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OBJECTIVE:

Composer of music for concert, choir, chamber ensemble, electronic, multimedia, dance, film and television

ACADEMIC PREPARATION:

  • Master’s Degree (M.M.) in Music Education with a Concentration inComposition, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA August 2005
  • Private Study with composers Gary Hull and Steve Antosca 2002-2007
  • Music Technology and MIDI Course Omega Recording Studios, Rockville, MD 1991
  • Audio Engineering 8-Week Course, Omega Recording Studios, Rockville, MD 1990
  • B.A. Music, Berklee College of Music, Boston, MA
    Concentration: Professional Music, Main Instrument: Guitar

LANGUAGES:

  • Fluent in English and French

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Recent Premieres/Performances for Concert Music:

  • 4/24/10 Usina Mekanica performed by Fuse Ensemble at Intermedia Festival, Indiana University
  • 3/28/10 Premiere of Usina Mekanica at American University’s Katzen Arts Center, Abramson Family Recital Hall. Usina Mekanica includes the works Bloody Mary, Infiltration of Memory, Holes (2010)
  • 05/06/09 Fuse Ensemble performed at the Kennedy Center's CrossCurrents contemporary music festival, premiering No Matter Where, for piano, violin and electronics.
  • 06/23/08 Train, performed by Splash Ensemble at Woolly Mammoth Theatre, Washington, DC
  • 03/01/08 Train, performed by Splash Ensemble at the Schlesinger Center, Alexandria, VA in collaboration with Jane Franklin Dance
  • 10/28/07 Time Pieces, Premiere*, at the Kreeger Auditorium of the Gildenhorn/Speisman Center for the Arts at the JCCGW in Rockville, MD. Time Pieces include the works:
    • Unhinge
    • (those who last)
    • Train
    • L'infini
    • Big Skate
  • 4/3/06 Secrets Speak Commissioned and Premiered by Cardinal Singers, Sertoma Arts Center, Raleigh, NC
  • 5/15/05
    • Carol Broke a Dish
    • Be Ground,
    • Purse Sized Gong
    • Sahara
    • Premiered by Gina Biver Ensemble at Harris Theater, George Mason University. Fairfax, VA
  • 5/15/05 Silence performed by Gina Biver Ensemble at Harris Theater, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
  • 5/14/05 Silence Premiered by M3E at Harris Theater, GMU Fairfax, VA
Electronic Scores/Multimedia Performances:
  • 5/30/10 SKating Still used in Order of MAgnitude 60X60 DANCE! at FoFA Gallery, Concordia University Montreal, Québec, Canada
  • 6/25/09 Econocide, electronic work premiered as part of Screaming at the Economy. Commissioned by Floating Lab Collective, premiered at Nathan Cummings Gallery, New York, NY
  • 05/08/09 Circulate was premiered at the Warehouse in DC at SoundScene 2009, The Human Body, an audio installation produced by the DC Listening Lounge.
  • 04/22/09 Incidence was performed at the Torpedo Factory Art Center in Alexandria, VA by Jane Franklin Dance
  • 3/21/09 Big Skate performed at the 8th Annual International Women’s Electroacoustic Listening Room Project (WEALR09) as part of the Annual New Music Festival at Cal State Fullerton
  • January 10th 2009 Incidence performed at Woolly Mammoth by Jane Franklin Dance
  • 12/06/08 Incidence, and interactive dance/music program involving the kinetic sculpture of Howard Connelly was premiered at the Mead Theater Lab at Flashpoint in Washington DC
  • 11/08/08 at Thomas Jefferson Community Theatre Arlington performance of Train by Jane Franklin Dance
  • 4/16/08 Sound Walk excerpts performed by Jane Franklin Dance at The Torpedo Factory Arts Center, Alexandria, VA
  • 4/5/08 Silence, electronic Performed as part of Temporal Interference at the King Center, Auraria Campus, University of Colorado, Denver
  • 4/3/08 Silence, electronic Performed as part of Temporal Interference at “Foro Performatica” at Unversidad de las Americas at Puebla Mexico
  • 3/1/08 Sound Walk, commissioned and performed by Jane Franklin Dance, Premiered at the Schlesinger Center, Alexandria, VA
  • 7/30/07 Skating Still Ruth S. Harley "University Center" Ballroom Adelphi University Long Island, NY
  • 6/15/07 Liebe Mich, Befrei Mich premiered at a concert on Oppression and Totalitarianism at A•Devantgarde festival Königsplatz München und Hochschule für Musik und Theater, Munich, Germany
  • 6/10/07 Skating Still Amadeus Centre, London, England
  • 6/9/07 Skating Still San Francisco Community Music Center, San Francisco, California
  • 6/7/07 Skating Still "Theatersaal" of the University Bremen, Bremen, Germany, a concert on Totalitarianism
  • 5/15/07 In Hiding Commissioned and Choreographed by Jane Franklin Dance Performed by Jane Franklin Dance at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage
  • 4/21/07 Skating Still at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, Fairchild Chapel, Oberlin, Ohio
  • 4/21/07 In Hiding Commissioned and Choreographed by Jane Franklin Dance, Premiered at Gunston Theater, Arlington, VA
  • 2/26/07 Skating Still (CEMI) University of North Texas, Denton, Texas
  • 2/24/07 Silence, electronic, Premiered at The Warehouse Theater, Washington DC in collaboration with Jane Franklin Dance and Bryan Leister entitled Temporal Interference.
  • 11/18/06 Skating Still Los Angeles Harbor College, Wilmington, California
  • 11/10/06 Skating Still premiered by the 2006 International 60x60 Project Collective: Unconscious, New York, New York

Music Composition for Film, Video, Television 1991-Present:

Published compositions include:

  • American Red Cross: African rhythms and song for relief efforts, dramatic disaster underscores and piano/strings motifs for public service announcements (TV) and training videos
  • TimeLife Entertainment: several television spots and videos
  • Smithsonian Institution: a salsa piece which was televised in thirteen Latin American countries
  • US News and World Report, a high-energy theme
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield's Olympic sponsorship, a triumphant score for video
  • Washington Times television advertisements
  • Rosanne Barr's opening theme at the WIFV 2000 Gala
  • DC FilmFest, the music for a trailer shown before every movie
  • Numerous dramatic political television spots
  • Full-length independent film “Water Closet” by Director Ayden Erdem
  • Zydeco, classical, folk backgrounds for assorted "infomercials"
  • DC 48Hour Film Fest 2004 (winning Best in Show), and 2005
  • 2006 International 60x60 Project CD
OTHER PROFESSIONAL WORK
  • Director/Composer of Fuse Ensemble, a new music/new media ensemble based in Washington, DC.
  • Master Classes on New Music and Technology at American University, Washington DC during March of 2010
  • For a full list of premieres and performances, upcoming shows or information about Fuse, please visit www.ginabiver.com
  • Middle School Music Instructor and Director of Band and Choir at Browne Academy, Alexandria VA September 2009 -- Present

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

  • American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP)
  • American Composers Forum DC Chapter
  • American Music Center
  • International Alliance for Women in Music

HONORS AND AWARDS

  • 2010 Strauss Fellowship Award from The Arts Council of Fairfax County
  • 2009 Composers Assistance Project Grant from American Music Center
  • 2009 Artist Residency at Virginia Center for the Creative Arts
  • 2008 Subito Grant from The American Composers Forum
  • 2007 Composers Assistance Project Grant from American Music Center
  • 2006 International 60X60 Project Winner
  • International Television and Video Awards (ITVA) for PSA Series featuring Grant Hill
  • Telly Award for TimeLife Entertainment Video Productions
  • Cine Golden Eagle Award for Red Cross Productions Films