Katherine A. Pukinskis
2614 N Clybourn Ave
#410
Chicago, IL 60614
education
2016
Doctor of Philosophy
2010
Master of Music
2008
(c) 860.428.5269
[email protected]
http://kpukinskis.com
Department of Music, University of Chicago
Chicago, IL
Composition: And it was Quiet for Choir and Chamber Orchestra
Committee: Augusta Read Thomas (Advisor), Anthony Cheung, Marta Ptaszynska
School of Music, College of Fine Arts, Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA
Bachelor of Fine Arts
School of Music, College of Fine Arts, Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA
teaching
experience
2016-2017
2016-present
2013-2016
2010-2012
Lecturer, University of Chicago, Chicago IL
Chicago, IL
Teaching Fellow in the Humanities
• Teach four, undergraduate courses in the Humanities College, including “Readings in
World Literature: the Epic” (Fall 2016) and “Greece and Rome: Texts, Traditions, and
Transformations” (Winter 2017) as well as courses in the Music Department
• Participate in a program of professional development with the Chicago Center for Teaching
Instructor, SAE Institute of Chicago
Chicago, IL
• Teach a 16-week semester for a general education English requirement, focusing on
professionalism of presentation and writing for music-related documents such as biographies,
artist statements, resumes, cover letters, and critical music reviews
Graduate Student, University of Chicago
Chicago, IL
• Taught undergraduate composition courses to non-majors and music majors, stressing an
understanding of music history, form, and creative expression through small, focused assignments and full-scale solo and chamber compositions
• Course assisted for undergraduate and graduate courses including introductory
composition and world music courses, composition courses for music majors, and the
graduate composition seminar
Faculty, Carnegie Mellon University Music Pre-College
Pittsburgh, PA
• Taught weekly, private composition lessons to high school students attending a summer
program as music composition majors.
• Led weekly seminar meetings with composition students to survey repertoire and discuss
elements of composition, particularly form, notation, and orchestration
recent teachers
2014-2016
Augusta Read Thomas, University of Chicago
Dissertation Advisor
2011-2014
Marta Ptaszynska and Shulamit Ran, University of Chicago
2009-2010
Noel Zahler, Carnegie Mellon University
Katherine A. Pukinskis
curriculum vitae - 2
recent
commissions
2017
Musicians of the San Antonio Symphony
2016
Heritage Chorale
2016
La Caccina
2015
Junior Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh
2015
University of Chicago and the Marine Biological Laboratory
2013
Rockefeller Chapel Choir
conference
presentations
2016
Title TBD for String Quartet
San Antonio, TX
Trīs dainas, no Mēness un Saules (Three Dainas, from the Moon and the Sun) for SATB
choir
Oak Park, IL
We Are Her for women’s choir
Chicago, IL
Requiem Fragments for SATB choir
Pittsburgh, PA
Water on the Thirsty Land for SATB choir
Chicago, IL
Woods Hole, MA
Marta Sniegs (March Snow) for SATB Choir
February 2013
Chicago, IL
Interfaces: tradition and technology in musical heritage work
National Library of Norway: Oslo, Norway
Accessing the Past to Understand Today: a Latvian Case Study
2016
International Symposium on the Histories and Practices of Choral Singing
2014
Music and shared imaginaries: nationalisms, communities, and choral singing
2014
Far Calls. Coming, Far: Ritual, Material, Sound
2014
Graduate Music Symposium
SUNY Stony Brook: Stony Brook, NY
Lund University: Lund, Sweden
Singing the Past in the Present at the Latvian Song Festival
University of Aveiro: Aveiro, Portugal
“They called the light, and the light dawned”: Asserting Latvian National Identity through
Choral Singing during the Second Soviet Occupation
University of Chicago: Chicago IL
“Sacred” Music, Sacred Space, Not on Sunday: writing spiritual experiences in secular music
March Snow, Marta Sniegs: writing the beautiful into new concert music
Katherine A. Pukinskis
curriculum vitae - 3
selected works
Trīs dainas, no Mēness un Saules for SATB choir
Premiere: Heritage Chorale
November, 2016; Oak Park IL
“Fugue” (and Prelude) for solo piano
Premiere: Amy Briggs
May, 2014; Chicago, IL
We Are Her for women’s choir
Premiere: La Caccina
October, 2016; Chicago IL
Fractal No. 17 for solo Piano
Premiere: Ciro Longobardi
March, 2013; Chicago, IL
And it was Quiet for SATB choir and chamber
orchestra
Premiere: eighth blackbird, Pacifica Quartet,
Rockefeller Chapel Choir
May, 2016; Chicago IL
Marta Sniegs (March Snow) for SATB choir
Premiere: Rockefeller Chapel Choir
February 2013; Chicago, IL
Sestina for women’s vocal quartet
Premiere: Quince Contemporary Vocal
Ensemble
April, 2016; Chicago IL
Three Latvian Folk Songs for baritone and piano
Premiere: Mathew Lake and Amy Briggs
November, 2015; Chicago, IL
Requiem fragments for SATB choir
Premiere: Jr. Mendelssohn Choir
November, 2015; Pittsburgh, PA
April, 2016; Akron, OH
Fault Line for piano quintet
Premiere: eighth blackbird
May, 2015; Chicago, IL
Quiet Threnody for solo viola
Premiere: Ammie Brod
May, 2015; Chicago, IL
July, 2016; Omaha NE (Omaha Under the
Radar)
Brick : Mortar miniatures for string quartet
Premiere: Spektral Quartet
May, 2015; Chicago, IL
To Welcome in the Year for treble choir and bells
Premiere: Rockefeller Chapel Children’s Choir
April 2015; Chicago, IL
Water on the Thirsty Land for SATB choir
Premiere: Rockefeller Chapel Choir
February, 2015; Chicago, IL
September, 2015; Woods Hole, MA
The Coming of Wisdom with Time and
On This Long Storm for SATB choir
Premiere: CAPA high school
May, 2014; Pittsburgh, PA
De Profundis for tenor and harp
Inside the Composer’s Studio
Premiere: Karim Sulayman, Alison Attar
January, 2013; Chicago, IL
Migla Atmiņa (fog memory) for sextet
Premiere: eighth blackbird
May, 2013; Chicago, IL
Hollowed Walls - I, II, III for solo violin
Premieres: Marco Fusi, Austin Wulliman
February-May, 2012; Chicago, IL
Point for solo piano
Premiere: Jack Kurutz
January, 2011; Pittsburgh, PA
I thank you god for Soprano and Piano
June, 2010; London, England
A Game of Glass for Tenor and Piano
March, 2010; Pittsburgh, PA
Sonata for Oboe and Piano
March, 2010; Pittsburgh, PA
The Armillary Sphere for Orchestra
February, 2010; Pittsburgh, PA
O You Who Dwell for SATB Choir
May, 2009; Pittsburgh, PA
Cantos Nuevos for Soprano and Piano
March 2009; Pittsburgh, PA
The Water of Tyne for SAB Choir and Piano
May 2008; Storrs, CT
Gornergrat for orchestra
February 2008; Pittsburgh, PA