DALLAS J. HERNDON
251 E 2400 S [email protected]
South Salt Lake, UT https://dallasjherndon.carrd.co/
84115 (843) 637-1274
Dynamic composer, educator, and creative professional with eight years of experience in higher and fine arts
education. Research specializations in environmental music, ecoacoustics, and data sonification techniques. Degrees
in music composition (Ph.D., M.M.), music theory (M.M., B.M.), and music performance (B.M.).
EDUCATION
Ph.D. Music Composition, University of Utah 08/23
Dissertation Part 1: An Analysis of Ecoacoustics in Matthew Burtner’s Avian Telemetry
Dissertation Part 2: Valley: Three Corners of Our Room for chamber choir, solo instruments, and electronics
Committee Chair: Elisabet Curbelo
M.M. (concentrations in Composition and Music Theory), East Carolina University 07/18
Thesis: An Analysis of Alfred Schnittke’s Polystylism in his String Quartet No. 3 (1983)
Advisor: Mark Richardson
B.M. summa cum laude (Music Performance, clarinet; Music Theory; Jazz Studies Minor), 05/16
Newberry College
COMPOSITION STUDIES
Doctoral: Miguel Chuaqui, Elisabet Curbelo, Manuela Meier, Steve Roens
Masters: Edward Jacobs, Travis Alford
Additional studies/masterclasses:
John Valerio, Matthew Ricketts, Charlie Peck, Jim Mobberly, Melinda Wagner, Richard Nelson,
Frank Mauceri, Lei Liang, Joel Hoffman, Kyong Mee Choi, Anna Weesner, Andrew Norman, Matthew
Burtner, Jordan Kuspa, Tamar Diesendruck, Niclolás Lell Benavides
OTHER STUDIES
Music Theory: Mark Richardson
Clarinet: Barry McGinnis, additional studies with Robert DiLutus
Other studies in piano, oboe, cello, guitar, jazz improvisation
LANGUAGE PROFICIENCIES
English (native)
French (intermediate)
TEACHING EXPERIENCE (cont. on following page)
Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Utah 2024-
Teaching undergraduate music composition students, including individual and group instruction
Resident Tutor for School of Music, tutoring graduate/undergraduate students in Music Theory & Musicianship courses
Music Production Instructor, Athletes Global Corporation 10/2023-12/2023
Teaching Music Production skills to middle school students (Grades 6-8) in after school programs
Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Utah 2019-23
Music Theory I, instructor of record
Music Fundamentals, instructor of record
Musicianship I-IV, instructor of record
Introduction to Music Technology, instructor of record
Administrative Assistant for the New Music Ensemble (2020-21)
Adjunct Instructor of Music, Pitt Community College 2018-19
Music Theory II
Aural Skills II
Music Appreciation
American Music
Music Tutor (Music Appreciation/Music Theory)
Graduate Assistant (Music), East Carolina University 2016-18
Music Fundamentals, instructor of record (2017-18)
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Graduate Supervisor for the Theory Tutoring Program (2016-18)
Audio Recording Assistant (2016-18)
Teaching Assistant for Music Fundamentals (2016-17)
Music Tutor, Newberry College 2015-16
Undergraduate Music Theory (I-IV), Basic/Elementary Piano Skills
INTERDISCIPLINARY and COLLABORATIVE EXPERIENCE
“Sustainability at the U: A Guide for Becoming Involved on Campus” (2023)
Coauthored a guide for students at the University of Utah to communicate sustainability resources on campus
and foster collaborative connections, also included a photographic art installation to be installed in the Global
Change and Sustainability Center on campus
Pac-12+3 Arts & Science Deans Meeting (2023)
Was selected to present on my interdisciplinary work in Valley: Three Corners of Our Room, meeting with
faculty and professionals from various universities in the Pac-12 Conference
Global Change and Sustainability Center Research Symposium (2023)
Presented a poster on my work Valley: Three Corners of Our Room, discussing the compositional techniques
used and the interdisciplinary elements of my collaboration with attendees and other participants
Valley: Three Corners of Our Room (2022) for chamber choir, solo instruments, and electronics
*Dissertation composition, collaboration with Matty Glasgow (poet), Zheng Zhou (videographer),
University of Utah campus observatory, and US Geological Survey in the collection and sonification
of pollution data collected around Salt Lake City, Utah
Astarmagtisms (2022) for chamber choir and electronics
Collaboration with University of Utah observatory and astronomy faculty in the collection and
sonification of light pollution data in Utah
Asphyxiated By An Echo (2021) for string quartet and electronics
Written in collaboration with Matty Lane Glasgow (poet) and Reilly Jensen (visual artist)
Premiered during the Artivism4Earth event, Earth Day 2021
Micromorphosis (2018) for string quartet
Showcased in conjunction with “Silvery Night” (painting) by Ralph Albert Blakelock
Utah Museum of Fine Arts, “Sight and Sound” Series, Spring 2021
PERFORMING EXPERIENCE
East Carolina University: Concert Band, Symphonic Band, UnCaged (free improv. ensemble) 2016-18
Newberry College: Wind Ensemble, Symphonic Band, Scarlet Spirit Marching Band, Jazz Band,
Jazz Combo, Clarinet Ensemble, Saxophone Ensemble, Piano Chamber Ensemble, Choir 2012-16
South Carolina Intercollegiate Honor Band 2014, 16
Charleston Symphony Youth Orchestra 2011-12
HONORS and AWARDS (cont. on following page)
MUSLAB Planeta Complejo (MAAC Guayaquil, Ecuador), selected participant 2023
Alfred Lambourne Arts Prize, Winner of Sound Category 2023
Intermountain Sustainability Summit Student Poster Contest Winner (Creative Arts & Humanities) 2023
University of Utah Global Change and Sustainability Center Research Grant 2022-23
University of Utah School of Music Composition Scholarship 2022-23
University of Utah Fine Arts Fees Grant (for UCC) 2020, 21, 22
University of Utah Full Graduate Tuition Benefit 2019-23
University of Utah Graduate Teaching Assistantship, Theory/Musicianship 2019-23
Pi Kappa Lambda Music Honor Society 2017-
Recognition in ECU’s 60
th
Rebel Magazine (for Tetramania) 2017
Golden Key Honor Society 2017-
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East Carolina University Graduate Assistantship, Theory/Composition 2016-18
Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award, Newberry College 2016
Newberry College Bachman Honor Society 2016-
Omicron Delta Kappa Leadership Society 2015-
South Carolina Intercollegiate Honor Band 2014, 16
MTNA Composition Competition State Winner (South Carolina) 2015
Blue Key Honors Society 2014-
Newberry College Dean’s List Student 2012-16
Newberry College Music Scholarship 2012-16
Boy Scouts of America, Eagle Scout Rank 2000-12
ORGANIZATIONS and AFFLIATIONS
Ecoartspace 2022-
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 2021-
The Planetary Society 2021-
College Music Society 2021-
University Composers Collective, University of Utah (Vice President) 2019-23
Association for Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP) 2018-
Society of Composers (SCI), ECU Chapter Treasurer 2017-18 2016-
North American Saxophone Alliance 2014-16
National Society for Leadership and Success 2014-
Delta Omicron International Music Fraternity, Newberry College Musicale Director 2013-15
Charleston Symphony Youth Orchestra 2011-12
Technology Student Association (TSA) 2008-12
FESTIVALS and WORKSHOPS
Teaching Composition: A Symposium on Music Composition Pedagogy (Salt Lake City, Utah) 2023
Charlotte New Music Festival (Charlotte, NC) 2018
Snow Pond Composers Workshop (Sidney, ME) 2017
SOFTWARE SKILLS and PROFICIENCIES
Audio Production & Mixing (Logic Pro, GarageBand, Pro Tools, Ableton Live, Amadeus Pro, Audacity)
Video Software (Final Cut Pro, Motion, iMovie, QuickTime, Zoom, HandBrake)
Music Notation Software (Sibelius, Finale, MuseScore)
Microsoft Office Suite (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook)
Learning Management Software (Canvas, CIS, Blackboard, Moodle, Banner, Starfish, TopHat, Cengage)
Google Suite (Docs, Slides, Photos, Drive)
Computer Technology: Apple Power User, HTML/CSS (basic), XML (basic), Canva
SELECTION of COMPOSITIONS and PREMIERES
Exhumations of the Blue (2024) for trumpet, flute ensemble, and electronics (in progress)
*April 2024, expected premiere by the University of Utah “Runnin’ Flutes” Flute Ensemble
Arbor, Ardor, Arbus for trumpet, drumset, piano, and mixed media (2023)
September 22
nd
, 2023, premiere, Libby Gardner Concert Hall, Salt Lake City, Utah
Written for Splice Ensemble
Muted: Hear No Echo (2022) for chamber choir, solo trumpet, and electronics
October 7
th
, 2023, virtual performance, MUSLAB Planeta Complejo 2023
MAAC Guayaquil, Ecuador
Valley: Three Corners of Our Room (2022) for chamber choir, solo instruments, and electronics
*Dissertation composition
February 26
th
, 2023, recording, Libby Gardner Concert Hall, Salt Lake City, Utah
Shane Mickelsen, conductor; Isabel Cossa, Nathalia Alvarez, sopranos; Jourdan Elterman, Mara Davis,
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Elissa Jones, altos; Caleb Martin and Maxwell Ricks, tenors; Logan Luker, bass; Briana Gillet, trumpet; Bryan
Kiang, flute; Dallas Herndon, electronics
Astarmagtisms (2022) for chamber choir and electronics
*Became first movement of Valley: Three Corners of Our Room
February 26
th
, 2023, recording, Libby Gardner Concert Hall, Salt Lake City, Utah
Shane Mickelsen, conductor; Isabel Cossa, Nathalia Alvarez, sopranos; Jourdan Elterman, Mara Davis, Elissa
Jones, Altos; Caleb Martin and Maxwell Ricks, tenors; Logan Luker, bass; Dallas Herndon, electronics
Tautophony (2022) for bass clarinet and marimba
February 11
th
, 2022, premiere, Libby Gardner Concert Hall, Salt Lake City, Utah
Written for residency with Transient Canvas
On the Nature of Time (2021) for piano duet and electronics
April 11
th
, 2022, premiere, Dumke Recital Hall, Salt Lake City, Utah
Yanqi Wang and Oswaldo Machado, piano
Asphyxiated By An Echo (2021) for string quartet and electronics
Online Virtual Premiere, Earth Day 2021, Artivism4Earth Project
Written in collaboration with Matty Lane Glasgow (poet) and Reilly Jensen (visual artist)
Hanna Packard and Morgan Smith, violins; Jacob Davis, viola; Jacob Ginn, cello;
Interpretations (2020) for clarinet and classical guitar
December 3
rd
, 2021, premiere, Dumke Recital Hall, Salt Lake City, Utah
Dallas Herndon, clarinet; Emily Bender, classical guitar
Etude for Clarinet (2020) for solo clarinet
*Online virtual premiere, November 2020
Dallas Herndon, clarinet
When Memories Fade Like Faded Glass (2020) for clarinet and electronics
*Media released, April 2020
Dallas Herndon, clarinet
Soundlence (2020) for flute, clarinet, bassoon, harp, and percussion
Recorded May 7, 2021, Libby Gardner Concert Hall, Salt Lake City Utah
Christina Castellanos, flute; Katie Porter, clarinet; Dylan Neff, bassoon; Alexah Coon, harp;
Eric Hopkins, percussion
Linger (2019) for fixed media
November 25, 2019 premiere, Dumke Recital Hall, Salt Lake City Utah
The Incident (2019) for fixed media
November 20, 2019 premiere, Dumke Recital Hall, Salt Lake City Utah
Micromorphosis (2018)
June 30, 2018 premiere, Goodyear Arts, Charlotte NC
Written for the Beo String Quartet
Charlotte New Music Festival
Two Etudes for Saxophone Quartet (2018)
June 21, 2018 premiere, The Evening Music, Charlotte NC
Written for the Red Clay Saxophone Quartet
Charlotte New Music Festival
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Nescio (2018) for clarinet, bassoon, horn, violin, cello, piano
March 18, 2018 premiere, A.J. Fletcher Recital Hall, Greenville NC
Cassidy Levy, clarinet; Cameron Stephenson, bassoon; Andrew Howell, horn; Yulia Price, violin;
Alex Lavine, Cello, Juliana Jing, piano
Things Unseen (2018) for fixed media
March 18, 2018 premiere, A.J. Fletcher Recital Hall, Greenville NC
Interlocution (2017) for solo marimba
Ayano Kataoka (marimba), reading, A.J. Fletcher Recital Hall, Greenville NC
Two Preludes for Violin and Viola (2017)
June 9, 2017 premiere, Snow Pond Composers Workshop, Alumni Hall, Sidney ME
Maya Bennardo, violin and Hannah Levinson, viola
Tetramania (2017) for fixed media
April 2017 premiere, A.J. Fletcher Recital Hall, Greenville NC
Heroes (2017) for brass quintet
April 2017 premiere, A.J. Fletcher Recital Hall, Greenville NC
Patrick Rose and Sean Brinsfield, trumpets; Isaac Ward, horn; Steven Kosch, trombone, Blake Ryall, tuba
Winter (2017) for soprano and piano
April 2017 premiere, A.J. Fletcher Recital Hall, Greenville NC
Kelly Hart, soprano and Brandon Banks, piano, A.J. Fletcher Recital Hall, Greenville NC
Two Pärts (2016) for solo piano
Julia den Boer (piano), reading, A.J. Fletcher Recital Hall, Greenville NC
April 2017 premiere, A.J. Fletcher Recital Hall, Greenville NC
Jenna Poppe, piano
Quartet No. 1 in C Minor (2016) for string quartet
November 2016 premiere, A.J. Fletcher Recital Hall, Greenville NC
Sarah-Grace Bindrim and Ryan Tolentino, violin; Rebecca Sinclair Kim, viola, Steven Farr, cello
Cloudquake (2015) for solo piano
Sarah Masterson (piano), reading, Newberry College Alumni Music Center
Rhapsody for Piano (2015)
Spring 2015 premiere, Newberry College Alumni Music Center Recital Hall, Newberry SC
Sarah Masterson, piano
Recordings with Sarah Masterson, piano
Fall (2015) for marimba duet
Spring 2015 premiere, Newberry College Alumni Music Center Recital Hall, Newberry SC
John Roberts and Shaun Barnes, marimba
Sunset (2015) for soprano and piano
2015 premiere, Newberry College Alumni Music Center Recital Hall, Newberry SC
Stephanie Beinlich, soprano and Sarah Masterson, piano
Omega (2014) for saxophone quintet and piano
Spring 2014 premiere, Newberry College Alumni Music Center Recital Hall, Newberry SC
Darius Starks, soprano saxophone, Quinten Watson and Dallas Herndon, alto saxophone; Tery Burt, tenor
Saxophone, Antwan Sloan; baritone saxophone
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RESEARCH and PUBLICATIONS
Part 1: An Analysis of Ecoacoustics in Matthew Burtner’s Avian Telemetry
Part 2: Valley: Three Corners of Our Room for chamber choir, solo instruments, and electronics
Doctoral Dissertation, University of Utah, ProQuest published September 2023
“The Dangerous of Noise Pollution in Our Modern World,” October 2021
Guest contributor for the Wasatch Magazine (University of Utah)
My Climate Story, September 2021
Contributor for the Climate Stories Project (https://www.climatestoriesproject.org)
An Analysis of Alfred Schnittke’s Polystylism in his String Quartet No. 3 (1983), July 2018
Master’s Thesis, East Carolina University
REFERENCES
University of Utah
College of Fine Arts
School of Music
Elisabet Curbelo (Ph.D. Advisory Committee Chair)
Assistant Professor of Composition and Theory
Music Composition Area
(801) 581-7248
Michael Chikinda (former supervisor)
Associate Professor (Lecturer) of Music Theory
Music Theory Area Head
(385) 267-8956
Miguel Chuaqui (former professor)
Professor of Composition
Composition Area Chair
(801) 486-7319
Mike Cottle (former supervisor)
Associate Professor (Lecturer) of Music Technology
Director of Experimental Music Studios
(801) 718-5296
Pamela Palmer Jones (former supervisor)
Professor (Lecturer), Theory, Musicology and
Keyboard Areas
(801) 259-5107
East Carolina University
College of Fine Arts & Communications
School of Music
Edward Jacobs (former professor)
Professor of Composition
Theory, Composition, and Musicology Dept.
(252) 328-4280
jacobse@ecu.edu
Mark Richardson (Master’s Thesis Advisor)
Associate Professor of Theory and Composition
Theory, Composition and Musicology Dept.
(252) 328-4809
