Momilani Ramstrum, Ph.D.

momilani@ramstrum.com ramstrum.com/momilani

EDUCATION	Ph.D.	University of California at San Diego (UCSD), La Jolla, California Music, Critical Studies Experimental Practices, August 2004 Dissertation Title: "The Use of Technology in Philippe Manoury's Opera K..." Comprehensive areas: computer music, philosophy of technology, opera
	M.A.	San Diego State University (SDSU), San Diego, California Music Composition, December 1998 Thesis: Cyberlife: Analysis and Score University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii
		Music Composition, 1994-1996 Post-baccalaureate study
	B.S.	University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts Biochemistry, Magna Cum Laude, 1980 University and Departmental Honors,
INTERESTS AND EXPERTISE	The impact of technology on music, semiotics, multimedia authoring, electronic music culture and aesthetics, audio spatialization, film editing, grant and budget writing, fluent French (written and spoken).
TEACHING	Associate in Music, UCSD, lecturer for Music in Multicultural America. Developed course content, created exams, coordinated guest lecturers and demonstrations, directed 3 teaching assistants, determined final grades, 2004. Lecturer, SDSU, Aural Skills levels III and IV (in a two year, 4 level sequence that all students are required to pass in order to be able to graduate), Composition IV, responsible for course content; devised syllabi and created curriculum, lectured, composed exams and administered grades. I developed an innovative and effective method for students to learn four part dictation for the aural skills classes, 1999-2002. Lecturer, Southwestern College, 1999-2000 Music Theory I and III, responsible for course content; devised syllabi and created curriculum, lectured, composed exams and administered grades. Aural Skills I and III, responsible for course content; devised syllabi and created curriculum, lectured, composed exams and administered grades. I developed an online Aural Skills testing and practice website for students to use in conjunction with the class. Music for Elementary School Educators, responsible for course content; devised syllabi and created curriculum, lectured, composed exams and administered grades. I developed an extensive program for this class which trains teachers to teach music in the classroom. Lecturer, San Diego City College: Class Piano I and II, responsible for course content; devised syllabi and created curriculum, lectured, composed exams and administered grades, 1999-2000. Lecturer, Mesa College, Music Appreciation, responsible for course content; devised syllabi and created curriculum, lectured, composed exams and administered grades, 1999-2000. Adjunct faculty, SDSU, Director then Co-Director of the New Music Ensemble, directed ensemble, led classes, picked performance pieces, conducted rehearsals, coached performances, 1997-1998.
TEACHING ASSISTANT	UCSD, Contemporary Music, 2004, Computer Music I, 2001-2002, Computer Music Ii, 2001-2002, Musical Acoustics, 2001, Electronic Music History, 2000, Film Music, 2000. SDSU, Music Appreciation, 1998.
PUBLICATIONS	"Manoury's Electronic Opera K.." in Analyzing Electroacoustic Music, ed. Mary Simoni. New York, Routledge, in press. "Concert Review, International Computer Music Conference (ICMC) 2004" Array, International Computer Music Association, San Francisco, in press. From Kafka to K...: A Multimedia Exploration of Manoury's Opera K... . DVD-ROM, Paris, France: IRCAM, Opera National de Paris, 2004.
NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS	"Les Elements de K…,” Résonances, IRCAM, Paris, October 21, 2004. “From Kafka to K... Documenting an Electronic Opera,” ICMC, presented and published in conference proceedings, University of Miami, Florida, November 3, 2004. “Real-Time Systems in K...” ICMC, presented and published in conference proceedings, University of Singapore, Singapore, October 2, 2003. "Aesthetics, Referential Meaning and the Tunneling Effect: Approaches to K…,” Second International Festival/Symposium of Sound and Experimental Music, Maxis 2003, Alternative, Aesthetic and Technologic Issues Pertinent to Sound, Leeds, UK, April 13, 2003. " Spatialization: Technological and Aesthetic Considerations in Manoury’s Opera K…" Scarborough Electroacoustics 2003, Creative Music Technology, University of Hull, Scarborough Campus, July 5, 2003. “Hegel, Heidegger, and Borgman’s Substantive Implications for Music and Technology,” ICMC, published in conference proceedings, Goteburg, Sweden, 2002.
OTHER PAPERS	“How is Technology Changing Music and Our Notion of Art?” Critical Studies, Experimental Practices focus seminar presentation, UCSD, May 22, 2002.
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE	Technical Assistant, rehearsals and performance, Philippe Manoury’s K…, an opera for orchestra, singers, and electronics, Opéra Bastille, Paris, 2003. Visiting Researcher, Paris, France at IRCAM, “Techniques and the Production of Philippe Manoury’s Electronic Opera”, and “The Coordination and Production of a DVD-ROM on Manoury’s K…”, June 2004 - August 2004, and October 2002 – July 2003. DVD Production, edited and assembled the companion DVD at the Center for Research and Computing in the Arts (CRCA) at UCSD for a work with narration, music, and animation, with contrabassist Bert Turetzky and visual artist Lori Gordon, adapting a short story by Anton Chekhov for stage, “Romance for a Double bass,” also composed music, 2002 - 2003. Technical Assistant, rehearsals and performance, Stockhausen’s “Mantra,” for two pianos and electronics, played by Aleck Karis and Kian Freitas, UCSD, 2000. Research Associate, CRCA at UCSD, spatialization, audio synthesis techniques and electronic opera, 2000 – 2005. Audio consultant, SDSU Computer Design Lab, with Marc Siprut, “Turkish Souvenirs,” an interactive multimedia computer presentation, and with Andrea Zittel, “A-Z Escape Vehicle,” an installation project of a customizable mini mobile home with sound system, 1998.
WORK IN PROGRESS	"The Music of Tajikistan," with Munira Shahidi, UNESCO, to be published in Tajik and English, Duchambe, Tajikistan, 2005-2007. "Max Mathews And The Origins Of Computer Music," IRCAM, UCSD, 2005-2007. "The Compositional, Theoretical, And Performance Creations Of Trevor Wishart, " Yorkshire, Paris, IRCAM, 2005 – 2007. "The Role of Women in the Development of Electroacoustic Music," with Robert Gluck and Carlos Palumbini. "Kamza and the Destruction of the Second Temple," with Shlomo Dubnov, an installation/presentation depicting the Talmudic story of the destruction of the Second Temple.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS	International Computer Music Association College Music Society Electronic Music Foundation
GRANTS	UCSD Department of Music Recording Grant, "Recording Romance with a Double Bass with Burt Turetzky, In-kind, 2004-2005. UCSD Department of Music Dissertation Travel Grant, "IRCAM Research and Philippe Manoury", $600, 2004. UCRI Intercampus Arts Grant, $2400, “Romance with a Double bass, with Burt Turetzky, performed at University of California, Berkeley and University of California, Santa Barbara,” 2003 – 2004.
	UCSD Travel Grant, $1500, travel to ICMC 2003 conference, Singapore. Chateaubriand Fellowship from the French government "Computer Techniques, Spatial Acoustics and Aesthetics in Philippe Manoury’s Electronic Opera K…", $22,000, 2002-2003. Center for the Humanities Dissertation Fellowship from The UCSD Center for the Humanities, "The Documentation of the Production of Philippe Manoury’s Electronic Opera K…", $4000, 2002.
DISTINCTIONS	Teaching Assistant Excellence Award from the UCSD Department of Music, 2001-2002. University of California, San Diego Graduate Student Fellowship, 1999 - 2004. Pi Kappa Lambda, National Music Honor Society, Eta Theta Chapter, 1998 - 2005. Heide Foundation Grant, from the University of Hawaii Music Department’s Scholarship Committee, “The Creation of the Noelani School After-School Music Program”, 1995. Olelo Corporation Grant, creating a music video, children’s opera The Laughing Gecko, music composed and arranged by M. Ramstrum, 1994. Koa Anvil Award: Awarded by the American Society of Publicists in Boston, Foreign Trade Zone Video, music composed, arranged and performed by M. Ramstrum, 1993. Olelo Corporation Grant from ‘Olelo: The Corporation for Community Television, “The Creation and Production of the children’s opera The Laughing Gecko,” written by Bruce Hale, music composed and arranged by M. Ramstrum, 1990.
COMPOSITIONS AND PERFORMANCES	“Romance with a Double Bass,” composition and production by M. Ramstrum, with animation by Lori Gordon and performance by Bert Turetzky. Performances in Canebrake, CA (2005), University of California, Berkeley (2004), University of California, Santa Barbara (2004), University of Richmond, Virginia (International Society of Bassists Convention, 2003), UCSD (2003). “Rub a Dub Dub,” play with puppets, guitar, percussion, piano, and live electronics; play by Laura Henry, music by M. Ramstrum, real-time electronics programmed and performed by M. Ramstrum, Galbraith Hall, UCSD (2000). CyberLife. A multi-media opera in one act. composition by M. Ramstrum, animation by Gunnar Ramstrum, libretto by Helene Trock. Performances in UCSD (CSEP Forum, 2000), SDSU (College Music Society Annual Southwest Pacific Chapter Meeting, 1999, San Diego New Music Festival, 1999, and Performance and Video Forum, 1998).
	“Abderian,” for clarinet and string quartet, commissioned by the San Diego/Tijuana New Music Festival, composed by M. Ramstrum; Lyceum Theater, San Diego, 1999. “Running On,” for 2 guitars, saxophone, piano, and percussion, guitar, composed by M. Ramstrum; New Music Ensemble Concert, co-director Momilani Ramstrum, SDSU, 1998. “Sax +,” for saxophone and piano, composed by M. Ramstrum; “Minuet on D,” for three guitars; “Fugue in Stevens,” for six vocalists, composed by M. Ramstrum; New Music Ensemble Concert, director Momilani Ramstrum, SDSU, 1997. “Native Stories,” for ensemble and dancers; composed by M. Ramstrum; Gemini, for guitar and synthesizer, performed by M. Ramstrum and D. Ward-Steinman, composition by D. Ward-Steinman. New Music Ensemble Concert, SDSU, 1996.
RECORDINGS AND PRODUCTION EXPERIENCE	The Laughing Gecko: A Children’s Music Video, with Bruce Hale. Produced and edited video, composed songs and soundtrack, storyboarding, administration, organization, fundraising, directing, casting, hiring, and editing, 1996. Solo Guitar by Momilani Ramstrum, project production and performance on guitar performing classical, slack key, traditional, and Japanese pieces by Tarrega, Bernstein, Carulli, Bach, Joplin, and others, 1988.
COMMUNITY SERVICE	Foundation of I, Inc. (Freedom of the Cosmos), an ancient Hawaiian belief system updated by Kahuna Lapa`au, Morrnah Nalamaku Simeona teaching an Hawaiian form of stress release and Self Identity, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1983-1996, San Diego, 1996-2004, staff volunteer; director of teaching, 1985-6, California Coordinator, 1997-2000. Teknika Radica, a group run by women dedicated to promoting radical engagement with the arts and access to technology, San Diego, member and videographer, 2004.