Erik I.

DeLuca
erikdeluca@gmail.com 918 Bolling Avenue Charlottesville, VA 22902 434-465-1993 www.erikdeluca.com

Education
2013 2011 2009 2007
Ph.D., Composition and Computer Technologies : University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA - Advisors: Judith Shatin, Matthew Burtner, Ted Coffey, Michelle Kisliuk - Dissertation: Fieldworks, a path to composing M.A., Composition and Computer Technologies : University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA -Advisors: Judith Shatin, Matthew Burtner, Ted Coffey M.M., Composition and Music Technology : Florida International University, Miami, FL -Advisor: Paula Matthusen -Thesis: [in], an underwater soundscape composition B.S., Communications, Digital Music : University of North Florida, Jacksonville, FL

Teaching
2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008
MUSI 3090, Performance in Africa, Teaching Assistant, University of Virginia (UVa), Spring Mentoring, individual composition lessons with undergraduate composers, UVa, Spring MUSI 2350, Technosonics, Teaching Assistant, UVa, Fall MUSI 3090, Performance in Africa, Teaching Assistant, UVa, Spring Mentoring, individual composition lessons with undergraduate composers, UVa, Fall MUSI 3390, Introduction to Music and Computers, Teaching Assistant, UVa, Fall MUSI 1040, Exploring the Orchestra, Teaching Assistant, UVa, Spring MUSI 2110, Music in Everyday Life, Teaching Assistant, UVa, Fall MUSI 2120, History of Jazz Music, Teaching Assistant, UVa, Spring MUSI 1310, Basic Musical Skills, Instructor of Record, UVa, Fall MUSI 2350, Technosonics, Teaching Assistant, UVa, Spring MUSI 4543, Sound Studio, Teaching Assistant, UVa, Fall MUC 1342, MIDI Technology, Instructor of Record, Florida International University (FIU), Spring MUC 5512, Sound Reinforcement, Instructor of Record, FIU, Fall

Grants And Awards]

2013
Art and Environmental Action Student Scholarship ($10,000) ASCAP Foundation Bang on a Can Summer Institute Fellowship ($417) Digital Humanities Scholars Lab Fellow ($8,000) Buckner Clay Fellow ($3,500) Arts Humanities and Social Science Summer Research Fellowship ($5,000) ASCAP Foundation Morton Gould Young Composer Awards, finalist University of Virginia School of Music Fellowship (tuition waver, living stipend, and health insurance) University of Virginia Travel Fellowship ($500)

2012

2011 2010

2009

2008 2007

Atlantic Center for the Arts Associate Scholarship ($1,000) ASCAP/SEAMUS Student Commission, finalist University of Virginia Travel Fellowship ($500) MATA Festival short list University of Virginia School of Music Fellowship (tuition waver, living stipend, and health insurance) University of Virginia Travel Fellowship ($500) University of Virginia School of Music Fellowship (tuition waver, living stipend, and health insurance) GSAS and UVA's Society of Fellows Travel Grant ($3,000) Double Hoo Grant ($5,000) Raven Fellowship ($2,500) University of Virginia Travel Fellowship ($500) University of Virginia School of Music Fellowship (tuition waver, living stipend, and health insurance) University of Virginia Travel Fellowship ($500) University of Virginia School of Music Fellowship (tuition waver, living stipend, and health insurance) Miami-Dade Cultural Affairs Community Grant ($2,746) Atlantic Center for the Arts Associate Scholarship Atlantic Center for the Arts Associate Scholarship ($1,000) FIU Student Government Association, special allocations grant ($2,000) Herbert and Nicole Wertheim Fellowship (tuition waver and living stipend) Herbert and Nicole Wertheim Fellowship (tuition waver and living stipend) Interdisciplinary Sound Art Workshop scholarship

Residencies]
2013 2012
Bang on a Can Summer Festival. Composer-In-Residence. July. Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival. Composer-In-Residence. July. 70.8%: An Aqua Acoustic Music Festival. Composer-In-Residence. LSU School of Music. March. Atlantic Center for the Arts. Associate artist with Paul Dresher. May. Grand Canyon National Park. Artist-In-Residence. July. Denali National Park. Artist-In-Residence. January. FEASt Festival. Composer-In-Residence. FIU School of Music. February. North Cascades National Park. Artist-In-Residence. May. Isle Royale National Park. Artist-In-Residence. July. Wesleyan University. Composer-In-Residence. November. Acadia National Park. Artist-In-Residence. August. Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve. Artist-In-Residence. June. Crater Lake National Park. Artist-In-Residence. March. Atlantic Center for the Arts. Associate artist with Alvin Lucier and David Dunn. May. Atlantic Center for the Arts. Associate artist with George Lewis. May. Sound Art Workshop. Orford Arts Center. With Natasha Barrett, Yves Daoust, Alexandre Burton and Paul Rudy. July. Hardware Hacking with Nic Collins. Miami, FL. November.

2011 2010

2009 2008 2007

Conference Presentation]
2013 2012
Society for Ethnomusicology. Roundtable: Digital Ethnomusicology: The Affordances, Limitations, and Sociopolitical Implications of Digital Methodology. Chair: Wendy Hsu. With Ozan Aksoy and Christopher Johnson-Roberson. Indianapolis, IN. November. Forum for Interdisciplinary Dialogue. Conference paper presentation: Sounding Experiential Fieldwork. Charlottesville, VA. September.

Community Engagement]
2013

[selected]

2012

2011

2010

2009

Community Listening in Isle Royale National Park, a sonic ethnography. Scholars Lab Fellows Forum. Charlottesville, VA. September Artist talk for passengers of the Ranger III boat. Isle Royale National Park. Lake Superior, MI. August. Lecture on Sonic Ethnography for Wendy Hsus Digital Music-Cultures course. Occidental College. Los Angeles, LA. April. Composition forum presentation. Florida International University. Miami, FL. March Composition workshop. University of Miami. Miami, FL. March Lecture on Sonic Ethnography for Matthew Burtners Ecoacoustics course. University of Virginia. Charlottesville, VA. April. Evening program on listening. Mckee Amphitheater, South Rim. Grand Canyon National Park. August. Afternoon program on listening. Indian Gardens Amphitheater. Grand Canyon National Park. August. Multiple evening programs on listening. Phantom Ranch, Grand Canyon National Park. July. Sonic Portraits V with the Youth Conservation Corporation. Phantom Ranch, Grand Canyon National Park. July. World Listening Day Listening Session. Phantom Ranch, Grand Canyon National Park. July. Lecture on fieldwork for Judith Shatins Music and Computers course. UVa. Charlottesville, VA. March. Artist talks for 70.8%: An Aqua Acoustic Music Festival. LSU School of Music Recital Hall. Baton Rouge, LA. March Artist talk. Tri-Valley Community Library. Healy, AK. January. Sonic Portraits VI with students of the Denali Borough. Murie Science and Learning Center. Denali National Park, AK. January. Artist Talk for choral students of Tri-Valley high school. Healy, AK. January. Lecture on fieldwork for Matthew Burtners Ecoacoustics course. UVa. Charlottesville, VA. December. Composition forum presentation. Florida International University. Miami, FL. November. World Listening Day Session. Isle Royale National Park. Tobin Harbor, MI. July. Artist talk. Isle Royale National Park. Windigo Visitor Center. July. Artist talk. Isle Royale National Park. Rock Harbor Visitor Center. July. Artist talk. North Cascades National Park. Newhalem Visitor Center. May. Artist talk. North Cascades National Park. Upper Skagit Library. May. Judge for Big Shed: The Audio Documentary Podcast Verite +1 competition. April. Lecture on fieldwork for Alvin Luciers Experimental Music Course. Wesleyan University. Middletown, CT. November. Lecture on fieldwork for the Raven Fellowship Symposium, University of Virginia. Charlottesville, VA. November. Sonic Portraits III with middle school students from the Sabot At Stony Point School. Richmond, VA. November. Sonic Portraits II with the Whitney Museum elementary school students. Valdez, AK. June. Sonic Portraits I with the Sage Community School. Crater Lake, OR. March. Artist talk for the rangers and employees of Crater Lake National Park. Crater Lake, OR. March. Workshop: building homemade record players. Visual Arts Center of Richmond. Richmond, VA. November. Sound Objects: workshop with high school students of the Music Resource Center. Charlottesville, VA. November. Workshop: Building Homemade Record Player. Fort Wayne Museum of Art. Fort Wayne, IN. March.

Publications]
DeLuca, Erik. [in]. Homestead, FL: Everglade Records, 2011. CD. DeLuca, Erik, et al. Mechanisms I-III. Music From Seamus. Torrance, CA: Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States, 2010. CD. DeLuca, Erik, et al. Two Habitats. Wet Sounds: A compilation by Joel Cahan of music relating to water. United Kingdom: Newtoy, 2009. CD. DeLuca, Erik, et al. Light Blues. Bell Monks: let the waves carry us. Mine all mine Records. 2012. CD. DeLuca, Erik, and Tim Rains. Sonic Portraits, 2012. [http://www.nps.gov/dena/historyculture/sonic-portraits.htm]

Publications by others]
McEnroe, J. Review of [in]. The Field Reporter. [http://thefieldreporter.wordpress.com/2012/10/15/195/] Eckert, S. Composing with the Canyon. KNAU, Arizona Public Radio. NPR. 2012. Westbrook, R. Exploring the Sounds of Nature. Grand Canyon News. 2012. Capps, K. Enjoy the Silence: Composer Erik DeLuca in a New Element at Denali. Fairbanks Daily News-Miner. 2012.

Helmreich, S. Underwater Music: Tuning Composition to the Sounds of Science. In The Oxford Handbook of Sound Studies. Karin Bijsterveld and Trevor Pinch, eds. Pp. 151-175. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2011. Hamad, M. Deep Thoughts: Erik DeLucas underwater soundscapes at Wesleyan. The Hartford Advocate. 2011. Lemon, S. Crater Creators. Oregon Outdoors. 2010. Swartz, Dan. Erik DeLuca: The Deep Seascape. Fort Wayne Reader. 2009. Aguila, S. Symphony of the Sea. FIU News. 2009. Grant, R. The Sounds Trains Make. Entertaining U. 2006. Aguirre, J. The Sounds Trains Make. Axis Magazine. 2006.

Commissions]
2014 2013
Kendra Emery, saxophones, voice, and electronics. New work. Splinter Reeds, reed quintet and electronics. New work. Andie Tanning Springer, violin and electronics. Blue. Todd Reynolds, solo violin and electronics. Heart. Madeline Shapiro, cello octet and electronics. The Colorado. Bang on a Can, chamber ensemble and pre-recorded sounds. White Blanket. The Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival and Denali National Park, chamber orchestra, voice, and pre-recorded sounds. Winter. Michael Straus and 70.8%:An Aqua Acoustic Music Festival, Sax Quartet and pre-recorded sounds. The Edge of the Sea. Hamiruge Percussion Ensemble, percussion ensemble and pre-recorded sounds. Cascades. Little William Theater Festival of New Music, Duos: violin, accordion, tuba, and bass clarinet. Four Days of Winter

2012 2010

Fieldwork]
Community Listening in Isle Royale National Park. Co-Personal Investigator, Rolf O. Peterson. National Park Service Social Science Permit. 2013.

Compositions and Performances]

Orchestral

[selected]

Winter (2013): orchestra, voice, and recordings of silence. 25:00 Performed by the Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival Orchestra, conductor Robert Franz. Denali Visitor Center, AK. July 2013.

Chamber Ensemble
The Sun Followed (2013): 10 hands, 1 piano or mixed ensemble. 5:00 Jacob Abela, Vicky Chow, Karl Larson, Charlie Magnone, and Vicki Ray. MASS MoCA. North Adams, MA. July 2013. White Blanket (2013): large chamber ensemble, optional soprano voice, and electronics. 8:00 Performed by fellows of the Bang on a Can Summer Music Festival. MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA. July 2013. For Cowboy Randy Erwinn (2012): electric guitar quartet. 9:00 Performed by Dither. Christ Episcopal Church. Charlottesville, VA. February 2013. At the Edge of the Sea (2012): saxophone quartet and pre-recorded sounds. 10:00 National Student Electronic Music Event. Temple University. Philadelphia, PA. March 2013. Performed by POD Sax Quartet. LSU School of Music Recital Hall. Baton Rouge, LA. March 2012. Lake (2011): string quartet and film. 12:00 - In collaboration with filmmaker Philip Gale. Performed by Friction Quartet. Fire House Space. Brooklyn. January 2014. Performed by Friction Quartet. Spectrum. Manhattan. January 2014. Performed by Friction Quartet. CSU Monetrey Bay. December 2013. Performed by Friction Quartet. CSU Long Beach. December 2013. Performed by Friction Quartet. UC Riverside. December 2013.

Performed by Friction Quartet for the Brave New Music Series. The Shed. Healdsburg, CA. November 2013. Performed by Friction Quartet. First Universalist Church. San Francisco, CA. November 2013. Performed by Voxare. Old Cabell Concert Hall, University of Virginia. Charlottesville, VA. February 2012. Six Days of Summer (2010): bass flute, bass clarinet, percussion, piano, violin, cello, and 6.1 channels of pre-recorded sound. 10:00 Performed by the InnoVox Ensemble. Shapeshifter Lab, Brooklyn, NY. December 2013. SEAMUS. Lawrence University Chapel. Appleton, WI. February 2012. FIU Wertheim Performing Arts Center, Concert Hall. Miami FL. November 2011. Performed by the Verge Ensemble. Old Cabell Concert Hall, Charlottesville, VA. February 2011.

Percussion
Cascades (2011): large percussion ensemble and pre-recorded sounds. 7:00 MASS MoCA. North Adams, MA. July 2013. Old Cabell Concert Hall, University of Virginia. April 2012. Performed by the Hamiruge Percussion Ensemble. LSU School of Music Recital Hall. Baton Rouge, LA. March 2012. Dry Run (2011): percussion, voice, organ, and 1-channel of pre-recorded sound. 7:00 CARTA Miami Beach Urban Studio. New Music Miami. Miami Beach, FL. March 2013. The Sanctuary at The Haven, Charlottesville, VA. April 2011. The Hemlock Tree (2010): percussion ensemble and electronics. 7:00 Old Cabell Concert Hall. University of Virginia. Charlottesville, VA. April 2010. Helms Theatre. Charlottesville, VA. April 2010. Within a Sand Dune (2010): amplified percussion quartet. 7:00 Performed by Talujan Percussion Ensemble. Old Cabell Concert Hall, University of Virginia. Charlottesville, VA. February 2010.

Solo/Duo
Colorado Study (2013): viola duo. 3:00 Performed by Hannah Nicholas and Gabriel Taubman. MASS MoCA. North Adams, MA. July 2013. Performed by members of the Letter String Quartet. Richmond Theatrette. Richmond, Victoria Australia. November 2013. Four Days of Winter (2010): accordion(s), violin(s), tuba(s), bass clarinet(s), and 1 channel of pre-recorded sound. 8:00 The Garden at Eunoia, Charlottesville, VA. February 2011. Performed by Michael Maccaferri of eighth blackbird. Third Practice. Richmond, VA. November 2010. CFA Hall, Wesleyan University. Middletown, CT. November 2010. Rim Village, Crater Lake National Park, OR. July 2010. Hammer Museum. Los Angles, CA. August 2010.

Music for Dance

Thank you for Staying -In collaboration with the Movement Party UVas annual Fall Dance Concert Culbreth Theater. Charlottesville, VA. December 2013. And We Will Have Danced Together Score 2 -In collaboration with the Movement Party International Dance Theater Festival Lublin, Poland (!""#""$%&&(2013): digital and analog electronics. 13:00 -In collaboration with choreographer Kathryn Schetlick Ruth Caplin Theatre. Charlottesville, VA. October 2013. Music for Dance (2013): pre-recorded sounds. 9:00 -In collaboration with choreographer Susan Barnard PVCC Dance Concert. Charlottesville, VA. December 2012. The Hemlock Tree (2010): 5.1 channels of pre-recorded sounds. 7:00 -In collaboration with choreographer Susan Barnard Helms Theatre. UVa Spring Dance Concert. Charlottesville, VA. April 2010.

Electronic
[in] (2009): 5.1 channels of pre-recorded sound. 40:00 University of Huddersfield. Phipps Concert Hall. Huddersfield, England. October 2013. UC San Diego. Experiemtnal Theatre at the Conrad Prebys Music Center. La Jolla, CA. September 2013. LSU School of Music Recital Hall. Baton Rouge, LA. March 2012. Arts Coalition of Asbury Park, Asbury Park, NY. September 2010. Featured on Big Shed: The Audio Documentary Podcast. September 2010. EcoSono Institutes Oceans/Elements Concert, Caribbean Sea. June 2010. White Box . New York City, NY. June 2010. Issue Project Room. Brooklyn, NY. March 2010. The Bridge PAI. Charlottesville, VA. March 2010. Staffordshire University. Staffordshire University. January 2010. Delta State University. Cleveland, MS. November 2009. Featured on Itch: An online/offline periodical. August 2009. Onomatopoeias and Song for Wrangell-St. Elias (2011): LP vinyl record and record player. 25:00 - In collaboration with poet Chelsea Hicks. The Bridge, Charlottesville, VA. April 2011. Old Cabell Concert Hall, University of Virginia. Charlottesville, VA. Pre-recorded version. May 2012. Sounds from Wrangell-St. Elias (2010): 4-channels of pre-recorded sound. 20:00 12 Nights series. GAB Gallery. Miami, FL. October 2010. Sonic Portraits series: for Mixed media and forces (2010-on going) Rim Village , Crater Lake National Park, OR. July 2010. Modlin Center for the Arts, University of Richmond. Richmond, VA. November 2010. The Bats of Carlsbad Caverns (2010): laptop orchestra. 6:00 Old Cabell Concert Hall. University of Virginia. Charlottesville, VA. May 2010. Sea (2008): video. (withdrawn) 7:00 - In collaboration with video artist Venessa Monokian Intermedia Festival . Indianapolis, IN. April 2010. Harold Golen Gallery. Miami, FL. December 2010. The Oolite Visual Arts Showcase , Miami, FL. December 2010. Ponce Inlet (2009): 3.1 channels of pre-recorded sound. 10:00 - In collaboration with artists Charles Stankevitch and Yolande Harris Atlantic Center for the Arts. New Smyrna Beach, FL. May 2009. Herbert and Nicole Wertheim Performing Arts Center . Miami, FL. November 2009. Mostly Red (2009): video (withdrawn) 5:00 - In collaboration with video artist Jim Merz Punto y Raya Festival . Barcelona. November 2009. Mechanism(s) I-III (2008): record player ensemble, chamber ensemble, and electronics. 10:00 Modlin Center for the Arts , Richmond, VA. November 2009. SEAMUS, Sweetwater Sound. Fort Wayne, IN. March 2008. International Computer Music Conference, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. August 2009. For NWEAMO. Diapason Gallery, Brooklyn, NY. November 2008. For NWEAMO. PS 14, Miami, FL. October 2008. Two Habitats (2008): live electronics and large ensemble or 2-channels of pre-recorded sound. 30:00 Wertheim Performing Arts Center, Miami FL. April 2008. Toured Europe as part of Wetsounds underwater listening gallery. 2009-10. Fragments (2008): 2-channels of pre-recorded sound. 7:00 - In collaboration with poet Tony Hoagland and his Atlantic Center for the Arts associate artists. Atlantic Center for the Arts. New Smyrna Beach, FL. May 2008. and here I am (2007): 2-channels of pre-recorded sound. 5:00

For the Internal Computer Music Conference (ICMC). Belfast, Ireland. August 2008.

Curatorial]
Sound Art at Chroma. Charlottesville, VA (on going) Sounds Teach us Things: A Night of Listening and Community Dialogue. The Bridge PAI. Charlottesville, VA. April 2013. Audio September: an annual month of audio programming at the Bridge PAI. Curatorial committee. September 2012. Audio March: an annual month of audio programming at the Bridge PAI. Curatorial committee. March 2011. Transform/Immerse: an evening of natured inspired sound art. March 2010.

Performances

[as performer]

[selected]

Percussionist. Inuksuit by John Luther Adams. University of Richmond. March 2013. Keyboardist. Lullabies and Protest Songs, Suite No.3 by Ted Coffey. For Technosonics. Old Cabel Concert Hall. September 2011. Laptop. Autopoetics II by Ted Coffey. For Technosonics. The Mead Theatre. Washington, DC. November 2010. Objects. Play by Christian Wolff. Composer present. University of Virginia, New Music Ensemble. April 2011. Charlottesville, VA. Laptop. Lathyrus by Paula Matthusen. Composer present. January 2011. MATA Interval. Issue Project Room. Brooklyn, NY. Laptop. A Night of New Music. University of Virginia New Music Ensemble. April 2010. Charlottesville, VA. Laptop. Improvised set with Wendy Hsu and Carey Sargent. December 2009. The Bridge. Charlottesville, VA. Duo, electro-acoustic free improvisation. With Eric Lopez-Zareno. November 2009. FEASt Fest. Miami, FL. Trio, electro-acoustic free improvisation. December 2008. For Art Basel. Miami, FL. Trio, electro-acoustic free improvisation. November 2008. Locust Projects. Miami, FL. Trio, electro-acoustic free improvisation. September 2008. Radio Active Records, Ft. Lauderdale, FL. Indeterminacy II. February 2008. FEASt Festival. Florida International University, Miami, FL. Indeterminacy I. December 2007. University of North Florida, Jacksonville, FL. the sounds trains make...and here i am. May 2007. For Florida Music Festival. Backbooth, Orlando, FL. the sounds trains make...and here i am. January 2007. TSI, Jacksonville, FL. the sounds trains make...and here i am. December 2006. London Bridge, Jacksonville, FL.

Ensembles]
Florida Laptop and Electronic Arts (FLEA) Ensemble. Founding member and composer (2007-2009) New Music Ensemble. University of Virginia (2009)

Administrative]
University of Virginia, Department of Music, Colloquium committee (2010-present) Graduate student resident ensemble organizer. VOXARE String Quartet. UVA (2011) New West Electronic Arts and Music Organization (NWEAMO), Miami, FL. Festival coordination (2008) Florida Electroacoustic Student (FEASt) Festival, Miami, FL. Festival Co-director and Publicity Manager (2007)

Other Work Experience]

Create Charlottesville. Artists / Creative Business Development Task Force Member (March 2013) Sensate, a journal for experiments in critical media practice. Media and Outreach Team. (2012-present) The Bridge Progressive Arts Initiative, music programming coordinator (2009-present) Florida International University, Sound Technologists. Wertheim Performing Arts Center, Concert Hall. (2008-09) Live sound reinforcement for Arturo Sandoval

Harvetsworks: Digital Arts Center. Intern. New York, NY (2008) Florida International University, School of Architecture and the Arts. Website management (2007) Community Hospice of North East Florida, Audio/Visual Coordinator (2006) Sound installation technician. For Clark Lunberrys Murmur of Words Installation. University of North Florida (2009) In-game sound supervision for the Jacksonville Barracudas Hockey Team. Jacksonville, FL (2007)