazimierz Machala

Oberlin Conservatory of Music, Oberlin, OH, B.M. in electronic and computer music, 1996 composition and computer music studies with Gary Lee Nelson

Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH, B.A. in computer science, with high honors, 1996

Teaching Experience

Yale University, Lecturer, 2006–
Full-time lecturer in the Department of Music teaching eighteenth-century counterpoint, orchestration, composition, and music technology.

Columbia University, Teaching Assistant, Computer Music and Basic Electroacoustics, 2004–2006
Assisted Professors Brad Garton and Terry Pender. Helped design curriculum, lectured on selected topics, and supported studio operations.

Columbia University, Lecturer, Music Humanities, 2003–2004
Determined course structure and requirements. Lectured and administered all grades.

Columbia University, Teaching Assistant, Music Humanities, 2002–2003
Lectured on selected topics. Graded papers and exams.

University of Illinois, System Administrator, Computer Assisted Music Instruction Lab, 1999–2001
Administered a lab of twenty music workstations, a network file server, and a Macintosh and Linux based electronic music studio.

University of Illinois, Teaching Assistant, Music Theory and Ear Training, 1998–1999
Led discussion sections, graded assignments, exams and quizzes, and conducted aural skills evaluations.

Oberlin Conservatory of Music, Teaching Assistant, Summer Workshops in Electronic and Computer Music, 2003
Trained workshop participants in audio editing and MIDI sequencing, assisted with studio operations, and presented material on algorithmic composition.

Professional Experience

Advisory Committee, Argento New Music Project, 2004–
Responsibilities include concert programming, production, website design, and publicity.

Editor and co-producer, Winter Fragments on the Aeon label
Edited, mixed, and pre-mastered a compact disc of music by Tristan Murail.

Board Member, Columbia Composers, 2003–2005
Assisted with production, programming, rehearsal scheduling, and securing venues for concerts of new works by Columbia University composers.

Software Engineer, Be, Inc., 1998
Co-developed a complete e-commerce web site (BeDepot.com) for software sales (both physical and electronic download) including solutions for software registration and updates.

VP of Engineering and co-founder, StarCode Software, Inc., 1996–1998
Developed and shipped PackageBuilder, a software installation system and SoftwareValet, a software distribution and update system. The company was acquired Be, Inc. in 1998.

REU Fellow, (NSF Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates) University of Iowa, 1994
Researched and designed a language model for scenario authoring in virtual environments with specific application to the Iowa Driving Simulator, a ground

Publications and Presentations

Honors and Awards

Festivals and Conferences

Computing

Areas of expertise: C/C++ application development, BeOS frameworks, MacOS frameworks, wxWidgets framework, POSIX apis, Common LISP, Scheme

Other areas of experience: 68K and MIPS assembly, X11/Motif apis, SQL, php, LaTeX, Emacs, OpenGL, MAX/MSP externals, SuperCollider