Graduate Assistantship
In the spring of 2000, the John Donald Robb Graduate Music Assistantship program at the University of New Mexico was established to support the preservation and improvement of the John Donald Robb Archive of Southwestern Music and the Robb manuscript collection at the University Libraries’ Center for Southwest Research as well as to assist with the annual John Donald Robb Composers’ Symposium and biennial Composers’ Commission/Competition. The program is open to qualified students wishing to study for a Master’s Degree in Music or Music Education.
The Assistantship offers:
Graduate Assistant Responsibilities:
Qualifications:
If you are interested in applying, please contact the UNM Department of Music.
The Assistantship offers:
- Tuition remission for one year
- A stipend
- It is a renewable position
Graduate Assistant Responsibilities:
- Improving Access to the Robb Archive
- Assisting with the John D. Robb Composers’ Symposium and Composers’ Commission Competition
- Participating in educational and community outreach programming
- Other duties as directed
Qualifications:
- A qualified student pursuing a Master’s Degree in Music or Music Education
- Experience and interest in composition and theory
- Strong proficiency with technical equipment and computer software
If you are interested in applying, please contact the UNM Department of Music.
Current Graduate Assistant
Josh Aguiar is a composer currently based in Albuquerque where he continues his musical studies in the Theory/Composition program at The University of New Mexico. As a composer, Aguiar pursues a variety of musical interests ranging from Bluegrass to Rock, and Jazz which he not only works on compositionally, but also performs on Piano, Banjo, and Bass. Other pursuits include work in electronic music and live processing, particularly music in which the performer communicates with electronic components in real time, in order to augment the performance in interesting and sometimes unexpected ways. Several other interests continue to crop up include composition for video games and other digital media, fixed media composition, and work in instrument creation, both digital and analog. In recent months Aguiar has been pursuing work in composition which bridges the gap in live processing and digital worlds with analog/modular synthesizers which in theory will provide some interesting takes not often found in each world on its own.
Listen to his music here.
Past Graduate Assistants include Levi Raleigh Brown, Steven Gomez, Matthew Stanley, Joe Hay, Tom McVeety, and Tatiana Vetrinskaya.
Listen to his music here.
Past Graduate Assistants include Levi Raleigh Brown, Steven Gomez, Matthew Stanley, Joe Hay, Tom McVeety, and Tatiana Vetrinskaya.