11 Mount Charles                                     adamscottneal [at] gmail.com
Belfast, Northern Ireland, BT7 1NY             www.adamscottneal.com
+44 079 4259 7416

Education

MA, sonic arts (in progress, for graduation 2008)
Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK

MM, music composition, 2007
Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

BM, music technology, (magna cum laude, with distinction) 2003
Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Primary composition teacher: Robert Scott Thompson
Selected masterclasses: David Felder, Michael Finnissy, Bernard Rands, Harvey Sollberger, Augusta Read Thomas, Charles Wuorinen

Works and Performances

       in progress

Baffin Bay for laptop performer

Mojave for laptop performer

Palimpsest/Good Boy for computer-generated sounds

       2008

More Money Than You Know What to Do With (~5') for live electronics and coin controller
       forthcoming premiere: Belfast, UK, 4/10/08

Promenade de minuit for saxophone and harp. (Requested by Turdus Merula)

...the silver-plumed reeds tremble for solo percussion. (adapted from Three Haiku)

       2007

Gallery (10’) - flute, clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, horn, trombone, percussion, violin, viola, bass
       Premiere: “Stack the Dectet.” Atlanta, GA 4/1/07

Othello (?’??”) – improvisers and prompter

Parallel Lives (7'30") - computer-generated sounds, with video by Kevin Dotson
       Premiere: "Signals of the Vitruvian Man." Belfast, UK, 2/29/08

Petrichor (7’) – clarinet and computer-generated sounds (installation version also available)
       Premiere: Kenneth Long, neoPhonia New Music Ensemble, Atlanta, GA 10/9/07
       Additional performances:
             "Rainy Commute," Belfast, UK, 1/17/08 (installation + improvisers)
             "Signals of the Vitruvian Man." Belfast, UK, 2/29/08

The Sonic Generator (1-5') - computer-generated sounds (rev. 2008)
       Premiere: "Signals of the Vitruvian Man." Belfast, UK, 2/29/08

Tanka (6'30") - solo cello

Uno (?’??”) – improvisers and prompter

       2006

Djinn (7') – trombone and computer-generated sounds
       Premiere: Matt Scott, GSU SCI Student Chapter, Atlanta, GA 12/8/06
       Additional performance: Graduate Recital, Atlanta, GA 2/2/07

Five Movements on Mondrian (6'30”) – video and computer-generated sounds
       Premiere: GSU SCI Student Chapter, Atlanta, GA 12/8/06
       Additional performances:
             Graduate Recital, Atlanta, GA 2/2/07
             16th Annual Florida Electroacoustic Music Festival, Gainesville, FL, 4/13/07
             "Signals of the Vitruvian Man." Belfast, UK, 2/29/08

Straphanger (6') – computer-generated sounds (installation version also available)
       Premiere: Graduate Recital, Atlanta, GA 2/2/07
       Additional performances:
             Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference, Atlanta, GA, 4/11/07
             neoPhonia New Music Ensemble, Atlanta, GA 4/17/07
             "Rainy Commute," Belfast, UK, 1/17/08 (installation + improvisers)
             Atlanta Composers Group: "Unseen Forces," Atlanta, GA 1/28/08
             "Signals of the Vitruvian Man." Belfast, UK, 2/29/08

Three Haiku (15') – flute, guitar, viola, percussion (one player)
       Premiere (with Beacon Dance): Davidson-Arabia Mountain Nature Preserve, Lithonia, GA, 9/23/06
       Additional performances:
             Graduate Recital (with Beacon Dance), Atlanta, GA, 2/2/07
             neoPhonia New Music Ensemble, Atlanta, GA, 2/13/07
       first movement premiere: GSU SCI Chapter, Atlanta, GA, 4/1/06

Through the Canopy (6') – solo piano
       Premiere: Heather Johnston, GSU SCI Student Chapter, Atlanta, GA 12/8/06
       Additional performances:
             Graduate Recital, Atlanta, GA 2/2/07
             Ohio State University Composer's Forum, Columbus, OH, 5/3/07

Yahtzee (?’??”) – improvisers and prompter

       2005

Behind the 8-Ball (?’??”) – improvisers and prompter
       Premiere: GSU SCI Student Chapter, Atlanta, 12/2/05
       Additional performances:
             Praecepta, Bowling Green, OH, 10/14/07
             Praecepta, Bowling Green, OH, 12/7/07

Deviations (7') – clarinet, violin, cello, piano
       Premiere: New York New Music Ensemble, June in Buffalo Festival, Buffalo,NY, 6/7/2006
       Additional performance: Graduate Recital, Atlanta, GA 2/2/07

Etchings in the Silence (5') – solo trumpet in C
       Premiere: Daniel Swilley, GSU SCI Student Chapter concert, Atlanta, 12/2/05
       Additional performance: Daniel Swilley, SCI “nano-conference” Exchange Recital, Atlanta, 2/25/06

Famiglia Rotta (8') – violin, viola, cello

Travels (9') – soprano, harp, contrabass, and two percussionists. Text by Stephen Crane.
       Premiere: GSU SCI Student Chapter, Atlanta, 4/28/06

       2004

Nympholepsy (6'30”) – solo flute
       Premiere: Sara Booker, neoPhonia Ensemble, Atlanta, 2/15/05
       Additional performance: Graduate Recital, Atlanta, GA 2/2/07

Papers, Programs, and Research

ASN Subtractive Ringmod (Max/MSP synthesizer, 2008)

The Sonic Generator (Batch program + monograph, 2007, rev. 2008)

Teaching Artist Residencies (web portfolio, 2007)

Motivic Unity in Schoenberg's Five Pieces for Orchestra (monograph, 2006)

Subtle Shades of Time: Rhythm and Form in Ferneyhough's Bone Alphabet (monograph, 2006)

www.adamscottneal.com (website/portfolio, ongoing)

Awards and Honors

Podcast Competition Finalist, Queen’s University Belfast, November 2007

School of Music and Sonic Arts Bursary Award, Queen’s University Belfast, September 2007

Participant, June in Buffalo Festival, Buffalo, NY, June 2006.

Graduate Assistantship, Georgia State University 2004, 2005, 2006

Presidential Assistantship (undergraduate), Georgia State University, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002

Festival Presentations

Five Movements on Mondrian (6'30”) – video and computer-generated sounds
       16th Annual Florida Electroacoustic Music Festival, Gainesville, FL, 4/13/07

Deviations (7') – clarinet, violin, cello, piano
       New York New Music Ensemble, June in Buffalo Festival, Buffalo,NY, 6/7/2006

Service and Experience

Mastering Engineer
for Aucourant Records:
    The Book of Names, Virtual Memory, 2007
    Improbable Pianos, Robert Scott Thompson, 2007
for Georgia State University:
    In with the New, Vol. 1, GSU SCI Student Chapter, 2005
    In with the New, Vol. 2, GSU SCI Student Chapter, 2007

Research Assistant to Robert Scott Thompson, 2007
    sound engineering, music notation, recording studio renovation

Adjudicator, National Association of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS), Pacific Southwest Chapter Emmy Awards, 2007

Concert Co-Presenter
    "Signals of the Vitruvian Man." Belfast, UK. 2/29/08
    "Rainy Commute: An open recording session" (ft. Straphanger and Petrichor). Belfast, UK 1/17/08
    “Stack the Dectet.” Atlanta, GA 4/1/07
    “Turned On: Electronic Music by Atlanta Composers” Atlanta, GA 2/19/07
    “Beacon Dance featuring Adam Neal.” Lithonia, GA 9/23/06
As GSU SCI Chapter President:
    GSU SCI chapter recitals: 12/2/05, 3/3/06, 4/28/06, 12/8/06, 2/9/07, 4/20/07
    “Instant Music” series: 4/1/06, 3/30/07

Graduate Assistant, Georgia State University, 2006-2007
Sound Learning Program, developing and presenting composition/technology residency for Drew Charter School (Atlanta, GA)

Resident Musician, Sound Learning Program, Georgia State University, 2006
Developed and presented a residency to third-grade students at Centennial Place Elementary School (Atlanta, GA), teaching composition and music technology

President of the Georgia State University student chapter of the Society of Composers, Inc., 2005-2007. Presented concerts, produced student composition CD, held meetings, mentored younger composers.

Co-founder and Chair of the Atlanta Student Section of the Audio Engineering Society, 2005-2006

Graduate Assistant, Georgia State University, 2004-2006
Assisted in courses on Music Technology, Computer Music, Orchestration, and Composition, recording studio maintenance, various other duties

Instructor, New School of Music, Buford and Lilburn, Georgia, 2003-2007
Private studio of piano, trombone, and euphonium students

Recording Engineer, Summerhouse Sound Productions, Hoschton, Georgia, 2003-2005
production, engineering, session playing (keyboards)

Presidential Assistant, Georgia State University, 1999-2003
Stage Manager for Symphonic Wind Ensemble, recording studio maintenance, various other duties

Discography

In With the New, Vol. 1 (GSU SCI Student Chapter compilation, 2005)
    In Flanders Fields and Souterrain (note: both pieces now withdrawn)

In With the New, Vol. 2 (GSU SCI Student Chapter compilation, 2007)
    Through the Canopy

Unseen Forces: Atlanta Composers Compilation (2008)
    Straphanger

Professional Affiliations

American Music Center

Broadcast Music, Inc.

Society of Composers, Inc.