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Jurors
for the 2008 DIFVF
Mark Snyder is a composer, performer and teacher living in Cleveland, Mississippi. Mark has written for orchestra, choir, wind ensemble, various chamber combinations, multi-media, film, theatre and dance. His music has been performed throughout the United States, Argentina, Europe, New Zealand and Taiwan, and selected for festivals and conferences that include Electronic Music MidWest, National Flute Association, West Virginia Festival of Trumpets, North American Saxophone Alliance, SCI, Ocean, Imagine and the Imagine 2 ElectroAcoustic Festival which Mark founded and directed. His work has been supported by generous grants from several organizations including the National Endowment for the Arts. As a performer, Mark has recorded and toured the U.S. with with an eclectic list of ensembles: One Ring Zero, Dirtball, Easy Chair, Spike the Dog, Klezalachia, GB, J. D. Hutchinson, and Billy Rhinehart. Currently, Mark is an Assistant Professor of Music Production & Technology at Delta State University and directs the Electroacoustic Juke Joint. Mark earned his D.M.A. from the University of Memphis, an M.M. from Ohio University, and a B.A. from Mary Washington College.
Robyn
Moore, Director of the DIFVF, is an Assistant Professor
of Photography and Video at Delta State University. She is
an award-winning experimental filmmaker and photographer whose
work has been screened widely, including at the San Francisco
International Film Festival (Official Selection in the New
Visions Category), the Humboldt International Film Festival
(Best Documentary), Ann Arbor International Film Festival,
the Virginia Film Festival, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston,
Harvard University, Hunter College (Winner of the Maurice
Kanbar Award for Excellence in Experimental Film/Video), the
New England Film and Video Festival (Best Student Experimental
Film), the James River Film Festival, Coolidge Corner Theatre,
and the Vinegar Hill Film Festival. She earned a BA in Art
History from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University,
a MA in Photography from Western Carolina University, and
a MFA in Filmmaking and Photography from The School of the
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston/Tufts University. |
