EDUCATION

University of Michigan School of Music
08/1999–04/2003 Bachelor Degree of Music Composition

Studying music composition at the UM School of Music helped me to mature as a composer, cultivating my capacity for musical creativity, theoretical analysis, and my skills as a pianist. I have an appreciation for various musical styles, ideas, and backgrounds. During my college career, I studied composition and orchestration with Michael Daugherty (2000), Erik Santos (2001), Susan Botti (2002), and Bright Sheng (2003).

EXPERIENCE

Piano and Composition Instructor

Metropolitan Detroit Area, 11/2003 – Present

Excellent teacher of piano and composition for students of all ages, from beginner to intermediate. Lessons focus on reading and writing music, as well as playing by hear for various genres, including classical, jazz, sacred and contemporary music. Free video lessons available at LearningPianoNow.com

Resident Film Composer

The Actor’s Loft, 2010 - present

Film composer for several short films produced by the Actor’s Loft, including those in association with Prometheus Motion Pictures for two 48 Hour International Film Festivals. View projects at oziecargile.com/movies

Featured Composer

Boulder Symphony Orchestra, March 2011

I was commissioned by Music Director Devin Hughes to compose a 12-minute work for chorus and orchestra. Song for Humanity will be premiered by the Boulder Symphony in collaboration with the 120-voice Boulder Chorale on March 12, 2011 in Boulder, Colorado.

Composer-in-Residence

Lamont Symphony Orchestra, January 2009

My orchestral works The Audacity of Hope Symphonic Fanfare and Epoch: Open of the Heavens were performed by the Lamont Symphony Orchestra conduced by Maestro Lawrence Golan in Boulder, Colorado on January 16, 2009. Fred Peterbark, producer. View performances at OzieCargile.com

Composer-in-Residence

Black History Festival Orchestra, February 2008

Maestro Nicolas Carthy conducted the Black History Festival Orchestra performing my orchestral work Creation of the Universe. Macky Auditorium, University of Colorado at Boulder. February 24, 2008. Fred Peterbark, producer. View performance OzieCargile.com

Music Director, Conductor, Composer

Psalm 150 Symphony, 01/2006 – 12/2006

Founded and served at as Music Director, conductor, and composer-in-residence for the Psalm 150 Symphony, a 501(c)(3) non-profit. The 45-piece orchestra of local musicians performed a two-night concert series featuring all new works by local composers during October 2006. Articles featured in Detroit News & Free Press and on WXYZ Channel 7 Action News.

Keyboardist

Rock Nation Band, 04/2004 – 01/2006

Worked as one of the keyboardist for young rock group sensation, Rock Nation headed by DeVaughn Murphy, DeVaughn Murphy and Cedric Berry. Accompanied band on national tour performing concerts in Detroit, Michigan, Washington D.C., Phoenix, Arizona, and New Orleans, Louisiana and other cites across the United States.

Featured Composer

Orchestra of St. Luke’s, August 2004

New York premiere of my string quartet Déjà vu performed by the Orchestra of St. Luke’s. Program organized and conducted by hip hop violinist Daniel Bernard Roumain.

Featured Composer

Detroit Symphony Orchestra, February 2003

Orchestral work Creation of the Universe and the Second Movement performed and recorded by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra during performance honoring local African American Composers. Articles featured in Detroit News & Free Press

AFFILATIONS

Strong Tower Publishing & Productions, StrongTowerPP.com

Member of BMI since 2002

Psalm 150 Symphony, Executive Director Psalm150Symphony.org