TINA TALLON
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COMPOSER ・ COMPUTER MUSICIAN ・ SOPRANO
8338 REGENTS RD., APT. 2X •
SAN DIEGO, CA 92122 • (443) 668-3982 •
TTALLON@UCSD.EDU •
education
2013 - present
PhD, Composition (expected completion: 2018)
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University of California, San Diego • San Diego, CA
WWW.TINATALLON.COM
GPA: 3.97
2011 - 2013
MFA, Composition and Music Theory
Brandeis University • Waltham, MA
Thesis: umwelt, for string quartet and live electronics
GPA: 4
2007-2011
BS, Biological Engineering and Music
Massachusetts Institute of Technology • Cambridge, MA
GPA: 4.7 (out of 5)
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primary teachers
UCSD
Lei Liang
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Brandeis
MIT
David Rakowski • Yu-Hui Chang
Peter Child
selected awards and grants
2014
First-Year TA Excellence in Teaching Award
2013
2012
2011
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2009
to a first-year TA showing exceptional promise
Finalist and Special Selection, Cortona Prize for corpus, fractum
UCSD Music Travel & Research Grant to subsidize attendance at the 2014 Cortona Sessions
UCSD Katzin Prize merit-based fellowship to support research and living expenses
Grand Prize, 2013 PARMA Student Composer Competition for selective defrosting
Brandeis Masters Research Grant to subsidize travel to the 2013 UC Davis Composition Workshop
Brandeis GSA Travel & Research Grant to subsidize attendance at the 2012 Cortona Sessions
Gregory Tucker Memorial Award for excellence in performance and contribution to MIT Music Dept.
MIT Emerson Vocal Scholarship for outstanding achievement in vocal performance
Alexander J. Denner Funding Award for promise in pancreatic cancer research
fellowships and residencies
2014
Cortona Sessions for New Music
2013
2012
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Virginia Center for the Creative Arts
UC Davis Composition Workshop
Cortona Sessions for New Music
New Music on the Point
commissions
2014
Inverse Square Trio
2013
2012
Synchromy Music, Matt Barbier
Boston Conservatory Wind Ensemble
Accordant Commons
Meerenai Shim
Transient Canvas
OSU Frontiers New Music Ensemble
Jennifer Beattie and Adam Marks
h2 saxophone quartet
composition fellow (Cortona, It • July 1 - 5, 2014)
composition fellow (Amherst, VA • March 4 - 14, 2013)
composition fellow (Davis, CA • Jan. 29 - Feb. 3, 2013)
composition fellow (Cortona, It • June 16 - July 1, 2012)
composition fellow (Leicester, VT • June. 4 - 16, 2012)
for sax, percussion, and piano (premiere in spring 2015)
for solo trombone (premiere in Feb. 2015)
for wind ensemble (premiere in Feb. 2016)
for SSSA (premiere in May 2015)
for piccolo and live electronics (premiere in March 2015)
for dirty water (2014)
for press (2014)
for Sontag Fragments (2013)
for SATB saxophone quartet (premiere to be scheduled)
compositions
they didn’t know we were seeds (2014)
bôite diabolique (2015)
phantosmia (2012)
for piccolo and live electronics (in progress) - 8-10’
for solo cimbalom (in progress) - ?’
for solo clarinet - 7’
πνευμα μηχανης (2014)
for accordion and ten instruments - 11’
VOCAL
known unknowns (2015)
Sphinx (2013)
Sontag Fragments, Book I (2013)
full fathom five (2012)
Songs for Insomniacs (2011)
for SSSA quartet (in progress) - 5’
for soprano and bass clarinet - 5’
for mezzo, two toy pianos, and piano - 6’
for mezzo and piano - 4’
for soprano and piano - 8.5’
LARGE ENSEMBLE
unfinished business (2011)
for orchestra - 5’
ELECTRONIC MEDIA
they didn’t know we were seeds (2014)
controlled burn (2014)
umwelt (2012)
X (2012)
Markov Transients (2011)
Menagerie (2011)
for piccolo and live electronics (in progress) - 8-10’
for electronic playback (stereo or 4-channel) - 6.5’
for amplified string quartet and live electronics - 16’
for bassoon, cello, electric bass, and live electronics - 8’
for electronic playback (stereo) - 4’
for electronic playback (stereo) - 2’
SOLO
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CHAMBER
dirty water (2014)
press (2014)
colluvium (2013)
corpus, fractum (2013)
umwelt (2012)
selective defrosting (2012)
heliotrope (2012)
becoming (2011)
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selected recent performances
10.24.2014
Talea Ensemble and Isaac Schankler
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for bass clarinet and 5-octave marimba - 7’
for pierrot ensemble - 12’
for soprano, flute, bass flute, and bass - 10’
for SATB saxophone quartet - 8’
for amplified string quartet and live electronics - 16’
for string quartet - 8’
for flute, clarinet, alto sax, cello, and piano - 10’
for pierrot ensemble - 7’
pneuma mekhanes dirty water
corpus, fractum
press
controlled burn
selective defrosting
colluvium
UCSD (La Jolla, CA)
Davis Sq. Theater (Somerville, MA)
Cortona Sessions (Cortona, It)
OSU (Stillwater, OK)
UCSD (La Jolla, CA)
The Loft@UCSD (La Jolla, CA)
UCSD (La Jolla, CA)
09.16.2014
07.03.2014
04.23.2014
04.15.2014
02.10.2014
01.27.2014
Transient Canvas
h2 Saxophone Quartet
OSU Frontiers New Music Ensemble
UCSD Springfest - XX
St. Lawrence String Quartet
UCSD First-Year Performers
08.13.2013
05.03.2013
03.15.2013
Portsmouth Symphony String Quartet
Tony Arnold and Michael Norsworthy
Jennifer Beattie and Adam Marks
02.03.2013
01.26.2013
Alexandra Porter and J.J. Penna
Calder Quartet
Genkin Philharmonic
selective defrosting The Music Hall (Portsmouth, NH)
Sphinx
Brandeis (Waltham, MA)
Sontag Fragments Park Street Church (Boston, MA)
full fathom five
Songs for Insomniacs
selective defrosting Mondavi Center, UCD (Davis, CA)
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Brandeis (Waltham, MA)
12.01.2012
09.16.2012
06.30.2012
06.29.2012
06.15.2012
Lydian String Quartet
Alexandra Porter and J.J. Penna
Cortona Performance Fellows
Greg Oakes
JACK Quartet and Justin Lepard, cello
umwelt
Brandeis (Waltham, MA)
Songs for Insomniacs Alfred University (Alfred, NY)
heliotrope
Cortona Sessions (Cortona, It)
phantosmia
Cortona Sessions (Cortona, It)
selective defrosting NMOP (Burlington, VT)
TINA TALLON
teaching experience
2013 - present UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO
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COURSES:
Musical Acoustics (MUS170)
Instructors: Miller Puckette, Joe Mariglio
An introduction to the acoustics of music with particular emphasis on contemporary digital techniques for
understanding and manipulating sound.
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Computer Music I (MUS171)
Instructors: Miller Puckette, Tamara Smyth
A practical introduction to computer techniques for desktop audio, including audio editing, MIDI control, and realtime music algorithms using the Pd programming environment.
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• LA JOLLA, CA
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Responsibilities include preparing for sections, holding office hours, grading homework assignments
and assessments, running demonstrations and illustrations, and teaching undergrad students how to
use PureData.
Computer Music II (MUS172)
Instructor: Tom Erbe
Introduces synthesis techniques including wavetable and additive synthesis, waveshaping, and sampling.
Transformation of musical sounds using filters, modulation, and delay effects. Fourier analysis of sounds.
2011 - 2012
2011 - 2013
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY • CAMBRIDGE, MA
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Curriculum Developer
Developed course materials for a class in computational musicology that was taught in Spring 2012 by
MIT Professor Michael Cuthbert. Topics included psychoacoustics, computational methods of music
analysis, audio processing and feature extraction, and research skills.
Private Vocal Instruction • CAMBRIDGE, MA
Taught voice lessons to and coached students ranging from undergraduates to young professionals in
styles including classical, jazz, and pop
2008
MIT EDUCATIONAL STUDIES PROGAM • CAMBRIDGE, MA
SAT Prep Program Director
Organized and facilitated MIT ESP’s SAT preparation service for ~400 underprivileged high school
students in the Boston area. Duties included interviewing and hiring teachers, grading exams,
substitute teaching, and corresponding with students and their parents (volunteer)
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research experience
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2014
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO • LA JOLLA, CA
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MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY • CAMBRIDGE, MA
2009 - 2010
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY • CAMBRIDGE, MA
TINA TALLON
Research Associate • Laboratory of Dr. Charles King, Pediatric Diabetes Research Center
Investigated the role of small molecule inhibitors in increasing efficiency by which stem cells can be
differentiated into pancreatic tissue for treatment of juvenile-onset Type I diabetes. Tested statistical
significance and prepared data for grant proposals and presentations.
Research Assistant • Laboratory of Prof. Michael Scott Cuthbert (music21)
Contributed code, documentation, and data to the music21 computational musicology project.
Enhanced implementation of musicXML translation to include wider array of graphic notation
capabilities.
Undergraduate Researcher • Laboratory of Prof. Tyler Jacks
Studied the role of the Kras effector pathway in the initiation and maintenance of pancreatic
adenocarcinoma, as well as the role of the deletion of the 3p portion of the genome in the initiation of
lung cancer.
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arts administration/production experience
2014 – present FRESH SOUND MUSIC SERIES/HENCEFORTH RECORDS • SAN DIEGO, CA
General Manager
Responsibilities include keeping track of finances, fundraising, preparation of grant-writing materials,
concert production and documentation, publicity, audience development, social media outreach, and
designing and maintaining websites.
2012 – 2013
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BOSTON MODERN ORCHESTRA PROJECT • BOSTON, MA
Assistant to the Artistic Director
Responsibilities included aiding in daily operations, fundraising, preparation of grant-writing materials,
concert production, publicity, audience development, social media outreach, and producing and
editing recording projects.
Discography with editing/production credits:
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Lou Harrison: La Koro Sutro
Anthony Davis: Notes from the Underground
George Antheil: Ballet Mécanique
Milton Babbitt: All Set
Arthur Berger: Words for Music, Perhaps
BMOP/sound 1037, July 2014
BMOP/sound 1036, March 2014
BMOP/sound 1033, January 2014
BMOP/sound 1034, December 2013
BMOP/sound 1031, September 2013
2012 – 2013
MONADNOCK MUSIC FESTIVAL • PETERBOROUGH, NH
2011 – 2012
DINOSAUR ANNEX MUSIC ENSEMBLE • BOSTON, MA
2010 – 2011
MIT CONCERTS OFFICE • CAMBRIDGE, MA
Production Manager, Librarian
Responsibilities included producing 18 concerts and two fully-staged operas over six weeks, preparing
and printing programs, distributing music to performers, corresponding with publishers, coordinating
housing, and renting/procuring instruments and sound equipment
Intern
Responsibilities included design and distribution of publicity materials, audience development, ticket
sales, and aiding in fundraising efforts (volunteer)
Student Aide
Responsibilities included distribution of publicity materials, ticket sales, performing library
maintenance, database management, and concert production.
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service
2014
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UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO • LA JOLLA, CA
Student Representative, Composition/Computer Music Assistant Professorship Search Committee
Served on the search committee for the assistant professorship in composition and computer music.
Student-Faculty Liaison
Attended faculty meetings and relayed proceedings to graduate students.
Concert Photographer
Responsible for photographing concerts and other special events for the department website,
publications, and social media.
2011 - 2013
BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY • WALTHAM, MA
Concert Photographer
Responsible for photographing concerts and other special events for the New Music Brandeis website,
and social media.
TINA TALLON
ensemble experience
2014
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO • LA JOLLA, CA
Violinist, Conduction Ensemble
Performed experimental improvisations under the conduction of Prof. Stephanie Richards.
Soprano, Kallisti Opera
Sang in the American premiere of Salvatore Sciarrino’s Le donne di Trachis.
2011-2013
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BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY • WALTHAM, MA
Soprano, New Music Brandeis
Sang in the premieres of numerous student works, both as a soloist and chorister.
2008-2011
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY • CAMBRIDGE, MA
Soprano, MIT Chamber Chorus
Performed the role of the Mother in the 2011 production of Amahl and the Night Visitors, as well as in
many performances of repertoire ranging from the baroque to contemporary classical. Performed my
arrangement of Brian Eno’s Music for Airports with Bang On A Can, and Andrew Imbrie’s Songs of Then
and Now with Collage New Music.
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Soprano Section Leader (2009-2011) and President (2010-2011), MIT Concert Choir
Performed as chorister and frequent soloist, including in world premieres by Elena Ruehr, Peter Child,
and William Cutter. Was responsible for recruiting new members, keeping track of attendance and
personnel matters, developing and distributing promotional materials, organizing the semi-annual
Community Sing, and designing and ordering apparel for the choir.
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miscellaneous
Software/programming language proficiencies: Finale, Sibelius, LogicPro, Max/MSP, PureData, SoundForge, Audacity,
SPEAR, FinalCut Pro, Motion, C, C++, Java, Python, MATLAB, Arduino, HTML, CSS, PHP
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references
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Hobbies: marathon running, yoga, graphic design, programming, interior design, gluten-free baking, birdwatching
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Professor David Rakowski
Walter W. Naumburg Professor of Composition
Brandeis University, Department of Music
415 South Street, MS 051
Waltham, MA 02454
rakowski@brandeis.edu
(781) 736-3310
Professor Peter Child
Class of 1949 Professor of Music
MIT, Music and Theater Arts Section
77 Massachusetts Ave., 4-246
Cambridge, MA 02139
child@mit.edu
(617) 253-9862
Associate Professor Michael Scott Cuthbert
Homer A. Burnell Associate Professor of Music
Principal Investigator, music21
MIT, Music and Theater Arts Section
77 Massachusetts Ave., 4-246
Cambridge, MA 02139
cuthbert@mit.edu
(413) 575-6024
Associate Professor Lei Liang
Professor of Composition
University of California, San Diego, Dept. of Music
Conrad Prebys Music Center
9500 Gilman Drive, MC 0099
La Jolla, CA 92093-0099
leiliangmusic@gmail.com
(858) 822-1434
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