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Danielle S. DeGruttola

Oakland, California

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[1]http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~hodes/danisue/

EDUCATION

The Center of Contemporary Music at Mills College,

Oakland,

California.

M.F.A

. in Electronic Music and Recording Media, May 1996.

Studies in music composition, computer music, sound design and

engineering, digital recording, 24-track analog recording,

contemporary music performance, performance art, traditional and

contemporary cello performance.

Cumulative GPA = 3.90

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Awards: Received a full assistantship working in the electronic music

and recording studios at the Center of Contemporary Music. Recipient

of the Maas Scholarship, Hellman Scholarship, and Crothers Scholarship

for music performance.

Berklee College of Music,

Boston, Massachusetts.

Two year professional certificate program, 1990-1992.

Professional studies in jazz performance on cello, sound design and

engineering, jazz and electronic music composition, midi systems, and

jazz history.

Cumulative GPA = 3.90

Awards: Dean's List for all four semesters. Recipient of the Berklee

College Professional Scholarship for outstanding musical achievement.

Smith College,

Northampton, Massachusetts.

A.B

. in Music with a minor in Government, May 1990.

Studies in music composition, electronic music, cello performance,

music theory, music history, American law, international law and

relations, logic, Italian, painting, drawing, dance, acting and

astronomy.

Awards: Graduated Cum Laude. First Group Scholar, 1989. Top ten

percent of class. Dean's List for all eight semesters. Fatman Award

for music composition, 1990. Smith College Tuition Scholarship for

outstanding academic achievement, 1986-1990.

EMPLOYMENT

Technical Assistant

at the Center Of Contemporary Music, Oakland,

California, 1995-1996.

Educated and assisted students in electronic music and audio

recording techniques.

Helped maintain computers, recording equipment and music studios.

Assisted in building a new patchbay for the Mills College Concert

Hall.

Assistant recording engineer for David Behrman's Songline Series

Project.

Organizer and technical assistant for numerous concerts and

festivals including: Pauline Oliveros: Approaches and Departures,

"Blue" Gene Tyranny, Here Comes Everybody: John Cage Festival,

SoundCulture 1996: Ikue Mori & the Center of Contemporary Music,

and Christian Wolff.

Assistant Sound Effects Engineer

at Audio Trek, Berkeley, California,

February 1996

-present.

Sound sculpture for CD-ROM and video productions using computer

digital editing and audio editing techniques.

Assistant Recording Engineer

at On the Moon Studios, San Francisco,

California, September 1995-present.

16-track digital recording, engineering, and music production.

House of Blues, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1992-1994.

A founding member of the restaurant and club establishment. Assisted

in the opening of the establishment and developing staff training

methods, educating the public about blues music and Afro-American art,

advertisement and publicity distribution, fund raising for the Blues

for Zoos Project, performances on electric cello in the House of Blues

All Star Band, hosting for bands including: The Blues Brother's Band,

Room Full of Blues Band, Aerosmith, and Joe Walsh.

Cafe Florian, Boston, Massachusetts, 1990-1992.Assistant manager, head waitress, bartender, entertainment booking,

daily cash receipts, ledger posting, and organizing and performing in

the bimonthly music series A Night of Improvisation.

COMPUTER & TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE

Computer Experience:

Extensive experience with Macintosh, Windows, Max: object oriented

programming environment for music and multimedia, Galaxy, Sound

Designer, and Vision.

Familiarity and comfortable with the Net and the World Wide Web. Some

experience with UNIX, Pro Tools, C-Sound, Sound Hack, Deck, and Sound

Edit.

Synthesizers:

Analog/Subtractive: experience on the Oberheim Expander, ARP 2600,

KORG Wavestation A/D, Roland JD-800, Roland JX-10, Roland Juno-106 and

Juno-2.

Digital/Additive: experience on the Yamaha DX11, DX7, and DX7-II.

Digital Sampling: experience on the Kurzweil 2000, Kurzweil 250, Akai

900, and Akai 1000.

Audio Equipment:

Extensive experience with a large variety of microphones, mixing

consoles, and effects processors including AKG C414B, AKG 451, AKG

460, Shure SM-57, Studer A-820 24-channel master recorder, Otari

8-channel master recorder, Alesis ADAT eight-track digital recorder,

Total Audio Concepts Scorpion 24-channel mixing console, and Lexicon

PCM-80.

RECENT ACOUSTIC & ELECTRIC CELLO PERFORMANCES

Cecil Taylor Orchestra, San Francisco Jazz Festival, Yerba Buena

Gardens, San Francisco, October 26, 1995.

Danielle DeGruttola & Henry Kaiser Duo. Performances throughout the

San Francisco Bay area and in Boston, Massachusetts, 1995-1996.

Eugene Chadbourne, Venue 9, San Francisco, August 14, 1996. Duo

performance.

Improvising the Form, Mills College, April 14, 1996. M.F.A. Thesis

Concert presenting my electro-acoustic compositions,

improvisations, paintings and poetry.

A Page of Madness, Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, California, June

14,1996. Performing with Greg Goodman, Henry Kaiser, and Miya

Masaoka in a live music accompaniment to Kinugasa's 1926 Japanese

silent film masterpiece.

Family Dog Presentations, Maritime Hall, San Francisco, March 2,

1996. Performing on electric cello with Buckethead, Henry Kaiser,

Prairie Prince, and Vince Welnick.

Zen Disaster, Beanbenders, Berkeley, June 12, 1996. Performing

Electric Free Rock Jazz on electric cello with Henry Kaiser, Chris

Muir, and Lukas Ligeti.

Joe Gallant's Illuminati Orchestra, The Blues for Allah Suite,

Border Bookstore Record Release Party, San Francisco, June 5,

1996.

Composer Christian Wolff's Concert, Mills College, April 19th,1996.

Performing in Changing the System.

Here Comes Everybody: John Cage Festival, Mills College,

November

19, 1995

. Performing in Thirteen.

Pauline Oliveros: Approaches and Departures, Mills College,

September 8, 1995. Performing in Pacific Air and Approaches and

Departures-Appearances and Disappearances.

30th Anniversary of Terry Riley's "In C," Mills College, September

30,1994.

PERFORMANCE ENSEMBLES

Mills College Contemporary Performance Ensemble,1994-1996.

Wellesley Symphony Orchestra,1992-1994.

The Chadwick Trio, classical, romantic and jazz piano

trio,1991-1993.

Smith College Chamber Orchestra,

1986-1990.

Five College Chamber Soloists,

principal cellist,1986-1990.

New England Conservatory Youth Chamber Orchestra under the direction

of Ben Zander,

1983-1986.

The All-Newton Music School Scholarship String Quartet under Robert

Koff,

1984-1986.

The All-Newton Music School Chamber Orchestra,

principal cellist,

under Robert Koff,

1984-1986.

MUSIC TOURS

New England Conservatory of Music Youth Chamber Orchestra Tours

under the direction of Ben Zander:

American Midwest Tour, summer of 1986.

American East Coast Tour, summer of 1985.

Austria and Poland, summer of 1984.

References

1. http://www.cs.berkeley.edu

/~hodes/danisue/

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