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Curriculum Vitae
Matthew L. McCabe
Gainesville, FL
e-mail: mccabem@ufl.edu

Education

  • University of Florida, Ph.D. program in Music Composition.
    External Cognate: Music Psychology, Neuroscience Focus. Expected Completion: 2009.
    Composition Instruction: James Paul Sain, Paul Koonce, Paul Richards.
    Ph.D. Supervisory Committee: James Paul Sain (composition), Paul Richards (composition), Russell Robinson (music education), Linda Hermer-Vazquez (neuroscience).
    Proposed Dissertation: The Neural Substrates of Music Perception under Stylistic Variation
  • Bowling Green State University, Master of Music in Composition. 2005.
    Composition Instruction: Burton Beerman, Mikel Kuehn, Elainie Lillios, Marilyn Shrude.
    Master's Thesis: The Long Way 'Round for percussion and interactive electronics.
  • University of Richmond, Bachelor of Arts, Music Major. 2001.
    Composition Instruction: Benjamin Broening, Fred Cohen.
    Cello Instruction: Nicholas Tzavaras, James Wilson.
  • Private Study in cello, composition and conducting with Anne Kish, 1994-2001.

Honors, Awards, and Positions Held

  • Third Place in the 2007-2008 University of Florida Student Juried Arts Exhibition, composition category, for Spun Brass.
  • Teaching Assistantship (2005-present) University of Florida. Duties include classroom teaching of Music 1360 (Introduction to Music Technology), concert technical support, and various other technical duties. Supervisor: Dr. James Paul Sain (2005-2008) Dr. Paul Richards (2008-2009).
  • Web Content Manager (2005-2008), Webmaster (2008-present) for the Society of Composers, Inc. Executive Committee Positions responsible for technical support, design, and maintenance of societyofcomposers.org web presence, server administration, mailing list management, and other technology projects.
  • Elected President of Praecepta, Bowling Green State University's chapter of the Society of Composers, Inc. for the 2004-2005 academic year. Duties included presiding over meetings, guiding the organizational agenda, concert planning and membership recruitment.
  • Governing Board Member, Mid-American Center for Contemporary Music, 2004-2005.
  • Travel Grant awarded by the MidAmerican Center for Contemporary Music to attend the Florida Electroacoustic Music Festival, April 2004.
  • Teaching Assistantship (2003-2005) Bowling Green State University. Duties include Mac OS X and Linux administration, classroom teaching, help sessions, technical assistance with concerts. Supervisors: Dr. Elainie Lillios, Dr. Mikel Kuehn.
  • Roy Jesson Music Prize, 2002 Awarded by the University of Richmond to a student or graduate who excels in Composition, Performance or Conducting.
  • Treasurer of Phi Kappa Mu, the Musician's Honor Society at the University of Richmond, 2000-2001.
  • Research Grant, 2000. Extensions of Granular Synthesis Techniques Awarded by the University of Richmond Undergraduate Research Committee. The resulting computer software, Amber, is still under active development as an open source project, freely available on the Internet.
  • Research Grant, 1998 to allow full-time Music Composition with private study during the summer of 1998. Awarded by the University of Richmond Undergraduate Research Committee.
  • Music Technology Fellowship, 1998-2001 University of Richmond.
  • Principal Cellist, Richmond Intercollegiate Orchestra, 2000-2001. Section member 1997-2001.
  • Principal Cellist, Blue Ridge Community Orchestra, 1995-1997. Section member 1994-1997.

Publications and Presentations

  • Amber: A Granular Synthesis Tool. Poster Presentation. The Proceedings of the 2006 International Computer Music Festival (with Dr. Jennifer Bernard-Merkowitz).
  • Psychoacoustics. Guest lecture in the Introductory Music Psychology class, Spring 2007 and Spring 2008. Course Professor: Dr. Russell Robinson, University of Florida.
  • Music Psychology. Guest Lecture for PSY 2102, the undergraduate introductory psychology class, Summer 2008. Course Instructor: Mrs. Monique Udell.
  • Review of Computers in Music Education by Andrew R. Brown. Computer Music Journal, Fall 2008. Forthcoming.

Works and Performances

Levee Moan (2008); Solo piano.

  • 04/08 University of Florida, SCI Guest Artist Recital
    Mr. Walter Morales, piano

Anomalous Clippings (2007); Flute, Clarinet and Piano.

Spun Brass (2007); 2-channel Digital medium.

  • 09/07 University of Florida (Unbalanced Connection Series)
  • 10/07 University of Richmond (Third Practice 2007)
  • 04/08 University of Florida (Florida Electroacoustic Music Festival 2008)

Dysthymia (2006); 2-channel Digital medium.

  • 02/07 University of Florida (Unbalanced Connection Series)
  • 04/07 University of Florida (Florida Electroacoustic Music Festival 2007)

Prison Songs (2006); Digital medium, 5.1 surround sound.

  • 10/06 University of Florida (Unbalanced Connection Series)
  • 11/06 University of Richmond, Camp Concert Hall (Third Practice 2006)
    Commissioned by the Third Practice Electroacoustic Music Festival
    Available on Everglade Records [re], Surround Sound Works from Third Practice

Gradient (gazes of the same color) (2005); Solo piano.

  • 01/06 Dunnellon Presbyterian Church, Dunnellon, FL (Fundraising Preview Performance)
  • 02/06 University of Florida / Ohio State University Internet2 Composers' Exchange
  • 02/06 Georgia State University (SCI nano-conference UF / GSU)
  • 11/06 University of Florida (UF Society of Composers, Inc. Fall Concert)
    Ms. Kama Rasmussen, piano
  • 10/06 Middle Tennessee State University (SCI Regional Conference)
    Mr. Jonathon Gower, piano

Swallowtail (2005); Pipe organ and electronics.

  • 07/05 Lakeside Presbyterian Church, Lakeside Park, KY (University of Cincinnati DMA recital)
  • 09/05 Woodbrook Baptist Church, Baltimore, MD
    Mrs. Heike Sabrina Burghardt Rice, organ

The Long Way 'Round (2005); Vibraphone, auxiliary percussion, and interactive computer.

  • 04/06 University of Florida, Philips Center for the Performing Arts (Florida Electroacoustic Music Festival 2006)
  • 11/06 University of Richmond, Camp Concert Hall (Third Practice 2006)
    Mr. Matthew Duvall, percussion

Causerie (2004); Flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano and percussion

In The Gloaming (2004); 2-channel digital medium.

  • 05/04 Bowling Green State University, Olscamp Hall (Holding the Line Series)
  • 10/04 University of Richmond, Camp Concert Hall (Third Practice 2004)
  • 10/04 Bowling Green State University, Bryan Recital Hall (Student Composers' Forum)
  • 11/04 Ball State University, Sursa Recital Hall (Threshold Festival)
  • 04/05 University of Florida, Philips Center for the Performing Arts (Florida Electroacoustic Music Festival 2005)
  • 04/05 Ball State University, Sursa Recital Hall (SEAMUS 2005)
  • 12/05 Florida International Universty (FEASt Festival 2005)
  • 12/05 Selected for broadcast on Foldover, WOBC 91.5FM in Oberlin, OH
  • 02/06 University of Florida (Unbalanced Connection Series)
  • 01/07 Grand Valley State University Performing Arts Center Galley (Free Play Listening Series)

Three Songs on Poems by Hart Crane (2004); Soprano and interactive electronics.

  • 03/05 Bowling Green State University, Bryan Recital Hall (Threshold Festival)
  • 11/05 University of Richmond, Camp Concert Hall (Third Practice 2005)
    Ms. Sarah Jane Price, soprano
  • 03/08 Pomona College (Ussachevsky Festival)
    Ms. Lucy Shelton, soprano

Sestina (2003); Clarinet, bassoon and double bass.

Flight of the Mice (2003); Choir and computer; text by Larissa Szporluk.

  • 11/03 University of Richmond, Camp Concert Hall (Third Practice 2003)
  • 11/03 University of Richmond, Camp Concert Hall (Schola Cantorum Concert)
    University of Richmond Schola Cantorum, Jeffry Riehl, director.

Fantasy (2003); Violin and piano.

  • 05/03 University of Richmond, Perkinson Recital Hall
    Ms. Jane Hoffmann, violin, and Mrs. Joanne Kong, piano

Lullaby (2002); Piano and computer.

  • 11/02 University of Richmond, Camp Concert Hall (Third Practice 2002)
    Mr. Mark Lomanno, piano
  • 05/04 University of Florida, Philips Center for the Performing Arts (Florida Electroacoustic Music Festival 2004)
    Dr. Kevin Orr, piano
  • 04/07 University of Florida Society of Composers, Inc. Chapter Recital
    Mr. Michael Solomon, piano

Everything Must Be Beautiful (2001); 8-channel digital medium.

  • 11/01 University of Richmond, Camp Concert Hall (Third Practice 2001)
  • 03/02 Kansas City Kansas Community College (Electronic Music Midwest 2002)
  • 03/04 Bowling Green State University, Student Union Theatre (Holding the Line Series)
  • 03/04 Bowling Green State University, Bryan Recital Hall (Student Composers' Forum)
  • 10/04 North Carolina State University, Grand Ballroom (Arts Now Series)
  • 11/04 Ball State University, Sursa Recital Hall (Threshold Festival)
  • 09/05 University of Florida (Unbalanced Connection Series)
  • 11/05 University of Hull, Scarborough, Scotland
    Available on Centaur Records CRC 2672, Commissions and Premieres from Third Practice

String Quartet no.2 (2001)

  • 05/01 University of Richmond, Perkinson Recital Hall (Senior Recital)
  • 05/01 University of Richmond, Camp Concert Hall
    Jane Hoffmann and Ilan McNamara, violins; Jennifer Bernard, viola; Matthew McCabe, cello

Suite (2000); Solo piano.

  • 04/00 University of Richmond, Perkinson Recital Hall (Junior Recital)
    Jennifer Bernard Merkowitz, piano

Related Experience

  • Member in the lab of Dr. Jamie Reilly, University of Florida Department of Communication Disorders and Neurology. Projects include design and execution of behavioral and fMRI-based experiments with specific focus on semantic memory, aphasia syndromes, Alzheimer's disease, and synaesthesia.
  • Interim Concert Series Director for the University of Florida's 3-concert Unbalanced Connection series during the fall of 2006. Acted as concert curator and technical manager for other concerts in the series from 2005-present.
  • Technical Director / Team Leader (with Dr. Timothy Reed and Dr. Suk Jun Kim, 2005-2007) for the Florida Electroacoustic Music Festival, 2006-2008. Duties include equipment set-up, management of technical staff, rehearsal scheduling, and performance support.
  • Technical Director, Third Practice Electro-Acoustic Music Festival 2001- 2008. Managed equipment set-up, technical staff, rehearsals, performance support, and online presence.
  • Festival Co-Director (with Douglass Bielmeier) for Threshold 2005, a student electroacoustic music festival held at Bowling Green State University in March, 2005. Duties included collection and review of submissions, concert programming, and technical support for visiting composers.
  • Sound Designer, Matthew Duvall, percussion. Master's recital at Northwestern University in Evanston, IL. Tasks included sound diffusion, Max/MSP development and musical collaboration. June 2004.
  • Front-of-House Audio Engineer for Eighth Blackbird at the Chicago Millennium Park Inaugural concert. July 2004.
  • Technical Staff, New Music and Art Festival 2003, 2004. Bowling Green State University. Performed technical support and engineering for all concerts containing electroacoustic compositions.
  • Founder and Partner, Escapement Arts & Media, 2000-2006. Managing partner of small design firm offering web, print and audio services. Primary responsibilities include project management, oversight of subcontractors, billing, server administration and programming.
  • Music Technology Specialist, University of Richmond Staff, 2001-2003. Oversight of Music Technology Facilities including computers, web servers, audio hardware and student employees. Also involved equipment repair, occasional teaching and programming. Supervisor: Benjamin Broening.
  • Student Music Lab Assistant, University of Richmond, 1997-2001. Responsible for technical support, concert recording and front-of-house engineering for Music Department events. Supervisors: Fred Cohen (1997-1998), Benjamin Broening (1999-2001).

Areas of Interest and Specialization

  • Composition: compositional techniques of acoustic, electroacoustic and computer-based concert music.
  • Other Interests in Music: compositional and theoretical issues related to contemporary acoustic and electroacoustic music; music psychology and neuromusicology; contemporary music and composition pedagogy.
  • Computer Programming Languages: C, C++, Objective C, PHP, perl, cSound, Max/MSP.
  • Design/Other: HTML 4.0, CSS1 and CSS2, XHTML, MySQL, InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop.

Software Programs Authored

  • Trig, sample playback application for Mac OS X (Cocoa). This software is used for Lullaby and Flight of the Mice to play back prerecorded electroacoustic sounds during performance.
  • Amber, granular synthesis application for Linux, Mac OS X, BSD, etc. (C++). Co-Author, with Jennifer Bernard Merkowitz.
  • forteRev and setCalc, a pair of custom-written externals for performing musical set-theory operations in the Max/MSP environment (C)

References and further information are available upon request.