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CONDUCTING/MUSICAL DIRECTING EXPERIENCE |
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Lyric Opera of Chicago
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West Side Story |
2019 |
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Oklahoma! |
2013 |
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Washington National Opera
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The Lion, the Unicorn, and Me (Jeanine Tesori) |
2018 |
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The Little Prince (R. Portman) |
2017 |
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Houston Grand Opera
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La bohème |
2018 |
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Sweeney Todd |
2015 |
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Le nozze di Figaro |
2006 |
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The End Of The Affair (J. Heggie-world premiere production) |
2004 |
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The Little Prince |
2005 |
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The Little Prince (world premiere production) |
2003 |
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Die Entführung aus dem Serail |
2002 |
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Carmen |
2000 |
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The Tender Land |
1999 |
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Glimmerglass Festival
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Showboat |
2019 |
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Oklahoma! |
2017 |
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Camelot |
2013 |
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Opéra National de Bordeaux
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Candide |
2017 |
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Théâtre du Capitole, Toulouse
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Candide |
2016 |
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San Francisco Opera
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Sweeney Todd |
2015 |
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New York City Opera
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Hopper's Wife (S. Wallace-NY Premiere) |
2016 |
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Cameron Mackintosh, Ltd., Broadway and Tour
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Les Misérables (new Broadway production) |
2014-2016 |
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The Phantom Of the Opera (US Music Supervisor, National Tour) |
2013-present |
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My Fair Lady (National Tour) |
2007 |
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Utah Opera
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Florencia en el Amazonas (D. Catán) |
2013 |
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Of Mice and Men (C. Floyd) |
2012 |
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Roundabout Theater Company, Broadway Production
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Anything Goes (Tony Award, Best Revival) |
2011-2012 |
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Anything Goes (Music Supervisor, National Tour) |
2012-2013 |
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Berlind, et al (producers), Broadway Production
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Gypsy (starring Patti LuPone) |
2008 |
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Sir Elton John
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Concert with Houston Grand Opera Orchestra and Chorus |
2005 |
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(with orchestrations and arrangements by James Lowe) |
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Pittsburgh Opera
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Flight (J. Dove) |
2008 |
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Jacksonville Symphony
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The Nutcracker |
2012 |
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Symphonic holiday concerts |
2012 |
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Symphonic concerts, American repertoire |
2011 |
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Symphonic concerts, Classical repertoire |
2011 |
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Houston Ballet
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The Nutcracker |
2005, 2006, 2011 |
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Tulsa Opera
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Madama Butterfly |
2020 |
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Turandot |
2018 |
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Puccini to Pop (concert) |
2017 |
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Lincoln Center Theater Production, National Tour
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The Light In The Piazza (First National Tour) |
2006 |
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Houston Symphony
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Concerts with Randy Newman |
2006 |
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Opera Saratoga
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Il Postino (D. Catán) |
2016 |
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Memphis Symphony
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Symphonic holiday concerts |
2013 |
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Elvis celebration concerts |
2013 |
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Stax concerts with Booker T. Jones |
2012 |
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Wolf Trap Opera
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Sweeney Todd |
2005 |
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Lyric Opera San Diego
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La Rondine |
2008 |
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Don Pasquale |
2006 |
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Countess Maritza |
2005 |
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The Beggar's Opera (Britten realization) |
2004 |
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Oliver! |
2003 |
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Ash Lawn Opera Festival
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Le nozze di Figaro |
2009 |
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La traviata |
2002 |
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La Cenerentola |
2002 |
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Kiss Me, Kate |
2002 |
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Die Fledermaus |
2000 |
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Dayton Opera
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Le nozze di Figaro |
2004 |
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Lyric Opera Cleveland
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Little Women (M. Adamo-dir. Adamo) |
2004 |
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DiCapo Opera
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Hotel Casablanca (T. Pastieri-NY premiere) |
2010 |
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Sugar Creek Symphony and Song
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Il barbiere di Siviglia |
2010 |
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Pagliacci |
2009 |
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L'elisir d'amore |
2008 |
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Amarillo Opera
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Hansel and Gretel |
2005 |
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Wichita Grand Opera
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The Mikado |
2005 |
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American Composers Orchestra
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Underwood New Music Readings (C. Rivera, K. Froelich, D. Visconti) |
2006 |
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Center for Contemporary Opera
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Henry's Wife (R. Eng) |
2009 |
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Newspeak Ensemble-Merkin Hall
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From Frankenstein (S. Weisman) |
2006 |
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Orchestra X
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Madama Butterfly |
2004 |
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Virginia Opera
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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (J. D. Earnest-world premiere) |
1997 |
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Butler Opera Center, University of Texas
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A View from the Bridge (W. Bolcom) |
2010 |
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Albert Herring |
2010 |
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L'elisir d'amore |
2010 |
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Rochester JCC Theater
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An Evening With Betty Comden |
1997 |
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Blackfriars Theater
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Merrily We Roll Along |
1997 |
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Funny Girl |
1996 |
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Oh, Coward! |
1996 |
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Falsettos |
1995 |
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The Rink |
1995 |
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Windy City |
1994 |
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Les Misérables, Broadway,
Music Director/Conductor |
2014-2016 |
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Anything Goes, Broadway,
Music Director/Conductor |
2011-2012 |
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Phantom of the Opera, North American Tour,
US Music Supervisor |
2013-present |
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Anything Goes, First National Tour,
Music Supervisor |
2012-2013 |
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Lyric Opera San Diego,
Music Director |
2005-2008 |
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My Fair Lady, National Tour,
Music Director/Conductor |
2007-2008 |
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The Light in the Piazza, First National Tour,
Music Director/Conductor |
2006-2007 |
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Houston Grand Opera,
Associate Conductor |
2002-2005 |
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Houston Grand Opera,
Assistant Conductor |
2000-2002 |
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Ash Lawn Opera Festival,
Resident Conductor and Chorus Master |
summers, 2000, 2002 |
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Santa Fe Opera,
Assistant Conductor |
summers, 1999, 2001 |
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Ash Lawn Opera Festival,
Pianist/Coach |
summer, 1998 |
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Houston Grand Opera Studio,
Pianist/Coach |
1998-2000 |
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Virginia Opera,
Pianist/Coach |
1997-1998 |
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American Institute of Musical Studies,
Accompanist |
summer, 1997 |
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Blackfriars Theater,
Music Director/Conductor |
1994-1997 |
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ARRANGEMENTS & COMPOSITIONS |
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Sir Elton John
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orchestrations, choral arr.-Houston Grand Opera |
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Gershwin songs
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Performed by Joyce DiDonato, Lincoln Ctr., Wigmore Hall |
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Betty Comden
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arrangements for concert-Rochester JCC Theater |
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A Night at the Alhambra Cafe
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arrangements for new musical, world premiere 2009 |
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The Pitch
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opera scene commissioned by Houston Grand Opera |
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I Saw Three Ships
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Orchestration for Carols for a Cure 2014 CD release |
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Christmas on the S.S. American
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Original song for Carols for a Cure 2011 CD release |
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Goin' To The Mall
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CD of original songs/arrangements-rock band Backwash |
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Tales of Hochstein
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co/wrote book and co/arranged score of musical revue |
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Freedom
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arrangement for Virginia Opera-over 50 performances |
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Brits on Broadway
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arrangements for cabaret evenings-Blackfriars Theater |
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Together Again
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arrangements for cabaret evenings-Blackfriars Theater |
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Vamp 'til Ready
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arrangements for cabaret evenings-Blackfriars Theater |
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Broadway Bound
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arrangements for concert-Ash Lawn Opera |
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Stages
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arrangements for cabaret evenings-Rochester JCC |
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-for more information and sample scores
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Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra
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solo concerto appearance |
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Genesee Symphony Orchestra
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solo concerto appearance |
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University of Michigan Symphony Orchestra
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solo concerto appearance |
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Univerity of Texas at San Antonio
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solo recital |
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Genesee Symphony Orchestra
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solo recital-50th Anniversary Celebration |
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SEAMUS National Conference, Ithaca
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solo performance |
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Live from Hochstein-WXXI FM broadcast
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solo recital |
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AM Buffalo-WKBW Channel 7
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television feature and solo performance |
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"In Your Ear" festival
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solo performance |
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University of Colorado Artsweek Festival
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solo recital |
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Chautauqua Institute
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solo recital |
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Aspen Music Festival
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solo recital |
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Dublin International Piano Competition
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1994 |
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Esther Honens International Piano Competition
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1992 |
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Aspen Concerto Competition
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winner, 1991 |
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VOCAL
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Hudson Shad
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pianist, tour of Germany |
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Marilyn Horne Foundation Recitals
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Roosevelt University, University of Arkansas |
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Extensive instrumental and vocal recitals
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Wozzeck
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Tavern Pianist, Santa Fe Opera |
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Blackfriars Theater Cabaret
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musical director and pianist, 3 years |
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Inner Loop Improvisational Comedy Troupe
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music director, pianist, performer, 2 years |
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Backwash
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vocalist, guitarist, keyboardist for original rock band, 5 years |
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Blue Silver
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keyboardist for country band, 1 year |
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Extensive live/studio experience, various groups
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Falstaff
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Houston Grand Opera |
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Rigoletto
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Houston Grand Opera |
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L'elisir d'amore
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Houston Grand Opera |
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Ariodante
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Houston Grand Opera |
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La Bohème
(rehearsals) |
Houston Grand Opera |
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Wozzeck
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Santa Fe Opera |
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Song Of Solomon
(Beall-with Ramin Karimloo) |
Broadway Records, 2017; Music Director, Conductor |
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Anything Goes
(Sutton Foster and Joel Grey) |
Ghostlight Records, 2011; Conductor, Co-Producer |
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2011 Grammy Nomination (Best Musical Theater Album) |
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Of Mice and Men
(Floyd) |
HGO, Albany Records, 2004; Musical Preparation |
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Cold Sassy Tree
(Floyd) |
HGO, Albany Records, 2005; Piano, Musical Preparation |
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Florencia en el Amazonas
(Catán) |
HGO, Albany Records, 2002; Assistant Conductor |
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Little Women
(Adamo) |
HGO, Ondine Records, PBS, 2001; Keyboards, Musical Preparation |
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Resurrection
(Machover) |
HGO, Ondine Records, PBS, 2001; Keyboards, Musical Preparation |
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Goin’ To The Mall
(Backwash) |
Transit Productions, 1995; Producer, Songwriter, KB, Guitar, Vocals |
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Musical Skills
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Orchestration, Arranging, Jazz/Pop Improvisation, Transposition, Transcription |
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Technology
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MIDI, Pro Tools, Sequencing (Reason), Synth Programming, Sibelius |
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Languages
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Extensive studies in Italian, German, and French, including study in |
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Italy, Germany (Goethe Institut) and Austria |
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Diction
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Extensive study in Italian, German, French, and English dialects |
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Other Instruments
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Guitar, Bass Guitar, Percussion, Trombone, Violin (basic) |
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Butler Opera Center,
University of Texas at Austin |
Music Director, 2009-2012 |
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Hochstein Music School
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Faculty, Piano and Musical Theater, 1992-1997 |
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Syracuse University
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Affiliate Artist, Piano and Keyboard Literature, 1994-1995 |
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Faber Music Studio
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Faculty, Piano, Recording and MIDI Technology, 1990-1992 |
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University of Michigan
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Graduate Assistant, Private and Class Piano, 1989-1991 |
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Conducting Study
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Larry Rachleff, Patrick Summers, 1998-2003 |
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University of Michigan
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Master of Music, Piano Performance, 1991 |
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primary teachers: Nina Lelchuk, Charles Fisher |
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Eastman School of Music
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Bachelor of Music, Piano Performance, 1989 |
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primary teachers: Nelita True, Robert Spillman |
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Aspen Music Festival
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Fellowships, Opera Theater Center, 1987, 1988, 1991, 1992 |
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REPERTOIRE
Opera, musical theater and ballet
productions worked on as conductor, assistant
conductor or prompter |
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Adamo |
Little Women
Lysistrata (world premiere) |
Houston Grand Opera Lyric Opera Cleveland Houston Grand Opera New York City Opera |
Bart, Lionel |
Oliver! |
Lyric Opera San Diego |
Beall, Andrew |
Song Of Solomon |
World Premiere recording, Broadway Records |
Berg |
Wozzeck |
Santa Fe Opera |
Bernstein |
Candide |
Opéra National de Bordeaux Théâtre du Capitole, Toulouse |
Bizet |
Carmen |
Houston Grand Opera Santa Fe Opera |
Boito |
Mefistofele |
Houston Grand Opera |
Bolcom |
A View from the Bridge |
Butler Opera Center |
Britten |
Albert Herring The Little Sweep |
Butler Opera Center Aspen Opera Theater Center |
Britten/Gay |
The Beggar's Opera |
Lyric Opera San Diego |
Catán, Daniel |
Florencia en el Amazonas
Il Postino Salsipuedes (workshop) |
Houston Grand Opera Utah Opera Opera Saratoga Houston Grand Opera |
Copland |
The Tender Land |
Houston Grand Opera Studio |
Coward, Noel |
Oh, Coward! |
Blackfriars Theater |
Donizetti |
Don Pasquale L'elisir d'amore
Lucia di Lammermoor |
Lyric Opera San Diego Houston Grand Opera Virginia Opera Sugar Creek Symphony and Song Butler Opera Center Santa Fe Opera |
Dove, Jonathan |
Flight |
Pittsburgh Opera Center |
Dunoyer de Segonzac, Louis |
Christophe Columb |
Aspen Opera Theater Center |
Earnest, John David |
Legend of Sleepy Hollow (premiere) |
Virginia Opera |
Eng, Randall |
Florida (pre-production) Henry's Wife |
Lyric Opera Cleveland Center for Contemporary Opera |
Falla |
El retablo de Maese Pedro |
Aspen Opera Theater Center |
Finn, William |
Falsettos |
Blackfriars Theater |
Floyd |
Cold Sassy Tree (world premiere) Of Mice and Men |
Houston Grand Opera Houston Grand Opera Utah Opera |
Gesner, Clark |
You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown |
Hochstein Workshop |
Gounod |
Roméo et Juliette |
Houston Grand Opera |
Grossman, Larry |
Snoopy!!! |
Hochstein Workshop |
Guettel, Adam |
The Light in the Piazza |
First National Tour |
Handel |
Ariodante La Resurrezione |
Houston Grand Opera Houston Grand Opera Studio |
Heggie, Jake |
The End of the Affair (world premiere) |
Houston Grand Opera |
Humperdinck |
Hänsel und Gretel |
Amarillo Opera Ash Lawn Opera Festival |
Janáček |
The Makropulos Case Jenůfa |
Houston Grand Opera Houston Grand Opera |
Kalman |
Countess Maritza |
Santa Fe Opera Lyric Opera San Diego |
Kander & Ebb |
The Rink |
Blackfriars Theater |
Kern |
Music In The Air |
Encores! (City Center) |
Lehar |
The Merry Widow |
Houston Grand Opera |
Leoncavallo |
Pagliacci
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Houston Grand Opera Sugar Creek Symphony and Song |
Lerner & Loewe |
My Fair Lady Camelot |
US National Tour (Cameron Mackintosh) Glimmerglass Festival Ash Lawn Opera Festival |
Lloyd-Webber |
The Phantom of the Opera |
Cameron Mackintosh, Ltd., North American Tour |
Loesser, Frank |
Perfectly Frank |
Hochstein Workshop |
Macaulay, Tony |
Windy City |
Blackfriars Theater |
MacDermot, Galt |
Hair |
RAPA Players |
Machover, Tod |
Resurrection (world premiere) |
Houston Grand Opera |
Menotti |
Amahl and the Night Visitors |
Rochester Chamber Opera |
Monteverdi |
L'incoronazione di Poppea Orfeo |
Aspen Opera Theater Center Houston Grand Opera Studio |
Mozart |
Così fan tutte Don Giovanni
Die Entführung aus dem Serail Idomeneo Le Nozze di Figaro
Die Zauberflöte |
Houston Grand Opera Houston Grand Opera Ash Lawn Opera Festival Houston Grand Opera Santa Fe Opera Houston Grand Opera Dayton Opera Ash Lawn Opera Aspen Opera Theater Center |
Offenbach |
Les Contes d'Hoffmann |
Houston Grand Opera |
Pasatieri |
Hotel Casablanca (NY premiere) |
DiCapo Opera |
Porter, Cole |
Anything Goes Kiss Me, Kate |
Roundabout Theater, Broadway Ash Lawn Opera Festival |
Portman, Rachel |
The Little Prince (world premiere) |
Houston Grand Opera Washington National Opera |
Poulenc |
Les Dialogues des Carmelites |
Santa Fe Opera |
Puccini |
La Bohème
Madama Butterfly
La Rondine Tosca Turandot |
Houston Grand Opera Ashlawn Opera Festival Houston Grand Opera OrchestraX Opera Theater Of Rochester Virginia Opera Lyric Opera San Diego Houston Grand Opera Houston Grand Opera |
Rodgers & Hammerstein |
Oklahoma! |
Glimmerglass Festival Lyric Opera of Chicago Ash Lawn Opera Festival |
Rome |
Fanny |
Encores! (City Center) |
Rossini |
Il Barbiere di Siviglia La Cenerentola |
Eastman School of Music Ash Lawn Opera Festival |
Schönberg, Claude-Michel |
Les Misérables |
Cameron Mackintosh, Ltd., Broadway |
Smalls, Charlie |
The Wiz |
Rainbow Theater |
Sondheim |
Merrily We Roll Along Sweeney Todd
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Blackfriars Theater San Francisco Opera Houston Grand Opera Wolf Trap Opera |
Strauss, J. |
Die Fledermaus |
Ash Lawn Opera Festival |
Strauss, R. |
Ariadne auf Naxos |
Santa Fe Opera |
Stuart, Paul |
Little Thieves of Bethlehem (premiere) Kill Bear Comes Home (premiere) |
Opera Theater of Rochester Opera Theater of Rochester |
Styne, Jule |
Gypsy Funny Girl |
Broadway Blackfriars Theater |
Sullivan |
H.M.S. Pinafore The Mikado |
Virginia Opera Wichita Grand Opera |
Tchaikovsky |
The Nutcracker
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Houston Ballet Jacksonville Symphony |
Various |
A Night at the Alhambra Café |
Krannert Center |
Various |
Blame it on the Movies! |
Hochstein Workshop |
Various |
Tale of Hochstein |
Hochstein Players |
Verdi |
Don Carlo Falstaff Rigoletto La Traviata
Il Trovatore |
Houston Grand Opera Houston Grand Opera Houston Grand Opera Houston Grand Opera Ash Lawn Opera Festival Houston Grand Opera Opera Theater of Rochester Virginia Opera |
Vidovsky |
Narcissus and Echo |
Aspen Opera Theater Center |
Wagner |
Tannhäuser Tristan und Isolde |
Houston Grand Opera Houston Grand Opera |
Wallace, Stewart |
Hopper's Wife (NY Premiere) |
New York City Opera |
Weisman, Stefan |
Darkling From Frankenstein |
American Opera Projects Newspeak Ensemble |
Youn, Sohee |
The Man for the Job (workshop) |
New York University |
Zappa, Frank |
Adventures of Greggery Peccary |
American Composers Orchestra |
Bach, JS |
Cantata BWV 51: Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen! |
Ash Lawn Festival Orchestra |
Beethoven |
Piano Concerto No. 2 in Bb major, Opus 19 Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Opus 58 Symphony No. 4 in Bb, Opus 60 |
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Bermel, Derek |
Elixir (world premiere) |
American Composers Orchestra |
Bernstein |
Overture to Candide |
Jacksonville Symphony |
Brahms |
Hungarian Dance #1 |
Jacksonville Symphony |
Coleman, Dan |
L'alma respira (world premiere) |
American Composers Orchestra |
Copland |
Variations on a Shaker Melody Quiet City |
Jacksonville Symphony Ash Lawn Festival Orchestra |
Current, Brian |
Symphonies in Slanted Time |
American Composers Orchestra |
Froelich, Kenneth |
Pulse Mutations |
American Composers Orchestra |
Ginastera |
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra (1961) |
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Gould, Morton |
American Salute |
Jacksonville Symphony |
Grieg |
In the Hall of the Mountain King (from Peer Gynt) |
Jacksonville Symphony |
Grieg |
Piano Concerto in A minor, Opus 16 |
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Grofé |
On the Trail (from Grand Canyon Suite) |
Jacksonville Symphony |
Handel |
Messiah |
Eastman School of Music |
John, Elton |
Various songs, arr. Lowe |
Houston Grand Opera Orchestra and Chorus |
Kabalevsky |
The Comedians |
Jacksonville Symphony |
Khachaturian |
Masquerade Suite |
Jacksonville Symphony |
Kuster, Kristin |
Myrrha (world premiere) |
American Composers Orchestra |
Liszt |
Piano Concerto in A major Piano Concerto in Eb major |
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Mozart |
Piano Concerto No. 9 in Eb major, K. 271 Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major, K. 488 Symphony No. 35 "Haffner" |
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Mussorgsky |
A Night on Bald Mountain |
Jacksonville Symphony |
Newman, Randy |
Various songs, pops concerts |
Houston Symphony |
Paulus, Stephen |
Erotic Spirits |
American Composers Orchestra |
Ravel |
Piano Concerto in G |
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Rivera, Carlos |
Popul-Vuh, Four Mayan Dances |
American Composers Orchestra |
Robison, Brian |
In Search of the Miraculous (world premiere) |
American Composers Orchestra |
Saint-Saëns |
Danse Macabre |
Jacksonville Symphony |
Schumann |
Piano Concerto in A minor, Opus 54 |
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Shen, Hsueh-Yung |
Autumn Fall (world premiere) |
American Composers Orchestra |
Tchaikovsky |
The Nutcracker Piano Concerto in Bb minor, Opus 23 |
Houston Ballet |
Visconti, Daniel |
Graffiti |
American Composers Orchestra |
Weisman, Stefan |
From Frankenstein |
Newspeak Ensemble |
Williams, John |
Cowboys Overture Duel of the Fates (from The Phantom Menace) Harry's Wondrous World (from Harry Potter) Hedwig's Theme (from Harry Potter) March from Superman |
Jacksonville Symphony Jacksonville Symphony Jacksonville Symphony Jacksonville Symphony Jacksonville Symphony |
Zappa, Frank |
Dog Breath Variations/Uncle Meat G-Spot Tornado Peaches en Regalia The Adventures of Greggery Peccary |
American Composers Orchestra American Composers Orchestra American Composers Orchestra American Composers Orchestra |
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