HEATHER STEBBINS Composer and Co-Founder of the new music series, Acoustic Uproar (www.acoustic-uproar.com) 15 Langley Road, Apt 1 Boston, MA 02135 www.heatherstebbins.com EDUCATION Boston University - Boston, MA Doctor of Musical Arts Center for New Music Fellow Expected Completion 2015 Boston University - Boston, MA Master of Music in Composition University of Richmond-Richmond, VA Bachelor of Arts in Music Composition with honors, minors in Mathematics and Philosophy 2009 PRIMARY TEACHERS Joshua Fineberg, Boston University, Composition, 2010-present Benjamin Broening, University of Richmond, Composition, 2005-2010 Nick Photinos, eighth blackbird, Cello, 2005-2009 Jason McComb, Richmond Symphony, Cello, 2005-2009 Pei Lu, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Cello, 1997-2005 AWARDS AND HONORS New Music USA CAP Grant 2013 Bowling Green State University New Music Ensemble Call for Scores - Honorable Mention 2012 International Alliance of Women in Music Libby Larsen Prize - Honorable Mention 2012 ALEA III International Young Composers Commissioning Project 2012 International Alliance of Women in Music Libby Larsen Prize - Honorable Mention 2011 Look and Listen Festival NYC Composition Competition - Finalist 2010 Austin Peay State University Young Composer’s Competition - First Prize 2010 Dean’s Scholarship, Boston University, 2010-2012 University of Louisville Young Composer Competition for New Electroacoustic Music, 2009 Roy Jesson Prize in Music, University of Richmond, 2009
David C. Evans Award for Achievement in the Creative Arts, University of Richmond, 2008 International Alliance of Women in Music Ellen Taaffe Zwillich Prize, 2006 FESTIVAL AND CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION Third Practice Electroacoustic Music Festival, Richmond VA 2013 American Conservatory at Fontainebleau, France 2013 Third Practice Electroacoustic Music Festival, Richmond VA 2012 LiveWire New Music Festival, Baltimore MD 2012 COMPOSIT Festival, Rieti Italy, 2012 Third Practice Electroacoustic Music Festival, Richmond VA 2011 Wellesley Composer’s Conference 2011 BEAMS Electroacoustic Marathon, Boston MA 2011 SEAMUS Festival, Miami Florida 2011 Third Practice Electroacoustic Music Festival, Richmond VA 2010 Women's Experimental Sound Festival, New York, NY 2010 Third Practice Electroacoustic Music Festival, Richmond, VA 2009 University of Louisville New Music Festival, Louisville, KY 2009 University of North Carolina at Greensboro New Music Festival, Greensboro, NC 2008 Mid Atlantic Chapter of the Society of Ethnomusicology, Richmond, VA 2009 Presentation of Thesis, ‘The Blind Leaving the Blind: Ethnography of the Punch Brothers and Analysis of Genre Theory’ Third Practice Electroacoustic Music Festival, Richmond, VA 2008 University of North Carolina at Greensboro New Music Festival, Greensboro, NC 2008 Florida Electroacoustic Music Festival, Gainesville, FL 2008 Third Practice Electroacoustic Music Festival, Richmond, VA 2007 Third Practice Electroacoustic Music Festival, Richmond, VA 2006