Conducting

Theo is passionate about conducting new music, 20th century repertoire, and early music. He has conducted vocal ensembles at USC, Princeton and the Walden School, as well as his peers’ compositions and his own music on numerous occasions. In 2022, Theo received the Ruth and Arno Drucker Faculty Award at the Walden School for his contributions to Walden’s choral program. Conducting teachers have included Tram Sparks, Cristian Grases, Troy Quinn, and Gabriel Crouch.

bitKlavier

Theo contributed to development of Dan Trueman’s bitKlavier instrument from 2018 to 2021. Designed to be ‘a prepared digital piano’, various virtual preparations can be connected to different keys, enabling novel and unique sounds with just a MIDI keyboard and the program. Theo has also written for bitKlavier (see Compositions) and wrote an independent work paper for Princeton about bitKlavier’s instrumentation use in chamber ensembles. Theo’s contributions to bitKlavier include:

• Adaptation and implementation of a spring tuning system into the Tuning preparation, featured in the article “Tuning Playfully: Composed and Adaptive Tuning in bitKlavier” (Computer Music Journal, Vol. 43, No. 2-3)

• Implementation of the Blendronic and Resonance preparations

• Expansion of the Keymap preparation including several harmonization and mapping utilities

• Various unit testing, bug fixes, and UI improvements

For more information about bitKlavier, including download links, visit bitKlavier.com or its Github page.

Arranging/Engraving

Theo has done numerous arranging and engraving projects at professional quality and speed. He has done engraving work for the USC Choral Department, Princeton Glee Club, and others, as well as arranging work for the Princeton Katzenjammers, Princeton Camerata chamber orchestra, and others. Theo is especially passionate about transcribing early music, arranging across genres, and arranging for acappella ensembles.

Electronics

In addition to bitKlavier work, Theo works with a variety of live and fixed electronics. He has done sample-based and fixed pieces as well as mixing and mastering work for the Katzenjammers. Additionally, he has used live electronics in both solo and ensemble contexts, most notably his senior thesis for 4 choirs and the Princeton Laptop Orchestra. He is familiar with Max MSP, Supercollider, ChucK, and the JUCE library for C++. Theo has also assisted with development for Jeff Snyder’s Vocodec instrument, optimizing algorithms for predictive harmonization.