Kevin Terrell Madison
Pianist-Composer | Theorist | Educator
kevinterrellmadison@gmail.com 
www.kevinterrellmadison.xyz

Curriculum Vitae - November 2025


EDUCATION

California Institute of the Arts | D.M.A. in Composition and Performance (2024) Boston Conservatory at Berklee | Performance Certificate (2020) Boston Conservatory at Berklee | M.M. in Contemporary Classical Music (2019) Rutgers University | B.M. in Piano Performance (2017)

SELECTED COMMISSIONS & PREMIERES
  • CalArts REDCAT: The End is New, works for piano, cello and synthesizer (2025)
  • Seoul Museum of Art: Tamir Mur, film score for Rashed Qurwash (2025)
  • 2220 Arts and Letters: Doll King, live electronics and flute (2025)
  • Contemporary Art Centre (Vilnius, Lithuania): descension, live electronics, flute (2025)
  • New Theater Hollywood: A Night of Speeches, for live electronics, guitar and piano (2025)
  • Skinship (Berlin, Germany): ecogallery, solo flute for live filming by Arte Tracks (2025)
  • Hamraborg Festival (Reykjavik, Iceland): going back there, live electronics with flute (2025)
  • Human Resources LA: Teddie Time, live electronics score (2024)
  • The Next Festival NYC: no one’s fault, string orchestra (2024)
  • New Gallery Concert Series: who rules everything around me?, bass clarinet and piano (2024)
  • Highways Performance Space: my blue raspberry, co-composed with Jacob Wolff (2024)
  • re:publica Festival (Hamburg, Austria): Looking for Evidence of the Virtual... film score for multimedia installation (2023)
  • Lunga Festival (Seyðisfjörður, Iceland): NYX, film score for filmmaker “RB” Moran (2023)
  • Minaret Records: noworriesLMK, works for piano, bass, percussion and voice (2023)
  • Castle of Our Skins: bus driver, solo viola (2021)
  • Museum of Fine Arts (Boston): Black Narcissus, solo piano (2019)
  • Spectrum (NYC): sorry for yelling, work for piano, percussion, two cellos, and clarinet (2019)
  • WQXR: him calling, solo piano (2018)
  • Carnegie Hall: room for milk, solo piano (2017)
  • Le Poisson Rouge: chamber symphony for those holding on, chamber orchestra (2016)

AWARDS, RESIDENCIES, & INVITED LECTURES
  • UChicago: Guest Composer (April 2025)
  • The Next Festival NYC: Composition Fellow (2024)
  • Woodcliffe-Byrdstock Residency: Full merit-based Composition Scholarship (2024)
  • Castle of our Skins: Black Composer Miniature Challenge (2021) 
  • PASIC Composition Contest: my technology, vibraphone and piano, 3rd Prize (2020)
  • Harvard University: Guest Performer-Composer (October 2019)
  • Bang on a Can Summer Festival: Merit-based Performer/Composer Half-Scholarship (2019)
  • Rehearsal for Life: Teaching-Artist / Composer-in-Residence (2017 - 2019)
  • Harvard Music Festival: Full merit-based composition scholarship (2018)
  • Festival Baltimore: Full merit-based Performer/Composer scholarship (2018)
  • Montclair State University: Guest Composer (March 2017)
  • Alfred J. Humphrey Award: Excellence in Piano Performance (2017)
  • Brevard Solo Piano Competition: 1st Prize (2016)
  • Brevard Concerto Competition: 1st Prize (2016)

SKILLS IN TECHNOLOGY
  • Composition: Max for Live, Logic Pro X, Ableton Live, ProTools, Film Scoring, Analog Synthesis, Digital Audio, Spatialized Sound Design
  • Live sound: A/V Setup & Operation (Projectors, Speakers, Microphones), Digital & Analog Mixing Consoles, Live Mixing, Recording 
  • Notation: Sibelius, Finale
  • Administrative: Google Workspace (Advanced), Zoom (Host/Admin)

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

Herb Alpert School of Music - California Institute of the Arts | 2021 – 2024 Special Faculty in Music Composition
  • Instruction: 
    • Taught undergraduate coursework, including foundations courses Orchestration [MCMP402], Musicianship Skills A (MTHY101), and Undergraduate Composer’s Forum [MFOR101], as well as original seminars Disco: Emancipatory Dancefloors [MHST498K] and Queering Musical Symbology [MHST698J].
  • Curriculum Design & Assessment: 
    • Designed and executed comprehensive syllabi for core undergraduate courses including Musicianship Skills A and Orchestration; administered and graded assessment materials and exams for 80+ students annually, addressing topics such as counterpoint, aural perception, score literacy and theoretical fluency. 
  • Mentorship: 
    • Maintained an active studio for undergraduate and graduate composers working across concert music, vernacular musical forms and interdisciplinary media, fostering technical fluency and professional development.
  • Integrated Music Technology: 
    • Instructed students in the functional use of digital tools for composition, offering technical mentorship in DAWs (Pro Tools, Ableton, Logic), sound synthesis, mixing techniques, sound design, live performance with electronics, and multimedia synchronization. 
  • Program Governance & Strategy: 
    • Informed and guided the strategic direction and curricular policies of the D.M.A. program in collaboration with the dean and department heads, translating institutional vision into actionable program goals.
  • Student Success & Graduate Placement: 
    • Guided composition students through the graduate application process, resulting in placement into highly competitive programs. 
  • Event Production & Promotion:
    •  Led the comprehensive event production and promotion for several composer concert series, managing venue logistics, tech setup and breakdown, public communications, and ensuring high-quality public presentation of student work. 

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