HomeMy WebLinkAboutAdrian Gronseth_Artist ResumeADRIAN GRONSETH
Iowa City, IA 52240 • (909) 576-6949 • adrian-gronseth@uiowa.edu
Education
University Iowa Expected Graduation: May 2025
Master of Arts, History
o Specialization: 19th/20th Century U.S. Music History
o Advisor: Nick Yablon
University of California, Santa Barbara June 2014
Bachelor of Arts, English; Minor: History
Honors: magna cum laude; Distinction in the Major; Phi Beta Kappa
Recent Experience
Teaching Assistant / University of Iowa / Iowa City, IA 08/2023 to Present
Facilitate weekly discussion sections of 25 undergraduates per class across a range of History Department courses
Foster students’ analytical and writing skills, and teach them how to engage with primary and secondary sources
Create lesson plans, grade assignments and papers, communicate with professors, and address students’ concerns
Vice President & Colloquium Chair / UI Graduate History Society / Iowa City, IA 10/2024 to Present
Organize a colloquium series for History graduate students to share their research and engage with relevant speakers
Graduate Student Committee / Open Rivers / Minneapolis, MN 09/2024 to Present
Collaborate with graduate students and editorial staff on an open-access digital journal dedicated to water issues
Summarize articles, curate collections of content, and develop creative and scholarly projects for the journal
BlueGAP Team Member / BlueGAP Project / Iowa City, IA 05/2024 to 08/2024
Created a sound collage called “Monocrop Music” which layered interviews, field recordings, and musical
compositions to chronicle the history of industrial agriculture and water pollution in Iowa
Visited local farms, water treatment plants, and environmental organizations to learn about nitrogen pollution
Worked with graduate students, faculty members, and community members across a range of disciplines and fields
Residencies and Awards
Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award (Nominated) / University of Iowa / Iowa City, IA 2025
Artist-in-Residence / Stones River National Battlefield / Murfreesboro, TN 10/2021 to 11/2021
Grand Prize Lyric Contest Winner / American Songwriter Magazine / Nashville, TN 11/2017
Presentations
“Monocrop Music: The History of Iowa Agriculture and Water Pollution through Sound” October 4, 2024
University of Iowa School of Music Colloquium
“Hemispheric Brass: Mexico, the Military, and Early New Orleans Jazz” April 6, 2024
Midwest Graduate Music Consortium Conference
“’No Place Like Home:’ Songs of Home and History at Stones River National Battlefield” November 6, 2021
Stones River National Battlefield
Video Link: “No Place Like Home”
Works-in-Progress
“The Music of a Massacre: Listening to the New Orleans Race Riot of 1866” Expected completion: May 2025
Master’s Paper / University of Iowa / Department of History
“’Down at The Mill’: Music, Memories, and Mortality” First episode completed in December 2024; others TBD
Podcast & Oral History Project / University of Iowa / School of Music
“Monocrop Music: The History of Iowa Agriculture and Water Pollution through Sound” Expected publication: 2025
Sound Collage / University of Iowa / BlueGAP Project
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Publications
“Grand Prize Lyric Contest Winner Adrian Gronseth Co-Writes with John Paul White; February 2018
Records Demo on Music Row,” American Songwriter Magazine Website
“Highway Sky,” American Songwriter Magazine June 2017
“Incandescent Caves,” The Catalyst Literary Arts Magazine, Issue 5 Spring 2015
“Ode to Holly,” The Catalyst Literary Arts Magazine, Issue 2 Spring 2014
Past Experience
Senior Writer / Dallas Writing Project / Austin, TX 01/2022 to 08/2023
Writer and Editor / Governor’s Woods Foundation & Clio / Austin, TX 10/2019 to 01/2022
Piano Instructor and Music Director / Cheviot Hills Recreation Center / Los Angeles, CA 06/2016 to 08/2019
Performing Musician / Independent / Los Angeles, CA & Austin, TX 11/2015 to 03/2020
Apartment Manager / L.A. Housing Solutions / Los Angeles, CA 02/2016 to 08/2017
Writing Tutor / Santa Barbara City College and Premier Tutoring / Santa Barbara, CA 08/2014 to 11/2016
Editor and Instructor / The Catalyst Literary Arts Magazine / Santa Barbara, CA 02/2014 to 12/2014
Catering Supervisor / UCen Catering / Santa Barbara, CA 01/2012 to 06/2013