COREY KEATING

405 South Albany #2 • Ithaca, NY 14850

(408) 449-0051 • coreygk@msn.com

EDUCATION
D.M.A. Music Composition, Cornell University, NY
• Anticipated Graduation in 2019
• Sage Doctoral Fellowship
• FLAS Fellowship (2015, 2016)

M.M. Music Composition, Bowling Green State University, OH

• Graduated in 2013
• Full-tuition Scholarship and Teaching Assistantship in Music Theory/Aural Skills
• Studies with Christopher Dietz, Mikel Kuehn, and Marilyn Shrude

B. M . Music Composition, San Jose State University, CA

• Graduated, Summa Cum Laude, in 2011
• Studies with Pablo Furman
• Additional Emphasis in Piano and Voice

HONORS AND AWARDS

2017 Fulbright Research Fellowship (Vietnam) – U.S. Department of State/I.I.E.
2016 Research Travel Grant (Vietnam) – Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies
2015 Otto R. Stahl Memorial Award – Cornell University, Flowing Ever Outward
Forgeign Language and Area Studies Fellowship – Mario Einaudi Center for International
Studies/U.S. Department of Education
Research Travel Grant (Vietnam) – Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies
2014 Forgeign Language and Area Studies Fellowship – Mario Einaudi Center for International
Studies/U.S. Department of Education
2013 Featured Composer – WFMT Radio Network, As the Night Blooms
Featured Composer – Society of Composers, Inc. Journal of Scores no. 50, As the Night Blooms
Resident Composer – Brush Creek Foundation for the Arts, Two Pieces for Piano and Electronics
Professional Development Grant – MidAmerican Center for Contemporary Music, Brush Creek
Foundation for the Arts Residency
Featured Composer – Society of Composers, Inc. National Conference, As the Night Blooms
2012 Finalist – BGSU 46th Annual Concerto/Composition Competition, As the Night Blooms
Featured Composer – BGSU/Toledo Symphony Orchestra Student Competition, Gardens of Stone
Professional Development Grant – MidAmerican Center for Contemporary Music, Melos Music
Third Annual New Music Concert
Graduate Studies Grant – BGSU, Melos Music Third Annual New Music Concert
Featured Composer – Ohio Federation of Music Clubs Annual Convention, Spring Night
Merit Scholarship/Work-Study Grant, Atlantic Music Festival

Corey Keating – CV 1/5

 First Prize (Art-Song) – National Federation of Music Club's Emil and Ruth Beyer Competition,
Spring Night
Featured Composer – BGSU/Toledo Symphony Orchestra Student Competition, Quintet for
Woodwinds
2011 President's Scholar – 4.0 GPA, San Jose State University
2010 President's Scholar – 4.0 GPA, San Jose State University
2009 Dean's Scholar – 3.65+ GPA, San Jose State University
2008 Featured Composer – Society of Composers, Inc. Region VIII Conference, Hidden is the Sky

SELECTED PERFORMANCES
2015 Flowing Ever Outward for Sinfonietta – Cornell Festival Chamber Orchestra, NY
Two Pieces for Piano and Electronics – Cornell Messiaen Festival, NY
Vjerskih Rituala for Piano Trio – Cornell Contemporary Chamber Players Concert featuring the
OSSIA ensemble, NY
2014 Audio Geometry (Pythagorean Triple) for Percussion Ensemble – Cornell Concert Series featuring
Sō Percussion, NY
2013 Two Pieces for Piano and Electronics – Cornell Contemporary Chamber Players Concert, NY
As The Night Blooms (Flute, Clarinet, Violin, Cello, Vibraphone, Piano) – Society of Composers,
Inc. National Conference, OH
2012 The Absence of Memory (Oboe, Clarinet, Violin, Viola, Bass) – Third Annual Melos New Music
Concert featuring ensemble39, PA
Gardens of Stone (Orchestra) – Reading by the Toledo Symphony Orchestra, OH
Spring Night – Ohio Federation of Music Clubs Annual Convention, OH
As The Night Blooms – BGSU Praecepta Concert, OH
A Moment Revealed (Clarinet, Violin, Cello, Piano) – Atlantic Music Festival Salon Concert, ME
Spring Night – Atlantic Music Festival Salon Concert, ME
As The Night Blooms – Atlantic Music Festival New Music Concert, ME
Quintet for Woodwinds (Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Horn, Bassoon) – Reading by Members of the
Toledo Symphony Orchestra, OH
Nocturne (Violin, Cello, Piano) – BGSU Praecepta Concert, OH
2011 A Moment Revealed – BGSU Praecepta Concert, OH
The Point at Which Light Shines Through (Horn, Piano) – BGSU Praecepta Concert, OH
Oboe Suite (Oboe, Piano) – BGSU Composer's Forum Concert, OH
A Moment Revealed – Second Annual Melos New Music Concert featuring Nonsemble 6, CA
A Moment Revealed – San Jose State Composition Recital, CA
The Point at Which Light Shines Through – San Jose State Composition Recital, CA
Oboe Suite – San Jose State Composition Recital, CA
Scrambled Signal (Fixed-Media, Live Dancer) – San Jose State Dance/Composition Department
Concert, CA
2010 The Point at Which Light Shines Through – First Annual Melos New Music Concert featuring Mike
Walker and Qing Jiang, IL
Fractured Visions (Orchestra) – Reading by the San Jose State Orchestra, CA
Vjerskih Rituala (String Quartet) – South Bay Composer's Collective Concert featuring Members of
the San Jose Chamber Orchestra, CA
The Point at Which Light Shines Through – University of Northern Colorado Horn Department

Corey Keating – CV 2/5

 Recital, CO
2009 Meditation on Martin Luther King Jr. (Piano, Live Dancer) – San Jose State Dance/Composition
Department Concert, CA
Hidden is the Sky (SATB Choir) – San Jose State Choir Department Spring Concert, CA
Rhapsody (Piano) – San Jose State Composition Recital, CA
Quintet for Brass (Two Trumpets, Horn, Trombone, Tuba) – San Jose State Composition Recital, CA
2008 Quintet for Brass – San Jose State Brass Department Concert, CA
Hidden is the Sky – SCI Region VIII Conference, CA

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Project Manager – CoLab Coop 2015- 16
• Overseeing various community projects for local web-technology firm
• Coordinating all phases of client accounts, from concept and design to
implementation and ongoing support

Graduate Teaching Assistant – College of Musical Arts, Bowling Green State University 2011- 13
• Working with Theory department faculty, designing course content, and
conducting weekly class sessions for undergraduate music students

Circulation Desk Supervisor – Jerome Library, Bowling Green State University 2011- 13
• Duties include patron account maintenance, customer service, opening/
closing, financials, and technology training

Administrative Assistant/Concert Manager/Recording Tech. – Atlantic Music Festival July-Aug. 2012

• Working with administration and staff coordinators to organize and archive
festival performances

Assistant Editor – Ira F. Brilliant Center for Beethoven Studies 2009- 11

• Assisting Executive Director in daily activities and publishing projects
• Contributed articles for the internationally-distributed Beethoven Journal
• Professional engraving and formatting work for various publications, including
Beethoven's Immortal Beloved: Solving the Mystery (Scarecrow Press)
Music Theory Tutor/Teaching Assistant – San Jose State University 2008- 11
• Department theory tutor for students at undergraduate and graduate level
• Assisting with Music History, Music Technology, and Electro-Acoustic Music
courses

Keyboard Consultant/Piano Tuner – Colton Piano Gallery 2006- 11

• Representing manufacturers including Bösendorfer, Schimmel, Estonia and
Roland
• In-house piano tuner

Orchestrator/Arranger/Engraver – Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church 2009- 10

• Composed and arranged choral and orchestral music for use in Christmas
and Easter services
• Transcribed and orchestrated music for professional “pops” community
concert series

Corey Keating – CV 3/5

 Choral Performer/Baritone – Lucasfilm/Another Planet Touring Oc t . 2 0 0 9
• Star Wars in Concert (North American tour – four dates)
• Ensemble member for internationally touring concert production featuring the
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Music Instructor/Activities Coordinator – Summer in the City Music Camp, SJSU June 2009
• Counselor for youth music camp, conducting composition and theory classes,
performing in ensembles, and leading choir sectional rehearsals

Choral Performer/Baritone – Mystical Stone Entertainment March 2009

• Video Games Live (North American tour – one date)
• Ensemble member for internationally touring multi-media music production

Music Theory Tutor – Spokane Falls Community College 2003- 05

• Private tutor for both first and second-year music theory students

PRINCIPLE TEACHERS
2013-16 Kevin Ernste, Roberto Sierra, Steve Stucky, Cornell University
2012-13 Marilyn Shrude, BGSU
2012 Christopher Dietz, BGSU
2011 Mikel Kuehn, BGSU
2007-10 Pablo Furman, SJSU

FESTIVALS AND MASTERCLASSES

2013 Brush Creek Foundation for the Arts, WY
Society of Composers, Inc. National Conference, OH
2012 Bill McGlaughlin, BGSU
Atlantic Music Festival, ME
David Ludwig, AMF
Robert Paterson, AMF
Nils Vigeland, AMF
Andrew Thomas, AMF
Josh Levine, BGSU
Robert Morris, BGSU
2008 Society of Composers, Inc. Region VIII Conference, CA

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
American Composer's Forum
ASCAP
Melos Music Collective
National Federation of Music Clubs
Society of Composers, Inc.

Corey Keating – CV 4/5

SELECTED RECORDINGS
2013 Melos Music Third Annual New Music Concert (CD),, The Absence of Memory
2012 Melos Music Second Annual New Music Concert (CD),, A Moment Revealed

SOFTWARE EXPERIENCE

Finale/Sibelius
Digital Performer/Pro Tools/Logic
Max/Msp
Ableton Live
Sony Vegas Pro
Photoshop/GIMP

VOLUNTEER WORK
Graduate Student Senator – Bowling Green State University, OH 2011- 13
• Elected as graduate student representative for the College of Musical Arts
• Additional appointment to the Jerome Library Advisory Committee

Panel Moderator – Shanklin Graduate Colloquium, Bowling Green State University, OH April 2012
• Panel moderator for annual academic symposium

Event Volunteer – American Beethoven Society, CA 2008- 11

• Responsible for various aspects of concert and event logistics, artist services,
and sales
• Assisting director in preparation for the annual Young Pianist's Beethoven
Competition
Board Member for ACDA Chapter – San Jose State University, CA 2009- 10
• Held secretarial and communications position for student-run choral
organization

Children's Workshop Director – Associated Students Child Development Center, CA 2008

• Conducted music education workshop for children's daycare program,
including instrumental introductions and creative listening

Classroom Volunteer – District 81 Schools, WA 2005/ 2003

• Designed and directed Music Around the World workshops with second grade
students at Moran Prairie Elementary School

Volunteer Performer – Various Locations, WA 2001- 02

• Provided guitar and piano music at St. Luke's Hospital, Cooper George
Retirement Center, and St. Ann's Church

Event Volunteer – Allegro Baroque and Beyond, WA 2001- 02

• Assisted coordinators in performance preparation and guest services for
Spokane's premiere Baroque music ensemble

Corey Keating – CV 5/5