Thomas C. Vaniotis

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Personal Information

Employment

I am employed as a software quality assurance analyst in the system testing group at Liquidnet, one of America's fastest-growing private companies. Liquidnet is an electronic trading firm in New York, NY that caters to buy-side institutions. Previously, I worked for Framework (Bank of America), a banking software company, and BCGI (Infotech Solutions), a telecommunications software company.

Education

I graduated from the University of Rochester in 2003 after a post-baccalaureate fellowship in Medieval Studies. I completed a double major in Music and Philosophy, receiving departmental honors in both. I was assistant conductor of the University Choir and Chamber Singers, as well as Co-Director of Music at the Catholic Newman Community. I was employed by the Information Technology Services as a helpdesk consultant and night shift supervisor.

I graduated from Greely High School in Cumberland, ME in 1998 with high honors. I participated in many extracurricular activities, most notably the Greely Drama society and the Inkwell literary magazine that I edited during my senior year. I also sang in Choir and Madrigal Singers and attended many music festivals.

Musical Study

Organ, Theory & Conducting

Michael Spassov, private lessons (educated Julliard School)
Harold Stover, Portland Conservatory of Music
William Weinert (Conducting), Eastman School of Music
L. Brett Scott (Conducting), University of Rochester

Piano

Thomas Rosencranz, Eastman School of Music
Thomas Yee, Eastman School of Music
Sarah Chan, Eastman School of Music
Robert Glover, University of Southern Maine
Sharon Robinson, University of Southern Maine

Subscriptions & Memberships

New York City Opera
The New York Philharmonic
The Collegiate Chorale
Friends of Music at St. Patrick's Cathedral
Friends of the New York Public Library

Recent Reading

Books

Augustine of Hippo. Instructing Beginners in Faith Canning, Raymond, transl. (New City Press: 2006).
The Epistles and Revelation (Revised Standard Version).
Wierenga, Ed. The Nature of God: An Inquiry into Divine Attributes. (Cornell: 1989).
Butler, Richard. Religious Vocation: An Unnecessary Mystery. (TAN Books: 2001).
Ratzinger, Joseph. The Spirit of the Liturgy. (Ignatius Press: 2000).
Apostoli, Andrew. When God asks for an undivided heart: choosing celibacy in love and freedom. (Paulist Press: 1995).
Lewis, C. S. Till we have Faces: a myth retold. (Harcourt: 1956).
Buckley, William F. Jr. Nearer, my God: an autobiography of faith. (Harcourt Brace: 1997).
McConnel, Steve. Software Project Survival Guide. (Microsoft Press: 1997).
Reiss, Marcia. Architectural Details. (Thunder Bay Press: 2004).
Black, Rex. Managing the Testing Process: practical tools and techniques for managing hardware & software testing. (Wiley: 2002).
Benedict XVI. Deus Caritas Est.[Encyclical] (Libera Editrice Vaticana: 2006).
Gilson, Etienne. The Spirit of Mediæval Philosophy. (Charles Scribner's Sons: 1936).
Murphy, J. Patrick. The New Men.

Magazine Subscriptions

General Interest/Politics: The Atlantic, National Review, The New York Sun, The Wall Street Journal
Church: First Things, Adoremus Bulletin, Homiletic & Pastoral Review, Christefedeles
Desktop computing: PC Magazine, eWeek, MacWorld
Software development & testing: Software Test & Performance, Methods & Tools, Better Software