Aaron Nathan Price

Curriculum Vitae
College Teaching Experience
University of Manitoba (Winnipeg, MB) 2021-Present
As a Sessional Instructor (2023-Present):
∙ Instructs Senior Years Curriculum and Instruction: The Arts (EDUB 3110)
As a Teaching Assistant (2021-2023):
∙ Assisted hybrid delivery of Senior Years Curriculum and Instruction: The Arts
(EDUB 3110) and Senior Years: Teaching Art (EDUB 4110): facilitated in-class
discussions, managed communications between in-person students and their
remote professor (via Zoom);
∙ Instructed three lab sections of undergraduate Spanish (SPAN 1180/1190);
∙ Instructed additional undergraduate Spanish tutoring hours (SPAN 1180/1190).

Trinity College (Hartford, CT) 2018-2021

As a Visiting Lecturer in Music:
∙ Instructed undergraduate Basic Musicianship lectures (MUSC-101);
∙ Instructed undergraduate Diatonic Harmonic Practice lectures (MUSC-201);
∙ Guided and instructed my Teaching Assistants for MUSC-101 (MUSC-466)

Arts Administration and Additional Teaching Experience

Connecticut Summerfest, Inc. 2015-Present
Artistic Director and Co-Founder

The Hartt School Community Division 2017-2021

Teaching & Program Assistant, Young Composers Project (YCP) Summer Program

Connecticut Music Educators Association 2014-2020

Clarinet and Saxophone Adjudicator for Regional and All-State Competitions

Private Studio Teaching Experience

Beller’s Music (Manchester, CT) 2013-2021
Instructor of Composition, Clarinet, Saxophone, and Piano

MusicMakers International Academy (Manchester, CT) 2015- 2019

Director of Woodwind Studies, Instructor of Clarinet, Saxophone, and Piano.
 Selected Presentations and Workshops
“From Grinding to Grooving: Investigating the Combat Music of Motoi Sakuraba”
Presentation of my research paper on how the mold-breaking combat music of
Motoi Sakuraba is effective in game immersion. Presented at the North American
Conference for Video Game Music (Ithaca College), Ludomusicology2020: Ninth
European Conference on Video Game Music (University of Malta), and Music
and the Moving Image Conference (NYU).

“A Very Brief Introduction to Video Game Music History”

An exploration into the ways that evolving technologies influenced choices in
composition, the influences of film music in video game scoring, and the
intricacies involved in arranging or licensing music for games.

“Introduction to Musical Forms in Film Scoring”

Introducing younger students to the ideas of musical form in the context of film
scoring, ranging from ideas about individual phrase shape all the way to larger
scale forms in fully realized compositions.

Selected Composition Discography

New Choral Voices, Vol. 2 ABLAZE Records, ar-00040
Merfolk for SATB divisi chorus Coro Volante; Brett Scott, conductor

Pierrot Ensemble Series, Vol. 1 ABLAZE Records, ar-00035

Aboard the Phantom Train for Pierrot Ensemble Musicians of Filharmonie Brno

Seeds Independent Release

Amber Veil for horn and harp Apple Orange Pair

Selected International Premieres

of Original Compositions & Arrangements
Valencia International Performance Academy (VIPA) Festival Valencia, Spain
La Guitarra, El Grito, El Silencio for soprano, flute, violoncello, and guitar

Payap University Chiang-Mai, Thailand

Concerto for Two Clarinets, Op. 35 by Franz Krommer
arranged for two solo clarinets in b-flat and clarinet quartet

Talis Festival & Academy Saas-Fee, Switzerland

Ever Onward for wind quintet

Paris-Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Czárdás by Vittorio Monti, arranged for two clarinets in b-flat
Zodiac Music Festival Valdeblore, France
Writings in the Stars for flute, contrabass, and piano

soundSCAPE Music Festival Maccagno, Italy

Sin Vergüenza for flute, guitar, and percussion
In Memoriam for solo violoncello

Selected Premieres in the United States

of Original Compositions
Northwestern University Evanston, Illinois
Reedsongs for reed quintet

Imani Winds Chamber Music Festival New York, New York

Via Oscura for wind quintet

Connecticut Summerfest West Hartford, Connecticut

The Basin, After Rainfall for crystal flute and guitar
Amethyst|Obsidian for alto saxophone and bassoon
Work//Flow for flute, clarinet, violin, and violoncello

Atlantic Music Festival Waterville, Maine

Aboard the Phantom Train for pierrot ensemble
Amber Veil for horn and harp
Vermillion Sandstone for pierrot ensemble

Educational Background
University of Manitoba, Faculty of Education Winnipeg, MB
M.Ed. in Curriculum, Teaching and Learning Graduated October 2023
Specialization in Arts Education

University of Hartford, The Hartt School West Hartford, CT

M.M. in Composition Graduated May 2016
Pi Kappa Lambda Honors

University of Connecticut Storrs, CT

B.M. in Composition, Minor in Spanish Graduated May 2013
Magna Cum Laude

Conservatorio Profesional de Música Joaquín Villatoro Jerez de la Frontera, Spain

Semester Abroad Spring 2008