SANYA SHOILEVSKA HENDERSON
           pianist, musicologist, and composer


 

 

RESUME


I.   EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

A.   DEGREES

Ph.D. in Musicology
Academy of Arts, Novi Sad, Yugoslavia  (2000)
Mentor: Dr. Beverly Grigsby, Professor Emerita CSUN

Master of Arts Degree in Musicology
Faculty of Music Art, Skopje, Macedonia (1991)
Mentor: Prof. Dr. Toma Prosev

Diplome Superieur d’Enseignement in Piano (High Teaching Diploma)
Ecole Normale de Musique "Alfred Cortot," Paris, France (1989)
Mentor: Prof. Marian Ribicky

Bachelor of Arts Degree in Piano
Faculty of Music Art, Skopje, Macedonia (1987)
Mentor: Prof. Jokut Mihailovic

Bachelor of Arts Degree in Musicology
Faculty of Music Art, Skopje, Macedonia (1987)
Mentor: Prof. Dr. Toma Prosev

B.   SPECIALIZED COURSES

Kindermusik Training and Certificate (2006)

Film Scoring Classes at UCLA
Los Angeles, USA (2002-2003)
Class: Prof. Robert Drasnin

Teaching Diploma from the American Corporation of Yamaha Music
Education System
Atlanta, Georgia, USA (1994)

Diploma from Master Piano Class
Nice, France (1989)
Class: Prof. Catherine Collar

Diploma from Master Piano Class
Groznjan, Slovenia (1985)
Class: Prof. Arbo Valdma

C.   SCHOLARSHIPS AND GRANTS

Grant from the Soros Open Society Foundation for Doctoral Research
Los Angeles, California (1993)

One Year Scholarship from the French Government for Piano Specialization
Paris (1988-1989)


II. WORKING EXPERIENCE

A. TEACHER

1996 to present

Self-employed Music Teacher
Private Music Studio
Taught more than sixty students in the fields of Piano Performance, Music Theory, and Music History.  Regularly involved in the activities organized by the Music Teachers Association of California and Music Teachers National Association (Certificate of Merit, competitions, recitals, festivals).

1994-1997

Music Teacher

Los Angeles Yamaha Music School
Taught group and individual classes of Piano, Music Theory, and Electric Keyboards for children and adults.  Trained by Yamaha  Music Corporation to teach specialized group classes.  Left the school because of the growing number of private students.

1989-1996

Assistant Professor, tenure-track
Academy of Arts, University of Novi Sad, Yugoslavia

Taught classes in the fields of Musicology, History of Music, and Functional Music in Film and Theater at the Music Department and Drama Department of the Academy.  Also participated in several research projects organized by the Academy.  Other duties: editing and writing articles for the University newspaper, assisting in the work of the Music library.  In 1994 left on leave of absence to do predoctoral research in the USA. In 1996 decided to move to Los Angeles.

B. COMPOSER, MUSICAL DIRECTOR

2006
Composed music for a horror feature film “Killing Ariel,” directed by Fred Calvert and David Negron Jr. (DVD release in 2008, available on Amazon Video)

2005

Composed music for a short film "Lookin' For Some Posse," directed by Gavin Carlton (Wooden Leg Production)

2004

Composed music for Ray Bradbury's theater plays Drunk and in Charge of a Bicycle and Next in Line (both staged at Theatre West, Hollywood).

2003

Composed music for four theater plays: The Time of Going Away by Ray Bradbury (The Court Theater, West Hollywood), He Who Gets Slapped by Leonid Andreyev (The Shed, Los Angeles), The October Country by Ray Bradbury (Theatre West, Hollywood), and Necropolis by Don Nigro (Laurel Grove Theatre).

2001

Musical Director and Pianist in the theater production of the Three Penny Opera by B. Brecht & K. Weill (Theatre West, Hollywood).

1990-1992

Composer, Arranger or Performer of music for five theater plays : Ajax, Antigone, Mass in A Minor, Bloody Mary, and Chaplin (National Theater in Subotica, Yugoslavia).


C. WRITER

2003

Author of the published book  Alex North, Film Composer.  Jefferson: McFarland & Company, Inc., 2003.

1988

Author of the Catalog of the Music Artists in Macedonia (with Snezana Anastasova-Cadikovska). Skopje: ZMUM - MIKIC.

1983-2005

Numerous lectures presented at symposiums and conferences, as well as articles published in various papers and periodicals (refer to the enclosed bibliography).

1986-1988 Music Critic and Collaborator Macedonian State Radio and Television, Macedonian magazines "Ekran," "Studentski zbor," and "Mlad borec."


III. AWARDS AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

A.   PIANO COMPETITIONS

Macedonian Republic Competitions
First Prize

Skopje, 1975
Skopje, 1976
Skopje, 1978
Skopje, 1982
Skopje, 1985
Skopje, 1987

Yugoslav National Competitions
Second Prize

Skopje, 1985
Third Prize

Belgrade, 1978
Acknowledgments

Subotica, 1976
Belgrade, 1982

B.   CHAMBER MUSIC COMPETITIONS

Macedonian Republic Competition
First Prize

Skopje, 1984

Yugoslav National Competition
First Prize

Pristina, 1984

C.  UNIVERSITY HONORS

Honorary Diploma from the University "Kiril and Metodij" in Skopje, Macedonia for
graduating with the highest grade point average, 4.0 (April, 1989).

Acknowledgment from the Faculty of Music Art in Skopje, Macedonia for being the best student of the generation in 1986-1987 (December, 1987).


IV. PERSONAL

Affiliations: Music Teachers Association of California

Language proficiency: English, Macedonian, French (speak, read, write), Russian (speak, read)

 

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