Bachelor of Fine Arts in Composition and Experimental Sound Practices , CalArts
Paul Engle is a musician from Los Angeles, where he spent much of
his musical life as a guitarist and songwriter. His formal music
training began at Los Angeles City College with an emphasis in
jazz guitar and composition. Paul holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts
in Composition and Experimental Sound Practices from
CalArts, where his teachers included Andrew McIntosh, Wolfgang
von Schweinitz, and Marc Lowenstein. His recent works embrace
nuanced differences of sameness and invite interactions of
procedural austerity with will and intuition. Currently, Paul is
pursuing a PhD in composition and theory at UC Davis.
These new pieces for solo violin, or solo violin and
electronics, were created as part of the graduate student
workshop, in which graduate students met with Icelandic
violinist Hrabba Atladottir each week during Fall Quarter,
refining their compositions.
Leanny Muñoz (she/her) is a Ph.D. student at UC
Davis with experience in music performance, secondary and higher
education, and professional development. She received her
master’s degree in musicology (music history) from Louisiana
State University. Her academic research areas are in Latin
American music and cultural diplomacy. As a first-generation
student herself, Leanny has a special interest in providing young
students with the tools necessary to succeed in college or in the
job market.
