Education

PhD in Composition and Music Theory, Brandeis University, 2008

Masters in Music Composition (MMus), The Royal Academy of Music, London, 2002. With Distinction

Bachelor of Arts, Amherst College, 1998. Summa cum laude

Professorships

Lecturer on Music, Harvard University, 2008-present
Introduction to Composition, Foundations of Tonal Music II, Tonal Counterpoint

The Joseph E. and Grace W. Professor of Music, Amherst College, 2005-2006
Form in Tonal Music, Exploring Music, Harmony and Counterpoint I

Visiting Assistant Professor of Music, Amherst College, Spring 2007
Form in Tonal Music, Exploring Music

Instructor, Brandeis University, Fall 2007
Introduction to Music

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Publications

“Anonymous Sources: Finnissy Analysis and the Opening of Chapter 8 of The History of Photography in Sound.” Perspectives of New Music 45/2 (2007).

“Counterpoint and Quotation in Ussachevsky’s Wireless Fantasy.” Organised Sound 12(2): 143-151 (2007).

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Awards & Fellowships

The Ira Gershwin Prize in Music and Theater Arts, Brandeis University, 2007

Outstanding Teaching Fellow Award, Brandeis University, 2006-2007

Christ Church Music Society at Oxford University, Oxford, England, May 2005
A concert devoted to Mr. Beaudoin’s music was given as part of the Trinity Term Concert Series. Five works were premièred.

The Irving Fine Fellowship for Music Composition, Brandeis University, 2005

The Roland Wood Fellowship, Amherst College, 2004-2005

The Theodore Holland Award, The Royal Academy of Music, 2001
Awarded to the best postgraduate composition portfolio at the Royal Academy, Royal Northern Academy, Royal Scottish Academy, and Royal College of Music

The Cuthbert Nunn Prize, high distinction, The Royal Academy of Music, 2001

The Basildon Bond Award, for orchestral composition, The Royal Academy of Music, 2001

The Mosco Carner Fellowship, The Royal Academy of Music, 2001

The Edward Poole-Lay Fellowship, Amherst College, 2000-2001

MacDowell Colony Fellow, January-February 1999

The Eric B. Sundquist Prize in Music, Amherst College, 1998

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Research Interests

Philosophy of Music
History of Harmony
Form in Tonal and Atonal Music
Instrumentation, Orchestration and Notation
Musical Quotation & Transcription
Renaissance form—Josquin Desprez
Modernism in music and painting
Late 20th and early 21st century music

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