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PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE Ensembles Freelance jazz groups:
Cadillac Jazz, The David Landes Group, Pulsar’s
Quartet Lorens Chuno – Afrobeat Highlife Jazz Steel Town Soul – soul-pop party band: cover songs and jazz Velvet Heat – “Pittsburgh’s
hottest female jazz trio” The TimbaVida Project – salsa, latin jazz, and timba World Percussion Ensemble –
Brazilian, West African, and Afro-Cuban drum thunder The Aaron Pfeiffer Band – house band for Spin Bar Pittsburgh PITT Jazz Combo – backing group for University of Pittsburgh guest artists CoalTown Noir – lo-fi gypsy bluegrass, hit a trashcan and howl The Roman Glowlights, The Epistrophy Trio, and many other jazz combos Musical accompanist for UCSB’s Modern Dance department – make bodies move UC Santa Barbara Jazz Ensemble – 20-person band Top UCSB Jazz Combo – 4-7 person band UCSB Latin Jazz Combo (on timbales) Elliot Racine – eccentric noise pop Ryan Kuczynski and The White Five – hip hop/soul Toboggan Monster – indie synth, sincerely sardonic Toy Gun Massacre – classic/alternative rock, catchy moshpits Rainbow Chaos – avant-garde folk, experimental recording group Voonderhorn – zany circus rock, attention rapture Drear Banks (EP recording session) – metal Bole Bantu – Congolese afro-pop, feels so good The Epistrophy
Trio – improvisational post-rock, explore exploring WHS Marching Band, section leader, percussionist, 4 years WHS Pep Band, percussionist & bassist, 4 years WHS Concert Band, section leader, percussionist, 4 years WHS Jazz Band, co-manager, drummer, 4 years Pit Orchestra
Percussionist: Guys and Dolls, Anything
Goes,On The Town, Oliver Other ad hoc rock groups on drums, bass, guitar Performances San Jose Jazz Festival August 20th 2006. Performed with The Stanford Jazz Workshop All Stars Reno Jazz Festival April 28th 2006. Performed in UCSB’s three jazz bands.
In the Pittsburgh Area House Band for Spin Bartini’s Jazz Loft Thursdays KayaFest, Strip District Celebrate Art, Celebrate Life! Persad Center Patron Party and Art Auction, Montage
Interior Design Studio World Diversity Festival, Point Park
University The Infamous Magazine #3 Release
Party, Shadow Lounge Human Rights Day Celebration, Shadow
Lounge New Sun Rising’s Annual Fundraiser, Milvale Riverfront Park James St. Gastropub
and Speakeasy The Willow Room, Belle Vernon PA U of Pittsburgh’s annual jazz seminar
promotional concerts U of Pittsburgh’s senior awards
banquet, William Pitt Union U of Pittsburgh’s honor dinner for
Kathy Humphrey, Vice Provost and Dean of Students UJF’s donor events: Michael Berger
Gallery, Mendelson Gallery & private residence VIP lounge music for Kullu Valley Bike Project’s Bikes For India Fundraiser,
Shadow Lounge Hillel’s annual Chanukah party
2007-2010 Foodbank Fiesta with Cha Miguel and Friends, Shadow Lounge Signature Financial’s
annual reception, Mattress Factory Art Museum House Drummer for Shadow Lounge’s
open mic night. The Dana Cefalo
Quartet, Cefalo’s Restaurant Main Stage opener for Kullu Valley Bike Project’s Bikes For India Fundraiser,
Shadow Lounge Sewickley Café, Sewickley PA Howler’s Cayote
Café, Bloomfield Private Party, Andy Warhol Museum Private Party, LaMont
Hotel, Mt. Washington Private Party, Washington Country
Winemaker’s Association Private Party, Willow Restaurant,
North Hills Pgh Private Party, Gateway Clipper Fleet,
Station Square, Pittsburgh Private Party, Sharre
Torah, Squirrel Hill. Wedding, Fairmont Hotel
In the San Francisco Area and Santa Barbara Area: Chancellors Reception for UCSB donors (shared bill with the Julliard String Quartet) UCSB Convocation 2004 (audience of 4000) Sit in
performance with the Irvin Mayfield & The New Orleans Jazz Orchestra,
UCSB Arts and Lectures series, audience of 700. 4-27-07 Sit-in performance with The Brubeck Institute Fellows Big Band led by J.B. Dyas City of Redwood City’s Downtown Summer
Music Series (2 years) Percussionist for Cesar Villavicencio’s Free Improvisation Project; Amsterdam’s virtuoso MIDI contrabass recorder player, April 14 2007 Latin Jazz for UCSB’s Multicultural Fundraiser Show (audience of 800) UCSB Art Museum’s private showcase of Marsha S. Glazer’s private collection (included 2 Picassos, Pollack, Lichtenstein) UCSB’s Mosher Alumni House reception for Alumni Weekend 4-29-07 UCSB’s College of Creative Studies musical, Lo<3struck, Sub Drummer Composition Literary Magazine unveiling Dos Pueblos High School silent auction fundraiser Regular Café Fiore jazz gig with Rick Sharp and the Roman Glowlights Santa Barbara Unity Church Wedding rehearsal dinners, New Year’s parties, bars, private parties
Recording Studio Experience Steel Town Soul at Mark Strickland Studios Steel Town Soul church sessions TimbaVida at Mary Pappert School of
Music studio Aaron Pfeiffer at Mary Pappert
School of Music studio Coaltown Noir sessions Dan Zook Project at U of
Pitt studio Jason Squinobal duo
sessions at U of Pitt studio Jason Squinobal quintet at
U of Pitt studio Toy Gun Massacre sessions Rainbow Chaos multi-state experiments Drear Banks sessions Pitt jazz combos at U of Pitt studio Ronnie Crawford goof off sessions UCSB jazz combos and film scores at UCSB’s Kerr Hall
studio FILM SCORING Composer, multi-instrumentalist performer, recording
engineer, and shoestring music-budget manager for student film scores The Break-Up Message – Dir. Dave Larson. Producer: Anthony Berk Salza For Breffis – Dir. Zach Hart. Co-lead actor. Can’t
You See – Dir. Alexander Koehne. Winner of the 10-10-10 Student Competitions, Santa
Barbara International Film Festival. Assigned 18 hours before due date,
saw only a 10 second clip. Good pub for film studies, local TV,
newspaper, equipment of dept. DVD release Bingo Bus - Dir. Andrew
Jurgensen. Composed and recorded in a week and
a half during finals. Winner of Corwin Awards for UCSB 2004 best film (best
editing?), ran in L.A. International Short Film Festival, Santa Barbara Film
Festival 2004, Fitzroy Short Film Festival (Australia), Screened at Isla
Vista Film Festival 2004, DVD release A
Revolution Through Art – Dir. Jhizet Panosian. Done before
seeing the film. DVD release UCSB
Honors Promotional Video – Dir.
Clayton Sakoda. Assigned and completed in 24
hours. Mailed to Freshman honors applicants. Roadside - Dir. Zach Hart, entered in the 10-10-10 Student
Competitions, Santa Barbara International Film Festival. DVD release Nuts - Dir. Clayton Sakoda, Film 106, DVD
release Syndrome – Dir. Mike Duarte, Reel Loud Silent Film Festival
2005 Simulacrum – Dir. Katie Jordan, drummed with Hairbrain Scheme, Reel Loud Silent Film Festival 2005 Internet
Girl – Dirs. Anne Wilkes, Ingrid
Olsen, Reel Loud Silent Film Festival 2007
EDUCATION Minor in Music, University of California at Santa Barbara. Coursework:
Drum Lessons under Troy Johnson, Jon Nathan, Scott Deal, Artie Storch, Mike Goines Various musical studies under: Artie Storch, Peter Thielen, Akira Tana, Michael Zisman, Julian Lage, David Yamasaki, Ray Scott, Michael Landes, Cesar Villavicencio, Taylor Eigsti, Stanford Jazz Camp, 2 years. Full scholarship 2003.
Played in masterclasses with Chick Corea, Josh Redman, Eddie Palmieri, Robin Eubanks, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Marcus Roberts, Victor Goines, Bob Sheppard, David Pulphus, Anontio Hart, Cecil Bridgewater, Yotam Silberstein, Donald Harrison, Dave Pike, Bobby Broom Clinics of Victor Wooten, Jimmy Cobb, Wayne Escoffrey, Nathan East, Josh Redman, Bob Sheppard, Oliver Lake, Irvin Mayfield, Winard Harper, Conversations with Wynton Marsalis, Josh Redman, Brian Blade, Jason Marsalis, Eric Harland, Curtis Fuller, Mark Guiliana, Larry Coryell, Ndugu Chancler Interviewed Branford Marsalis, Michael Brecker, Roy Hargrove, Scott Colley. Sit in drummer with Jazz at Lincoln Center Band with Wynton Marsailis, UCSB performance. AWARDS (Music or teaching related) Appointed TA Mentor, Department of
Communication, University of Pittsburgh, 2011-2012 Elizabeth Baranger Excellence in Teaching Award, U of Pittsburgh, 2010 Elizabeth Baranger Excellence in Teaching Award, nomination. U of
Pittsburgh, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 Western PA Rising Star, Baker Leadership, 2010 Jeremy D. Friedman Memorial Award for
outstanding leadership, superior scholarship, and contributions to
undergraduate life on campus, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2007 John Philip Sousa band award, 2003 Bank Of America Achievement Award for
the Fine Arts, 2003 Peninsula Symphony Auxiliary Music
Merit Award 2001 Peninsula Symphony Auxiliary Music
Merit Award 2002
TEACHING Private drum, bass and guitar lessons (over 250 taught) Group coaching for private students Guest coach for Jazz Band rhythm section, Woodside High School 4-2-07 Academic lectures: Critical Approaches to
Music, Invited Lecture, Mass Media
& Society, Penn State Greater Allegheny, 4-26-12. Rhetoric and Music. Lecture for Rhetorical Process, University of
Pittsburgh, 3-16-10. Rhetoric & Music. Lecture/discussion for Rhetoric Writing, University
of California at Santa Barbara, 11-16-06. Improvising Jazz—A Performance
Discussion,
Improvising
(Post)Modernity Series, The Center for the
Interdisciplinary Study of Music, University of California at Santa Barbara, Composing Music for Silent Film. Lecture for the University of California’s Reel
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