{"id":9,"date":"2019-03-14T15:34:29","date_gmt":"2019-03-14T22:34:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.wordpress.kpu.ca\/drcobb\/?page_id=9"},"modified":"2020-07-02T19:25:34","modified_gmt":"2020-07-03T02:25:34","slug":"bio-and-resume","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dev.wordpress.kpu.ca\/drcobb\/bio-and-resume\/","title":{"rendered":"Who is Gordon Cobb?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Gordon received his Bachelor of Fine Arts from the School for the Contemporary Arts at Simon Fraser University and his Masters of Music in Composition for New Media from the London College of Music in the UK.\u00a0 In 2015, Gordon completed a PhD in Arts Education at Simon Fraser University where his research explored multimodal composing practices, new musical literacies, and transformative music engagement in music video production with urban youth. His work as a music composer and sound designer has been showcased in numerous public venues, including two Olympic Games commissions (Torino 2006 and Vancouver 2010), the VanDusen Botanical Gardens Festival of Lights, the New York City Ballet, and the Cedar Lake Ensemble, New York; and on television with The Knowledge Network, and the National Film Board of Canada where he was the recipient of a 2013 Leo Award nomination.\u00a0\u00a0

Dr. Cobb is a faculty member in the Kwantlen Polytechnic University music program where he teaches music rudiments, music technology and music video production.\u00a0 Aside from his teaching work at KPU, Gordon is also the Educational Consultant in Educational Media for the\u00a0Teaching and Learning Commons<\/a>\u00a0where he runs a\u00a0blog site<\/a>, hosts a podcast series called\u00a0Beyond the Chalkboard<\/a>\u00a0and develops workshops and resources for faculty.\u00a0\u00a0He was also a senior instructor at the\u00a0Sarah McLachlan School of Music<\/a>\u00a0from 2002 until 2020, where he taught piano, music rudiments, musical theatre, music technology, music video production and music portfolios.\u00a0 Gordon has created music and film programs for the Arts Umbrella, the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, the Vancouver Biennale, the Vancouver School Board Artist in Residency Program and Cobb House Studio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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