Bruce P. Mahin is currently Professor of Music, and Director of the Radford University Center for Music Technology. In 2007, he received the Radford University Distinguished Creative Scholar award. He received the Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the Peabody Conservatory of The Johns Hopkins University, master of music composition from Northwestern University, and Bachelor of Music theory-composition from West Virginia University. He was in residence as research fellow at University of Glasgow (Scotland) in 1996. He is a former President of the Southeastern Composers League, a former co-chair of Socity of Composers Region 3, and the recipient of awards from Meet the Composer, and the Virginia Commission for the Arts. His works are available on compact disc through Capstone Recordings (CPS-8624 and CPS-8611) and published in score by Pioneer Percussion, Ltd.

Recent Activities

2008-09 Performances
Nov. 14-15, Composer residency/concert, Winston-Salem State University
Feb. 9       Pianist Chung Ha Kim Radford University
Feb. 15     Pianist Lisa Weiss, St. Stephens Church, New York City
Feb. 18     Pianist Lisa Weiss, Goucher College, Baltimore
Feb. 25     Pianist Lisa Weiss Radford University
March 13  WSSU String Trio, Southeastern Composers League, Greensboro, NC
March 17  Pianist Chung-Ha Kim, Mount Union College, OH
March 20  Cellist J.W. Turner, CMS, George Mason University, VA
April 3      String Trio, SCI, Santa Fe College, NM
April 8      Delaware Percussion, Goucher College, Baltimore
April 9      Delaware Percussion, U of Delaware
April 15    Delaware Percussion, Radford University

Recent Awards and Honors
2007 Radford University Distinguished Creative Scholar Award
2007 Residency, Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris (September – October)
2007 Visiting International Scholar, University of Glasgow (November)
2007 SCHEV Outstanding Faculty Award Nominee
2007 Virginia Commission for the Arts, Artist Fellowship Finalist

2007 Performances
"Skye Lines", Radford University, February 5
"Freedom Lost" for piano, Washington & Lee University, February 11
"Freedom Lost" for piano, Radford University, Febuary 15
"Freedom Lost" for piano, Western Illinois University, March 6
"Freedom Lost" for piano, UNC-Greensboro, March 15
"Platonic Drowse", "Safe in Shade" at Glasgow West End Festival, June 9

2006 Performances
"Safe in Shade" for four voices and harp, New Horizons Concert, Radford University, April 4.
"Freedom Lost" for piano, Radford University, Sept. 11.
"Freedom Lost" for piano, Winthrop University, October 14.
"Skye Lines" for clarinet, piano and percussion, PASIC (Austin, TX), November 7.
"Eat or Be Eaten" featured on npr.org, September 27.

Publications
“Non-Linear Temporal Constructs and the Loss of Self in Edgard Varese's Octandre, Jackson Pollocks Lavender Mist, and Robert Penn Warren's Being Here,” Current Issues in 20th-Century Music. Sydney: forthcoming 2007 (premiere issue).

"En un instant : les parallèles de la construction temporelle dans Octandre d'Edgard Varese, Lavender Mist de Jackson Pollock, et Being Here de Robert Penn Warren," L'oeuvre en morceaux: Esthétiques de la mosaïque. Paris/Brussels: Les Impressions Nouvelles, 2006.

2005 Performances
  "Safe in Shade" for four voices and harp, Glasgow West End Festival, Scotland, June 12.
  "Blue" for two pianos, Society of Composers National Conference, October 15
  "Blue" for two pianos, New Horizons, Radford University, March 24

Recordings
  "Blue," SCI CD Series, Vol. 21, Capstone Recordings (CPS-8748), 2005.