This document is a CV for Kristina Wolfe, a composer and musician. It summarizes her education, including a PhD in Multimedia and Electronic Music Experiments from Brown University, publications including articles and compositions, performances, residencies, awards, and work experience including teaching positions.

1. KRISTINA WOLFE
kristinawolfemusic.com
kristina.m.wolfe@gmail.com
+1 (954) 830.6184
EDUCATION
2016 PhD Multimedia and Electronic Music Experiments—Brown University, Providence, RI
2009 MA Digital Musics—Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
2007 BA Music Technology, cum laude— Florida International University, Miami, FL
ADDITIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING
2016 Deep Listening Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, certificate expected
December 2016
2014 Violin Making University of New Hampshire, Durham, summer course
2012-13 Woodworking I, Sculpture and
Robotics
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
2012 Theory and Analysis of
Contemporary Music
Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester,
graduate summer course
2010 Composition Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, 1 year
PUBLICATIONS
2016 Sonic Mysticism and Composition. Dissertation (PhD.)—Dept. of Music, Brown University
2015 Face Vision— A Sonic Meditation (Midnight Sun Deep Listening Retreat Collection), 2015
2015 Illuminations: a codex (self-published 2015) ISBN:9781329598294
2014 Sonification and the Mysticism of Negation. Organised Sound, 19, pp 304-309
2013 Electroacoustic Listening and Attunement (EMS Proceedings)
2009 Mythic structure, historiographic space. Thesis (M.A.)—Dartmouth College
DISCOGRAPHY
2015 Planctus in CD: Music of Ostrava Days 2013

2. 2014 Agnus Dei in CD IAWM Search for New Music Compilation
2012 Swa Cwæð Eardstapa © Copyright - Kristina Wolfe / Stinacordia (885767535718)
DISCOGRAPHY
RESIDENCIES
2017 ISCM-VICC Composer-in-Residence, Visby, Sweden
2016 Bang-on-a-can Summer music festival and residency, Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary
Art (MASS MoCA), North Adams, Massachusetts
2013 Centre D’Art Contemporani i Sostenibilitat El Forn de la Calç, Calders, Catalonia
2013 Composit Festival and Institute, Rieti, Italy
2013 Ostrava New Music Festival, Ostrava, Czech Republic
2008 Visiones Sonoras 2008, Morelia, Michoacán de Ocampo
FELLOWSHIPS/AWARDS
2016 Winner, Villiers Quartet New Works Competition
2016 Finalist, VdG Society Competition for New Music for Viol and Piano
2015 Graduate Studies Dissertation Fellowship, Brown University
2014 Honorable Mention, IAWM Search for New Music, Pauline Oliveros Prize
2012 Boost! Call for Scores Darmstadt Internationale Ferienkurse Für Neue Musik
2012 International Affairs Research Travel Grant
2012 Creative Arts Council Award, Granola Center for the Arts
2011-15 Graduate Study Fellowship, Brown University
2009-10 Mark Nelson Senior Fellowship, Princeton University
2007-09 Graduate Study Fellowship, Dartmouth College
2008 Visiones Sonoras/British Council 2008 Participation Grant
SELECTED PERFORMANCES AND EXHIBITIONS
2016 The Where Within, for Violin and Speaker. Erik
Carlson, Violin
TBA

3. 2016 Isoluminant Forms, for unspecified large
ensemble. Ghost Ensemble.
TBA
2016 Aria, for 2 sopranos, 2 violins, viola, cello,
piccolo, haegum, harp, piano and percussion
Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary
Art (MASS MoCA), North Adams,
Massachusetts
2016 Planctus, string quartet, Villiers Quartet Final concert of the New Works
Composition Competition. Jacqueline Du
Pré Music Building, Oxford University
2015 Listening Room, a solo exhibition of art, sound,
and space
Granoff Center for the Arts, Providence,
Rhode Island
2015 Face Vision, a sonic meditation Midnight Sun Deep Listening Retreat,
Sortland, Norway
2014 Agnus Dei, a networked installation Frosty Drew Observatory, Charlestown,
Rhode Island
2014 Ancienne and Chant of the Holy Bitcrusher for
imaginary organ
OpenSignal~ Festival, Providence, Rhode
Island
2014 Homage to Brahms and Dinner, an acousmatic
work
Birmingham New Music Festival
2013 Vineyards, a collaborative work for voice and
electronics with poet Xavier Giol-Abril
Tocat de Lletra festival, Manresa,
Catalonia
2013 Homage to Brahms and Dinner, an acousmatic
work
Electronic Music Midwest. Kansas City
2013 Homage to Brahms and Dinner, an acousmatic
work
Vox Novus 10th Annual International Mix
2013 Planctus, a work for string quartet. Kruilik
Quartet
Ostrava Days, Ostrava, Czech Republic
2013 Electro-Acoustic Listening and Attunement. EMS Conference, Lisbon, Portugal
2013 Dukh, a work for soprano, accordion, bass flute,
and electronics. Ensemble l’Arsenale
Composit Festival for New Music, Rieti,
Italy
2013 Capacitive Painting, an instrument and
composition for an interactive ‘present painting’
Providence, Rhode Island
2012 Robot Cellist, an installation for kinetic cellist.
Sculpture and robotics showcase
Rhode Island School of Design,
Providence, Rhode Island
2012 |Məˈträp(ə)ləs| for alto saxophone and
electronics. Rok Volk, Saxophone
ICMC. Ljubljana, Slovenia
2012 Ineffably Poignant Future Pastness for electronic
drums. Fred Kennedy, drums
Providence, Rhode Island, and at
NYCEMF
2012 In Memoriam for 8-person networked ensemble Providence, Rhode Island
2012 Hymnetude for electronics Darmstadt Internationale Ferienkurse
Für Neue Musik
SELECTED PERFORMANCES AND EXHIBITIONS

4. 2012 Planctus a work for string quartet Darmstadt Internationale Ferienkurse
Für Neue Musik
2012 Antiphon for trio and subharmonic resonator.
California Ear Unit
Grant Auditorium. Brown University
2012 Lyrawae for 12-stringed resonant instrument and
electronics
Providence, Rhode Island
2012 RE-BORN: PAULINE OLIVEROS:THE EARLY
YEARS, a video created in collaboration with
Linda Mary Montano and Pauline Oliveros for
her 80th birthday concert
Kingston, New York
2011 Night, for solo musician and interactive
multimedia landscape
Brown University, Providence, Rhode
Island
2011 Adonai_Eleison for penitent and her computer.
Grant Auditorium
Brown University Providence, Rhode
Island
2010 The Sun Rises for viola da gamba and prepared
piano ‘four hands’
Taplin Auditorium. Princeton University
Princeton
2010 With Ballast, Untempered for string trio. In Flux
Ensemble
Taplin Auditorium. Princeton University
Princeton, New Jersey
2010 Edda for solo prepared piano Taplin Auditorium. Princeton University
Princeton, New Jersey
2009 In Nomine for four cellos Hopkins Center for the Arts, Hanover,
New Hampshire
2008 Broken Buildings, a work for double bass and
electronics
ICMC, Belfast
2006 Consort for One for viola da gamba and
electronics
Third Practice Electro-Acoustic Music
Festival. University Of Richmond,
Richmond, Virginia
2006 Consort for One for viola da gamba and
electronics
International Alliance for Women in
Music Conference. Miami, FL
SELECTED PERFORMANCES AND EXHIBITIONS
WORK EXPERIENCE
2016 Mentor, Deep Listening Study Group Guided and trained a small group of students
through the basic principles of Deep Listening
Practice including movement, listening, and
dreaming strategies.

5. 2014 Studio Monitor. Brown University Responsibilities included maintaining all music
studios, running lights and audio for concerts,
digitizing and making the concerts publicly
available, running the listserv, publicity, and
general tutoring in electronic music and recording
technology. Supervisor: Jim Moses
2014 Teaching Assistant. Advanced studio
composition. Brown University
Responsibilities included grading, tutoring, office
hours, and assisting the professor. Supervisor:
John Ferguson
2013 Teaching Assistant. Beginning Studio
Techniques and Composition. Brown
University.
Responsibilities included grading, tutoring, office
hours, and assisting the professor. Supervisor: Jim
Moses
2012 Teaching Assistant. Music 200:
Introduction to Electronic Music. Brown
University
Responsibilities included setting up the classroom,
maintaining the web portal, digitizing lessons,
copies, test proctoring, and grading. Supervisor:
Todd Winkler
2012 Instructor. Lab for Music 200. Brown
University
Collaborated with two other PhD students to
design a syllabus and lesson plan for 150
beginning electronic music students.
Studio Assistant. Dartmouth College Responsibilities included maintaining all studios
and providing basic technical assistance.
Supervisor: Newton Armstrong
2009 Teaching Assistant. Orchestration,
Dartmouth College
Responsibilities included preparing a weekly
lecture on the subject of Orchestration, assisting
students when needed, grading assignments, and
assisting the professor. Supervisor: Michael
Casey
2008 Teaching Assistant. Beginning Electronic
Music. Dartmouth College
Responsibilities included preparing a weekly
lecture on the subject of Electronic Music, holding
office hours twice weekly, grading assignments,
and assisting the professor. Supervisor: Newton
Armstrong
2007 Greg Altman Media Intern, Deep
Listening Institute, Kingston, NY
Responsibilities included digitizing media from the
Deep Listening Institute archives, authoring the
dvd version of Njinga, preparing media selections
for grants and presentations, setting up and
tearing down equipment, and recording
performances. Supervisor: Lisa Barnard-Kelly
and Pauline Oliveros
2006 Music Technology Lab Tutor. Florida
International University
Responsibilities included maintaining the
computer lab, tutoring students in DAWs and
composition. Supervisor: Kristine Burns
WORK EXPERIENCE

6. KNOWLEDGE-BASED SKILLS
2006 Student Assistant, IAWM Congress Responsibilities include managing assisting
congress attendees with setting up equipment,
helping attendees find the various events, and
answering questions.
Supervisor: Kristine Burns
WORK EXPERIENCE
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Interactive Art Max/MSP/Jitter, Processing, recording and editing skills
Graphic Design and Editing Adobe, Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects, InDesign
Multimedia and Video Final Cut Pro, Jitter, Processing, After Effects
Music Notation Lilypond, Finale, Maxscore, some Sibelius
Electronics Arduino, MpIDE, analog electronics
Audio Recording and Editing recording and editing, Logic Pro, Peak, Audacity
Electronic Music
Composition
MA and PhD in the field of electronic music with a focus on composition;
written over 65 pieces; published and publicly presented work on the
subject
Spectral and Microtonal
Music
Qualifying exams written on ‘New Musica’or the mathematical or
techne-centric harmonic practices of the 20th and 21st centuries with a
study on the Greek and Medieval practice of Harmonics; wrote about
Spectral and Spectro-spiritual music in my dissertation; composed and
transcribed many microtonal works; course in the analysis of
contemporary music with an emphasis on spectralism; submitted an
implementation of Kyle Gann’s Anatomy of the Octave into Scala.
Historical Performance Courses in music in the Medieval and Renaissance; Collegium Musicum;
studied Medieval harmonic philosophy and intonation systems; play the
Viola da Gamba in a consort; can read and interpret baroque tablature,
proportional notation, neumes, and some mensural music
Interactive Music
Performance and
Composition
Designed and performed using self-designed interactive controllers;
composed works where the musical controls required mapping onto
different systems; built analog and wearable controllers.

7. Controller Design Arduino/ MPIDE, analog controller design in Max/MSP and Objective C
Music Composition Composed over 65 works for acoustic, electric, and mixed media soloists
and ensembles. First prize Villier’s String Quartet Composition contest,
Honorable Mention IAWM Pauline Oliveros Prize. Compositions
performed and premiered every year since 2005.
Research Published article in Organised Sound, MA thesis, Qualifying Exams
research papers, PhD dissertation.
Writing and Publishing Published article in Organised Sound, MA thesis, Qualifying Exams
research papers, PhD dissertation.
Notation Graphical scores, extended notation, Helmholtz-Ellis, Just Intonation,
Meantone, Arabic notation, Jianpu, Baroque tablature, Classical
notation, score writing and calligraphy
Music Theory and Analysis Postgraduate courses in Contemporary music theory
Teaching 2 years PhD teaching assistantship, 2 years MA student teaching, Deep
Listening study group
Music Philosophy MA and PhD in the field of electronic and contemporary music with a
focus on composition and compositional philosophy
Material Culture Studies Courses in Material Culture of gravestone iconography, collector and re-
seller of 18th, 19th and early 20th century antiques
TRANSFERRABLE SKILLS
Communication 2 years of PhD teaching assistantship on electronic music; 2 years
MA teaching assistantship; presented talks and papers at
conferences; published article; MA thesis, qualifying exams, PhD
Dissertation defenses and presentations.
Teamwork Co-taught an electronic music studio lab with 150 students.
Teaching assistant in 4 courses where I worked with professors and
tutors on tasks such as grading, critique, feedback, and lecture
materials; worked in a team to develop automatic notation software;
play in a Viol consort
Organisation and Time
Management
Presented PhD work on time; submitted compositions, presentations,
and performances completed by posted deadlines; submitted
academic writing and applications on time; digitized and submitted
media materials by posted deadlines while an intern
Problem Solving Reverse engineered a laser phonograph; wrote an article on the
philosophy of sonification and mysticism comparing listening habits;
built a Hurdy Gurdy; Studied the role of insurance prices on 19th
century marble sculpture preservation; numerous sound checks;
interactive and analog instrument debugging

8. Motivation Finished PhD in 4 years of coursework with dissertation year
remote; actively keep up with mentors and seeking external feedback
on my work; actively pursuing additional training and skills for
personal betterment
Leadership Led a Deep Listening study group; guided rehearsals and readings of
my compositions; taught electronic music composition to students;
camp counselor for 8 years for children ages 5-13; floor manager of
a music shop; Rhythm section leader in Jazz Band
Creativity, Flexibility Worked with performers, technicians, and ensembles to put on work;
improvisation in performance and technical settings based on the
environment; Artist-In-Residence in collaboration with performers
chosen by the institution; numerous compositions for institutionally-
determined and/or undetermined instrumentation
Confidence, Assertiveness Presented papers and compositions to conferences; fielded questions
and external reviewers on peer-reviewed work; given negative
feedback to students when necessary
Intercultural, Global Awareness Studied Gamelan, Erhu, Kemenche, Mevlevi ceremonial music,
Medieval music, Jazz, Rock ’n’roll. Also studied French
(intermediate), Arabic (beginner), Danish (conversational), and
Spanish (beginner). I travel often.
Numeracy Microtonal numerical systems; basic statistics; intonation; sound
analysis; basic signal processing; basic acoustical calculations
IT literacy Max/MSP, Website management software, desktop clients, installing
virtual machines, various DAWs, social media
Professionalism Presented at conferences and panels; customer service and floor
management at a music shop; represented the university at various
recruiting functions; student feedback and grading
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
International Society of Contemporary Music (Miami Chapter)
Viola da Gamba Society of the United States
ASCAP
American Composers Forum
International Alliance for Women in Music
International Computer Music Association
Society of Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States (SEAMUS)
COMMUNITY SERVICE
2015-16 Raised money (and donated) to new music ensembles and music advocacy groups

9. COMMUNITY SERVICE
2015-16 Raised money (and donated) to new music ensembles and music advocacy groups
2015 Pompano Beach Community Cats (sponsor a cat colony)
2015- Good Karma Pet Rescue (animal rescue and foster)
2012-13 Brown University Visual Arts Studio, Safety Monitor
HOBBIES AND INTERESTS
Through-hiking and backpacking Visual art
Viola da Gamba Stone carving
Scuba Diving Reading
Fishing Historical Cooking
Kayaking Antique Acquisition and Re-sale
Gardening Bird watching
Travel Rock climbing
Society for Creative Anachronism