A California native, Jeffrey Parola began piano studies in his youth, and started to improvise and compose shortly thereafter. He later received a B.A. in composition at UCLA in 2002, and an M.M. in composition at the S.F. Conservatory of Music in 2005. His works have earned for him several honors, including first place prize at the 2005 SFCM Art Song Composition Competition, winner of the 2009 Highsmith Orchestral Composition Competition, and an honorable mention for the 2009 EAMA Prize. Parola is composer-in-residence for the New York City-based ensemble, Choral Chameleon, for the 2009-2010 season, and is currently pursuing doctoral studies as a Graduate Teaching Fellow in theory and composition at the University of Oregon.

ECCE
Sam Richards, conductor
School of Music and Dance
University of Oregon
961 E. 18th Avenue, Eugene, OR

Renowned composer, Steven Stucky, leads University of Oregon composition students in a masterclass, featuring live performances of student works by the Eugene Contemporary Chamber Ensemble. A newly revised Can't Sit Still will be performed.

Richard Carrick, conductor
Beall Hall, University of Oregon
961 E. 18th Avenue, Eugene, OR

Sospiro, the resident vocal new music ensemble at the University of Oregon, will perform the West Coast premiere of Stars for a cappella mixed chorus.

John Harrison, baritone
Jeffrey Parola, piano
Beall Hall, University of Oregon
961 E. 18th Avenue, Eugene, OR

World premiere performance of O Tan-Faced Prairie Boy, based on the poem of the same name by Walt Whitman.

Heather Holmquest, soprano
Beall Hall, University of Oregon
961 E. 18th Avenue, Eugene, OR

As part of Lucy Shelton's residency at the University of Oregon, composition and voice students will pair for a master class with the renowned soprano. Jeffrey Parola will write a new unaccompanied solo vocal work for vocalist Heather Holmquest.

Vince Peterson, director
Fourth Universalist Society
160 Central Park West, New York, NY

World premiere performance of Such Beautiful Things, featuring a new libretto by Tony Asaro.

Loma Linda University Church
11125 Campus Street
Loma Linda, CA 92354

Composer, conductor and organist, Abraham Fabella, premieres new sacred works for organ at Loma Linda University Church, including a work written for Mr. Fabella by Jeffrey Parola.