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C O M P O S E R — A R R A N G E R — P E R F O R M E R
128 Country Club Blvd 724.987.5025
Chesapeake, VA 23322 calvinnotalfred@gmail.com
E D U C A T I O N
Cedarville University, Cedarville, OH 45314
Bachelor of Music in Composition
Graduation: December 2018
Homeschooled, Beaver, PA 15009
Graduation: June 2013
I N S T R U C T O R S
Composition / Theory
▪ Amy Beth Kirsten (2017-present)
▪ Austin Jaquith, theory & composition (2013-2017)
▪ Bruce Curlette, theory (2013-2014)
Piano
▪ John Mortensen, jazz & improvisation (2016-2017)
▪ Charles Clevenger (2013-2015)
▪ Emma Rocco (2010-2013)
P R O F E S S I O N A L E X P E R I E N C E
March 2019: Singing Pianist | Billboard Onboard, Holland America Line
Contracted by Windish Music & Productions, West Chester, PA
January 2019: Internship (Production Assistant/Marketing) | PROTOTYPE Festival
New York, NY
October 2017 – present: Associate Artist Fellow | HOWL
New Haven, CT / Chicago, IL
May – September 2017, 2018: Keyboards / BGVs / Co-host | Decades Live, Carowinds Theme Park
Charlotte, NC (contracted by D&G Entertainment and Design, Orlando, FL)
Fall 2016 – Spring 2018: Pianist / Music Director | Pleasant Grove Missionary Church
Yellow Springs, OH
Fall 2016: Music Director for A Carillon Christmas | Carillon Historical Park
Dayton, OH
Fall 2015 – present: Composer-in-Residence | Cedarville University Theatre Department
Cedarville, OH
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July 2015, 2016: Internship | Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble
Pittsburgh, PA
Fall 2013 – Spring 2017: Vocal / Instrumental Accompanist | Cedarville University Music Department
Cedarville, OH
A W A R D S
2015: pianoSonoma 2015 Young Composer | Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA
2015: Certificate of Merit in Music Composition | Kennedy Center American College
Theatre Festival (KC/ACTF)
F E S T I V A L S
2015: Charlotte New Music Festival & Dance Co-Lab | Charlotte, NC
Vincent Thomas, dance
Lawrence Dillon, Marc Mellits, John Fitz Rogers, & John Allemeier, composition
2015: TUTTI Music Festival | Denison University, Granville, OH
M A S T E R C L A S S E S
2016: Composition masterclass with James Stephenson, Cedarville University
2016: Composition masterclass with Jonathan Bailey Holland, Cedarville University
2015: Composition masterclass with Brian Balmages, Cedarville University
2015: Composition masterclass with Stella Sung, Cedarville University
2013: Piano masterclass with Leslie Tung, Cedarville University
O P E R A / T H E A T R E / D A N C E
Through the Veil: An Easter Experience (2018)
for actor, live visual artist, and 3 musicians
concept / script by Matthew Michael Moore; music by Calvin Hitchcock; directed by Jonathan Goldthwaite;
premiered March 2018, Greenhouse Theatre, Chicago, IL
819: a chamber opera (2017)
for mixed chamber ensemble and 3 male singers
based on the 1971 Stanford Prison Experiment; concept / music by Calvin Hitchcock; text by David
Grandouiller; directed & produced by Calvin Hitchcock; premiered November 2017, DMC Recital Hall,
Cedarville University
t a i l· l e s s
or The Hole of Christendom as Seen Through the Lens of Three Blind Mice (2016)
for actor and chamber ensemble
concept / music by Calvin Hitchcock; text by David Widder-Varhegyi; directed & produced by Calvin
Hitchcock; premiered April 2016, DeVries Theatre, Cedarville University
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can’t let go (2015)
for chamber ensemble and 4 dancers
Great Noise Ensemble; concept by Calvin Hitchcock and Alexis Lucena; music by Calvin Hitchcock;
choreography by Alexis Lucena; premiered June 2015, Queens College, Charlotte, NC
I N C I D E N T A L
October 2018, Fools April 2016, Wit
Cedarville University Cedarville University
dir. Diane Conrad Merchant dir. Diane Conrad Merchant
April 2018, The Giver February 2016, Cyrano de Bergerac
Senior Theatre Project Cedarville University
dir. Remy Patterson and Gabrielle Bauman dir. Matthew Michael Moore
April 2018, Ken Ludwig’s Baskerville October 2015, POE: A Tale of Horror
Cedarville University Senior Theatre Project
dir. Diane Conrad Merchant dir. Anna Caroline Porter
February 2018, The Lion, The Witch & The March 2015, Doubt: A Parable*
Wardrobe Cedarville University
Cedarville University dir. Matthew Michael Moore
dir. Dawn Schlutz
March 2014, Act of Worship
October 2017, The Diary of Anne Frank Senior Theatre Project
Cedarville University dir. Doug Malcolm
dir. Diane Conrad Merchant
*received KC/ACTF Certificate of Merit in Music
Composition
October 2016, Jane Eyre
Cedarville University
dir. Diane Conrad Merchant
S E L E C T P E R F O R M A N C E S
April 2016, it takes two
May 2018, it takes two commissioned & performed by the PYCO
for string orchestra Chamber Strings
Cedarville University Orchestra Carnegie Music Hall, Pittsburgh, PA
Italian tour (international premiere)
November 2017, Why Fades A Dream March 2016, die, tom dooley!
for baritone, mixed chamber ensemble, bicycle arranged for toy piano solo
percussion Music Eisteddfod 2016, Guernsey, UK (international
DMC Recital Hall, Cedarville University premiere)
October 2017, for becca and jered December 2015, can’t let go
for violin, transcr. for viola for violin, cello, piano, electric guitar
The Chapel, Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, UK DMC Recital Hall, Cedarville University
(international premiere)
November 2015, now found
February 2017, it takes two for brass choir
Cedarville University Orchestra Cedarville University Brass Choir
Jeremiah Chapel, Cedarville University Jeremiah Chapel, Cedarville University
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August 2015, Water: Phase II rev. March 2015, Rhapsody for Clarinet
for cello and piano Jaqueline Eichhorn
LONGLEASH, pianoSonoma festival, Schroeder Hall, TUTTI Festival, Denison University, Granville, OH
Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA
December 2014, what if
July 2015, lehelet for Pierrot ensemble, vibraphone, and bass
for flute, clarinet, cello, percussion DMC Recital Hall, Cedarville University
commissioned & performed by PNME
City Theatre, Pittsburgh, PA July 2014, Water: Phase II
PNME Saturday Light Brigade radio broadcast
June 2015, die, tom dooley! Pittsburgh, PA
for violin, cello, toy piano, all vocalize
Beo String Quartet & Adam Scott Neal July 2014, Water: Phase II
New Gallery of Modern Art, Charlotte, NC Norbert Lewandowski, cello; C. Hitchcock, piano
PNME Showcase for CMU pre-college music
April 2015, Salem, 1692 intensive, Kresge Hall, Carnegie Mellon University,
for SSATBB and percussion Pittsburgh, PA
DMC Recital Hall, Cedarville University
April 2014, The Catacombs (two pianos)
April 2015, Incidental music for Doubt DMC Recital Hall, Cedarville University
for solo clarinet
David Widder-Varhegyi, poetry; Simon Yeh, clarinet April 2014, Water: Phase II
DMC Recital Hall, Cedarville University DMC Recital Hall, Cedarville University
April 2015, in· ter· est· ing December 2013, Rhapsody for Clarinet
for full orchestra DMC Recital Hall, Cedarville University
reading by Cedarville University Orchestra
M E D I A S C O R I N G
2016, Comedic Relief, a short film by Paul Tucker, co-scored with Mark Kelsey
2016, Arsenic and Old Lace, a Village Radio production, aired on Resound Radio (October)
2014, The Catacombs (from Fritz Lang’s Metropolis), premiered at the Cedarville Opera House
2014, Theme music for Fill in the Blank, a Cedarville University English Department podcast
R E P R E S E N T A T I O N
ASCAP – member since 2015
R E F E R E N C E S
Available upon request
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