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) |