scott rubin

interdisciplinary artist
violist, improviser

upcoming and recent events

// 2022 //

October 26

Solo audio-visual set

Elastro Series at Elastic Arts, Chicago, USA

October 16

Elevate Chicago Dance, Dance Films/Video Screenings

Winter Studies by Nadia Oussenko

Sound: Scott Rubin

Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, USA

June 18

Beaten Path at Pivot Arts Festival

Bangali Meye by Tuli Bera

Sound: Scott Rubin

The Edge Theater, Chicago, USA

June 3, 4

DWELL/burrow by Andrea Cerniglia

Dancers: Andrea Cerniglia, Christina Chammas, Ali Claiborne-Naranjo

Sound: Scott Rubin

Links Hall, Chicago, USA

May 13

Finding Common Time

Collaboration with Rin Peisert

CLEAT Series at Elastic Arts, Chicago, USA

March 5

Short Works Professional Performance Series at RAD FEST 2022

DWELL/burrow by Andrea Cerniglia

Dancers: Christina Chammas, Ali Claiborne-Naranjo

Sound: Scott Rubin

Wellspring Theatre at the Epic Center, Kalamazoo, MI, USA

// Past Events //

March 8 - April 21

OOPS! POW! SURPRISE!

Installation of collection of collaborative performances with Cristal Sabbagh

Glass Curtain Gallery, Chicago, USA

April 2

Freedom From and Freedom To: Round 4

Streamed improvised performance with Angel Bat Dawid, Darling Shear, and Erin Peisert

Elastic Arts, Chicago, USA

April 15

OOPS! POW! SURPRISE! Streamed performance

Streamed performance with Cristal Sabbagh, Keisha Janae, Sarah Zalek, Erin Peisert, and Ramah Malebranche

Glass Curtain Gallery, Chicago, USA

August 21

Freedom From and Freedom To: Round 5

Improvised performance with Wannapa P-Eubanks, Peter Redgrave, Angel Bat Dawid, and Ayanna Woods

Elastic Arts, Chicago, USA

October 1-30

Sowing Asychronicities, film for dancer and cellist

Film for Women Defining Butoh, presented by the New York Butoh Institute

Collaboration with Cristal Sabbagh and Oli Harris

Virtual Event

December 11

Freedom From and Freedom To: Round 6

Improvised performance with Helen Lee, Peter Redgrave, Eli Sabbagh, and Ayanna Woods

Elastic Arts, Chicago, USA

December 16

New Single Release: Fuzzy Electric Ocean

Cover art: Oli Harris

Mastered by: Angel Hair Audio

January 12

J e l l o: Jerry's Map

Collaboration with J e l l o Performance Series

Intuit Gallery, Chicago, USA

January 29

Trio with Johanna Brock - viola, Andrew Scott Young - bass

Outer Sound, Chicago, USA

February 12

Duo with Cristal Sabbagh - movement

Experimental Station, Chicago, USA

February 21

Duo with Julian Otis - voice and movement

LaBar Performance Hall at University of Notre Dame, USA

March 1

Intercession

Intercession with Julian Otis and Scott Rubin Excerpt from Quantum Negress on Vimeo.

Trio with Julian Otis and Margaret M. Morris - voice and movement

Frequency Festival, Constellation, Chicago, USA

March 16

Gather 2020 Kickoff

Trio with Cristal Sabbagh - movement, Olivia Harris - cello

Comfort Station, Chicago, USA

April 9

Quaraintine Concerts (Live Stream)

Improvised Duo with Cristal Sabbagh - movement

Experimental Sound Studio, Chicago, USA

July 24

Random Acts (Live Stream) with Sarah Zalek and Cristal Sabbagh - movement

Part 1

Part 2

Out of Site Chicago 2020

Experimental Sound Studio, Chicago, USA

August 22

Freedom From and Freedom To: Round 3 (Live Stream)

Improvised performance with Ed Clemons, Sarah Zalek, and Ugochi Nwaogwugwu

Elastic Arts, Chicago, USA

September 11

Elastic Arts 3rd Annual Benefit

Cristal Sabbagh - movement, Lewis Achenbach - visual art

Elastic Arts, Chicago, USA

December 18

New Album: DANCES AND MEDITATIONS

January 21

Duo with Peter Maunu (violin, mandolin, and electronics)

Myopic Books, Chicago, USA

January 27

Adam Shead's Adiaphora Orchestra

The Hungry Brain, Chicago, USA

March 20

bdynse, motion-sensitive audio and visual electronics with Jubilee Tai

Slate Arts+Performance, Chicago, USA

March 28

Trio with Erik Sowa (drums) and Peter Maunu (strings)

Comfort Station, Chicago, USA

April 17

inner senses for dance, tuba, and motion-sensitive live electronics

Jack Adler McKean - tuba, Yuri Shimaoka - dance

Hosek Contemporary, Berlin, Germany

April 21

Duo with Julian Otis (voice and movement)

Myopic Books, Chicago, USA

May 3

Duo with Molly Jones (sax and electronics)

Slate Arts+Performance, Chicago, USA

May 5

bdynse, motion-sensitive audio and visual electronics with Jubilee Tai

Waveforms at Experimental Sound Studios, Chicago, USA

May 25

Adam Shead's Adiaphora Orchestra

The Empty Bottle, Chicago, USA

May 26

bdynse, motion-sensitive audio and visual electronics with Jubilee Tai

an open space, Chicago, USA

June 15

bdynse, performance of motion-sensitive audio and visual electronics with Jubilee Tai

Homan Gardens, Chicago, USA

June 15

Trio with Eric Sowa (drums) and Jacob Heinemann (bass)

Elastic Arts, Chicago, USA

July 22

Adam Shead's Adiaphora Orchestra

Elastic Arts, Chicago, USA

Sept 4

in tensions for cello, dance, and motion-sensitive live electronics

Maya Fridman - Cello, Marie Albert - dance

Gaudeamus Muziekweek 2019, Utrecht, Netherlands

Sept 6

for the performers for 2 dancers and 3 musicians with motion-sensitive audio and visual electronics

Catchpenny Ensemble with Marie Albert and Yuri Shimaoka

Gaudeamus Muziekweek 2019, Utrecht, Netherlands

Sept 7

ironic erratic erotic for dance, bass, and bass clarinet and motion-sensitive live electronics

ensemble MAZE with Yuri Shimaoka

Gaudeamus Muziekweek 2019, Utrecht, Netherlands

November 24
Adam Shead's Adiaphora Orchestra
The Empty Bottle, Chicago, USA


June 16
in tensions for cello, dance, motion-sensitive live electronics
Polina Streltsova - cello, Marie Albert - dance
IRCAM: Concert du Cursus at Manifeste 2018
Le Centquatre, Paris, France


April 16
Presentation and workshop at Danse Pour Parkinson
Improvised ensemble performances
Etudes for dancers and musicians
Cité Internationale des Arts
Paris, France


April 9
Concert and workshop at Paris Improv Evenings
Solo improvised performance, ensemble improvised performances
Etudes for dancers and musicians
Espace des arts sans frontières
Paris, France


January 20-21
Presentation and workshop at Labodanse Research Retreat
Etudes for dancer and musicians
Nangis, France


January 20
Artist's talk and performance at Vernon Salon Series
Discussion of recent works and improvised set with dancer Shoshana Green and pianist/composer James Stone with motion-sensitive live electronics
Oakland, CA, USA


February 2-7
Sour Helix, for reed duo and electronics
eventuell. Saxohone Duo - Manuela Villiger und Vera Wahl
Feb 1 - Zürich
Feb 2 - Olten
Feb 4 - Basel
Feb 7 - Luzern


February 28
Brainwash Machine - dance/music/improvisation collaboration with Kinetech Arts
Improvisation duo with live electronics with Joshua Marshall - saxophone
Public Square: Can we design freedom? Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA, USA


March 16
Sour Helix, for reed duo
Syrinx Duo - Emily Schultz and Maarten Schillemans
Now Hear This Festival
Studio 96, Edmonton, AB, Canada


April 5
Kerosene Palace, for orchestra and electronics
University of California, Berkeley Symphony Orchestra, conducted by David Milnes
Hertz Hall, Berkeley, CA, USA


April 9
eudiser, for dancer, improvising trio, motion-sensitive live electronics, and ink on canvas
Tamara Chu - dance, motion sensor, and paint, Jacob Felix Heule - percussion,
Danishta Rivero Castro - voice/electronics, and Scott Rubin - viola/electronics
CNMAT, Berkeley, CA, USA


April 9-13
the Torn Cubist, for five musicians
Ensemble Paramirabo - Le Conseil des arts de Montréal en tournée
Apr 9 - Maison de la Culture du Plateau
Apr 11 - Maison de la Culture Notre-Dame-de-Grâce
Apr 12 - Chapelle historique du Bon-Pasteur
Apr 13 - Maison de la Culture Frontenac
Montreal, QC, Canada


April 14
DEFINE // DEFILE, for dancer and string quartet
SanSan Kwan with Mivos Quartet
Center for New Music, San Francisco, CA, USA


May 21
ironic erratic erotic, for dancer, tuba, contrabass, and motion-sensitive live electronics
Yuri Shimoaka - dance, Jack Adler-Mckean - tuba, Adam Goodwin - contrabass
Labor neunzehn, Berlin, Germany


May 28
Kerosene Palace, for orchestra and electronics
University of California, Berkeley Symphony Orchestra, conducted by David Milnes
Auditorio Manuel de Falla, Granada, Spain


May 30
Kerosene Palace, for orchestra and electronics
University of California, Berkeley Symphony Orchestra, conducted by David Milnes
Palau de la Música de Valencia, Valencia, Spain


June 17
Senses IV, for dancer, cello octet, and motion-sensitive live electronics
Mosa Tsay, Shoshana Green, and Celloscape Collective
Groupmuse Massivemuse @ Covo
981 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA, USA


October 4
Artist's talk and performance IRCAM
Stridulations, acousmatic
Salle Stravinsky, IRCAM
Paris, France


October 31
Stridulations, acousmatic
Salle Stravinsky, IRCAM
Paris, France


November 16
Stridulations, acousmatic
Niveau 4, Centre Pompidou
Paris, France



December 12
Naked to the Sky, for violin, saxophone, piano, percussion, dancer, and motion-sensitive live electronics
Eco Ensemble
SanSan Kwan, dancer; Hrabba Atladottir, violin; Joshua Marshall, tenor saxophone;
Myra Melford, piano; Loren Mach, percussion

Senses II, for viola improvisation and motion-sensitive live electronics
Performed by the composer
Berkeley New Music Project
Hertz Hall, Berkeley, CA, USA


December 10
Performance at DanceHackDay at CounterPulse SF
Dance, music, motion-sensitive live electronics improvisation
Christine Bonansea Saulut, dance; Scott Rubin, viola and live electronics;
CounterPulse, 80 Turk Street, San Francisco, CA, USA


December 9
SONIC BODY Series #9
Dance, music, motion-sensitive live electronics improvisation with
Christine Bonansea Saulut, dance; Scott Rubin, viola and live electronics; Pamela Z, voice and live electronics; Jorge Bachmann, live electronics; Crystal Sepúlveda, dance
CNMAT, Berkeley, CA, USA


December 1
(e)met, for improvising trio and machine-learning-based computer improviser
Presentation-Concert in association with Digital Humanities at UC, Berkeley
Collaboration with data scientist Juan Hernandez, pianist Myra Melford, trumpeter Darren Johnston, and bassist Lisa Mezzacappa
CNMAT, Berkeley, CA, USA


November 18-19
Naked to the Sky, for violin, saxophone, piano, percussion, dancer, and motion-sensitive live electronics
Balancing on the Edge, collaboration with Thin Edge New Music Collective
Evening - Nov 18
Matinee - Nov 19
Evening - Nov 19
Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada


October 21
Senses, for viola improvisation and motion-sensitive live electronics
Performed by the composer
Center for New Music, San Francisco, CA, USA


June 3
Humid Gravity, arranged for spatialized cello trio and live electronics
Celloscape Collective
Center for New Music, Buy tickets
San Francisco, CA, USA


May 28
Humid Gravity, arranged for spatialized cello trio and live electronics
Celloscape Collective
Bruce Beasley's Sculpture Studio, Buy tickets
323 Lewis St, Oakland, CA, USA


May 13
Humid Gravity, for spatialized string trio and live electronics
Mosa Tsay, Jane Kim, and Krystzoff Zimmermann
Groupmuse @ CNMAT
Berkeley, CA, USA


March 28
Lecture on my music at CCRMA @ Stanford University

March 27
Hive Chapel, for violin, cello, clarinet, and piano
Phoenix Quartet: The End of Time, Deconstructed
Bowery Arts + Science, New York City, NY, USA


March 6
Humid Gravity, for string trio
Ensemble Chartreuse
Center for New Music, San Francisco, CA, USA


March 3
Humid Gravity, for string trio
Ensemble Chartreuse
Curve Line Space, Los Angeles, CA, USA


February 19
Hive Chapel, for violin, cello, clarinet, and piano
Phoenix Quartet: The End of Time, Deconstructed
Firehouse Space, New York City, NY, USA


January 7
Humid Gravity, for string trio
Ensemble Chartreuse
Spectrum, New York City, NY, USA



December 14
less than equals three, for mixed octet
Eco Ensemble, Berkeley New Music Project
Hertz Hall, Berkeley, CA, USA


December 6
less than equals three, for mixed octet (world premiere)
New Music Concerts dir: Robert Aiken
Betty Oliphant Theatre, Toronto, ON, Canada


December 3
Sour Helix, for reed duo and electronics
Quasar Quatuor de saxophones
Le Vivier - Amplithéatre du Gésu
Montréal, QC, Canada


September 18
Self-portait with Carl Jung and John Watson (with György Ligeti in the Background) (world premiere)
Elevate Ensemble: Homage
Sol Joseph Recital Hall @ San Francisco Conservatory of Music
San Francisco, CA, USA


August 4
Sour Helix, for reed duo and electronics
Quasar Quatuor de saxophones
Camp musical des Laurentides
Saint-Adolphe-d’Howard, QC, Canada


July 23
Sour Helix, for reed duo and electronics
Quasar Quatuor de saxophones
SALT New Music Festival and Symposium
Open Space, Victoria, BC, Canada


June 20
Humid Gravity, for spatialized string trio and dancer (world premiere)
Ensemble Gô and Sarah Xiao
Modern Academy Concert Series
Goethe Institut, Hong Kong, Hong Kong


June 4
the Bath Clown Duo, for flute and piano
Perturbations, Ensemble Paramirabo
Chapelle historique du Bon-Pasteur, Montréal, QC, Canads


May 11
Sour Helix, for reed duo and electronics
Eco Ensemble, Berkeley New Music Projecto
Hertz Hall, Berkeley, CA, USA


May 2
Sour Helix, for reed duo and electronics
VOLUMES: Volume 2 with Duo d’Entre Deux
Duo d’Entre Deux
Shaki Rock Gym, Montréal, QC, Canada


May 1
Sour Helix, for reed duo
Duo d’Entre Deux - presented by les Concerts de la Métropole
Église Saint-Stanislas-de-Kostka, Montréal, QC, Canada


April 24
the Torn Cubist, for 5 musicians
Inverted Space Ensemble @ Washington Composer’s Forum Commission Concert
Brechemin Auditorium, University of Washington School of Music, Seattle, WA, USA


April 9
counter(Projections), for violin, dancer, electronics, and live projections (world premiere)
I am nothing without you, TENTH INTERVENTION
Cary Hall at the DiMenna Center, New York City, NY, USA


March 15
the Bath Clown Duo, for flute and piano (official world premiere)
Jeffery Stonehouse and Gabrielle Gingras
Faculty House at Columbia University, New York City, NY, USA


March 8
Sour Helix, for reed duo and electronics (world premiere)
David Wegehaupt and Jeffrey Anderle of Splinter Reeds
CNMAT, Berkeley, CA, USA


January 15
Invited Lecture: Experiential time in Fausto Romitelli’s Professor Bad Trip, Lesson I
New Music Gathering @ San Francisco Conservatory of Music
San Francisco, CA, USA



December 15
the Bath Clown Duo, for flute and piano
Eco Ensemble
Hertz Hall, Berkeley, CA, USA

December 13
Sour Helix, for reed duo, workshop
Splinter Reeds
CNMAT, Berkeley, CA, USA

September 8-12
piglet ears, for saxophone quartet
the Estrella Consort : A Celebration of Sonorities, Fall Tour
9/8: Lutkin Hall at Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA
9/9: School of Music at University of Illinois - Chicago, IL, USA
9/11: Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, USA
9/12: Saginaw Valley State University, University Center, MI, USA


June 22
the Torn Cubist, for 5 musicians
Ensemble Paramirabo
mise-en music festival 2014, New York City, USA


May 30
the Torn Cubist, for 5 musicians
Ensemble Paramirabo
Ottawa New Music Creators, Ottawa, ON


May 9
Filthy Peaks, for amplified cello and electronics
Juan Sebastian Delgado
Doctoral Recital, McGill University, Montreal, QC


April 28
Filthy Peaks, for amplified cello and electronics (world premiere)
Juan Sebastian Delgado
Concert du Groupe Interinstitutionnel de Compositeurs Étudiants de Montréal
Café Résonance, Montreal, QC

projects by chronology

// 2022 //


Solo improvised set for viola, webcam, and audio-visual electronics


// 2021 //

FUZZY ELECTRIC OCEAN, solo record


// 2019 //


// 2018 //

In collaboration with Polina Streltsova, Marie Albert, and Alice Boivin, as part of IRCAM-Cursus

a new universe
do they know us
a tension, an omnipresence
a system, flowing

into intimacy / privacy / struggle / hierarchy
an energy, intentions flowing through bodies / objects
a system, melting into the void

into a space to breathe, move, work, perform
do they see us
melting into the void

into the inner sublime
without sound, just our vibrations
without objects, just our vibrations
without goals, just our bodies

// 2017 //

Project #1 for Cursus at Ircam

Senses is an ongoing research and performance project that brings together music- and movement-based improvisation with motion-sensitive live electronics. The goal of Senses is to produce performance environments that explore the relationships between movement and sound through human-human interaction and human-computer interaction. Variations of Senses have been performed with solo improvisors, dancer/musician duos, and small improvising chamber ensembles.

Collaboration with Jack Adler Mckean

Collaboration with Tamara Chu, Jacob Felix Heule, and Danishta Rivero Castro

// 2016 //

Collaboration with Mivos Quartet and SanSan Kwan

Collaboration with Thin Edge New Music Collective, as part of Balancing on the Edge

Program notes:
Naked to the Sky is a performance scored for circus artist, violin, saxophone, piano, percussion, and motion-sensitive live electronics. This work invistigates the fluctuation of identity, control, and influence. Through the use of movement-lead improvisation and motion sensors, analog and digital relationships are formed between the circus artist and the musicians, creating an inter-directed multi-dimensional force. Through these two dynamic connections, the choreographed movements of the artist will influence the musicians’ playing and the electronic manipulation of the acoustic sound. These connections evolve throughout of the piece, creating a complex cross-modal web of entanglements and ambiguities.

// 2015 //

Collaboration with Phoenix Quartet

Premiered by New Music Concerts on December 6, 2015.
Scored for flute, alto saxophone, trombone, piano, harp, violin, viola, and cello.

Premiere: Hong Kong New Music Academy, performed by Ensemble Gô and Sarah Xiao
Goethe Institut, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, June 20, 2015.
Recording: Chartreuse Ensemble at Spectrum, New York City, New York, USA, January 7, 2016.


Video: Celloscape Collective at Bruce Beasley's Sculpture Studio
Oakland, California, USA, May 28, 2016

// 2014 //

Collaboration with Hajnal Pivnick, Diane Skerbec, and TENTH INTERVENTION.
Premiered on April 9, 2015 at DiMenna Center in New York City, USA.

Commissioned by Jeffery Stonehouse and Gabrielle Gingras
Premiere: Jeffery Stonehouse, flute; Gabrielle Gingras, piano, New York Flute Fair at the Faculty House at Columbia University, New York City, USA, March 15, 2015.
Program note:
Made from 100% Montepulciano d'Abruzzo grapes, grown in hillside vineyards near the Adriatic coast of Abruzzo. The grapes are harvested from August-September, de- stemmed, crushed, and fermented in stainless steel tanks to preserve juiciness and softness.
Bright ruby-red in color, with delicious aromas of black cherries, strawberries, and herbs, the Bath Clown Duo is dry and mellow with concentrated structure. It is best enjoyed young, in order to fully appreciate its fruity varietal character. Enjoy with typical Italian dishes, red meats, pizza and cheese.

Commissioned by Juan Sebastian Delgado
Premiere: Juan Sebastian Delgado, Café Résonance, Montréal, Canada, April 28, 2015.
Program note:
Filthy Peaks is a composition in three main sections, with the second section serving as a transition between the first and the third.
The first section consists of four loops. Here, the cellist performs similar gestures across each loop using four distinct objects to excite the instrument. They begin with pieces of wax paper, move on to chopsticks, later to a milk-frother, and finally, the bow. The soundworld is transformed as a byproduct of the unfolding relationship between the objects used to make the gestures and the physical gestures themselves.
The final section recontextualizes the material presented in the first. Originally, the gesturally-rooted noise-based sounds of the first section are introduced in a non-pulsed environment, occupying the foreground of the sonic field. In the third section, they coalesce into techno-seque energy-charged grooves over which the cello plays virtuosically.

// 2013 //

Collaboration with Ensemble Paramirabo

Collaboration with Quasar Quatuor de Saxophones



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about

shrubin2+at+gmail+dot+com

Scott Rubin (b.1989) is a interdisciplinary musician and improvising violist whose work interrogates relationships between sound and movement through analog and digital means. His recent projects have involved interdisciplinary collaborations with musicians and dancers, often incorporating interactive acoustic/electronic improvisation, expanded performance practices, motion-sensors, and live video. In these projects, he engages themes of intimacy, control, and the sublime.

Scott’s music has been played around the world by the Nouvel Ensemble Moderne, Ensemble Paramirabo, Quasar Quatuor de saxophones, Tenth Intervention, TAK Ensemble, UC Berkeley Symphony Orchestra, cellist Juan Sebastian Delgado, tubist Jack Adler McKean, Thin Edge New Music Collective, Inverted Space Ensemble, Eco Ensemble, Duo d’Entre Deux, Eventuell Saxophone Duo, Phoenix Quartet, Splinter Reeds, the Estrella Consort, Ensemble Gô, the McGill University Contemporary Music Ensemble, Ensemble Arkea, and the University of Illinois New Music Ensemble.

Scott has collaborated with dancers/choreographers Yuri Shimaoka, Christine Bonansea, Sarah Xiao, Manu Cyr, Louis Barbier, and Shoshana Green on projects staged in Berlin, New York City, Hong Kong, Toronto, and Oakland.

His music has been presented by the SALT New Music Festival and Symposium (Victoria, Canada), mise-en music festival (NYC), Emergents Concert Series (Toronto, Canada), l’Ensemble contemporain de Montréal+, Ottawa New Music Creators, Codes d’Accès (Montreal, Canada), the North American Saxophone Alliance, and 60x60 PianoForte Chicago. He has had workshops with Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart, Klangforum Wien, Ensemble Intercontemporain, Ensemble Transmission, the Danish String Quartet, and Meitar Ensemble.

Scott earned a PhD student at the University of the California at Berkeley where he studies with Ken Ueno, Franck Bedrossian, Myra Melford, Edmund Campion, and Cindy Cox. He is an active researcher at the Center for New Music and Audio Technologies.

He recently earned his masters degree studying with Philippe Leroux at McGill University in Montréal, Canada. Previously, he earned a Bachelor of Music in music composition and a Bachelor of Science in psychology at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, where his primary teachers were Reynold Tharp, Philipp Blume, and Stephen Taylor. Scott was also a student in the Experimental Music Studios, under the tutelage of Scott A. Wyatt.

At McGill, Scott worked as a composer for the Auditory Cognitive Neuroscience Lab under Robert Zatorre, where he composes music to be used in music cognition experiments. Scott has studied music cognition with Stephen McAdams and Caroline Palmer. He has also studied with Mark Jude Tramo at the Institute for Music and Brain Science.

Scott is co-founder and co-organizer for the Montréal Contemporary Music Lab. This is a week-long performance and composition workshop that focuses on the creation of new music through fostering collaborative relationships between performers and composers. He also performs improvised guitar for Speakeasy Electro Swing Montreal.

His awards include the McGill University Graduate Excellence Fellowship, the Florence Gould Foundation Scholarship from the European American Musical Alliance, the Geraldine B. Cooke Scholarship from the University of Illinois, the UIUC School of Music Composition-Theory Area Achievement Award, and grants from SOCAN and the Music Graduate Students Society at McGill University. He has participated in the Modern Academy in Hong Kong, Impuls Academy in Graz, Austria, Recontres de Musique Nouvelle at the Domaine Forget Sessions in Charlevoix, Québec as well as the European American Musical Alliance Sessions in Paris, France.