Dr. Pamela A. Madsen, Ph.D.
Professor, Music Composition, Cal State Fullerton
pmadsen@fullerton.edu
www.pamelamadsen.com
EDUCATION, PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION:
IRCAM Paris, France, Summer 2000-1, 2005 Post-Doctoral Studies in Sound Design and Computer Music
University of California-San Diego, Ph.D., Music Composition, 2000
Yale University, New Haven, CT, Doctoral Studies, Music Theory 1989-1994
University of California-San Diego, M.A. Theoretical Studies and Composition, 1989
University of California-San Diego, B.A. Music-Honors, 1984
Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, B. Music Studies, Piano, Composition 1976-1981
PROFESSIONAL ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS;
California State University, Fullerton, Professor, Composition/Theory/Technology1999-present
University of California-Los Angeles, Visiting Assistant Professor, Composition/Theory, 1998-99
University of California-San Diego, Lecturer, Music Composition Theory 1994-99
University of San Diego, Lecture, Music Theory, 1994-96
SELECTED CREATIVE WORK: MUSIC COMPOSITIONS, COMMISSIONS, AWARDS AND PREMIERES
Luminosity: The Passions of Marie Curie (2013) commissioned by Tony Arnold, soprano and musicians from
soundSCAPE with texts and images by Quintan Ana Wikswo, filmmaker, poet to be premiered 2013
WUPATKI: Houses of the Enemies (2012) for ensemble, electronics and film, text by Quintan Ana Wikswo,
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commissioned by Peak Frequency, University of Colorado, premiered December 1 , 2012
Final Harvest, Emily Dickinson Song Cycle (2012) for voice, piano and solo instruments, commissioned and
premiered by Solveig Olsen and Sharon Skidgel at University of Colorado, Dec. 2012
Big Basin, The Song of the Redwoods (2012) for large ensemble, spoken voice and solo piano, commissioned
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and premiered by Peak Frequency Ensemble, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, Dec. 1 , 2012
Luminosity/Polonium (2012) for SATB choir, piano and projected video by Quinitan Ana Wikswo premiered May
5, 2012, CSUF Film as Collaborative Art Festival
The Singing of the Waves: Nereid’s Lyre (2011): VOX NOVUS Award. For solo voice, Beth Griffith, soprano,
NYC, premiere September 2011
Prophecy of Place for video, electronics with visual artist/poet Quintan Ana Wikswo (2011) Yeshiva
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University Museum at The Center for Jewish History and The Smithsonian Institute, NYC. Premiered Aug. 14 February 14, 2012. Released on DVD, by Catlysis 2011
The Singing of the Waves: Sunk Lyonesse (2011) for two voices, flute and piano, Adriana Mandfredi and
Harriet Fraser, voices, Santa Ana, CA, premiered June, 2011
Melting Away: Gravity (2011) for string orchestra, piano, percussion, voice, spatialized electronics and projected
Arctic Images, with photographer Camille Seaman, premiered CSUF March 2011
Here the frailest leaves of me. . . (20110 for violin and piano, Ernest Salem, violin, Alison Edwards, piano
premiered CSUF March 2011
The Land of the Moon, (2010) for duo prepared pianos, commissioned to be premiered March 2010 by BugalloWilliams piano duo Cal State Fullerton New Music Festival, with performances throughout US and Europe
Reflections on the Living Sea (2010) , commissioned by Laguna Beach Music Festival, for Claire Chase, flutist
and Jon Klibinoff, pianist with film by IMAX filmmaker Greg MacGillivray premiered January 2010, New version for
Trio Solisti, premiered 2010
Sea-Change (2009) , for violin, clarinet, piano commissioned and premièred by Verdehr Trio, October 2009,
performed throughout the US, Euorpe and Asia, recorded for new CD of American Composers Works
The Singing of the Waves for flutes, piano and spoken, sung voices (2008-9)
Commissioned by Jane Rigler, flutist and Anne LaBerge, flutist, premiered 2008 NYC, Amsterdam
Sedna, Multi-Media Opera for voice, ensemble, spatialized electronics and video projection (2006-7)
Commissioned by Zeitgeist Ensemble, Minneapolis, Minnesota for multiple performances during 2007-8 Season
To Bedlam and Part Way Back, cycle of works for voice, ensemble and electronics (2007-8) Commissioned
by Zeitgeist and other ensembles, Lullaby Premiered March, 2007
Fallen for SATB Chorus and piano (2008-9) Commissioned by Cal State CSUF Singers Based on Rilke Poems:
premiered May 2009
We are All Sibyls (2003-4) interactive electroacoustic opera/installation for four voices, spatialized choir, flute,
violin, cello, piano, two percussion and electronics for Envisioning the Future Project with artist Judy Chicago.
Premiered: Pomona Arts Colony, January/February 2004.Women in New Music Festival, CSUF March 2004
Rope (2003) for clarinet, violin, cello, piano and electronic Premiered by the California Ear Unit, Acrosanti,
Arizona, August 17, 2003
O Mary (2002) Premiered, Recorded for Radio France, by the Arditti String Quartet, Acanthes Festival, Avignon,
France, July 19, 2002, Performed by ETHEL, 2005, New version premiered by JACK Quartet, 2011
From the Garden (2002) for two voices, and amplified prepared piano
Premiered by Suzanne Harmon, Nicole Baker, voices, pianos, CSUFullerton March 7, 2002
Red Vertical (2002), for saxophone/clarinet and percussion,
Premiered by Zeitgeist Duo, Guest Composer Concert, CSULong Beach, Concert Hall, March 6, 2002 NYC
Premiere, yesaroun’ duo, Juilliard School of Music, May 2002
Demon II (2002) for solo clarinet and electronics Commissioned by Pat O"Keefe, Zeitgeist
Premiered at Guest Composer Concert, CSULong Beach, March 6, 2002
The Sexton Cycle (1996-2003) The Sexton Cycle is a ninety-minute music drama based on the work of Pulitzer
prize-winning American poet Anne Sexton. All works in the cycle have been premiered, recorded for a CD funded
by grants from CSUF, UCSD, Mills College, The American Music Center, American Composers Forum.
SELECTED RESIDENCIES, FESTIVALS, CONFERENCES:
Guest resident Commissioned Composer: University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, Heller Center, Visual and
Performing Arts, Peak Frequency Ensemble, November-December 2012
Guest Lecture, Composer: University of Colorado, Boulder, November 2012
Guest Visiting Composer/Lecturer: Stanford Univeristy, UCSD, UCR, University of Wisconsin, Chapman
University (2010-2012)
Project Athena Foundation, Fall 2012 guest commissioned composer. created site-specific multi-media work in
collaboration with photographer, Linda Grossman, and poet/video artist Quintan Ana Wikswo based on my hike
and documentation of the Grand Canyon.
The Jewish Museum, Smithsonian Institute, New York City, Fall 2011-Spring 2012: Guest Commissioned
Composer for Prophecy of Place: The Sofa at Vilnius (2011), installation created as guest composer in residence
with visual artist/poet Quintant Ana Wikswo
Cal State Fullerton, Artistic Director, Film as Collaborative Art Project and Festival Fall 2011-Spring 2012—
curated year-long festival of Film and multi-media at CSUF in collaboration with Departments of Visual Arts,
Theater, Music and Radio, TV, Film with CSUF Mission and Goals Iniatiative Grant
Cal State Fullerton Artistic Director, Annual New Music Festival, CSUF, curated annual new music Festival, 20002013, funded by IRA from CSUF and funds from National Endowment for the Arts and Meet the Composer
SPARKFEST, International Festival of Electroacoustic Music University of Minnesota, February 2007
Guest Composer, Premiere of Sedna, for Zeitgeist
Deep Listening Workshop, Performance with Composer, Pauline Oliveros, August 2006, New Mexico
Musickgebauw, BIMHUIS, Amsterdam, June 2006 Guest Lecturer, Performances, International Women’s
Electroacosutic Listening Room Project
International Alliance for Women in Music, Annual Congress, May 2006
Guest Lecturer, Performances, International Women’s Electroacoustic Listening Room Project.
SPARKFEST, University of Minnesota, February 2006
Guest Lecturer, International Women’s Electroacoustic Listening Room Project, Wiesman Art Museum
Envisioning the Future Project: Residency August 2003-February 2004
12-week residency with artist Judy Chicago in the Pomona Arts Colony with artists from all disciplines
creating works that envision the future. Composed, premiered WE ARE ALL SIBYLS
Composer’s Suitcase Residency Program (2003) January-June 2003
Commissioned Composer by American Composers Forum, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Schools
Acanthes International Festival of Contemporary Music, Avignon-Villenueve, France, (2002)
Residency in Composition workshop with Arditti String Quartet, July 2002
Center for Contemporary Music, Mills College, San Francisco (2002)
Invited Guest Composer, Mills College, Commissioned Composer, Spring 2002
IRCAM/Agora Festival, Pompidou Center, Paris France (2001)
Invited Researcher and Composer, at IRCAM Mediatechique, June 2001
Acanthes Festival/IRCAM, Avignon-Villenueve, France, (2000) Researcher in Computer Music and Composition,
July 2000
SELECTED AWARDS, GRANTS, COMMISSIONS
VOX NOVUS Award for The Singing of the Waves: Nereid’s Lyre, 2011
Alpert Award Panelist, Selected as Panelist to review and select Alpert Award recipient and to nominate New
Music Composer/Performers, 2010
CD Award, CSUF State Special Fund Award for completion of CD: To Bedlam and Part Way Back, works by
Pamela Madsen composer based on poetry of Anne Sextion to be submitted to INNOVA records for publication
and release. Featuring performers: Zeittgeist, JACK Quartet, (2010)
Meet the Composer, Residency, Commissioned Composer Laguna Beach Music Festival, Commissioned to
create new work with IMAX filmmaker Greg MacGillivray: The Living Sea, premiered by Claire Chase, flutist form
International Contemporary Ensemble and Jon Klibonoff, from Trio Solisti, at Laguna Beach Music Festival,
January 2010
Meet the Composer, Commission and Residency for Journey to the Land of the Moon, and The Red Shoes,
Concert Zeitgeist, Z Studio, St. Paul, Minnesota November 2009
Jr/Sr Award to complete Commissioned works CSUF (2008) Works based on images of Sea-Nymphs: SeaChange, The Singing of the Waves
State Special Fund, CSUF (2007) for composition and production of Sedna, multi-media opera for Zeitgeist,
Meet the Composer (2007) for residency, workshops performance of Sedna, Minnesota
Subito Grant, American Composers Forum (2007) for production of Sedna
IRA (Instructionally Related Activities) Award for CSUF New Music Series and Festival: 2007-8, 2008-9, 2009-10,
2010-11, 2011-12)
Summer Stipend Award , CSUF (2006)
Rope: Sensations of Unreality for piano and electronics
Intramural Grant to Establish CSUF New Music Ensemble, Pamela Madsen, Director (2005-6)
IRA (Instructionally Related Activities) Award for Women in New Music Festival (2004-5, 2005-6, 2006-7)
Summer Stipend Award, CSUF (2003)
The Sibyl Cycle, Electro-Acoustic opera WE ARE ALL SIBYLS
University Advancement Proposal Writing Award (2002)
Expanding Technology Resources: Sound Design Project
Subito Grant, American Composers Forum, (2002)
Concert production, Southern California tour of Electro-Acoustic Works
State Special Fund Award, CSUF (2002)
Recording and CD production of The Sexton Cycle, Electro-Acoustic works
Untenured Faculty Development Award, CSUF (2002)
Release time for Artist Residency at Mills College, and Concert production
Teaching Mini Grant Award (2002)
Innovations in Teaching: Software of real-time interactive music performance
Untenured Faculty Development Award, CSUF (2001)
Research at IRCAM Archives, Paris, France, on “The Influence of Technology on Compositional
Thought”; Study of Computer Music, Summer Academy, IRCAM
Teaching Mini Grant, CSUF (2001)
Innovations in Teaching: Software for Music Notation
Summer Stipend Award, CSUF (2000)
Research at the Acanthes/IRCAM Festival in Music Technology, Composition of Electronics for
Consorting With Angels to be premiered by SONOR at UCSD
Margaret Jory Fairbanks Award, American Music Center (2000)
Music Copying Resources for Consorting With Angels
SONOR Commission Award, UCSD, (2000)
Consorting with Angels for large ensemble and electronics
SELECTED RESIDENCIES, FESTIVALS, CONFERENCES
Visual and Performing Arts (VAPA) Residency University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, Fall 2012:
Commissioned composer, performing artist, multi-media collaborator, create and peform site specific works based
on images, sounds and history of Colorado Springs, Olympic Training Center and Pike’s Peak. Curated and
International Electroacoustic Listening Roo Project installation of works in electronic music and video from
around the globe.
Project Athena Foundation, Fall 2012 guest commissioned composer. created site-specific multi-media work in
collaboration with photographer, Linda Grossman, and poet/video artist Quintan Ana Wikswo based on my hike
and documentation of the Grand Canyon.
The Jewish Museum, Smithsonian Institute, New York City, Fall 2011-Spring 2012: Guest Commissioned
Composer for Prophecy of Place: The Sofa at Vilnius (2011), installation created as guest composer in residence
with visual artist/poet Quintant Ana Wikswo
Cal State Fullerton, Artistic Director, Film as Collaborative Art Project and Festival Fall 2011-Spring 2012—
curated year-long festival of Film and multi-media at CSUF in collaboration with Departments of Visual Arts,
Theater, Music and Radio, TV, Film with CSUF Mission and Goals Iniatiative Grant
Cal State Fullerton Artistic Director, Annual New Music Festival, CSUF, curated annual new music Festival, 20002013, funded by IRA from CSUF and funds from National Endowment for the Arts and Meet the Composer.
Chapman University, Orange, CA, Invited Guest Composer/Lecturer, Spring 2011
University of Califronia, Irvine, Invited Guest Composer, Lecturer, Spring 2011
University of Wisconsin, Madison, Guest Composer, Lecturer, Fall 2010
Stanford University, Guest Composer in Residence, Lecturer, Spring 2010
Laguna Beach Music Festival, Guest Composer in Residence, Commissioned for IMAX Film project, with Greg
MacGillivary, Claire Chase, flute, Jon Klivonoff, piano, January 2010
Meet the Composers Residency, Studio Z, Minneapolis, Minnesota Commissioned Composer, Zeitgeist,
November 2009
Women and Identity Festival, Deep Listening Institute, Rhinebeck, NY April-June 2008
SPARKFEST, University of Minnesota, February 2007, Guest resident Composer, Premiere of Sedna, for
Zeitgeist
Deep Listening Workshop and Training with Pauline Oliveors, August 2006, New Mexico
Musickgebauw, BIMHUIS, Amsterdam, June 2006Presented Paper, put up installation of the International
Women’s Electroacosutic Listening Room Project,
International Alliance for Women in Music, Annual Congress, May 2006
Presented Paper, put up installation of the International Women’s Electroacoustic Listening Room
Project. Performance of Demon for clarinet and electronics
SPARKFEST, University of Minnesota, February 2006
International Festival of Electroacoustic Music, Technology
Presented Paper, and put up installation of the International Women’s Electroacoustic Listening Room
Project at the Wiesman Art Museum
Envisioning the Future Project: Residency August 2003-February 2004
12 week residency with artist Judy Chicago in the Pomona Arts Colony with artists from all disciplines
creating works that envision the future. Composed, premiered WE ARE ALL SIBYLS and In Sibyl’s Cave,
installation with artist Snezana Petrovice, set designer Los Angels Opera.
Composer’s Suitcase Residency Program (2003)
Selected through competitive national peer review
• Commissioned Composer by American Composers Forum, Los Angeles,
• Composer Residency in Los Angeles Public Schools, January-June 2003
Acanthes International Festival of Contemporary Music, Avignon-Villenueve, France, (2002)
Selected through international competitive peer review
• Residency in Composition workshop with Arditti String Quartet, July 2002
Center for Contemporary Music, Mills College, San Francisco (2002)
Selected through international competitive peer review for residency
• Invited Guest Composer, Mills College, Commissioned Composer, Spring 2002
• Collaborated with students at the Center for Electronic Music and with the Contemporary
Performance Ensemble on commissioned work incorporating spatialized electronics, innovations
in notation and improvisation.
IRCAM/Agora Festival, Pompidou Center, Paris France (2001)
Selected through international competitive peer review as
• Invited Researcher and Composer, at IRCAM Mediatechique, June, 2001
Acanthes Festival/IRCAM, Avignon-Villenueve, France, (2000)
• Selected through international competitive peer review as Invited Researcher and Composer,
Research in Computer Music and Composition, July, 2000
SELECTED CURATED RESIDENCIES AND EVENTS PRODUCED
Film as a Collaborative Art: Distinguished Speaker Series 2011-2012, CSUF
Received Mission and Goals Initiative Award to produce a Collaborative Series of Film lectures in
conjunction with Film as Collaborative Art Class with Radio, TV Film, Visual Arts and Theater
Department CSUF
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The Composer-Performer in the 21 Century, Cal State Fullerton New Music Festival, March 2012, in
collaboration with CSUF New Music Ensemble and Jazz Ensembles, Featuring International Contemporary
Ensemble, Guest Composer in Residence Pauline Oliveros, Theo Bleckmann and Claudio Quintet
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Strings in the 21 Century: Cal State Fullerton New Music Festival, March 2011
Featuring JACK Quartet, eighth blackbird with Guitarist/Composer Missy Mazzoli, Cornelius
Dufallo, violinist/composer/electronics with Paola Prestini, composer
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The Pianists in the 21 Cenutry: Cal State Fullerton New Music Festival, March 2010
Featuring: Pianist-Composer Frederic Rzewski, Ursula Oppens, Gloria Cheng, Kathleen Supove,
Bugallo-Williams Piano Duo
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The Composer-Performer in the 21 Century: New Music Festival, March 2009
Organized and implemented international event at Cal State Fullerton, featuring
Paul Dresher Ensemle, Anne LaBerge, Jane Rigler, Nicole Mitchelll flutes, International Women’s
Electroacoustic Listening Room Project
INCLUSIVE VOICES: HEALING THE DIVIDE: Festival of New Music March 2008
• Organized and implemented international event at Cal State Fullerton, featuring SO Percussion,
Lisa Moore, pianist from Bang on a Can, Miya Masaoka, composer/performer/sound artist, koto
and electronics, Martin Bresnick, Guest Composer in Residence, International Listening Room,
Lectures/panels, masterclasses and workshops
INNER VOICES: International Women in New Music Festival held in conjunction with the International Alliance of
Women in Music Annual Concert March 1-4, 2007
• Organized and implemented international event at Cal State Fullerton, featuring Meredith Monk,
Zeitigest, IAWM Annual Concert with the CSUF New Music Ensemble, Tania Leon Guest
Composer in Residence, International Listening Room, Lectures/panels, masterclasses and
workshops
Laguna Beach Music Festival, New Music Director, Emerging Composer Competition
• Organized and implemented international festival of New chamber music in Laguna Beach,
featuring Composer Competition, guest lectures, workshops and masterclasses with The Ahn
Trio, composers in residence: David Benoit, Fernando Otero and Paul Chihara
VOICES ON THE EDGE: Crossing Cultures, International Women in New Music Festival (2006)
• Organized and implemented International event at Cal State Fullerton, featuring Pamela Z,
ETHEL, string quartet, Chen Yi, composer in residence and International Women’s
Electroacoustic Listening Room, Lectures/panels, masterclasses and workshops
MERGING VOICES: International Festival of Women in New Music (2005)
• Organized and implemented International event at Cal State Fullerton, featuring Pauline Oliveros,
Joan Tower, eighth blackbird and Diametric Ensemble in residence. International Women’s
Electroacoustic Listening Room, Lectures/panels, masterclasses and workshop
HEARING VOICES: International Festival of Women in New Music (2004)
• Organized and implemented International event at Cal State Fullerton, featuring lectures and
concerts and installations through international call for works collected and archived over 100
CDs of women’s works in electronics from around the globe.
• Two day festival featuring concerts, lectures, workshops, masterclasses and Women’s Listening
Room
TRANSFORMING VOICES: International Women’s Electro-Acoustic Listening Room (2003)
• Organized and implemented International event, featuring lectures and concerts and installations
through international call for works collected and archived over 100 CDs of women’s works in
electronics from around the globe.
• Established an international archive and website devoted to Women’s Electro-Acoustic Works at
CSUF
Form and the Feminine Voice: Hysteria Embodied (2002)
• Organized and implemented Concert Tour of Southern California Campuses:, Featuring Zeitgeist
Ensemble, CSULB, CSUF, UCSD, March 2002
Center for Research in Computing and the Arts (CRCA), UCSD, (1994-1996)
Organized International Theory and Aesthetics Colloquium with European Scholars