HEATHER LOCKIE
CURRICULUM VITAE
EDUCATION
• California Institute of the Arts, Valencia CA: (2009-2012)
Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in progress, Performer-Composer/Integrated Media
Focus: Viola performance; Composition; Interactive Installation
Principal Teachers:
Sara Roberts: Composition, Sound Art/Sound Installation
Hillary Kapan: Experimental Animation/Installation
Ulrich Krieger: Composition and Performance
• Occidental College, Los Angeles CA (1986-1991)
Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Comparative Literature (French/English). Minor in Music.
TEACHING
•June 2011-present. Viola/violin/piano teacher, South Pasadena Music School and Gabriella
Charter School, Los Angeles, CA. Teach private students and group lessons to beginning through
advanced students.
• March 2011-present. Orchestra Mentor, Harmony Project. Work to bring student orchestra
programs to LAUSD elementary schools. Teach all elements of orchestral playing to children.
• February 2011. Assisted amplifier building/soldering workshop at Machine Project.
• 2004-2009 Viola Mentor for Southwest Chamber Music and American Youth Symphony
Outreach Programs. Worked with junior high and high school students in orchestra and semi-
privately at Marshall High School, Irving Middle School (both in LA), and at Walgrove Elementary
School in Venice, CA.
• 1995-2008. Private Teacher (English/Music). Worked with select students tutoring reading
comprehension, English grammar/vocabulary, writing, critical thinking with focus on SAT, TOEFFL,
general ESL. Parent reference only. With music students, I taught violin, viola and piano.
CURRENT PROJECTS
• AUDIO DESTRUCTINATORS – Performance group
• MARSHWEED – Songs by Heather Lockie, Laura Steenberge, and guest performers, including
Shawn Lockie (voice, percussion). Recent guests: Kristin Haraldsdottir (accordion), Archie Carey
(bassoon), Odeya NIni (voice).
• F-STOP SERENADE – Films by Cosmo Segurson, with live music scoring by F-Stop Serenade. I play viola.
• SINGING BY NUMBERS – ladies’ microtonal singing experimental group.
• CIRCUS LUMINIS SPHAERA – performance/installation group. I do sound design and live
performance viola/electronics.
UPCOMING PERFORMANCE AND INSTALLATION
• Crickets: January 28, 2012 for Artist Mungo Thomson
• New Composition for 6 strings @ Moose Lodge in Glendale, CA. Curated by Odeya Nini
RECENT PERFORMANCE AND PROJECTS
• December 2011 – Performed in interactive event at Machine Project.
• July 4, 2011 – Performed with “Porch of July” at Machine Project. Annual sing-a-long.
• June 2011 – My composition “Duet for Mechanical Spirits and Familiars” (for three car horns and
three instruments) performed at Dogstar Experimental Music Festival, CalArts, Valencia CA.
• May 2011 – Performed in David Smith Retrospective at Resnick Pavilion, LACMA, Los Angeles CA.
Played viola in string trio for artist Scott Benzell’s “Concentric Circles (after David Smith)”.
• May 2011 – Gubaidulina Festival at REDCAT Theatre, Los Angeles CA. Played viola with CalArts
Orchestra.
• March 2011 – Solo MFA II thesis show: “Campfire Weddings and Hillside Graves” at CalArts, Valencia, CA. A multi-media story told through music, puppetry and live animation. I wrote, co-produced and performed in the event.
• April 2010 – Solo MFA I thesis show. Works by Bach, Gubaidulina, myself, improvisations. At
CalArts, Valencia CA.
• February 2010 – F-Stop Serenade performance at Silent Movie Theatre, Los Angeles CA
• May 2010 – Marshweed performance for SASSAS Benefit, Pacific Palisades CA
• May 2010 – Singing By Numbers Month-Long Residency at The Hammer Museum, Westwood CA
• June 2010 – F-Stop Serenade @ REDCAT THEATER, Los Angeles CA
• June 2010 – Marshweed @ The Museum of Jurassic Technology for Viralnet Opening, LA CA
• July 2010 – Hammer Museum – Solo Installation/Live performance in Little William Theatre, Hammer Museum, Westwood CA
• August 2010 – Wrote and recorded soundtrack for Video Project “SLVR.HNDS” by Jordan Biren and Ursula Brookbank
• September 2010 – Performed at GLOW Festival at Machine Project Campfire, Santa Monica, CA
RECENT RESIDENCIES
• October 2011 – “Luminis Sphaera” third incarnation performed at “CalArts in a Suitcase” Festival, PACT-Zollverein, Essen Germany
• November 2011 – Artist-in-Residence at STEIM, Amsterdam
• June 2011 – Artist-in-Residence (2 week program) @ Centrum Artist Residency, Pt Townsend WA
• August 2010 – Artist-in-Residence @ Centrum Artist Residency, Port Townsend WA
• May 2010 – Singing By Numbers Month-Long Residency at Hammer Museum, Westwood CA
PROFESSIONAL INVOLVEMENTS
Toured with:
• 2009 Mike Kelley
• 2008 Spiritualized
• 2006-7 Eels With Strings
• 2004 Arthur Lee/LOVE
Recorded/Played Live with:
• National artists: Scott Wieland (Stone Temple Pilots), Brian Wilson, Macy Grey, Living Things, Dave Pajo, Sparklehorse, Mike Kelley
• Local: Lavender Diamond, Listing Ship, Bodies of Water, WACO, Tommy Santee Klaws, F-Stop
Serenade, others; current projects Singing by Numbers and Marshweed
DISCOGRAPHY
2008 Listing Ship “A Hull Full of Oil and Bone” (self release)
2006 Listing Ship “Time to Dream” (TCCDs)
2002 Listing Ship “Dance Class Revolution” (TCCDs)
2000 Listing Ship “Sunshine and Other Forms of Radiation” (TCCDs)
1998 Leather Hyman “Host Body” (Frozen Hound Recordings)
LANGUAGES
Fluent in French; Basic working knowledge of Spanish and Italian.
OTHER INTERESTS
Black and white paintings and illustrations; electronics; interactive art; New Wave; portable living
environments; banjo; piano; cooking; gardening.