Leese: Curriculum Vita

Curriculum Vita

1987 Boston University (Boston, Massachusetts)

M.Mus. (Composition and Theory)

Composition with Theodore Antoniou and Bernard Rands

1985 Jacksonville University (Jacksonville, Florida)

B.Mus. (Composition and Theory)

Composition with William Hoskins and William Schirmer

1995 Bascom Little Fund (covering performance costs of Self Portrait in 69 Shades of Gray)

1994 University of Akron Research Grant (choreography of solo harp piece)

1993 Ohio Arts Council, Lakewood Coalition for the Arts (improvisation with dance)

1993 Chitalishte Foundation (workshops and concerts of improvisation with dance in Bulgaria)

1993 Meet The Composer, Inc. Grant (development and performance of a dance score)

1993 Margaret Fairbank Jory Copying Assistance Grant (American Music Center)

1985-87 Boston University

1987 Most Outstanding Masters Student in Theory Award

1985-87 Director's Award for Academic Merit

1985-87 Assistantship to Electronic Music Studio

1985 Florida State Music Teachers Association Composition Contest Second Prize

1981-85 Jacksonville University

1981-85 Directors Award for Academic Merit

1981-85 Performance Scholarship

1985 Pi Kappa Lamda

1985 Most Outstanding Senior Composition and Theory Student

1985 Honors Recital of Electronic Music

1984 Delius Award in Composition

1984 Most Outstanding Junior Composition Student

1983 Delius Award in Composition

1983 Most Outstanding Sophomore Composition and Theory Student

1982 Most Outstanding Freshman Composition and Theory Student

1981-85 Pantry Pride Foundation Scholarship for Academic Achievement

1989-95 Summer Composition Workshop. New Music Associates, Cleveland State University (Edwin London). Full or partial scholarships for each year.

1988 June in Buffalo (Earle Brown, Donald Erb, Stephen Mosko, Bernard Rands, Harvey Sollberger, Charles Wuorinen).

1987 June in Buffalo (Earle Brown, David Felder, Bernard Rands, Roger Reynolds, Harvey Sollberger). Partial scholarship.

1995- Cleveland Composers Guild (Cleveland, OH)

1992 MacDowell Colony (Peterborough, NH)

1986-88 Underground Composers (Boston, MA)