Richard Zvonar, PhD
14601 Mulholland Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90077
Composer / Intermedia Artist / Technologist / Writer
(818) 788-2202
(818) 788-2203 fax
(818) 621-2204 mobile
zvonar@zvonar.com

EDUCATION
1979-82

PhD in COMPOSITION and MUSIC TECHNOLOGY, University of California, San Diego.

1977-80

MA in COMPOSITION, UCSD.

1975-77

Music studies at Cabrillo College, Aptos, CA; University of California Santa Cruz; San Jose State University.

1963-70

SB in HUMANITIES and ENGINEERING, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.


EMPLOYMENT

1994-2002

TECHNICAL CONSULTANT, Level Control Systems, manufacturers of integrated hardware and software systems for sound control in live theater and themed entertainment.

1991-2002 WRITER of articles for magazines and journals (Surround Professional, Electronic Musician, InterActivity, Journal Leonardo, Level Control Systems).
1983-2002
CONSULTANT, TECHNICAL WRITER/EDITOR, BETA TESTER and SOUND DESIGNER for musical electronics and software manufacturers (Opcode, E-mu, Eventide, Passport Designs, Digidesign, Blank Software).
1979-2002
CONSULTANT and TECHNICAL ASSISTANT for artists and organizations (Diamanda Galas, Pauline Oliveros, Jon Hassell, Sound Traffic Control).
1994

TECHNICAL ASSISTANT and STUDIO MANAGER for Graham Nash's Life Sighs project.

1993-95

SOFTWARE DEVELOPER for music and multimedia (Grateful Dead, Marc Canter's Media Band, sound artist Max Neuhaus).

1985-90

RESEARCH ASSOCIATE, Good Sound Foundation. Research in audio for performance, specializing in artist liaison and consultation in sound effects, audio illusions, signal processing, and performance interfaces.

1981-92

SOUND DESIGNER/AUDIO TECHNICIAN, Cabrillo Music Festival (summers).

1979-82

FELLOW at the Center for Music Experiment (CME) and RESEARCH ASSISTANT at the Computer Audio Research Lab (CARL) at University of California San Diego.

1976-77
RECORDING ENGINEER and STAGE TECHNICIAN, Cabrillo College Theater
1974-75

PRODUCER, PRODUCTION MANAGER, and PRODUCTION DESIGNER, independent feature film Off the Wall, Oz Associates, Palo Alto.


TEACHING
1982-2002
GUEST LECTURER at Colleges, Art Centers, conferences (San Francisco State University, CSU Hayward Music Dept., Cabrillo College, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Harvard University Music Dept., MIT Media Lab, UC Berkeley, California College of Arts and Crafts, The Banff Centre, UCLA , UC San Diego, Surround 2000, Lighting Dimensions International, USITT).
1980-2002
CONSULTANT in computer music, audio, and performance technology.
1995-2001 TRAINER for new users of Level Control Systems SuperNova hardware and CueStation software for live sound control.
1993-94
INSTRUCTOR, MAX programming language, UCLA Extension.
1991-93

INSTRUCTOR, Composition, Music Technology, Sound Design: California Institute of the Arts.

1981-82
INSTRUCTOR, Music 132: Advanced Electronic Music Seminar, UCSD Music Department.