Joshua H. Fishbein

11088 Ophir Dr. #302 Los Angeles, CA 90024
(412) 913-6584    jfishbein@joshuafishbeinmusic.com

Education

Herb Alpert School of Music
University of California, Los Angeles

Expected to graduate June 2014

PhD in Music Composition
Graduate Teaching Assistantship Recipient

The San Francisco Conservatory of Music

Graduated May 2009

Master of Music in Composition
GPA: 3.98 overall
Teacher: David Conte
Milton Salkind Scholarship Recipient

Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA

Graduated May 2006

Bachelor of Fine Arts in Music Composition
Bachelor of Science in Psychology
GPA: 3.9 overall, 4.0 within major
Teacher: Prof. Nancy Galbraith
Advisor: Prof. Lori Holt
Science and Humanities Scholar

The Peabody Preparatory
Baltimore, MD

Sept. 1999 – May 2002

Piano Performance, Music Theory
Three Achievement Awards in Theory

Summer Programs

Graduate Summer Research Mentorship
University of California, Los Angeles

Summer 2011

Faculty Advisor: Roger Bourland

ACDA Summer Choral Composers Forum
Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA

Completed Summer 2010

Teachers: Steven Sametz, Chen Yi

European American Music Alliance
Paris, FR

Completed Summer 2008

Music Education in the Style of Nadia Boulanger
Award in Musicianship
Teachers: Robert Beaser, Philip Lasser
Merit-Based Scholarship Recipient

Teaching

Herb Alpert School of Music
University of California, Los Angeles

Sept. 2010 – Present

Graduate Teaching Assistant
Musicianship Training and Theory Discussions

Cathedral School for Boys
San Francisco, CA

Sept. 2009 – Aug. 2010

Music Teacher
Teach Choirboys Solfege

SFartsED – The San Francisco Arts Education Project

Sept. 2009 – March 2010

Music Teaching Artist in Residence
San Francisco Public School System

The San Francisco Conservatory of Music

Fall 2007 – Spring 2009

Theory/Musicianship Graduate Assistant

University of Maryland
College Park, MD

Music Fundamentals (1 section)
Freshman Sight-Singing (2 sections)
Sophomore Sight-Singing (2 sections)
Summer 2007
Fall 2006, Spring 2007
Fall 2006, Spring 2007

Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA

Music Theory Tutor
Taught Harmony and Counterpoint
Supervised Theory Teaching
Taught Keyboard Harmony
Fall 2005, Spring 2006
Academic Development
Spring 2006
Prof. Nancy Galbraith

Conducting

The San Francisco Conservatory Chorus
Assistant Conductor to David Conte
SFCM 6th Biannual Choral Competition
Conducted Six World Premiers
Church of the Advent of Christ the King
Interim Director of Music
Shalshelet International New Jewish Music Festival
Conducted D.C. Premier of Original Work
Carnegie Mellon Jazz Vocal Ensemble
Taught and Record Original Work
CMU Original, All-Male A Cappella Group
Musical Director of Undergraduate Vocal Group
Fall 2007 – Spring 2009

Spring 2008

Fall 2007 – Spring 2008

June 2006

April – May 2006

Spring 2003 – Spring 2006

Awards/Honors

Raymond W. Brock Memorial Student Composition Contest,
American Choral Directors Association: 2011-2012
Young Composer’s Award, Guild of Temple Musicians: 2011-2012
Simon Carrington Chamber Singers Choral Composition Competition, Finalist: 2011
Choral Composition Competition, The National Lutheran Choir: 2011
POLYPHONOS Competition, The Esoterics: 2010 – 2011
MetLife Creative Connections Award, Meet the Composer, Inc.: 2010
Youth Inspiring Youth Competition, WomenSing: 2009
Commission for Choral Composition, Volti: 2009
First Prize, San Francisco Conservatory Art Song Competition: 2009
National Religious Music Week Alliance Scholarship: 2008
Teaching Excellence Award, University of Maryland School of Music: 2007
Member of Phi Beta Kappa: 2006
Harry G. Archer Award for Orchestral Composition: 2006
Shalshelet International Festival of New Jewish Music: 2006
Student Composer Project, Baltimore Choral Arts Society: 2005

Employment

UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, Los Angeles, CA
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Sept. 2010 – Present
Cathedral School for Boys, San Francisco, CA
Music Teacher
Sept. 2009 – Aug. 2010
SFartsED – The San Francisco Arts Education Project
Music Teaching Artist in Residence
Sept. 2009 – March 2010
Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, CA
Professional Bass Chorister and Copyist
Aug. 2008 – Sept. 2010
Artists Vocal Ensemble, San Francisco, CA
Professional Bass Chorister
Fall 2008
The San Francisco Conservatory of Music
Musicianship/Theory Graduate Assistant
Fall 2007 – Spring 2009
Church of the Advent of Christ the King
Interim Music Director
Fall 2007 – Spring 2008
Volti, San Francisco, CA
Professional Bass Chorister
Fall 2007 – July 2010
Arena Music Sound Instruction, Falls Church, VA
Private Piano Teacher and Vocal Coach
Summer 2007
University of Maryland School of Music
Instructed Beginners Music Theory and Sight-Singing
Aug. 2006 – July 2007
Howard County Ballet, Ellicott City, MD
Keyboardist in Orchestra
Nov. 2006 – May 2007
Chizuk Amuno Congregation, Baltimore, MD
Arranger and Bass in Choir
Aug. 2006 – July 2007
Civic Light Opera and Public Theatre, Pittsburgh, PA
Assistant Manager of Fundraising and Telesales
Summer 2006
Community House Presbyterian Church, Pittsburgh, PA
Interim Pianist and Music Director
Summer 2006
Third Presbyterian Church, Pittsburgh, PA
Bass in Choir
Dec. 2004 – July 2006
Beth Shalom Congregation, Pittsburgh, PA
Bass and soloist in Men’s Choir
Nov. 2003 – Dec. 2004
Beth Tfiloh Congregation, Baltimore, MD
Bass in Men’s Choir
May 2001 – June 2005

References (contacts available upon request)

Professor David Conte
Composition Professor and Director of Choral Activities
San Francisco Conservatory of Music
50 Oak St. San Francisco, CA  94102

Professor Scott Foglesong
Musicianship and Theory Department Chair
San Francisco Conservatory of Music
50 Oak St. San Francisco, CA 94102

Robert Geary
Music Director of Volti
Music Director of Piedmont Choirs
Music Director of San Francisco Choral Society
236 West Portal, #775 
San Francisco CA, 94127

Benjamin Bachmann
Director of Music
Grace Cathedral
1100 California St.
San Francisco, CA 94108