Curriculum Vitae

Zae Munn
www.zaemunn.com

Contact information
zmunn@saintmarys.edu // zmunn@comcast.net                                
574.876.1401 cell  // 574.288.0386 home        
Music Department, Saint Mary's College, Notre Dame, IN 46556
       
Summary
I have taught at Saint Mary's College since 1990, after seven years of college level teaching elsewhere.  At Saint Mary's I am in charge of all aspects of the theory and composition program; I am certified to teach Music Appreciation in an online format and did so in May 2011, and I am developing a new course, Digital Media in Music, to be launched Spring 2013 in a newly designed lab. Thirty-seven of my compositions are represented by eight publishers, three have recently been accepted, and several pieces are available on CD. A contract with Parma Records is in negotiation, for a CD featuring Tim McAllister playing my works for alto saxophone in eclectic chamber combinations. Recent works include Lyrical Limericks, a consortium commission for treble choir; Nature's Chopsticks, a flex instrumentation piece for the JCFA Composers' Orchestra at Butler University; and Music: A Love Story, for violin, alto sax, and piano. A new chamber opera, Night of Blue Magic, a story in haiku, with text by Karen Hesse, is in progress.

Employment

1990-present	Faculty, Saint Mary's College, Notre Dame, IN  (1990 Assistant Professor; 1994 Associate Professor; 2000 Full Professor)                 4-semester theory sequence and lab, composition classes, orchestration and arranging; co-teach Senior Seminar, supervise music notation portion of Advanced W, maintain Music Lab and department website, online Music Appreciation, Digital Media in Music
1997-2010	Faculty, Interlochen Arts Camp (6-week summer session) Classes in composition and theory; private composition lessons
2003-2004	Visiting Scholar, University of Michigan Composition Department Sabbatical appointment with no teaching responsibilities
1989-1990	Adjunct Faculty, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA Electronic music (analog), coached string chamber music
1989-1990	Adjunct Faculty, Moravian College, Bethlehem, PA 2-semester orchestration sequence, 20th century music history
1986-1989	Assistant Professor, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME   Orchestra director, electronic music studio (digital and analog), theory, conducting
1984-1986	Assistant Professor, Transylvania University, Lexington, KY Composer-in-Residence, all levels of theory, composition, cello, chamber music
1983-1984	Assistant Professor of Music, St. Cloud State University, MN Conducted orchestra, taught theory, conducting, cello, bass, class voice

Education
• University of Illinois at Urbana, DMA in composition, minor in orchestral conducting, 1985
• University of Illinois at Urbana, MM in composition, 1979
• Roosevelt University, Chicago, BM in Composition with honors, 1978

Professional Memberships
• American Music Center (AMC)        
• American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP)
  ASCAPlus Award, 2000-2010, for noteworthy compositional activity
• College Music Society (CMS)
  2010 Program Committee, 2009-Dec. 31, 2010
  Composition Advisory Board, 2009-Dec. 31, 2011
• National Association of Composers U.S.A. (NACUSA)
• National Opera Association (NOA)             
• Society of Composers, Inc. (SCI)

References
• Michael Colgrass, Freelance composer, Pulitzer Prize, 1978
  Toronto, Canada
  michael@colgrass.com (416.867.6200)
• Dr. Laurel Thomas, Chair
  Department of Music, Saint Mary’s College, Notre Dame, IN
  lthomas@saintmarys.edu (574.284.4622)
• Dr. Michael Schelle, Composer-in-Residence
  School of Music, Butler University, Indianapolis, IN
  mschelle@butler.edu (317.940.9642) (416.867.6200)
• Dr. Peter Terry, Associate Professor of Information Technology and Music,
  Director of Instructional Technology
  Music Department, Bluffton College, Bluffton, Ohio
  terryp@bluffton.edu (419.358.3383)

Published Compositions (commissions are underlined)
Arsis Press, Washington, DC
• A Fraction of Your Grace, clarinet and string quartet (1998)
• It’s the Soup That Animates the Noodles; orchestra (2002)
• In the Maze of the Moment, horn and string quartet (2002)
• Lauber Lieder, four songs for soprano and piano; also a version for mezzo (1995)
• Memorial, SSA women's choir (1994)
• Our Hands Were Tightly Clenched, string quartet (2004)
• Symphony of Alcoves, orchestra (2002)
• Two for Three, two songs for soprano, flute and viola (1995)
• What's for Supper, soprano, viola and piano (1998)
Balquhidder Music
• Trumpet Calls, twenty trumpets in five separated groups
Earthsongs, Corvallis, OR
• Grandma's Alleluia, SSA women's choir (1991)
• The Muse, the Stove, and the Willow Plate, SSA women's choir (1990)
• To Be Like Music, mixed choir (2010)
Frank E. Warren Music Service, West Newton, MA
• They Were Mysterious Guests, Hard to Capture, alto saxophone and piano (2000)
• Three Piano Pieces With Important Things for the Left Hand, piano (1995)
HoneyRock, Everett, PA
• Interface, viola and marimba (1992)
• Start Dancing, viola and 4 roto-toms (2002)
• Tangles in the Web, six percussionists (1999)
JOMAR Press, Austin, TX
• Broken Tulip, instrumental septet (2009)
• Disclosure, violin, alto sax, bassoon (2005)
• Hanging Onto the Vine, saxophone quartet (2003)
• Kali, She Who Devours Time, violin and piano (2009)
• Libero Arbitrio, oboe, bassoon, piano (2003)
• No Longer Suitable for Framing, clarinet and trombone (2003)
• Nudged Along On Time’s Notched Stick, flute, viola, and guitar (2007)
• Quartet Ablaze, clarinet, violin, cello, piano (2009)
• Seven Short Rhapsodies for Oboe and Bassoon (2004)
Tempo Press, Madison Heights, MI
• Time to Face the Music, orchestra (2010)
Yelton Rhodes, Los Angeles, CA
• Build A World, children’s choir and piano (2001)
• The Canvas, treble choir and orchestra (1999)
• Certainty of Stone, a young person's guide to the chorus, SATB and piano (1999)
• Come With Me, children’s choir, piano, percussion (2009)
• Five Animal Songs, SATB and piano (1999)
• Horses, women’s choir and piano (part of Five Animal Songs) (1999)
• Like Any Pilgrim, women’s choir (2002)
• Touched to Apocalypse, women’s choir, piano, and harp (2001)
• The Whole Machine of the World, SATB a cappella (2000)

Compact Discs
• Centaur CRC 3013 (2009)
  Libero Arbitrio, instrumental                   
  Seven Short Rhapsodies, instrumental   
• Centaur CRC 2426 (1999) 
  Projectual, instrumental                                 
• Capstone CPS 8674 (1999)
  Five Animal Songs, choral                              
• Pro Organo CD 7155 (2002)
  Touched to Apocalypse, choral                      
• Aerial #3 NON1 CD (1991)
  Interface, instrumental                            
• Amasong/Laulu Voim, The Power of Song (2003)
  The Stove, choral
• Amasong/Amai CD 9972 (1998)
  Like Any Pilgrim, choral           
• Madison Children’s Choir, O Freedom! (2000)
  Build a World, choral  
* Muse/Coming Into Our Voice (1993)
  The Stove, choral  

Selected Performances of Note
• Trumpet Calls, International Trumpet Festival at Chosen Vale (Summer 2011)
• Nature's Chopsticks, Butler University JCFA Composers' Orchestra (Apr. 21, 2011)
• Hanging Onto the Vine, Athens Saxophone Quartet, SCI Region VI Conference (Apr. 9, 2011)
• Lyrical Limericks, Festival of New Music for Treble Voices (Apr. 3, 2011)
• Time to Face the Music, Winchester Orchestra of San Jose (Mar. 19 and 20, 2011)
• Five Animal Songs, Indianapolis Men's and Women's Choruses (Mar. 19 and 20. 2011)
• No Longer Suitable for Framing, David Jackson trombone recital, Ann Arbor, MI (Mar. 12, 2011)
• It's the Soup That Animates the Noodles, Mission Chamber Orchestra in California (2010)
• Forays and Trysts, Interlochen Arts Camp (2010)
• The Old Songs, premiere by faculty ensemble, Interlochen Arts Camp (2010)
• Witness, SCI Region VI Conference in Oklahoma City, directed by Karalyn Merritt (2009)
• Kali, She Who Devours Time, Schlern International Music Festival in Italy (2009)
• Broken Tulip, SCI National Conference in Santa Fe, NM (2009)
• Our Hands Were Tightly Clenched, La Catrina String Quartet, Young Performers Career
  Advancement Showcase, Carnegie Hall, New York City (2007)
• Time to Face the Music, premiere, Interlochen Arts Camp, Paul Salerni, conductor (2007)
• Build a World, Madison Youth Choirs, Michael Ross, conductor (2007)
• Witness, Saint Mary’s College, 4 performances, directed by Douglas Boyer (2006)
• Seven Short Rhapsodies, International Double Reed Society Conference, Austin, TX, (2005)
• Symphony of Alcoves, SCI National Conference (2004)
• Five Animal Songs, NOW Festival, Capital University, Columbus, OH (2004)
• Hanging Onto the Vine, SCI National Conference (2004)
• Our Hands Were Tightly Clenched, Chicago College of Performing Arts (2003)
• Five Animal Songs, Butler Choral, Florida Tour (2002)
• Libero Arbitrio, International Double Reed Society Conference, Buenos Aires (2000)
• They Were Mysterious Guests, North American Saxophone Alliance (1999)
• A Fine Garment, A Gentle Weave, Western Illinois Univ. New Music Festival, (1999)
• Yelling At God, SCI National Conference (1999)
• Tangles in the Web, Central Michigan University percussion ensemble (1999)
• The Canvas, premiere, Valparaiso University Symphony, Southlake Children's Choir (1999)
• Five Animal Songs, multiple premieres, Otterbein Vocal Ensemble, Central Michigan
  University Concert Choir, Radcliffe Choral Society, University of Illinois Concert Choir (1999)

Current and Upcoming Projects
• Night of Blue Magice, a story in haiku, a chamber opera with a libretto by Karen Hesse, in progress
• Parma CD featuring Tim McAllister playing my works for alto saxophone in eclectic chamber combinations
• Guest Composer, Butler University School of Music, TBA Spring 2012
• Lyrical Limericks, performance at ACDA Symposium Concert, Washington, D.C., June 29, 2012

Audio Links to full length performances
• Works for larger wind groups
• Works for orchestra
• Works for eclectic ensembles

• Works for saxophone plus...
• Works for percussion plus..
• Works for voice plus...
• Works for solo instruments
• Works for mixed choir

• Aural Skills associated with Theory 2, 3, 4
• Keyboard Skills associated with Theory 2, 3
• Online Music Appreciation
• Digital Media in Music (will be required for all majors), beginning Spring 2013
• Composition sequence: 3 semesters in class and/or private lesson format
• Senior Seminar: capstone project for music seniors, co-taught with music history faculty
• Recital-Forum presentations (to all music majors and faculty)
        My Secret Life as a Composer (2009)
        Behind Every Successful Sound is the Harmonic Series (2008)
        Incredibly Instrumental, a four-part mini-series (2007)
        Window on the Music Professions, year-long series (2000)

Interlochen Arts Camp (6 week summer session, high school students)
• Composition Seminar for composition majors
Techniques and skills for aspiring composers, with an emphasis on focused
projects that may be incorporated into composiiton projects; topics change each summer.
• Advanced Composition Class
  Elective for instrumental and vocal majors; for students who have experience
  notating their musical ideas and are ready to incorporate new skills and techniques
  in a project-oriented structure. Writing for in-class instruments and voices is
  emphasized, as well as in-class readings and performances.  May be repeated,
  as specific topics will change each summer.
• Beginning Composition Class
  Elective for instrumental and vocal majors; introduction to basic compositional
  procedures, including building motives and melodies, textures, form, harmonic
  languages, scales/modes, accompaniment styles, text setting, notation skills.
• Theory classes: levels 1-4 as needed
• Private composition lessons, as needed: composition majors

Past College Level Teaching and Conducting Experience
• Form and Analysis
• Orchestra
• Wind Ensemble
• Conducting
• Chamber music coaching
• Electronic Music
• Cello and bass lessons
• Class Voice

Published Interviews
• The Observer, “Audience Witnesses Stunning, Emotional Opera,” May 1, 2006
• South Bend Tribune, “Witness this operatic debut,” Apr. 23, 2006
• South Bend Tribune, “Workshop a window to staging of opera Witness,” Feb. 22, 2005
• South Bend Tribune, “Introduction to opera’s merit,” Feb. 18, 2005

Public Presentations
• Performance/presentation in the One Book-One Community series at the Loudoun County
  Public Library in Virginia, with Witness participants, Oct. 1, 2005
• National Opera Association Conference in Washington, D.C.: poster session titled "Witness:
  A New Opera with Relevance, Musical Immediacy, and Rich Solo and Chorus Roles,”
  Jan.10, 2009

Published Articles
• Journal of the International Alliance for Women in Music, Two music reviews (Yule-tide  
  Fires  by D.Loomer and The Master’s Hands by E. Austin), Vol. 5, No. 1, Winter 1999, p. 31
• Journal of the International Alliance for Women in Music, CD review of Streicher Trio  
  playing  works of Louise Farrenc and Clara Schumann, Vol. 2, No. 3, Oct. 1996, pp. 34-35
• Journal of the Conductors’ Guild, “The Conductor as a Compositional Resource: New  
  Approaches to the Conducting Role in the Music of the 1960s and 1970s,” published in two
  parts: Vol. 13, No. 2,1992, and Vol. 14, No. 1, 1993

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