Teri Card Heller

4043 N OLD MISSOURI RD

FAYETTEVILLE, AR 72703
479.200.7555
TERICARDHELLER@GMAIL.COM
HTTP://WWW.TERICARD.COM

Qualifications

Composition
Compose for any instrument or ensemble, film, dance, and theater; computer
notation and sequencing programs; advanced at orchestration and aural skills

Teaching
Qualified to teach beginning and advanced composition, film scoring, piano
improvisation and technique, theory and ear training, orchestration

Personal
Ambitious, committed and persistent, able to listen and communicate well and
to be independent and assertive when needed ; driven to create quality work

Experience

2009-Present SIRËoNa Ensemble Fayetteville and Rogers, AR

Compose music, direct and manage ensemble, perform and produce concerts

2005-Present Freelance Composer Fayetteville, AR and Los Angeles, CA

Collaborate with musicians and compose works f or concert performance

2005-Present Film Composer Fayetteville, AR and Los Angeles, CA

Collaborate with directors to create film scores that meet their specific needs

2007-Present Private Music Teacher Fayetteville, AR

Design and teach lessons in piano technique, aural and compositional skills

Summer 2005 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Los Angeles, CA
Intern for Willow Williamson; composed film scores, designed studio, networked

2001-2002 Co-coordinator of Mills Tutoring Program Oakland, CA

Managed tutoring program for Burbank Elementary School, gave music seminars

Education

2004-2006 California Institute of the Arts Valencia, CA

Master of Fine Arts, Music Composition
 Ahmanson Foundation Scholarship Recipient
 Private composition lessons with Anne LeBaron, Mort Subotnick and Mike Fink

2000-2004 Mills College Oakland, CA

Bachelor of Arts, Music Composition
 Regional Scholarship, Lucile S. McCracken Scholarship Recipient
 Private composition lessons with Fred Frith, Alvin Curran, and Pauline Oliveros
 Private piano lessons with Julie Steinberg
 Undergraduate Representative for the Mills College concert committee
Honors

2009 Received Art Amiss Grant

2009 Interviewed on KXUA and KUAF, NPR of Fayetteville, AR
2009 Featured in the Morning News and Fayetteville Free Weekly
2005 Received Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Grant
2004 Received Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Grant
2003 Studied Irish Music at University College Cork, Ireland
2001 Received Grant and studied at Fukuoka Jo Gakuin, Japan
Compositions of Note

2010 Tango Reverie, SIRËoNa Ensemble, Lingle School, Rogers, AR

2010 Becoming Spring, Summer Voyage, Autumn Flourish, SIRËoNa
2009 Winter Dawns, SIRËoNa, Teatro Scarpino, Fayetteville, AR
2009 Down by the Sally Gardens, tenor Jeff Carney commission, MO
2007 Oasis of Candor, pLAy Ensemble, Valencia and Hollywood, CA
2007 Ringmaster, LA studio musicians, Valencia, CA
2006 Midnight Shadows, CalArts Gamelan Ensemble, Valencia, CA
2006 As the Leaves Turn, Melinda Rice, violin, Valencia, CA
2005 Glorious Youth, NCP large ensemble, Walt Disney Hall, LA, CA

Film Scores of Note

2010 Experiment 519, Blood Eagle Productions

2008 The Living Dark: The Story of Ted the Caver, David Hunt
2007 Everything Beautiful and Lofty: Eugenics, Jesse Hassinger
2006 Fish and Teeth, Gwenaëlle Gobe
2005 Smeralda, Andrea Pallaoro

Skills

Technical
Sibelius, Protools, digital recording and processing, MIDI, CD production

Performance
Piano, glockenspiel, trumpet, Irish whistle, ocarina, American Indian flute,
gamelan, gender wayang, hand drums and various percussion, dance

References, Scores, and Recordings available upon Request