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LARA POE http://larapoe.wix.com/laracomposer • 30 Tirrell Crescent, Chestnut Hill MA 02467 • 617 678-0781 • [email protected] EDUCATION Boston University School of Music Boston, MA Bachelor of Music in Composition May 2016 New England Conservatory Preparatory School Boston, MA Pre-college studies in Composition, Piano, Violin and Music Theory 1999-2008, 2010-2011 Tampereen Konservatorio Preparatory Division Tampere, Finland Pre-college studies in Composition, Piano, Violin and Music Theory 2008-2010 Royal College of Music London, UK BU Study Abroad Fall 2013 INSTRUCTORS IN COMPOSITION Principal Teachers Alex Mincek (BU visiting composer), September 2015 – May 2016 Joshua Fineberg (BU), September 2014 – May 2015 Richard Cornell (BU), January 2014 – May 2014 Kenneth Hesketh (RCM), September 2013 – December 2013 Ketty Nez (BU), September 2012 – May 2013 Martin Amlin (BU), September 2011 – May 2012 Paavo Korpijaakko (Tampereen Konservatorio), September 2008 – May 2010 Rodney Lister (NEC Prep), September 2000 – May 2008, September 2010 – May 2011 Additional Instruction Sandeep Bhagwati, Pierluigi Billone, Brian Ferneyhough, Michael Finnissy, John Harbison, Ville Komppa, George Lewis, Nico Muhly, Juhani Nuorvala, Olga Neuwirth, Ville Raasakka, Salvatore Sciarrino, Joan Tower SUMMER FESTIVALS AND MASTERCLASSES Viitasaari Time of Music Festival Viitasaari, Finland Composition masterclass with Brian Ferneyhough July 2015 Viitasaari Time of Music Festival Viitasaari, Finland Contemporary Improvisation course with George Lewis July 2015 Viitasaari Time of Music Festival Viitasaari, Finland Comprovisation masterclass with Sandeep Bhagwati July 2014 Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival Kuhmo, Finland Piano Masterclasses with Andrea Rucli and Natacha Kudritskaya (2013) Piano Masterclasses with Valeria Resjan (2014) Piano Masterclasses with Natacha Kudritskaya (2015) Summers of 2013–2015 Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival Kuhmo, Finland Lectures and presentations by Magnus Lindberg, Krysztof Penderecki and Sofia Gubaidulina July 2013 Lempäälä Soi Lempäälä, Finland Piano masterclasses with Erik T. Tawastjerna and Hui-Ying Liu Tawastjerna July 2009, July 2010 Limingan Musiikkiviikot Liminka, Finland Lessons with Ville Raasakka and Ville Komppa in composition Lessons with Cecilia Oinas in piano Summers of 2002–2010 1

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LARA POE http://larapoe.wix.com/laracomposer • 30 Tirrell Crescent, Chestnut Hill MA 02467 • 617 678-0781 • [email protected]

EDUCATIONBoston University School of Music Boston, MA Bachelor of Music in Composition

May 2016

New England Conservatory Preparatory School Boston, MA Pre-college studies in Composition, Piano, Violin and Music Theory

1999-2008, 2010-2011

Tampereen Konservatorio Preparatory Division Tampere, Finland Pre-college studies in Composition, Piano, Violin and Music Theory

2008-2010

Royal College of Music London, UK BU Study Abroad

Fall 2013

INSTRUCTORS IN COMPOSITION

Principal Teachers

• Alex Mincek (BU visiting composer), September 2015 – May 2016 • Joshua Fineberg (BU), September 2014 – May 2015 • Richard Cornell (BU), January 2014 – May 2014 • Kenneth Hesketh (RCM), September 2013 – December 2013 • Ketty Nez (BU), September 2012 – May 2013 • Martin Amlin (BU), September 2011 – May 2012 • Paavo Korpijaakko (Tampereen Konservatorio), September 2008 – May 2010 • Rodney Lister (NEC Prep), September 2000 – May 2008, September 2010 – May 2011

Additional Instruction

Sandeep Bhagwati, Pierluigi Billone, Brian Ferneyhough, Michael Finnissy, John Harbison, Ville Komppa, George Lewis, Nico Muhly, Juhani Nuorvala, Olga Neuwirth, Ville Raasakka, Salvatore Sciarrino, Joan Tower

SUMMER FESTIVALS AND MASTERCLASSES

Viitasaari Time of Music Festival Viitasaari, Finland Composition masterclass with Brian Ferneyhough

July 2015

Viitasaari Time of Music Festival Viitasaari, Finland Contemporary Improvisation course with George Lewis

July 2015

Viitasaari Time of Music Festival Viitasaari, Finland Comprovisation masterclass with Sandeep Bhagwati

July 2014

Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival Kuhmo, Finland Piano Masterclasses with Andrea Rucli and Natacha Kudritskaya (2013) Piano Masterclasses with Valeria Resjan (2014) Piano Masterclasses with Natacha Kudritskaya (2015)

Summers of 2013–2015

Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival Kuhmo, Finland Lectures and presentations by Magnus Lindberg, Krysztof Penderecki and Sofia Gubaidulina

July 2013

Lempäälä Soi Lempäälä, Finland Piano masterclasses with Erik T. Tawastjerna and Hui-Ying Liu Tawastjerna

July 2009, July 2010

Limingan Musiikkiviikot Liminka, Finland Lessons with Ville Raasakka and Ville Komppa in composition Lessons with Cecilia Oinas in piano

Summers of 2002–2010

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AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS2015

• Ithaca Women’s Works Competition (finalist) • Mid-America Freedom Band Call for Scores (finalist) • Cambridge Philharmonic Call for Scores (finalist)

2011

• New England Conservatory Preparatory School Theory Department Award

2009

• Tampere Philharmonic commission for orchestral arrangement of Holländer’s Violin Concerto

2008

• National Music Conference, UMass Lowell Chapter (co-winner)

2006

• ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer Awards (finalist)

2003

• ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer Awards (finalist)

WORKS2015

• Blue Ice for large chamber ensemble • Canyons for B flat clarinet • Chroma - Fantasy for large chamber ensemble • Divergence for string quartet (in progress) Two Miniatures for Piano Trio • Eddies for flute quartet • Soliloquy for cello

2014

• Light and Shadow for orchestra • Explorations for three percussionists • Over the Fells for string quartet • Musings for solo violin • A collection of Saturday Afternoons for piano - a set of 20 miniatures written 2013-2014 • Chimera for flute

2013

• A Walk in the Woods for flute, clarinet, violin and cello • An Eclectic Scene with Flying Fish for violin, viola and bass clarinet • Dream Songs for soprano and piano - a set of 5 songs • Light and Shadow (first half) for orchestra • Transformations for string quartet

2012

• Beyond the Door for piano • Piano Concerto in F# Minor, movements 2, 3 • Farewell for piano • Formal studies for piano (3 short pieces)

2011

• Piano Concerto in F# Minor, movement 1 • Prelude for piano

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1999 — 2011 - (works before college)

• A Bird for voice and piano (2011) • Sinfonia in E minor for orchestra (2011) • Study on a Finnish Folk Tune for flute, violin, cello and piano (2011) • Waltz for cello and piano (2010) • Orchestral Arrangement of Holländer’s Violin Concerto (originally violin and piano, 2009) • Piano Concerto in B minor for piano and orchestra (one movement, 2009) • Serenade for String Orchestra (2009) • Small Orchestra Piece in A minor for orchestra (2007) • Symphony for Strings for string orchestra (3 movements, 2005) • Skaftafell for piano trio (2003) • Hope and Despair for string quartet (2002) • Sonjan Tanssi for solo piano (2000) • Tinges for solo piano (1999-2000)

INSTRUCTORS IN PIANOPrincipal Teachers

• Linda Jiorle-Nagy (BU), January 2013 – September 2013, January 2014 – May 2016 • Edna Stern (RCM), September 2013 – December 2013 • Sergey Schepkin (BU visiting professor), September 2011 – December 2012 • Rodney Lister (NEC prep.), September 2010 – May 2011 • Kristiina Kask-Valve (Tampereen Konservatorio), September 2008 – May 2010 • Bertica Shulman-Cramer (NEC prep.), September 2004 – May 2008 • Melanie Almiron (NEC prep.), September 1999 – May 2004 • Vanessa Morris (Brookline Music School), September 1998 – May 1999

Additional Instruction

Constantine Finehouse, Natacha Kudritskaya, Cecilia Oinas, Valeria Resjan, Andrea Rucli, Erik T. Tawasterna, Hui-Ying Liu Tawasterna

CURRENT REPERTOIRE

Ludwig Van Beethoven

• Sonata Op. 81a, Les Adieux

Franz Liszt

• Les jeux d’eaux à la Villa d’Este • Hungarian Rhapsody no. 13 in A minor

Olivier Messiaen

• Le Loriot (Catalogue d’Oiseaux, 1er livre)

Maurice Ravel

• Jeux d’eau

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