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1999 Rising Star Award, Paper Mill Playhouse, for Musical Direction with youth
Portfolio, reviews available including The New York Times, Newsday, and the Village Voice
Resumes for Music Directing, Directing, Acting, Church, Music Composition and Arranging are available upon request.
Teaching Experience - Highlights
2008 Teacher: Puerto Rican Travelling Theatre Acting & Singing.
2008 Vocal Coach: The Singers Forum
2007 Teacher: Diane Coupe Studio Acting
2007 Teacher/Director: Music Theater Bavaria, Germany
Acting, Singing. Created directed a Broadway revue.
2006-present Teacher: City Music Schools, NYC
Voice, Piano, Violin, Viola, Flute, Clarinet, Recorder, Percussion.
2004 –present
Conductor, Orchestral and Choral Arranger: Boricua College
Commissioned to arrange and orchestrate the danza ‘Perla del Caribel’ for 30th Anniversary performances at Symphony Space, others.
1996 – 2006 Music Director, Director, Teacher: Centenary Theater Young Performers ,NJ
Directing a musical, music directing 3 musicals each spring and fall semester.
From 1996 – 2004 music directed frequently, but not every semester. Teaching voice and improv.
Summers’95,’04-‘07 Music Director: Stagedoor Manor, NY
Taught classes in vocal coaching and voice technique for students ages 8-18; music directed and accompanied performances . See Resume for Music Direction
01/01 – 06/04 Voice Teacher: The Lee Strasberg Institute, NY
Created and taught their first (performance-based curriculum) singing classes for pre-teens.
01/03 – 06/03 Music Director: City Lights, NY
Composer and teacher for the “Standing Tall Project”, creating with fifth grade witnesses to the September 11th disaster a play with music.
09/98 – 06/02 Music Department Chair: The Hudson School, NY
Developed and taught a curriculum for grades 6-12, coordinated teachers, classes, and concerts; directed musicals; expanded choral and instrumental arts; created an “Honorary Arts Society”.
01/95-06/00 Theater and Music Director: Adults and Children in Trust (A.C.T), The Cathedral of St. John the Divine, NY
Developed a performance based musical theater program for pre-teens; directed and accompanied all classes, rehearsals and seasonal performances at two sites; worked with interns and other staff to implement aspects of music and theater into their courses; arranged for performances at neighboring schools and guests; researched and prepared an original children’s repertory with an emphasis on text, craft and age-appropriate morals; stimulated and increased enrollment.
09/86 – 06/94 Music Director, Fantasy Playhouse, NY
Taught singing and music directed full seasons of professional productions with students andbprofessionals. See Resume for Music Direction
03/82 – 07/96 Teacher, East Harlem Music School, NY
Taught acting, music theory, singing, piano and violin in Spanish and English.
Additional Experience with Education Components
American Opera Projects with Lauren Flanigan
The Puerto-Rican Travelling Theater Amas Repertory Theater Campo Doro Wagner College
The Royal Buckingham Theater Los Hermanos Fraternos HB Studios Kids’n’Tune
The Browning School Teatro Cuatro The Beacon School Singers Forum
The Cathedral School Stevens Institute Bronx International Manhattan Outreach |
