Chester Jankowski: Curriculum Vitae
Education
University of Toronto
Doctor of music, Composition. 1998.
University of Toronto
Master of music, Composition. 1993.
University of Western Ontario
Bachelor of music, honours Theory and Composition (Gold medal). 1991.
Western Ontario Conservatory of Music, London Ont.
Harmony and Counterpoint V, first-class honours. 1986.
Awards & Fellowships
Sir Ernest MacMillan Memorial Foundation Composition Award, 1997-98
Ontario Graduate Scholarship, 1995-96; 1996-97
Open Doctoral Fellowship, 1994-95
Simcoe Special Fellowship, 1993-94; 1994-95
John Macrory Fellowship, 1993-94
Dr. Adolph Piotrowski Memorial Art Scholarship, 1993-94
Margaret and Nicholas Fodor Fellowship, 1992-93
Gold Medal--top of graduating theory/comp class, 1991
UWO Scholarship, 1988-89
UWO In-course Scholarship, 1987-88; 1988-89
UWO Dean's Honour List, 1987-88; 1988-89; 1989-90; 1990-91
Student Government & Committees
Advisory Committee on Computers/Technology--Faculty of music, University of Toronto, 1996-97
School of Graduate Studies Council--University of Toronto, 1996-97
Executive Committee, Div I--School of Graduate Studies, University of Toronto, 1996-97
Decanal search committee--Faculty of music, University of Toronto, 1995-96
Mus.Doc. exam committee--Faculty of music, University of Toronto, 1995
Composition search committee--Graduate music dept., University of Toronto, 1994-95
President--Music Graduate Students' Association, University of Toronto, 1994-95, 1995-96
Music Representative--Graduate Student's Union, University of Toronto, 1993-94
Executive member--Association of Composition and Theory Students, UWO, 1987-88, 1988-89
Teaching Experience
University of Toronto, Teaching Assistant, 1994-97.
Peel Board of Education, Theory Teacher, Summer 1996.
Presentations
"Markov Chains: An Introduction to Stochastic Composing," Music Graduate Students' Association Colloquium, University of Toronto, Feb. 1997.
"Two Attractors: a Demonstration with MAX," Artist's presentation, Meta Composition: The Composer and the Computer. Goethe-Institut, Toronto, May 1995.
"Interactive MIDI applications of MAX," Lecture, University of Toronto Electroacoustic Music Studio, Jan. 1995.
"Fractal Paradigms for Composition," Music Graduate Students' Association Colloquium, University of Toronto, Jan. 1994.
"Claude Vivier's Zipangu," Regional Graduate Music Student Colloquium, University of Toronto, Oct. 1993.
Commissions
For piano and computer-controlled synthesizer. Written for pianist Stephen Clarke for a concert June 24, 1995 at the Music Gallery, Toronto, with a subsequent broadcast on CBC Stereo's Two New Hours.
taming the monster Peano curve
a duo for amplified violin and horn for violinist Scott St. John. Performed Feb. 20, 1994 at the Glenn Gould Studio in the CBC Broadcast Centre in Toronto, with a subsequent broadcast on CBC Stereo's Arts Tonight.
for The Festival of the Sound, August 1990. Later broadcast on CBC Stereo's Music Around Us.
Festivals, Workshops & Residencies
EAR Studio, CBC Broadcasting Centre
Studio residency, Sept.-Dec. 1995, for work on the electroacoustic portion of What do you mean by "Twisting chromaticism?"
Meta Composition: The Composer and the Computer
Co-sponsored by Toronto's Goethe-Institut and Inter/Access media arts centre. A Workshop and Concert employing new techniques of computer composition: The MAX programming language. With David Rokeby and composer Masahiro Miwa. Artists's presentation moderated by James Tenney, May 7, 1995, Goethe Institut. Concert May 9, 1995, Music Gallery, Krunk! was performed.
ARRAYMUSIC Young Composer's Workshop
May-June 1994. Wrote tiny steps, which was performed June 1994, The Music Gallery, Toronto with Michael J. Baker conducting the ARRAYMUSIC ensemble.
Contemporary Music Ensemble, University of Toronto
Composer-in-residence, 1992-93. Wrote Building Networks... which was performed Nov. 1993, Walter Hall, University of Toronto.
Festival of the Sound, Parry Sound Ontario
Academy of Advanced Study: Composer's Workshop, July-August 1990. Worked with composers-in-residence John Weinzweig and Gary Kulesha. Wind Trio was performed and later broadcast on CBC Stereo's Music Around Us.
Aspen Music School, Aspen Colorado
Nine-week composition student with George Tsontakis June-August 1989.Wind and Silver--chamber version, was performed, with a subsequent performance of the orchestral version at Yale University.
Society of Composers, Authors, and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN)
Accenture New York City 5/2005-
Sr. Manager
Sanofi-Synthelabo Inc. (Sanofi Aventis Group) New York City 12/2001-4/2005
Director, Enterprise Server Group
ClickRadio, Inc. New York City 2/2000-10/2001
Director of Operations
Aquent New York City 3/1998-2/2000
Partner, IT
Crowded Air Studio New York City 12/1997-6/1999
Co-Founder
Faculty of Music, University of Toronto 9/1995-5/1996
Research Computing Consultant