Recent Experience
Music Director, Working, Roseville Area High School, November 2019
Music Director, Magic Flute, St. Paul Academy, October 2019
Assistant Music Director, Newsies, Twin Cities Theater Camp, July, 2019.
Music Director, Every(man), St. Paul Academy, November, 2018. Wrote songs from lyrics given in script. Produced backing tracks electronically for performance. Taught and coached actors vocals and instrumentals.
Music Director, The Orphan Train, St. Paul Academy, October, 2018. Taught students songs that were written into the script and coordinated extra music with the director (Ed Williams). Arranged all pre-written music for piano and violin, and wrote additional music for same orchestration. Coached violinist and played piano for all performances.
Music Director, Secret in the Wings, Saint Paul Academy, November, 2017. Taught music to, rehearsed and coached instrumentalists and vocalists, coordinated music with the actors and the director, arranged music to fit the instrumentation available. Maintained the quality of the music throughout the rehearsal process and performances.
Music Director, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Saint Paul Academy, Student Directed Production, September, 2017. Role involved auditioning orchestra and actors, arranging music to fit singers and staging, writing violin part to cover missing reeds and pitch percussion, teaching and coaching vocalists, playing rehearsal piano, conducting orchestra in performances.
Music Intern, Brigadoon, Rosetown Playhouse, 2017. Assisted Music Director (Samantha Laumann) with notes, mark-up music, leading rehearsals, 2017
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