Michael J. Ducharme,

B.Mus

Composer / Orchestrator / Music Teacher 201-1170 Harwood St, Vancouver, BC, V6E 1R8 Canada Phone: (204) 799-2131 E-mail: [email protected]

Summary of Qualifications       

Graduate of the University of Manitoba with a Bachelor of Music (Composition) degree Awarded multiple scholarships and bursaries Previously studied Piano performance, Music Theory, Harmony, Counterpoint, Orchestration and Composition Provided musical score for several short film projects 19 years of experience in the Information Technology industry (including computer training) Strong writing, planning, project management, team management and communications skills Experience with training design and delivery (one-on-one, classroom-based, and e-Learning)

Selected Compositions (Concert Works / Electroacoustic)  Rainstorm (2015) – for soprano and piano (text by D. N. Simmers)  The Tower (2014) – for clarinet and bassoon  Pulse (2014) – for tape (stereo)           

Disturbances (2013) – for solo piano Still (2013) – for large chamber ensemble Polarities (2012) – for small chamber ensemble The Pillars of Creation (2012) – for symphony orchestra 12 (2012) – for Organ and Live Electronics (quadrophonic) Hymn from 'Morella' (2011-2012) – for SATB choir and piano Aqua Phasma (2011) – for tape (stereo) The Box (2011) – for tape (stereo) Saxophone Sonata (2011) – for solo Alto Saxophone Du Dunkelheit (2010) – for soprano, mezzo-soprano, trumpet and cello (text by Rainer Maria Rilke) Skies of Ganymede (2009-2011) – for two violas – 3 Movements: I: “Europa”, II: “Io”, III: “Callisto”

Education September 2014 – Present

University of British Columbia

Vancouver, BC

Master of Music (Composition)  Studying composition with Dr. Dorothy Chang and Dr. Keith Hamel September 2009 – May 2014

University of Manitoba

Winnipeg, MB

Bachelor of Music (Composition)  Studied with Dr. Troy Ducharme (1st year), Dr. Orjan Sandred (2nd-3rd year), and Dr. Gordon Fitzell (4th year)  Double major in Music Composition and Music History  Awarded numerous scholarships (see awards list) October 2007

Film Music Institute

Hollywood, CA

Certificate Program: The Art of Orchestration for Film  Intensive 3-day training program taught by legendary Hollywood orchestrator Scott Smalley  Studied Smalley's “Z-clef” technique for maintaining balance through proper tessitura across sections September 2006 – April 2009

Dr. David R. Scott

Private Composition Study (2007-2009) / Private Orchestration Lessons (2006-2008)

Winnipeg, MB

 Lessons in composing with 20th century techniques (pitch class sets, 12 tone)  Orchestration lessons focused on correct orchestral techniques, balance, doublings, notation, etc. September 2005 – May 2014

Winnipeg, MB

Piano / Harmony / Counterpoint / Alexander Technique Studies  Lessons included tonal harmony (RCM method) (4 years), Palestrina-style species counterpoint (1 year), tonal counterpoint (RCM method) (2 years); Studied with Mary Hawn, Wes Elias and Dr. Karen Sunabacka  Private lessons taken in Alexander Technique (instructed by Irma Konrad) to relieve tendonitis issues when playing piano (8 years); Piano lessons also taken from Ms. Konrad from 2005-2009 Awards / Scholarships University of Manitoba Scholarships:  Don S. Wright Entrance Scholarship (1st year)  Horst and Erna Wichert Scholarship in Music Theory (3rd year)  J. Conrad Grimes Memorial Scholarship (3rd year and 4th year)  Marcel A Desautels Endowment Fund (2nd year)  Marcel A Desautels Fund Award (2nd year through 4th year)  Margaret H. Tyler Award in Music (3rd year)  Richardson Scholarship in Music (2nd year)  UMSU Scholarship (2nd year through 4th year)  Isbister Scholarship in Music (4th year)  University of Manitoba Merit Award (4th year) Outside Awards:  Manitoba Arts Council Student Bursary (2nd year) Technological Skills (Music Technology) Software Skills:  Digital Audio Workstation software: Expert with Cubase SX3 through 8. Fairly skilled with Pro Tools 11. Some knowledge of Digital Performer 7.  Notation software: Expert with Finale 2009-2012 and Sibelius 7.5  Interactive Computer Music software: Expert with Max/MSP 6 and 7  Computer Assisted Composition software: Expert with PWGL (PatchWork openGL, LISP-based). Some experience with athenaCL (Python based)  Sampler software: Expert with Kontakt 3-5, GigaStudio 3 / GVI 3, Vienna Instruments  Plugins: Altiverb 7, Lexicon VST reverb, izotope Ozone; General operational knowledge of equalizer, reverb (convolution and algorithmic), and other effects plugins.  MIDI/audio over Ethernet: Vienna Ensemble Pro Network VST Host software, FX teleport (GigaStudio), MolCPv3 MIDI over LAN. Hardware Skills:  MIDI cabling and programming, including controller operation and advanced device configuration with SYSEX messages  Mixer operation (group tracks, aux buses)  Understanding of balanced (XLR, TRS) vs. unbalanced sources.  Microphone recording techniques (A/B, X/Y, Decca Tree). Task Specific Skills:  Film scoring with Cubase: Importing video, syncing events, exporting cues  Electroacoustic music production  Music mixing and mastering Technological Skills (General) Software Skills:

 Desktop Operating Systems: Expert at MS-DOS 3.3 through 6, Microsoft Windows 3.1/95/98, NT, 2000, XP, and Windows 7, and Linux; Basic knowledge of MacOS X Lion/Mountain Lion, FreeBSD  Server Operating Systems: Expert at installing/managing/maintaining server operating systems Windows NT Server 4.0 through Windows Server 2008 R2, Novell NetWare 3.11 through 6.5, SuSE Linux Enterprise Server / Novell Open Enterprise Server Linux  Virtualization: Expert at installing/managing/maintaining VMware Server, ESXi (Hypervisor), vCenter Server configuration, Shared Storage (SAN) connectivity  E-mail/Groupware: Expert at installing/managing/maintaining GroupWise 5.5 through GroupWise 2012 (on NetWare and Linux platforms), Microsoft Exchange 5.5 (on NT server). Some experience with Exchange 2003 and 2010 setup and management.  Desktop Management: Expert at installing/managing/maintaining with Novell ZENworks for Desktops 3 through ZENworks Configuration Management 11. Used for imaging, application deployment, inventory, remote management, and patch management.  Network Management: Expert at installing/managing/maintaining Zenoss Core SNMP network monitoring software, OTRS trouble ticket system, NOC-Project Config/DNS/IPAM system.  Productivity Software: Advanced/Expert with Microsoft Office 97 through 2010, LibreOffice/OpenOffice  Voice over IP: Advanced/Expert at Trixbox / FreePBX VoIP system administration  Miscellaneous: Novell Portal Services, FreeRADIUS, Freeside (ISP billing), MS Visio, MS FrontPage Hardware Skills:  Desktop Computer Hardware: Advanced at assembly and hardware repair/troubleshooting/upgrades  Server hardware: Assembly and hardware repair/troubleshooting/upgrades, including RAID configuration  Routers/switches: Expert at Cisco Router/Switch configuration (though uncertified), Fortigate security appliance management  VoIP / Video Conferencing: Expert at Polycom IP phone configuration and configuration of Polycom Video Conferencing units, including CMA management unit and RMX bridge  Miscellaneous: WISP wireless access points/subscriber units, UPS units, PDUs Networking Skills:  Expert with TCP/IP (IPv4 only) subnetting, routing (static, OSPF and EIGRP), NAT, port forwards, troubleshooting  Expert with DNS and DHCP server configuration and management (Linux: BIND and isc-dhcpd, Windows: Windows DHCP and DNS servers, NetWare: Novell DNS/DHCP  Expert with Novell eDirectory management/troubleshooting and LDAP authentication for unified authentication. Moderate to Advanced skills with Active Directory management/troubleshooting.  Configuration of and understanding of VLANs, trunk ports, ACLs, PPPoE server  QoS technologies such as Class Based Weighted Fair Queuing (CBWFQ) Programming/Scripting Skills:  Programming Languages: Some skill with C/C++, QuickBASIC, Pascal (a bit), JAVA, PHP, Perl (a bit), Python (most recent), LISP  Scripting: Expert with MS-DOS batch file scripting; Moderate knowledge of BASH scripting  Web Development/Design: Expert at HTML; Some CSS knowledge; Expert at managing WebGUI CMS and WordPress CMS systems for website content management Professional Experience September 2014 – Present University of British Columbia Teaching Assistant – Electroacoustic Music / Computer Music

Vancouver

 Assisted students via e-mail, in-person meetings, and scheduled tutorial times (Electroacoustic Music only)  Delivered lectures as required when professor was away (Electroacoustic Music only)  Assisted with setup and performance of final class concert for both courses January 2014 – April 2014 University of Manitoba Faculty of Music Teaching Assistant – Music Acoustics  Instructor for Music Acoustics course, a required first-year math course with nearly 50 students

Winnipeg

 Created course syllabus, lesson plans, PowerPoint presentations, handouts, exams, and assignments  Instructor for all lectures; marking of assignments.  Held weekly office hours for students May 2012 – August 2014 Self-employed Music Teacher / Research Assistant / Max/MSP Technician

Various

 One-on-one instruction for preparation for RCM (Royal Conservatory of Music) examinations in Music Theory (Harmony 3) and Music History 3, as well as Orchestration  Harmonic analysis work for Dr. Kurt Markstrom for a paper regarding cadences and caesura in recitative excerpts from the operas of Leonardo Vinci (late summer 2012)  Development of Max/MSP patch for Dr. Gordon Fitzell for a live-electronics piano work (summer 2013) October 2003 – August 2014 Keewatin Tribal Council / Broadband Communications North Information Technology Manager (KTC) / Network Compliance Manager (BCN)

Winnipeg

 Employment began at Keewatin Tribal Council in 2003, seconded (transferred) to Broadband Communications North in 2010  Managing and training a team of technicians to deliver help desk services and on-site support services  Developed training documentation, policies and procedures for the Help Desk staff  Assisted in planning and delivery of the MFNS (Manitoba First Nations SchoolNet) Youth Initiative Training Program, specifically the IC3 certification component (a globally-recognized digital literacy certification)  Led the development of an e-Learning portal based on the open-source Moodle platform to deliver IC3 training in a web-based, self-paced format  Co-writer of the Broadband Communications North business plan to Industry Canada, a successful 5-million dollar proposal to provide high-speed Internet to Northern First Nations communities  Network administration duties included administration and implementation of a virtualized server infrastructure with VMware, Microsoft and Novell technologies (OES, ZENworks Configuration Management, GroupWise)  Participating in conferences and meetings with stakeholders, funders, government officials, and vendors July 1996 – October 2003 Anokiiwin Training Institute Information Technology Manager / Computer Instructor

Winnipeg

 Lead instructor for the Computer Network Specialist (CNS) program, a 10-month full-time certificate program in Information Technology with 25 students. ◦

Created course outline

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Selected course textbooks, created lesson plans, assignments, tests

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Instructed the majority of the course

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Provided additional assistance to students outside class time

◦ Created supplementary training materials where existing materials were inadequate  Instructed desktop computer courses, one-on-one and classroom-based ◦

Instructed courses on Microsoft Office applications and Windows basics at Anokiiwin's Winnipeg and Thompson locations  Design, implementation and support of an e-Learning system for a Workers Compensation Board Health and Safety Program based on Novell Portal Services 1.5  IT duties included implementation and administration of a Novell NetWare 6 WAN, ZENworks for Desktops, GroupWise 6.5, Windows desktop hardware and software, and website development Research Interests    

Benjamin Britten's use of atonal/serial techniques within the context of tonal music Schoenberg's development of horizontal/vertical synthesis techniques Common film music progressions – classifying them, tracking their source, spread, and uses Neo-Riemannian theory and Schenkerian analysis

Selected Research Papers

 “An Analysis of Salvatore Sciarrino’s Orchestral Work: Giorno Velato Presso Il Lago Nero (per violino e orchestra)” (2015)  “Tonnetze, RI-chains, and Klumpenhouwer Networks: A Compositional Approach” (2014)  “Mode, Motive, and Memory: The Role of Deformation in the First Movement of Schubert’s String Quartet in G Major (D. 887)” (2014) – an analysis of the first movement of Schubert’s famous quartet, studying how the deformations in his normal practice create compositional impetus in the work.  “Musical Depictions of Corruption – Aschenbach’s Downfall in Death in Venice” (2014) – an analysis of Benjamin Britten’s opera Death in Venice.  “Intellectually Emotional - The Influence of Schoenberg and Berg on the Music of Benjamin Britten” (2014) – a follow-up paper that builds on my previous Peter Grimes paper, where I further study Britten's use of these atonal techniques within his own extended tonal style.  “Imperceptible Influences: The intermingling of popular music and film music in 1960 and beyond” (2013) – details the origin, adoption and apparent cross-influence of chord progressions that would appear in popular music and film scores in the 1960s and 1970s.  “Channeling Tristan: The Origins of Horizontal and Vertical Synthesis in Schoenberg’s First String Quartet” (2012) – as a follow up to my previous Peter Grimes paper, this paper traces the history of horizontal and vertical synthesis back to its first use in Schoenberg's Op. 7 quartet. It details what appear to be hidden quotations/references to Wagner's Prelude to Tristan und Isolde within the opening of Op. 7, suggesting (along with hints in Schoenberg's own writings) that Wagner's Tristan chord was direct inspiration for Schoenberg's idea of horizontal and vertical synthesis that would lead to his techniques of “free atonality”.  “An Analysis of Iannis Xenakis' Nomos Alpha” (2012)  “Deconstructing Peter Grimes” (2011) – this paper details the apparently original discovery that Benjamin Britten took Schoenberg's techniques of horizontal and vertical synthesis (from Schoenberg's “free atonal” period) and applied these techniques within his own extended tonal music.  “Grief, Desire, and the Tristan Chord: An Analysis of the Prelude to Tristan und Isolde” (2011)  “An Analysis of Beethoven's Seventh Symphony” (2010)  “An Analysis of J.S. Bach’s Cantata Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott” (BWV 80) (2010)  “Analysis of S’il estoit nulz (M6): An isorhythmic motet by Guillaume de Machaut” (2009) Film Scores  Before You Die – micro-short film, dir. Duke Dinh (2011)  Craig's Pissed – web series pilot, dir. Matt Merkovich (2009)  Views on Concepts – conference documentary (sound and title music), dir. Laerke Drews (2008)  Laura – In Action – short film 15 minutes, dir. Laerke Drews (2007) Extra-curricular / Co-curricular Activities  Student Representative – Music Theory Search Committee (Sept. 2012 to April 2013)  Amateur astronomer – Member of Royal Astronomical Society of Canada (RASC) References References are available upon request.