COMPOSITION – Produced pieces
7 childrens musicals for Lilliput Players, California: Secret Garden, Midsummer Night’s Dream, Quacks (Imaginary Invalid), Jack and the Beanstalk, Emperor’s New Clothes, Country Mouse, City Mouse, Prince Who Couldn’t Laugh, Talking Leaves.
(Published by I. E. Clark.)
Recipient of Meet The Composer Grant in conjunction with Lilliput Players
Co-author (book, music and lyrics) of At The Cabaret Chat Noir, originally produced at the Zephyr Theatre, LA and transferal to full equity production at the Cable Car Theatre, San Francisco.
Dramalogue award for Music Direction.
OTHER COMPLETED COMPOSITIONS
Attachment, book and lyrics by Joel Schlader
Sea Gull, a fun, hard rock opera (lyrics by me)
Bathsheba, a play with music, lyrics by Thomas Hardy, book by me
Lbs, lyrics Mary Liz Macnamara, book John Paollilo
Heirheads, book and lyrics by David Lewis
MUSICAL DIRECTION
Enter Laughing, York Theatre (replaced Matt Castle)
Picon Pie, Darryl Roth 2, NYC. Arrangements for clarinet and piano
Cole!, San Jose Rep, Marines Memorial Theatre (SF), Theatre on the Square (SF), Henry Fonda Theatre (LACLO) Dramalogue and Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle awards
A Marvelous Party, (and arranger/co-creator) Northlight Theatre, Jeff Nomination
Oh, Coward! Arizona Theatre Company
Popera, Shakweeta, PS 122 (arrangements as well)
Verdi Ristorante Di Musica, LA 1988-91 (Operas and musicals)
ACCOMPANIST
Sarah Lazarus, VP Boyle musical theatre audition class
San Francisco Symphony Chorus, Vance George Conductor
Zoe Caldwell, One Woman Show, Come Waltzing With Me
EDUCATION
BA in music from University of California Berkeley, with honors
Composition: Edwin Dugger, Piano: Deno Gianopoulous, Barbara Shearer
Guildhall School of Music, UK, piano studies with Paul Berkowitz
Current composition studies with Larry Delinger
Current member of BMI workshop for Composers and Lyricists, Harrington Award