C A L V I N H I T C H C O C K 

C O M P O S E R ​— ​A R R A N G E R ​— ​P E R F O R M E R 
128 Country Club Blvd    724.987.5025 
Chesapeake, VA 23322   calvinnotalfred@gmail.com 
 
 
 
E D U C A T I O N 
 
Cedarville University, Cedarville, OH 45314 
Bachelor of Music in Composition 
Graduation: December 2018 
 
Homeschooled, Beaver, PA 15009 
Graduation: June 2013 
 
I N S T R U C T O R S 
 
Composition / Theory 
▪ Amy Beth Kirsten (2017-present)  
▪ Austin Jaquith, theory & composition (2013-2017) 
▪ Bruce Curlette, theory (2013-2014) 
Piano 
▪ John Mortensen, jazz & improvisation (2016-2017) 
▪ Charles Clevenger (2013-2015) 
▪ Emma Rocco (2010-2013) 
 
P R O F E S S I O N A L E X P E R I E N C E  
 
March 2019: Singing Pianist | ​Billboard Onboard, Holland America Line 
Contracted by Windish Music & Productions, West Chester, PA 
 
January 2019: Internship (Production Assistant/Marketing) | ​PROTOTYPE Festival 
New York, NY 
 
October 2017 – present: Associate Artist Fellow | ​HOWL 
New Haven, CT / Chicago, IL 
 
May – September 2017, 2018: Keyboards / BGVs / Co-host | ​Decades Live, Carowinds Theme Park 
Charlotte, NC (contracted by D&G Entertainment and Design, Orlando, FL) 
 
Fall 2016 – Spring 2018: Pianist / Music Director | ​Pleasant Grove Missionary Church 
Yellow Springs, OH 
 
Fall 2016: Music Director for ​A Carillon Christmas​ | ​Carillon Historical Park 
Dayton, OH 
 
Fall 2015 – present: Composer-in-Residence | ​Cedarville University Theatre Department 
Cedarville, OH 
 
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July 2015, 2016: Internship | ​Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble 
Pittsburgh, PA 
 
Fall 2013 – Spring 2017: Vocal / Instrumental Accompanist | ​Cedarville University Music Department 
Cedarville, OH 
 
A W A R D S 
 
2015: pianoSonoma 2015 Young Composer | Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA 
 
2015: Certificate of Merit in Music Composition | Kennedy Center American College  
Theatre Festival (KC/ACTF) 
 
F E S T I V A L S 
 
2015: Charlotte New Music Festival & Dance Co-Lab | Charlotte, NC 
Vincent Thomas, dance 
Lawrence Dillon, Marc Mellits, John Fitz Rogers, & John Allemeier, composition 
 
2015: TUTTI Music Festival | Denison University, Granville, OH 
 
M A S T E R C L A S S E S 
 
2016: Composition masterclass with James Stephenson, Cedarville University 
 
2016: Composition masterclass with Jonathan Bailey Holland, Cedarville University 
 
2015: Composition masterclass with Brian Balmages, Cedarville University 
 
2015: Composition masterclass with Stella Sung, Cedarville University 
 
2013: Piano masterclass with Leslie Tung, Cedarville University 
 
O P E R A / T H E A T R E / D A N C E 
 
Through the Veil: An Easter Experience (2018) 
for actor, live visual artist, and 3 musicians 
concept / script by Matthew Michael Moore; music by Calvin Hitchcock; directed by Jonathan Goldthwaite; 
premiered March 2018, Greenhouse Theatre, Chicago, IL 
 
819: a chamber opera (2017) 
for mixed chamber ensemble and 3 male singers 
based on the 1971 Stanford Prison Experiment; concept / music by Calvin Hitchcock; text by David 
Grandouiller; directed & produced by Calvin Hitchcock; premiered November 2017, DMC Recital Hall, 
Cedarville University 
 
t a i l· l e s s 
or The Hole of Christendom as Seen Through the Lens of Three Blind Mice (2016) 
for actor and chamber ensemble 
concept / music by Calvin Hitchcock; text by David Widder-Varhegyi; directed & produced by Calvin 
Hitchcock; premiered April 2016, DeVries Theatre, Cedarville University 

 
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can’t let go (2015) 
for chamber ensemble and 4 dancers 
Great Noise Ensemble; concept by Calvin Hitchcock and Alexis Lucena; music by Calvin Hitchcock; 
choreography by Alexis Lucena; premiered June 2015, Queens College, Charlotte, NC 
 
I N C I D E N T A L 
   
October 2018, ​Fools  April 2016, ​Wit 
Cedarville University  Cedarville University 
dir. Diane Conrad Merchant  dir. Diane Conrad Merchant 
   
April 2018, ​The Giver  February 2016, ​Cyrano de Bergerac 
Senior Theatre Project  Cedarville University 
dir. Remy Patterson and Gabrielle Bauman  dir. Matthew Michael Moore 
   
April 2018, ​Ken Ludwig’s Baskerville  October 2015, ​POE: A Tale of Horror 
Cedarville University  Senior Theatre Project 
dir. Diane Conrad Merchant  dir. Anna Caroline Porter 
   
February 2018, ​The Lion, The Witch & The  March 2015, ​Doubt: A Parable* 
Wardrobe  Cedarville University 
Cedarville University  dir. Matthew Michael Moore 
dir. Dawn Schlutz   
  March 2014, ​Act of Worship 
October 2017, ​The Diary of Anne Frank  Senior Theatre Project 
Cedarville University  dir. Doug Malcolm 
dir. Diane Conrad Merchant   
  *received KC/ACTF Certificate of Merit in Music 
Composition 
October 2016, ​Jane Eyre   
Cedarville University 
dir. Diane Conrad Merchant 
 
S E L E C T P E R F O R M A N C E S 
  April 2016, ​it takes two 
May 2018, ​it takes two  commissioned & performed by the PYCO 
for string orchestra  Chamber Strings 
Cedarville University Orchestra  Carnegie Music Hall, Pittsburgh, PA 
Italian tour (international premiere)   
   
November 2017, ​Why Fades A Dream  March 2016, ​die, tom dooley! 
for baritone, mixed chamber ensemble, bicycle  arranged for toy piano solo 
percussion  Music Eisteddfod 2016, Guernsey, UK (international 
DMC Recital Hall, Cedarville University  premiere) 
   
October 2017, ​for becca and jered  December 2015, ​can’t let go 
for violin, transcr. for viola  for violin, cello, piano, electric guitar 
The Chapel, Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, UK  DMC Recital Hall, Cedarville University 
(international premiere)   
  November 2015, ​now found 
February 2017, ​it takes two  for brass choir 
Cedarville University Orchestra  Cedarville University Brass Choir 
Jeremiah Chapel, Cedarville University  Jeremiah Chapel, Cedarville University 
   

 
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August 2015, ​Water: Phase II rev.  March 2015, ​Rhapsody for Clarinet 
for cello and piano  Jaqueline Eichhorn 
LONGLEASH, pianoSonoma festival, Schroeder Hall,  TUTTI Festival, Denison University, Granville, OH 
Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA   
  December 2014, ​what if 
July 2015, ​lehelet  for Pierrot ensemble, vibraphone, and bass 
for flute, clarinet, cello, percussion  DMC Recital Hall, Cedarville University 
commissioned & performed by PNME   
City Theatre, Pittsburgh, PA  July 2014, ​Water: Phase II 
  PNME Saturday Light Brigade radio broadcast 
June 2015, ​die, tom dooley!  Pittsburgh, PA 
for violin, cello, toy piano, all vocalize   
Beo String Quartet & Adam Scott Neal  July 2014, ​Water: Phase II
New Gallery of Modern Art, Charlotte, NC  Norbert Lewandowski, cello; C. Hitchcock, piano 
  PNME Showcase for CMU pre-college music 
April 2015, ​Salem, 1692  intensive, Kresge Hall, Carnegie Mellon University, 
for SSATBB and percussion  Pittsburgh, PA 
DMC Recital Hall, Cedarville University   
  April 2014, ​The Catacombs ​(two pianos) 
April 2015, Incidental music for ​Doubt  DMC Recital Hall, Cedarville University 
for solo clarinet   
David Widder-Varhegyi, poetry; Simon Yeh, clarinet  April 2014, ​Water: Phase II 
DMC Recital Hall, Cedarville University  DMC Recital Hall, Cedarville University 
   
April 2015, ​in· ter· est· ing  December 2013, ​Rhapsody for Clarinet 
for full orchestra  DMC Recital Hall, Cedarville University 
reading by Cedarville University Orchestra 
 
 
M E D I A S C O R I N G 
 
2016, ​Comedic Relief​, a short film by Paul Tucker, co-scored with Mark Kelsey 
 
2016, ​Arsenic and Old Lace​, a Village Radio production, aired on Resound Radio (October) 
 
2014, ​The Catacombs ​(from Fritz Lang’s ​Metropolis​), premiered at the Cedarville Opera House 
 
2014, Theme music for ​Fill in the Blank,​ a Cedarville University English Department podcast 
 
R E P R E S E N T A T I O N 
 
ASCAP – member since 2015 
 
R E F E R E N C E S 
 
Available upon request 

 
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