EDUCATION THROUGH EXPERIENCE AND AMBITION

No part of my artistic education has taken place inside a classroom, nor do I have any conservatory or university names to tout. As a completely self-taught musician and composer, I can only claim to be an alum of my life experiences. I attribute much of my musical knowledge to rigorous trial & error, national & international living, studying books on the streets of various cities, the guidance of strangers & colleagues, and ultimately --- curiosity.

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

FOUNDER/COMPOSER/ARRANGER/PERFORMER CASPEROUS VINE,
Buffalo, NY 2006-present.

Performances in the Greater Buffalo Area, New York City, Pennsylvania, Maryland,

Virginia, W. Virginia. 2007-2009

Instruct workshops at The Albright Knox Art Gallery and Artspace Buffalo 2008

First musical project to be included in "Pecha Kucha Festival" 2008

Original film score recorded for "Keep An Ear to the Ground" 2008

Full Multi-media collaboration with video, puppeteers, and movement artists. 2008

Commission of an original piece for "AudiOdyssey" 2007

Full length debut CD entitled "Volume I" 2006

NOTABLE PERFORMANCES - Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center, Albright Knox Art Gallery, Ashbury Hall "BabeVille", Downtown Music Gallery, MonkeyTown, Wind Up Space, New Phoenix Theater and a performance for Senator Hillary R. Clinton at Artspace Buffalo.

 

HOUSE COMPOSER/MUSIC DIRECTOR THE NEW PHOENIX THEATER ON THE PARK
2006-2010

SCORES COMPOSED/ARRANGED/PERFORMED/RECORDED

WIDOWS" by Ariel Dorfman presented by Subversive Theater, 2009

"FREUD AND THE SANDMAN" by Robert Waterhouse, 2009

"THE PILLOWMAN" by Martin Mcdonough, 2007

"THE EPIC OF GILGAMESH" by Franklyn Lavoie, 2006

"METAMORPHOSIS" by Franz Kafka, 2006

PRODUCER/AUDIO ENGINEER "THE PEDDLER'S BONES" presented by RLTP, 2006

PROFESSIONAL COMMISSIONS

Compose and record the score for the indie film "KEEP YOUR EAR TO THE GROUND" 2008

NYSCA commission to compose 4 pieces entitled "THEME 1-4", 2007

Soundtrack for the "GARDEN WALK" DVD released by Buffalo Heritage group, 2006

Compose and perform scores for Torn Space's production of "NORMAL", "THE CARD INDEX" and "MURIEL VANDERBUILT" which was performed in New York Cities FRINGE FESTIVAL, 2004-2005

Compose and perform scores for Skeletons in the Closet's production of "MEDIUM RARE" and "THE BEDEVILED CHEST", 2005

Compose soundtrack for "KREEPY DOLL" film short, 2005

 

AWARDS

Strategic Opportunity Stipend from Buffalo Council of the Arts 2008

NYSCA Individual Composers Grant 2007

Artie (Buffalo Theater Awards) Honorable Mention for "The Pillowman" score 2008

Artie nomination for best production of a play "Metamorphosis" 2006